Diablo 2
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References
- Gamepedia - Diablo Wiki
- Diablo Wiki, lot of information.
- Diablo Fandom
- The Arreat Summit, official information on D2 LoD (game mechanics, items creation, craft recipe, charms...)
- Game mechanics
- Get as much as item drop as possible. MF doesn't change rune drop. Only kill as much high-level monster as possible, or open as many special chests as possible (ie. chests with much more drops like those in Lower Kurast). Kill Countess (but mid runes only) because she has special drop pattern. Kill monsters that cant' drop armor or weapons (like Wraiths, Finger Mages, Vulture Demons, Willowisps, and the Swarm...)
- Special chests
- Chests with special drop pattern, usually dropping much more items. These chests appear at known locations. Players run for these chests because they have a higher chances to drop runes.
- On item drop.
- Normal items vs MF. Getting some conflicting information.
- On Arreat Summit, they explain that with 20% MF, and a monster that has 2% to drop a magic item, it will become 2.4% to drop that item with that MF. But then it would mean 0.4% less chance to drop a normal item instead?
- On PoD chat, the players were saying that MF does not influence the chance to drop a normal / white item. But after some discussion, they seem to agree that indeed more MF, means less normal white item. This is because the game first pick an item base (like cryptic axe), then would test whether it would be unique, if not whether it would be a set, then rare, then magic, and otherwise normal, and that MF would boost these ratios at each stage.
- But the item calculator does not reflect that. If I look at the probability to get a Thresher from Hell Bovine, it is always 1:1451 independently of the MF. How can that be?
- Calculator
- Item drop calculator, eg. from a wanted item, list the monsters with best drop (from reddit).
| category | gamepedia | diablowiki | other | comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Items | gamepedia | diablowiki | ||
| Magic Items | gamepedia | In BLUE. Item with ONE or TWO magical attributes (prefix / suffix).
See Arreat Summit for magic affixes per object type (rings, rare, ...) | ||
| Rare Items | gamepedia | In YELLOW. Item with TWO to SIX magical attributes. | ||
| Crafted Items | gamepedia | battle.net | Items created with horadric cube. | |
| Charms | gamepedia | diablowiki | battle.net | |
| Runewords | gamepedia | Fandom wiki | PoD mod, Rune list | |
| Monsters | gamepedia | diablowiki | ||
| Cube recipes | gamepedia | diablowiki | Fandom wiki | |
| Area Level | Fandom Wiki |
- Best Charms Stats
| Size | Dex | Str | Life | Mana | F. Res | C. Res | L. Res | P. Res | A. Res | MF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand | 6 | 6 | 35(61) 45(91) |
59 | 30% | 30% | 30% | 30% | 15% | 12% |
| Large | 5 | 5 | 25(42) 35(74) |
34 | 15% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 8% | 6% |
| Small | 2 | 2 | 20(40) | 17 | 11% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 5% | 7% |
- Val(Lvl), best ratio
Guides
- Guide from Path of Diablo, how to find your ways in all levels to rush run them.
- Max area level, no much immunes, easy and fast kill, can drop best objects in game.
- Enigma +45% (Armor RW), Circlet of speed +30% (helmet), Mavina's Belt 20%, Cat's Eye 30% (amulet), Infinity +35% (Weapon RW) or dual-wield Wind RW +40% or dual-wield Crainte Vomir +40%, various boots +40%, 40x small charms of inertia +120%, Harmony RW on act I merc (bow).
- Guide to find runes in LK, by opening special chests, but not really relevant for online play because maps are always reset.
Sorceress build guides
- The detailed guide I'm currently following. Maxing Frozen Orb then Meteor.
- Some problems with Cold / Fire immune in Hell Act I already...
- Another guide suggested by players on PoD Discord, better than MeteOrb
- Several builds, hints and tips. Worth reading.
- Some tips about sorceress stats distribution. Worth reading.
- More detailed guide on an hybrid sorceress. Not tried yet.
- Video showing several builds, but no explanation on how to build them...
- https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofdiablo/comments/7xuabx/general_sorceress_guide_every_sorc_build_cold/
- Not read yet.
Mercenary guides
- Merc gets the most XP if they kill the monster themselves. To keep in mind if merc is lagging behind.
- Equip: Life Steal, to keep him alive in fight (for melee merc only).
- Equip: Increased Attack Speed. Allow merc to leech even more.
- Equip: Crushing blow, a good boss killer.
- Equip: Slow target item, nearly as good as damage reduction items.
- Equip: Mana leech *useless*.
- Merc MF stacks with player MF, but only if merc does the kill. Important when dealing with boss.
- Use Full Rejuvenation (rather than Healing), heals faster. Use cube recipes to make such potions.
- Thaw / Anti potion time stacks up. Feed your merc before a killing session.
- *...and much more information to read again later...*
Loot filters (POD)
- Intro page.
- Reference page will alll supported codes.
- The filter I'm trying.
- List of filters made by community.
Quests
- Pandemonium event (patch 1.11)
- This event requires first collecting keys from the Countess, the Summoner and Nihlathak (hell difficulty). Then to collect three organs by opening three portals, each requiring the three keys (so 9 keys needed in total). Then open a red portal to Uber Tristram by transmuting the organs in the cube, and fight Uber Baal, Uber Diablo and Uber Mephisto. Reward is the Hellfire torch unique large charm.
- Diablo Clone
- Diablo Clone drops the Annihilus unique small charm. It is triggered by selling Stone of Jordan unique rings.
- Diablo Clone (Path of Diablo)
- Can be triggered manually
- Ancient Temple Maps (Path of Diablo)
- An alternate set of maps that can be accessed from the Ancient Temple using Relics. First relic (Tier 1) is obtained from Hephasto the Armorer in Act 4 on Hell difficulty (about a 10% chance).
Miscellaneous
- 3000 super chest openings in River of Flame
- maggot lair speedrun tips (speedrun spreadsheet, llama's video).
Acronyms
| MF | Magic Find |
| TC | Treasury Class |
| FCR | Faster Cast Rate |
| HR | High-Runes (common trade unit on PoD) |
| IAS | Increased Attack Speed |
| OOC | Orb of Corruption (PoD) |
| OS | Open socket |
| POD | Path of Diablo |
Battle.net servers and Mods
Blizzard Battle.net
The official battle.net servers.
Path of Diablo (PoD)
- Light modding, but great improvement on Gameplay (widescreen support, doubled inventory and stash, improved rune drops...)
- Support for Loot filters (I use an own variant of Simplicity, but the best is apparently Anirmls).
- Active community.
| Path of Diablo | |
|---|---|
| Servers (ping) |
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| Rune wizard | Handy to know which runeword can be built. |
| Character storage | Handy to inspect inventories of mule (eg. compare a new ring, a new charm with those in mule).
Also for trading. |
| Stats | |
| Discord | Online chat. Keep open while playing to get general info and tips... |
| Wiki | Lot of information, including all rule changes. In particular Cube Recipes, Mercenaries, Uniques, Runewords, Sets...
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| Quests | |
| Guides | |
| Trade |
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| Calculator | |
- Notes
- Enflame and Frigerate are passive spells now, and they stack. Handy to boost Merc damage.
Europe Battle
- A bit more modding. With an item shop, so might be suspect...
Runewords
- Tips
- So RW grants Probability of Casting with long term effect (like Fade on Treachery RW, lasting for 288s).
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/370600-diablo-ii-lord-of-destruction/75122003
| Name | Formula | Item | PoD mod? | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leaf | TirRal
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Polearms, staves | Yes | Suggested here to fix mana issues. In fact Leaf can still be used by high-level sorc, see this guide. |
| Insight | RalTirTalSol
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Polearms, staves | No | Suggested in this guide for Sorc, for fast mana recover. |
| Smoke (gamepedia) | NefLum
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? | No | Suggested in this guide. Seems a better alternative than Stealth proposed in the same guide. |
| Enigma | JahIthBer
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Armor | Yes | Offer +1 Teleport/Warp (2sec cooldown), and +2 Skills. But no resistance. |
| Ancient Pledge | RalOrtTal
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Armor | No | Suggested in early ladder PoD guide, as early ladder gear, for the early resists. |
| Spirit | TalThulOrtAmn
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Shield | No | Suggested in early ladder PoD guide. For the 35% FCR and 55% FHR. Also gives +2 all skills and lot of resistance. |
| Lore | OrtSol
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Helm | No | Suggested in early ladder PoD guide, for the +1 skills, Mana Per Kill and Lightning Resist. |
| Treachery | ShaelThulLem
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Armor | No | Suggested in early ladder PoD guide, for the Merc, for massive IAS and Fade Proc (Probability Casting). Better done on an Ethereal Elite armor. |
| Infinity | BerMalBerIst
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Polearm | Yes | Suggested on chat for lightning-only sorc build. Some also say that light sorc with infinity are the fastest to farm. |
| Memory | LumIoSolEth
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Staves | Yes | Suggested on chat for those that level up a lightning sorc, to change some lightning surge into phys damage. |
| Harmony | TirIthSolKo
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Missile weapons | No | Suggested on chat to get Vigor aura, to run much faster. |
Horadric Cube
| Crafted | Magic item | Rune (NEF-SOL) | PGem | Jewel | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hit Power items | Magic | Rune | PSapphire | jewel | |
| Blood items |
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PRuby | jewel |
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| Caster items |
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PAmethyst | jewel | |
| Safety items | Magic item | Rune | PEmeral | jewel |
- Frequently-used recipes
- 3 magic rings = 1 random magic amulet.
- 3 magic amulets = 1 random magic ring.
- 3 small rejuvenation = 1 full rejuvenation.
- 3 gems of same type = 1 better gem of same type
- Wirt's Leg + A Tome of Town Portal = Secret Cow Level.
- 3 gems of same type = 1 better gem of same type
- 3 perfect skulls + 1 Rare item + Stone of jordan = add 1 socket to rare item.
- 1 Perfect Skull + 1 Rare Item + Stone of Jordan = 1 High Quality New Rare Item of the same type.
- 3 Perfect Gems (of any type) + 1 Magic Item = 1 New Random Magic Item of the Same Type
- This produces an item with same ilvl. Very interesting to produce +2 skill amulets [1].
- 1 RAL + 1 AMN + 1 PAmethyst + Non-magic Weapon = Socketed Weapon of same type.
- Useful to get a socketed Broad sword / Long Sword / Crystal Sword for SPIRIT (note that Crystal Sword may have up to 6 sockets so may require more retries).
- 1 TAL + 1 AMN + 1 PRuby + Non-magic Shield = Socketed Shield of same type
- Useful to get a 4os Monarch for SPIRIT.
- 1 Ral Rune + 1 Sol Rune + 1 Perfect Emerald + Normal Unique Weapon = Exceptional Version of Weapon
- 1 Tal Rune + 1 Shael Rune + 1 Perfect Diamond + Normal Unique Armor = Exceptional Version of Armor
- 1 Lum Rune + 1 Pul Rune + 1 Perfect Emerald + Exceptional Unique Weapon = Elite Version of Weapon
- 1 Ko Rune + 1 Lem Rune + 1 Perfect Diamond + Exceptional Unique Armor = Elite Version of Armor
- 1 Ort Rune + 1 Chipped Gem (any kind) + Weapon = Fully Repaired and Recharged Weapon
- Some advanced players prefer this method over payment.
Tips
- Don't use heavy armors, they have speed and stamina penalties. See for instance Crow Caw Armor vs Twitch.
- Don't pick anything when recovering dead body, or that can lead to losing items (which occurs when having more than one non-empty body. Consider command
/nopickup[2]. - To reset traded items at merchants, exit the town, wait for the music to change or for mercenary aura to trigger (only a few secs), then get back in.
- Sometimes it is helpful to create a new map so that merchant is closer to the exit (e.g. Drognan in Lut Gholein).
- Interesting items to shop
- Wand with Lower Resist charges (Wand of Lower Resistance), to break monster immunities. Easily bought by Drognan (make sure he's close to town exit).
- Wand of Life Tap, to get 50% life leech, which is very useful against strong monsters.
- To Refill Portal Tome, just sell and buy it back. It works even with merchant that does not sell any scroll of town portal!
Guides
PoD: Early Ladder Sorceress
See Early Ladder Fire / Cold / Light Sorceress Guide for Path of Diablo guide on Reddit for details (also linked from PoD site)
- Gears (Vitality build only)
- Purpose is to reach 37% FCR, followed by 63% and 105% breakpoints.
- Act 2 Combat Mercenary Setup
- Goal: reach 75% IAS
- Weapon: Ethereal Trescher or Giant Trescher.
| Item | Early Ladder | Optimized |
|---|---|---|
| Helmet | Blood helmet | Steelshade |
| Weapon | Insight (RW) | Insight (RW) |
| Chest | Treachery (RW) |
Shaftstop |
Stats
Best charm stats
From gamepedia, only listing the best values in each category (but we excluded the affix with double values).
Stalwart +60-100 to Defense Grand Charms prefix
Bloody +3 to Minimum Damage Grand Charms prefix
Serrated +3 to Maximum Damage Grand Charms prefix
Rugged +37-50 Maximum Stamina Grand Charms prefix
Steel +118-132 to Attack Rating Grand Charms prefix
Lucky +8-12% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items Grand Charms prefix
Serpent's +53-59 to Mana Grand Charms prefix
Shimmering All Resistances +13-15% Grand Charms prefix
Sapphire Cold Resist +26-30% Grand Charms prefix
Ruby Fire Resist +26-30% Grand Charms prefix
Amber Lightning Resist +26-30% Grand Charms prefix
Emerald Poison Resist +26-30% Grand Charms prefix
Fletcher's +1 to Bow & Crossbow Skills (Amazon Only) Grand Charms prefix
Acrobat's +1 to Passive Skills (Amazon Only) Grand Charms prefix
Harpoonist's +1 to Javelin & Spear Skills (Amazon Only) Grand Charms prefix
Burning +1 to Fire Skills (Sorceress Only) Grand Charms prefix
Sparking +1 to Lightning Skills (Sorceress Only) Grand Charms prefix
Chilling +1 to Cold Skills (Sorceress Only) Grand Charms prefix
Hexing +1 to Curses (Necromancer Only) Grand Charms prefix
Fungal +1 to Poison & Bone Skills (Necromancer Only) Grand Charms prefix
Graverobber's +1 to Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only) Grand Charms prefix
Lion Branded +1 to Combat Skills (Paladin Only) Grand Charms prefix
Captain's +1 to Offensive Auras (Paladin Only) Grand Charms prefix
Preserver's +1 to Defensive Auras (Paladin Only) Grand Charms prefix
Expert's +1 to Combat Skills (Barbarian Only) Grand Charms prefix
Fanatic +1 to Combat Masteries (Barbarian Only) Grand Charms prefix
Sounding +1 to Warcries (Barbarian Only) Grand Charms prefix
Trainer's +1 to Summoning Skills (Druid Only) Grand Charms prefix
Spiritual +1 to Shapeshifting Skills (Druid Only) Grand Charms prefix
Natural +1 to Elemental Skills (Druid Only) Grand Charms prefix
Entrapping +1 to Traps (Assassin Only) Grand Charms prefix
Mentalist's +1 to Shadow Disciplines (Assassin Only) Grand Charms prefix
Shogukusha's +1 to Martial Arts (Assassin Only) Grand Charms prefix
Pestilent +100 Poison Damage over 6 seconds Grand Charms prefix
Hibernal Adds (8-13)-(16-25) Cold Damage (1 second Duration) Grand Charms prefix
Flaming Adds (8-18)-(20-36) Fire Damage Grand Charms prefix
Shocking Adds 1-(45-79) Lightning Damage Grand Charms prefix
Balance 12% Faster Hit Recovery Grand Charms suffix
Winter Adds (4-6) to (8-11) Cold Damage - 1 sec Duration Grand Charms suffix
Incineration Adds (4-7) to (8-14) Fire Damage Grand Charms suffix
Storms Adds 1 to (22-33) Lightning Damage Grand Charms suffix
Anthrax Adds 50 Poison Damage Over 6 Seconds Grand Charms(21) suffix
Maiming +3-4 to Maximum Damage Grand Charms suffix
Inertia 7% Faster Run/Walk Grand Charms suffix
Greed 31-40% Extra Gold From Monsters Grand Charms suffix
Dexterity +5-6 to Dexterity Grand Charms suffix
Vita +41-45 to Life Grand Charms suffix
Strength +5-6 to Strength Grand Charms suffix
Stalwart +45-60 to Defense Large Charms prefix
Sanguinary +2 to Minimum Damage Large Charms prefix
Forked +2 to Maximum Damage Large Charms prefix
Rugged +26-32 Maximum Stamina Large Charms prefix
Steel +65-77 to Attack Rating Large Charms prefix
Lucky 4-6% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items Large Charms prefix
Serpent's +30-34 to Mana Large Charms prefix
Shimmering All Resistances +6-8% Large Charms prefix
Sapphire Cold Resist +13-15% Large Charms prefix
Ruby Fire Resist +13-15% Large Charms prefix
Amber Lightning Resist +13-15% Large Charms prefix
Emerald Poison Resist +13-15% Large Charms prefix
Pestilent +175 Poison Damage over 6 seconds Large Charms prefix
Hibernal Adds (11-15)-(21-30) Cold Damage (1 sec Duration) Large Charms prefix
Flaming Adds (10-27)-(28-43) Fire Damage Large Charms prefix
Shocking Adds 1-(59-90) Lightning Damage Large Charms prefix
Balance 8% Faster Hit Recovery Large Charms suffix
Winter Adds (4-6) to (9-12) Cold Damage - 1 sec Duration Large Charms suffix
Incineration Adds (6-10) to (12-17) Fire Damage Large Charms suffix
Storms Adds 1 to (26-38) Lightning Damage Large Charms suffix
Pestilence Adds 25 Poison Damage Over 5 Seconds Large Charms suffix
Quality +2 to Maximum Damage Large Charms suffix
Inertia 5% Faster Run/Walk Large Charms suffix
Greed 11-22% Extra Gold From Monsters Large Charms suffix
Dexterity +4-5 to Dexterity Large Charms suffix
Vita +31-35 to Life Large Charms suffix
Strength +4-5 to Strength Large Charms suffix
Stalwart +20-30 to Defense Small Charms prefix
Red +1 to Minimum Damage Small Charms prefix
Jagged +1 to Maximum Damage Small Charms prefix
Rugged +9-16 Max Stamina Small Charms prefix
Steel +25-36 to Attack Rating Small Charms prefix
Serpent's +13-17 to Mana Small Charms prefix
Shimmering All Resistances +3-5% Small Charms prefix
Sapphire Cold Resist +10-11% Small Charms prefix
Ruby Fire Resist +10-11% Small Charms prefix
Amber Lightning Resist +10-11% Small Charms prefix
Emerald Poison Resist +10-11% Small Charms prefix
Hibernal Adds (8-10)-(15-20) Cold Damage (1 sec Duration) Small Charms prefix
Flaming Adds (10-19)-(20-29) Fire Damage Small Charms prefix
Shocking Adds 1-(44-71) Lightning Damage Small Charms prefix
Pestilent +175 Poison Damage over 6 seconds Small Charms prefix
Balance 5% Faster Hit Recovery Small Charms suffix
Winter Adds (4-5) to (7-9) Cold Damage - 1 sec Duration Small Charms suffix
Incineration Adds (5-7) to (9-13) Fire Damage Small Charms suffix
Storms Adds 1 to (19-28) Lightning Damage Small Charms suffix
Anthrax Adds 50 Poison Damage Over 6 Seconds Small Charms suffix
Craftsmanship +1 to Maximum Damage Small Charms suffix
Inertia 3% Faster Run/Walk Small Charms suffix
Greed 5-10% Extra Gold From Monsters Small Charms suffix
Good Luck 6-7% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items Small Charms suffix
Dexterity +2 to Dexterity Small Charms suffix
Vita +16-20 to Life Small Charms suffix
Strength +2 to Strength Small Charms suffix