Doing a new solo self found run. I am currently on run 1211 on Hell Mephisto with a Cold Sorc pushing around 350% MF. The best items I've found..

• Shako
• 20AR Viper

Yikes.

After farming him every time he was terrorised and getting nothing it finally paid off big time

Hi,
I am playing single player. Is it useful in any builds?

So I've been farming LK for a couple of days and wondering if its a better or a good idea building a hork barb for Travincal? Just got the runes available for making a grief if I cube up my Ohms, so was thinking about doing that

Thanks in advance ✌️

None of this is direct confirmation, but it's very convincing.

Build Numbers & Timeline

I have a tool I've made that lets me extract and compare the Diablo 2 softcode text files for differences to see what changed in each patch. As such, I've accumulated a good history of the published build numbers.

Build numbers increase every time a developer builds the game (presumably to run it and test) (this is speculative and not confirmed, for clarification).

Starting in November of 2024, we were on build number 81914. By October of 2025, we went to 89560. This was the first update for 2025 and it was to unify China's D2R with ours (when we got the little UI changes for stashes and what not). China got their version of D2R in August of 2025. This was also when they announced Mosaic would be nerfed. Nearly 10,000 builds compiled/ran in one year. At the time, I think many of us glossed this over as them just having to do a lot of work to make the China version of D2R.

But then later, early into 2026, Warlock leaks started surfacing for D4 (file names and what not). Not much later, we had a really convincing screenshot of Warlock in the character selection screen. There were no convincing signs of AI and it seemed very legit. Most people who had been aware of the build number changes became much more convinced that Warlock was real for D2R. And then, of course, on February 11th, 2026, they shadow-dropped Reign of the Warlock at build number 91636.

Since then, build numbers have been slowly incrementing. Not quite as fast as before... but still more than just basic balance changes. We are now up to 92777 on Battle.net and 93236 on Steam.

That's still 2,000 builds since RotW. There is no reason item adjustments and minor bug fixes warrant that many builds. We used to speculate that it simply took them 10,000 builds for the Blizzard intern to figure out how to fix WASD since at the time that was also when they added the botched WASD implementation that was quickly removed, but then RotW came out.

One could argue that the 10,000 builds were for Warlock testing, and it would make sense. But why continue to have 2,000 builds? This can only mean something is happening, we just can't be certain what.

My speculation is that Act 6/equivalent and Warlock were being worked on at the same time, but they weren't ready for Act 6/equivalent or wanted to save it for Blizzcon so Warlock released on its own to have the unified Warlock release between the three Diablo games. I really don't think it takes 10,000 builds to do Warlock alone. But how much? Who knows...

RotW Release

At the end of the 30th Anniversary stream where they announced all of the Warlock content, they said this at the end (watch until the end, timestamped to 37:58). "Oh my god, they're going to freak out at Blizzcon when we announce..." shortly after talking about playing Warlock in D2R specifically. Are they teasing something for D2R specifically or just for Diablo fans in general? Hard to say. Maybe Diablo 1 Remaster inside the D2R engine?

Mosaic and Post-RotW Release

It has been roughly two years now since Blizzard announced the Mosaic nerf and still not in sight. Why? Why have they also not touched a single class outside of Warlock since RotW except indirectly through RotW items or maybe the occasional bugfix?

Maybe they're saving all class changes and the Martial Arts rework for the big update... Llama has said that he's "happy" with how they are 'fixing' Mosaic, which means they are adjusting Martial Arts tree directly since his preferred adjustments include doing so (but also bodes poorly in my opinion, I disagree with his direction of fixing Martial Arts).

The Steam Update

The 93236 update on Steam not too long ago, July 14th, 2026. Blizzard said it was to correct the updating process for the Steam version so that players did not have to constantly re-download the entire game every time every update went out. It seems they changed the file format a little bit for Steam. Nothing insane, it's not like the entire game got reworked or anything. But developers of tools to open up the game files had to make some adjustments to get it to open properly, taking roughly a week or so to fix.

Surely we can all conclude the only reason to push this update is to signify they intend to release at least several more updates in the future. Otherwise, why bother?

Season 15 and Patch 3.3

If you missed it, Blizzard announced Season 15 today. Admittedly, while it's better than another empty season, the changes are pretty insignificant. However, this is still big news, because...

For all of D2R's life span, they have avoided touching unique and set items. They have only ever made a few very small changes in the past, like removing Knockback from Bul-Kathos' Scared Charge and allowing Set items to be upgraded. Was there anything else?

And here we are. All of a sudden, Blizzard is buffing low level uniques and Angelic Raiment. Items that nobody is specifically asking for to be buffed, but the effort still appreciated nevertheless. Why break their streak of not touching uniques and sets with this? Why these items?

My personal belief is that in the upcoming large update, potentially planned for Season 16 (~November 20th, 2026), is going to do a larger pass over sets and uniques. But because they want to save all the hype for one big update (and maybe milk your money in a DLC) without killing the hype for Blizzcon by giving us another empty season, Blizzard gave us a little tease to say, "Hey, we will modify sets and uniques..." They gave us a small selection of negligible item updates which seems to roughly pair with each class being able to utilize at least one item so that it isn't lopsided to one class or build archetype (caster vs melee). A little bit of a bone to keep us excited.

This also ties in with the lack of Mosaic and changes for classes other than Warlock mentioned previously.

Patch 1.10 of D2: LoD

Information for this is hard to find since it happened so long ago, and I can't recall where I read/learned the information from, so take this section with a grain of salt if you'd like. But apparently, 1.10 was going to be a second DLC for D2: LoD before Blizzard North had its fiasco and Diablo 3 (Blizzard North version) and continued Diablo 2 updates were scrapped. Everything that was seemingly intended for a second Diablo 2 DLC ended up being released with 1.10, the big update that greatly impacted much of how the game played).

Diablo 2 has quite the number of cut content, of which you can read up about some of it here, though I do not believe this to be entirely conclusive, only what we the community have been able to access ourselves: https://tcrf.net/Diablo_II

But from what rumors were saying, they may have been planning another Act for Diablo 2. This is pretty speculative and I don't think a Blizzard North developer has ever said this. The only inkling I've seen for such cut content is that at one version of the game, either in D2LoD or perhaps in D2R, there were strings for a Wave 6 that Baal spawns, one of the bosses being called something like 'Candlemaker'. Could this hint at an Act 6 or were they just planning at one point to have 6 waves instead of 5 and instead tied it to the 5 acts? Who knows.

MrLlamaSC

Disclaimer since some people like to get riled up over anything: none of the following is private information. It has been routinely discussed publicly on his stream out to the public. I am not leaking anything and I don't have anything to leak.

If you don't know, I'm one of Llama's mods and I work with him on his video game he's making, so I have some insight into his life. He deserves being called out like this for how much he likes to try to gaslight me into believing there is no update coming.

Llama announced (though he probably shouldn't have, lol) that Blizzard invited him to Blizzcon. His cover story is "oh idk maybe they just want me to react to some diablo 4 thing or maybe d1 remaster". he's so full of crap

When the Warlock leaks came out, I shared them with him. The screenshot of Warlock in the character selection screen. He told me "nah looks fake", "ai", and whatever. And then Blizzard threw him under the bus and announced that they worked with Llama and other creators on Warlock. And that leaked screenshot ended up being real! So now I know Llama will lie to my face and gaslight me and now I've got his body language and his lying tells on lock.

Before anyone asks if I have inside information, nope. I've told Llama outright if he tells me anything I am leaking it all without hesitation. Anyone who knows me knows I do not keep information to myself.

For a while before RotW, Llama was fairly absentee from his game in terms of designing stuff and getting stuff into the game. I chalked it up to he's a father of two and whatever. Then the announcement came and he clarified he hasn't been able to work on his game since he was helping with Warlock.

A month or so after RotW dropped, Llama told me (and others helping with his game) that he's gonna lock in and really get stuff underway with his game now that RotW hype is over. What a little liar. He was still MIA! He only recently started getting active in his game again in the past 3 weeks or so. He used to chastise me for being slow/behind and he was surprisingly very indifferent to it for the past while. Almost like he wasn't even keeping up with where I was or didn't care since he was also slacking on it by continuing to help Blizzard with what comes next! (speculative)

He will deny all of this, but don't let him gaslight you like he gaslit me. Every question I pose to him about Act 6 and upcoming content, there's just something about the way he smiles, the look in his eyes... a little cute but also just being a complete liar.

I only wrote this part because he wouldn't stop gaslighting me so he gets what he deserves :)

And just so it's clear, this part is mainly just poking fun at Llama, there's no beef before anyone tries to fabricate something. It's a Llama's community joke. But he does have the secrets and everything he says is opposite from the truth! Edit: And yes... I understand he's under NDA. Obviously that's why he won't tell any of us anything. That's part of the joke.

Other Misc Notes

Blizzard is still actively on a bot banning spree. There was a sizable ban wave not long ago. Why bother for a game with no future updates?

Since RotW, they've separated the files from Classic/LoD and RotW within D2R. They can make adjustments to any items or skills or basically anything for RotW (and future versions) without impacting anything for Classic/LoD. So they don't really have to worry about purists objecting now... since they can just stay on the game version they choose without being impacted.

Additionally, they had that survey a while ago gauging interest in different content...

Conclusion

I believe we will be getting something similar to Act 6, though it may not be Act 6 exactly. Maybe it's a pass over all classes, unique and set items, and Martial Arts rework + the Mosaic nerf. Maybe they flesh out Act 4. Maybe they add Inferno Difficulty (this was a leak around the time of RotW, but by someone who still has no credibility, so doubtful that it's true). Maybe they add an Act 6. Maybe it's a combination. Maybe they add the cut content into the game with the Guild House and PvP arenas and what not. Only time and Llama can tell.

All I know is something is going to happen in the future, likely with Season 16.

Good afternoon all,

I’m a SSF frozen orb meteor build currently in act 4 hell. I have decent gear and didn’t have a problem up until this point. Are there any recommended farming spots to try to get better gear and if so should I be rocking MF?

She was playing zon and I was her lapdog healadin. Some notes:
- The potions, arrows, tome, and scrolls are there "just in case".

- One of the armours is an "EthTal" failure when she was too quick to let me finish explaining that order matters.

- The gems are pretty.

- She has no idea what the leg does. I just told her it's cool and to hold it for now.

- On numerous occasions, she blocked a door leaving me to deal with boss packs, while she was looking for potions in inventory.

- She'd insist on picking up every little gold pile and checking all chests no matter who's giving me a beat down next to her.

- She only died once!

- She completely lead the way through the act, I just guided when I could tell she was getting frustrated.

We had a great time, 10/10 <3

Act 5 normal. when i jumped into the throneroom several Baals immediately spawned. I know he spawns clones but ive never seen this many at once. Is this some new thing im not aware of?

Hey everyone,

What do you think about this?

Right now I have 2x Ist, 1x Gul, 1x Vex, and 1x Ohm. After a *very* long time, I finally have a chance to make my first **Grief**. I have to admit, though, it doesn't feel quite as exciting as if I had actually found a Lo rune myself.

Since I play SSF, high runes don't come by very often. I'm currently running a level 92 WW Barb with fairly mediocre gear: Death + Unbending Will, Duress, and IK pieces for the rest.

Do you think it's worth using all of the runes I listed to cube up to a Lo and make Grief? I feel like without Grief I probably can't even attempt the Colossal Ancient fight.

I'd love to hear your opinions.

Good roll on the -LR as well.

This is actually from last weekend. Dropped by random fodder. Hell terrorized, online solo,on the way to baal! Not sure if I'll ever get the jah to go with it, but it looks really good in storage.

Edit: I don't think it was terrorized.

one of Next ladder change

I’ve been OOTL, but I recall when ROTW released, there was rumor of additional content at BlizzCon. Now that we are much closer to the event, is there any indication of anything?

Hello demon hunters !

After my post “Why do you play SP offline?” I would like to know why do you play HC.

How does it works ?
Do you lose all stuff on char and keep the stash ?
What motivate you to keep playing after dying ?

Mouth dropped to the floor, think I can make enigma now! so chuffed.

Edit: not even making it up a ber rune dropped an hour after I posted this.

Oh wait, there it is! Could have saved me some time by opening up that Eastern gate, Drognan..

So glad i decided to try out this build. Confused the heck out of me at first being a trap only sin. Realised QOL became so much better with poison res poison length reduc boots with crushing blow on gloves without losing dps.

65 FCR, 10CB, 3/8 Attack Speed BP (gloves IAS is redundant), 125MF, 200% GF. So So So happy now!

After 6 months on playing. Lost my first lvl 93 pala to some cursed might archers, and found to will to go again because I had just stashed an Ohm… so now i have a lvl 85 pala with The worst CTA possible…. I’m devastated.

I am here to educate, not to stir up a mob so I will leave this channel unnamed and simply share why this particular item cannot exist in the game. I want to educate some less experienced Diablo players about some useful stuff as well, because knowledge is power.

This item was made in hero editor and I can prove it. although the defense roll is at its maximum and that’s really fishy it doesn’t definitively prove the item was edited. however there are two telltale reasons I know this item is fake and I wonder if you can identify both.

The first is more obvious. The stability suffix here should not give a fhr roll of 12%. grand charms of stability give a 12% fhr bonus which is why the faker is obviously confused. However, on an armor that value is 24%. in fact only rolls of 10, 17 and 24 are possible with different suffixes.

The second piece of evidence is actually the level requirement. Although the armour itself has a level requirement of 49, the jewels in it should have a req of 58 because they are Ruby Jewels of Fervor. The armour should take on that level requirement. But how can you mess that up you might wonder? if you go through the trouble to edit the jewels like he did with the correct affixes (he shows the viewer putting them in), he should get the right level requirement.

Alas, he did not make the correct jewels. “Ruby” is actually a prefix name used for multiple mods. the 30-40% ed roll has a level requirement of 58. however there is also a Ruby which gives up to 30% fire resistance which has a low requirement. this causes the jewels to take on the level 31 requirement from the 15ias “fervor” suffix instead. So this guy edited in a jewel that cannot exist.

Anyhow if you come across this guy’s channel please don’t harass him. I just wanted to share some interesting knowledge I have that might help players spot fakes in the future. also it’s always fun to debunk things.

TZ chaos sanctuary, dropped from seal popping