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The Unofficial Diablo2 Guide
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Author: Jason
Date Created: 30 June 2000
Date Modified: 8 July 2000
Email: darkwind@themail.com
*Don't email me anything unless it's absolutely necessary.
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CONTENTS
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1. Introduction
2. Character Status
3. Quests
4. Equipment Modifiers
5. Special Equipment
6. Gems
7. Credits
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1. Introduction
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This is a great game! A must have for all RPG players. If you don't do RPG, you
may want to try it anyway. It's graphics, sound and almost everything is all
very well done.
Apparently, I don't have all the information on the equipment modifiers and the
set items. If you have any of those that I missed, kindly send them to me. I'll
give you credits for it.
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2. Character Status
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Amazon
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Strength : 20
Dexterity : 25
Vitality : 20
Energy : 15
Stamina : 84
Life : 50
Mana : 15
Skill-1 : Javelin and Spear
Skill-2 : Passive and Magic
Skill-3 : Bow and Crossbow
Necromancer
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Strength : 15
Dexterity : 25
Vitality : 15
Energy : 25
Stamina : 79
Life : 45
Mana : 25
Skill-1 : Summoning
Skill-2 : Poison and Bone
Skill-3 : Curses
Barbarian
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Strength : 30
Dexterity : 20
Vitality : 25
Energy : 10
Stamina : 91
Life : 55
Mana : 10
Skill-1 : Warcries
Skill-2 : Combat Masteries
Skill-3 : Combat Skills
*Strategy: Skill up this guy a weapon of your choice (Combat Masteries), then
train him up all the way to level 20. You would easily be a force not to be
reckoned with by then... There is more, after completing your choice of weapon
mastery, continue to increase your skills in Increased Stamina, Increased Speed,
Iron Skin and Natural Resistance.
Sorceress
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Strength : 10
Dexterity : 25
Vitality : 10
Energy : 35
Stamina : 74
Life : 40
Mana : 35
Skill-1 : Cold
Skill-2 : Lightning
Skill-3 : Fire
Paladin
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Strength : 25
Dexterity : 20
Vitality : 25
Energy : 15
Stamina : 89
Life : 55
Mana : 15
Skill-1 : Defensive Aura
Skill-2 : Offensive Aura
Skill-3 : Combat Skills
*Strategy: Skill up using Prayer (Defensive Aura) and keep to this. After that,
when you received a book (Forgot the name) that forces you to learn a new skill,
learn Might (Offensive Aura). Basically, you should use Might and switch back to
Prayer whenever you are damaged. You should switch skills using the your
function keys to change them easily. Works best if you increased both Prayer and
Might to its maximum level. Remember that you have to increase your Energy so
that you won't run out of Mana easily. Use Healing/Rejuvenation (Potion) when
the monsters are dealing more damage than your Prayer can handle.
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3. Quests
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Act 1
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Rogue Encampment
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Akara : Heals and replenishes Mana
Sells Wands, Staves and Scepters
Sells Scrolls and Tomes
Sells Potions
Charsi: Repair Items
Sells Weapons and Armor
Cain : Identify Items
Gheed : Gamble
Sells Weapons and Armor
Sells Keys
Kashya: Hire Mercenary (Max Level 10)
Warriv: Basically does nothing until the end of Act 1.
He is the guy who sends you to Lut Gholein (Act 2)
*You can't get Cain until you rescued him in Tristram.
*Can't hire from Kashya untill you kill Blood Raven in the Burial Grounds.
Quest 1: Den of Evil
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01. At the start of the game, talk to Warriv.
02. Next, talk to Akara. She'll give you the first quest, Den of Evil.
03. Exit the town and to the wilderness, you'll enter Blood Moor.
04. You may come across Flavie, but do not go pass her! The Den of Evil is
within the boundaries of Blood Moor.
05. Enter the Den of Evil and kill anything that moves (excluding yourself).
06. There is a unique monster found in the Den of Evil.
07. When you killed a certain amount of monster, the quest book option would
appear, showing the remaining number of monsters left.
08. Just kill everything and return to Akara for the reward, +1 Skill Point.
*Always kills the Shamans first, as they can revive their minions.
Quest 2: Sisters' Burial Ground
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1. Talk to Kashya. She'll ask you to kill Blood Raven.
2. Explore the Cold Plains, found on the other side of the map blocked by
Flavie.
3. There is a Fallen Camp in this map and it's filled with Fallens, Fallen-
Shamans and a unique Fallen Shaman, Bishibosh. Kill Bishibosh first, as it can
revive the Shamans.
4. You'll get two exits and a cave on the Cold Plains. Explore the cave first.
5. Proceed on to the Burial Grounds. Start off by walking round the exterior of
the map, killing off all monsters you found on the way. Hopefully, this may be
enough for you to gain another extra level. By the way, when you level up, all
your Life and Mana replenishes to maximum.
5. Make your way to the center of the graveyard, where Blood Raven awaits your
arrival.
6. Ignore all the other monsters. Attack Blood Raven first as she can slowly
summon for more undeads.
7. After Blood Raven is killed, holy lightning would emit from her body killing
off the remaining undeads. Non-undeads are not affected, you'll still have to
deal with them personally.
8. Return to the Rogue Encampment and talk to Kashya. She'll give you a free
Rogue Archer and you'll have the option to hire them from now onwards.
9. There are two new areas for you to explore (Crypt and Mausoleum). Both are
single level dungeons, and contain a gold chest guarded by a unique monster.
*You can only have one mercenary at any time.
*Mercenary can gain experience for your characters.
*Maximum level for Rogue Archer is level 10.
Quest 3: The Search for Cain
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01. Talk with Akara. She'll ask you to find Cain who is in Tristram.
02. To reach Cain, you'll need to find the Cairn Stones and obtain a Scroll of
Inifuss from the Tree of Inifuss.
03. The Cairn Stones are found in the Stony Field, but you can't do anything
with it yet.
04. To get to the Dark Wood, you have to enter the Underground Passage. The
Underground Passage consists of two levels, the way to the Dark Wood is on the
first level, but the second level contains a gold chest guarded by a unique.
05. When you reached the Dark Wood, find the Tree of Inifuss. Search it to get
the Scroll of Inifuss.
06. Return to Akara with the bark and she'll decipher the runes for you.
07. Head for the Cairn Stones (Stony Field) and touch the Cairn Stones according
to the sequence.
08. A red portal taking you to Tristram would appear.
09. Upon entering Tristram, you should walk around the map, slowing killing off
the monsters.
10. The monsters are quite easy, except for Griswold and a couple of uniques
which are harder to kill.
11. Try to find Wirt's body. His body contains many treasures and when you
collected the whole lot, you can even take along his leg with you!
12. Release Cain. If you walked around the map as I suggested, there might not
be any monsters left in the Town Center when you are releasing Cain.
13. Return to the Rogue Encampment. Cain will now identify items for you, free!
14. Remember Wirt's leg? You can't sell it yet, but it has a high durability and
also fast attack speed. Can try swinging it at the monsters for fun.
15. Actually, I have no idea what use the leg is for. If you do find out any
future usage, please email me.
Quest 4: The Forgotten Tower
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01. First, you'll to find and read the Mouldy Tome, I found it in the Stony
Field, but it can be anywhere given the randomness of the game.
02. The quest appears after you read the Mouldy Tome.
03. Get into the Forgotten Tower located within the Black Marsh and kill the
Countess.
04. There is a cave found in the Black Marsh, which contains a gold chest. You
may want to explore this cave before heading into the Forgotten Tower.
05. The Countess is found on the sixth level of the Forgotten Tower. It is fire
enchanted so having equipment with Fire-Resist may be easier.
06. Open the chest that's found in the room the Countess is in for lots of money
and some items.
Quest 5: Tools of the Trade
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01. Talk with Charsi. She'll ask you to find the Horadric Malus from the
Maonastery Barracks and return it to her.
02. Head towards the Tamoe Highland from the Black Marsh.
03. There is a Pit, which you can explore in the Tamoe Highland.
04. Enter the Monastery Gate.
05. From the Gate, you can access to the Outer Cloister.
06. And from the Outer Cloister, you can reach the Monastery Barracks.
07. The Horadric Malus is found within the Monastery Barracks and is guarded by
a Smith (Unique Monster) which is really strong.
08. When you finally defeated the Smith, get the Horadric Malus and bring it
back to Charsi.
09. She'll give you an option to imbue an item that is non-jewelry, non-
socketed, non-magical and non-throwing item into a magical one.
10. Better cross your fingers and pray for a good item, as the item given is
completely random.
Quest 6: Sisters to the Slaughter
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01. Once you completed the previous quest, talk to Cain.
02. He'll give you the final quest, and that's to kill Andariel.
03. First, enter the Jail level 1 through the Outer Cloister.
04. From the Jail level 3, you can go to the Inner Cloister.
05. Then, from the Inner Cloister you go to the Cathedral.
06. And finally, from the Inner Cloister, you can access your final destination,
the Catacombs. (Finally, that's over with!)
07. Andariel lies within the fourth level of theCatacombs and she has a weakness
to fire.
08. After killing Andariel, return to the Rogue Encampment and talk to Warriv.
He'll bring you to the next town, Lut Gholein.
*Warriv would also be at Lut Gholein and can bring you back to the Rogue
Encampment if neccessary.
*Cain would also join you, and identify items for free in Lut Gholein.
*Updates coming soon!
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4. Equipment Modifiers
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Attack Rate and Damage
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Bronze : 19 Attack Rating
Iron : 39 Attack Rating
Steel : 59 Attack Rating
Silver : 79 Attack Rating
Gold : 89 Attack Rating
Platinum : 119 Attack Rating
Craftsmanship : 1 Max Damage
Quality : 2 Max Damage
Maiming : 3 Max Damage
Slaying : 6 Max Damage
Gore : 9 Max Damage
Carnage : 13 Max Damage
Worth : 1 Min Damage
Measure : 2 Min Damage
Excellence : 3 Min Damage
Performance : 4 Min Damage
Brutal : Enhanced Damage
Deadly : Enhanced Damage
Jagged : Enhanced Damage
Vicious : Enhanced Damage
Sharp : Enhanced Damage / 19 Attack Rating
Fine : Enhanced Damage / 39 Attack Rating
Warrior : Enhanced Damage / 46 Attack Rating
Attack Speed
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Readiness : Slightly Increased Attack Speed
Alacrity : Attack Speed Increased
Swiftness : Attack Speed Increased
Defense
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Strong : Enhanced Defense
Sturdy : Enhanced Defense
Life-Stealing and Mana-Stealing
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Leech : 6% Life
Locust : 10% Life
Bat : 8% Mana
Vampire : 10% Mana
Light
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Glimmering : 1 Light Radius
Glowing : 2 Light Radius
Light : 2 Light Radius
Radiance : 3 Light Radius
Sun : 5 Light Radius
Gold and Magic Items
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Fortuitous : 14% Better Chance to find Magic Items
Chance : 19% Better Chance to find Magic Items
Greed : 55% More Gold
Wealth : 89% More Gold
Life and Mana
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Jackal : 4 Life
Wolf : 18 Life
Tiger : 22 Life
Lizard : 4 Mana
Energy : 6 Mana
Mind : 8 Mana
Snake : 10 Mana
Serpent : 18 Mana
Drake : 22 Mana
Spell Casting
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Apprentice : Fast Cast Rate
Magus : Fastest Cast Rate
Hit Recovery
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Balance : Fast Hit Recovery
Stability : Fastest Hit Recovery
Fire
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Crimson : 9% Fire Resist
Burgundy : 16% Fire Resist
Garnet : 25% Fire Resist
Flame : 1-4 Fire Damage
Fire : 2-8 Fire Damage
Ice
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Azure : 9% Cold Resistance
Lapis : 16% Cold Resistance
Cobalt : 25% Cold Resistance
Frost : 1-3 Cold Damage
Glacier : 4-8 Cold Damage
Thawing : Halves Freeze Duration
Lightning
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Ocher : 9% Lightning Resist
Tangerine : 16% Lightning Resist
Coral : 25% Lightning Resist
Shock : 1-8 Lightning Damage
Lightning : 1-16 Lightning Damage
Poison
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Beryl : 9% Poison Resistance
Jade : 16% Poison Resistance
Blight : 2-7 Poison Damage for 3 seconds
Venom : 4-14 Poison Damage for 3 seconds
Remedy : Poison Length Reduced by 25%
Others
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Accuracy : 9 Dexterity
Bear : Knockback
Blocking : 10% Chance To Block
Deflecting : Increased Chance of Blocking
Devious : -1 To Magic Damage
Dexterity : 1 Dexterity
Ease : Requirement –20%
Giant : 14 Strength
Haste : Faster Run/Walk
Health : Damage Reduced By 1
Howling : Causes Monster To Flee
Might : 5 Strength
Pacing : Fast Run/Walk
Puncturing : Reduces Monster Defense 10-20 Per Hit
Regeneration: Replenish Life +3
Rugged : 9 Maximum Stamina
Strength : 1 Strength
Thorns : Attacker Takes 3 Damage
Triumphant : 1 Mana After Each Kill
Vileness : Prevents Monster Heal
Vulpine : 10% Damage Taken Goes To Mana
Warding : Magic Damage Reduced By 1
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5. Special Equipment
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Arctic Gears
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Furs (Quilted Armor)
Defense : 50
Durability : 40
Required : Strength – 12
Enhanced Defense
All Resistance +10%
Arctic Binding (Not Found)
Arctic Horn (Not Found)
Arctic Mitts (Not Found)
Infernal Tools
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Infernal Cranium (Cap)
Defense : 4
Durability : 24
Required : Level - 5
20% Damage taken goes to Mana
All Resistance +10%
Infernal Buckle (Not Found)
Infernal Torch (Not Found)
Hsaru's Defense
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Iron Fist (Buckler)
Defense : 4
Durability : 24
Blocking : 25%
Required : Strength - 12
Damage Reduces by 2
+10 Strength
Iron Heel (Not Found)
Iron Stay (Not Found)
Death's Disguise
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Death's Guard (Sash)
Defense : 22
Durability : 24
Required : Level - 6
Cannot be Frozen
+20 Defense
Death's Hand (Leather Glove)
Defense : 3
Durability : 24
Poison Length Reduced by 75%
Poison Resist 50%
Death's Touch (Not Found)
*I don't have the any of the items in full sets. If anyone got the full sets,
kindly email me and tell what'll happen if I equipped the full set. I give you
the credits, as usual.
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6. Gems
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Amethyst
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Weapon : Adds to Attack Rating
Shield : Adds to Shield's Defense Rating
Helm : Adds to Strength
Diamond
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Weapon : Adds to Damage Vs Undead
Shield : Adds to All Resistance
Helm : Adds to Attack Rating
Emerald
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Weapon : Adds Poison Damage to Attack
Shield : Adds Resistance to Poison
Helm : Adds to Dexterity
Sapphire
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Weapon : Adds Cold Damage to Attack
Shield : Adds Resistance to Cold
Helm : Adds to Maximum Mana
Skull
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Weapon : Adds Mana and Life Steal to Attack
Shield : Adds Attacker takes Damage
Helm : Adds Mana and Life Regeneration
Topaz
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Weapon : Adds Lightning Damage to Attack
Shield : Adds Resistance to Lightning
Helm : Adds Chance of getting Magic Item
*I think I missed a few. Got them in the past, but couldn't find them when
making this guide. Kindly email them to me if you found out.
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7. Credits
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All Readers : For reading my guide. This shows my work doesn't go unnoticed.
Blizzard : For such a great game!
Robin : For helping out in the development of the guide.
Myself : Finally, for making this guide possible.
This document Copyright 2000 J&R Corporation
