With some renewed interest in D2, I've started a new untwinked 99er Sorc (D2R SC). Will add her to the table shortly. So far I've played HC in D2R, while occasionally playing SC in LoD to farm for PvP gear. I played D2R a lot initially and it didn't take too long to fully set up all traditional farming characters in HC. Then the odd Pat/Mat with fun niche builds kept me engaged for a while, but at some point I wasn't really interested in PvM D2 altogether.
My terrible D2R loading times were a major contributing factor in this regard. It really kept me from enjoying farming in D2R, with any type of short run being just painful with how much time was lost to loading screens. However, last year I treated myself with a new M4 MacBook. The other day I tested D2R via CrossOver to see how it runs... and was honestly shocked to see insanely fast loading times. So that issue now being resolved made me consider jumping back into D2R as well.
As for this project, apart from 99 it will be equally (or even more) about farming end game sorc gear from scratch... and hopefully fast!
The goals:
Sorc in D2R and getting her to 99 untwinked (obviously)
SC this time. Risk of dying is too high for HC with a multi-purpose sorc running various areas untwinked.
Apart from 99, the main goal is to farm end game gear sets for any sorc build and farming target. Her final default form will most likely be ES/Nova (for which I'll probably just follow my own advice), but she will go through numerous transformations and respecs along the way. With that in mind, her goal will be to farm all of the below on her way to 99:
S&Us (minimum): Griffon's Eye, Death's Fathom, 2x SoJ, Anni (meaning third SoJ), decent Sorc Torch, Arach, Arkaine's Valor... plus of course the more common staples (Viper, Shako etc.).
Runewords (minimum): Infinity, Enigma, Phoenix, Flickering Flame, Hoto, 5+ BO CtA, again plus useful lower level runewords (CM etc). Potentially also Chains of Honor and Obsession further down the line if I find a good base.
4 skillers (minimum) for each sorc skill tree.
The plan:
Achieve the above goals reasonably efficiently. Will this include cheesing with TZs and in particular things like TZ Andy? Yes, it will. Truth be told, I generally disliked how accessible this makes rare S&Us and so far I've stayed away from such farming activities. But I'm interested in how much it can really speed up the process of equipping a new untwinked character with end game gear, and from traditional farming methods it would take ages to accumulate the above S&Us. I don't have enough time these days, so I need to resort to cheating! Nonetheless, accumulating the above gear will still be a long-term project. Planning to more or less follow this roadmap:
Playthrough: Charged Bolt > Nova > FB/Blizzard for Hell
Cows for any missing basic runewords (Spirit, Insight, Lore etc.)
1st LK stop: Hoto & CtA, depending on mood or mental strength I might hang around to finish Infinity in the first stint.
S&U farming: TZ Andy and Meph when my schedule allows, otherwise probably mixing it up with LK running and/or Pindle for S&Us and early XP. The plan is to mainly keep cheesing with TZ Andy until I get Griffon's and 2x SoJ, perhaps also including running Andy in NM for SoJs. Not sure about her build for this phase, but likely at first sticking with FB/Blizzard following Hell playthrough.
2nd LK stop: Ideally with a 200 FCR setup from initial S&U farming. In particular to get Infinity (unless already farmed), farm up skillers and crafting amulets. Should be mid 90s from the preceding MF runs to start crafting when returning to LK.
Ubers for a decent sorc torch... well that's going to be fun.
XP farming: Mostly in TZs but comparing XP gain, both among TZs and to traditional approaches such as 2-seal runs, P8 Pit runs etc. I think at first I'll try pure ES/Nova for general TZ running, but for sure will be switching between builds and targets a lot.
Ubers is the part I'm dreading the most. I know @HanShotFirst did it on his untwinked 99er Sorc which I still find shocking. Instead of encouraging it was rather intimidating doing build respecs in between ubers etc. all for a 1/7 chance. I've only ever farmed torches with a Smiter, so not sure yet how to go about it. Any ideas, please do let me know!
ffs - ahh... it is good to see a veteran getting back into D2R! I have a lot of fond memories of this place and glad to see that it is still active and that you are starting anew. May your drops be green, gold and orange!
I too just recently started to play D2R again after a long break due to FO4.
My old desktop I built back in 2014 was rocking an i5 2nd gen. Well, after extracting more than its worth I finally upgraded to a new PC and decided that warranted a completely fresh D2R restart. I feel that with Terror Zones, Sunder Charms, DClone and the Ubers all SP-available now, and a general disdain for figuring out how to transer decades of SP loot to the latest patch in Gomule, a fresh, clean start was the way to go.
Now, I went a less efficient path. My favorite character is the Fishymancer, lots of skeletons doing my bidding while I pop corpses and collect loot. I figure I'll be hanging on to the teleport staff for quite a while until I farm the runes for Enigma. But, with an Insight Golem and 20pts in Golem Mastery and a might merc leading the charge of my army of the dead, I can go any where and take all sorts of packs on.
Currently I am in Hell Act 1, with an awesome Countess Map (working to get Obedience for the merc). Going to do that and some pits for a while, as I just upgraded my Stealth armor to Bone to get the +2 necro skills. Mostly my gear is FAR from ideal, but I just started a few weeks ago and have the ambition to fill out my GoMule stash
I do plan on making one of each character. My plan is to run the necro until I am bored, or have an awesome twinking gear setup (6 socketed crystal sword with Jewels of Envy, breast plate and helms with the same, plus a set of nice charms to round out stamina needs to really push through Normal quickly). My plan: Wind Druid, Trapsin, Hammerdin, Whirlwind barb, Javazon, and whatever sorc I end up wanting to do when I get there.
I've been away from this forum for a while, but this place has always had a sweet spot in my heart - so may good people here with great stories and good content to share with their experiences. I hope my little story adds to the already magnificent tales of the folks that have preceded me! Cheers, and drinks are on Durf!
Champion Vortices, Hammerdin, Level 96.5, A2 Might Merc Azrael
Quite an update here, progressing from level 93 to half way into level 96 over the last six weeks. We got a significant upgrade, finally rolling 4os in an eth Thresher, allowing a nice Insight upgrade (haven't bothered to reroll):
I had a dumb death at the start of level 94, with Might Infector and a strung out pack. Rather than moving on when he had some of the pack get behind him, we tried to push through and red letters appeared when he got amp'ed and swarmed
Oh well, he had only a few pixels, and we to level 95 in less than a week, with 2 Puls the only drops of note. He was then my entry in RFL Round 2, getting nearly to 96.45 during the 20-hour set (with 1 hour and 20 minutes spent on another character), and placing fifth for the round. Results post is here, with only a Sur of note, but Shako finally dropped just past the 10 hour mark (the other notable non-qualifier was a Metalgrid):
I finished the last bit over the last week. He has a hodge podge set up, still with some MF (at 259%). I'll probably swap in some vita charms in favor of MF when he hits level 97, and hopefully will have another Sur or a Ber drop by then to replace with Ist in Shako with a Ber for added safety. Potential upgrades are skillers (still only one), Mara's, another + skill ring (until Mara's drops because don't need that slot for FCR), and better than the current 44% FR Aldurs.
He hits 125 FCR, has fire overstack that could be improved with 113/70/75/75 on resists, but only the 60% FHR breakpoint, which I notice compared to the 86% breakpoint, but I have only one decent SCs with FHR.
Merc:
- eth Insight Thresher
- eth Fortitude Boneweave
- Andy's w Ral
Been playing quite a bit last week and on the weekend, so time for a first update on my Sorc. As outlined in my previous post, I played Nova through normal and NM, switching to FB/Blizzard for Hell. Playthrough was rather uneventful. Stealth took a surprising amount of Countess runs and so did bases for Spirit and Insight. I farmed normal cows for those and respective missing runes. Entering Hell with Stealth, Spirit, Lore and Rhyme I throught she would do OK but again realized I hadn't played untwinked in a long time as it felt like a struggle.
Altogether it took some 9-10 hours to reach hell A3 where we stopped for ~350 Meph runs to get some basic S&Us including Viper, Magefist, Wizzy, Waterwalk, Lidless Wall. I lucked out with a Mara's (24@), also both first Nagel and first Raven rolled vey nicely with 71/30 and 248/20, respectively. No luck regarding Shako and in particular Arach, but I was eager to move to LK so proceeded to Mat her with the above upgrades.
Mat screenshot:
We then rolled a 2 campfire LK map quickly and she lived there until today (with the only exception of running TZ Andy for 1 hour in between, getting a +3/13/13 Eschuta's for her troubles). As mentioned in the above post, the goal was to farm runes for Hoto and most importantly CtA before getting back to MF. I'd estimate some ~15-18 hours of LK for getting the runes required for CtA, and a random log conveniently dropped a 5s double axe for CtA. My previous 99ers generally struggled with CtA rolls, but this time I hit the jackpot with the first try:
Other LK drops included first Sur, 2x cold skillers and 1 fire skiller, all benefitting her short-term goals of running Andy/Meph/Pindle with cold/fire based builds. For now sticking with her FB/Blizzard build from the Hell playthrough, not wanting to lose too much time in the future farming up tokens.
LK screenshots:
Next up will be some P8 Pindle and Meph farming to get to early 90s, mixing in Meph and Andy in particular when terrorized. Shako, Arach, Griffon's and SoJs are top goals. I'll probably go back to LK only after finding Griffon's to finish Infinity, craft caster amulets and hopefully find/roll some lightning skillers.
I have been running the countess the last few days and a JAH rune dropped off of wraith, tower level 5 right past the first doorway! Unfortunately, I was so excited I forgot to take a screenshot
I did upgrade from Stealth to Bone for my necro, the +skill and resists helped. Also got my merc a Hustle poking-stick & Treachery, so he hits fast!
Things have been moving along nicely over the last few days. First a couple of cow runs to get 4s Flail and Monarch for Hoto and Spirit. They dropped/were cubed quickly and – while not as significant as the CtA above – again rolled max relevant rolls on both with the first try:
Nice runeword mojo so far. Then it was on to Meph for Shako and Arach, which took some additional 280 runs or so, bringing total Meph runs to around 630. (FYI a downside of running D2R via CrossOver on Mac is that no run counter works, at least I haven't gotten any to work thus far. I'm still "sort of" tracking things by extrapolating from XP/run, overall session times and small samples of timed runs.)
That wrapped up Meph, so we said our good-byes and moved on to NM Andariel P5 runs for SoJ. We got one after some 530 runs, it was the 6th unique ring to drop.
Unsurprisingly, the firstborn SoJ had to be sacrificed for Anni. For the DClone fight I had to rely on my merc since DClone out-regenerated my rather low damage, even with LR wand (still on FB/Blizz hybrid build). I gave him Shael'ed Hone Sundan & GFace and he downed him quickly. Roll was decent as well:
Eventually I want 2x SoJ for actual use, especially for a future ES/Nova build further down the line. But that can wait, so it was rather "good-bye but see you soon" to NM Andariel.
Other than the above, it was mostly P8 Pindle for XP/MF and 2 hours of TZ Andy that lined up with my schedule.
Screenshots of other drops:
Level 91 currently and ~45 hours in overall. Next up will be some XP farming to get to 93 so that I can start crafting amulets. After 93 I'm not yet sure. Most meaningful uniques left are DFathom and Griffon's. The latter will trigger more LK runs for Infinity and NM Andy for 2x SoJ, but until then I'll just do MF runs with some XP on the side, as long as higher player settings don't slow runs down too much. So I'm inclined to respec to pure Blizzard soon and run TZs, with Pindle or AT as backup default targets if TZs are worse or not viable with my build. Now with good loading times I'm generally looking forward to digging deeper into shorter TZ runs to see how they compare. I remembered this post by @Nano after 2024 MFO, comparing MF efficiency of various TZs (also some with sorc but mostly on barb), indicating that in many cases these types of runs should outperform Pindle/alvl 85 runs – I'll try to track my data from TZ runs to hopefully add to that.
Hehe, to be fair it's across 2 weeks, around an extended weekend and with plenty of time on my hands for a change, so things ligned up nicely. My motivation is much higher early on with these kind of projects, so I'm trying to make use of that to progress quickly, knowing the grind and dips in motivation will follow at some point.
@ffs love it! amazing progress and great luck! I've had insane luck on my restart too, but the meph run count, runeword rolls, and especially number of nm andy runs on yours were even better. On the run counter, let me see if I can get @sir_cyclops to send you the one he coded up quickly to use on mac. On dclone/ubers were you using meteor? I have NOT done this yet, so I'm just repeating rumors, but I was under the impression the tick dmg from the fire on the ground from meteor prevented healing.
@Luhkoh I'd definitely be interested in testing the mac run counter! Would be great if you or @sir_cyclops could share it.
Yeah for Meph and Andy I was well below the expected number of runs. I ran with ~400 MF which according to drop calc would mean 1:1128 for Arach (P1 Hell Meph) and 1:827 for SoJ (P5 NM Andy), so in my case I had those after ~60% of expected number of runs. On the other hand for LK it's basically the opposite I'm at >2500 runs and only 1x Sur (and no Ber), hopefully that also changes once I'm back there to finish Infinity.
On dclone/ubers were you using meteor? I have NOT done this yet, so I'm just repeating rumors, but I was under the impression the tick dmg from the fire on the ground from meteor prevented healing.
I wasn't aware of that tech. Personally I didn't even have Meteor skilled, so I can't say. Seeing how the merc easily handled DClone I wondered if a high CB merc could also be a viable approach to ubers, but we'll see... Seems like sorcs can actually handle the fight OK judging from random YouTube vids.
@ffs He told me he'll post it later today, and I'll ask him again if he doesn't. And I think I have a copy on my personal computer too. It was slightly buggy with the avg time calc, but it worked well enough. I think you have to download and install python 3, but that's easy to do.
And yes it seemed to me that everyone uses fire sorc for ubers and I didn't know why until I heard that thing about the tick damage. But yeah looks like all classes can really do ubers well because of sunders. Back in the LoD days it seemed like amazon was the worst one (using jab etc) and sorc wasn't that terrible even then. Now with sunders I know amazon wrecks them. I'm not speaking from experience though. I'll learn a lot more when I get into my 100 torches goal. Oh and I know its popular to use the bone prison charges from marrowalk when running meteor sorc ubers.
And lol sorry on LK. I guess you can't have it all. My lk running was my luckiest by far, and I reallllllly need to get back to posting updates.
@ffs mercs are so hard to survive ybers in particular meph. I always wanted to try a crushing blow enchant sorc against them... like duress+gface+goblins/gore. But CB has extra penalty for ranged so not sure it will be actually "viable"
Some progress with my sorc. Ran for about ~13 hours in total since last update over the last week, roughly split between 3h Meph, 3h Andy, 2h Duriel, 1h AT and some 4 hours in aggregate spent in various other areas (WSK, cows, Chaos Sanctuary and Countess, plus some P8 Pindle in particular for most of lvl 91-92).
The first TZ Meph session had an exciting moment...
...which turned out to be possibly the biggest omega troll in my personal 99er history:
Nice early eth grail contribution. I've had a similar experience with a previous 99er (must have been Pally or Necro) where I farmed forever for Arach and when the first one dropped it was eth... but this one is definitely more hilarious. Anway, with TZ Meph/Andy MF shenanigans it should only be a matter of time until another one drops, plus in the near future she'll keep her Blizzard build anyway. Some good news on that front too when we got cold skiller #3:
As expected, TZ boss farming resulted in numerous rare S&Us. Most notably including Stormlash (unexpectedly the first unique scourge drop), Astreon’s and Mang Song's. Useful drops included War Traveler (44 MF) and Andy's, both of which didn't fall in my initial Meph runs. We also found a DWeb – and not even from TZ act bosses but really "honest work" aka non-TZ Pindle – completing the MFO-27-pointer trio with Astreon's and Mang's.
Screenshots:
I'll be busy and/or travelling for the rest of the week, so she'll have a short break from running. Not too concerned with XP so far, the focus remains on collecting gear. So I'm planning to double down on MF on low player settings once we get back to it. Apart from TZ act bosses, that will probably mean P1 Pindle as default target, with TZs taking preference if they have superuniques or several packs close to a WP. My AT map isn't bad either and I may mix it in here and there. Although Pindle still seems to be the most efficient non-TZ target thanks to improved loading times and when running to the red portal with Harmony (and being able to TK it now in D2R).
I play him strictly as a Summoner with maxed CE and Golem Mastery. First I wanted to put additional points into Amplify Damage to make the radius comparable to CE. But soon realized that my 'Insight" Iron Golem is too fragile. My stock of Insight bases was diminishing faster than I could find new bases and thus decided to use my first respec to move the points to Golem Mastery. A bit unsure what to do with the remaining points. At the moment putting them into Iron Golem.
The terror zones i like most (and typically only play him when one of those is active) are:
Pit
Cathedral, Catacombs
The Secret Cow Level
Rocky Waste, Stony Tomb
Dry Hills, Halls of the Dead
Tal Rasha's Tombs, Tal Rasha's Chamber
Flayer Jungle, Flayer Dungeon
Durance of Hate
Terror zones I tried but didn't quite like are
Bloody Foothills, Frigid Highlands, Abaddon (Do not like the quill rats and slingers whose missiles pass through my wall of minions)
Worldstone Keep, Throne of Destruction, Worldstone Chamber (Been a while visiting the zone, but those minotaurs and glooms interfere with a laid back summoner playstyle)
Chaos Sanctuary (too few minions for CE, minions in general quite tough)
Terror zones I sometime visit are
Dark Wood, Underground Passage,
Ancient Tunnels
In addition want to try Barracks, Jail.
Acquiring the first gear after LK was finished was done running mephisto on /players 3. Runs were slow as the army had to be assembled first using nilathak's temple. The merc was too fragile to handle mephisto alone. I did not really track the times but I think the runs were in the ballpark of 1:30. My intitial idea was to respec the necromancer to a bonemancer for running mephisto but decided against it. First he was not always running mephisto. When a good terror zone was active I instead switched to the zone to keep the gameplay fresh. And second I only had one respec. The respec opptions in normal and nightmare are somewhat of a last resort for me as I would lose all hell maps.
in between mephisto, the terror zones and the RFL tournament he slowly started acquiring gear. He even found a CHAM during the RFL.
Gearwise the first meaningful upgrades were Harlequin's and Arachnid Mesh. Later a Homunculus was found and socketed with a PD.
After dinging 95, it was time to try UT. The first run was a fiasco.
I did not manage to lure Mephisto, but had Baal instead
Open wounds from Duress were falling off to quickly, with only a few Urdars Baal was regenerating too quickly - After getting back to RoF and acquiring more Baal finally went down
Mephisto was near the red portal and the merc was instantly toast combined with Diablos Flame attacks.
I stupidly refrained from using the clay golem not wanting to lose the Iron Golem
My gear was not optimized resistance wise. Still sporting MF charms, rings and boots. Lighting and Cold Resistance were in the 50%
After some futile attempts to engage Mephisto he got the better of me and I had to abandon UT.
Back to the drawing board. The second try went smoother.
I did manage to lure Mephisto, starting from the bottom left this time.
I had way more Urdar's.
I had mages with Poison Damage instead of Open Wounds and switched Duress to Duriel'c for the Merc due to Cnbf.
I still stupidly refrained from using the clay golem not wanting to lose the Iron Golem
My gear was optimized resistance wise. Lighting Resistance was somewhere in the 150%.
And I got lucky in the first try:
Back to Terror Zones (with some Andy in between looking for a SoJ to convert to an Anni).
Rich (BB code):
Name: KalterHund
Class: Necromancer
Experience: 2554073302
Level: 95
Naked/Gear
Strength: 70/167
Dexterity: 35/57
Vitality: 415/437
Energy: 25/73
HP: 1046/1234
Mana: 213/382
Stamina: 573/573
Defense: 8/1795
AR: 130/314
Fire: 183/143/83
Cold: 191/151/91
Lightning: 193/153/93
Poison: 163/123/63
MF: 290 Block: 15
GF: 145 FR/W: 70
FHR: 5 IAS: 0
FCR: 80
Amplify Damage: 3/20
Dim Vision: 1/18
Weaken: 1/18
Iron Maiden: 1/18
Terror: 1/18
Confuse: 1/18
Life Tap: 1/18
Attract: 1/18
Decrepify: 1/18
Lower Resist: 1/18
Teeth: 1/14
Bone Armor: 1/14
Poison Dagger: 0/0
Corpse Explosion: 20/33
Bone Wall: 0/0
Poison Explosion: 0/0
Bone Spear: 0/0
Bone Prison: 0/0
Poison Nova: 0/0
Bone Spirit: 0/0
Skeleton Mastery: 20/39
Raise Skeleton: 20/39
Clay Golem: 1/20
Golem Mastery: 20/39
Raise Skeletal Mage: 1/20
Blood Golem: 1/20
Summon Resist: 1/20
Iron Golem: 7/26
Fire Golem: 0/0
Revive: 1/20
Graverobber's Grand Charm
Grand Charm
Required Level: 42
Fingerprint: 0x74653afd
Item Level: 80
Version: Resurrected
+1 to Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only)
Graverobber's Grand Charm of Strength
Grand Charm
Required Level: 42
Fingerprint: 0xfbbbac6
Item Level: 80
Version: Resurrected
+1 to Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only)
+4 to Strength
Graverobber's Grand Charm
Grand Charm
Required Level: 42
Fingerprint: 0x29201d9a
Item Level: 80
Version: Resurrected
+1 to Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only)
Graverobber's Grand Charm
Grand Charm
Required Level: 42
Fingerprint: 0xfaf3b615
Item Level: 80
Version: Resurrected
+1 to Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only)
Cobalt Small Charm of Good Luck
Small Charm
Required Level: 33
Fingerprint: 0xa793cfa1
Item Level: 80
Version: Resurrected
Cold Resist +8%
6% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Snake's Small Charm of Vita
Small Charm
Required Level: 39
Fingerprint: 0x96d6c047
Item Level: 80
Version: Resurrected
+19 to Life
+11 to Mana
Key
Fingerprint: 0xc790f6e4
Item Level: 96
Version: Resurrected
Grand Charm
Required Level: 75
Fingerprint: 0xc480237b
Item Level: 99
Version: Resurrected
Monster Physical Immunity is Sundered
Damage Reduced by -12%
Serpent's Small Charm of Vita
Small Charm
Required Level: 40
Fingerprint: 0x63b04b23
Item Level: 80
Version: Resurrected
+17 to Life
+16 to Mana
Full Rejuvenation Potion
Version: Resurrected
Replenishes Mana 100%
Replenishes Health 100%
Full Rejuvenation Potion
Version: Resurrected
Replenishes Mana 100%
Replenishes Health 100%
Full Rejuvenation Potion
Version: Resurrected
Replenishes Mana 100%
Replenishes Health 100%
Hellfire Torch
Large Charm
Required Level: 75
Fingerprint: 0xf3b251d2
Item Level: 99
Version: Resurrected
5% Chance to cast level 10 Firestorm on striking
+3 to Necromancer Skill Levels
All Stats +10
All Resistances +12
+8 to Light Radius
Level 30 Hydra (10/10 Charges)
Gheed's Fortune
Grand Charm
Required Level: 62
Fingerprint: 0xf4b50b58
Item Level: 99
Version: Resurrected
145% Extra Gold from Monsters
Reduces all Vendor Prices 15%
36% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Emerald Small Charm of Good Luck
Small Charm
Required Level: 33
Fingerprint: 0xfec521a4
Item Level: 80
Version: Resurrected
Poison Resist +10%
7% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Full Rejuvenation Potion
Version: Resurrected
Replenishes Mana 100%
Replenishes Health 100%
Full Rejuvenation Potion
Version: Resurrected
Replenishes Mana 100%
Replenishes Health 100%
Amber Small Charm of Balance
Small Charm
Required Level: 32
Fingerprint: 0x492bcca8
Item Level: 80
Version: Resurrected
+5% Faster Hit Recovery
Lightning Resist +10%
Full Rejuvenation Potion
Version: Resurrected
Replenishes Mana 100%
Replenishes Health 100%
Flawless Ruby
Required Level: 15
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: Adds 10 - 16 Fire Damage
Armor: +31 to Life
Shields: Fire Resist +28%
Greater Healing Potion
Version: Resurrected
Replenish Life +180
Flawless Amethyst
Required Level: 15
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: +100 to Attack Rating
Armor: +8 to Strength
Shields: +24 Defense
Flawless Diamond
Required Level: 15
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: +54% Damage to Undead
Armor: +80 to Attack Rating
Shields: Cold Resist +14%
Lightning Resist +14%
Fire Resist +14%
Poison Resist +14%
Tome of Identify
Fingerprint: 0xe524a0d9
Item Level: 94
Version: Resurrected
Flawless Skull
Required Level: 15
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: 3% Mana stolen per hit
3% Life stolen per hit
Armor: Replenish Life +4
Regenerate Mana 12%
Shields: Attacker Takes Damage of 16
Harlequin Crest
Shako
Defense: 117
Durability: 12 of 12
Required Level: 62
Required Strength: 50
Fingerprint: 0xa02655be
Item Level: 98
Version: Resurrected
+2 to All Skills
All Stats +2
+142 to Life (Based on Character Level)
+142 to Mana (Based on Character Level)
Damage Reduced by 10%
50% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Order Gorget
Amulet
Required Level: 30
Fingerprint: 0xc374624b
Item Level: 49
Version: Resurrected
+2 to Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only)
Adds 1 - 2 Fire Damage
+16 to Energy
All Resistances +14
Fire Resist +30%
13% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Enigma
Mage Plate
JahIthBer
Defense: 988
Durability: 60 of 60
Required Level: 65
Required Strength: 55
Fingerprint: 0xd866fedc
Item Level: 81
Version: Resurrected
+2 to All Skills
+45% Faster Run/Walk
+1 to Teleport
+763 Defense
+71 to Strength (Based on Character Level)
Increase Maximum Life 5%
Damage Reduced by 8%
+14 Life after each Kill
15% Damage Taken Goes To Mana
95% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items (Based on Character Level)
3 Sockets (3 used)
Socketed: Jah Rune
Socketed: Ith Rune
Socketed: Ber Rune
Jah Rune
Required Level: 65
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: Ignore Target's Defense
Armor: Increase Maximum Life 5%
Shields: +50 to Life
Ith Rune
Required Level: 15
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: Armor: 15% Damage Taken Goes To Mana
Shields: 15% Damage Taken Goes To Mana
Ber Rune
Required Level: 63
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: 20% Chance of Crushing Blow
Armor: Damage Reduced by 8%
Shields: Damage Reduced by 8%
Fortuitous Ring of Fortune
Ring
Required Level: 31
Fingerprint: 0x995bb4bf
Item Level: 80
Version: Resurrected
34% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Order Master
Ring
Required Level: 13
Fingerprint: 0x2283518a
Item Level: 23
Version: Resurrected
+74 to Attack Rating
+10 to Life
Lightning Resist +30%
Magic Damage Reduced by 1
13% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
+2 to Light Radius
War Traveler
Battle Boots
Defense: 127
Durability: 48 of 48
Required Level: 42
Required Strength: 95
Fingerprint: 0xa6164e11
Item Level: 87
Version: Resurrected
+25% Faster Run/Walk
Adds 15 - 25 Damage
+166% Enhanced Defense
+10 to Strength
+10 to Vitality
40% Slower Stamina Drain
Attacker Takes Damage of 10
36% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
+30 Maximum Durability
Trang-Oul's Claws
Heavy Bracers
Defense: 69
Durability: 16 of 16
Required Level: 45
Required Strength: 58
Fingerprint: 0x690dfdd4
Item Level: 99
Version: Resurrected
+2 to Curses (Necromancer only)
+20% Faster Cast Rate
+25% to Poison Skill Damage
+30 Defense
Cold Resist +30%
Greater Healing Potion
Version: Resurrected
Replenish Life +180
Super Mana Potion
Version: Resurrected
Replenishes Mana 250%
Super Healing Potion
Version: Resurrected
Replenish Life +320
Super Mana Potion
Version: Resurrected
Replenishes Mana 250%
Super Healing Potion
Version: Resurrected
Replenish Life +320
Arachnid Mesh
Spiderweb Sash
Defense: 122
Durability: 9 of 12
Required Level: 80
Required Strength: 50
Fingerprint: 0xf7cea2d1
Item Level: 99
Version: Resurrected
+1 to All Skills
+20% Faster Cast Rate
Slows Target by 10%
+95% Enhanced Defense
Increase Maximum Mana 5%
Level 3 Venom (10/11 Charges)
Greater Mana Potion
Version: Resurrected
Replenishes Mana 150%
Spirit
Monarch
TalThulOrtAmn
Defense: 142
Chance to Block: 0
Durability: 86 of 86
Required Level: 54
Required Strength: 156
Fingerprint: 0xee8be82a
Item Level: 93
Version: Resurrected
+2 to All Skills
+27% Faster Cast Rate
+55% Faster Hit Recovery
+250 Defense vs. Missile
+22 to Vitality
+96 to Mana
Cold Resist +35%
Lightning Resist +35%
Poison Resist +35%
Magic Absorb 4%
Attacker Takes Damage of 14
4 Sockets (4 used)
Socketed: Tal Rune
Socketed: Thul Rune
Socketed: Ort Rune
Socketed: Amn Rune
Tal Rune
Required Level: 17
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: Adds 75 Poison Damage Over 5 Secs (125 Frames)
Armor: Poison Resist +30%
Shields: Poison Resist +35%
Thul Rune
Required Level: 23
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: Adds 3 - 14 Cold Damage Over 3 Secs (75 Frames)
Armor: Cold Resist +30%
Shields: Cold Resist +35%
Ort Rune
Required Level: 21
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: Adds 1 - 50 Lightning Damage
Armor: Lightning Resist +30%
Shields: Lightning Resist +35%
Amn Rune
Required Level: 25
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: 7% Life stolen per hit
Armor: Attacker Takes Damage of 14
Shields: Attacker Takes Damage of 14
Call to Arms
Superior Flail
AmnRalMalIstOhm
One Hand Damage: 3 - 90
Durability: 33 of 33
Required Level: 57
Required Strength: 41
Required Dexterity: 35
Fingerprint: 0x39414a2f
Item Level: 85
Version: Resurrected
+1 to All Skills
+40% Increased Attack Speed
275% Enhanced Damage
+150% Damage to Undead
Adds 5 - 30 Fire Damage
7% Life stolen per hit
Prevent Monster Heal
+3 to Battle Command
+2 to Battle Orders
+1 to Battle Cry
Replenish Life +12
30% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Increase Maximum Durability 10%
5 Sockets (5 used)
Socketed: Amn Rune
Socketed: Ral Rune
Socketed: Mal Rune
Socketed: Ist Rune
Socketed: Ohm Rune
Amn Rune
Required Level: 25
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: 7% Life stolen per hit
Armor: Attacker Takes Damage of 14
Shields: Attacker Takes Damage of 14
Ral Rune
Required Level: 19
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: Adds 5 - 30 Fire Damage
Armor: Fire Resist +30%
Shields: Fire Resist +35%
Mal Rune
Required Level: 49
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: Prevent Monster Heal
Armor: Magic Damage Reduced by 7
Shields: Magic Damage Reduced by 7
Ist Rune
Required Level: 51
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: 30% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Armor: 25% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Shields: 25% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Ohm Rune
Required Level: 57
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: +50% Enhanced Damage
Armor: +5% to Maximum Cold Resist
Shields: +5% to Maximum Cold Resist
Full Rejuvenation Potion
Version: Resurrected
Replenishes Mana 100%
Replenishes Health 100%
Full Rejuvenation Potion
Version: Resurrected
Replenishes Mana 100%
Replenishes Health 100%
Scroll of Town Portal
Version: Resurrected
Scroll of Town Portal
Version: Resurrected
Horadric Cube
Fingerprint: 0x2231fe2d
Item Level: 13
Version: Resurrected
Scroll of Town Portal
Version: Resurrected
Scroll of Town Portal
Version: Resurrected
Full Rejuvenation Potion
Version: Resurrected
Replenishes Mana 100%
Replenishes Health 100%
Full Rejuvenation Potion
Version: Resurrected
Replenishes Mana 100%
Replenishes Health 100%
Heart of the Oak
Flail
KoVexPulThul
One Hand Damage: 1 - 24
Durability: 30 of 30
Required Level: 55
Required Strength: 41
Required Dexterity: 35
Fingerprint: 0xb6f29e9c
Item Level: 81
Version: Resurrected
+3 to All Skills
+40% Faster Cast Rate
+75% Damage to Demons
+100 to Attack Rating against Demons
+150% Damage to Undead
Adds 3 - 14 Cold Damage Over 3 Secs (75 Frames)
7% Mana stolen per hit
+10 to Dexterity
Replenish Life +20
Increase Maximum Mana 15%
All Resistances +38
Level 4 Oak Sage (25/25 Charges)
Level 14 Raven (60/60 Charges)
4 Sockets (4 used)
Socketed: Ko Rune
Socketed: Vex Rune
Socketed: Pul Rune
Socketed: Thul Rune
Ko Rune
Required Level: 39
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: +10 to Dexterity
Armor: +10 to Dexterity
Shields: +10 to Dexterity
Vex Rune
Required Level: 55
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: 7% Mana stolen per hit
Armor: +5% to Maximum Fire Resist
Shields: +5% to Maximum Fire Resist
Pul Rune
Required Level: 45
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: +75% Damage to Demons
+100 to Attack Rating against Demons
Armor: +30% Enhanced Defense
Shields: +30% Enhanced Defense
Thul Rune
Required Level: 23
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: Adds 3 - 14 Cold Damage Over 3 Secs (75 Frames)
Armor: Cold Resist +30%
Shields: Cold Resist +35%
Homunculus
Hierophant Trophy
Defense: 213
Chance to Block: 52
Durability: 20 of 20
Required Level: 42
Required Strength: 58
Fingerprint: 0x167a4e00
Item Level: 87
Version: Resurrected
+2 to Curses (Necromancer only)
+2 to Necromancer Skill Levels
+30% Faster Block Rate
40% Increased Chance of Blocking
+200% Enhanced Defense
+20 to Energy
Regenerate Mana 33%
All Resistances +59
+5 to Mana after each Kill
1 Sockets (1 used)
Socketed: Perfect Diamond
Perfect Diamond
Required Level: 18
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: +68% Damage to Undead
Armor: +100 to Attack Rating
Shields: Cold Resist +19%
Lightning Resist +19%
Fire Resist +19%
Poison Resist +19%
Mercenary:
Name: Neeraj
Race: Desert Mercenary
Type: Might-Nightmare
Experience: 103991658
Level: 95
Dead?: unknown
Naked/Gear
Strength: 208/238
Dexterity: 169/169
HP: 2230/2325
Defense: 1629/2556
AR: 2096/2096
Fire: 182/142/82
Cold: 212/172/112
Lightning: 182/142/82
Poison: 182/142/82
Duriel's Shell
Cuirass
Defense: 710
Durability: 29 of 150
Required Level: 41
Required Strength: 65
Fingerprint: 0xab660f9e
Item Level: 81
Version: Resurrected
+192% Enhanced Defense
+118 Defense (Based on Character Level)
+15 to Strength
+95 to Life (Based on Character Level)
Cold Resist +30%
All Resistances +20
Cannot Be Frozen
+100 Maximum Durability
Guillaume's Face
Winged Helm
Defense: 217
Durability: 31 of 40
Required Level: 34
Required Strength: 115
Fingerprint: 0x584bdd5d
Item Level: 80
Version: Resurrected
+30% Faster Hit Recovery
35% Chance of Crushing Blow
15% Deadly Strike
+120% Enhanced Defense
+15 to Strength
Infinity
Thresher
BerMalBerIst
Two Hand Damage: 63 - 749
Durability: 33 of 33
Required Level: 63
Required Strength: 142
Required Dexterity: 108
Fingerprint: 0x4a098a21
Item Level: 81
Version: Resurrected
50% Chance to cast level 20 Chain Lightning when you Kill an Enemy
Level 12 Conviction Aura When Equipped
+35% Faster Run/Walk
255% Enhanced Damage
-49% to Enemy Lightning Resistance
40% Chance of Crushing Blow
Prevent Monster Heal
+47 to Vitality (Based on Character Level)
30% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Level 21 Cyclone Armor (30/30 Charges)
Ethereal
4 Sockets (4 used)
Socketed: Ber Rune
Socketed: Mal Rune
Socketed: Ber Rune
Socketed: Ist Rune
Ber Rune
Required Level: 63
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: 20% Chance of Crushing Blow
Armor: Damage Reduced by 8%
Shields: Damage Reduced by 8%
Mal Rune
Required Level: 49
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: Prevent Monster Heal
Armor: Magic Damage Reduced by 7
Shields: Magic Damage Reduced by 7
Ber Rune
Required Level: 63
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: 20% Chance of Crushing Blow
Armor: Damage Reduced by 8%
Shields: Damage Reduced by 8%
Ist Rune
Required Level: 51
Version: Resurrected
Weapons: 30% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Armor: 25% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Shields: 25% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Still looking for better rings and amulet. If I get lucky and find a BER maybe a Beast. And if I acquire a token thinking about going max block.
95.35 Mara's at Andariel (TZ). 95.4
Token of Absolution. Max Block. Forgot points in Bone Armor. Yay. 95.45 Andariel's Visage at Mephisto (TZ). Replaced Merc's Tal's Mask. 95.5 Death to Nihla. Back to 95.4 95.45 Nice Boots. 95.8 Whoop whoop 96.0 Bul's at Mephisto (TZ) 96.05 Vex (Halls of the Dead (TZ)) Gear
Truth be told, I generally disliked how accessible this makes rare S&Us and so far I've stayed away from such farming activities. But I'm interested in how much it can really speed up the process of equipping a new untwinked character with end game gear, and from traditional farming methods it would take ages to accumulate the above S&Us. I don't have enough time these days, so I need to resort to cheating! Nonetheless, accumulating the above gear will still be a long-term project. Planning to more or less follow this roadmap:
doing build respecs in between ubers etc. all for a 1/7 chance. I've only ever farmed torches with a Smiter, so not sure yet how to go about it. Any ideas, please do let me know!
