20 Things You Didn't Know About Diablo 2 - Xtimus

[@hunlepto2239]

On Lava Skeletons: -"trying to hit you" -*Is visibly shown trying to miserably escape on the other side*

[@freddy5092]

At number 20 the quote from Diablo is actually a reference for Diablo 1 when the character that you are playing enters the catacombs and says: "The smell of death surrounds me" Interesting one there...

[@LaddRusso91]

I sometimes, still get chills when I hear that one. ^^

[@Xtimus]

Freddy mind blown..lol awesome thanks for the info

[@freddy5092]

Your welcome bro :)

[@idmooseman]

@Freddy I was thinking the same thing, but couldn't remember where that phrase was stated. @LaddRusso91 Me, too. I am still amazed at how much these games, D1 and D2, can excite and challenge me while playing.

[@freddy5092]

Ikr

[@hansgerber8654]

wow a "things you didn't know" video about diablo 2 with things that I actually didn't know solid +1

[@CaptainPerfect]

Yeah, I was surprised too, many of these were thing I didnt know.

[@idmooseman]

Agreed. I knew about the Den of Evil and the Evil Force, but the other stuff is new information for me. I don't know how he finds out about stuff like this. As long as he keeps it coming, I'll be happy. Thanks for the information +Xtimus.

[@Xtimus]

Thanks Craig. I would defiantly say your one on my number one subs :)

[@idmooseman]

Thank you for the compliment. I appreciated the "extra" information you provide, in addition to the game-play. I entered "Nightmare" difficulty, (single player), with my level 37 Barbarian wearing the Angelic Raiment gear.

[@alondor8157]

Actually, this should have been named "fun facts". Preferably. Because many of us Diablo fans DO know these. On the first one I was like.. But wait.. I do know that. Not to be picky, it was a great video either way.

[@mongislort6440]

How can a cow be a king? Cows are females, and Kings are males. Which means that those stamina potions are... oh god.

[@yamchathewolf7714]

Mongis Lort lmao

[@OIFEagle]

Butters' creamy goo. (South Park reference)

[@qetgoibopnqafpni]

lul xD

[@ClumptoBismore]

Ur comment was the best part of the video, thank u

[@AntTheProtagonist]

Did you just assume the kings gender?

[@НикитаЛубин]

Wow, that's really sad second expansion was cancelled.

[@Araneus21]

Interestingly, A game from similiar time frame, Age of Empires 2, receives new updates every so often and got 2 new expansions, including the infamous Roberto Barbosa African Kingdoms and has a thriving community. It's not impossible to revitalize Diablo 2 since new content would be dirt-cheap to make and the game still has an active fan-base. Imagine a Diablo 2 Remaster, if you will, with new content, updated graphics, revitalized multiplayer and no microtransactions, lootboxes, DLC's, preorder bonuses, thus greatly improving Blizzard's image in the eyes of the public.

[@luxis300]

Ya .. only if, as a fan of diablo 2 that's my response to a remastered version Lol, That will happen before i win the lottery... Maybe

[@dgh25]

They should have worked on the second expansion instead of that Diablo 3 crap!

[@justinlowry8123]

@@Araneus21 blizzards public image was ruined 3 days ago

[@Araneus21]

@@justinlowry8123 Good time to vote with wallets and not bother with their products at all until they make something worthwhile. Sad thing is, the devs would likely make a great of a game without being constrained by publishers and shareholders nagging them into oblivion like a prime evil itself would to the holder of a soulstone.

[@josephmcconnell8905]

The fact that this game can still surprise me to this day is astounding

[@MelinaHristova]

@Yousef Ghaneemah The game is awesome and started a whole new genre when was released

[@IDONTGETTHEPOINT]

I've been playing and replaying this game ever since 2005, but there were several things on this list I didn't know. Great list, man. Well done.

[@diegowfrk1]

My greatest deception in life is that i have like, 1 billion hours in diablo 2,both classic and lod, single and multi, and never, never, dropped a soj in my life

[@daywalker3735]

Yea man drop rates in d2 were insane

[@Gcrab71989]

I have ~25k hours as a conservative estimate and got my first soj drop just last week.

[@TheAudioExport]

40 perfect gems were worth a pul for awhile, can't think of another game with a legit organic economy not shaped by the devs.

[@DarkLeviathan8]

Well, path of exile for instance.

[@avd7288]

I can remember ghoul brains in Two Worlds multiplayer being currency.

[@user-xm5ch4bl3l]

Guild Wars 1 Ectos, OB Shards, Black/White dyes...

[@AwesomeSauce1000]

Team Fortress 2 has one of the worlds largest economies.

[@rider660r]

Remember 6 P Skulls for a Soj?

[@RODUHUHEBUDHO]

Another secret. The Statues In The River Of Flame by the portal, they move their heads when you walk by. Never would of noticed it if a friend of my haven't told me about it.

[@allylilith5605]

San4es 747 Yep and they are actually a reference to Diablo 1 because they occur as ennemies from lvl 13-16 and around Diablo himself.

[@LordJeremy94]

damn never noticed that XD

[@gugplaus1141]

of course you wouldn't notice such a thing. You too, like so many , write "would of".

[@sheevthewireless110]

2:25 They are not trying to hit you, they are just trying to get out of the pit.

[@sander8622]

#6 they're not trying to hit you, they're trying to climb out of the lava and are pulled back in. it's actualy really not rare at all and happens all around the river of flame map and it happens at fixed (short) intervals

[@NiRo_O]

happy to see people still exploring and nerding on d2, its the game i enjoyed the most of playing my entire life :)

[@crapconnoisseur6691]

woah woah woah. you cant just say that deckard cain has a rap song and not play any of it...

[@masocre]

the link doesn't even work!!! edit: never mind just allow flash

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

For real...link the song! This I gotta hear.

[@DKCG0113]

My brother downloaded that song off of Napster like 20 years ago lol

[@Terra-Hawk]

I remember when I was new to D2 and traded 8 soj for a shako. In return I got a gemmed cap with an emerald. Yes I fell for it and I was pissed

[@Fishbro]

Terra Hawk lol d2 had so many POS players

[@ALex-qc4lf]

Well, a Shako is nothing but a Leather Cap (in the highest tier). What you mean is a Halequinns Crest (which is a unique version of Shako). But nonetheless you've been screwed heavily

[@Hovezipwn]

classic

[@Str8GasGenetics]

Everyone calls it shako.

[@ALex-qc4lf]

Does not make it more correct tho.

[@cattycats4]

I remember playing D2.. after a few weeks you have about 2 or 3 characters and then the rest are all called Mule Muler or Muley lol

[@Quimper111]

The skeletons in the lava is most likely tormented victims desperately but futily trying to get out of the torment that is the lava

[@plutoburn]

How can you put SoJ as currency under things people don't know. If you played the game on battle.net, that's a requirement to know.

[@alondor8157]

Yeah. A lot of us that have played since classic know many of these.

[@Hunnerbear92]

Plus, I bet a lot of people started later on too when HRs took over as currency.

[@Reach1335]

Remember trading 35 SoJs for a 915 Eth Ith CB. So they were still used as currency during .09 patch well into the Expansion.

[@viermidebutura]

plutoburn i remember qhen the 2 20 20 sc's were the currency

[@Tyrian3k]

Yeah, and most people who know that also know that his example, a Windforce, didn't exist before LoD.

[@tttc]

I found out about those hidden rooms in Act 1 like four years ago. I was very surprised. Lovely how you can still find new stuff in this game.

[@cdnconservative6797]

One thing I didn't know; I was playin D2 with the great himself. That's my toon in the Diablo fight at the end of ur vid man, Mememagic. Shadilay brother.

[@Xtimus]

Iam Dude that's crazy I just picked a random game and recorded one chaos run

[@rogerklotz7737]

Iam Dude holy cow

[@GNParty]

Cdn Conservative That's amazing.

[@tehjamerz]

Now kiss

[@lemmingzappa]

Please don’t say toon again.

[@RedmarKerkhof]

The Baal clone cannot teleport while the original can. Buriza-do Kyanon is a Japanese transliteration of Blizzard Cannon.

[@StudioFlatProductions]

After playing Diablo II pretty much since it was originally launched, I have just recently noticed that at the end of the river of flame / entry to Diablo's sanctuary the statues would turn their heads to always face the character..! I know.. amazing huh? 😛

[@pmgpc69]

Nice upload! I knew about the secret rooms in the Cathedral because I usually checked everything when I played D2. I also knew about the skeletons in the lava.

[@AggresssivePerfector]

did anyone ever get a SUPERIOR horadric cube? lol because MrLlamaSC recently had it on his barbarian plugy speedrun and he was like wtf, nobody in chat has seen if before and google didn't help either

[@allylilith5605]

AggresssivePerfector how did he get that? Just instead of the normal one of the quest? Never heard of that before. It's incredible how there are still mysteries left after 16Years.

[@AggresssivePerfector]

I'm not sure, he just opened his inventory at one point and noticed that its name is superior horadric cube, it was hilarious lol. you can see it on his channel, it's a barbarian plugy speedrun from few weeks ago I think. and agreed, that really is incredible.

[@孙林可]

MarkXV I think you can make a ethereal one simply with UdieToo.

[@AggresssivePerfector]

it's just a plugy mod. I use it sometimes too, it shouldn't affect stuff like that. but I guess it's possible it has something to do with it. still, never heard of that happening ever.

[@allylilith5605]

Uchiha Madara PlugY doesn't change the game in itself, it just allows experiencing online content in singleplayer mode and it allows you to collect your items and share them between your characters. In my opinion it's the perfection of Diablo II but i understand if you want to play the game in its original state

[@pibbz13]

I came here expecting to be told 20 things I already knew. Looks like i only knew about 12 of the 20. Nice work! :)

[@DizzerJoz]

"an evil force" is not the actual name of the cathedral windows, it just means that the actual name couldn't be found by the game (like missingno). I also think that the skeletons in act4 don't attack, but there is something similar in mephisto's room with critters that actually do attack (but I'm not sure I remember this one right).

[@kindasus5009]

Me: sees the title Me: Nah i know evryithing about diablo Me: Watches the vidoe Me: Well i atleast i know 19 new things about diablo

[@GiliacHeskel]

2:21 Lava skeletons - I would say, that the skeleton is not trying to hit you, it is trying to climb out of the lava (out of his suffering). It is hell after all.

[@PaladinLarec]

I distinctly remember, prior to the D2 expansion, the forums were already saying Assassin would be a class because Natalya was a hint about it. I remember not being surprised about the class when it was announced formally. What *did* surprise me was them remaking the Necro for D3.

[@ulrikbiceps5619]

Great video man! Its amazing that people keep discovering new stuff even in 2017!

[@legendaryhit5877]

About the sound, the sound feature of bob the robber game on hudgames is also a clear one to hear of as it really sounded much absolutely in a good way..

[@maxjuba3748]

i gotta check out the unreleased tracks

[@NvFongyy]

Could you imagine being the person to figure out that Den of Evil quest? seeing "Monsters remaining: 666" would've given me big goosebumps !

[@BuBBz]

sojs were currency even in LOD.

[@DumpsterBabie]

This brings back memories. A unidentified Wind Force sells for 40 SoJ. If you id’ed and the stats weren’t good, it sold for 30 or 35. I used to bot farm for a bit and found a Wind Force. Sold it for 40 SoJ. My first Diablo 2 sales

[@kajcsapapa]

do players still dish out real money for items in D2?

[@fedoratheexplora7180]

I just did last week.

[@hrothgarnogar]

One of the things you mentioned was "The Purpose of the Chat Gem", and yet you didn't say it's purpose whatsoever. Just a couple of messages it sends.

[@Fishbro]

Brian devs said that it did nothing else. It's purpose was to hint the cow level

[@Bakron97]

Wow i actually did not know a few of these. have a like

[@Castortroy8989]

Love how you say "Moooo" in the most nonchalant way lol.

[@willd1655]

It's been forever since I've played D2. I did know about the stones of Jordan being used as currency though because that's how it was when I played it.

[@h2opower]

Here is something I don't think you know. I got the "Evil Force" glass to spawn in a game with a druid and noticed that while I was around the glass the spirit which took damage during a fight would not heal up. I stayed a while to make sure of this effect and sure enough that glass seems to prevent summons from being able to heal up.

[@isawadelapradera6490]

Interesting!

[@deezlesteezle]

Makes sense considering Act I in D3 was literally just a playthrough of the orig Diablo...

[@stefmooscleman1922]

Number 21 for you:Geed from rogue encampment is from diablo 1.he escaped tristram and came to rogue encampment.He was the travelling or just a merchant and still is :)

[@buffalochicken9418]

I knew some of that info but I was thoroughly impressed with your knowledge

[@paihnidia6378]

I do Remember that one of the items that also changed was the Stormshield, back in an earlier version was different, had different design and abilities

[@sirbattlecat]

Crafting with the Horadric Staff - mind blown...

[@mattsmith-vy9kq]

SoundChaosDebug

[@nodoublestandards5956]

Great work, Xt! Keep 'em coming!

[@Kavlor1]

Act 5.There are two Barbarians below Larzuk,one wandering about and the other cooking some meat.The one wandering about will follow you if you go down to that little area. I am playing Path of Diablo mod and the 2nd barbarian seems missing so I wonder if he is removed in more recent patches or if it's just the mod.

[@REDMAGEV00]

Actually got me on 2 of them. I'm impressed.

[@anupregmi6400]

Been playing d2 for so long and never had any clue about secret monastery compartments or skeletons floating out from River Of Flame.

[@chanchilaru]

What about that "blocked" entrance to the monastery in tamoe highlands on act 1? It also had a different map name that I can't remember.

[@mintycbo]

"Soj for currency prior to Expansion was released and 40 of them trade for a Windforce bow." Windforce is an expansion item. But soj were still currency even up til patch 1.09. Then hrs replaced it. (And d2jsp of course.) Windforce was good back then though.

[@sKysharKog]

The Cow King is Diablo's father.

[@domantlen6231]

I tought he was a Diablos son with Andariel. You know, its the way he speaks "MOOO" ...

[@bradfordmartin9837]

doman tlen isnt andariel like mephistos daughter tho O.o ?

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

That's Impossibmoo!

[@Crosby4hyg]

One of my earliest D2 memories was of those referee avatars in the window at the bottom. Really solid video Xtimus, you are truly a scholar of this game.

[@dusandragovic09srb]

Wish I had that Azurewrath drop after 1.08 but with that unique look - worth it.

[@mondskiez309]

Not even death can save you from me..

[@LiveFreeOrRIP]

D2 pro here in the old days. There was items that were Ethereal and if you socketed a zod then removed it they would continue to be Eth and you could further socket say ist to give MF. The most powerful item I had in this case was the Heavens Light Zod buged. I had some items in d2 most players will never even know about. D2jsp allowed top players to trade and earn Forum gold to then buy and sell. I had a few Insane items that were perm legit and unfortunately I lost all my accounts when my PC broke and had no way to stop the inactive account deletion. I lost LLD stuff that was one of a kind and would be Impossible to find today.

[@hunnitroundheath7456]

LiveFreeOrRIP d2 pro here lmfao

[@mix2tune]

Bet you didn’t know that you can unexpire an expired account if the name had not been taken by someone else. Simply by double clicking on your character ha.

[@CorundumDevil]

Video: >evidence suggesting Blizzard had been planning to implement a cleric/healer class Me, a D2 Necrosummoner Old Guard whom then went on to discover a grand career of healer classes in multiplayer games but never got the chance in my most-played MMO ever: "WHAT"

[@warmbeer2]

Actually Blizzard North started Flagship Studios to work on Hellgate: London which was going to be D3 first/third person.

[@chacky4krsma]

1 Thing I didn´t know about Diablo 2. Thx 4 Diablo´s Voice.

[@VIRAL_DNA]

17 out of 20 I already knew. I'll contribute something I discovered that you may not know. Prior to my releasing the details to Blizzard, you could open your stash in Act 1 and while still in the stash clicking just off screen would allow you to leave town and wander the map. It was possible to exploit this to dupe items.

[@allbad4u]

sooo cool!! would love to see a video on those secret rooms in the monastery!!! Xtimus for the win!!

[@radu8807]

The second expansion named Salvation with the two extra classes and the guilds idea would be cool to be added to Diablo 2. Just like the idea of a remaster is great also.

[@Clokkr]

Architecture is too old unfortunately.

[@jon6969]

Soj’s were currency during LOD as well. I was like 13 but I remember them going for almost nothing then being the most wanted item over night. I think the rust storm it was called got rid of a bunch of them so the value went up. That was all during lod I never played before lod

[@user-ep8ns6hg4q]

that cube conversion works on other unique items as well

[@yzwme586]

After playing diablo 2 when I was 9-10 years old, and growing up to becoming an engineer at 27. Now I get it. You had plans, but the "Schedule" you had to deter to shortcutted those plans. Put simply, the higher ups that don't know dick about the game and just want it to be sold rush all the devs/programmers to get it out when really all they wanna do is make the game perfect for the consumer. (which d2 was to me, d3 was NOT)

[@marksarvey9220]

This isn't anything unknown to hardcore D2 players. But WF was definitely LOD item. Silks used to be the highest unique in the game until then. Got to love rolling with rares after beating normal. Doesn't matter how many Diablos are made, D2 still remains my all time fave.

[@feketeee]

Maybe most of you already knows but beside the barb only the assa has a unique animation for the skills leap and leap attack.

[@feketeee]

And the arctic blast skill uses the jumping animation as well therefore the amazon disappears during cast while the barb and the assa casts this skill mid-air. And the unique sword Frostwind gives you this bugged skill. What a shame.

[@janondrich123]

what we did not know about diablo was what kind of spit in the face we, fan of diablo, going to get at blizzcon 2018

[@sammysalgado98]

Crazy how times have changed

[@SudoMimic3]

somethings you didn't know. on uswest you could get hex charms. 90 STR, 90 sex, 90 vit. small charms. also came in an energy version. They were the trade value over sojs in 1.09. also had white gloves and boots. That gave 90 all stats 90 ias, 90 fhr, and run walk. on useast. They had occyrings. Which was an Oculus orb mixed with an soj ring. this was my favorite. also had ith blades and zephry bows. look them up for more info.

[@lichsteinser]

From game archives, Natalya, after you kill Mephisto, she says that she got a mission In the northern lands.

[@BLI_80s]

That Deckard Cain rap was money

[@alaswoeisme]

Actually, Natalya wasn't there when I played the original D2, before the expansion. I even installed it again years later to check. So i'm sure Natalya doesn't appear before the expansion.

[@Dunkelelf3]

she was.. she just disappears after defeating mephisto on this difficulty..

[@kazeet456]

The link for secret rooms is wrong. It just goes to another picture of the Frostburns.

[@roxterat]

06:10 - loving the outtakes.

[@jacobserna8785]

What about the beds in act 2. They drop loot. And if you look at 100% of an act it will drop the same gear if you save and exit. Letting you get the same greens over and over

[@Overfloable]

One thing you didn't know about this video: there's Might and Magic VII music during the last fact ( I think )

[@caragordonkersting9619]

SOJ as ingame currency and being duped often is common knowledge among D2 players

[@miyzuspeed2790]

All good except 14 is a wrong, Windforce didnt exist in vanilla d2. Unique items in vanilla d2 only went up to the first tier. Uniques such as windforce were added with LOD So trading 40 SoJ for an item that didnt exist, didnt happen.

[@AlexKurilovMusic]

I think SoJ was the currency until LoD 1.10 when high runes took over.

[@ekoms108]

Yes. They used Perfect Skulls as currency before LOD

[@SageRhyme]

No shot you're right.

[@SageRhyme]

@@ekoms108 No shot this is right either, considering Skulls were added in LoD. The Windforce was an OG item though, dude is wrong. They had uniques for all three item tiers.

[@jefwoot]

1. 08 1.09 currency.

[@marinalexanduradu7384]

oh my god i will never be able to look at stamina potions the same

[@sniktsnikt77]

Awesome video!

[@SengiraCSS]

I really really fucking enjoy these kinds of videos, please do make more! :)

[@AleksandarIvanov69]

I knew about the secret rooms in the monastery :)

[@NeloGTz]

Natalya has some secret speech, when you complet act 3 quest, she's gone, but when you party with someone that havent complete the quest, speak with her, she has some thing for you

[@John14Verse6]

excellent video! a lot of stuff I didn't know and I consider myself a die hard fan. Maybe not anymore. lol

[@OpopsoOpop]

Holy shit, amazing vid dude

[@barak363363]

Hey dude, love your channel!

[@theanswer69786]

ahh good times

[@tonysoprano7897]

11 - I saw it just once. For 15 years of playing diablo2.

[@biobadka4386]

Cool video, thanks!

[@dnothing23]

great video, but only like 3 things i didn't know... the very last one being one of them.

[@luvr381]

Soooo....more explanation on the chat gem? Knew it would do that, still don't know why.

[@tanjinpang]

The link to No. 17 (Secret Rooms in Monastery) show Real Frostburn Gauntlets...

[@FunnCubes]

i didnt know the expension thing, the crafting thing, decard cain, a1q1 666, guilds, gauntlets, azrewrath, i know how to distinguish baal by damage he's taking, diablo's voice..... and what i know you might not know is that you can teleport outside the bounds of some underground levels, especially in actII

[@elegyofthering6363]

I love your videos dude, It makes me a bit difficult in some parts of the video, since my english is imperfect, but I manage a little keep it up, saludos desde Argentina xD

[@ozanoguzhaktanir]

Ghosts quickly appearing and disappearing near Mephisto, while walking close to the portal to hell, will hit and damage you if you wait several seconds.

[@ralgore]

Knew only about #17 here...found it out in one of my earliest runs by dumb luck.

[@magus104]

No mention about natalyas deleted audio files which hint at a new act being added in the expansion? During diablo2 development they had claimed the game would be on 4 discs and they had some hidden things they thought the public would be excited about. the turn around time from diablo2 to lord of destruction was insanely fast. I think they were going to surprise fans with the expansion act which would have filled the games 4th disc but then decided they could get the game out with act 1-4 as it was and give them more time to polish act5 which was going to just be a bonus.

[@cskillers1]

could add that sometimes you get a lucky hp/mp potion which restores twice as much as it says it will restore, but probably most of people knew about that but still

[@cskillers1]

@@MrFereshteyeh does energy shrine give energy? because otherwise i don't know how else 200 vit or 200 energy will appear randomly but then disappear right after for another potion

[@cskillers1]

@@MrFereshteyeh did some googling, it applies to what i originally wrote 4 years ago - Sometimes when you drink a red or blue potion you will get double the listed points from it, over the normal 5.12 seconds time. This is a game feature that’s not well known, but quite beneficial. This is determined by the following process[1]: Pick a random integer, A, between 0 and your (Vitality/Energy - 1) (inclusive). Pick a random integer, B, between 0 and 99 (inclusive). If A is larger than B, congratulations! You gain double health/mana. The chance to receive double healing is: If Vit is odd: % chance = (Vit - 1) ^ 2 / (Vit * 4) If Vit is even: % chance = (Vit - 2) / 4 This can be approximated to (Vit/4 = % double heal). To figure your odds for Mana Potions, just substitute your Energy for Vitality in the equation, they are exactly the same in other respects. Simplified, this is .25% chance per stat point, or 1% per 4 stat points, or 5% per 20 stat points. This holds true up to 200 points in Energy or Vitality. Above 200 your % chance is affected by diminishing returns, to the tune of this formula: % chance = 100 - (10100 / Vit) Check the stats in the table below for a few sample values.

[@cskillers1]

@@MrFereshteyeh energy or vitality: 20 = chance of doubling: 4.5% , so you don't need to have 200 vit or energy in fact at 200 it's not 100% either, rather 'only' 49.5%

[@cskillers1]

@@MrFereshteyeh but it would mean that my original comment is wrong when it isn't

[@cskillers1]

@@MrFereshteyeh no it's actually quite important information, and there's a big difference between "working always" and "working at 200 vit or energy & above"