Diablo 2 - Countess farming Guide

A guide covering the essential information that you should know (in my opinion) for farming the Countess in Diablo 2. I hope you enjoyed the video and potentially learned something new!
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[@Dbrunski125]

Within the links and description guide on my discord a moderator posted the drop odds of all of the upper end mid runes that the countess can drop. Make sure to check it out if your a member on my discord or join the discord :) discord.gg/8GXyu7A

[@alexknight4682]

Hey. Vid's great. Is it normal to run about 100 times on players one and only get up to two fal, but get 15-20 keys?

[@Cenkolino]

You're the best source for Diablo 2 content. I hope Blizzard does a D2 Remake/Remaster and your channel will gain even more momentum.

[@jamesfaul348]

ironically enough....

[@alexs6177]

Your wish came true my friend

[@tykeabad9448]

wish came true! haha

[@DudeManLarry]

This comment aged well

[@Ninjalexander]

And here we are! D2R will hit hard >:) I mean... running D2 on a RTX 3080 is just a little bit overkill >_,< Just a little...

[@oni7488]

Well I did learn something - you can replay the speeches in the quest tab!

[@Dbrunski125]

Oni Neko lmao!!!!

[@Seph4096]

i actually really like the way you present your video's at the start, i also really enjoy the bot project video's so far.

[@makessenseright]

Never thought that increasing players setting would reduce special runes drop! Thanks a lot!

[@Skkra]

Great work. Love your channel. Watching your vids has actually inspired me to reinstall Diablo II after not having played for about 3 years!

[@Ch-thalassa]

Every time i search for info on d2 i get you. Your the best!

[@shootinjimmys3774]

Love the countess. A classic rune spot

[@jamessmithii8589]

Wow, I learned a lot. Thank you. I appreciate you. I have not playead for like over 12 years (I think)...well I played for about three months one time and got to early hell difficulty on a bettlenet summoning necro. I actually had good luck with my drops a few years ago when I did that. I just lost interest and had a lot of other things going on. Now that I understand single player mode a bit it gives me a reason to play and keep coming back to it over time. I mean...I used to play a good bit ad I NEVER even considered single player but now that I understand it I am relieved. I have learned so much from 15 or so of your videos. They really convinced me to play again and enjoy it. Single player is the only way for me to go/play. You bring a lot of people joy with these videos sir. Especially folks that probably might not ever even play again like me. You got me back into the game with your videos and brought me a lot of joy. I hope you keep it up and know that your positive influence is appreciated. I hope that brings you spme joy man and increases your joy and reward in what you are doing.

[@Dbrunski125]

thank you man. I love reading comments like this. It really does mean a lot. thanks again!!

[@stoobydoobydoo]

So your name is James Smith huh. Let me guess you work for the Microsoft refund department. Supplying refunds to the elderly across the USA.

[@Ramon-gg3bd]

Informative, structured, to the point without skipping (too man) details. Great content, am learning a lot.

[@kosterix123]

Sharp concise and a pleasure to watch.

[@maxxqarnac5081]

I left the game because i got fed up with bliz deleting my chars. I have discovered plugy and am enjoying replaying the game. I have found your videos a fantastic source of good information. Thank you very much for all your hard work.

[@sarcrofs]

Nice edit, keep making this good work!!

[@lazaroolier607]

Hi! I came here for the guide after reinstalling d2 and found ist on my second run. I screamed hard.

[@ignamax08]

Yesterday i got a gul rune on chaos sanctuary and a estucha 3 skill, 16% lightning 12%fire on the pits 2nd level. I never thought I would be back into the game. Thanks dbrunski 💪

[@Dbrunski125]

glad to have you back to diablo 2 man

[@kirilll2715]

was farming countess while listening this video and dropped Ist from ~40th run :D

[@edwardconnell1505]

Good vid. I needed this today.

[@kevinstefanov2841]

Here is something fellow Diablo 2 veteran Dbrunski did not cover. While you're trying to find the next level of the tower maps, always aim for the left of where the entrance is pointing. This always works in all maps of the tower. the exit will always be to the left of where the entrance was pointing. knowing this you won't have to search the entire map blindly and rather know where you are going! PS. This also works for Durance of Hate from my observations. (unconfirmed) Note: This does not mean literally where the stairs of the entrance are pointing, but rather where the first corridor once you enter is pointing. This is what you should look at. Exit is always to the left of the direction that corridor is pointing. Now, sometimes the maps on hell, which are bigger, can be dodgy and still make you explore most of the map, but in many cases this does help you a lot and speed up the process of getting to the countess!

[@zlatkokurtagic]

Can't believe he didn't discuss this. Always hug the wall to your left (left of your char, when you enter) and you will reach the exit the fastest.

[@wroogny]

It's not EXACTLY correct but close. Let's say whenever you enter a tower level, your firsr corridor points forward (regardless which way it actually goes). The exit will then always "point" to the left, but may not necessarily actually be to the literal left. It may be towards the right, but bend around and end up pointing left. This isn't that common on normal and nightmare, but it's not strange to see it happen on hell where the maps are much bigger. MrLlamaSC explains it pretty well in his speed run tutorial.

[@Dbrunski125]

I do know about this map reading and the triple left synn is referring to. I mostly play single player so I always have the same tower map! thanks tho kev for the input! :)

[@kevinstefanov2841]

Dbrunski125 Yeah I'm used to battle.net that's why it was the first thing to pop in my mind xD

[@Dbrunski125]

Stealth Ruchen ty for the input tho bud. Always welcome added tips on information :)

[@warryen]

I found a Gul last week from the Countess. I was quite excited to find a Gul in the first place, now I'm even more pumped! :3

[@peter9style]

Found an ist today, after like 3runs or so. First legit single player drop, so hyped

[@KrzysiuNet]

Almost the same here. And then all later runs - eth, ith, tal...

[@sebastianwojtacki7945]

I wanted to celebrete 20th aniversary of D2 but Blizzard deleted my accounts for inactivity... So I started to play on single and plugy 😀 I really enjoy it and your Chanel is very helpful 😀 I want to say that when I was doing a quest on hell I got Vex rune from Cauntness chest 😎

[@Hnke90]

I learned something! I never bothered to read/listen to the quest discription before. But now I know that the countess is actually based on the real countess Erzebet Bathory.

[@KrzysiuNet]

Check out the movie about her. It's called Bathory and it's made by Czechs, Hungarians and a few other countries. We don't know much about her - what's the legend and what's the truth. And the movie shows all these doubts. I mean she bathes in blood, but later you realize that might be not blood. Or maybe it was? The whole movie is like that :)

[@espertix5839]

thanks for the info! Im an old 2000-2003 D2 player. Back in 2021 for D2 Resurrected. need all the info I can get. cheers!

[@Circ00mspice]

I'll note that the Countess is an excellent source for runes to start outfitting my 1st playthrough Sorceress.

[@TheAdditionalPylons]

I have done about 250 countess runs this season and she's coughed up 3 Ist runes, (as well as a bunch of other mid runes) so it absolutely works. I've also gotten an Ohm, Mal and Lem rune off some other random monsters in the tower, as well as some decent unique items such as Harlequin Crest, so I make it a point to blow up unique mobs and champion packs since they aren't tough by hell mode standards and go down in just a couple of seconds. I spend maybe 30 mins per days doing countess runs, its relatively painless and has paid off.

[@Heigberg]

Very nic. Keep going with the awesome d2 content. HF

[@brandonkahler4116]

expect your videos to get a ton of traction coming up cause here I am getting ready for D2R

[@dailygrind1620]

yeah... already subscribe on this...

[@AwoudeX]

when playing on battlenet, always 'hug' the wall to the left as you try and find the next level, most of the time you'll find the next entrance quite fast that way.

[@medic4903]

Hey Dbrunski, did you ever drop LO from the Countess? Playing since 2002 and never found a legit LO rune drop so far. Currently playing with another veteran friend on Evolve Singleplayer+Plugy, so far done Ubers billions times, managed to snag some tough runes so far, hell, lately Hephasto dropped me a juicy Ber, but still, no LO so far :(

[@TheInfinityMaster1]

Would love if you can *give sources* for your information in the video description (tired of searching Google for a good website for all this info).

[@ironbarbe]

I learned something new yay!

[@athinagesmundo2928]

Okay so im a returning player and is planning to buy the game again but as i was watching, the narrator for the tome reads "bathe in the blood of 100 virgins" then it clicked in my head the countess was base on Countess Elizabeth Bathory! Just wanna share this haha anyway great vids for guides and am excited to play the game again 👍🏻👏🏻

[@mikkeljensen9488]

Thanks for sharing, googling Elizabeth Bathory was an interesting read

[@aki55lol]

lol i got an ist on my 6th run in hell. Nice vid dude.

[@robertonuno2592]

Hi DBrunski, on the last ladder a Vex rune drop ,but it was drop by on of her minions on her chamber.

[@franciscopetracco5553]

Hi Dbrun! Remember me? Im Alan. Just started playing PoD, im loving it! You should play it

[@Blodfjez]

Yep!

[@bacanumarius3029]

I farmed 4 hours for 2 damn el runes for malice runeword i think it is enough for normal difficuty

[@drewmandan]

For el or eld you're better off clearing areas in normal Act 2.

[@paulmeyer9149]

El is actually her lowest chance special rune drop since the last changes to rune drop chances many years ago.

[@87539319]

are there any tricks to finding the tower from the waypoint?

[@mikehotchkiss8975]

Random comment to tweak the algorithm. Useful info

[@chuKyle1989]

hi DB im a ur fan from Lanzhou china , very like ur video. Jus keep doing it , i will introduce all my diablo friend to support. 😃😃 HAHA pls dont mind my poor english

[@brdl6192]

Something i was wondering about for years: is the voice acting of the countess story done by bill nighy?

[@leemiller6977]

Sure does sound like him. Nice job!

[@bryanhoward7928]

Nice vid this is one of the first vids ive watched of yours. Whats your strat for starting a new ladder char choice and ways you like to acquire fg assuming you run jsp.

[@shawmeck9323]

I wish you would have covered how to located the tower itself in this video. Hopefully you will cover it in another video. Thanks.

[@GoDLiKe211]

Doesn't the map reset to a random setup every time you save and quit? I think you just search the Black Marsh until you find it

[@Elbazian]

@@GoDLiKe211 map reset only on online play. Its not reset on single player

[@ShadowLord3220]

Well got Lo on players 7 last week, did like 50 runs :D

[@mobileplayers5008]

what's the resolution you played on with plugy mod? your resolution surely not default. causes I just installed 1.14d and test it the default resolution is really pixelated then I use Glide to make only look a little better. still bad in my opinion becuz we can't increased the default resolution to higher.

[@casedecker]

Quickly in and quickly out is all the advice I can give you.

[@paulmeyer9149]

A countess guide should be a map guide imo. And while the general map generation quirks are explained in 5 minutes you can fill a full hour how to best recognize which layout is most likely and how to minimize the average time to next level.

[@matornot]

Agreed. The most important knowledge for farming the Countess efficiently is knowing the clockwise rule.

[@petergriffinson1907]

what's the quickest way to find the temple? is there a pattern or something ? that's the most time consuming part

[@dandymcgee]

FYI, If a player who hasn't completed the quest creates the game, and any other player (even if they've completed it, and even if the other player has left) kills the Countess, the bonus chest will also open which occasionally drops a few more runes. So just don't do the quest on one of your characters you use to create games, and then switch to your main character to kill her. I'm not sure if this is actually worth the effort, as I have no idea what the chances of getting runes is from that chest. Also, I've only verified this in D2:Resurrected. Dunno if it exists in LOD.

[@EagleBreasts]

The lonely chest near the castle can drop up to a BER rune.

[@markcjakims]

Do you have a vid like this on Mephisto ?

[@slayerem]

I am one of those returning players to D2 ... been playing it when it was at it's height (2001 - 2006) and been playing it now and then on single players since 2016 but recently I've found D2 streamers and I really like your runs... you have a lot of patience which I kinda lack :))) Now, the reason I'm writing all this is because i have a question, does patch 1.14 changes anything in Andariel & Mephisto drops(mostly Andariel)? I ask this because I made a new sorc char and I took her to nightmare at lvl 28 or 29 i believe well, ever since lvl 29 (let's say) I only farmed andariel and mephisto and I only got ONE unique ring and no unique amulet... how many runs youn may ask... idk.. a couple of hundreds.. I'm lvl 66 now.. so, from lvl 29 to 66 I only farmed andariel and mephisto on nightmare and it drives me crazy ::)))) I've seen djwaters video (100 andariel farms on nightmare) and he got SOJ on first run... I also want to mention I've done my runs on players 1; players3; players5 & players 7... I've seen no difference in jewellry drop It's all garbage... I see pretty much everyone playes on 1.13 and plugy which I don't have

[@slayerem]

I guess I should also mention I do my runs now at 280 MF... but was slighlty lower at start

[@Dbrunski125]

Its just rng my friend. I wouldn't personally spend too much time on nightmare Andariel. Even tho she has the best drop odds for an soj in the game on nightmare, Soj isn't make or break for your sorc as your building her up. Hit up nightmare mephisto and try to get your viper magi that will be more beneficial then an soj. Nightmare baal can drop shako as well so you can farm him for that as well. Personally I would try to get to Hell as soon as you can and moat trick mephisto over and over again with a blizz sorc to get your base gear like skullders etc. Then hit up the Ancient Tunnels till you puke. No cold immune monsters there and any item in the game can drop from that location. Pindle is also an excellent spot to hunt for tals armor. Hope that helps. Ultimately tho D2 is a game of rng. It took me till level 97 and 1/4 to find my first maras. Don't give up keep grinding ! :)

[@ricardoquiroga8906]

muy util la guia, sirve

[@Brandon-ks2em]

I’m confused cause I got a Ber Rune from her? Is this possible? Or did I just fluke get it from a minion.

[@panzerfaust187]

She dropt me an ist yesterday. Only after 3 runs :-)

[@nikolarandjelovic7862]

Well then I was really lucky, Like week ago I farmed keys for amazon torch and I acutally got 3 ist runes from her in like 50 60 runs also found 4th ist on 4th floor from random monster, finally completed 6 isted phase blade :D

[@lucifersrage666]

im playing on ps5 how do you get the countess to respawn after you kill her the first time i killed her then i go back and she never respawns for me what am i doing wrong.

[@bigballedbastard7737]

Wow didn't expect that voice

[@fadetoblack0304]

i just got a cham run off her the other day on battlenet ladder

[@hitomikagewaki31]

Wonder what are the chances of the countess dropping no runes at all? It has happened to me once or twice.

[@coconutcenter4553]

Got an ist rune first go in hell from the countess. First was in nm on a chaos run.

[@AlmosTxxx]

This felt more like a background check for the countess then an actual guide .

[@frankenstein3163]

any one know if norm and nm countess can be horkd with find item barb ?

[@chillndill]

Holy 3 years ago!

[@Uraim]

is character level matter to runes?

[@frankluo230]

Any path finding tips? How to quickly get to level5 on bnet?

[@stoobydoobydoo]

Practice. There isn't all that many maps in the tower and it doesn't take long to figure out which way to go.

[@chrisschmitz237]

The odds of her dropping anything above a IO period is insane. I Have done thousands upon thousands of countess running in hell and still the highest room I have got is a fal

[@coco65548]

really? i got ist, fal, lem, lums, pul, etc that being said ive done maybe 200 countess runs so far

[@drakstagaming2526]

I found a SUR on countess this season so I think she can drop higher than LO

[@brunopombo8579]

What map prog you use?

[@Dbrunski125]

i play single player. no map program. the maps always just remain the same on single player! :)

[@prisonmike3665]

I just found an ist rune on my 7th run!

[@ReApEr789456]

So it's ok to go with player 1 to get runes

[@greencable3697]

Hello also very helpful thanks :D

[@Dbrunski125]

ty :)

[@loofy26]

Where is your video human bot project on countess ?

[@deanwendorf598]

I actually got a my first Jah on her first hell kill! Must’ve been that rare chance on her minion huh? 😆

[@m1ketheGod]

Which P# the best for high rune drops?

[@stoobydoobydoo]

Did you watch the video or nah?

[@ivanvoloder8114]

Guys I need help. I'm playing on hell and can't get anything beyond Io and Ko rune. Am I doing something wrong???

[@VerrosEntertainment]

If I’m a cold sorc then who should I aim to farm for runes?

[@KrzysiuNet]

Option I mostly use is Arcane Sanctuary - kill specters or just the boss groups with them.

[@Vani4_Kpot]

Answere plaese : /Players 1 ? Or more players ?

[@poseym316]

I got a Sur rune from 1 of her minions. I only know that because she was still alive when I killed all her minions.

[@MrCharlieNL]

So depressing to not even get 1 Lum or Lem rune after 500 Pit runs and like 50 Countess Hell runs (Damn those CI/PI spirits =( ). With my lvl 86 Wind Druid I still wear Stealth and Ancient's Pledge. And yes, I don't have any other good good replaceable pieces.

[@muffd1232]

He and mrllama have loads of info for ya new players guys

[@Ubeogesh]

Should have used my countess rune drop calc to show the odds of pul-ist runes on different players levels

[@Dbrunski125]

math ... LOL. But yea ill add a pinned comment now directing people to it on discord. :)

[@Ubeogesh]

Sure, feel free to use and share.

[@Ubeogesh]

Dbrunski125 all math is done for u bro, just input value and see result

[@supersaiyanzero386]

I got ko from her in NM pretty fast. Got lucky. Now in hell it's all sol ort dol tal and ral so far on run 10

[@gherkinssister]

Inb4 5K subs!

[@Uraim]

i got so much hel rune from countess on Nightmare But i need Um rune :)

[@Uraim]

i found IST rune but not the Countess dropped.

[@johngalt1027]

comprehensive? How about magick find?

[@1l4u98]

How about drop rate key des,has,ter?

[@Dbrunski125]

i covered key drop rates and players difficulty towards the end of the video

[@mobileplayers5008]

why you didn't use 1.14d patch but still playing on 1.13?

[@makessenseright]

Plugy won't work with 1.14 yet.

[@aaronp9835]

Made my Spirit, Honor, Lore and Stealth on normal from her runes

[@Nub00005]

that moment when youre new to hell and its hard af and you kill the countess and she only drops EL rune..

[@boringgrass]

wtf how did you get all these stats?

[@nixcanpor810]

i wish there's a tele which can travel to different levels instead. damn 5 levels

[@KrzysiuNet]

What? It works for me. When I move mouse left/right/top/bottom it teleports me on the same level and when I pull up the mouse - above the desk - it gets me to higher floors. It harder when you want to go to some lower floors, because you need to dig a hole in your desk to put mouse below base point.

[@jakejason4333]

Word of the day: table

[@GnZNiCoRobIN]

The trick in getting that Ist rune from her is to not expect it. Because the more you want it, the less likely it'll be 🙃

[@Parasmunt]

I think they nerfed this, last week or so it has not dropped above Ko for me (approx 100 runs).

[@supersaiyanzero386]

"The Countess was voiced by Lani Minella, who also provided the voice for Adria the Witch and Wirt the Peglegged Boy in Diablo I, and for Blood Raven, Andariel, Malah and the Ancients in Diablo II. The story of the countess is probably based on the story of Elizabeth Bathory, a sixteenth century Countess who murdered hundreds of young girls." Also my synopsis- bįtch needs to drop some lems.

[@homgrownbud]

ive gottwn higher than ist rune from countess bro. playin d2 since 2001

[@SJNaka101]

It's crazy rare because it has to come from her normal monster drops. She has the same odds of dropping a rune as any other normal monster in her monster drops. On top of that, when a rune drops from her monster drops it then has to happen to roll above an ist. You're more likely to find a high rune killing ghosts on the way down to her than from herself

[@senhorpassaro6662]

I GOT A FUKING IST THANK YOU

[@akamadmaxx]

Tome = Toe mmm not Tomb