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

[@D2Shadow]

Nice video man!

[@Xtimus]

Diabolic Shadow Ty Shadow this video never would have seen the light of day without you thanks for making this possible.

[@cv8478]

Diablo II is still my favorite game of all time. It's been nearly twenty years, and still I remember just about everything.

[@eureze9250]

Same here bro, I'm glad I'm not alone...

[@abygailrolusta]

Same 👍

[@panzerfaust187]

Loved it. Maybe install again soon. Loved the duel me noob games :)

[@emilianons1962]

Agree, amazing game, did ylu heard about diablo 2 remastered???

[@cv8478]

Emiliano NS Sounds like something I can get behind.

[@fidelcatto9889]

The main reason they got rid of organs wasnt because it was gorey but because it was a disorganized mess. Your inventory and stash would be filled with a dozen different types of organs and multiples of certain organs for each monster type. It wasted alot of inventory and stash space and was extremely disorganized. David brevik stated this in multiple interviews.

[@andrejoss475]

Reminds me of path of exile

[@TheAdditionalPylons]

If only they decided to make the stash a reasonable size instead of pruning content

[@anishinaabae]

that makes way more sense! thank you for clarifying. the explanation he gave felt a little strange since it's diablo, after all! why would they remove a mechanic for being "too gore-y"?

[@infinitygauntlet101]

I can imagine. Carrying charms,potions and the cube already limits the whole inventory to carry atleast 10-15 weapons, items or armor.

[@Zazu1337]

@@anishinaabae yeah 'too gory' can't be an explanation of you have corpse explosion as a skill... ^^

[@warptens5652]

4:45 1) phase blades are not the only weapons that don't need repairing, there are also bows and crossbows 2) eth phase blades cannot drop, they can only be obtained from upgrading an eth dimentional blade

[@clooclvloolv2217]

This........

[@crisnmaryfam7344]

quite a few misses here ive seen, the bear druid escape death.... yeah the wolf still does this to this day.

[@juice610]

all this time ive been carrying around a key for chests as an assassin...

[@이네푸-l5o]

Depending on what weapon you've been using it may not have beem pointless. Assassins can open locked chests without a key but it does require them to be wearing a katar.

[@TheDragoon92]

@@이네푸-l5o no it dosen't. You can use any weapon.

[@kennynesser8044]

Oh damn

[@MyGamesterGaming]

F

[@Vandsted]

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[@giftedfox4748]

In short: it isn't about easter eggs, hidden lore, secrets, or even the cain quest is the only quest you can fail to complete if you choose to leave him in his cage and go to act 2(he'll be saved by the rangers of the sightless eye and you'll have to pay him money to identified your gear). There are really some hidden things in the game that players never noticed and a lot are interesting that the developers went that far for this game.

[@Xtimus]

It’s been a long time coming with this video. I never thought I would learn so many new things about Diablo 2 even to this day there is always something new to learn and discover that is why Diablo 2 is infinite. Thank you guys for the support these past 2 years this channel has changed my life in so many ways and I thank each and everyone of my awesome fans for supporting me.

[@Delarocky]

Do you know what those floating blue orbs in Baal throne after a wave has been killed and you just come through the tp from town? Graphic bug?

[@matrix6977]

I was legit expecting to see a bunch of things I had already seen and maybe 1 or 2 tidbits I didn't know. There was actually a lot of content here K was unaware of. Solid work here.

[@danielmace406]

Lol "slaughtering demons in hell in one thing, but body parts are quite another"

[@Le_Furret]

Things we didnt know because they where not in the game. Thanks

[@mokydot]

Damn you're the man dude.

[@giftedfox4748]

Pretty much. It is more interesting to listen to the interviews with the creator since he did so many than the short "here where some graphic ideas of the druid creep pet"

[@nathanielb1499]

This is a real masterpiece, when it comes to video games. I sunk so much time into this game when I was a kid, my goodness

[@Th0ughtf0rce]

The Stargate waypoints would have been so much cooler

[@curtisstephens4482]

Looks like shit. The current way points seem less like a fantasy and more ritual/ ancient like

[@narutokunnn]

The Stargate looks horrible, looks more fit for a starcraft game

[@jazzmaster909]

Though the ones we have now are great, thoese Stargate portals looks really nice as well

[@clampchowder9569]

@@curtisstephens4482 at first look at this video I thought woah those stargatey once look way cooler but thinking about it you're absolutely right the ones they use fit the mood and aesthetic way more

[@Agent1W]

But that would have pissed off the Stargate fanbois and we can't have that. If they united to boycott D2, D2 would have been a commercial flop.

[@jamessparrow]

10:34 sounds like sc zealot saying "For Adun"

[@Meotodes]

Happy to see I wasn't the only one noticing that :)

[@Kaneisdawicked]

@@zStC1 google it

[@rayvincyful1]

@@Kaneisdawicked adun toridas

[@finalcam1740]

Sounds like he says "for tal rasha" right before that too. Was tal rasha originally meant to be an enemy?

[@Meiken55]

Sounded like he was saying "Horardrim" but maybe that's just me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@tylerw5250]

this was an extremely good video, i didn't know many of the 40 things, your pacing was good and you hit 11 minutes without forcing it, best video i seen in a while.

[@thomassena473]

LOL! Was going to say "Yeah right, I know almost everything about this game!" First fun fact about the Way points looking different instantly blew my mind. Would of been way cooler to have that animation! Sweet video man!

[@tapoemt3995]

I'll tell you what, closing my eyes and listening to that music transported right back to the mid 90's. Of course everyone in my family is dead now so it's bittersweet. I really miss those days. That's life I guess.

[@obab9817]

Sorry to hear that my man. Hope you’re doing well. One things forever at least and that’s our friend D2😂❤

[@mazzaj89]

#39 fun fact: the audio is from starcraft. You can hear the classic protoss line "For Adun"

[@songersoft]

Make Starblo great again.

[@cemeterysundown4391]

Xandy Programmer & call it “Æstrel”.

[@RayTonz]

Starblo sounds like it would have been awesome. It's too bad it fell through.

[@Grievance87]

You should really play the game Freelancer ;) With graphics mod it even looks awesome. Good storywriting, awesome soundtrack, reputation system for all the factions, shoot down pirates or be pirate, trader, but most important of all: not sure why (I guess soundtrack), but the immersion in this game is great, you´ll really feel flying through and discovering space.

[@chunkydumper6156]

Annnnnnnnd now I want Starblo...

[@bonechimesquad]

Xtimus in 2020: "1000 Things You Didn't Know About Diablo 2"

[@LosN209]

Diablo 2 video ---- *Ends D2 video with Path of Exile music* ...

[@Xtimus]

After Path of Exile music plays..."Damn Son where you find this"?

[@mirathekillamtk2067]

It's the Diablo 3 that should have been. That's why. Lol

[@SIowpoke]

It is only fair. Many people make poe videos with D2 music so...

[@Qwufi]

@@mirathekillamtk2067 for me diablo 3 is Grim Dawn.

[@Emp6ft10in]

I thought that sounded familiar. What area in PoE does that music play? I remember it as being really common but now I can't find it.

[@szymondelektowski8881]

Even though I played this game for years and years. Its like a true 40 things I didn't know about the game. Really good video! Didn't know about everything but the organs.

[@kunalsarhadi3768]

Anyone else here after D2R announcement?

[@InsideTheJoshMind]

Yup!

[@jakeszyperski3569]

Absolutely stoked.

[@kunalsarhadi3768]

Same guys, same

[@tomb9090]

Just hope it will not be a disappointment like w3r was

[@PedalPoopers]

Diablo 3 was the best, Diablo 4 is a close second place. Diablo 2 is in third place, Diablo 1 is fourth place p huh

[@gemlazium]

Props for not duplicating things between videos. Also awesome detective work.

[@robbzooi]

there are so many videos titled like this out there, and this is pretty much the onlyt one that has me going like 'hmm, he's right I didn't know that' again and again and again. Nice work

[@robbzooi]

3 year old video and this guy in here heart reacting within the hour, you just got my sub:p

[@hip5702]

It doesn't say that there are hidden or unknown runewords in the game. All it says it that you have to accept the loss of runes when experimenting with runewords unknown to the specific player.

[@kantando1]

You are a true hero man, been playing this game for more than 10 years and it's so fun and refreshing to watch someone interested with this awesome game, thank you :)

[@francislandry-therrien7271]

This is actually the first video ever about things i really didnt know! And it makes me so nostalgic they had such great idea ...

[@acidxero]

One addendum.. rare ethereal phase blades cannot drop. However, rare ethereal crystal swords and dimensional blades can be upgraded to phase blades, where they retain their ethereal status while being indestructible. Cool video!

[@BrandonPrentice]

Does Diablo 2 work with windows 10? I' actually want to play it again after 10 years

[@JeebusSc]

Like another user said, Rare Ethereal Phase Blades cannot drop. You can however up an eth crystal sword/dimensional blade into a phaseblade.

[@magnumxlpi]

D2 used 1% of code from another game... Diablo Immortal uses 1% new code

[@TLC420]

5:55 wait what? that animation is used in D2 for the energy shield, if you watch when your attacked you can see the slit of lightning go from the orb to your feet, its a lot more noticable if you step into fire where it keeps hitting you per sec continuously - 9:25 the aura anims was reused eventually as the golden glow effect on your player when using a full set thats character class specific like Tal set, IK set etc. although im sure most ppl know that

[@nordmenn0855]

I just ordered a laptop only to play this game again. Kinda was hard to find one with a CD-Rom drive though

[@sirbattlecat]

You could've bought whichever laptop you wanted and just get an external drive. Also, you can assign your key to your Blizzard account and download a version of the game that doesn't require a disc.

[@skoldiersoup8409]

I wish they did the guild area that woulda been awesome!

[@MyNemesisIX]

Pretty sure everyone noticed they could open locked chests without keys on assassins, Also anyone that played shapeshifting druid (And sorc btw...) should know that they drop to 1 hp and cant die when shapeshifted.

[@richardstylez1950]

Liked before I even started watching. This is the kind of stuff I want to see from these sort of channels. Shedding some light on all the easter eggs and secret stuff in Diablo 2. Even tho most of us know a lot of these already, there are always a few things we missed or forgot. Good stuff man :)

[@richardstylez1950]

By the way, do you happen to have any idea how they made the audio files for all the spells? I mean the sound effects you hear when you put on an aura and so on. Or perhaps you could ask David Brevik if you ever get the chance? I produce music for a living, but I never got into sound design for games etc. so I would love to learn about how they did it, what type of synthesizers, effects, and samples that were used.

[@mrmrsplinkegaming2426]

I can also remember a old glitch can't remember when either right after release or right at end of beta. We're if you went into where everyone was then Portaled to town and stayed by the waypoint you'd get gold and exp from town.

[@fishtacos007]

Nice video! I came in there thinking I would know about half or so, I didn't know any. very cool

[@Xtimus]

Thanks!

[@sumeahsking8019]

6:45 I’ve actually never seen those giant skulls with red eyes on the walls of trav before...16 years or so later..

[@AlexeiVoronin]

Greater mummies - in version 1.00 of Diablo II (which I played out of curiosity once) you can hear these unused creepy voices. They occur when the Mummy raises an undead.

[@kurzackd]

1:18 -- ok, you mention this, but don't elaborate further. WHERE is this purple health globe present? HOW can it be achieved? etc.

[@nexdemise4182]

19: Ethereal phase blades do not spawn naturally. But if you upgrade a rare or unique ethereal dimensional blade to phase blade it'll stay ethereal and be indestructible like any other phase blade.

[@Aracne80]

About the black tower key and Khalims will. I've always wondered why they didn't make quest item screens so you didn't have to carry around the quest items? It's annoying, cause specially the will takes up 6 squares of inventory. Really nice video thou, appreciate it. Some of the things you bring up are totally new to me, and it's awesome to see how the game was intended to be before the assh... sorry, the producers, changed the idea to what they "thought" was appropriate.

[@murphy54000]

"Ares" isn't a-res. It's the Greek god Ares. /ˈɛəriːz/ Phase Blades can't drop ethereal. You have to find an ethereal rare or unique Crystal Sword or Dimensional Blade and use the rare/unique upgrade cube recipe to make it a Phase Blade. Golem is also pronounced /ˈɡoʊləm/ GOH-ləm, not Gollum. Gollum is the corrupted Hobbit in Lord of the Rings. The Black Tower key was probably *actually* supposed to be used in... the Black Tower. Y'know, the one in the Black Marsh. And open the chest the Countess guards in act 1. There are no secret runewords. We've taken the MPQ files apart and every one that can be made has been found, and those that *can't* have also been found.

[@endlesshorizon6167]

The skill in 4:39 looks a bit like the "push away" effect of Sanctuary aura

[@rayvincyful1]

Absolutely

[@Sinn0100]

I don't know about anyone else here but...I love that music. It was so well done and in 1996 there was nothing like it anywhere. At the time I felt no game had a more fitting soundtrack than the first Diablo (where this music comes from). It has an inviting but mysterious tone with underlining touches of melancholy sprinkled in. Addendum- The music changed...it's no longer that familiar Tristram tune I love so much.

[@tabiabias]

The Greater Mummy sounds were present in the Diablo 2 vanilla but got removed when the Lord of Destruction came out.

[@TLC420]

the 1 thing i would like to see thats missing is the stats / skills of the Mercenaries, back in the day there was general lvl areas that your merc would have a certain preset effect on their Aura or Ice arrow / Fire arrow skill depending on the merc, now in D2 lod after you can put gear on your merc and keep the same one through the whole game they now seem to have dynamic lvling skills, so whatever lvl you buy a merc at in D2 lod they always have the same lvl 1 aura effect and as you lvl them their skill lvls up, so you always wanna get a merc at lvl 60 at least so you have an easy solid 20 lvls to increase for your merc so their skill / aura will have max affect, if you buy a lvl 90 merc his stats will be correct but his aura or the effect of the elemental dmg in their Arrow skill will be lvl 1 in the same way the Paladin char or Zon char has lvl 1 - 20 of that skill

[@catthebutcher9438]

They put useless poison explosion instead of this inferno? You kidding me?

[@catthebutcher9438]

And this scouting ability cmon... he has no mobility skill

[@WinterDominus]

Rafii Juniorski Given poison's effect, a poison breath would be pointless since one hit is enough. I agree, the scout would be pretty amazing though.

[@cemeterysundown4391]

I think “Æstrel” would make an euphonious title for a Diablo-inspired space game.

[@brappptv971]

You have a good voice for voice over's, made this worth watching!

[@slowpnir]

Some facts for next video of that kind: `-N% to all resistances` on Necromancer's "Lower Resist" does not lover Magic Resistance. The "Bone Spear" damage is said to drop to half after penetrating an enemy.

[@PJxpanterx]

I remember organs, find heart skill and greater mummies, or maybe I'm delusional...

[@raistormrs]

i remember i had a stupidly op weapon without a name, there was just code instead, so i guess it was a bug weapon but still had loads of fun with it :P well we did mess around alot back then like hunting highlvls with a group of lvl9 assas packed with bug runes on xp-off, stuff like that ;)

[@skylord8689]

I've always wished there was a fan developed Diablo 2 version with all these missing quests & staff included, just like Crowbar's Black Mesa. That would be legendary...

[@TwitPalace]

FYI, those Phase blade that are etheral will never drop eth. It's a dimension blade or Crystal sword that dropped with those stats and then were upgraded to phase blade gaining that indestructible mod from the base !

[@patmarinier2951]

Rare phase blades cannot spawn ethereal, dimensional blades drop ethereal and are then upgraded to the elite version using cube. Self repair on a phase blade is useless, Just letting you know.

[@grumpycat1178]

Anyone else about to drop hella hours into the diablo II remake?

[@giftedfox4748]

Seeing if it is going to be a big failure like Warcraft 3: Refunded.

[@chitonyourchu]

Nice video man. I legit did not know almost all of those, and Ive been playing as long as you have, haha.

[@michaele8157]

Subbed because of this video. Do more diablo please!

[@worland102688]

I clicked this and scoffed. 40 things I didnt know about Diablo 2. I doubt there is even one, surely I know everything about this game... I was wrong! This was awesome to learn new things about Diablo 2. As a Stargate fan, those Waypoints are awesome. The Organ system would have been awesome too!

[@joshieeswagofficial1683]

So much stuff i wish was in game 😞 but amazing video 💖

[@RipplzMusic]

Yo i got a video idea for you... maybe you know of one or already made one but how about the 'eras of battle.net'. Like back when sojs were rare. Then they were duped and became currency. Then the era of 290s. Then uber d and the anni. Maybe i dont have my timeline right but then there was the skill revamp and HRs coming in and finally the full uber stuff. Just a thought! I would love to revisit those old times! You could also touch on the old build metas when stuff like buriza and pierce would hit targets multiple times, or just pre enigma pvp.

[@BlitzMedia1216]

I was going to comment about who doesn’t know all these... then the Druid bear at 1 life happened. So that’s why that happens!!!!! Great video man

[@crisnmaryfam7344]

Wolf does it too, still to this day. Bear sorcs and wolf barbs too.

[@MatteNcs]

Good video, those voices are creepy on #39. I wonder if they mean anything backwards? I usually lurk on twitch but it’s been nice seein you on there lately. I’m playing patch 1.09b sp holy grail and seeing vids on older patches of d2 would be cool. Keep up the good work

[@Mae_Dastardly]

So the greater mummies used to be protoss?

[@teamO_X]

DiabCraft. Lord of Brood War... would be nice...

[@ilhammarpid7032]

i want to play diablo 2, is it still worth playing?

[@ADILIZARD]

I still play

[@MetalGearDavid57]

Also, Shael rune used to be Shae.

[@vernonjackson3435]

Didn't notice whether you mentioned this or not but there was a banner that dropped during the uber event that served no purpose that dropped with the torch when you killed the final uber

[@LudeUwe]

oh i love this game ...still playin it since nearly 20 years ...btw great video !

[@joereece7335]

20 years?, wow I quit d2 in 2010 went to PWI that game came to be a cash player joke, after that D3 for the last year,,,btw is Sid still playing non-ladder east

[@Sayajiin2]

Great Job buddy, I thought I knew everything about diablo 2 and yet there is a lot in I didn't know 😁

[@WinterDominus]

I knew only a few of these. Pretty good video!

[@easye.8563]

You forgot the visuals from weapon enchants. Fire Damage used to be a real flame visual instead of just wearing a red sword for example. :)

[@idmooseman]

Another excellent and informative video. I love hearing about this stuff. I have David's new game in my Wishlist, too. I am able to watch them playing it sometimes.

[@kurzackd]

3:53 -- WRONG !!! Lani Minella is responsible only for the voice of Malah !!! She also voiced Adria in Diablo 1. The three characters exhibited were actually voiced by Glynnis Talken Campbell, who is also the voice behind Sarah Kerrigan in Starcraft.

[@Consumstra]

Awesome video! I didn't know a lot of these even though I played this game for years. Totally love the absorb aura~

[@Uraim]

Nice video, we love diablo 2 after almost 20years We love this game same as when its launched :)

[@kotum.y7878]

7:44 this is a Sanskrit verse revering Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth.

[@marcusnewman8639]

Now this is quality content. Keep it coming.

[@Gollumfili]

I was always disappointed in the paladin. He has all of those auras and can only use one at a time. Where as the barbarian cab use various war cries at any one time

[@diddymelone2265]

Phase.blades cannot.drop etheral, to acquire one you have to find an eth Crystal sword or dimensional Blade (rare) and Upgrade them to Phase Blade via the horadric Cube.

[@sakigamijojo7716]

i think most of these animations were removed due to device limitations of that time(i.e. some PCs might not handle it). but now that we have better hardware for everything, i wish it would be implemented again. eherm2 calling modders *wink wink*

[@Jjrmtv]

I am sure I sure I speak for many, wish you were a developer for Blizzard. you would make this game even more epic than it already is.

[@Titantitan001]

Blizzard north originally wanted to make a scifi game that was first person and random map generated. They created hellgate london. Which shut down. They are now rereleasing the game on steam for free but singleplayer only.

[@phantomx2003]

With the D2 resurrected version coming out I wonder if they will use these assets?

[@joshuaroe1402]

Checkout Warcraft Remastered to see what we are likely to get. It very likely might be unplayable, at least, at launch.

[@crisnmaryfam7344]

@@joshuaroe1402 Denied Lmfao. WC3RM was done by blizz... d2r is Not. and thats why its awesome. VV was true to the original. Beta is epic. Save for being stuck in act2.

[@senormarston]

The only thing that I always missed in Diablo II was The Warrior class like in the first Diablo, not a big a fan of the bulky barbarian

[@embodie_breaks7089]

I feel the same way. I actually enjoyed Diablo 1 more... I know blasphemy.... but at the time of its release it was really something else.

[@leandervr]

It's funny that we'll probably never know for sure if there are secret runewords. The number of possible combinations is astronomical, literally too much to ever try all of them out.

[@hellfire5108]

Fact number 41 - Diablo 2 is actually an continuation of Diablo.

[@clampchowder9569]

Those greater mummy sounds were horrifying

[@mitverlaub1128]

The sounds of the Mummies are the same sounds from Starcraft 1 Protoss units

[@AcheTCK]

Unknown or Secret Runewords you made my day

[@Gl0wStickss]

Ethereal phase blades that are rare, are upgraded rare weapons from previous bases.

[@Titantitan001]

I wasn’t aware these were things people didn’t know. Other than the changed/missing content.

[@MyYTwatcher]

Nice video. I havent known most of them. Thank you for sharing.

[@barzorrr]

Sheal rune used to be called as Shea rune. But at the time that the expencion pack got released, Shea was a bad guy on the real world

[@MatthewSmith-tr7xy]

Dude the greater mummies on my Diablo 2 have those sound effects

[@kevorka3281]

I wonder if Blizzard will implement some of these cut content/details in the remaster??