Diablo 4 Season 6: Is The New Discovery Perhaps A Hint At The Actual Existence Of Secret Cow Level?
It’s been well known that there have been some sort of secret levels in Diablo series since Diablo 1, secret hidden areas that you can access through a strange process. In Diablo 2, this would put you on a level where all the enemies were just cows. It was a pretty crazy thing and caused quite a stir on the internet at the time, at least.
In Diablo 3, this extended to Whimsyshire, an Easter egg level that was a direct homage to the previous Secret Cow Level.
As you can see, the developers tried to push the concept of hidden levels, with the visual theme and enemy theme being the exact opposite of how Diablo usually works, instead of scary evil demons, it’s just a bunch of colorful areas, which is a very interesting concept.
And considering that the base game of Diablo 4 has been out for over a year now and the developers still haven’t revealed the possibility of secret areas, it’s going to be quite a journey to find out if there is a Secret Cow Level in Season 6.
Here we will summarize all the progress on this topic, including how the player’s discoveries are connected to it reasonably, what this leads to, and some topics worth discussing. Let’s take a look!
How Did Secret Cow Level Work Before Season 6?
The recent breakthrough happened after Season 6 and the release of the expansion, and the new content introduced in the game reminded many players of the original three Relics and Cleansing process.
The three Relics in the previous game were Bloody Wooden Shard, Intricate Metallic Fragment, and Musty Tome, all of which came from killing cows. Specifically, if you kill 666 cows, you will get one of the above Relics, depending on the region you are in. Hawezar and Kejhistan will give you Bloody Wooden Shard when you kill the last cow, Musty Tome will drop from Scosglen or Fractured Peaks, and Metallic Fragment can only be found in Dry Steppes.
Then you have to go to Ked Bardu in Dry Steppes. The main town has a fountain, and to the east there are four bull statues. If you throw all the items into the fountain to cleanse and interact with each statue, then offer Relics to them. You will get an item called Strange Key.
A lot of players get stuck here for a long time before finding the next step. Actually, this Strange Key can open a place called Forlorn Hovel, which is located on the head of a bull to the east of Scosglen area. There is a secret seller here, and by spending your Diablo 4 Gold, you can get some key items that advance the level. Did you notice that this piece of the map looks a bit like cows? If you look from the top down, this is why so many people are looking for answers here, and they are correct.
If you have the key, then you can enter through this door and you will find a house filled with a lot of cows, and if you kill all of them, you will get Stamina Potion. This is not a noteworthy thing in itself, but considering the way the previous steps work, all assumptions are that this will lead to another step of Cow Level being unlocked, that is, this is where the clues are temporarily exhausted.
New Cow Level Clues
After nearly a year of nothing new to say about the mystery of Cow Level in the game, people just accepted the fact that, at least at that point, Secret Cow Level was simply inaccessible in Diablo 4 and that all the steps that could be taken had already been tried.
With the release of Season 6, data miners have discovered more steps that could eventually lead to Cow Level. Specifically, there’s an entire set of new Relics and a last reward, like Stamina Potion. All of Relics come from the new zone in this update, Nahantu, and are also much more complex than the original Cow Kill Counter. You can do it faster, though, if you know how.
Those new Relics are Rusted Old Bell, Gibbering Gemstone, and Crooked Staff.
Rusted Old Bell
Players must travel through Five Hills subzone, visiting 12 different bird statues before Rusted Old Bell appears as a drop from the last statue.
Gibbering Gemstone
Gibbering Gemstones can be obtained fairly quickly, and players only need to make a Thank emote in front of the three separate statues southwest of Kurast Docks.
Crooked Staff
This is one of the most difficult clues to get. To obtain Crooked Staff, players must defeat Elite Blood Lightning on the east side of Den in Great Shelf. The trick is that you can’t just defeat this fierce Lacuni and walk away with Relic. You have to completely reset your skills and abilities and disband your Mercenary, using only the basic attack skills that a level 1 character knows. If you want to make things easier, you can lower your difficulty level, as there are no negative effects on doing so.
How To Corrupt Relics?
Then, in contrast to the original Relics, you are not cleaning them; you are corrupting them. Doing this is also a process. It is recommended to do it on the normal difficulty level as well, and get rid of your Mercenary so that they don’t automatically kill the things you want to keep.
After that, you need to head to the location north of Ichorfall on the map to specifically get aggro from the enemies here called Cordycepic Zombie. Most enemies will lose aggro if you get too far from their spawn location, but these specific enemies will keep following you as long as you stay within their aggro range.
So basically you just have to slowly pull them from the first enemy on the map to the second identical enemy, and then take those two to the third.
If all three Cordycepic Zombies are following you, you need to gather them together and then kill them in the shortest time possible. You then have to throw all three Relics in your inventory onto their bodies and then Corrupt them. You’ll notice that after you do this, a kind of purple flame starts glowing from them, which means it was successful.
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Rusted Bardiche
You then need to take them to a brazier puzzle at a specific location on the map. They don’t look too interactable when you get here, but if you have the corrupted item, you can actually interact with them to give the item and receive Unusual Key at the end.
This allows you to break down a hidden wall in a cellar located at a specific location on the map. When you enter the cellar, click on the wall in the last room and you’ll find a hidden extra room full of murderous cows, as there are also a bunch of killed villagers next to them. Once you kill the cows, you’ll receive Rusted Bardiche.
So that’s the new step for potential Secret Cow Levels in Diablo 4, and it’s obviously tied to the previous Relics step. So in theory, if you have Stamina Potion and Rusted Bardiche, be prepared for any new developments, as you can pretty much do any future developments.
Is Secret Cow Level Still Possible?
Anyway, that’s as far as we can go for now. Now that you know everything there is to know about Cow Levels in Diablo 4, that brings us to another important topic, which is why there’s currently no Cow Level in Diablo 4.
Despite the worrying amount of data mining that seems to have revealed some clues, everything so far proves that Diablo 4’s secret level simply doesn’t exist, or at least if it’s coded to exist, we don’t have a way to access it yet.
As a player, we are now almost a year and a half past the release of the game, and while there are a lot of dangling clues and puzzle pieces that point to the existence of a Cow Level, functionally speaking, this often resonates throughout Diablo 4, especially the new stages.
Although they may want to expand Secret Cow Level into multiple expansions, making you actually pay for each expansion to actually get Cow Level. So who knows when we will actually get Cow Level? If we do get it, maybe it will be a year later, maybe it will be two years later, maybe we will never actually get Cow Level and it will just be a gimmick to rediscover the attention.
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Diablo 4 Season 8 First IP ...
Some time ago, in order to retain the current player base, Diablo 4 released the game’s development roadmap for 2025, showing some changes that will happen in the game in the next few months, such as the introduction of new seasons and new IP Collaboration. According to the roadmap, the developer expects to launch D4’s first IP collaboration from April to July this year. In fact, it is no exaggeration to say that players do not have much hope for these cross-border collaborations promised by the developer, because the previous collaborations with Overwatch 2 and StarCraft 2 released by the developer only launched some related skins. However, to the surprise of all players, Diablo 4 developer has just announced that this dark-themed game will have its first IP collaboration with Berserk series of comics with the same dark fantasy style. This is also the first collaboration between this series of games and other fields besides games. In this case, players’ expectations for this IP collaboration have reached the highest point. So this guide will introduce you to the possibility and possible impact of this cooperation based on some of the information currently leaked and published, so that you can prepare for it. About Berserk To thoroughly understand the content of D4’s first IP cooperation, you must know the specific information of the cooperation object. Berserk is a work created by the late cartoonist Kentaro Miura that pioneered a new field of comics. It tells the story of a mercenary named Guts surviving in a dark fantasy world full of punishment. Although this pioneering cartoonist died in 2021, Berserk series of comics has been continued by his friend Kouji Mori and Miura’s assistants and students, which also laid the foundation for this comic to influence the large output of many games of the same style during that time, such as Dark Souls and Elden Ring developed by From Software. Over the years, Berserk has launched two anime adaptations, a trilogy of animated films, three video games, a spin-off novel, a collectible card game, and has collaborated with highly popular games such as Dragon’s Dogma, all of which have made the protagonist Guts in the comics highly recognizable around the world. In view of this, many players feel that Diablo 4’s first external IP cooperation with Berserk, who has a similar style, is a very wise choice, because Sanctuary may have earth-shaking changes with the addition of this brave warrior. Not only that, some loyal fans of the original comics also said that it is rare to see such a unified style of IP cooperation in one work. Also Read: Diablo 4 Season 8 May Borrow A Battle Pass From A Popular Game About This IP Cooperation Since the Diablo 4 developer only released a video on its social platform, some specific contents of this collaboration have not been fully announced. But this does not prevent players, including me, from finding some clues: there is a Brand of Sacrifice-marked Barbarian, carrying the very iconic Berserker Armor and Dragon Slayer sword from Berserk. After the release of this animation video, all D4 players began to look forward to it, because before this, when cooperating with World of Warcraft from the same developer, it simply placed images of bosses and characters from Diablo IV directly into sets and accessories in the in-game store, without any regard for suitability. Even in Nintendo Switch version of the same series Diablo 3, it only cooperated with Cucco pet from Legend of Zelda to a certain extent. So D4’s IP cooperation with Berserk this time will very likely change some very important items in the build and gameplay actions in the game, giving players more builds possibilities and creating more ways to explore and farm Diablo 4 Gold. However, some players are wondering if the game will introduce some characters from Berserk than targets to challenge, and get more Berserk-themed items in this encounter. But from my point of view, it is unlikely, because the main villain God Hand in the comics did not experience a real battle in the game. In addition, the icons of iOS and Android platforms appeared at the end of this animation video, so many players are also speculating that D4’s IP cooperation will be still brought free-to-play Diablo Immortal, which is also a very popular one in Diablo series. Hopefully, the two games will bring different types of cooperation to players to varying degrees, so as to surprise all players. It is expected that this crossover event with Berserk will be launched as part of a series of updates in Diablo 4 Season 8 Belial’s Return, and the most exciting one for players may be the return of Ultimate boss Belial. We look forward to the latest season of Diablo 4 on April 29th to bring players a lot of new content to save the dwindling number of players. Wish you a happy game!Apr-17-2025
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Diablo 4 Season 8 New IP Co ...
In the 2025 roadmap announced by Diablo 4 a few days ago, besides some frustrating seasonal power updates, the only thing that can interest players is two IP collaborate. These two IP collaborations will take place in Season 8 and Season 10. At least in PTR, players have found no menus about other works, so this has also aroused discussion among players. Which two works will these two new IP collaborate be? Diablo IP Collaboration History It is normal for players to be surprised that Diablo 4 requires new IP collaborate. Because in Diablo series, developers have always kept the series pure, and there is almost no history of introducing elements from other works. But Diablo series is not completely without cooperation with other IPs, but most of these cooperations are limited to cooperation with different works of the same company, such as: World Of WarCraft x Diablo Diablo 4 launched a cross-border linkage with World of WarCraft in 2024. Players can get the Invincible Mount Bundle, as well as Lich King, Kael’Thas, and Garrosh transmogrification, but you can’t use gold to get these new appearances, and you need to use Platinum. In addition, Diablo Immortal also launched a cooperation project with the world of Azeroth. Diablo Immortal Seasonal Themes & Events Although players may not pay much attention to Diablo Immortal, Diablo Immortal always tries to make changes in the dark and cold tone. Overwatch 2 x Diablo The background of Overwatch and Diablo is completely different. Its game background is the near future with advanced technology. There are many exquisite skins in Overwatch, and these skins basically represent different background stories or even different games. Overwatch 2 added several Diablo-themed skins to the game: Demon Hunter Sombra Barbarian Zarya Inarius Pharah But this is only a one-sided collaboration, and Diablo 4 has not added any Overwatch-related appearances or even decorations. Learn More: These Tips Found In Diablo 4 Season 8 PTR May Help You Upgrade Quickly In The Official Version Who Will Be The Two IPs? As mentioned earlier, Diablo 4 pays great attention to keeping the game pure, and cooperation with new IPs will inevitably have some impact on the game worldview. Game developers claim that IP collaborate will not destroy the immersion of the game, and these two IPs will belong to the dark fantasy category like Diablo 4. Based on this condition, we can guess which works the following two mysterious IPs will be. Dark Souls / Elden Ring These two works may be the first guess of most players, at least I think so. Dark Souls and Elden Ring are from the same production company, and after years of development, they have accumulated an enormous fan base. And the backgrounds of these two works are also dark and profound, almost perfectly meeting the linkage requirements of Diablo 4. Elden Ring is Game of the Year for 2022, but if it is an IP collaboration, Dark Souls should be a better choice, because there are many classic game elements in Dark Souls that are very suitable for IP collaborate. Diablo 4 can release some armor appearances, or replace the treasure chests in the event with treasure chest monsters, or temporarily replace Diablo 4 Gold in the player’s backpack with souls. Demon’s Souls At least in terms of name, Demon’s Souls is closer to Diablo 4 than Dark Souls. Demon’s Souls, as a predecessor of Dark Souls in a sense, also has very classic elements. But because of its high difficulty, the fan base of this work is far less than that of Dark Souls and Elden Ring, but this is still a very likely choice. Castlevania Castlevania is one of the most classic game series in the history of games. Almost every dungeon in the game has been inspired by this game. Castlevania’s main boss is Count Dracula, and Diablo 4 has many bosses and monsters made with vampire elements. If Diablo 4 cooperates with Castlevania, Lord Zir may change his appearance and name for a short time and reappear. But Vampire Powers has been gone for too long, so the probability of cooperation with Castlevania is not that high. The Witcher The Witcher often cooperates with other IPs. From the background of The Witcher, Geralt often teleports to other worlds to kill some monsters. The world background of The Witcher is far less desperate than Diablo 4, but there are some similarities. However, most players should not refuse to have a transmogrified Geralt’s appearance, or play a Gwent card game with the background of Diablo 4? Bloodborne Bloodborne is another game full of chaos and despair, and the monsters in it are even more twisted than those in Diablo 4. But to be honest, the background of Bloodborne is set in Victorian era, which is quite different from the era of Diablo 4, so there are some possibilities for Bloodborne and Diablo 4 to collaborate, but not much. The Way Of IP Collaborate These collaborations will most likely only add some appearances to the game, such as clothing appearances or mount appearances, and the gameplay will not change much. Otherwise, if the developers of Diablo 4 really have such ideas, why not add it to the game as a new mechanism earlier? If the developers of Diablo 4 are really creative, maybe they will add some small in-game activities or a temporary task, so that players can get gold and some limited appearances after completing the task. IP collaborate will not be officially launched until June, and players will have to wait for a while to get detailed news. Which work do you think Diablo 4 will collaborate with?Apr-14-2025
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Diablo 4 Season 7 Best Bash ...
In the latest Diablo 4 Season 7, you may be surprised by the increased damage ability of Barbarian, because in previous seasons, this Class was abandoned by many players because of its strong survivability but insufficient damage ability. Among the many Barbarian builds, Bash Barbarian has become the most powerful and versatile dominant build this season. Bash Barbarian build is good at directly rotating around Bash to cause high damage, while using the right skills and gear to achieve the maximum effect of effectively dealing with group enemies and single target enemies, which is very rare in Season 7. It can be seen that it is very important to choose some of the best skills and gear for this outstanding Bash Barbarian build. In order to reduce the time and energy cost you spend on trying, this guide will introduce you to some build options suitable for this build, and you can make timely choices according to your game style and combat needs. About Bash Barbarian Build Bash Barbarian build is a powerful alternative to the traditional Barbarian build, adding more versatility and playability, allowing players familiar with or unfamiliar with the class to show its maximum effectiveness. However, it is worth noting that this build requires weapon Tempering, so its upgrade speed is relatively slow in the early stages of the game, but once it passes this stage, the strength of the build will increase rapidly. Active Skills Bash Barbarian build differs from Barbarian meta build that appeared this season. It does not rely on Fury, but Bash, which is your main and cost-free ability in this build. With its help, you can deal tremendous damage in both AOE and single-target situations, and it will also guarantee Overpower to enhance your Hammer of the Ancients Skill. After that, there are some common skill choices, such as Shouts to enhance the mobility, damage and survivability of your build; Rupture can give you a large buff to your sustained attack speed. Here are some active skills you can choose for Bash Barbarian build in D4S7 and the skill points they require. Bash - 5 Hammer of Ancients - 1 Rupture - 1 Steel Grasp - 1 War Cry - 1 Challenging Shout - 1 Wrath of the Berserker - 1 Rotation Once you have all the above active skills equipped, you can start the encounter with Challenging Shout, which immediately increases your survivability and increases your Fury generation. If you have boots that reduce skill cooldowns, such as Yen’s Blessing boots, you can continue to be active for the duration of the encounter. After that, you pop Wrath of the Berserker for a damage bonus and immunity to crowd control. The advice here is to spend a lot of Diablo 4 Gold to max out this skill so that you get more damage buffs. Then you use Steel Grasp to close the gap and apply Vulnerability to the enemy to activate Paingorger’s Gauntlets. At this point, you can continue to use Bash to deal continuous damage to the enemy until it reaches Overpower to trigger Hammer of the Ancients. You should also use Rupture as much as possible to get the attack speed bonus. If conditions permit, you can activate your Warcry during combat via LithOhm Rune combination to further increase damage and gain additional Berserking effects. Passive Skills In fact, for Bash Barbarian build, your focus is also on the damage ability and elemental resistance of the entire build. Although Barbarian has strong physical resistance, it is also very vulnerable to enemies that release super strong elemental damage. The following are some passive skills that can be recommended to you and the points required. Warpath - 3 Martial Vigor - 3 Tough as Nails - 1 Imposing Presence - 3 Belligerence - 3 Aggressive Resistance - 3 Prolific Fury - 3 Slaying Strike - 3 Raid Leader - 3 Booming Voice - 3 Guttural Yell - 1 Pit Fighter - 3 Wallop - 3 No Mercy - 1 Slaying Strike - 3 Thick Skin - 1 Counteroffensive - 3 Defensive Stance - 1 Heavy Handed - 3 Brute Force - 1 Wallop - 3 Key Passive: Unconstrained Witchcraft Powers & Occult Gems In the current Season 7, two new Diablo 4 Items, Witchcraft Powers and Occult Gems, have been added, which increases the diversity of builds that players can make in the game. They will provide you with very beneficial buffs in different aspects of your build, and for Bash Barbaria build, you can pick the following build options for it. Soul Harvest - Drain life force from nearby enemies. Aura Specialization - Increases the size of your aura and slightly buffs the damage of your critical strikes. Piranhado - It draws together swarms of enemies. Hex of Whispers - Deals additional shadow damage. Aura of Siphoning - It gives off a healing aura. Breath of the Coven - Increases attack speed. Friend of the Bog - Increases skill damage, armor, resistance and health. Phantom String - Increases damage. Toadling’s Wish - Growth and Decay Witch powers are 35% more powerful. Gear When choosing gear for Bash Barbarian build, you should pay attention to weapon slots and armor slots as much as possible, because these two are the most critical attribute concentration points of the entire build. It is worth mentioning here that although Barbarian focuses on outputting physical damage, in the current season, you can cleverly combine this damage ability with fire damage. The following are some gear you can choose for Bash Barbarian build, but some of them require you to invest a lot of Diablo 4 Gold and energy to cultivate in D4. You can replace them with some items with similar attributes according to your needs. Ugly Bastard Helm - Helm Shroud of False Death - Chest Paingorger’s Gauntlets - Glove Hectic Runic Leggins - Pants Yen’s Blessing - Boots Bonebreaker of the Moonrise - Melee Weapon 1 Shard of Verathiel - Melee Weapon 2 Obsidian Blade of Earthquakes - Melee Weapon 3 Demonblade of the Inner Calm - Melee Weapon 4 Amulet of Adaptability - Amulet Edgemaster’s Band - Ring Ring of Starless Skies - Ring The above are some suitable skills and gear for you to choose for Bash Barbarian build in D4 Season 7. Once again, the items and skills provided for you here are based on the attributes and statistics shown in the current game, but since each player’s play style and build ideas are different, some of them allow you to make timely adjustments. I wish you a happy game!Feb-11-2025
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Diablo 4 DLC: How To Unlock ...
Mercenaries serves as one of the core mechanism complemented to Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred expansion. They will provide you with assistance and protection during the adventure in Sanctuary while you’re playing solo or have built a group. This article details how Mercenary system works in Vessel of Hatred DLC, along with the function of each Mercenary to help you choose the appropriate one who achieve a fabulous combination with you. How Does Mercenaries Work? You are going to unlock Mercenary system as part of Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred campaign. You will have an encounter with Raheir during the journey heading to Nahantu, who will lead your way to Mercenary Den where serves as a kind of center for all mercenaries in the game. And it is recommended to prepare useful items by spending some Diablo 4 Gold to help you deal with the difficulties along the way. By completing designated quests, you are available to unlock additional mercenaries and customize them. There are totally four mercenaries are on offer in the game. And they are: Raheir Aldkin Varyana Subo It is noticeable that if you are a single player, please make sure that you have at least one additional Mercenary before kicking off Vessel of Hatred storyline. Or you will conclude by wasting a lot of Mercenary experience (Rapport) during the campaign. If you want to continue to complete the post-campaign quest, you need to collect all mercenaries. For single players, you can assign any mercenary as your bodyguard to travel with you and protect you from being hurt. They can also be upgraded by working together to defeat monsters. According to the game settings, Mercenaries are equipped with four skill points and a small skill tree, offering you the channel to customize them based on your needs. If you find that they are not suitable, you can always change Mercenaries. If you have chosen a main Mercenary or playing with a team, you can also hire a second different Mercenary as a reinforcement. Reinforcements will only show up on some specific occasion that you have set. For an instance, you can set a trigger with your reinforcement, which supports you to summon them when use the certain skill that appears on your bar. Reinforcements can also gain Rapport and upgrade with you during the combats. With the support of hired bodyguards and reinforcements, Mercenary mechanism could make an overhaul change of the gameplay, especially for those players who play solo. All Mercenary Abilities And Unlock Requirements Raheir As the first Mercenary who you are going to encounter in the game, Raheir is a must-see. You can discover him during the main Vessel of Hatred campaign who will introduce the entire system to you. Raheir is born to protect you and take the identity of a tank. The ability of him supports him to interrupt if you’re about to die, or taunt enemies to force them to change attack object. He also serves as Den blacksmith who can able to fix or salvage your gear. Aldkin Aldkin nestles the right of Raheir in the den, who can be hired by completing “A Nameless Mystery” quest. This quest is relatively easy and is recommended to be completed immediately after unlocking Mercenary Den. Aldkin is a type of Mercenaries who use magic, such as the often referred “kiss/curse”, which means that while they have a powerful benefit, they will inevitably cause harm to you. Aldkin’s skills are surrounded with shadow and fire magic, and they occasionally transform into powerful demons that can cause significant damage to enemies or even kill them directly. They also act as Den occultist and are available to enhance the performance of your gear with Legendary Aspects. Varyana Varyana nestles on the left side of Raheir in the den. After unlocking Mercenary Den, “Slayer’s Retribution” quest will appear, and completing this quest will allow you to hire Varyana. Varyana serves as a martial warrior and is equipped with dual axes or a two-handed mace to cause serious damage. Her primary skill is Massacre, which is aimed at offering you a powerful movement speed buff, making chaining bosses possible. Subo Subo nestles the far left side of Den, who can be recruited by achieving “A Feather on the Scale” quest. The identity that Subo plays is Rogue in the team, which means that he is more suitable for long-range attacks. The weapons he equips are bow or crossbow. The main skill he excels at is to highlight the location of enemies and valuable items in the area. He occasionally marks enemy targets, offering you a great opportunity to kill them and gain resources. His abilities revolve around traps and stuns, and he can fire continuously, causing a lot of damage. That’s all about Mercenaries in Diablo 4 DLC. Enter iGMeet discord to embrace more real-time news, and there is a lucky draw being held on Giveaway channel. Enter emojis and you will probably win. Also Read: Long-Term Diablo 4 Promotions & Giveaways - Real And Valid The result of drawing will be announced on October 21, and 10 lucky players will be given an average of 1,000 Duriel Materials, 1,000 Andariel Materials, 5,000 Living Steel as well as 5,000 Exquisite Blood. Confident in your good luck and join in actively! Thank you for reading.Oct-14-2024