Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (PC)

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Hints & cheats

for Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (PC)
Reviewed by: Greg Kasavin
Review date: 07/02/01
Release date: 06/27/01

Easter Eggs

Secret Cow Level

Just like the Secret Cow Level in the original Diablo II, the Secret Cow Level is in LoD as well. You must have beaten Baal on the difficulty you want to make the portal for though.

1. Go to Rogue Encampment
2. Insert a Wirt's Leg and a Tome of Townsportal into the Cube and Transmute.
3. Enter Portal.
4. Fight Cows.

The cows CAN be difficult to kill with melee characters, so be careful. Paladins and Sorceresses are always helpful here.

The cows do not give good experience, but the chances of finding good runes/gems/equipment is better than most places. Also, most of the ''stashes'' and ''chests'' here are good drops as well.

WARNING: If you want to make the portal again, DO NOT KILL THE COW KING. If the Cow King is killed in a game where you made the portal, you WILL NOT be able to make the portal for that difficulty anymore.

Every Sound

To hear every sound recorded for Diablo 2 press ''enter'' in a game to open the chat box and type in ''soundchaosdebug''

Diablo 2 Commercial

With the D2X disk in you computer click on the "My computer" icon. From there you should see the D2X shortcut picture. Right-click on it and select Open. Inside there is a file called D2COM_01. Double click it to watch the semi-funny 30 second D2 commercial.

Codes

1.10 Cache & framerate info

In 1.10, to view the framerate, cache, and memory information, input ''/framerate''.

It shows the same stuff as typing ''/fps'', but also shows cache figures and memory figures.

Code Result
In 1.10, to view the framerate, cache, and memory information, input ''/framerate''.

It shows the same stuff as typing ''/fps'', but also shows cache figures and memory figures. 1.10 Cache & framerate info

Random Cheats

Note: you can type in all of these codes again after they are in effect to turn them off. If it is one of the /players cheats then you have to type in the code "/players 1" to set it back to 1.

Code Result
/nopickup Won't let you pick up items unless you press ALT. This helps in cluttered areas with a lot of lag.
/fps Show frames per second.
soundchaosdebug Every sound at once.

Disable music/sound at main screen.

If you are annoyed by the music, or sound effects that play while you are at the main menu, and not in game.
Press the following codes to disable them: (Typing them again will enable them)

Code Result
Ctrl+S Disable/Enable the sound effects while at the main menu.
Ctrl+M Disable/Enable the music while at the main menu.

Target line codes

Right click on your Diablo II desktop icon. Left click on the shortcut tab. Enter the code in the target line after the quotes. make sure there is a space between each code , and a space between the last quote and first code.

These codes currently work as of the 1.11b patch.

Code Result
-act5 Create a new level 33 character in Act5.
-act3 Create a new level 21 character in Act3.
-act4 Create a new level 27 character in Act4.
-act2 Create a new level 16 character in Act2.
-act1 Create a new level 1 character in Act1.
-nosave Never saves the game.
-ns No sound driver is loaded.
-skiptobnet Skip directly to BattleNet login.
-npl Doesn't preload anything.
-opengl Uses the OpenGL graphic renderer in game.
-w Opens the game in a window.

Players X

In single player

Hit Enter
Type "/players x" (without quotes)(X= a number between 1 and 8)
eg. /players 4

The game changes the difficulty depending on how high the number is. (1 being the easiest, 8 being the hardest.)
It's the same effect as being on B Net and having more than 1 player. The game's enemies get harder, drop better, and give more experience. This also affects bosses, so the /players 8 on Hell Mephisto's drops are incredible.

This doesn't effect immunities on monsters, and works in all Difficulties and all Acts.