After years of looking, the hunt for Diablo 4’s secret cow degree is at its finish, and the reward is what’s indisputably probably the most ridiculous merchandise in Diablo historical past.
Regardless of developer Blizzard insisting it did not exist (itself a cow degree custom), the hunt for Diablo 4’s cow degree started as quickly as the sport first launched in 2023. In the previous three years, gamers have been buying mysterious objects considered related to the cow degree, with steps that required killing 666 cows, hidden timers, and riddles that took gamers all throughout Diablo 4’s world. However all of the objects found on the finish of those breadcrumb trails had no actual instant use, resulting in useless ends.
That modified with the discharge of Diablo 4’s new Lord of Hatred enlargement and its addition of the Horadric Dice. By combining objects just like the stamina potion and rusted bardiche (each references to Diablo 2’s cow degree), in addition to a brand new merchandise, the Hand of Neyrelle, gamers have been in a position to entry a brand new island off the coast of Skovos. Inside a cellar on the deserted island is ring of cows that look to be making ready for a magic ritual.
However that is only one step of the method. The island supplied much more clues, although it did not take secret hunters from Diablo 4’s Not Discovering A Cow Level Discord lengthy to determine what wanted to be completed. After unlocking the boat to the island off Skovos, gamers who’ve already completed the earlier steps must journey again to a shrine on the Kyovashad gatehouse and inscribe “Greed” on a pill there. From there, returning to a location in western Skovos pointed to in a map fragment holds a brand new message, one which reads “realizing it existed wasn’t sufficient. I needed extra. I wanted extra. To see with my very own eyes.”
Upon returning to the island, the cows within the type of a summoning circle can then be killed (however solely on Tuesdays, apparently), lastly opening a gateway to the fabled secret cow degree. Inside is about what you’d expect–armies of upright strolling, bardiche-wielding cows, as seen within the cow degree from earlier Diablo video games. Discover lengthy sufficient, and gamers will encounter a brand new boss, The Cow King, and the true reward of this complete years-long thriller.
The cow degree itself is not precisely all that thrilling. The enemy density is sort of low, and the loot the cows drop is nothing to be too thrilled about. However the reward for defeating The Cow King, The Cow King’s Crown, is actually eyebrow elevating in its sheer ridiculousness.
It’s a Mythic rarity helm with a unique, wacky affix for daily of the week–each a tongue-in-cheek reference to the early days of Diablo 4 when merchandise modifiers tended to be extremely particular and, as a rule, not very helpful. Beneath are the stats of what is likely to be probably the most nugatory (or secretly strongest) Mythic Distinctive merchandise in Diablo 4.
- Moonday: +1 Injury to Two-Legged Enemies (if Leg x 2 = Injury)
- Tuesday: 10% Decreased probability to be unfortunate towards yay-Distant enemies. A yay-Distant enemy is between 3-18 hooves equal distant when positioned parallel to the equator on this afternoon.
- Wednesday: Likelihood to cut back enemy Cooldown (No)
- Thursday: After choosing up a Legendary merchandise, achieve 3% extra injury to Bullnerable Shocked non-Elites between the hours of three AM and 4 AM for two.5 seconds.
- Friday: +10.26% Mobility injury whereas transferring
- Saturday: +1.3% probability to disregard Crowd Management when you have already been Crowd Managed for over 10 weeks in Helltide
- Sunday: +51 Life on Dying (+ Possibly)
For many who do not have time to undergo the whole secret cow degree questline (as damaged down right here by Silver of Time), there’s a shortcut. If you happen to occur to know somebody who has accomplished the questline and unlocked the “Moo” emote related to it, you’ll be able to skip forward to the ultimate portion of the search by having them use the emote close to you. From there, you simply must go inscribe the greed pill on the Kyovashad gatehouse, after which journey to western Skovos the place the Outcast’s journal is situated to entry a portal to the cow degree.
With that, the lengthy quest for Diablo 4’s largest secret has come to an finish. Is the reward price it? Most likely not, however as they are saying, it is concerning the journey, not the vacation spot. Now the true query is, when will Blizzard add the key pony degree?