All Diablo video games have a secret cow degree, proper? In keeping with Blizzard, Diablo 4 doesn’t, but. However that hasn’t stopped gamers from becoming a member of forces in an try and uncover the legendary area.
Within the run as much as Diablo 4’s record-breaking launch, growth chief Rod Fergusson insisted the motion role-playing recreation doesn’t embrace a secret cow degree, or any secret degree for that matter, as a result of Blizzard wished to maintain the tone and really feel “grounded”.
“We have been actually targeted on attempting to maintain it as grounded as potential,” Fergusson informed Kinda Humorous Video games. “And due to that, there isn’t any secret degree in Diablo 4 that individuals may be on the lookout for.”
Now Diablo 4’s out within the wild, it appears a complete chunk of the playerbase merely refuses to consider Blizzard. It is intentionally deceptive gamers, they insist, attempting to throw them off the scent. That’ll hold the key cow degree a secret for longer and make its eventual discovery extra of a shock. Who cares in regards to the fact, anyway?
Undeterred, redditor Altnob collected the varied theories and discoveries Diablo 4 gamers have give you and dumped them in an in depth publish that reads just like the ravings of a conspiracy theorist.
“Diablo 4 puzzles are fairly entertaining,” the publish begins. “We have discovered a number of issues which have lead us to consider the cow degree is actual.”
What follows is speak of hidden quests, mysterious portals, and screenshots of NPCs saying curious issues. Somebody pointed on the market’s a reference to ‘Oxen Gods’ in Ked Bardu. There’s even point out of datamined objects some gamers reckon will kind part of a future quest to unlock the cow degree.
Admittedly, this a part of the hunt sounds most definitely to be associated to a cow degree. There’s a Bloody Wood Shard merchandise with a W carved on the facet and a Musty Tome. Followers reckon the shard is a reference to Wirt’s picket leg, and the Musty Tome is a Tome of City Portal. Diablo 2 followers will keep in mind each had been wanted to entry Moo Moo Farm in Diablo 2.
Taking issues even additional, redditor frogbound hunted down all of the cow spawns internationally of Sanctuary. It seems most cow spawns are the place fields are seen on the map, and most cows spawn in teams of three. “By three they arrive?!” frogbound croaked. “Relogging after slaughtering the moos will generally lead to lower than three cows spawning. So this may not fully be true anymore.”
The cow factor goes on, however doesn’t lead anyplace. “I’ll take a look at extra issues after work,” frogbound mentioned, decided. Upon returning, frogbound took to drawing a cow head on the map of Sanctuary. Possibly this actually is an excessive amount of conspiracy. “It is the Bermuda Cowangle!” Aurabora quipped.
For now, the hunt continues, though with out main discoveries. Blizzard is about to reply burning questions from gamers in a campfire chat tomorrow. Maybe we’ll get the ultimate moo then.
In IGN’s 9/10 evaluate we described Diablo 4 as “a shocking sequel with close to excellent endgame and development design that makes it completely excruciating to place down”. You should definitely take a look at our Diablo 4 information for ideas and methods on methods to get probably the most out of your journey by means of hell, and to use our interactive map to maintain monitor of your progress as you play.
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