Diablo II: Resurrected 100% Achievement Grind

Day 0: Pre Ladder Abyss Warlock Prologue

May 8 to May 9, 2026

The project technically started here, but this was before the ladder reset announcement. The Abyss Warlock cleared Hardcore Normal and explains why some achievements were already unlocked before the ladder Sorc became the actual focus.

Day 1: Ladder Sorc Start, Ancient’s Pledge, and Nightmare Setup

May 23, 2026

The real series start. Act 1 was slower than normal, the gear was rough, and Duriel was hard enough to force a Countess farming detour. That also turned into the Ancient’s Pledge mini arc: farm Rals, cube Ort, shop a 3 socket Large Shield from Fara, and get those Sorc’s resists up.

Later, the Sorc started coming online with Spirit, Lore, and a crafted caster belt. Gour told me to organize my inventory, so naturally I used controller auto sort to make it worse. Nightmare Andariel died, and the game was finally fun again.

Day 2: Nightmare Clear and Mephisto Farming Begins

May 24, 2026

Act 5 got sketchy. There was a close call around the 4 hour mark, then Worldstone Keep turned into cold immunes, Gloams, no TPs, and general misery. The Nightmare achievement finally popped.

After that, Mephisto farming started. The early MF setup was rough, but it eventually produced Oculus and Chance Guards. Oculus is a huge Sorc find, but not advised in Hardcore, so the plan became using it as a weapon swap MF tool instead of casually running around with it like a retard.

I'm sure I'll regret this later.

Day 3: MF Farming, Goldwrap, and Hell Rebuild

May 25, 2026

Mephisto farming got stale, so the Sorc’s gear got rebuilt for Hell. Taking off Spirit and using Suicide Branch made the setup safer: losing 1 in skill but stronger resists while staying above a useful FCR breakpoint. It didn't work and was getting my ass kicked in Hell so back to farming...

Then Goldwrap dropped in Nightmare Terror Zone Halls of the Dead. It pushed Magic Find up to around 234%, but replacing the caster belt dropped the Sorc out of the faster cast setup. For Mephisto and Terror Zone farming, the extra MF is probably worth the slower teleports for now.

Day 4: Hell Re entry and Spirit Setup

May 26, 2026

After getting tired of farming Mephisto and Terror Zones, I more or less decided to just deal with the slower cast rate so I could keep Spirit for the +2 skills. By this point the Sorc was level 71, resists were mostly fine, and the hope was to push farther into Hell and maybe start getting better runes or a 4 socket polearm base for the merc.

Den of Evil did not seem too bad at first, but Corpsefire was still kind of scary. He killed my merc and chunked me a little bit, but we got him. I also realized I already had the Cairn Stone key from another day, so I walked through Stony Field and that dumb cave you need to get to Dark Wood for no reason.

Day 5: Homunculus, Eye of Etlich, and Act 2 Push

May 27, 2026

Near the start of stream, Mephisto dropped Nightsmoke. Not super exciting, but still something. Later, a random Act 1 pack dropped Homunculus, which is a pretty big item drop even if it is Necromancer only and not directly useful for the Sorc.

Radament also dropped The Eye of Etlich, which is kinda nice for a level 15 amulet. I pushed through Act 2 and had some close calls, so that section is probably worth rewatching for possible tension/highlight beats.

After more gear shuffling, this is more or less the setup I actually decided to tackle Hell with: Suicide Branch, Ancient’s Pledge, Smoke, Lore, Ghoul Necklace, Ghoul Clutches, Death Gyre, Garnet Ring, and Viper Track boots. The final sheet was around 70% FCR with 75 fire, 75 lightning, 73 cold, and 75 poison resist. From what I remember, I ended up finishing Acts 1 and 2 with this setup more or less.

Day 6: Gull Detour, Trav Panic, and Merc Upgrades

May 28, 2026

I leveled a Warlock to 11 so I could gamble a Gull dagger, only to find out daggers were not showing up in the gambling screen anymore. This change was made alongside the Reign of the Warlock expansion updates, because daggers were reclassified to hold class-specific skills (similar to wands, staves, and scepters). Consequently, you can no longer gamble for popular low level items like the Gull Dagger. So that was a very productive detour.

The big stream moment was Travincal. I almost died multiple times and kept walking in and out of Durance in a panic trying to get away from the Council. Watch the clip here.

I finished Act 3 on stream and stopped there. After that, I went back to farming Nightmare Mephisto, which dropped Tearhaunch, Duriel’s Shell, Tal Rasha’s Horadric Crest, and Bloodthief. The merc drops should help while I keep looking for a real Insight base.

Days 7–9: NM Meph Farming and Vipermagi Payoff

May 29 to June 1, 2026

The next stretch was mostly Nightmare Mephisto farming across a few days. I got the achievement "Accessorizing for fun and profit" by equipping Cleglaw’s Brace as a complete set.

The farm also produced Frostburns, which are nice when I can afford the resists, and I finally realized Blade of Ali Baba was a safer AND higer MF swap than Oculus. With Ali Baba and Rhyme on swap, Magic Find jumped to around 277% without dealing with Oculus randomly teleporting me in Hardcore.

By rough estimate, this was probably somewhere around 600 to 800 Nightmare Mephisto runs by the time it finally happened, counting the earlier farming nights and another roughly four hour grind on June 1. Then the stupid Skin of the Vagi (heh heh) finally dropped. Skin of the Vipermagi hit the ground with +33 all resists, +1 all skills, and 30% Faster Cast Rate.