If you're interested, you can watch the video below to learn how to get the mod up and running. New ladders happen every three to four months along with new patches that should keep things fresh. There's a subreddit, Discord, in-game global chat, and even a website for trading items with other players. Even better, the community is incredibly active. It's the perfect mix of classic Diablo 2 nostalgia with just the right injection of quality of life fixes and new features to feel interesting. I've been playing Path of Diablo all morning and having a blast. It's a cool system that should definitely ease the numbing pain of boss runs or cow farming. Every relic has a tier and the higher it is the more dangerous and rewarding the dungeon. "These dungeons offer an optional alternative end-game aimed for high level characters (90+) where they can farm difficult content for experience and loot," reads Path of Diablo's features list.
Once players are level 80 and have beaten the game on Hell difficulty, they can find relics and use them at altars to enter new and incredibly difficult dungeons. One other major addition is a complete reworking of Diablo 2's endgame to make it more varied like Path of Exile. No more having to sift through a screen covered in trash loot looking for the precious rares or set items you need.
Using downloaded filters or by customizing your own, you can tailor exactly what loot appears on the ground and what doesn't. The mod adds some awesome quality of life features to Diablo 2 like an expanded inventory and Path of Exile's loot filters. Right now there are 180 people logged in. "This Diablo 2 community server has one main goal: Increase build diversity and replayability with as little changes to the original experience as possible," reads the mod's website.Ĭreated by GreenDude, Path of Diablo is one of the most popular and active D2 custom servers.
Sorceress Orbs can spawn with 1-3 individual skill bonuses of +1-3 each.But what if you could take all the modern innovations of a game like Path of Exile and bring them to Diablo 2? Enter Path of Diablo, a server mod that makes Diablo 2 feel new again by fixing some of its most outdated designs and revamping the entire endgame-all while staying true to Diablo 2 in ways that total conversion mods like Median XL don't. Paladin Shields can spawn with bonuses to Resistances (Diablo II) or Damage and Attack Rating:Īll Resistances +36-45 (cannot spawn on rare items)ġ0-20% Enhanced Damage +15-30 to Attack RatingĢ1-30% Enhanced Damage +31-60 to Attack Ratingģ1-40% Enhanced Damage +61-80 to Attack RatingĤ1-50% Enhanced Damage +81-100 to Attack Ratingĥ1-65% Enhanced Damage +101-121 to Attack Rating They can also spawn with Poison Damage modifiers:Īdds 25-50 Poison Damage over 3 Seconds (cannot spawn on rare items) Necromancer Shrunken Heads can spawn with 1-3 individual skill bonuses of +1-3 each. Exceptional Katars Hand Scythe and above and all Elite quality Katars can spawn Staffmods.īarbarian Helms can spawn with 1-3 individual skill bonuses of +1-3 each.ĭruid Pelts can spawn with 1-3 individual skill bonuses of +1-3 each. Normal quality Katars will not spawn with Staffmods, nor will Exceptional quality Quhab, Wrist Spike, or Fascia. Amazon Weapons can spawn with +1-3 to the item's related skill tree:Īmazon Javelins and Spears (cannot spawn on rare items)Īssassin Katars can spawn with 1-3 individual skill bonuses of +1-3 each.