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The absence of prying advisors and inquisitive Priests left Diablo free to assume total control over the King?s battered soul. As the Lord of Terror attempted to strengthen his hold upon the maddened King, he found that the lingering spirit of Leoric fought with him still. Although the control over Leoric that Diablo held was formidable, the Demon knew that in his weakened state he could never take complete possession of his soul as long as a glimmer of his will remained. The demonlord sought a fresh and innocent host upon which to build his Terror.
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Announced at BlizzCon 2016. The Darkening of Tristram was released to celebrate the Diablo Franchise's 20th Anniversary.
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The event runs every year in the month of January only. This event has been made to look like the old Diablo 1 with pixelated graphics and directional movement has been reduced to eight directions.
  
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The demon relinquished his control over Leoric, but the King?s soul was left corrupted and his mind crazed. Diablo began to search throughout Khanduras for the perfect vessel to act as his focus, and found such a soul easily within his reach. Enjoined by his dark master, Lazarus kidnapped Albrecht - the only son of Leoric - and dragged the terrified youth down into the blackness of the labyrinth. Flooding the boy?s defenseless mind with the essence of pure Terror, Diablo easily took possession of the young Albrecht.
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Blizzard recommends players undertake this event with a new character although any existing character can be used.
  
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Pain and fire raced through the child?s soul. Hideous laughter filled his head and clouded his thoughts. Paralyzed with fear, Albrecht felt the presence of Diablo within his mind as it seemed to push him down, deeper and deeper into darkness and oblivion. Diablo gazed upon his surroundings through the eyes of the young prince. A lustful hunger still tortured the demon after his frustrating bout for control over Leoric, but the nightmares of the boy provided ample substance to sate him. Reaching deep into Albrecht?s subconscious, Diablo ripped the greatest fears of the child from their hiding places and gave them breath.
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Albrecht watched, as if out of a dream, twisted and disfigured forms appeared all around him. Unholy, writhing visages of terror danced about him chanting choruses of obscenities. All of the ?monsters? that he had ever imagined or believed that he had seen in his life became flesh and were given life before him. Large bodies comprised of living rock erupted from the walls and bowed to their dark master. The ancient, skeletal corpses of the Horadrim arose from archaic crypts and lumbered off into the red washed corridors beyond. As the cacophony of madness and nightmares hammered its final blow against Albrecht?s shattered spirit, the bloodlusted ghouls and demons of his mind scattered and scrambled maniacally into the lengthening passageways of his waking Nightmare.
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=Where is the Darkening of Tristram?=
  
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The ancient catacombs of the Horadrim had become a twisted labyrinth of raw, focused Terror. Empowered by Diablo?s possession of young Albrecht, the creatures of the boy?s own imagination had gained corporeal form. So strong was the terror that grew inside of Albrecht, that the borders of the Mortal realm began to warp and tear. The Burning Hell began to seep into the world of Man and take root within the labyrinth. Beings and occurrences displaced by time and space, and long lost to the history of Man were pulled screaming into the ever-expanding domain.
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*Players tackle a 16 level dungeon which can be accessed from the Adventure Mode menu and by entering The Old Ruins.
  
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The body of Albrecht, fully possessed by Diablo, began to distort and change. The small boy grew and his eyes blazed as tendril-like spines ripped through his flesh. Great, arched horns erupted from Albrecht?s skull as Diablo altered the form of the child to match that of his demonic body. Deep within the recesses of the labyrinth, a growing power was being harnessed. When the moment was right, Diablo would venture once more into the mortal world and free his captive Brothers Mephisto and Baal. The Prime Evils would be reunited, and together they would reclaim their rightful place in Hell.
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*Once inside The Old Ruins, head south until you see a blue portal. Enter the portal and retro-vision mode kicks in.
  
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*To enter the first dungeon, head north the Cathedral and enter. The event will then begin.
  
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*Players must reach level 16 and take on Diablo to earn the Red Soulstone Reward.
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Within The Darkening of Tristram, players will come across bosses such as [[The Butcher]] (Level 2) , [[Skeleton King]] (Level 3), [[Lazarus]], and [[Diablo]] himself.
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Unique monsters from Diablo also inhabit the levels but they look the same as the current monsters in Diablo 3. They will however drop Diablo 1 items such as Godly Plate of the Whale.
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Diablo 1 NPCs such as {{iw|Pepin_the_Healer Pepin}}, {{iw|Griswold Griswold}}
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, {{iw|Farnham_the_Drunk Farnham}} and {{iw|Ogden Ogden}} also appear in the game but this time as corpses but are part of special quest based on the Diablo 1 {{iw|Black_Mushroom Black Mushroom}} quest.
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The {{iw|Black_Mushroom Black Mushroom}} quest in The Darkening of Tristram involves:
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*Reaching level nine and finding The Black Mushroom.
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*Return to town and visit Adria.
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*Click the cauldron to obtain the Witch's brew.
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*Take the brew to Farnahm's corpse
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*Take Drunkard's Debt from Ogden's corpse
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*Take Gard#s letter to Peppin's corpse
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*Take Healer's Prescription to Griswold's corpse
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*Go to the blacksmith and craft the recipe to create the leg as a mace.
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=Rewards=
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*Banners - Ogden's Sign and Ogden's Brew - All bosses must be killed.
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*Pets such as The Butcher Pet (complete The Darkening of Tristram with a level 1 character) and Royal Calf (salvage Wirt's leg to obtain a map. Go to Adria's Hut and click the cow corpses in the correct sequence of middle, left, then right. Go to the Abandoned Farmstead entrance and open Wirt's stash.
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*Transmog weapons of {{iw|D1_Unique_Axes The Butcher's Cleaver}} and {{iw|Wirt_the_Peg-Legged_Boy Wirt's Leg}}.
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=Portraits=
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To obtain the Demon portrait, every unique monster must be killed in the dungeons and are found on the following levels.
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*Level 2 — Rotfeast the Hungry, Shadowbite
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*Level 3 — Brokenhead Bangshield, Madeye the Dead,
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*Level 4 — Blacklash the Burning, Gharbad the Weak, Snotspill
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*Level 5 — Bloodskin Darkbow, Foulwing, Shadowcrow
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*Level 6 — Bilefroth the Pit Master, BloodgutterDeathshade, Fleshmaul
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*Level 7 — Blighthorn Steelmace, Gorestone, Nightwing the Cold
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*Level 8 — Baron Sludge, Firewound the Grim, Zhar the Mad
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*Level 9 — Breakspine, Brokenstorm, Oozedrool
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*Level 10 — Blackstorm, The Flayer, Goldblight of the Flame
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*Level 11 — Bluehorn, Fangspeir
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*Level 12 — Lionskull the Bent, Viperflame, Viletouch
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*Level 13 — Rustweaver, Warlord of Blood, Witchmoon
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*Level 14 —  Graywar the Slayer, Steelskull the Hunter, Stareye the Witch
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*Level 15 — The Vizier
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*Unholy Altar —  Blackjade, Red Vex
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*Level 16 — Sir Gorash
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To obtain the Angel portrait players need to hunt down Temporal Priests in all five acts of Diablo 3 and they drop a total of seven Cultist's Pages. Once all seven are collected players earn the the Achievement 'I Sense a Soul in Search of Answers'.
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The Darkening of Tristram is also referenced in the [http://www.diablowiki.net/Diablo_I_Manual#The_Darkening_of_Tristram Diablo 1 Manual]
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Latest revision as of 05:24, 21 January 2017

Announced at BlizzCon 2016. The Darkening of Tristram was released to celebrate the Diablo Franchise's 20th Anniversary.

The event runs every year in the month of January only. This event has been made to look like the old Diablo 1 with pixelated graphics and directional movement has been reduced to eight directions.

Blizzard recommends players undertake this event with a new character although any existing character can be used.

Darkeningtristram.jpg

Where is the Darkening of Tristram?[edit | edit source]

  • Players tackle a 16 level dungeon which can be accessed from the Adventure Mode menu and by entering The Old Ruins.
  • Once inside The Old Ruins, head south until you see a blue portal. Enter the portal and retro-vision mode kicks in.
  • To enter the first dungeon, head north the Cathedral and enter. The event will then begin.
  • Players must reach level 16 and take on Diablo to earn the Red Soulstone Reward.


Red-soul-dshard.jpg


Within The Darkening of Tristram, players will come across bosses such as The Butcher (Level 2) , Skeleton King (Level 3), Lazarus, and Diablo himself.

Unique monsters from Diablo also inhabit the levels but they look the same as the current monsters in Diablo 3. They will however drop Diablo 1 items such as Godly Plate of the Whale.

Diablo 1 NPCs such as Pepin, Griswold , Farnham and Ogden also appear in the game but this time as corpses but are part of special quest based on the Diablo 1 Black Mushroom quest.

The Black Mushroom quest in The Darkening of Tristram involves:

  • Reaching level nine and finding The Black Mushroom.
  • Return to town and visit Adria.
  • Click the cauldron to obtain the Witch's brew.
  • Take the brew to Farnahm's corpse
  • Take Drunkard's Debt from Ogden's corpse
  • Take Gard#s letter to Peppin's corpse
  • Take Healer's Prescription to Griswold's corpse
  • Go to the blacksmith and craft the recipe to create the leg as a mace.

Rewards[edit | edit source]

  • Banners - Ogden's Sign and Ogden's Brew - All bosses must be killed.
  • Pets such as The Butcher Pet (complete The Darkening of Tristram with a level 1 character) and Royal Calf (salvage Wirt's leg to obtain a map. Go to Adria's Hut and click the cow corpses in the correct sequence of middle, left, then right. Go to the Abandoned Farmstead entrance and open Wirt's stash.
  • Transmog weapons of The Butcher's Cleaver and Wirt's Leg.

Portraits[edit | edit source]

To obtain the Demon portrait, every unique monster must be killed in the dungeons and are found on the following levels.

  • Level 2 — Rotfeast the Hungry, Shadowbite
  • Level 3 — Brokenhead Bangshield, Madeye the Dead,
  • Level 4 — Blacklash the Burning, Gharbad the Weak, Snotspill
  • Level 5 — Bloodskin Darkbow, Foulwing, Shadowcrow
  • Level 6 — Bilefroth the Pit Master, BloodgutterDeathshade, Fleshmaul
  • Level 7 — Blighthorn Steelmace, Gorestone, Nightwing the Cold
  • Level 8 — Baron Sludge, Firewound the Grim, Zhar the Mad
  • Level 9 — Breakspine, Brokenstorm, Oozedrool
  • Level 10 — Blackstorm, The Flayer, Goldblight of the Flame
  • Level 11 — Bluehorn, Fangspeir
  • Level 12 — Lionskull the Bent, Viperflame, Viletouch
  • Level 13 — Rustweaver, Warlord of Blood, Witchmoon
  • Level 14 — Graywar the Slayer, Steelskull the Hunter, Stareye the Witch
  • Level 15 — The Vizier
  • Unholy Altar — Blackjade, Red Vex
  • Level 16 — Sir Gorash

To obtain the Angel portrait players need to hunt down Temporal Priests in all five acts of Diablo 3 and they drop a total of seven Cultist's Pages. Once all seven are collected players earn the the Achievement 'I Sense a Soul in Search of Answers'.

The Darkening of Tristram is also referenced in the Diablo 1 Manual


Quests & Events of Diablo III [e] Act I Act II Act III & Act IV Act V
Act I Quests Act I Events Act I Cursed Events [e]

• The Fallen Star
• The Legacy of Cain
• A Shattered Crown
• Reign of the Black King
• Sword of the Stranger
• The Broken Blade
• The Doom in Wortham
• Trailing the Coven
• The Imprisoned Angel
• Return to New Tristram

Defiled Crypt
• Jar of Souls
• Matriarch's Bones

Festering Woods
• Last Stand of the Ancients
• Eternal War

Fields of Misery
• Carrion Farm
• The Precious Ores
• The Family of Rathe

Wortham Bluffs
• The Sacrificial Hermit

Highlands Passage
• A Reputation Restored

Halls of Agony (Level 2)
• A Stranger in Need

Southern Highlands
 • The Crumbling Tower
• Revenge of Gharbad
• The Scavenged Scabbard

Leoric's Hunting Grounds
• The Apothecary's Brother

Cathedral
• The Cursed Chamber of Bone
• The Cursed Court

Fields of Misery
• The Cursed Grove

Halls of Agony
• The Cursed Bellows

Old Tristram Road
• The Cursed Cellar

Southern Highlands
• The Cursed Camp
• The Cursed Hatchery

Act II Quests Act II Events [e]

• Shadows in the Desert
• The Road to Alcarnus
• City of Blood
• A Royal Audience
• Unexpected Allies

• Betrayer of the Horadrim
• Blood and Sand
• The Black Soulstone
• The Scouring of Caldeum
• Lord of Lies

Howling Plateau
• A Miner's Gold
• Lair of the Lacuni

Stinging Winds
• The Rygnar Idol
• The Restless Sands
• Guardian Spirits
• Crumbling Vault

Dahlgur Oasis
• The Shrine of Rakanishu
• Lost Treasure of Khan Dakab
• Sardar's Treasure
• Prisoners of Kamyr

Desolate Sands
• Ancient Device


Quests Act III Events Act III Quests Act IV [e]

• The Siege of Bastion's Keep
• Turning the Tide
• The Breached Keep
• Tremors in the Stone
• Machines of War
• Siegebreaker
• Heart of Sin

Stonefort
• Waiting for Reinforcements
• Raising Recruits
• Protect and Serve

The Keep Depths Level 1
• Forged in Battle

The Battlefields
• Triage
• Tide of Battle

Rakkis Crossing
• Blaze of Glory
• Crazy Climber

The Barracks (Level 2)
• Blood Ties

• Fall of the High Heavens
• The Light of Hope
• Beneath the Spire
• Prime Evil

Quests Act V Events Act V [e]

• The Fall of Westmarch
• Souls of the Dead
• The Harbinger
• The Witch
• The Pandemonium Gate
• The Battlefields of Eternity
• Breaching the Fortress
• Angel of Death

• Unknown

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