Minimap

A Minimap is a small map, that shows the player the area around him, so the player has a sense of where he is in the game world. Diablo 2 had a transparent minimap, that covered the centre of the screen, it showed the player various important places, such as waypoints, shrines and caves.

Minimaps in Diablo 3

In the Gamescon 2009 gameplay video, the minimap can be clearly seen in the top right corner, it is much smaller than the one in Diablo 2. It is unknown if it can be edited by some options like the map in Diablo 2, which could be made transparent, opaque, smaller or bigger to a certain degree.