while the topic is fresh , i want to ask if you know that multiple heralds can spawn in same game?
e.g. you kill one , then in the next TZ can another one spawn or it is only one herald per game
Yeah sure, there is a really good article on diablo 2 io that helped me alot:
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Every time a
Herald is killed, the next time one spawns, it will be of a higher tier. There are five tiers of Herald. The lowest tier is the weakest and has normal drops, whereas the higher tiers can drop more items and get progressively stronger with every spawn.
Herald of Fright Normal drops
Herald of Dread Normal drops
Herald of Fear Normal drops + 1 extra item
Herald of Horror Normal drops + 1 extra item
Herald of Terror Normal drops + 2 extra items
Heralds must be spawned in the same game. Heralds always have an aura. Every Herald that spawns after Herald of Terror will be a Herald of Terror (with increasing stats).
Whether playing online or offline any tier of
Herald can drop a Latent Sunder.
- 2% chance to get a Herald "token" when killing an elite (champ/unique/superunique/boss - but not the minion of an elite)
- 1% chance to use a Herald "token" to upgrade any white monster to Herald. Upgrade/Convert process happens when new monsters spawn
- Herald "tokens" are shared among players/party
- Herald "token" can stack (e.g. you can Draw the Ire 3x, spawn a
- Herald 2x, Draw the Ire 2x more times - it is NOT a 1 token-in-1 token out process)
- Can collect "token" in one TZ, and use it in a different TZ, but does not carry across games
Herald's have the following Latent Sunder drop chances:
Tier1:
p1–2: 0.3677% (~1 in 272)
p3–4: 0.7326% (~1 in 136.5)
p5–6: 1.0950% (~1 in 91.3)
p7–8: 1.4545% (~1 in 68.8)
Tier5 (3x drop rate):
p1–2: 1.0949% (~1 in 91.3)
p3–4: 2.1659% (~1 in 46.2)
p5–6: 3.2139% (~1 in 31.1)
p7–8: 4.2388% (~1 in 23.6)
The level of a Herald that spawns is based on the number of heralds killed, with no effect coming from the number spawned nor the type of Herald killed.
For example if you draw the ire of 3 heralds without spawning any, then spawn two they will both be tier 1 heralds, Heralds of Fright.
However if you kill both of these and then spawn the third Herald it will be a tier 3 Herald, a Herald of Fear.