Dang. When making a lvl 1 char. Why not more people use the quest items? Khalim's will, hellforge hammer n such?

N a question: It says here it can be imbued or socketed! N used in runeword!! Is this true??

https://diablo.fandom.com/wiki/Hell_Forge_Hammer

https://diablo.fandom.com/wiki/Khalim%27s_Will_(Item)

I think you answered your own question in a sense.

They are Quest items, used for certain quests and some of them can not be kept unless someone has sacrificed their forge with others, or joined a group game after creating Kalm's will and not smashing temple etc.

I believe there was a person in 1.09 / 10 that did test those things out, but the items turned into crap items... think there is one with the SoH (Standard of Heroes) as well.

Been ages, not sure on outcomes, also, those links make my PC slow, so did not check them out.

actually this is common but not very practical. someone will grab a hell forge hammer and give it to a lvl 1 char and level fast with it.

there is a much BETTER way. (enchant) i use support characters so ill always have on hand my own enchanter with 6k ish enchant + a bo barb and a main rusher char. then ill just fill the game with perming mules to max it out. ill eqip my char im enchant leveling with death gloves and belt also raven claw bow. i also like to use cow kings boots but im almost never in cows so this is rare for me to actually have. what i usually put on my char is hotspers and nokozan relic for the fire res. i like to equip something with frw so you can add twitchthroe it makes leveling a bit faster. also put a raven claw on your act 2 merc, always have your act 1 merc when leveling.

Does the a1 merc Deal ench dmg with raven claw finally?

In lod it was afaik bugged

Wtf is this: Your statement font size 14. ... Act 2 Merc using a Bow? Did something change in D2:R or other updates, or was it a type-O. a mistake I see.

If you are running in a Chant game, every character should be using a Jav (trow) and/or Bow because all you damage comes from Enchant, including your attack rating, and if the group is on to it, they don't need much of the other items, now Ravenclaw is not easy to get hold of, and level 15 req with high dex, including Twitchroe armor... you are better off with things like low level set gears, if lucky to find Hotspurs, they are better swapped with Hsarus as fast as you get the belt to combine... way better and low level.

However, it is personal interpretation... good luck.

Quest items will turn red(unusable in other difficulties).
I often used the horadric staff for shapers when running true normal. (50ias, khalims will usefull aswell).

But there are loads of things you can do early.
Forexample a necro with amp and throwing knife og javelin will beat any other necro tactic at least until act 2 or 3 or smt.
I ran p8 and it was quite decent on a solo run.

So basicly:
Throwing knife + amp + psn dagger melee.
Edge bow merc.(merc for inzane effect)
Bone armor as soon as possible for necro.

quite fun and unciue.
https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=104264577&f=87

ya it completely translates over so you get on your merc 3 yard splash damage from enchant. i like to teleport into the corner of the room on a sorc and just splash the room with arrows, everything is just gone in seconds.



sorry it was an error, i so commonly type "act 2 merc" and it just was a brain error. but come on use common sense a bow cant be equipped by a act 2 merc so (clear error) i meant an act 1 merc. I have complete low level item packages i swap on to my chars and because i do so much mfing i clearly have it on my mule and its a hell of an item to use. i like to socket a hel into the raven to reduce stats required. another option is just leveling with private trist + trav + chaos runs until you can do ancients + baal runs and get exp.


what i also commonly do when i start on a sorc is get a long bow with 3 sockets and just add chipped gems to it and add that on merc + me. it works sort of well and you can not invest any skill points into your cold tree until 24 and dump that stash into bliz and synergies.

This post was edited by WiseWolf on Jul 3 2025 04:43pm

3 chipped topaz is very powerful ^^ on any char, and a1 merc. Just kills anything in act 1 and to act 2 and 3 as well. I mentioned it in my thread in pvm section.