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Jan 12 2026 03:23am
xp boosters work up to lvl 27 iirc.
Obv they level very fast in the beginning (1 lvl each up to lvl 9 or 10)
So you won't be able to kill them before that point in order to lose xp and stop leveling.
And it's a tedious task to do it at such a low lvl having to do it after each run.

They do need to be alive ofc - otherwise they don't gain xp and there will be no surplus to the high lvls xp gain.

It's common practice to use ~4 xp boosters (there's a sweet spot but I don't rly know) once you are past lvl 93.
Iirc the calc isn't cumulative - they more boosters u add the less effective it gets.

They pros usually do 2/8 runs or entirely solo 1/8 if they don't have a playmate.
And yes, foh to clear cs is the fastest on low player count though I've seen a speedrunner (forgot who, need to check history to find it) who did solo cs p1 with a tri-elemental soso (blizz, hydra, nova) who did it faster than anything I'd seen b4.
His set up was this: Barb with D quests opens game, gives bo and leaves. Then soso quickly clears seals, finds es and loads the game to p8 placing 4 boosters spawning D before killing him.

Gl finding a commited team - it'd be a great thing to see happening in D2R :thumbsup:


what this guy said.
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Jan 12 2026 03:52am
Do it yourself
I was running p8 1/8 diablo in 2mins (loading time included) --> so arround 2k hours ?

Could be probably faster with a pala

Or give Matei lvl 99, i'm in away for those shitty project

This post was edited by luiser92 on Jan 12 2026 04:09am
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First ever 99 Cl char back in LOD took around 44 days, found this old "interview" https://diablo2.diablowiki.net/Archives:_GerBarb

Nice project, would love to see it
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Whose account would the character live on? Who would have access? Who supplies the gear? Doesnt blizzard have a policy against using someone else's account?

Would be neat, but seems like a logistical nightmare.

Regardless Im a dad gamer so I could only contribute 30 min a day after my kids go to bed, so like every other ladder reset I'll be sitting this one out.
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please don't do it
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I forget how many runs until they level up to the point where they don't give extra levels anymore. Strangely, they still give some extra xp beyond level 30. Lymen might remember exactly what level they stop giving exp. But as a note, the higher level they are, the less exp they give.

I ran HCCL so killing level 1s were not feasable but it's certainly an ideal strat if you go SCCL since you can kill them off to maintain them at a low level with rushing new ones.

It's usually the two north corners you put them. After viz, sorc will tp at north corner and place the level 1s.

Overall, I'd say it's a totally different game compared to expansion with expansion being a race and classic being a marathon. A real long marathon. There's a reason why there's only like ~24 x 95+ toons in 12 seasons haha.


from what i remember when i did 94-95 a few times its about 60ish runs before boosters are complete useless you suicide them consistently
party exp bonus is 30%
so once the boosters are lvl 30 (and killer is 91+) you lose exp/hour just taking the extra 5-10 seconds to click a tp 7 times
that changes a bit dramatically if you have 2 killers in the party tho

ideally you have a stable of people that rush 7x lvls 1 as you hit 28ish on the previous set
otherwise entering hot tps on lvl 12-14 boosters multiple times a game to bring exp their down is the next best and most reasonable strat

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anne_brasilIV was best to do it on classic east and she was in her 60s at the time man
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Thanky for all the information and guidance. It would actually be interesting to see what the fillers joining for Diablo would do for these numbers. It does sounds like an extra logistical nightmare to overcome ^_^

First ever 99 Cl char back in LOD took around 44 days, found this old "interview" https://diablo2.diablowiki.net/Archives:_GerBarb

Nice project, would love to see it


ay it's totally doable :lol:

Whose account would the character live on? Who would have access? Who supplies the gear? Doesnt blizzard have a policy against using someone else's account?

Would be neat, but seems like a logistical nightmare.

Regardless Im a dad gamer so I could only contribute 30 min a day after my kids go to bed, so like every other ladder reset I'll be sitting this one out.


Probably just purchase a new account for it. Access would be for like 3-4 people that has some legitimately in the community either from CL, general speedrunning or streamer.
Haven't heard about Blizzard enforcing the the policy in Diablo before, even people like Elon Musk has admitted to account sharing/getting boosted. As for d2jsp rules it's allow.
And yes an insane amount of logistical hurdles to overcome, no doubt! But that makes it even more exciting.

please don't do it


Would I lose you as a viewer ^_^

from what i remember when i did 94-95 a few times its about 60ish runs before boosters are complete useless you suicide them consistently
party exp bonus is 30%
so once the boosters are lvl 30 (and killer is 91+) you lose exp/hour just taking the extra 5-10 seconds to click a tp 7 times
that changes a bit dramatically if you have 2 killers in the party tho

ideally you have a stable of people that rush 7x lvls 1 as you hit 28ish on the previous set
otherwise entering hot tps on lvl 12-14 boosters multiple times a game to bring exp their down is the next best and most reasonable strat


This is big! you mention 30% bonus exp, do you know if this data is with the fillers being level 1 or 12-14 being mention?
Having to do multiple thousand runs less makes it more managable.
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Jan 12 2026 02:31pm
Keep in mind that fillers will instantly get levels from D kills during the first few levels.
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Keep in mind that fillers will instantly get levels from D kills during the first few levels.


Yes that is indeed the concern. Need to do the test on how feasible it would be, as we need to do it manually :wacko:

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