Diablo 4 Boosting

With the introduction of Horadric Gem, gems have become an even more critical item category in Diablo 4, arguably an indispensable element for enhancing your character's overall power.

However, perhaps precisely because so many players are eager to utilize gems, crafting them in the recent Diablo 4 Season 13 and Lord of Hatred began triggering frequent game crashes. Consequently, the developers were forced to temporarily disable this feature.

Below, we will provide a detailed overview of this temporary disablement and analyze the potential impact it may have on Diablo 4.

Which gems cannot be crafted temporarily?

Diablo 4 features a total of seven gem types. Within each type, there are six distinct tiers ranging from lowest to highest, now expanded to include two new tiers introduced by Horadric Gem:

• Crude
• Chipped
• Normal
• Flawless
• Royal
• Grand
• Horadric
• Flawless Horadric

Regardless of their tier, gems do not drop directly as loot; they can only be obtained by visiting the Jeweler and crafting them using varying quantities of corresponding gem fragments and other requisite materials.

Based on this system, the recent game crashes were primarily triggered by the crafting of the three lowest tiers: Crude, Chipped, and Normal, leading to the temporary suspension of their crafting functionality.

There is currently no official word on when these crafting functions will be restored; however, the development team is expected to publish an announcement once they are back online, ensuring you won't miss the update.

It is worth noting that during this disablement period, you can still view and select the crafting recipes at Jeweler. However, your materials will not be consumed, and no crafted items will be produced.

What should you do now?

If you possess a sufficient stockpile of gem fragments, you can combine them with gold to directly craft higher-tier gems, such as Flawless or Royal gems.

The even higher-tier Grand gems require the addition of a third material: Forgotten Souls. As for the two Horadric gem tiers, they can only be obtained by synthesizing five gems of the tier immediately below them.

However, if you specifically require those three disabled tiers, Crude, Chipped, or Normal, rather than waiting aimlessly for the crafting feature to return, why not immediately buy Diablo 4 gems on IGGM?

Alternatively, you could temporarily set aside your obsession with gems and join the ranks of players farming for Lair Boss Keys! After all, these keys are the only way to unlock Lair Bosses' hoards, which yield a wealth of unique and powerful items.

If you are consistently unable to farm rare keys, such as Betrayer's Husk or Crux of the False Prophet, you can also join IGGM Diablo 4 Facebook Group and try your luck by participating in the giveaways!

Diablo 4: Plagued by bugs

In reality, game crashes caused by gem crafting are just one manifestation of the frequent bugs that have plagued Diablo 4 recently. Since the launch of Season 13 and Lord of Hatred, the game has experienced crashes across multiple different areas.

Given the multitude of new mechanics and changes introduced, the occurrence of bugs during the initial launch phase was perhaps inevitable. However, a month has now passed, and the situation shows no signs of improvement.

While not every bug directly impacts the game's core systems or results in the loss of your items, simply playing in such an unstable environment is inherently frustrating and dampens the gaming experience.

Furthermore, while gems are currently garnering increased attention, gem crafting is a core, built-in feature of Diablo 4, and a relatively simple one at that.

The fact that such a fundamental function can trigger crashes raises serious concerns regarding the game's future stability.

More importantly, even if this specific bug is fixed now, there is no guarantee that it won't resurface later. Should a crash occur during the synthesis of Horadric or Flawless Horadric gems, it would likely spark even greater outrage among the player base.

The challenge from Path of Exile 2

In an awkward, and perhaps ironic, twist of fate, just as Diablo 4 is struggling to cope with its rampant bugs and crashes, its primary competitor, Path of Exile 2, is set to release Patch 0.5.0, Return of the Ancients on May 29th.

This patch is rumored to be the final major update before the game's official launch; moreover, it is packed with extensive content that is bound to attract both dedicated fans and other ARPG enthusiasts looking for a new experience.

Consequently, players who were previously loyal exclusively to Diablo 4 may well lose patience with its persistent bugs and decide to give Path of Exile 2 a try instead.

Therefore, if Return of the Ancients not only delivers on its promised gameplay but also provides a more stable operational environment, players may well favor PoE 2 over Diablo 4 for at least the next month.

Diablo 4 needs to make changes

Diablo 4 is scheduled to host a new Sanctuary Sitdown on May 28 at 1 p.m. PDT. Its primary objective is to announce details regarding Season 14 through a Q&A session.

Nevertheless, it is hoped that, regardless of whether players specifically raise the issue of recent game crashes, the developers will proactively address the matter to ensure the best possible gaming experience for players going forward.

To be honest, in terms of playability and richness of content, Lord of Hatred is quite impressive; furthermore, the permanent changes introduced in Season 13, such as the major overhaul of the skill tree, are also highly commendable.

Therefore, it would be a true shame, and ultimately counterproductive, if the goodwill these content updates have garnered from players were to be squandered due to server and system instability.

That concludes our coverage for this update. We hope to see news regarding the restoration of the gem crafting feature very soon!

Since the release of Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred, the increased difficulty has made efficient farming of gold and other loot much harder. But that didn't stop IGGM.com, the most loyal game assistant for Diablo 4 players, from finding a fun exploit that's recently become popular in the community for a smoother gaming experience.

After extensive testing, this method allows you to quickly and accurately farm large quantities of Ancestral Legendary Items. However, it must be said that this is, after all, a game exploit, and Blizzard will probably fix this vulnerability and permanently remove this farming method in the next hotfix.

So before Blizzard discovers it, act fast and enter Secret Goblin Dungeon. Follow IGGM.com step by step to learn this super-efficient item farming method and enjoy the best gaming experience! Note that, try not to announce it too much to avoid being discovered ahead of time.

Where is the exploit?

Before we begin exploiting this Diablo 4 in-game bug, we need to understand where it is. Its existence is predicated on the introduction of a War Plans endgame mechanism in Lord of Hatred expansion of Diablo 4, which allows you to activate nodes on the passive skill tree related to the endgame event after completing certain challenges, which in turn benefit you when you run the event again, providing more loot and rewards.

This exploit is part of the mechanism and is caused by the interaction between Greed is Good Node and Gauntlet Node from the Nightmare Dungeon passive skill tree, which can modify some of the content in Nightmare Dungeon you are running to varying degrees. Below is a detailed description of their current state in Diablo 4 LoH expansion:

• Greed is Good: Killing a Treasure Goblin in a Nightmare Dungeon has a small chance to spawn a portal that takes you to Goblin's Retreat.
• Gauntlet: While in a Nightmare Dungeon, slaying an enemy while empowered by a Shrine traps their soul within you. When the shrine buff expires, all trapped souls escape and spawn around you as renewed enemies.

From these descriptions, you can clearly see that these two nodes will greatly increase your chances of encountering higher-level monsters, which will effectively increase your chances of obtaining high-quality Diablo 4 items dropped by them, including Ancestral Legendary Items that you have been longing for.

How does it work?

So how exactly does this exploit work? According to some players in the community, normally when Shrine is activated in Nightmare dungeons and Greed is Good node opens the entrance to Goblin's Retreat, Shrine within should no longer be effective and should not be stackable. However, after this code oversight occurred, everything went wrong.

In this code vulnerability, the bosses in Secret Goblin Dungeon were marked as storable monsters. Therefore, thanks to the mechanism of Gauntlet node, after Shrine effect disappeared, these monsters would swarm in and form a super spectacular scene of a super large group of monsters encountering each other.

Also, the number of monsters spawned in Goblin's Retreat will not decrease as a result, creating a situation where you need to engage in two different types of combat. While these large-scale group encounters are a bit more difficult, the rewards are extremely high: both the quantity and quality of boss loot and regular Diablo 4 items are four times greater than before!

How to operate it?

Next comes the main focus of this guide from IGGM.com: teaching you how to exploit the bug in Diablo 4 Secret Goblin Dungeon for the most efficient high-quality item farming. First, please ensure that your Greed is Good Node and Gauntlet Node are active; this is a prerequisite for the entire process to start successfully.

Next, search for and activate all the shrines in Secret Goblin Dungeon to challenge the dungeon bosses they spawn. Afterward, don't rush to collect the dropped D4 materials, gold, and gear; prioritize using Gauntlet node to trap the boss's soul within you. In this process, you need to repeatedly layer the layers; the key is to control the timing.

After you defeat the bosses and goblins that spawn near the first shrine, there is a chance that the gate to Goblin's Retreat will open. If this is triggered, you will enter directly and defeat the two types of monsters after the shrine effect wears off.

However, if this is not triggered, you will need to find the nearby Lair Bosses and wait next to their arenas. After the first shrine effect wears off, the previously saved bosses and goblins will reappear. After the initial encounter, you can proceed to the second shrine and accumulate a second wave of monsters, repeating this process until the entrance to Goblin's Retreat is reopened.

Once you enter Goblin's Retreat, the monsters, bosses, and goblins you've accumulated will take turns posing a deadly threat. Since this type of group encounter goes beyond the typical Diablo 4 group combat, we can only recommend proper positioning and maximizing the effectiveness of your available area-of-effect damage/control skills.

How long can it last?

Although Diablo 4 has not yet issued an official statement regarding this exploit, the response time for fixing similar issues has been quite fast in the past. Especially with Diablo 4 New Season 14 Sanctuary Sitdown set to launch on May 28th, IGGM speculates that they may release a hotfix within two days to permanently remove this exploit.

Therefore, if you want to use it for efficient, painless farming of Diablo 4 Ancestral Legendary Items in Lord of Hatred, you should jump in as soon as possible; otherwise, you'll be seeing a series of hotfix notes for "Fix..." Meanwhile, don't forget to follow the giveaway channel on IGGM Discord. There will be generous reward giveaways when the new season PTR and the official launch take place, so feel free to participate. Have fun playing!