Diablo 2: Lord Of Destruction Codes -

View debug information:
Start a game, press [Enter] to enter talk mode, then type fps. The ping time, frame skip , and frames per second will appear in the upper left corner.

Sound debug:
Press [Enter] to open the chat screen, then type SoundChaosDebug to hear a sound. To return to normal, repeat the code.

More experience:
Join a Battle.net or other multi-player game and join a party. You and your partner will share experience. The more people in the party, the more experience everyone gets.

Use the following trick to get eight times the experience. The host of the game must do the following. Press [Enter] to enter talk mode and type players 8. Then, press [Enter] and type player 8 in a different message box. Note: Although you will get eight times the experience for each kill, the monsters will also be eight times stronger. You can gain experience quickly but you must be careful to avoid dying. Note: This trick only works off of realms.

Note: The players 8 and player 8 trick does work for single player -- just type them in and prepare for some tough enemies.

When playing online, the easiest way to get to a higher level is to get to Act 5 then go to Blood Runs. To find out the name of the games, go to chan bloody and type norm if you are in normal, nm if you are in nightmare, or hell if you are in the hell difficulty setting. Wait for someone to give a name (for example norm=normbr). In the join game option type normbr and enter the game.

Secret Cow level:
Defeat Baal under the same difficulty setting that you are making the cow level in. Take Wirt's Leg (found in Tristram) and a Tome Of Town Portals and put them in the Horadric Cube. You must transmute them in Act 1.

Horadric Cube items:
Combine the following items in the Horadric Cube to get the corresponding new item.

Old items	New item
3 Perfect Gems + 1 Charm	1 new Charm
3 Perfect Gems + 1 Jewel	1 new Jewel
3 Gems of the same type and grade (except perfect)	1 Gem of the next higher grade
6 Perfect Skulls + 1 Rare Ring	1 Rare Ring
6 Perfect Skulls + 1 Rare Amulet	1 Rare Amulet
3 Perfect Gems + 1 Ring	1 Magical Ring
3 Perfect Gems + 1 Amulet	1 Magical Amulet
3 Rings	1 Amulet; a higher level character will get a better quality amulet
3 Amulets	1 Ring; a higher level character will get a better quality ring
1 Perfect Skull + 1 Rare Item + Stone of Jordan	1 High Quality Rare Item of the same type
3 Perfect Skulls + 1 Rare Item + Stone of Jordan	Add 1 Socket to the Rare Item if item is socketable
6 Perfect Skulls + 1 Rare Item	1 Rare Item of the same type
4 Health Potions (any quality) + 1 Ruby (any quality) + 1 Magic/Set/Rare sword	1 Long Sword of the Leech; 3-19 Damage, 4-7% Life Steal
1 Diamond (any quality) + 1 Staff + 1 Kris + 1 Belt items used can be of any type or quality	1 Savage Bardiche; 166-180% Damage
1 Small Magical Shield + 1 Spiked Club (any quality) + 2 Skulls (any quality)	1 Small Shield of Spikes
3 Chipped Gems + 1 Sword	1 Socketed Long Sword with 3 sockets and random mods
2 Quivers of Bolts	1 Quiver of Arrows
2 Quivers of Arrows	1 Quiver of Bolts
1 Spear + 1 Quiver of Arrows	1 Stack of Javelins
1 Axe + 1 Dagger	1 Stack of Throwing Axes
3 Mana Potions + 3 Healing potions + 1 Gem (any type)	Full Rejuvenation Potion
3 Rejuvenation potions	Full Rejuvenation Potion
3 Perfect Gems (any type) + 1 Magic Item	1 New Magic Item of the same type

Hint: Get any item:
Use the following trick to get almost any desiered item. Go to the person in your highest Act that gambles (for example, Gheed or Jamella). Go to gamble. A list of good items will appear. If you do not see anything desirable, exit, then go to gamble again. There will be a new list of items for sale. Repeat the process until you have found what you want.

Hint: Easy experience and items:
Create a Sorceress, then max out her Firewall. Trade some items for a good Tarnhelm, some ChaceGuards, and other +% to Magic Find items. You Sorceress should be at about level 45. Then, go to Channel Cows/Cowz and wait for someone to make a game. Join that game and Firewall all the cows. Your experience will increase and you will get unique items. Do not duel or do anything dangerous with this sorceress, as you will get killed.

Hint: Easy skill points:
Have a friend start a level 1 character and have him/her create a game. Enter the game, then have your friend exit that game. Complete the Den Of Evil and talk to Akara. Then, exit the game and repeat steps 2 through 6. When the day is over you will have a large number of skill points.

Hint: More money for items:
The easiest way to increase the value of an item is to have it identified by a Identify Scroll or by Deckard Cain. The value will immediately increase.

Hint: Change spell order:
First, select the spell that you want to be at the end of the categorized line of spells (the icons of the spells after pressing S). If you want to make a certain spell be all the way to the left, then first select the spell you want moved, cast it once, then [Esc]. Save and exit the game. Then, go back to your character's game and the spell should be moved. This is convenient if you like to be organized, or if you have your favorite spells at the end.

Hint: Safe gold storage:
If your sash is full of gold and you do not want to lose everything if you get killed, drop all your gold beside your sash or somewhere in town. You can go out and fight without worrying, but must pick up your gold again before you save and exit.

Note: If you leave your gold and other items near your storage box, it might disappear when you return from a run. There may be a limit on the number of loose items that can left behind anywhere in the game.

Hint: Developing a strong Paladin:
You must be careful not to waste any skill points. This Paladin revolves mostly around Defensive and some Offensive Auras, and no combat skills (as none of them are very good). Choose whichever aura suits you up until level 6. After that point, be sure to put at least 3 skill points in each of the Resistance Auras. After this is accomplished, you need at least 10 skill points in Defiance and at least 6 or 7 into Cleansing. Now, up until level 30, you can either boost up your defensive skills (put 2 points into Redemption at level 30), or put some into new skills of your choice (preferably start boosting Offensive Auras). Next, you should only put 1 skill point into Thorns. It is not a very good aura, and you will need it for other auras. Avoid Holy Fire at all costs. Only 1 point is needed. You should then put 4 or 5 points into Holy Freeze. You can now get to the good Auras such as Conviction and Fantasm. These are the two auras that should be maxed out. No aura should be left out. Use Resistance auras for enchanted enemies, Defiance for extra strong, Conviction for stone skin, Holy Freeze for extra fast, Cleansing for cursed, and Fantasm for teleportation. Note: This will require some time to develop.

Hint: Developing a strong Sorceress:
The best skills for a good Sorceress consist of Frozen Orb for usual attacks, Nova for when you are tightly packed/surrounded, and Fire Wall for when you are outside of a large group of enemies. Masteries are good for amplifying damage.

Hint: Star Wars reference:
Use a program that can open MPQ files and extract the contents from the "patch_d2.mpq". Open the "monstats.txt" that is extracted. Scroll through the file to eventually find two monsters that were removed from the game: Dummy Boba Fett and Dummy Darth Maul. Other removed monsters include Bunny, Young Diablo, Hell Meteor, The Feature Creep, Evil Hut, and POW The Barbarian.