Ok, it's finally here! That part of this web site you've been waiting for...Rumors! In this page I will try to obtain as much info about as many rumors as I can. Please feel free to email me with new rumors or add some information to ones I already have.

One-Handed Stuff

They actually exist now...One-handed weapons that are supposed to be two handed. Known items that have been hacked to this are the Arch-Angel's Staff of Apocalypse and Messerschmidt's Reaver. Possibly other items but these are the only ones I have confirmed.

Diablo Plate

This item truly is real...Really hacked that is. I have yet to actually see it, even though I've received a screen shot of one. Diablo Plate is full plate mail with the following stats: +255 to all stats, 255 armor class, +255% to armor class, indestructible, requires -1 strength to wear. There are also rumors of versions that max out all resitances, and even have to hit bonuses on them.

Hacked Items

The bane of all honest players! These items remove the fun and challenge aspect of the game. To tell if an item has been hacked is if it has two or more special abilities that would normally take up the same slot before or after the item's name. For example a King's Sword of Haste. I've seen one that was indestructible and stole 5% life. This is impossible unless the item is hacked, because "of Haste", "of the Ages", and "of Blood" all belong after the item name. And the game will only create an item with one ability after it's name. As far as staffs go, if the staff has an unreasonable amount of charges, like the Arch-Angel's Staff of Apocalypse, which has 255 charges, then the item is most definately hacked.

Map of the Stars

The Map of the Stars

What the map looks like when you right click on it.

(The video Clip)

Ok, I've recieved enough information to come to a solid conclusion about the Map of the Stars. This item is hacked out of the data files. It was meant to tell you how powerful Diablo is. There's even a video on the CD that supports this idea. Another theory suggests that a Rune of the Stars is needed for it to work, but the Rune of the Stars was never implemented, so it doesn't exist. This is a useless item!

Rune of the Stars

Rumor has it that the Rune of the Stars was meant to be used with the Map of the Stars. People say that if you had both after beating Diablo you would be taken to an entrance for levels 17-20. This was only possible in the single player game. The idea about secret levels is not true, it truly is a rumor! After a friend looked though the executable file he found that it contained lists of names of all the items, prefixs and suffixs, creature names, and unique items that existed in the game. In this list was the Map of the Stars but no Rune of the Stars. So, to set the record straight right now. Rune of the Stars does not exist!

Spell Page Five

Yes, spell page five does exist. A friend of mine stumbled upon it when he was trying to click on page four. To get started, click on page one. It just makes it easier to find page five. Now if you look at the far right edge of button four, you'll see that the space there is wider then the spaces between all the other pages. All you have to do is click over there. The space is about one pixel wide but if you keep clicking next to button four, you'll find it. I've speculated what this page is for. I think that they way the game was written, every spell needs a place in the book, whether it can be found as a book or not. This may be where spells like identify and infravision have slots. Other spells that may go here are the ones that were never implemented or only existed in the Alpha and Beta versions. These would be: Etherialize, Blood Boil, Blood Ritual, Doom Serpents, and Invisibility. If anyone ever finds out about any spells that reside on this page, let me know!

All Those Hacked Rings and Amulets

These are items that have either been hacked to look like rings, or they fit in to the ring slot on the equipment page. Every single unique item has its hacked ring/amulet counterpart. These items were never meant to be. If you find any of these I advise you to destroy them!

Unique Items

Currently people have created hacks of all the unique items in the game that can be used on any part of your character. They have been hacked to rings and amulets (see above), weapons, helms, and more recently armor. I haven't heard of anyone hacking anything to a shield yet, but I bet it's out there.

Lightforge

The helm version

The Lightforge is an actually item, but only in the single player game! And even in the single player game it's a mace not a helm. The helm version (shown here) is hacked. If you come across the mace version in a multiplayer game, it too, has been hacked.