How I Beat Diablo 2 Without Gold (Hardcore)
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- Can you beat Diablo 2 without gold? Let's find out together.
Music Used:
Bits and Hits - Desert (lofi version)
Cult of the Lamb - Knuckebones
Path of Exile 2 - The Ardura Caravan
Diablo - Tristram
Dark Souls - Gwenevere, Princess of Sunlight
Under Night In-Birth - Bad Surface (Carmine's Theme)
Banjo-Kazooie - Game Over
Mario Paint - Creative Exercise
Donkey Kong Country 2 - Forest Interlude
Streets of Rage - Big Boss
Diablo 2 - Diablo
Killer Instinct - Warlord
Hades - Wretched Shades
Bloodborne - Hunters Dream
Street Fighter 6 - R.E.D. (Zangief's Theme) (Shoutout to ymfah for the editing inspiration)
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Damn dude. Writing the script for this video probably took longer than beating the game. Very enlightning stuff
You are correct, it did.
Fantastic video man, I really enjoyed it!
Hey zarfen,can you do some hardcore comtent or some more playthroughs?
@@Isaacxs-vm3co he doesn't do Hardcore runs.
But he did use beat the game with only Amplisa.
Probably why she wasn't responding to NuclearRabbit when he tried to revive her bc she is temporarily retired.
Aye love to see zarfen here too
Your comment under the video is like the mark of quality
Holy crap that is such an insane catch.
i find "certain death delivered in three to five business days" as description of poison very much to my likings
Excellent script writing. Thank you for the entertainment
Thank you!
Yeah - great video! you and Zarfen are amazing d2 content creators. Thanks a lot for that GOLD u produced.
and... i was 18 minutes into the video when i thought: "isnt there a cube recipe to repair....?" And then u figured it out urself. especially after finding bone snap - that was amazing.
Btw: Will we see nigthmare and hell with this dude? :D
Thank you!
Nope, the story feels finished to me so I have no intention of taking him into NM/Hell. Especially considering all it would be is just a normal run with extra countess farming.
"Broke Barb Mountain" bro im ded lol
you making part of this all about deckard made me rethink the entire game. i have never not saved him, and i didnt even know you didn’t need to because the first game i played was diablo 3
Oooh no gold in diablo 3 might be fun to do. Such a shame people refuse to watch anything that isn't diablo 2 on my channel I would love to mess around with other games again.
I usually don't even register that he asks for a 100 gold and I only save him when I need the akara ring which is why I forgot him doing the free stuff
@@thenuclearrabbit d3 has become nostalgic for me the way that d2 is for many. I know i would watch it, as someone who misses booting up my ps3 to play it on occasion and play all the builds i never had the brain to back when i was 12. All im saying is one day there will be enough people in my shoes interested.
I did a couple of video's on it but I got so much shit for them I moved them to a different channel. I don't have nostalgia for it like that cause I was an adult when it released. But I still platinum'd it twice and do a playthrough like once a year. It's a very enjoyable game for me :)
@@thenuclearrabbit I watched the diablo 3 hammerdin video, I think people really like your more narrated format of your new uploads, and I think it would work well to introduce people to a new game that you're wanting to add to the channel. Videos like Loot Goblin's on d3, and this upload right here i feel like are definitely more interesting to watch regardless of the game.
I have some ideas on how to start introducing more games to the channel again. Cause I agree that the storytelling video's allow much more freedom in that sense. But they are much bigger projects so it's gonna be a while.
theres my favorite challenge-run youtuber! 😎
Thank you!
"I used to be an adventurer like you. then i took an arrow in the knee"
I forgot Ral can repair until you mentioned it. I feel so immersed
Everything about this video was impressive. Nice story telling! Keep up the good work!
Thank you! Will do!
The Storytelling, the Music. Well done man. Move on and make your Sanity Checks succesfully :D.
On the other Hand. I think you are thinking too much about the next run. Take a breath and go fishing.. or whatever you do. ;D
But goddamnit. I almost dont play D2 anymore. This Ladder wanted to just get the Runeword Metarmorphosis. With a bit of trading i got a full Druid outbuilded. And my thrive to play it further was gone. I know. Dont do trading. But... yeah maybe ...
I dont have the time to do anything you do. And that is what i love about your stuff. You do it. And i can watch it and feel the grit emotion. :D
Just play SSF and make your own rules (at your own discretion ofc) im ngl its infinite gameplay tbh
I mean I'm at almost 20k hours and still have hundreds of runs to do. Infinite content is not an overstatement here :D
@@Set-vt Good Point mate. I do almost SSF on Ladder. To the Point i dont wanna. Dont get me wrong. I played HC D2 for... idk.. and do not have the thrill anymore to do a run like... no Gold. Or. Idk. I think i got a bit to hardened by the real life to do all these things... and the time.. But i just like the idea watching it and suffering through it. But yeah. Maybe you are right. Maybe i schould start some stupid runs on my own. :D
Honestly. I miss the time with me and my Boys to just get startet fresh on HC D2. We all have limited time now and they dont play D2 anymore. I think thats the whole reason to watch nuclear rabbit. He kinda reminds me on all the Deahts, the suffering (funny ofc) and the random shit. Yeah. thats it i think. Don´t blame me ;)
@@thenuclearrabbit Damn! Dont forget that someone has to slap you time to time, so you dont get lunatic. :D
But. as i said earlier. Great Stuf man! I think you have 30+ YO Viewers and not some Kids to Rocket Bomb you. Thats a shame. Old guy. :D But yeah. i love it.
The stuff with aunt Lisa was hilarious. The whole video and challenge was great. Also nice use of the zangief theme from SF6. Do you play fighting games? You often mention them in your videos.
I play a ton of street fighter 6 currently but have been playing fighting games since I was a little kid
Entertaining video. I’ve done a hardcore single pass iron man where you never go back to town unless to go next act. I found there was plenty of weapons. Interesting you went with the bow hha. Funny to watch.
Oh that is sick. Iron mans are crazy hard.
Thank you!
Good script, great playthrough, top tier channel.
Thank you!
@@thenuclearrabbit anytime brother. As long as you keep cranking it, I'll watch. Wait.... 🤔
@@Serioussam1215 Oh I'll crank it all the time if you keep watching
The stuff you can relearn about the game during challenges is what makes it all worth it. Cheers
Cheers
Money is the root of all evil! I would argue you REALLY defeated D2r now.
I did it!
Why no Blood Raven quest? It offers a mercenary for free? And you just have to never let it die... Ok yeah I see the problem... Edit: And then you actually did it! Perfect!
Keep watching ;)
Congratulation on succeeding the run !
Thank you!
Bro literally went Carbot barbarian to shout his way to success :D
Nice music selection. You kind of confused me for a moment when I heard PoE 2 music haha
I've been working my way through poe2 so the soundtrack has been on my mind :) I'm still on my first super casual playthrough (that will be a video at some point)
10 gold picked up in the cold plains normal, mission failed.
Lol loved the run! Thanks for the videos!
Thank you!
Crazy challenge,, didn't even think about the tome issue and repairing!!!
Me neither. I think these are so much more fun when I don't prep anything and just run in without a clue
Pro tip: socket your equipment with zod runes to avoid degragation. Even works in bows.
That will take a few countess runs but good tip for next time thx!
Zod is hard to get. Some people played for 20+ years to get one in single player.
@@Desperado9064 If it won't drop, just cube lower runes. Easy.
@@thenuclearrabbit My pleasure. Always happy to help players, who are new to the game. ❤️
I have found 2, but I've used both of them. Speedrunning a zod should take like a 100 hours of lower kurast, which is horrible but definitely doable. :)
What a title xD , no gold barb?! Instant click to view .😊
Haha your scripts are getting more and more hilariously wild, and I’m here for it.
Ngl though, watching you save unidentified items because you had not rescued Cain was exceedingly painful 😂🤦 It would have been even more painful if you had completely forgotten about the cube recipes to repair as well, but it did make the run feel more desperate and epic, so perhaps it’s a win instead? 😋🤷
Also, Javelins do not lose durability as long as you don’t throw them. You can just dual wield them and double swing until you get frenzy, and they will never need a repair.
Also also, this is not terribly practical in a run like this, but to take it even further: When your throw mastery is eventually good enough you will replenish the quantity faster than you deplete it as long as you are piercing every once in a while and hitting multiple enemies.
Glad you like 'm!
Yeah, it was a real proper showcase of how much preparation I do before I do a run haha.
Good to know if I ever go again! Thx
All hail comrade Barb!
Hail comrade barb
hahahahahaha of all the armor, it's definitly one of them =) I like it
Rabbit for president! 🐰
I would be a horrible president but appreciate the thought!
Funny comments, nice job Nuclrear!
Thank you!
The full berserker set gives you a weapon with bad damage and decent accuracy and a bit of fire resist.
I think this probably would be best on a holy shock paladin. The fire res on helm complements the res from spirit, and the attack rating will significantly boost the chance of hitting. I think the additional accuracy from the set allows you to go for a might merc instead of a blessed aim merc, which will be substantially better at taking out immunes. The attack speed is slow but not too bad if you manage to get a hustle weapon on the merc (then 1 IAS jewel + 1 shael + 20% IAS gloves gets 5 frames on the fast hits of zeal). Should be doable
That is actually a really good strategy for it. I hate not using the only good mod (the +skill) but playing a good build seems worth for sure. Thank you for the inspiration!
Very entertaining video.
I do have one question though. Why didn't you get a book of town portal from the rogue monastery bookshelves? That would probably have made things a bit easier.
It never dropped
I dunno if you know, but if you have the air force ones (blue leap boots) you glitch out if you use leap with no real points in leap in the maggot lair.
I learned this the hard way.
Oooh I should bug my game sometime
Lol, really outdid yourself here. Thanks for all the awesome vids =}
Thank you! I had a lot of fun making this one!
Beserker is a good set, just run two axes and go frenzy build on a barb. The mana per hit lets you never run out of mana
Yeah, but mana potions solve that as well. How would I ever kill something?
@8:12 i see that Albuquerque reference
I'm happy somebody picked up on it!
Amazing!
Thank you!
Another great video! But was disappointed you didn’t take this challenge to nightmare and hell.
The puzzle felt solved. It would just become a normal barb run with extra countess for ral/ort runes
@ good point
Sick challenge :D
Thank you!
Dude you are a poet
Thank you!
I'd say duriel circle count should be a new add on for each video
I'd rather not lol 😅
Off grid barbarian 😂
😂
No joke a friend and I always create a theme for any warcry barb, as far as what he is yelling about and capitalism is often a theme...one instance was constantly trying to unionize the demons.
Lol good stuff haha
Brokebarian was RIGHT there.
Please more of these
Will do!
did you know, when you "forgot" to do blood raven quest and then do gidbinn quest, asheara will give you free merc, so there is possibility to choose free archer or free mage.. personaly i dont know if it work like that in act 5 with barbarians.. never tried that
I believe it does but I'm not completely sure
Not sure what's more hardcore in this one - script or the run
I'm so happy like me going full-mental with the script :D
Very entertaining. I think throwing mastery could have been easier :)
Could have been if I had thought of it. But I'm very happy with how it turned out
You can repair items with the cube right?
I just watched the video by the half, but isnt there a cube recipt to repair items? Or im confused?
There is. But I forgot for a really long time
Bowbarian
12:26 of 22min video. I bet it ends at Diablo
I'll take that bet
Can't you hire act 3 mercs for free after completing gidben quest? I haven't checked but i would think that would work right?
Probably but I wanted the act 1 merc cause it's the only 1 I had a weapon for
Brokenomics 101
Hello there,
Just out of curiosity, how is the PlayStation version of D2R? I’m just asking because I’m not sure if I should buy it or not. Thanks for your advice.
Auto-aim takes a bit of getting used to at first but I prefer it over the pc version personally
@ thank you very much. I guess I’ll buy it because I miss playing the game a lot.
Most of it is the same. Just the skills you would want to aim in front of the enemies are a bit worse (think of things like bone wall/ blizzard) . And teleport is always max distance which takes some getting used to. And inventory management is worse. But potion autorefill is console only and is amazing. I personally am just used to gaming on a playstation and working on a laptop.
Hope you enjoy the game!
@ I’m really enjoying this version. As you mentioned the inventory management is a bit complicated but the game is great fun after all.
Thanks for your advice and great videos as well.
@@starkad_91 Happy to hear it. Enjoy!
14:17 😂
Why didn't you use the cube recipes for repair?
I forgot :')
Did you know that Cain id is free just save him
This is almost an iron man run. Thrown weapons used as melee weapons use the quantity as durability which prolongs weapon life. Plus rares will drop with "repairs durability" mod. Normal is fairly easy, but damage output becomes a real problem in nightmare.
It felt solved once I had all my problems resolved. I've cleared the game with a bonesnap before so once the puzzle was done I kinda felt the fun was over which is why this is normal only. It would just become a normal barb run with extra countess farming from here on out
17:53 I was wrong
Yep. Do hope you enjoyed it though:)
Communism memes and Zangief's SF6 theme. Touche.
:D
In Andariel's palace, if you see some bookshelf in there, just click them and they will drop identify book or tele book
I know I just never encountered one
How about a no consumables run?
It's been asked a bunch so it's on the to-do list
@thenuclearrabbit very much looking forward to it. Keep up the good work.
Thank you, will do :)
you can rune repair
Errr you can cube ort to repair weapon and ral for armour. Wata Newb
I mean... cool, but is Leap Attack too easy to you?
thanks. And yes
Why do you hate howl
I don't lol I just almost never feel like I need it
gg
Gg
Okay now beat nm and hell
It would just be a normal run with extra countess farming
you know you could use runes to repair right????
Jep
@ yeah i commented before finishing video lol.
@@Anthony-uz5tj I know. No worries I'm just happy your watching! :)
Am I tripping or is this video extra dark. Great content otherwise
Settings are the same as always, so extra darkness isn't something I did.
I love your vids and writing but man… AI thumbnail 😢
Sin bang