Diablo II: Resurrected's Legacy of Terror event brings a guaranteed Diablo Clone every six hours for Diablo's 30th

Thirty years of Diablo, and Blizzard is celebrating by flooding Sanctuary with the one boss everybody hunts. Blizzard has announced Legacy of Terror, a six-day Diablo II: Resurrected event that runs from November 13 at 5:00 p.m. PST (8:00 p.m. ET) to November 19 at 5:00 p.m. PST. It lines up with the start of Ladder Season 16, and it’s open to both Ladder and Non-Ladder players, so you don’t need a fresh seasonal character to get in on it.

Diablo Clone on a timer

The headline change is the Diablo Clone. Normally the Clone replaces a Super Unique monster in Hell at random, which is a big part of why farming it (and the Annihilus charm it can drop) is such a long shot. During Legacy of Terror, Blizzard says it becomes a guaranteed spawn once every six hours, Hell difficulty only, using the same replacement system as before.

The rest of the loot party

The other perks stack in the same direction:

• Terrorized Zones everywhere. After you beat Baal on Normal, Nightmare or Hell, every zone in that difficulty is Terrorized at the same time. You can switch that off in the Game Creation menu without losing the other event bonuses.
• An always-open Cow Portal in the Rogue Encampment once you’ve beaten Baal on that difficulty, with no Tristram trip needed.
• 100% Magic Find and 15% off at every vendor, Gamblers included, at all difficulties.
• Hell Bovine Minions: slain monsters have a rare chance to get back up as cow minions fighting for you.

As Game Rant points out, Season 16 arrives the same day with its own patch notes and balance changes tied to Reign of the Warlock, so the opening week of the new ladder is going to be loud.

PPR take: This is Blizzard knowing exactly who still plays Diablo II. A guaranteed Clone every six hours plus 100% Magic Find basically turns the first week of Season 16 into a loot piñata, and the Cow Portal staying open is a love letter to anyone who spent 2001 farming the secret level. I like that the Terrorized Zones can be toggled off, because a full Terror run can wreck a fresh character. My one worry is the economy: a week of easy Annihilus charms and boosted drops could flood trade and take some of the shine off the ladder race. But for a 30th birthday, I’ll take generous over stingy any day. If you’ve been thinking about coming back to D2R, November 13 at 8 p.m. ET is the night to do it.