Alright so last night I was digging through old forums about Diablo 2, just reminiscing. Saw a thread about how people used to duplicate stuff ages ago. Got curious, figured I’d actually try this myself on my old single-player save. For science, y’know? Don’t wanna mess with online stuff, those bans are nasty.

Started Simple (And Failed)

First thing I did was fire up my low-level sorceress. Grabbed some useless cracked sash from the ground – figured it’s junk anyway, no big loss. Tried the most basic thing I’d read: drop the sash on the ground outside town, quickly save and exit. Reloaded… and boom. Still just one sash lying there. Total flop. Like tossing a hot dog down a hallway – nothing sticks. Felt kinda dumb.

Stumbling Onto The Timing Trick

Went back to the forums, digging deeper. Found people mentioning this weird timing thing with your mercenary dying. Sounded sketchy, but hey, testing! So here’s what I actually did:

• Went outside the Rogue Encampment gate.
• Hired that Act 1 mercenary chick (cheapest one, didn’t wanna waste gold).
• Dropped my junk sash right by her feet.
• Ran just far enough to lure some Fallen enemies over. Let them whack her down good. As soon as she hit the dirt SPLAT sound…
• Smacked the ESC key to pause the game lightning fast.
• Right then, ALT+F4. Killed the whole game window immediately.

Felt super janky. Held my breath restarting the game.

The Slightly Dirty Result

Loaded back into the game. My sorc was standing near the gate. Checked the ground near where the merc died…boom. One cracked sash. Okay, good sign. Checked my character inventory…boom again. Another cracked sash! Duplicated a garbage item! Honestly? It worked. Felt equal parts stupid and accomplished. Did it a couple more times with junk daggers just to see, same result. Messy, but it works if you get the timing dead-on. Merc drops dead, you kill the game instantly before it saves her death.

So yeah, there you go. Duping in D2, kinda works in single-player. Tried it with a low-level rune too later – same process, duplicated. Feels like exploiting ancient spaghetti code. Weirdly satisfying for a dumb experiment, but honestly? Feels cheap fast. Ruins the fun completely if you actually use it for good stuff. Just sharing the dusty old mechanic, turns out it’s legit messy. Funny what sticks around from twenty years ago!