Alright folks, let me tell ya about trying to find decent gear in Diablo 6 Act 1. Kept getting trash drops from mobs, felt totally stuck. Needed a better plan.
The Starting Point & The Big Frustration
Booted up my level 70 Barbarian, felt strong but my weapons? Kinda garbage. Went straight to Act 1, figured maybe the early areas are quicker to clear. Zoomed through the Halls of Agony, smashed everything. Elites? Killed tons. But the loot? Mostly blues, yellows felt like finding a needle in a haystack. Maybe one decent piece every 20 minutes. Ridiculous! Waste of time. Devs didn’t think this through.
Trying Something Stupid That Actually Worked
Saw some forum post by “LootGoblin4Life” – dude swore by the Reach of Frost in Act 1. Sounded kinda stupid, why farm a starting zone? But hey, desperate times. Figured I’d give it 30 mins.
- Step 1: Teleported straight to Reach of Frost, Northern Highlands waypoint.
- Step 2: Didn’t bother killing regular zombies or skeletons. Ignored ’em. Focused only on the little houses shacks everywhere.
- Step 3: Ran inside every single shack I saw. Spotted an “Ancient Chest” or one of those clickable “Moldy Sack” things? Smashed it open immediately.
First few chests? More junk blues. Annoying. But then… bam! A Rare sword dropped with way higher damage than my old one. Then, another chest gave a decent helm. Weird! These trash chests were better than killing bosses?
Found the Real Secret Sauce (Skeletons!)
Kept hitting shacks for 15 mins. Getting yellows, but still hit or miss. Then I noticed something. Sometimes, after opening a chest, a small group of regular skeleton warriors would just… appear nearby. Like, magic trick. These weren’t champions or elites, just normal mobs. Almost killed ’em automatically while moving to the next shack.
Killed one of these random skeleton packs near a shack… and it dropped a shiny yellow ring! Huh? Okay… did it again at the next shack. Same thing! Skeletons popping up AFTER opening chests seemed to have way better drop rates for yellows than anything else I was killing. Regular mobs before the chests? Nada. These guys? Boom.
So my new stupid simple guide became:
- Step 1: Teleport to Reach of Frost (Northern Highlands WP).
- Step 2: Run like crazy, ONLY enter shacks.
- Step 3: Smash open every chest/sack inside.
- Step 4: KILL ANY SKELETONS THAT SPAWN AFTER OPENING THE CHEST IMMEDIATELY. This is KEY!
- Step 5: Ignore EVERYTHING else – elites, big packs, events. Total waste of time compared to this chest skeleton thing.
- Step 6: Once you’ve looped the whole map (takes like 5 mins?), leave game, remake, repeat.
The Results Were Bonkers
Ran this loop for about an hour, maybe 12 times? Stopped counting loot after a while. My stash got stuffed! Ended up with like 28 pieces of Rare gear. Okay, most were bad rolls or sidegrades, BUT! Found:
- A MASSIVE 2-handed axe upgrade (nearly double my DPS!).
- Two solid rings for my build.
- Three good helms to choose from.
- A chest piece that let me survive more hits.
Compared to mindlessly grinding elites for hours? Night and day difference. Felt like the game’s loot system was just mocking the regular way to play. What a joke.
Final Take: Don’t fight mobs. Run to shacks. Open chests. Kill ONLY the skeletons that magically show up after. Leave. Do it again. Gear rains down. Sounds dumb? Probably is. Works? Hell yeah it does. Give it a shot before the devs “fix” it.