Okay so last night I’m doing my usual MF runs, right? Getting absolute garbage drops off Andariel like always. Blue items, maybe a low rune if the game feels generous. Total waste of time. Got so annoyed I almost ragequit.
The Random Idea That Changed Everything
Then I remember this old forum post somebody mentioned ages ago about where monsters spawn mattering way more than I thought. Not just bosses. Every trash mob. The actual level of the area itself decides what junk they drop? Figured it was worth testing.
Grabbed my cheap-ass MF gear sorceress and just started wandering. Not even targeting bosses anymore.
- Act 1 Fields & Caves: Honestly? Trash. Like seriously worse than I expected. Skeletons dropping chipped gems? Pathetic.
- Blood Moor Nightmare: Still garbage. Basic junk. Felt pointless.
- Flayer Jungle Hell: Okay died like 5 times to those stupid dart guys. BUT. Found an Io rune off a random flayer pack. First decent thing I’d seen all week.
Finally Got Somewhere Decent
Switched gears. Forget easy areas. Decided to push my luck and hit Chaos Sanctuary in Hell. Spam teleport, nearly get smoked by Infector of Souls like usual. But then… clearing a group of regular doom knights?
BAM. A freakin’ Um rune drops. Not off Diablo. Off some nobody minion. My jaw dropped. That NEVER happens for me. Immediately ran another chaos run. This time… Gul rune. Again, not boss loot. Random mob.
Kept grinding Chaoss runs.
- First 10 runs: Shako. Mal. Another Um. Insane.
- Found more high runes in one evening than the last month playing.
Why This Actually Works
Turns out that Chaos Sanctuary area? Its monster level is stupid high in Hell. Almost as good as the final zones like Worldstone Keep. But everyone ignores it just running for Diablo or big bosses. The regular monsters crawling around there? They drop the good stuff all day if you just kill enough trash. Forget risking your neck rushing bosses constantly. Just slaughter everything in these high-level zones. Waste time. Be inefficient. Get rich instead.
Been doing this for a week now. Forget Baal runs unless you need XP. Forget just targeting Pindleskin. Clear trash in high level spots like:
- Chaos Sanctuary
- Worldstone Keep Levels 2 & 3
- Throne of Destruction itself
Basic mobs drop way better loot consistently. Bosses were bait all along. This stuff is stupidly easy once you ignore the “efficient” boss farming nonsense.