Alright so today I wanted to try something kinda different, messing around with that Cheat Engine thing everyone whispers about for Diablo 4. Heard it can tweak stuff, so I figured I’d just see what it actually does, step by step, like if you were looking over my shoulder.
Finding That Cheat Engine Thing
First thing, I had to actually get Cheat Engine. Simple enough – Googled “cheat engine” and found their main site. Downloaded the installer, the usual free one. Ran it. Now, gotta be real careful here with all the install options popping up. They try sneaking in extra junk toolbars or whatever. I clicked “Decline” on every single extra offer that popped up, just kept hitting “Next” until it was finally installed. Took like five minutes total.
Firing Up Diablo 4 and Cheat Engine
Opened Cheat Engine on my desktop after the install. Also fired up Diablo 4 and got my character into the game world, just standing around in Kyovashad. Wanted something basic, maybe mess with Gold first. Back in Cheat Engine, I clicked the little computer icon in the top left corner – that’s where you pick which running program you wanna hook into. Found “Diablo IV” in the list and hit “Open”. Cheat Engine attached itself to the Diablo 4 process. Felt kinda like plugging a wire in.
Scanning For Gold
Checked my Gold amount in Diablo – say I had exactly 12,345 Gold. Went back to Cheat Engine.
Scan Type: Changed it to “Exact Value”.
Value Box: Typed in 12345 (the exact Gold I had).
Hit “First Scan”. It spewed out a massive list of memory addresses flashing by super fast. Tons of results!
Okay, spent some Gold – bought a cheap potion. Now my Gold was, say, 12,200.
Changed the value in Cheat Engine to 12200.
Switched to “Next Scan” and hit it again. The list shrunk way down. Did this one more time after spending a tiny bit more Gold. Got it down to maybe 5 or 6 addresses.
Now, I double-clicked all those results down in the bottom panel to add them to my active cheats list.
Double-clicked the “Value” field for each one in the list. Changed them all to 999,999. Hit enter.
Switched back to Diablo 4. Boom. Gold was maxed out. Kinda nuts how fast it worked.
Trying Something Else (Gold Find)
Got cocky, wanted to try Gold Find % next. Found a piece of gear with +10% Gold Find. Equipped it.
Back in Cheat Engine:
- New Scan: “Exact Value” -> Typed 10 (for 10%).
- Hit “First Scan”. Got another huge list.
- Swapped the gear for a piece with +15% Gold Find.
- Switched scan to 15. Hit “Next Scan”. List shrunk.
- Tried changing those addresses to something like 1000.
- Diablo 4 froze solid. Had to force quit it. Game crashed hard. This crap ain’t always stable, turns out. Might need specific cheat tables people made, not this raw scanning.
The Experiment Ends
So yeah, messing with basic values like Gold was stupidly easy. Found that address, changed it, Gold appeared. For stuff like stats or percentages? Way more finicky. Crashed the game trying Gold Find. Didn’t bother with XP or damage after that. Plus, honestly, it felt kinda cheap and I remembered that Blizzard bans people for messing with memory like this. Not trying to lose my account.
End of the day, yeah, Cheat Engine can technically poke at Diablo 4’s numbers if you hook it right and find the exact memory spots. Is it reliable for complex stuff? Not really, crashed quick. Is it stupid risky? ABSOLUTELY. They’ll ban you fast if they catch it. This was purely me seeing what the fuss is about, how the scanning works, just testing in a junk character I didn’t care about. Makes you realize how easy cheating can be for simple values though, kinda scary honestly. DO NOT DO THIS ON YOUR REAL ACCOUNT. Ever. Just don’t.