Blizzard is known for including tons of Easter Eggs in all of their games. From the obvious to the obscure, they take every chance to poke a little fun into their games. Diablo is no exception. Diablo II had dozens of them with the most famous being the secret cow level. A poke at the idea that many players claimed clicking on the cow enough times in Diablo I would open a secret cow level.
Diablo III is just one more game for Blizzard to hide these little nuggets of joy. From the limited beta and information we have so far, there are already plenty for us to find. Both in-game and in the community site, there have been Easter Eggs discovered all over.
NPC's
Most in-game Easter Eggs found so far have been little pockets of nostalgia to the Diablo II players. The first is a cave that will randomly appear in the Weeping Hollow. The Den of the Fallen is a throw back to the first quest from Diablo II where you had to cleanse the Den of Evil. Another Easter Egg within the Easter Egg is the corpse of Bishibosh, although there has been the outcry that Bishibosh was actually in the Cold Plains and not in the Den of Evil but its nice to see the work of our previous heroes none-the-less. You may also notice a familiar rare zombie that meets you at the end of the tunnel.
Second, you can find a dead corpse to click on with the name of Warriv. You might remember him as the NPC who helps you travel from the Rogue Encampment to Lut Gholein. Clicking on him will drop a journal that you can listen to for some more in-depth lore.
Items
The next two are a couple of drops that elude back to the previous two games. The first was found when clicking on an anvil in the burnt remains of Old Tristram. Clicking on the anvil would sometimes randomly drop a legendary sword; Griswold's Edge to be exact. The sword was an item found in both earlier games with Griswold being the Blacksmith from Diablo I. The second Easter Egg drop was a Black Mushroom. The Black Mushroom was also found as part of a quest given in Diablo I from Adria the Witch, who also happens to be playing a bigger role in the newest game.
Some more hidden treasures can be found in the game. These are more of a little extra due credit to those who helped make Diablo III. In some areas, you can find some burial tombs with the World Artists' names displayed. Also, within the game files, each developers' names are used for monsters.
Visual
There is also a mysterious glow coming from the ground on the Road to Old Tristram. While not confirmed, the location would put it in a very similar location as the crack in Diablo I that lead to Hell and Diablo.
Non-Game
Not all Easter eggs are found in the game though. There have been a few found in the community forums. The first was a fun little surprise presented to the community as a riddle. Eventually the riddle was figured out and Nyan Cow was discovered. A joke that pokes fun of the popular Youtube video "Nyan Cat" as well as a throw back to the ever popular Secret Cow Level.
Another hidden gem is the mysterious Chat Gem. While it has always been poked fun of at the expense of those who clicked it a million times in Battle.net, an actual purpose was given to it on the Official Diablo III forums. When clicking on the gem in the skill calculator, it will auto-generate a random build for you.
One final Easter egg was found within the game files that were dug through when the beta came out. With both a throw back to the cow level as well as a joke about the "colorful" look of Diablo III, the development team chose some choice words to help disguise some events that will unfold. It should be noted that the words used in the game files do not literally represent what they mean and represent something entirely different in the game. Game files have been found with the following:
DiabloFans Quote:
A4_1000MonsterFight_Encounter_Name Boss: Battle For Ponies
A4_1000MonsterFight_Taunt_Text The battle for ponies is about to begin.
BridlePurpose_Encounter_Name The Pinnacle of Ponies Event
CowBell: When the demons come, close your eyes and ring this... it takes you far, far away...;
While there may be more to find in the beta, there will certainly be more to find when Diablo III is finally released on May 15. So, keep your eyes peeled and feel free to share with the community any and all that you find.
As far as I can tell it is. Looking at other parts of those game files they describe things like "nightmarity" or "midnight sparkle" both plays off off characters from the show; rarity and twilight sparkle.
the fact that its not spreading out is indeed a bug, (known bug since patch 1)
but what it represents is reference to diablos din in d1
Got a photo of that? That sounds interesting.
Grammar Nazi time. It's allude (when you're making an allusion to something). Elude is avoiding. Damn you Homonyms!
Opening from hell, my guess.
Naa, just the unicorn joke.
Those have moved from patch to patch, they are not at Adrias Hut anymore.
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Having a corpse named warriv isn't one. At least not anymore of one then having a town named Tristram is...
The are consider Easter Eggs to Blizzard, they purposely put them in there to make the player go "OMG I remember that!"
Yeah, but I think rhorle still makes a good point.
Not really. References to past lore isn't an easter egg even by Blizzard standards. And its not the generally held definition of easter eggs in Computer games. http://www.wowpedia.org/Easter_egg are examples of easter eggs blizzard has done in the past.
To reiterate, having the corpse of Warriv isn't an easter egg. Having npc's named after Blizzard works, devs, and GM's/CM's is an easter egg. Having Black Mushrooms around Tristram and related to Adria isn't an easter egg its just Lore. Because you know if they existed in D1 in the area and Adria was interested in them chances are she might still be interested in them.
Continue story and lore to build a more consistent and living world isn't an easter egg. Its just good story telling. Which is shown by the fact Warriv drops a journal that provides in-depth lore. Thats not an easter egg is just lore.
If you consider things like warrivs corpse and Black Mushrooms to be easter eggs then anything that has been referenced or appeared in past games must also be Easter Eggs. Because they have the same qualities of a)Being in a past game/lore and b)Being in D3.
1. It's a random npc so you don't always run across it.
2. All it gives you is a journal entry, nothing relating to the new game or quest.
Also the journal entry gives you some lore and story on what happened to Warriv.
If it is to be called anything it is Fluff/Lore. Useless to the main story and mechanics of the game but provides you some info about the "world" of the game.
http://en.wikipedia....egg_%28media%29
By the way the link to The Den of the Fallen is a dead link. The proper link is http://www.diablowik...n_of_the_Fallen, the news post has added a The to the link. And just case you are unaware your battle.net ID is missing the 4 digit numerical portion and won't help anyone adding you as a friend/whatever.