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About Diablo

Diablo created the action RPG as we know it. Blizzard released it in 1996: a town, a cathedral, and sixteen randomly generated dungeon levels going down toward the Lord of Terror himself. You pick a warrior, rogue or sorcerer, click on monsters until they die, and pick up the loot they drop — which is randomly generated too, so every run turns up something different.

The atmosphere is what people remember: the slow, dread-heavy pacing, Tristram's guitar theme, and the way the dungeon gets darker and more hostile the deeper you go. This browser port runs the original.

How to play Diablo

Move / attack

Left click

Cast spell

Right click

Inventory

I

Character

C

Spell book

S

Health / mana potion

1–8 in the belt

1. Choose a class in Tristram and take quests from the townspeople.
2. Descend into the cathedral; each level is randomly generated.
3. Kill monsters for experience and loot, and identify magic items with Cain in town.
4. Return to town to sell, repair and restock potions.
5. Reach level sixteen and face Diablo.

Diablo tips

• Go back to town often. Repairing and restocking is cheap; dying deep is expensive.
• The rogue's bow lets you fight at range, which is the easiest class for a first run.
• Read every unique item's stats — resistances matter more than raw damage in the lower levels.
• Don't fight in the open. Retreat into a corridor so only a few monsters reach you at once.

Diablo — questions