No Cache DH lvl 1 to GR70 in ~3h Season 28 Start Test Run

#Diablo3 #Season28 #Leveling

This run was done on the live server without the double massacre bonuses. I estimate that the leveling would be ~15-20min faster in S28 release and I imitated a few high level items that I would have crafted over time through paragons that I assigned as I progressed. Realistically I would have been a bit stronger close to level 70 because I assigned too few points.

Towards the end I tried out the full 6pc GoD set with various supporting pieces. Cheated a little bit by simply adding Hunter's Wrath in the cube but it's unnecessary to clear GR70 if you have Ninth Cirri Satchel already (which I found in the run, else you could level another DH to 34 to gamble it easily).

We're not fully sure if the seasonal journey step where you have to collect 5 blacksmith and jeweler recipes would have been done properly in this run. It's probably safer to complete the last bounty act after lvl 61 to make sure to get some recipes.

Steps:
No Challenge Rift Cache (save for sacrifice at step 15 for S28 theme unlock)

- Start Necro, T1 A2 bounty run

- Steal Templar’s weapon, salvage his shield and Scoundrel’s bow

- Go to Altar in New Tristram and unlock Doubled Massacre season theme

- TP to all bounty waypoints once to snapshot nearby low level monsters, then go for Zoltun Kulle or Maghda first

- Finish bounties in order hardest to easiest

- At lvl 11, steal Enchantress’s weapon

- Turn in cache (gives 1 DB and ~200k gold)

- Reduce to hard, get Kanai’s Cube

- (lvl 18+) Farm Zoltun Kulle/Maghda bounties for 2x Diamond or open the chest from first kill

- Combine Diamonds into Flawless and sacrifice for S28 theme “Items have no lvl requirement”

- Start your main class or keep leveling Necro, upgrade Blacksmith to 10, craft lvl 60 2h weapon

- Start Torment 4 or 5 bounties, go act by act and gradually reduce difficulty to prepare for Haedrig's Gift
- After one run, upgrade Blacksmith fully and craft level 70 2h weapon

- Add more level 70 rare armor pieces as you progress
- Finish leveling with T1-3 massacre bonuses in Temple of the Firstborn


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[wudijo]

This run was done on the live server without the double massacre bonuses. I estimate that the leveling would be ~15-20min faster in S28 release, and I imitated a few high level items that I would have crafted over time through paragons that I assigned as I progressed. Realistically I would have been a bit stronger close to level 70 because I assigned too few points.

Towards the end I tried out the full 6pc GoD set with various supporting pieces. Cheated a little bit by simply adding Hunter's Wrath in the cube but it's unnecessary to clear GR70 if you have Ninth Cirri Satchel already (which I found in the run, else you could level another DH to 34 to gamble it easily). The GR70 isn't too hard with just 6pc GoD and the quiver.

We're not fully sure if the seasonal journey step where you have to collect 5 blacksmith and jeweler recipes would have been done properly in this run. It's probably safer to complete the last bounty act after lvl 61 to make sure to get some recipes.

Steps:
No Challenge Rift Cache (save for sacrifice at step 15 for S28 theme unlock)

- Start Necro, T1 A2 bounty run

- Steal Templar’s weapon, salvage his shield and Scoundrel’s bow

- Go to Altar in New Tristram and unlock Doubled Massacre season theme

- TP to all bounty waypoints once to snapshot nearby low level monsters, then go for Zoltun Kulle or Maghda first

- Finish bounties in order hardest to easiest

- At lvl 11, steal Enchantress’s weapon

- Turn in cache (gives 1 DB and ~200k gold)

- Reduce to hard, get Kanai’s Cube

- (lvl 18+) Farm Zoltun Kulle/Maghda bounties for 2x Diamond or open the chest from first kill

- Combine Diamonds into Flawless and sacrifice for S28 theme “Items have no lvl requirement”

- Start your main class or keep leveling Necro, upgrade Blacksmith to 10, craft lvl 60 2h weapon

- Start Torment 4 or 5 bounties, go act by act and gradually reduce difficulty to prepare for Haedrig's Gift
- After one run, upgrade Blacksmith fully and craft level 70 2h weapon

- Add more level 70 rare armor pieces as you progress
- Finish leveling with T1-3 massacre bonuses in Temple of the Firstborn

- Full guide coming soon

[songrunner]

If you spent some time (1-2 minutes) looking for Act 2 T1 bounties that don't require moving onto a different map/cave, you can actually snapshot all the bounties at T1 level 1. Doing so would probably knock 5 minutes off of your run, since all the enemies would be very easy and you can plow through those bounties very quickly. I tested on the live servers in Season 27 (I skipped this previous season) and was able to finish the Act 2 T1 bounty within 9-10 minutes doing this.

[KatoKrazy]

I can confirm you get no recipes before 61. Made that mistake last season.

Thanks for this awesome content. Level 1 to GR 70 is the best part of every season!

[minnesotasteve]

Excellent video! Using Multishot | Fire At Will greatly accelerated my leveling. The play style is simple too.

[perperub]

I've been waiting for something like this! Thank you Wudijo!

[usagipaige]

Would love to see a wizard version of this. Thanks for the great content and good luck in EU.

[Gldfingers]

There are a lot of benefits going for bounty levelling instead of Temple, the gold and mats, plus caches, shards plus already having them done for the haedrigs, plus being able to craft 70 gear, plus chance at goblins for imperial gems. With Alter unlock double massacre xp.

[orrin]

I was asking myself (like many others I guess) : Cache or no cache ? Now I have the answer. Thank you Wudi ^^

[Kris-S]

Thank you for the content. These gets me so hyped for the new season. Interesting choice doing bounties pre 70. I'm on the fence about it, since massacre bonus is so strong and bounty isn't great for long chains, but I suppose it helps with important resources and sets you up for faster 70.
I guess necro 1-18 for flawless diamond could be faster if you snapshot harder (explore map further) or fish for better bounties. Leaving Zoltan chest for lvl 18 should be fastest.
At this point you have accumulated 231, 5k gold, you first spend 3, 5k for lvl 3 Jeweler, and 236k for lvl 11 Blacksmith. Plus small fee 1k crafting. You're 10k short at the DH reroll.

[ASavageEye]

Question/observation. Couldn't you just go and snapshot EVERY bounty in all 5 maps? So like all 25 available bounties when at level 1 and then do them all? I mean you would have plenty of mats and gold and aside from the boss's it would be a breeze and you should be well able to upgrade the blacksmith to craft the higher level items as you go. Wouldn't take to long to snapshot them all and the lost time would be made up pretty fast with the faster levelling, I assume. I am only thinking about this because I really don't want to make a Necro first and just use my DH from the start.

[heliopkad]

wudi, can we complete seasonal jorney before lvl 70? if so isnt it better to do it right after you get the no lvl req? since we are over powered for T4...

[GriffinAmongOceans]

I’m going to do the challenge rift cache is it worth waiting till 34 to gamble for the quiver?

[XavierArnau]

I read the title fast and thought it said lvl 1 to 70 in 3h and I was like "oh no"

[Schmommy]

03:15:45 Do you think its more worth grabbing the potion power or to crat a big primal weapon?

[fjoerge_]

What do you think about having someone else sacrificing their Challenge Rift Bag to craft lvl70 items for you for leveling and keeping yours for the upgrading altar?

[chrisixDDD]

Do you get the same mats, regardless if your lvl 20 or lvl 70 if you don't change the torment difficulty?

[russ]

Where did u pull those starter bows from

[icarusgeo]

I tried leveling with bounties on a new account and it doesn't work for Haedrig's Gift.
I had to redo the bounties at 70 because I was still missing the 5 jewelcrafting recipes.

[donovannewton]

That’s a massive run. Is this basically the quickest without using the cache? Beside being levelled.

[nastube]

How far do you have to go into a level to snapshot it. I've seen people run all the way around the stage, and here you just walked until you saw one thing. Then you said the snap shotting is super important. lol. I'm still a little confused on it. Maybe I'll try it out a little before 28 starts. Thanks for any input.