Adventurers exploring the unknown, Hi Dapuben! An important step was taken in the search for the Diablo 4 cow map: a player found a way to obtain the three relics needed to access the Bleak Cabin. Most explorers believe that this particular cellar may be the location to open a portal to the Diablo 4 parallel cow plane!
It seems that players need to defeat exactly 666 cows to obtain one of the three relics used to craft the key to open the secret cellar. This cellar is believed to be the summoning location to open the portal to the Diablo 4 cow map. Let's review the ins and outs of this matter.
The Bull Shrine in Kedbaldu
Many players noticed the very prominent Bull Shrine in Kaidbaldu, the capital of the arid steppe region. This ancestral hall consists of four similar cow statues, each pointing roughly in a wind direction. Only one of the oriental bull gods can be clicked, with the following mysterious text engraved on it:
The bull gods stand beside the guardians of this sacred spring. It is said that a worthy person who has been purified in these waters may receive their blessings.
This is clearly a spring puzzle, which could be the way to open the secret levels of Diablo 4.
Starting in June, data miners began scouring Diablo 4's client-side data for any files that might suggest a cow map. They found key evidence: three "objects of great significance" – bloody pieces of wood, fine metal fragments, and moldy books – three props believed to have been used to craft a strange key, which could then be used to open a secret cellar called the Bleak Hut.
Then, explorers of D4 - Not Finding A Cow Level discover a cellar in Skosgren in the game files.
In the "Highland Wilds" section of the Skosglen map, notice the location of this Forlorn Hovel cellar, which looks a lot like the head of a cow, and the entrance to the Bleak Huts is exactly where the mouth and nose of the cow's head are located!
Finally, after more than four months and countless attempts, a player named Grampa Joe became the first lucky person to successfully open the cellar of the Bleak Hut.
The player finally managed to find one of the three relics by defeating exactly 666 cows. According to Discord server administrator Chef, each player can only get one relic per week (the exact timer is confirmed to be 666666 seconds or 7.7 days). Players then discover that the relics themselves are tradable, so it should be easier for players to participate in a team to get the keys to the cellar!
After obtaining 3 relics, players need to go to the Bull God Altar Fountain to craft a strange key that permanently opens the door of the Bleak Hut.
The player then rushes to the Bleak Hut, where killing all the cows inside the Bleak Cabin will cause the last cow in the cellar to drop a bottle of Stamina Potion.
The Stamina Potion is a nod to the King of the Cow in Diablo 2, which still drops several bottles of Stamina Potion to this day. And Diablo 2 entering the Cow Level is very simple, only need the player to go to Trithrim to obtain the Feet of Witte after defeating Bal in this difficulty, and then synthesize it with the Town Teleportation Book to get the portal of the Hidden Cow Pass.
In Diablo 4, players who swallow the Stamina Potion will receive an "Unknown Buff Effect" that lasts for 5 minutes, and there is no specific effect yet, but Blizzard will likely complete this effect in some season or DLC.
The final question arises, what do you think is the last piece of the puzzle that opens the cow map? Will there still be a king of cows in it?