A decades-old Diablo 2 easter egg has suddenly become relevant again as players hunt for the best loot in Reign of the Warlock

A decades-old Diablo 2 easter egg has suddenly become relevant again as players hunt for the best loot in Reign of the Warlock | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these World of Warcraft World of Warcraft: Midnight players found an empty campsite that references 2019’s planet-hopping puzzler Outer Wilds World of Warcraft A 9,999,999 gold painting in World of Warcraft: Midnight sent secret finders on a hunt for the ultimate discount and one thrifty player finally figured it out FPS Hunt: Showdown keeps experimenting with the extraction genre, and its next twist sounds irresistible: Soon, extraction points and loot won’t appear on the map RPG Blizzard is giving away access to paladins for free at the start of Diablo 4’s next season RPG Why I love Diablo 2, Act 1 World of Warcraft World of Warcraft players are once again slaying hundreds of frogs, this time to skin their hides before Blizzard catches them World of Warcraft An inaccessible zone in World of Warcraft: Midnight has players convinced it’s a clue for the next update World of Warcraft ‘The Light really did call EVERYBODY’: players find Leeory Jenkins, complete with his cloth shoulderpads, defending the Sunwell in World of Warcraft: Midnight RPG Grim Dawn marks its 10th anniversary with a triumphal update on its final expansion: ‘Grim Dawn will not be going out with a bang, it will be a tremendous roar’ RPG Path of Exile’s next expansion overhauls a beloved endgame system that hasn’t seen major changes for 10 years FPS Marathon players accidentally smuggle rare loot out of Server Slam and into full game RPG Diablo 4 will let you transform into its most fearsome demon, the Butcher, in an experimental mini season before Lord of Hatred drops World of Warcraft Players discover once again that World of Warcraft is powered by invisible bunnies that make everything work RPG Diablo 2 gets its first expansion in 25 years, featuring a new class, and finally, decent inventory management RPG Blizzard says ‘There’s actually millions of people that still play Diablo 3’ and those players have the right idea PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!MarathonArc RaidersBest PC gearQuizzes Games RPG Diablo 2: Resurrected A decades-old Diablo 2 easter egg has suddenly become relevant again as players hunt for the best loot in Reign of the Warlock News By Tyler Colp published 6 March 2026 Blizzard has finally given players a reason to find this secret event. 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter Diablo 2 players have discovered a decades-old easter egg is now the single strongest way to find the rarest loot. The changes that came alongside the Reign of the Warlock expansion expanded the late-game loot hunt and opened the door for the easter egg’s one secret benefit to finally have a use.Known as the “souls dance” or “dance of the ghosts”, the easter egg occurs when you leave four wisp enemies alive in any area and wait for them to start forming letters with their lightning beams. Each letter is a nod to various developers on the game, including lead designers David Brevik, Erich Schaefer, and Max Schaefer. Once the lightshow is over, your character will gain a 19-hour hidden buff that skyrockets their magic find bonus, making it much higher than you can get from regular items.Before Reign of the Warlock, there wasn’t much of a reason to hunt down the wisps and activate the secret buff. But Blizzard added new items that let you ‘terrorize,’ or enhance, all of the monsters in each act instead of having to wait for a specific zone to transform every hour. Terror Zones also have a new “herald” enemy type that has a chance at dropping some of the most sought after items in the game. You may like Diablo 4 players still haven’t found a cow level, but they did just find the next best thing: a secret boss battle with piles of loot Diablo 2 player discovers the key to immortality on the new warlock class is to use a pet demon as a shield Diablo 4 is having its best season yet, not just because of paladins, but because Blizzard has finally cracked how to make loot endlessly exciting In short: Diablo 2’s endgame loot hunt has fundamentally changed, giving players control of where they farm for items and encouraging them to do it for longer amou