Resurrected Has a Steam Achievement That’s Virtually Impossible to Obtain

With Diablo 2: Resurrected released on Steam for the first time, players have the chance to track their progress through the game with Steam Achievements. Not every Steam Achievement for Diablo 2: Resurrected is a walk in the park, and players have discovered that one of the game’s most difficult achievements is nearly impossible to obtain. As such, Diablo 2: Resurrected fans hoping to 100% the game on Steam will have their work cut out for them, and this tall task will likely take much longer than some players might expect.

The recently released Reign of the Warlock DLC for Diablo 2: Resurrected marks the game’s first brand-new content in almost 25 years. Not only is the new Warlock class a complete game-changer for existing Diablo 2: Resurrected owners, thanks to its unique demon-binding ability, but new Diablo 2 players can access the game on Steam for the first time ever. While Diablo 4 has been available on Valve’s storefront since October 2023, it’s taken Diablo 2: Resurrected 5 years to come to Steam since the remaster was released in 2021.

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All Diablo 2: Resurrected Steam Achievements

Baseline Brawler — Defeat 500 Enemies
Hey there Delilah what’s it like in Eastgate — Complete Act 1
Socket to me — Socket a gem into an item
Adept Aggressor — Defeat 5000 Enemies
Poke Poke — Hire a Desert Mercenary
Greater hydralisk down — Complete Act 2
You have my bow — Hire a Rogue Scout
Yes, yes, let the hate flow through you — Complete Act 3
Deep Pockets — Pick up 500,000 Gold
Cim Turry slayer — Complete Act 4
Rus Do Fah! — Successfully complete a rune word
The destroyer becomes the destroyed — Complete Act 5
Murder Machine — Defeat 10,000 Enemies
Mr. Money Bags — Pick up 1,000,000 Gold
They call me… Tim — Hire an Iron Wolf
Rus Do Fah So La Te Do! — Upgrade a Rune using the Horadric Cube
It wasn’t all a bad dream — Complete the game on Nightmare difficulty
Shiny! — Use the Horadric Cube to Create a Perfect Gem
Is it warm in here or was that you? — Complete the game on Hell difficulty
Explorer Reporting — Acquire all Act waypoints with a character
Crush your enemies — Hire a Barbarian
I’ll give you 8 SoJ for it — Obtain the Stone of Jordan
Accessorizing for fun and profit — Equip a complete set
Maybe I should set up my own shop? — Vendor 1,000 items
Completed Grimoire — Complete all Act Quests with a character
Power level 9000! — Complete the game on Hell difficulty with the Sorceress
It has a purpose! — Obtain the Standard of Heroes
Do over! — Unsocket a Piece of Equipment using the Horadric Cube
You ain’t hardcore, unless you live hardcore — Complete the game with a Hardcore character
Cleanser of the wilderness — Complete the game on Hell difficulty with the Paladin
Purged the land of the shadow — Complete the game on Hell difficulty with the Amazon
All the colors of the rainbow — Use the Horadric Cube to Create a Prismatic Amulet
Never doubt my skills — Complete the game on Hell difficulty with the Necromancer
Beware, foul demons and beasts — Complete the game on Hell difficulty with the Barbarian
It’s all in the execution! — Complete the game on Hell difficulty with the Assassin
Your service is still required — Repair and Recharge a Weapon with the Horadric Cube
They see me rollin’, they hatin’ — Equip all inventory slots with unique items
99 problems but a wolf ain’t one — Complete the game on Hell difficulty with the Druid
Card Counter — Acquire a unique item from gambling
It’s only 3,520,485,254 XP — Reach Level 99
Macabre Mark — Collect 20 player ears
I like the heat. — Complete the game with each class on Hell
I’m gonna do what’s called a pro gamer move — Reach Level 99 with a Hardcore Character

The Steam Achievements for Diablo 2: Resurrected range in difficulty, including fairly straightforward ones like Complete Act 1, defeat 500 enemies, and socket a gem into an item. The majority of Diablo 2: Resurrected players have already earned these achievements, and they are likely some of the first that new players will accomplish. On the other end of the spectrum, feats like reaching Level 99 or completing Diablo 2: Resurrected on Hardcore mode are individually tough on their own. However, combining those two and reaching Level 99 on Hardcore mode makes for an insanely hard challenge.

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Diablo 2: Resurrected Requires Steam Players to Reach Level 99 on Hardcore

It’s clear that reaching Level 99 on Hardcore is by far the hardest Diablo 2: Resurrected Steam Achievement, given that no player has earned it yet, according to Steam’s Global Gameplay database. Granted, Diablo 2: Resurrected has only been out on Steam for a little under a week, but the fact that even 0.1% of players have been able to complete the game with each class on Hell difficulty shows just how time-consuming reaching Level 99 on Hardcore can be. The “I’m gonna do what’s called a pro gamer move” achievement is a test of great patience combined with careful planning and time, so it’s unlikely any Steam D2R player is going to earn it anytime soon.

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While new to Steam, these achievements have been around for PlayStation and Xbox Diablo 2: Resurrected players since it was released in 2021. As such, there are players who have made it to Level 99 with a Hardcore character, but even that number is slim. In order to do so, players will have to play Diablo 2 very cautiously, since it can be easy to die from enemies like the infamous Undead Stygian Dolls that explode upon death. Diablo 2‘s Duriel boss fight is also a frequent Hardcore run killer, so making it past Act 2 on Hardcore is already a feat worth celebrating.

Nothing feels worse than reaching Level 90 in Hardcore mode only to die from something unexpected and have to completely restart Diablo 2: Resurrected just to invest all of that time again. This barrier has kept a lot of Diablo 2 players from ever earning the game’s most difficult achievement on other platforms, and will likely continue to do so on Steam as well. The new Warlock class having the ability to bind demons like Hephasto the Armorer in Diablo 2: Resurrected will surely help players reach this goal, but it still may take a while before the first Steam user successfully achieves it.