cheats and hints are...
Hint for Defeating Andariel: As you approach the Level 4 Jail there is the room that is filled with dark ones and some fire mages. Defeat them all by just running and killing first, the Shamans and next the projectile enemy fire mage. The other room next to this will be the room of Andariel the Queen. When I encountered it she had only 4 Dark Ones. With a Dark Shaman beating the 4 dark ones makes things easy. Fighting with Andariel face to face is too hard, so you better go back to the encampment and hire a 60 life Rogue to keep her busy. Stab Andariel from behind and presto your in ACT II. Then return to Andariel and the first thing you have to do is to sneak behind Andariel and blow her out as your Rogue (who you hired) is busy with her. Easily Kill Andariel: OK. This is simple. Just buy from Akara a Scroll of Town Portal and go to see Andariel. Make sure you have potions & antidotes because she has a poison attack. Fight her and hurt her about to the half of her health bar. Then run to the room outside Andariel's lair and use the scroll of town portal or tome of town portal and go to rogue encampment. Heal yourself and do all the arrangements that you have to and go to visit Andariel, again. Now she has half her health, IT'S MAGIC!!!! Now kill her and pick up her stuff and WOW you are in ACT II. Hint Defeating Duriel: First, hire a mercenary from Griez. Enter Tal Rasha's chamber and cast a town portal for an emergency exit. The main trick for defeating Duriel is to bring lots of health potions and STAND and FIGHT. (You may use Blaze if you have the sorceress.) You will do less damage to Duriel with hit and run, with the exception of Blaze. You may die a few times, so keep your gold in your stash. Try to keep a Town Portal in the chamber to come back quickly. Also, Duriel's cold attack is a Demonic attack and not an elemental damage, so your cold resistance will be useless. Killing Diablo: When you arrive at the point where you have to kill Diablo MAKE SURE that you have plenty of lightning and fire resistance. Although he lives in hell he has got a one hit kill lightning attack, and he will use it about every 30 to 45 seconds. You should also make sure you are over level 30 before you face him. How To Kill Diablo Easily With A Sorceress: Once you unlock all of the seals go to Diablo and use 'Static Field'. Static Feild will kill him very quickly if you're at a high level. It also works on mini bosses. -Need 2 computers and 2 CDs: Find something really cool or expensive. Copy your character (found in save directory) to another computer. Start a multiplayer game using your copied character. Join this game with the other computer and you will be able to copy items you already have by trading with yourself. -After you complete the 5th quest of act one (The one given to you by Charsi) it is better if you wait until later in the game to have her imbue an item for you, because later in the game you can get better weapons and armor, and having her imbue one adds 3 - 5 magical attributes. -If you play Multiplayer on Battle.net Click the blue Crystal in the center of the screen and it will turn Purple. If you look at the text box it will say "Gem Activated" Then start a game or join one and you will find at least one Gem shrine and if you have a Gem in your inventory it upgrades it. -If you can't find anything good to buy all you have to do is leave town and come back, everyone should have all new items for sale. Refilling Chests: If you find any chest in a cave that you want to go back to (golden). Just go do something else and after a little while it will refill with new and different items. This works with all chests in the game. Get the Gold: When you go inside the houses in act1 click on the sheets of the bed to get extra gold. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Horadric Cube Mixes: 3 health potions + 3 mana potions = 1 Rejuvenation Potion. You may use any quality of potions for this one. ------------------------------------------------------------ 3 Health potions + 3 Mana + 1 Gem = 1 Full Rejuvenation Potion. You may use any quality of potions and gem for this one. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1 health potion + 1 Strangling Gas potion = 1 Antidote Potion. You may use any quality of health potion. ------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Gems of the same type and grade = 1 Gem of the next higher grade. Useful to upgrade chipped and flawed gems. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Perfect Skulls + 1 Amulet = High % chance of getting a +1 or +2 to character skills amulet. Any 3 perfect gems can be used, but skulls seem to have a higher success rate."Beware this one does not work 100% of the time" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Perfect Gems + 1 item "armor or weapon" = A new magical item of the same item type. Items seem to be random, they can be better or worse. "This Can not be done with unique, rare, or set items." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Axe + 1 Dagger + a Stack of Throwing Knives = One stack of Throwing Axes. Any kind of axe, dagger, or throwing knives can be used, but all types = plain throwing axes."so use the cheap stuff" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Ring + 1 emerald + 4 Antidote Potions = 1 Viridian Ring with 21-30 Poison Resistance. Quality of gem and ring used don't matter. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 ring + 1 ruby + 4 exploding potions = 1 Garnet Ring with 21-30 Fire Resistance. Quality of gem and ring used don't matter. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 ring + 1 sapphire + 4 thawing potions = 1 Cobalt Ring with 21-30 Cold Resistance. Quality of gem and ring used don't matter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Ring + 2 Topaz gems = 1 Coral Ring with 21-30 Lightning resistance. Quality of gem and ring used don't matter. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Amulets = 1 Ring Quality of ring is roughly equivalent to the quality of the amulets used. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Rings = 1 Amulet Quality of amulet is roughly equivalent to the quality of the rings used. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 Perfect Gems "one of each type except skull" + Amulet = Prismatic amulet with "16-25% Resist All" this one is buggy the amulet will morph when you start a new game."Beware only about a 75% chance of working" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 magic(blue) sword + 3 chipped gems = 1 3 socketed magic sword of same type Any type of gem, and any normal or unique sword "magical and rare don't work". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Quivers of Arrows = 1 Quiver of Bolts This Can save you a trip to town to buy more. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Quivers of Bolts = 1 Quiver of Arrows This Can save you a trip to town to buy more. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Spear + 1 Quiver of arrows = A stack of Javelins. Only makes javelins, never higher quality Javelins, no matter the type of spear or number of arrows used
