Part 15

Dive into Diablo III's Part 15 guide! Learn how to tackle Inferno mode, understand the Nephalem Valor buff, and explore the deep lore of Sanctuary, from its creation to the Nephalem.

Alright, let's talk about the endgame grind in Diablo III, specifically focusing on what's coming up in Part 15. You're going to be hitting at least level 61, and honestly, the enemies only get tougher as you push through the Acts. This means the game stays challenging until your gear is absolutely insane. Blizzard themselves have said you'll need to farm and trade gear for a good while in Hell and early Inferno to make any real progress. For most players, beating Inferno is going to take ages. Seriously, as of now, aside from one super-hardcore player who basically lived in the game and a team of pros using some pretty cheesy tactics, nobody has actually beaten Inferno. Many players have already sunk over a hundred hours into the game, which is enough time to beat most games on their hardest difficulty!

Now, when you get into Inferno mode, there's this awesome buff called "Nephalem Valor." You get it by killing champion and rare monster packs, and it seriously boosts your chances of finding magic items. The catch? It drops if you change your build. This buff is fantastic for a few reasons:

• It boosts your Magic Find: This is the obvious one. Better Magic Find means a better chance at finding good loot.
• It encourages exploration: Instead of just running straight for bosses, this buff makes you explore the areas, find, and kill those tougher rare and champion packs.
• It makes your build meaningful: Since the buff drops if you change your build, it pushes you to commit to a solid Inferno build and stick with it.

Inferno, with all enemies being level 61 and up, is totally farmable from start to finish. It also features three unique tiers of gear that you can't find anywhere else in the game. In the past, Diablo games often had specific end-game bosses that were the best for farming, but with Inferno, the entire game world is ripe for finding awesome gear. Beyond the very early stages of Act 1, you can pretty much find great end-game gear anywhere – from any Act, against any bosses, and especially from those champion and rare packs. Let's just hope Blizzard doesn't decide to nerf Inferno for the less dedicated players!

This next section dives deep into how most of the game's world mechanics work. You'll find plenty of new features, like the Artisans, and some potentially confusing ones, like world randomization, that players new to this genre might want to understand. Don't worry, it's all explained here.

Sanctuary

Sanctuary is the world where the entire Diablo series takes place. In this section, we'll briefly go through the backstory of the previous games and explain how Sanctuary came to be. We'll start right from the beginning, even before the world was