Diablo 3, Anniversary Event

Last time out I mentioned that there is an event running currently to do with the anniversary of Diablo 3 being released. I find it hard to believe it's been nearly 5 years since it was originally released, and 4 years since Reaper of Souls. I'm also surprised that the anniversary event is in January, even though release dates are May and March respectively.

The event runs until January 30 (4pm PST), so there's still a week or so to go. It won't take anywhere near that long to do the entire event if you have a levelled up character, and probably not even if you're dedicated with a new character.

Kaleth

^{How I'm currently looking. As expected there was no updates to the equipment during this run}

The Event

^{The map of Act I locations. With the new pentagram for the 'Darkening of Tristram' event marked on it}

You start off exploring Old Tristram, and finding that once again strangeness is happening in the town.

^{A portal to Tristram? But I'm in Tristram...}

Going through the portal in the centre of town leads you back in time to when graphics were simpler, and the old incarnations of evil villains were attempting to take control of everything.

^{Oh. That Tristram. We were last here over 15 years ago!}

Wandering up the hill to the cathedral you find that it is once again (or is that still? or previously was?) the surface point of corruption.

^{Labyrinth? Isn't this supposed to be a Cathedral? Well I guess I'll go in anyway}

Entering in you find a few levels of enemies to fight your way through before coming across a old familiar boss. Someone that's appeared in every version of Diablo, The Butcher.

^{There seems to be quite a few enemies clustering around doorways}

^{He seems a lot smaller than he is now, but that's about how big he was in D2, which was way bigger than in D1}

After dispatching him, continuing onwards and downwards has the themes change to different recognisable styles, and while I'd like to point out many of the bosses along the way, there really aren't any more recognisable, familiar, or impressive bosses, though there is one every couple of levels.

^{Foulwing is probably the next most notable enemy, and that's before level 6}

^{just one of many battles in doorways on the way down. The enemies change, but the location seems to stay the same}

After charging through a bunch more levels you reach the end of the Labyrinth levels (Level 15) and find these stairs down

^{An Unholy Alter? What's the worst that could happen}

The alter level is pretty small, and you find a switch that teleports you into a room of enemies. Kill all them and you go the other way and find another switch that teleports you into this battle

^{well, this fight with 23 more enemies in there that had all died before I got a screenshot}

After defeating Lazarus, this portal appears for you to go through taking you down to the final level of the event

^{Well I've come this far...}

Going through the portal takes you to a very small level that you have to navigate your way around before you finally release the trapped boss from the central room, The Dark Lord, or Diablo by a different name. Old graphics, same attacks.

^{He charges out before you finish off the other villains, but doesn't seem to enter the side rooms which was helpful in dispatching the others first}

^{We all know and love this attack of his...}

^{Not really that impressive a corpse}

And after finishing all that, you get a legendary gem that can only be got from the event.

^{I guess there are worse rewards in this game}

Hopefully next year there will be a new event, rather than just running the same event as last year's anniversary again.