New to Diablo 3? No problem, our Diablo 3 Beginners Guide will help you get a basic understanding of Diablo 3. We have divided into several sections, and we will be soon posting a detailed guide on each section.
For newbies, just the overview should be sufficient to better understand each of these features. If you feel like this could be written even better or something new could be added in here, feel free to write us via contact form and we will update the guide with your contact details in credits section.
Diablo 3 Beginners Guide Table of Contents
- Classes
- Health & Resource System
- Skill Rune System
- Followers
- Crafting & Artisans
- Auction House
- PVP
- Difficulty levels and achievements
Diablo 3 Beginners Classes Guide
There are five classes in Diablo 3: Barbarian, Monk, Wizard, Demon Hunter and Witch Doctor. Four of them are new, except Barbarian which is a returning class from Diablo 2 with completely revamped skill set.
Check out our guide on Diablo 3 classes to learn more about each and every class and access detailed guide for each class.
Diablo 3 Beginners Health and Resource Guide
Life Orb: The Red orb is the life orb. You die when it goes empty. Carry health potions to replenish when low. Certain skills help you life steal and some cause you to loose life.
Unlike other games where every skill uses a common resource called ‘Mana’, in Diablo 3 each class has its own resource system.
Barbarians use Fury, Demon Hunters use Hatred and Discipline, Monks use Spirit, Witch Doctors use Mana and Wizard uses Arcane Power.
Certain abilities consume resources while others help regenerate. The time it takes to regenerate also varies depending upon class. Your resource pools determine how efficiently and quickly you can use your skills.
Diablo 3 Beginners Skill Rune System Guide
The Skill Rune feature was initially called as Rune Stone feature were you get Rune Stones as monster drops. However this was revised during beta and renamed to Skill Rune system. The Runes are no longer monster drops and they are now unlocked as you level up. These Skill runes typically make skills more powerful and few of them even alter the skills completely.
Each skill has max of five Skill Runes that you unlock as you level towards cap. You unlock all the base skills by level 60. However, all the skill runes are unlocked at level 60.
Careful selection of runes is extremely crucial to build a proper character for each setting, for example PVP or PVM. Check out the builds for each to understand which Skill Rune combos would work best and in what cases.
Diablo 3 Beginners Guide – Followers
Followers is another new feature introduced with Diablo 3. Followers are champions that will fight along side you on your battles and quests. In short they are there to help you and make your life easier.
Followers can be customized in terms of what skills they have, passive benefits they give and how they fight. Each follower has 12 skills out of which you can pick 4 at any given time.
They have two weapon slots, rings, amulets and unique item for each class. As they level up, their skills and appearance improves over time as well.
Diablo 3 Beginners Guide – Crafting & Artisans
Crafting System is yet another new feature in Diablo 3. We will be soon putting up an entire Beginners Guide dedicated to this section of the game. There are three types of Artisans in Diablo 3:
- Blacksmith: Can craft weapons, armors or add socket to them.
- Jeweler: Can create gems, amulets and rings. They can also un-socket gems, or combine them to give better effects.
- Mystic [Removed for first release. We might see this in later release] : Creates scrolls, spell runes, magic charms, weapons and enchants them.
You find them as you do more quests. Check out more details in the detailed Diablo 3 Crafting Guide.
Diablo 3 Beginners Guide – Auction House
Auction House, a yet another new feature introduced with Diablo 3. It allows you to put up unwanted items on sale for real word money or in-game gold. This is aimed to make the entire process of trading in-game items and gold even safer and legal. Players can now directly trade their items for real world money.
Read our detailed Diablo 3 Real Money Auction House guide to learn more about how you can be an expert at this.
We are also working on a Diablo 3 gold guide to help you with tips and tricks on managing and making gold more effectively.
Diablo 3 Beginners Guide – PVP
PVP in Diablo 3 is very much organized, you have different levels and additionally match making to place you in the perfect battle that suits your level. We will update this section even further as we have more details available. Check out our in-depth Diablo 3 PVP guide to get hands on some of the best PVP builds for each class.
Diablo 3 Beginners Guide – Difficulty levels & Achievements
There are four different levels of difficulties in Diablo 3.
- Normal
- Nightmare
- Hell
- Inferno
Nightmare and Hell Difficulty modes are difficulty levels beyond normal that comes with equally rewarding benefits. The drops in these modes give you access to a whole new sets of items that are not found in other difficulty modes.
Inferno is the most difficult mode which is unlocked once you beat the game in Hell mode. The rewards and loot offered in this mode are rare and epic. We will have detailed guides to help you out on Inferno mode. Stay tuned for updates.
This Diablo 3 Beginners guide is still under construction and will change over time. If you have something to add or edit, please write to us using the contact form option.
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first time diablo player…yes getting right into d3 looks fun and exciting. please help me out i hate being last to level or to know the inns and outs. i want to dominate in pvp aswell as have the max gear and max level asap. is this guide for me ? are all guides the same or do i need to get them seperate. gold farming items , leveling , pvp and pve…?
Which guide are you talking about? This is just basic. Each topic is covered in depth in its own guide.