For veteran players of the “Diablo” series, “Niu Niu Pass” is definitely one of the most representative elements in the entire series. This secret has been widely circulated among the player community since the first generation of the series. In “Diablo 2”, the official finally incorporated it into the game and became a hidden level that requires solving a series of puzzles to enter. As for “Diablo 3”, it was only added to the game through subsequent events. After years of excavation and updates, the mystery of the “Diablo Level” in “Diablo 4” has finally been completely solved.
Therefore, since the official launch of “Diablo 4” in 2023, players around the world have been trying to find any clues related to the “Cow Level” in the game. Although some clues were indeed found and some mysterious props with unknown functions were obtained, whether this level really exists has always been unknown. However, when the expansion pack “Body of Hate” was launched, all the answers were finally officially revealed. However, some players were a little disappointed by this.
According to the player community, the preparatory work to enter the mysterious “cow pass” in “Diablo 4” can be said to be extremely complicated and slow. First, players must kill 666 cows in three major areas and obtain three key props: “Bloody Wood Chips”, “Moldy Scroll” and “Metal Fragments” through drops.
After collecting them all, players have to go to a fountain with four bull-head statues on the east side of the game city “Kebado”, throw the three props into it for purification, and then get a “strange key”. Then go to the “Abandoned Cottage” in the eastern coast area of Scosglen. Use the key to open the cellar and you will come to a room full of cows. After killing them all, you can obtain a prop called “Endurance Potion”.
The next process was added after the “Hateful Body” expansion pack was launched. When players go to another newly updated dungeon and kill the cows inside, they will be able to obtain a new item called the “Rusty Halberd”, which is the weapon used by the cows in the Cow Level in “Diablo 2”. In addition, players must complete a rather tedious hidden mission in the expansion pack and obtain the “Hand of Nairel”.
Then, players have to combine “Endurance Potion”, “Rusty Halberd” and “Hand of Nairel” through the “Hradirim Cube” newly added in the expansion pack to synthesize the key props for going to the Cow Level. Finally, players only need to go to an altar on an outlying island in the new area “Skovas Coast” on “real time Tuesday” to interact, and then players can finally enter the “Mysterious Cow Level” in “Diablo 4”.
After entering this hidden level, players will be attacked by a group of angry cow soldiers, and there is also a boss named “The Cow King” deep in the map. If all enemies are successfully defeated, players will receive a large amount of loot, including the unique equipment “Crown of the Ox King”. This headgear will also provide various effects from Monday to Sunday, making it full of Easter egg collection.
However, given how long it took to unlock the Easter egg and how tedious and time-consuming it was to get there, some players felt that the final dungeon content was a bit underwhelming, not to mention that it only resulted in a piece of equipment that was difficult to use in actual combat, which also sparked many complaints on communities such as Reddit.
Source: KOCPC Chinese