By the way, people playing this great mod might not know that qlvl's of many uniques have been changed and this is not documented ANYWHERE. This has huge consequences for players:
- Helm of Sprits (previously qlvl4) is now qlvl 8 and the next highest qlvl unique Helm (Fool's Crest) is qlvl 12. So if you're looking for HoS in NM dlvl2 like everyone is used to from vanilla D1 and Hellfire, you will never find it because no monster there can drop HoS. These bosses can drop HoS in 1.02.A5 (difficulty listed is where the boss is able to drop the item):
El Chupacabras (NM+, dlvl 3, Plague Eater)
Goretongue (NM+, dlvl 3, Rotting Carcass)
Brokenhead Bangshield (NM+, dlvl 3, Corpse Captain)
Warpskull (NM+, dlvl 3, Hidden)
Bongo (NM+, dlvl 3, Devil Kin w/ spear)
Skullfire (NM+, dlvl 3, Corpse Bow)
Madeye the Dead (Normal+, dlvl 4, Burning Dead)
Blackash the Burning (Normal+, dlvl 4, Burning Dead Archer)
Pulsecrawler (Normal+, dlvl 4, Shadow Beast)
Moonbender (Normal+, dlvl 4, Blink)
Wrathraven (Normal+, dlvl 5, Blink)
Shadowcrow (Normal+, dlvl 5, Dark One w/ sword)
So the best strategy would be: kill every boss on NM dlvl 3 and 4 (only bosses can drop it on these dungeon levels, ignore everything else), then go to dlvl 5 and quickly check if Blinks and Dark Ones w/ sword are there. If they are, find Wrathraven and/or Shadowcrow and kill them.
- Bloodslayer is now qlvl 8, and the next closest unique Broad Axe (Stonecleaver) is qlvl 14. The farming strategy is the exact same as HoS, except four more bosses are added to the list: Leoric (dlvl 3), Spineeater (dlvl 4, Bone Gasher), Foulwing (dlvl 5, Gloom) and Bloodskin Darkbow (dlvl 5, Flesh Clan Archer) so check these base mob types as well.
- Deadly Hunter, since the +200% dmg to demons modifier has been fixed, does three times more dps than the previous best bow in the game, finally making the Rogue NM and Hell viable, so if you play her, you absolutely want this unique bow. Unfortunately, its qlvl is 12 and the next unique Composite Bow (Flambeau) is qlvl 14. Yeah... This means only four bosses in the entire game can drop it:
Leoric (Normal+, dlvl 3)
Spineeater (Normal+, dlvl 4, Bone Gasher)
Foulwing (Normal+, dlvl 5, Gloom)
Bloodskin Darkbow (Normal+, dlvl 5, Flesh Clan Archer)
So start a Normal difficulty game because this limits the amount of base items they can drop, skip everything to Leoric, kill him, go to dlvl 4, if there are any Bone Gashers - look for Spineeater, then go to dlvl 5, if there's any Glooms or Flesh Clan Archers - look for Foulwing and Bloodskin Darkbow.
- Civerb's Cudgel: now qlvl 2 and Crackrust (next highest unique Mace) is qlvl 8. Kill all bosses on dlvl 2 (ideally on Normal diff) and go no further, most bosses on dlvl 3 and deeper drop Crackrust instead of CC.
- Farming HoS, DH, CC and Bloodslayer at the same time: use the strategy for getting Bloodslayer, except also kill Butcher and any other dlvl 2 bosses if you run into them while trying to find the stairs down to dlvl 3.
- Armor of Gloom: very valuable due to the fact that Griswold and Wirt no longer sell FPMs in this mod, so AoG is your best bet when it comes to high AC. It's now qlvl 27 and the next highest qlvl unique Full Plate Mail is Demonspike Coat. So if you do Laz runs, you'll always get it instead of AoG. There are some bosses that drop AoG and can't yet drop Demonspike Coat though:
Viletouch (NM+, dlvl 12, Death Wing)
Windspawn (NM+, dlvl 12, Vortex Lord)
Viperflame (NM+, dlvl 12, Fire Drake)
Witchfire the Unholy (NM+, dlvl 12, Succubus)
Lionskull the Bent (NM+, dlvl 12, Black Knight)
Doomcloud (Normal+, dlvl 13, Maelstrom)
Gorefeast (Normal+, dlvl 13, Vortex Lord)
Fangskin (Normal+, dlvl 14, Gold Viper)
Farming strategy is the usual: start a game on NM difficulty, go to dlvl 13, look for stairs up to dlvl 12, check base mob types, if they correspond with any of the listed bosses, find and kill them, then repeat this process on dlvl 13 and 14.
P.S. programs used to extract qlvl data were: LICK by LennyLen and EZ ModMaker 2000 (note: do NOT use ModMaker to edit ANY kind of stats for items! They will morph with no possibility to revert this. If you do edit anything anyway, BACK UP your Hellfire.exe and all stash + character save files).
P.P.S. just got my Deadly Hunter off Leoric after only several days of farming, pretty lucky and I gotta say, killing these low level bosses does get boring very fast. And yes, I tested it and the +200% dmg to demons definitely works! Demons dropping left and right.
- Helm of Sprits (previously qlvl4) is now qlvl 8 and the next highest qlvl unique Helm (Fool's Crest) is qlvl 12. So if you're looking for HoS in NM dlvl2 like everyone is used to from vanilla D1 and Hellfire, you will never find it because no monster there can drop HoS. These bosses can drop HoS in 1.02.A5 (difficulty listed is where the boss is able to drop the item):
El Chupacabras (NM+, dlvl 3, Plague Eater)
Goretongue (NM+, dlvl 3, Rotting Carcass)
Brokenhead Bangshield (NM+, dlvl 3, Corpse Captain)
Warpskull (NM+, dlvl 3, Hidden)
Bongo (NM+, dlvl 3, Devil Kin w/ spear)
Skullfire (NM+, dlvl 3, Corpse Bow)
Madeye the Dead (Normal+, dlvl 4, Burning Dead)
Blackash the Burning (Normal+, dlvl 4, Burning Dead Archer)
Pulsecrawler (Normal+, dlvl 4, Shadow Beast)
Moonbender (Normal+, dlvl 4, Blink)
Wrathraven (Normal+, dlvl 5, Blink)
Shadowcrow (Normal+, dlvl 5, Dark One w/ sword)
So the best strategy would be: kill every boss on NM dlvl 3 and 4 (only bosses can drop it on these dungeon levels, ignore everything else), then go to dlvl 5 and quickly check if Blinks and Dark Ones w/ sword are there. If they are, find Wrathraven and/or Shadowcrow and kill them.
- Bloodslayer is now qlvl 8, and the next closest unique Broad Axe (Stonecleaver) is qlvl 14. The farming strategy is the exact same as HoS, except four more bosses are added to the list: Leoric (dlvl 3), Spineeater (dlvl 4, Bone Gasher), Foulwing (dlvl 5, Gloom) and Bloodskin Darkbow (dlvl 5, Flesh Clan Archer) so check these base mob types as well.
- Deadly Hunter, since the +200% dmg to demons modifier has been fixed, does three times more dps than the previous best bow in the game, finally making the Rogue NM and Hell viable, so if you play her, you absolutely want this unique bow. Unfortunately, its qlvl is 12 and the next unique Composite Bow (Flambeau) is qlvl 14. Yeah... This means only four bosses in the entire game can drop it:
Leoric (Normal+, dlvl 3)
Spineeater (Normal+, dlvl 4, Bone Gasher)
Foulwing (Normal+, dlvl 5, Gloom)
Bloodskin Darkbow (Normal+, dlvl 5, Flesh Clan Archer)
So start a Normal difficulty game because this limits the amount of base items they can drop, skip everything to Leoric, kill him, go to dlvl 4, if there are any Bone Gashers - look for Spineeater, then go to dlvl 5, if there's any Glooms or Flesh Clan Archers - look for Foulwing and Bloodskin Darkbow.
- Civerb's Cudgel: now qlvl 2 and Crackrust (next highest unique Mace) is qlvl 8. Kill all bosses on dlvl 2 (ideally on Normal diff) and go no further, most bosses on dlvl 3 and deeper drop Crackrust instead of CC.
- Farming HoS, DH, CC and Bloodslayer at the same time: use the strategy for getting Bloodslayer, except also kill Butcher and any other dlvl 2 bosses if you run into them while trying to find the stairs down to dlvl 3.
- Armor of Gloom: very valuable due to the fact that Griswold and Wirt no longer sell FPMs in this mod, so AoG is your best bet when it comes to high AC. It's now qlvl 27 and the next highest qlvl unique Full Plate Mail is Demonspike Coat. So if you do Laz runs, you'll always get it instead of AoG. There are some bosses that drop AoG and can't yet drop Demonspike Coat though:
Viletouch (NM+, dlvl 12, Death Wing)
Windspawn (NM+, dlvl 12, Vortex Lord)
Viperflame (NM+, dlvl 12, Fire Drake)
Witchfire the Unholy (NM+, dlvl 12, Succubus)
Lionskull the Bent (NM+, dlvl 12, Black Knight)
Doomcloud (Normal+, dlvl 13, Maelstrom)
Gorefeast (Normal+, dlvl 13, Vortex Lord)
Fangskin (Normal+, dlvl 14, Gold Viper)
Farming strategy is the usual: start a game on NM difficulty, go to dlvl 13, look for stairs up to dlvl 12, check base mob types, if they correspond with any of the listed bosses, find and kill them, then repeat this process on dlvl 13 and 14.
P.S. programs used to extract qlvl data were: LICK by LennyLen and EZ ModMaker 2000 (note: do NOT use ModMaker to edit ANY kind of stats for items! They will morph with no possibility to revert this. If you do edit anything anyway, BACK UP your Hellfire.exe and all stash + character save files).
P.P.S. just got my Deadly Hunter off Leoric after only several days of farming, pretty lucky and I gotta say, killing these low level bosses does get boring very fast. And yes, I tested it and the +200% dmg to demons definitely works! Demons dropping left and right.