Diablo II: Lord of Destruction is an expansion pack for the popular hack and slash Action role-playing game Diablo II. Unlike the original Diablo's expansion pack, Diablo: Hellfire, it is an official expansion designed by Blizzard North. More than a standard expansion, Lord of Destruction not only added content in the form of new character classes and an additional scenario, it also dramatically revamped the gameplay of the existing Diablo II for solo and especially multiplayer. As a result, LoD is largely considered a "must-buy" instead of only being an addition, making it a huge multiplayer success and one of the most successful expansion packs of all time.

The story continues where Diablo II ended. Two of the three Prime Evils, Mephisto and Diablo, have been defeated and their Soulstones have been destroyed, preventing their return. However, the narrator Marius was tricked into surrendering the last Soulstone to a false Archangel Tyrael which was revealed to be Baal, the third brother and the very last remaining Prime Evil. Marius was subsequently murdered.

Codes

Cache & framerate info
In 1.10, to view the framerate, cache and memory information, input ''/framerate''.

It shows the same stuff as typing ''/fps'', but also shows cache figures and memory figures.

Disable music/sound at main screen.
If you are annoyed by the music, or sound effects that play while you are at the main menu, and not in game. Press the following codes to disable them: (Typing them again will enable them)

Ctrl+M - Disable/Enable the music while at the main menu.


Ctrl+S - Disable/Enable the sound effects while at the main menu.

Random Cheats
Note: you can type in all of these codes again after they are in effect to turn them off. If it is one of the /players cheats then you have to type in the code "/players 1" to set it back to 1.

soundchaosdebug - Every sound at once.

/fps - Show frames per second.

/nopickup - Won't let you pick up items unless you press ALT. This helps in cluttered areas with a lot of lag.

Target line codes
Right click on your Diablo II desktop icon. Left click on the shortcut tab. Enter the code in the target line after the quotes. Make sure there is a space between each code and a space between the last quote and first code.

These codes currently work as of the 1.11b patch.

-act1 - Create a new level 1 character in Act1.

-act2 - Create a new level 16 character in Act2.

-act3 - Create a new level 21 character in Act3.

-act4 - Create a new level 27 character in Act4.

-act5 - Create a new level 33 character in Act5.

-npl - Doesn't preload anything.

-nosave - Never saves the game.

-ns - No sound driver is loaded.

-w - Opens the game in a window.

-skiptobnet - Skip directly to BattleNet login.

-opengl - Uses the OpenGL graphic renderer in game.

View Lag, Frame Skip and Frames Per Second
Go to an offline or online game, press enter to type a text, then type in fps .(no period) Then at the top left of the screen the ping (lag) frame skip and frames per second (fps) will show.

Easter Eggs

Diablo 2 Commercial
With the D2X disk in you computer click on the "My computer" icon. From there you should see the D2X shortcut picture. Right-click on it and select Open. Inside there is a file called D2COM_01. Double click it to watch the semi-funny 30 second D2 commercial.

Every Sound
To hear every sound recorded for Diablo 2 press ''enter'' in a game to open the chat box and type in ''soundchaosdebug''

Secret Cow Level
Just like the Secret Cow Level in the original Diablo II, the Secret Cow Level is in LoD as well. You must have beaten Baal on the difficulty you want to make the portal for though.

1. Go to Rogue Encampment

2. Insert a Wirt's Leg and a Tome of Townsportal into the Cube and Transmute.

3. Enter Portal.

4. Fight Cows.

The cows CAN be difficult to kill with melee characters, so be careful. Paladins and Sorceresses are always helpful here.

The cows do not give good experience, but the chances of finding good runes/gems/equipment are better than most places. Also, most of the ''stashes'' and ''chests'' here are good drops as well.

WARNING: If you want to make the portal again, DO NOT KILL THE COW KING. If the Cow King is killed in a game where you made the portal, you WILL NOT be able to make the portal for that difficulty anymore.

Here's the infamous cow level fight in the video below, described step by step by a hardcore gamer: