Achievement
Achievements are a sort of mini-game tied to Blizzard games when played over Battle.net (as Diablo III must be). When players complete various tasks during the gameplay, or special extra efforts, they will earn achievements. These do not grant an in-game reward, in terms of extra items or experience, but are simply bonuses to display on one's Battle.net account.
Achievements in Diablo III are tracked by account[1] not by character, integrated into the banner system with achievements unlocking more colors and sigals, and otherwise offering improvements and distinctive visuals to an account's banner.
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Achievements in Diablo III
There is not yet any official list of achievements in Diablo III, though the developers have often spoken of the types of achievements they hope to include. (All kinds.)
The most recent news came from the Blizzcon 2011 Gameplay panel[2], where Jason Bender said that there would be hundreds of achievements, for every sort of accomplishment. Good or bad. They'll be earned for reaching Clvl 60 with multiple hardcore characters, for dying multiple times to the same monster, and everything in between.
Diablo III Beta Info
Achievements are not functional in the beta, though the v5 patch in November 2011 added a new icon to the lower right corner of the screen that shows recent achievements, right beside a display of your online friends list.
Other info unearthed from the beta was detailed in November 2011, in a news post on Diablo.IncGamers.com.[3]
- Achievements in Diablo III have a UI very like that in Starcraft 2.
- They are categorized into Campaign, Cooperative, Hardcore, Classes, and Combat, and can be sorted by those and other parameters.
- A number of achievements can be designated as "showcase" achievements, which will display on a player's Banner, part of their Battle.net account profile.
- All achievements are tracked in the game, with progress bars to help calculate how many a player has accomplished.
- Achievements enable appearance options on the Banner, with additional colors, sigals, border patterns, and more enabled by completing Achievements.
Diablo III Beta Achievements
| A Boon Companion DB | Acquire the Templar as a follower. | General | Exploration |
| Betamaxed DB | Complete all the maximum level class achievements. | General | General |
| Bringing Down The House DB | Kill 10 monsters with the environment. | Challenges | General |
| Co-op Elite Kills (5) (1) DB | Kill 5 elite monsters (champions, rares or uniques) while playing cooperatively. | Cooperative | General |
| Co-op Elite Kills (10) (2) DB | Kill 10 elite monsters (champions, rares or uniques) while playing cooperatively. | Cooperative | General |
| Co-op Elite Kills (20) (3) DB | Kill 20 elite monsters (champions, rares or uniques) while playing cooperatively. | Cooperative | General |
| Co-op Elite Kills (35) (4)DB | Kill 35 elite monsters (champions, rares or uniques) while playing cooperatively. | Cooperative | ">General |
| Co-op Elite Kills (50) (5)DV | Kill 50 elite monsters (champions, rares or uniques) while playing cooperatively. | ">Cooperative | ">General |
| Deep Pockets (500) (1) DB | Pickup 500 gold. | General | General |
| Deep Pockets (5k) (2) DB | Pickup 5,000 gold. | General | General |
| Deep Pockets (10k) (3) DB | Pickup 10,000 Gold. | General | General |
| Elite Kills (5) (1)] DB | Kill 5 elite monsters (champions, rares or uniques). | Challenges | Genera |
| Elite Kills (10) (2) DB | Kill 10 elite monsters (champions, rares or uniques). | Challenges | General </a> |
| Elite Kills (20) (3)DB | Kill 20 elite monsters (champions, rares or uniques). | Challenges | General |
| Elite Kills (35) (4) DB | Kill 35 elite monsters (champions, rares or uniques). | Challenges | General |
| Elite Kills (50) (5) DB | Kill 50 elite monsters (champions, rares or uniques). | Challenges | General |
| Fall of the Black King (All Classes) DB | Kill the Skeleton King with all the classes. | Campaign | Act I |
| Fall of the Black King (Barbarian) DB | Kill the Skeleton King with the Barbarian. | Campaign | Act I |
| Fall of the Black King (Demon Hunter) DB | Kill the Skeleton King with the Demon Hunter. | Campaign | Act I |
| Fall of the Black King (Monk) DB | Kill the Skeleton King with the Monk. | Campaign | Act I |
| Fall of the Black King (Witch Doctor) DB | Kill the Skeleton King with the Witch Doctor. | Campaign | Act I |
| Fall of the Black King (Wizard) DB | Kill the Skeleton King with the Wizard. | Campaign | Act I |
| Gate CrasherDB | Kill all the zombies spawned after speaking to Rumford within 20 seconds. | Challenges | Act I |
| Instant Karma DB | Have the Skeleton King kill 15 of his own minions in a single fight. | Challenges | Act I |
| Iron Heart DB | Help the Blacksmith reach level 4. | Crafting | Blacksmith |
| Jar of Souls DB | Complete the Jar of Souls event. | Campaign | Act I> |
| Jar of Souls (Co-op) DB | Complete the Jar of Souls event in a cooperative game. | Cooperative | Act I |
| Level 10DB | Reach level 10 with any class. | General | General |
| Life SaverDB | Resurrect each of the classes while playing in a cooperative game. | Cooperative | General |
| Light Entertainment DB | Kill a monster with a Chandelier. | Challenges | General |
| Massive Blow DB | Kill 20 Monsters in one hit. | Challenges | General |
| Maxed Out (Barbarian) DB | Level a Barbarian to the maximum level in Beta (level 13). | General | General |
| Maxed Out (Demon Hunter) DB | Level a Demon Hunter to the maximum level in Beta (level 13). | General | General |
| Maxed Out (Monk) DB | Level a Monk to the maximum level in Beta (level 13). | General | General |
| Maxed Out (Witch Doctor) DB | Level a Witch Doctor to the maximum level in Beta (level 13). | General | General |
| [[>Maxed Out (Wizard)]] DB | Level a Wizard to the maximum level in Beta (level 13). | General | General |
| Mind on the Metal DB | Teach a recipe to the Blacksmith. | Crafting | Blacksmith |
| Superior Craftsmanship DB | Craft an item. | Crafting | General |
| The Legacy of Cain DB | Discover the fate of Deckard Cain. | Campagin | Act I |
| The Legacy of Cain (Co-op) DB | Discover the fate of Deckard Cain in a cooperative game. | Cooperative | Act I |
| The Matriach's Bones (Co-op) DB | Complete The Matriach's Bones event in a cooperative game. | Cooperative | Act I |
| The Matriarch's Bones DB | Complete The Matriarch's Bones event. | Campagin | Act I |
| Thorough Inspection [4] | Explore all areas of the cathedral in Act 1. | Campagin | Act I |
Achievement Plans
Jay Wilson spoke about Achievements from Gamescom, in August, 2010:[5]
- in.Diablo.d3: Are we going to see achievements in Diablo III? For example, kill one million Fallen Ones with a single swipe, finish the whole game with a naked hardcore character, listen to every single Deckard Cain dialogue?
- Jay Wilson: *smiles* Those are very good achievement ideas. We’ll have them in D3, but I don’t think kill one million anything in one blow. Or ever. Those aren’t good; those are grindy. I do like the naked hardcore character completing the whole game though. I’m all over that one.
Bashiok added to this concept in a forum post in October 2010. [6]
Leveling was the least important part of Diablo II. Well, aside from gold. I’m sorry but even though you may have had fun grinding to 99 for absolutely no reason, we don’t think it’s a fun mechanic to encourage. ...But guess what, achievements reach that same goal, and can actually have some meaning. What if after leveling 10 characters to 60 you get a unique item? Or dye color? Or title? Or glow? Or anything.
Projected Achievements
Very few specifics are yet released about the system, but looking at WoW and StarCraft II, which already have Achievements in them, logical ones reward actions such as:
- Achievement for defeating each boss on each difficulty.
- Killing X (1, 100, 1000, etc) of a specific monster type.
- Completing X (1, 10, 100, etc) quests.
- Completing all available random quests in an Act.
- Completing one specific quest within a time limit.
- Getting a Massacre bonus of 10, 20, 30, etc monsters.
- Killing a monster when you have less than 5% health left.
- Killing a monster when ally had less than 5% health left.
Fans have had a lot of fun inventing potential Diablo III achievements as well.
"Blizzard Level" Achievement
The Diablo 3 Achievement system will be an account-based system tied to a player's Blizzard Account ID, the purpose of which is to track achievements of all three major games: World of Warcraft, Starcraft 2 and Diablo 3. When combining all the games together, a score dubbed "Blizzard Level" is gained.
References
- News on Achievements and Profile changes.
- Jeff Kaplan interview @ MTV Multiplayer
- Battle.net forum post