Question
There's information that there's a secret level in Diablo III, similar to Diablo II's "Secret Cow Level".
How can I reach that secret area in Diablo III?
Answer
According to sources on the Blizzard forum, the secret level is called Whimsyshire:
The Staff of Herding
Unlocking Whimsyshire requires a Staff of Herding, which can be crafted at the blacksmith with the following items and 50,000 gold:
Black Mushroom - Cathedral Level 1
The mushroom in a patch of mushrooms that occasionally spawn on level 1 of the Cathedral (screenshot). When you enter the room, your hero will remark about the unusual mushrooms. The room it spawns in always looks the same so you can look for it in the minimap. (minimap screenshot).
If you're past this point in the story, go to Act 1, Mission 4: Reign of the Black King. Travel from the New Tristram waypoint to the Cathedral Garden, and then walk out the gate and back around to the front of the Cathedral. Open the door and descend to Cathedral Level 1.
Leoric's Shinbone - Leoric's Manor
The shinbone is found occasionally in the fireplace of Leoric's Manor. From the entrance to the manor, walk forward to the staircase, and hang a right. The room with the fireplace is on the first floor on the right side. A large painting of an old man hangs over the fireplace. If the shinbone is present, there will be logs in the fireplace. Click the logs to get the bone. (screenshot).
If you're past this point in the story, return to Act 1, Mission 9: The Imprisoned Angel. Take the waypoint to Leoric's Manor. Backtrack through the manor into the room with the large statue overlooking a double staircase, and then head into the room to the northeast on your minimap.
Wirt's Bell - Caldeum Bazaar
Squirt the Peddler sells this item at the Bazaar in Act 2. The easiest way to return is to pick the second stage of the first mission of Act 2, and then walk one screen to the Bazaar. Squirt stands next to a fountain in the southwest area of the Bazaar. The item is on the "Miscellaneous" tab. The cost for this is 100,000 gold.
Liquid Rainbow - Mysterious Cave in Dahlgur Oasis
From the Act 2 waypoint "Path to the Oasis," travel southeast. Zaven the Alchemist may be here, and if so you can save him to access the cave. (screenshot) The item is in a the "Mysterious Chest" which also may not spawn, even if you're in the right dungeon.
If you're past this point, load Act 2, Mission 7: Blood and Sand. Take the "Path to Oasis" waypoint, as noted above.
Gibbering Gemstone - Caverns of Frost in Fields of Slaughter
This item drops from a "purple" class monster named Chiltara that has a chance of spawning in the second level of Caverns of Frost, a random dungeon that may or may not appear in the Fields of Slaughter. From the waypoint "The Bridge of Korsikk" travel almost due east. You should see a small cluster of debris that has a small, U-shaped indentation in it. (screenshot) If the Caverns of Frost has spawned, there will be a small chunk of rock just southeast of this crater where the entrance is.
If you've passed this point, load Act 3, Mission 9: Siegebreaker. Take the waypoint to "The Bridge of Korsikk" as noted above.
Plans for the Staff of Herding - Great Span
This item is a random drop from Izual, who is a midboss on the Great Spire. Unfortunately, there's not a "fast" quest checkpoint for this one - you're going to have to start Act 4, Mission 4: Prime Evil, and then fight through the Silver Spire Level 1 in order to get to the Great Span.
Izual tends to favor attacks that freeze you in place, so bring any skills you know which can break his freezing spell. Many of the "movement" skills (ie, Spirit Walk) can do this. If you kill Izual and he does not drop the plans, you'll have to exit out, reset the quest to "Quest Start" and start over again, fighting through Silver Spire Level 1.
For this reason, I'd suggest being overleveled before you attempt this - fighting this area repeatedly is likely to be time consuming and frustrating if you can't just obliterate everything quickly.
A few additional notes:
- Given that most of these are random drops, in some cases from random monsters in random dungeons you can expect to invest a decent amount of work in getting each of these components. You may try to get the Shinbone a dozen or more times, for instance.
- If you search the indicated area and don't find the item/dungeon/boss, you'll have to exit back out to the character selection screen and resume the game again to get another chance.
- These items may spawn in other locations; I've listed the locations where I or others have had good luck finding them.
- The items are marked as "account bound" - so you won't be able to buy these at the auction house, for example.
The Staff of Herding you create from this recipe only unlocks the Normal difficulty variant of Whimsyshire. To unlock Whimsyshire on higher difficulties, you'll need to upgrade the staff. You can find more information about how to find the plans for these upgrades in this question:
How do I get higher difficulty Plan: Staff of Herding?
Opening Whimsyshire
Once you have the staff, travel to New Tristram, and follow the road towards Old Tristram. You will find a fissure in the ground with a dead cow and it's spirit nearby. With the staff, you can open the fissure to enter the secret level.
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