

Though in some cases it's unavoidable to face some trash mobs, you can quickly clear them out before getting back to your farming. Non-elite monsters make up the majority of what you'll be seeing in both Bounties and Rifts, but if you're on the correct difficulty (see above), it should be relatively easy to blow through these unimportant mobs to tackle elites and champions. A good metric for knowing you're on a good difficulty is being able to one shot trash mobs, allowing you to quickly plow through the unimportant monsters to get to what you actually care about- the elites. Farm on a difficulty that allows you to quickly move through packs without needing to slow down or focus on their individual abilities. Taking on a difficulty that's too much for your character is a good way to cut down your farming speed substantially, and you'll increase your repair bill besides. Visually, the Ancient Vault will be much darker as well.When you're trying to farm effectively, don't try to be Superman. Note that while one can use a ring of any level (not necessarily maximum) to open the portal, lower-level rings will accordingly reduce the yield from the Vault, even if a max-level character actually performs the run.Īs of Patch 2.6.0, players can no longer drop common items from their inventory to give to their loot goblin.Īs of patch 2.6.5, using an Ancient or Primal Ring will, conversely, increase the difficulty and reward of the Vault, replacing every single Vault Sentry with a Treasure Goblin instead.Also, the goblin will make a sound when its counter reaches max and it drops an item, and it does not pick up the items intended for Transmogrification.Īs of patch 2.3.0, one may transmute this ring in Kanai's Cube (destroying it in process!) to open a one-time portal to the Treasure Realm.

The Rare Items dropped by the summoned goblin always have 6 affixes, and its counter persists through death, changing locations, and un-equipping the ring, though it still will not persist across game sessions.

Wearing the Puzzle Ring will effectively prevent players from getting common items for crafting. The Puzzle Ring is a Legendary Ring in Diablo III.
