The Diablo games are well known for their callbacks and Easter eggs, going all the way back to the secret Cow Level in Diablo 2. Diablo 4 is no exception to that rule: Some, like the return of the original Diablo music in the game's first act, are obvious and unmissable, but others are much better hidden.
The Hidden Camp is a good example of the latter. The first town that players encounter in act 2 of Diablo 3 has been recreated in Diablo 4, yet somehow it went unnoticed (or at least unreported) until now. But redditor Fearlessmojo ran across it, and shared evidence of his discovery on the Diablo 4 subreddit.
The video might be a little confusing at first. The initial bit, with the bright color palette, is from Diablo 3; at the 30 second mark, it flips to the more muted tones of Diablo 4. Also in keeping with Diablo 4, the passage of time has not treated the camp well: It has been utterly destroyed and abandoned.
The Reddit post doesn't contain any details about where the hidden camp is or how Fearlessmojo found it—fortunately for those who want to see it for themselves, they shared an image of the map location in a follow-up post. «I first noticed the waypoint that wasn't interactable so I was a bit confused, but then it clicked!» they wrote.
It does look to be a little out of the way, eh?
This isn't the only callback to a previous Diablo game—The Butcher, the terror-inducing first boss from the original Diablo is back too, and literally worse than ever because he can spawn in dungeons at any time. But much like the old-school music in Diablo 4's early stages, he's basically unavoidable: Sooner or later, everyone is going to see him. The discovery of the Hidden Camp, on the other hand, has players thinking more about
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