Diablo 4 Players Are Hunting for a Secret Cow Level Blizzard Insists Doesn’t Exist

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All Diablo games have a secret cow level, right? According to Blizzard, Diablo 4 doesn’t, yet. But that hasn’t stopped players from joining forces in an attempt to uncover the mythical space.

In the run up to Diablo 4’s record-breaking launch, development chief Rod Fergusson insisted the action role-playing game does not include a secret cow level, or any secret level for that matter, because Blizzard wanted to keep the tone and feel “grounded”.

"We've been really focused on trying to keep it as grounded as possible," Fergusson told Kinda Funny Games. "And because of that, there's no secret level in Diablo 4 that people might be looking for."

Now Diablo 4’s out in the wild, it seems an entire chunk of the playerbase simply refuses to believe Blizzard. It's deliberately misleading players, they insist, trying to throw them off the scent. That’ll keep the secret cow level a secret for longer and make its eventual discovery more of a surprise. Who cares about the truth, anyway?

Undeterred, redditor Altnob collected the various theories and discoveries Diablo 4 players have come up with and dumped them in a detailed post that reads like the ravings of a conspiracy theorist.

“Diablo 4 puzzles are pretty entertaining,” the post begins. “We've found a few things that have lead us to believe the cow level is real.”

What follows is talk of hidden quests, mysterious portals, and screenshots of NPCs saying curious things. Someone pointed out there's a reference to 'Oxen Gods' in Ked Bardu. There’s even mention of datamined items some players reckon will form a part of a future quest to unlock the cow level.

Admittedly, this part of the hunt sounds most likely to be related to a cow level. There’s a Bloody Wooden Shard item with a W carved