Diablo II Megacore Official Rules

Megacore is an advanced hardcore play in Diablo 2 LOD. The history of Megacore Rules (MC) goes back to 2004, when a group of diablo 2 players joined together and created their own version of gameplay that differed much from the common Diablo 2 gameplay.

Though these rules look similar to Diablo 1 "Iron Man", they are different and take into account Diablo 2 specificity.

Each party or a single character tries to complete each game difficulty in a most "real" way. From the very start game goes straight on. Each location can be played only once, so there is no chance to pump up levels in the sewers, or on cow levels, or on "baal-runs" to make it easier to go further. Therefore it is impossible to get good & so-needed items from "mef-runs". Each game boss is killed only once per one difficulty level.

No "save & exits" are allowed. You must complete each location you have started before you can make a break to continue this game next time. If you see you are being killed, you can't quit either, so prepare well before going further.