DiabloBot.com - A Diablo 3 Botting Community

With Diablo 3's release on the horizon (May 15th), Hellbuddy Bot has announced a beta and pre-sale. From May 15th to June 15th, the bot will be free to test.

During this period, players may pre-purchase the software at a 50% discount. Each license will cost €7/$10 and remain on sale until the bot beta period is over. Licenses are active for 30 days.

You can save an additional ~23% by purchasing multiple licenses (3 licenses for €17.50/$23).

I had initially set out to build a system capable of handling about 3 instances of Diablo 3. The plan was to build a few of these systems at the onset, and add more later should the botting prove fruitful.

When Hellbuddy announced that their bot would come with a renderer disabler, I chose a difference approach. Each game will now require far less CPU/GPU brawn than before. With that in mind, I set out to build an even more efficient PC, one that could run a larger number of Diablo 3 instances. My hopes are that, by investing a little more, one could drive down the cost per instance. The system will still run fewer instances of Diablo 3 with the renderer running, so it can still serve its purpose even if the renderer disabler does not pan out.

I based the build on the minimum system specs released by Blizzard. I also assumed that the rendered can be disabled for 300% performance gains - though this has yet to be benchmarked. AMD parts were selected for this build - as they have...

TNT D3 has just released a public bot beta. The bot is free for now, however the home page is a Magento store with a 'buy' tab, so this will most definitely be a paid bot down the road.

TNT D3 home page.
TNT D3 forum.

At first glance, the bot appears to lag behind Hellbuddy in terms of complete features. Here's a screenshot of the bot's interface:


Feature list:

• Astronaut Title: Name the bot to distinguish it from others.
• Move Parameter: Add delays between your character's actions. This makes your character seem more human-like.
• Auto Loot: Turn on/off auto loot.
• Open Container: Turn on/off container opening and destroying.
• Loot Quality: Ignore loot under a certain quality.
• Loot Gold: Set a threshold for looting gold....

Hellbuddy bot, supposedly the first working Diablo 3 bot to date, has released a gameplay video. The video shows a wizard using a small mix of abilities to play through preliminary stages of the current Diablo 3 beta:



Within the semi-private Hellbuddy forums, more details have been released:

• The bot includes a launcher. The user is required to input a user name/password, amongst others.
• When Diablo 3 crashes, data is submitted to Blizzard. Hellbuddy bypasses this procedure by immediately shutting down D3's data submission process.
• Extensive automation has already been implemented: looting, destroying, stashing, selling, dodging projectiles, disenchanting, buffing, and of course, killing monsters.
• Includes a renderer disabler. This improves in-game performance by 350-450%. Great for running multiple instances of D3 on a single machine.