d2r Tip: How to Save Your Gold When Dying in Diablo 2: Resurrected

[Starym 3,800]

 

As you get deeper and deeper into the D2R difficulties you'll be needing a lot of gold, whether it's to gamble for some great items or, let's face it, much more likely for repairs. The original game actually predicted we'd be smart-asses and store our gold in the stash, so you actually lose stashed gold on death as well, but with D2R there's a place you can put the gold where it won't be removed!

And it's also the stash. Ok that was a little anti-climactic for my tastes but still - you can store gold in the SHARED stashes and the game will not remove it upon death!

Yes yes, I'm poor, no need to rub it in. But, with the 2.5 million gold limit on each stash tab, it shouldn't be too hard to gather up some coin to go and throw it at Gheed! Hopefully this was a helpful tip and will prevent too much gold loss in the future.

[Draketh 86]

Hey Starym, need a loan? 💰

[Valerd 2]

Thanks for the tip Starym - appreciate it.

[SidonisAntares 290]

Little bit more on how the death toll actually works:

http://classic.battle.net/diablo2exp/basics/
 

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If you are killed, your character will lose a percentage of the total gold both carried and stored in the Stash. This percentage is equal to your character’s level but will not exceed 20%. After this ‘death penalty’ is deducted, the remaining gold your character was carrying falls to the ground in a pile. If the penalty exceeds the amount of gold you were carrying, the remainder of the penalty is deducted from your Stash.

So even if your shared stashes end up capped out, its still better to deposit carried gold in the main stash just in case you die in a really bad spot, or unintentionally leave your current game.

There is another way to preserve your gold as well, though a bit riskier. Any gold dropped on the ground in camp isn't carried or in your stash, and won't be touched by the death toll. However it runs the risk of being lost to disconnect or thievery from an unsavory party member.

Edited September 30, 2021 by SidonisAntares