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Griswold is located in the center of Tristram, facing Cain and the town well. He is the most useful NPC for most characters, thanks to his convenient location and the fact that he is the only NPC who buys weapons, armor, and jewelry. He is also the only NPC who handles repairs, and he sells a wide variety of normal and magical weapons and armor. Griswold also gives out a few single player quests and quest rewards.

Griswold sells:

• Normal quality items: 10-19 items, with a different selection each time your character returns to town. The items are randomly-generated based on the deepest dungeon level you've reached that game (singleplayer) or your character's level (multiplayer).
  • Item types: helms, body armor, swords, blunts, bows. (Also staffs, in Hellfire.)
• Magical items: 6 items in Diablo or 15 in Hellfire. The items remain for the entire game unless you level up or buy something. Items increase in potential ilvl as they move down his list. Their Ilvl is determined by the Dlvl in singleplayer, or your Clvl in multiplayer.
  • Item types: helms, body armor, swords, blunts, bows. (Staffs in Hellfire. Jewelry only in singleplayer D1 or HF.)

Griswold buys all of these types of items, but does not buy potions, elixirs, runes, oils, or staffs (in Diablo) or staffs with magical charges (in Hellfire).

Griswold's Ilvl maxes out at 30, so he can not sell any items with mods higher then qlvl 30. This includes useful properties such as: of the mammal, of the whale, holy, godly, weird, strange, Champion's, of carnage, of slaughter, of osmosis, of burning, of thunder, or emerald. Wirt's Qlvl goes up to 60, so he can sell all of these, though price restrictions and other complications mean that some can never be found on the the same item (such as the mythical Godly Plate of the Whale).

Griswold returns in Diablo II, as a monster.

Dialogue

Greeting

Well, what can I do for ya?

Gossip

"Your weapons and armor will show the signs of your struggles against the darkness. If you bring them to me, with a bit of work and a hot forge, I can restore them to top fighting form."

"The axe? Aye, that's a good weapon, balanced against every foe. Look hot it cleaves the air, and then imagine a nice fat demon head in its path. Keep in mind, however, that it is slow to swing - but talk about dealing a heavy blow!"

"If you're looking for a good weapon, let me show this to you. Take a basic blunt weapon, such as a mace. Works like a charm againt most of those horrors down there, and there's nothing better to shatter skinny little skeletons!"

"While I have to practically smuggle in the metals and tools I need from caravans that skirt the edges of our damned town, that witch, Adria, always seems to get whatever she needs. If I knew even the smallest bit about how to harness magic as she did, I could make some truly incredible things."

"Sometimes I think that Cain talks too much, bit I guess that is his calling in life. If I could bend steel as well as he can bend your ear, I could make a suit of court plate good enough for an emperor!"

"I was with Farnham that night that Lazarus led us into Labyrinth. I never saw the archbishop again, and I may not have survived if Farnham was not at my side. I fear that the attack left his soul as crippled as, well, another did my leg. I cannot fight this battle for him now, but I would if I could."

"Gillian is a nice lass. Shame that her gammer is in such a poor health or I would arrange to get both of them out of here on one of the trading caravans."

"The innkeeper has little business and no real way of turning a profit. He manages to make ends meet my providing food and lodging for those who occasionally drift through the village, but they are as likely to sneak off into the night as they are to pay him. If it weren't for the stores of grain and dried meats he kept in his cellar, why, most of us would have starved during that first year when the entire countryside was overrun by demons."

"A good man who puts the needs of others above his own. You won't find anyone left in Tristram - or anywhere else for that matter - who has a bad thing to say about the healer."

"That lad is going to get himself in serious trouble... or I guess I should say, again. I've tried to interest him in working here and learning an honest trade, but he prefers the high profits of dealing in goods of dubious origin. I cannot hold that against him after what happened to him, but I do wish he would at least be careful."

Quests

Anvil of Fury

Archbishop Lazarus

Black Mushroom

Diablo

Gharbad the Weak

Halls of the Blind

I am afraid that I have neither heard nor seen a place that matches your vivid description, my friend. Perhaps Cain the Storyteller could be of some help.

Lachdanan

Ogden's Sign

Demons stole Ogden's sign, you say? That doesn't sound much like the atrocities I've heard of - or seen.

Demons are concerned with ripping out your heart, not your signpost.

Poisoned Water Supply

Pepin has told you the truth. We will need fresh water badly, and soon. I have tried to clear one of the smaller wells, bit it reeks of stagnant filth. It must be getting closed at the source.

The Butcher

The Chamber of Bone

I know nothing of this place, but you may try asking Cain. He talks about many things, and it would not suprise me if he has some answers to your question.

The Curse of King Leoric

The Magic Rock

I am still waiting for you to bring me that stone from the Heavens. I know that I can make something powerful out of it.

Valor

Warlord of Blood

Zhar the Mad

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