Hellfire

Hellfire is an expansion pack for Diablo. Hellfire is an add-on, not a full new game, and once Hellfire is installed the Diablo CD must be in your cd-rom drive to play. This wiki contains full information for Diablo I and Hellfire. See the Diablo I Main Page for a directory structure.

Hellfire Features

Hellfire adds one character class, the Monk, two new dungeon areas the Hive and the Crypt, a few new shrines, some new item prefixes and suffixes, a few new uniques (mostly jewelry), and new specialty items including oils and runes. Other improvements and enhancements include numerous bug fixes, the ability to move at a double-speed walk while in town, and the option to select Nightmare and Hell difficulty levels in single player. Griswold sells more items than he did in Diablo, and he will attempt to offer you higher quality items than you currently possess, making it possible to buy very high quality gear. A few new spells are added, and every spell can be learned by reading books, including Apocalypse, which could only be used from scrolls and staff charges in Diablo.

Undocumented Features

There are several undocumented features in Hellfire. While the product works with single player or multiplayer in v1.00, the official v1.01 patch removes multiplayer capability. It's easy to unlock the multiplayer capability (Hellfire can not be played over Battle.net, but works nicely with a LAN or TCP/IP) though, and there are additional features available as well. There are also two additional characters to choose from; the Barbarian (who uses the Warrior's graphics) and the Bard (who uses the Rogue's graphics). A couple of additional quests can be enabled as well, and Na-Krul can be given a humorous bonus speech.

Unlocking the Undocumented Features

You must have hellfire installed on your machine before any of the following will do you any good. We do not have information about where you can obtain Hellfire. Neither Sierra nor Blizzard sell it through their online store, it is not part of the Diablo Battlechest, and few stores will have the game in stock at this time. You can find used copies through Amazon.com and other game retailers, but they are usually expensive. Checking ebay.com might be your best bet, or finding a friend who owns it who would let you borrow it. You do not need the Hellfire CD to run the game, once it's installed.

1) Download this file (640k, zip) hosted by the Unofficial Diablo Site. It contains Sierra's official Hellfire v1.01 patch, the hacked hellfrui.dll you need to enable multiplayer in Hellfire v1.01, and the command.txt file. (The info.txt file in the zip duplicates these installation instructions).

2) Open the zip and run hf101.exe to upgrade to the Hellfire v1.01 patch.

3) Extract hellfrui.dll and command.txt to your hellfire folder (C:/sierra/hellfire by default).

4) That's it. The bard, barbarian, theo quest, cow quest, and multiplayer are now enabled.