If the percentage was below a threshold, send keystroke 1, 2, 3, or 4 (this tells the game to drink a potion from one of those slots in your belt).Ĭhecking inventory space and unloading items into the stash was done in a similar matter. You could estimate what percentage of HP or Mana your character had, by using some basic math, since the HP and Mana spheres were symmetrical. Enter a predefined number of key strokes and mouseclicks to cast spells and kill the monsters, and afterwards collect the loot.Ĭheck the health and mana spheres pixel colors.

This alone allows you to navigate to the portal, enter it, and reach the monster. The level generated is always the same, so the path taken to the monster is always the same.ĪutoIt bots simulate keyboard input and mouse clicks, and can check pixel colors at an x,y location on the screen. The reason most bots were PindleSkin bots, is because the PindleSkin unique monster spawns on Act 5 and can be accessed through a red portal. Other bots that manipulate game memory (usually caughtīy the anti-cheat dubbed 'Warden', more on that later) AutoIt bots that simulate human interactionĢ. I'd be happy to answer any questions regarding Diablo II or even the hacking/botting community around it.ġ. Common loot was now split into player specific loot, too many crafting recipes, unique items were garbage, etc. The game felt quite different from a lot of aspects.

Personally, Diablo III was a big disappointment for me. The cherry on top was that I made about $600-$700 when I was 14 or 15 years old by selling a lot of farmed items on ebay. I attribute my introduction to programming to this farming bot, and I believe is one of the reasons I chose to study Computer Science. Since the bot was open source, I was able to see how the code was structured and modify it myself.

One of the bots I used was written in the AutoIt Scripting Language. The bots had some custom features that would let you bypass IP bans by logging into your router's settings, changing the mac address, and restarting your internet connection so you can get a new IP address. I'd then try to trade items for general commodity items, like high runes, or certain skill items that were used as a form of trading currency due to their high demand. Check the loot and transfer it to mule accounts, then restart the bots and go to school. Bots would run all day (while I was in school), and all night. I used to run farming bots for Diablo II when I was 13-16 years old and had about 20 copies of the game.

Diablo 2 single player bot