Diablo 4 Upgrade Spawns 2,401 Treasure Goblins, Erasing Loot as Game Chokes

4 articles · Updated · PC Gamer · May 19

YouTube player FP turned a Lord of Hatred Nightmare Dungeon setup into 2,401 treasure goblins in one run, then watched rewards start disappearing as Diablo 4 struggled under the item load.
The chain uses a new skill-tree upgrade that respawns enemies killed during a shrine buff; by linking shrines and targeting Gelatinous goblins that split into more goblins, the count snowballs rapidly.
FP called the run more proof of concept than practical farm, saying one player cannot kill that many efficiently and that most of the loot was effectively lost.
A scaled-back run of about 399 goblins may avoid the apparent floor-item limit, but the strategy already looks like one of the strongest farming methods added with Lord of Hatred.

Is Diablo 4's hidden 400-item limit a secret performance feature or a major bug Blizzard missed in its new expansion?

As players push Diablo 4 to its limits, is this hidden loot cap the first of many engine constraints we will discover?

When a game's own systems create 'loot piñatas,' where does Blizzard draw the line between clever strategy and a bannable exploit?