Diablo 4 players of all skill levels live in fear of The Butcher, a super unique boss that has an infinitesimal chance of spawning every single time you enter a cellar or dungeon and making mincemeat out of you. The community has lived in fear ever since, but GoinPostle2 posted a video to YouTube that could very well save your life and is worth watching.
Essentially, it comes down to paying attention to musical cues. When entering a new area, if you hear the particular sound isolated in the above video, it means you're in imminent danger. The law of averages demands a price be paid for all that shiny, shiny loot, and The Butcher is here to collect. New players are obviously going to have a bad time, but veterans fear The Butcher as well, as they are more likely to be playing Hardcore characters, where one mistake means total character annihilation.
Have you fallen foul of The Butcher? Will you be trusting your ears the next time you go dungeon delving? Let us know in the comments section below.
[source youtube.com, via ign.com]
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"If you're struggling to beat him, just circle him, he has a hard time hitting players that circle due to all of the meat he eats"
That got me lmao.
But it's cool the game has a really tough enemy that can spawn, gives me flashbacks to the Reaper in Persona 5 or the Water Wraith in Pikmin 2, for example.
I will buy enough Premium Battle Passes by accident in order to be stronger than The Butcher.
@Deadlyblack Makes me want the relentless Black Knight to have actually been a thing in Elden Ring but due to technical limitations it wasn't possible :/
I can only play at night and because of sound effects are unbalanced and way louder, I must lower volume as much as I can and therefore music is barely recognisable.
He's already snuffed out my hardcore ranger. Total b'stard he is.
@Czar_Khastik good look there is no pay for power in Diablo 4. I have over 250 hours into D4 and the butcher has admittedly killed me more than I’ve killed him. With my hardcore character, i would be unhappy if he got me but thats the way it goes sometimes.
@Northern_munkey i am trying to get the achievement of hitting level 50 with a hardcore character and really hoping i avoid him. I am at 250 hours into the game and he has killed me more than I’ve killed him. But hardcore deaths are just different haha.
as if I could ever play Diablo 4 with anything other than my own music -.-' but I would'nt wanna avoid the Butcher anyway, he's just doing his job
Hardcore players know to teleport and despawn him than to fight him.
@HonestHick it stings a little 😭
@djlard Sound is so important in games, and I often get the feeling it's not a major point of focus for the devs. Especially the mixing. I can't tell how many games I've played where sounds where not coming from the right place, where sounds from far away where louder than closer ones, where the music could not be heard or drowned everything.
And don't get me started on the "audio settings" in games that generally offer you no explanation as to what they do (tip : it's often just a difference in dynamic range). On that point, Ghost of Tsushima is a great example of sound implementation and explanation of the settings.
@Northern_munkey
Lost my HC character to him as well - what makes it even worse is as he appeared I lost connection to the servers. Sat there waiting a few minutes with nothing on screen attacking me and then got the message that your hero died. Hurled a lot of abuse at the screen after that!!! As you succinctly put it complete b’stard!!!
@djlard
Headphones are a lifesaver for me here.
Wow, it’s too bad I play the game with the music turned off. Can still hear him stomping at least.
I don't really see the need for the media to give so much attention to this demon.
Even the squishy Necros or Sorcs can kill it without too much effort in WT3 or WT4, especially if he's around the same level.
Not to mention his drops are almost always mediocre - after 15-20 Butcher kills with several characters I have yet to receive a unique item from him, only legendaries that 98% of the time ended up in the grinder. Now i don't even bother killing him anymore, what's the point...
As a side note, you don't even have to fight him if you don't want to... when he appears, just go back towards the cave entrance, dodging from time to time if he hits you with a slow down aura. When you get somewhat closer to the entrance, Butcher will vanish and you can go on with your business, easy peasy - he will not appear in that cave instance again until reset.
@Northern_munkey After my cocksure friend ran into a stronghold and my level 28 ranger got killed, I've since had to start a new (solo) HC run. Druid this time. A bit more risk than a ranger, but quite fun.
@Northern_munkey yeah it’s going to suck when i lose it. But if i hit level 50 and get the achievement. I might not make another one for a little while. Hard to say. I am also working on getting to level 100 and my Druid is only 58, so i got plenty of work there.
@Northern_munkey I feel you. He deleted my HC Ice Shard sorc. Came back and took him down with a Werewolf Druid. I am NEVER taking the title I earned off that character as long as he lives.
Tells you something abiut the game when your most interesting boss is a recycle from 1997 :/
@thefourfoldroot1 Cannot use headphones, because need to hear if baby is alright.
@djlard
Move the cot next to the TV, problem solved, lol.
What's the point of killing him? I killed Butcher a lot and never got anything great from loots. Now I just avoid him, run back far from him and he'll warp out.
I have also worked out a method to avoid Diablo 4.
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