Diablo III: Cow Level and Vault portals

Three different secret areas

Open Not The Cow Level

1. Identify a Bovine Bardiche

   Obtain the legendary polearm Bovine Bardiche. Do not confuse it with an arbitrary rare bardiche or a normal weapon referencing cows.

2. Transmute in the Cube

   Place the Bovine Bardiche alone in Kanai’s Cube and perform the portal transmutation. The weapon is consumed. Do not add D2 ingredients.

3. Clear the area and event

   Enter the portal, inspect chests and enemies and finish the local event. Identify it by the loading/map area name, not solely by portal colour.

Open the Vault with a Puzzle Ring

1. Inspect ring quality

   An ordinary legendary Puzzle Ring opens the normal Vault. Ancient or Primal Ancient opens the enhanced Ancient Vault; arbitrary ring names do not work.

2. Consume the ring

   Transmute the ring alone in Kanai’s Cube. If you still need it for equipment or another objective, deliberately decide whether to consume it first.

3. Defeat Greed

   Collect gold, gems and other finds; defeat Greed in her Inner Sanctum and inspect the final loot. Do not expect one fixed gold total for every difficulty and character.

No invented cow-kill skin

Not The Cow Level is a loot and event area. This guide does not establish a generic rule of “kill X cows to receive skin Y.” The real D3 cow pet, Royal Calf, instead comes from the hidden anniversary quest in The Darkening of Tristram.

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