Gold Find Barbarian Guide

Introduction

Gold Finding Travincal with an Item Find Barbarian is one of the best ways to make a profit in Diablo 2. Berserk is recommended as the fastest Barbarian attack for clearing Travincal which is by far the best gold finding location in the game. Later in the guide I will show you what you can find from 300 Travincal runs with samples of results from gambling the found gold. Gold Find Barbarians are also great builds to build on a budget at the beginning of a new season because they don't require expensive items like Call to Arms for Battle Orders or Enigma for Teleport which can sometimes be difficult to obtain at the beginning of a new season.

Berserk Barbarian Skills

The best Gold Find build in the game goes to the Berserk Gold Find Barbarian which can stack high amounts of gold find and magic find while still dealing excellent damage when gold finding Travincal runs.

Recommendation: Berserk Barbarian

Stats: Enough Strength for gear, 136 dexterity (enough for a Grief Phase Blade), all remaining points in Vitality, 0 Energy.

Skill Points:

20 Berserk

20 Battle Orders

20 Sword Mastery

1 Increased Speed

1 Battle Command

1 Increased Stamina

Enough in Natural Resistance for 75 resist all.

Enough in Find Item to reach about 50% success rate with plus skills.

All remaining points in Howl which is a Berserk synergy.

Gold Find Berserk Barbarian Gear

Berserk Main Weapon

Grief Phase Blade (Eth Tir Lo Mal Ral) - Gives high damage, high attack speed, and indestructible so it doesn't require repairs. The attack speed on the Grief Phase Blade should be at least 32% increased attack speed to reach the highest attack speed breakpoint when combined with Goldwrap which gives 10% increased attack speed.

Shield

Rhyme Grim Shield (Shael Eth) - Gives 50% extra gold, 25% magic find, chance to block, cannot be frozen, and 25% to all resistances. This shield has magic find, gold find, and cannot be frozen which means you won't need a Raven Frost to replace a gold finding ring for cannot be frozen and you won't need a Cham rune in your helmet in the place of a Lem which also gives extra gold.

Weapon Switch

Two Blade of Ali Babas (2x Lem rune) - Gives high extra gold from monsters and magic find per level. The magic find on this item is very beneficial but if you only care about gold you can use weapons socketed with 6 Lems on weapon switch for even more gold.

Helmet

Immortal Kings Helmet (2x Lem rune) - Gives +2 to Warcries, 137% extra gold from monsters, and up to 40% magic find.

Body

Wealth (Lem Ko Tir) - Gives 300% extra gold from monsters, 100% magic find, 10 dexterity, and 2 mana after each kill.

Gloves

Chance Guards - These gloves give up to 40% magic find and 200% extra gold from monsters.

Belt

Goldwrap - Used for 30% magic find, up to 80% extra gold from monsters, and 10% increased attack speed. You should also Up this belt using a Perfect Diamond, Shael rune, and Tal rune in the Horadric Cube for more potion slots.

Feet

Infernostride - These boots give 20% faster run walk, up to 70% extra gold, 10 to maximum fire resistance, and 30% fire resistance.

Amulet

Rare Amulet - Gives up to 80% extra gold, 35% magic find, 20% to all resistances, and if you can afford it +2 to Barbarian skills.

Rings

Dwarf Stars - Use two Dwarf Stars which each have 100% extra gold, 15% fire absorb, 40 life, and 15 reduced magic damage taken.

Charms

Use a Hellfire Torch for +3 Barbarian Skills, Annihilus for +1 to all skills, and a Gheed's Fortune Grand Charm for up to 160% extra gold from monsters, 40% magic find, and 15% reduced vendor costs. You should leave a little room for picking up items and fill the rest of your inventory with 40% Extra Gold Grand Charms with resistances and 10% Extra Gold Small Charms with resistances. You should also keep a +3 Warcries amulet in your inventory for better Warcries because it helps your mercenary stay alive.

Mercenary Type

Act 2 Might Mercenary

Mercenary Weapon

Ethereal Reaper's Toll - Gives a 33% chance to cast level one Decrepify on striking and gives your mercenary 15% life leech.

Mercenary Armor

Guardian Angel (Um'd) - Has 15% to all maximum resistances which helps keep your mercenary alive in Travincal runs. It can also be ethereal and Up'd in the Horadric Cube for higher defense with a Lem rune, Ko rune, and a Perfect Diamond.

Mercenary Helm

Tal Rasha's Mask (Um'd) - Gives 10% life stolen on hit, 60 life, and all resistances +15%.

Berserk Barbarian Leveling Items

Civerb's Cudgel is a great starter physical weapon that increases in damage as you level and can be used as early as level 9. You can start using Hsarus' Belt and Gloves once you are level 3 and have 30 strength for high defense and attack rating from the set bonus. You can also add in an Angelic Amulet and Ring once you are level 12 for high attack rating and life. Aldur's weapon with three Shaels can be switched to for even higher damage at level 42. Smoke armor (Nef Lum) only requires level 37 and is a great inexpensive starter runeword armor that gives 20% faster hit recovery and more importantly all resistances +50%.

Gold Finding Runs

Travincal Runs

Travincal is by far the best gold finding location in the game and has monster that can have Find Item used on their corpses for a second chance at gold and items. Expect to average close to 500k gold from each Travincal run once you are fully geared. Amulets and rings are typically the best options for gambling with the found gold from Travincal. Amulets have a chance at +2 to skills, faster cast rate, all resistances, and magic find and/or gold find and rings have a chance at life leech, mana leech, faster cast rate, and all resistances. Rings also sell quicker than amulets. Gloves are another great option for gambling and Coronets can be gambled to use or sell to PvPer's. Below you can find a sample of rewards from gold finding/magic finding 300 Travincal runs.

Sample Drops From 300 Travincal Runs - Time to Complete Run: Less than Two Minutes

You will receive about one charm every two Travincal runs.

148.5 Million Gold

Lo Rune

Ohm Rune

Ist Rune

Mal Rune

Gheed's Grand Charm

32 Vipermagi (current value: Mal rune)

60 Kira's Guardian (current value: Um rune)

-5, 5 Die Light Facet (current value: 2 Jah runes)

Perfect Verdungo's Hearty Cord (current value: Jah rune)

Tal Rasha's Belt (current value: Pul rune)

7% Magic Find Small Charm (current value: Ist rune)

Dwarf Star

Crafted Rewards From Gems and Runes Found From 300 Travincal Runs

Amulet with +2 Amazon skills, 10% faster cast rate, 10 all resistances, and 49 cold resistance (current value: Jah rune).

Amulet with +2 Sorceress skills, 18% faster cast rate, and 16 dexterity.

Gambled Amulets Sample From Gold Finding 300 Travincal Runs

Amulet with +2 Necromancer skills, 13 dexterity, 15% all resistances, and 45 over stacked cold resistance (current value: Vex rune).

Amulet with +2 Barbarian skills, 5 strength, and 13% all resistances.

Amulet with +2 Paladin skills and 30% magic find.

Amulet with +2 Assassin skills and 95 life (current value: 2 Jah runes).

Amulet with +2 Paladin skills, 17% all resistances, 21% magic find, and 36% extra gold (current value: Jah rune).

Amulet with +2 Barbarian skills, 16% all resistances, and 6% mana leech (current value: Gul rune).

Amulet with +2 Assassin skills and 90 life (current value: Jah rune).

Tal Rasha's Amulet (current value: Gul Rune).

Magic amulet with 30% all resistances and 34% magic find.

Gambled Rings Sample From Gold Finding 300 Travincal Runs

Ring with 8% life leech, 2% mana leech, 13 strength, 19 cold resist, 9 lightning resist, and 3 mana (current value: Jah rune).

Ring with 10% faster cast rate, 6 all resistance, 13 lightning resist, 8 strength, and 56 attack rating (current Value: Ist rune)

Ring with 10% faster cast rate, 7% mana leech, and medium attack rating (current value: Ber rune)

Ring with 10% faster cast rate, 7% life leech, 113 attack rating, 14% fire resistance, and 10% magic find (current value: 2 Jah)

Ring with 10% faster cast rate, 4% mana leech, 104 attack rating, 24% lightning resist, 8% fire resist (current value: Jah rune)

Gambled Gloves Sample From Gold Finding 300 Travincal Runs

Gloves with +2 Martial Arts Skills, 20% increased attack speed, 3% life leech, and 22% lightning resistance (current value: 2 Jah).

Gloves with +2 Javelin/Spear Skills, 20% increased attack speed, 9 strength, and 12% lightning resistance (current value: Ohm rune).

Gloves with +3 Martial Arts Skills and 20% increased attack speed (current value: Jah rune).

Gambled Coronets Sample From Gold Finding 300 Travincal Runs

Coronet with +2 Assassin Skills, 30% faster run walk, 18 all resistance, and 58 fire resistance (current value: variable).

Coronet with +2 Assassin Skills, 20% faster cast rate, and 114 attack rating (current value: low value).

Kira's Guardian with 70 resist all (current value: Ber rune).

Kira's Guardian with 66 resist all (current value: Mal rune).

Note: Gambled Coronets are rarely of value but you have a chance at a big ticket PvP item when gambling them.

Note

All runs in the sample were done with more than 1400% extra gold from monsters with more than 2000% extra gold from monsters on weapon switch for popping corpses with Item Find which still has room for improvement. I highly recommend having some magic find on your equipment when gold finding Travincal because it's also a fairly nice magic finding location. The sample was done with around 265% magic find with an extra 178% magic find on weapon switch for a total of about 443% magic find. The gambles from the samples were done with a -15% Vendor Cost Gheed's Fortune Grand Charm but, an Edge bow (Tir Tal Amn) wasn't used which could have given another -15% Vendor Cost for even better results. Travincal also drops a high amount of charms, runes, gems, and jewels over time making it an excellent farming location for gathering crafting materials for crafting.

And that's all for the Gold Find Berserk Barbarian Guide. You can also check out the most popular crafted items here Crafting Guide.