Travincal Gold Find Barbarian Guide

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. Later in the guide I will show you what you can find from 300 Travincal runs and will provide samples of gambled items from the gold made from gold finding. Berserk is recommended as the fastest Barbarian attack for clearing Travincal which is by far the best gold finding location in the game. Gold Find Barbarians are also great to build on a budget and don't require Call to Arms for Battle Orders or Enigma for Teleport which can sometimes be somewhat difficult to obtain at the beginning of a new season.

Berserk Barbarian Skills

The best Gold Finding build goes to the Berserk Gold Finding Barbarian which can stack gold find and magic find while still dealing excellent damage in Travincal runs.

Recommendation: Berserk Barbarian

Stats: Enough Strength for gear, 136 dexterity (enough to use 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, block chance, cannot be frozen, and 25% to all resistances.

Weapon Switch

Two Blade of Ali Babas (2x Lem rune) - Gives high extra gold and magic find per level when Item Finding. The magic find is very beneficial but if you only care about gold you can also use weapons socketed with six Lem runes on switch for more extra 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

Hellfire Torch for +3 Barbarian skills, Annihilus for +1 to all skills, Gheed's Fortune Grand Charm for up to 160% extra gold from monsters, 40% magic find, and vendor costs reduce by 15%. 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% Gold Find Small Charms with resistances. You can also keep a +3 Warcries amulet in your inventory for better shouts which helps you and your mercenary stay alive in Travincal runs.

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

You can start using Hsarus' Belt and Gloves once you are at least level 3 and have 30 strength for added Defense and Attack Rating per level from the set bonus. Civerb's Cudgel is a great starter weapon that increases in damage as you level and can be used as early as level 9. You can also add in Angelics Amulet and Ring once you are level 12 for more Life and Attack Rating. Aldur's weapon with three Shaels can be switched to for 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 an easy 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 around 500k gold from each Travincal run once you are fully geared. Amulets are typically the best option to gamble with the found gold from Travincal for a chance at +2 to skills, all resistance, faster cast rate, and magic find and/or gold find, but gloves are also a great option for gambling. Coronets are also options for gambling 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 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 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: variable).

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

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

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

Note

All runs in the sample were done with about 1400% extra gold from monsters which still has room for improvement and 744% extra gold from monsters on weapon switch for Item Finding corpses. I highly recommend having some magic find when gold finding Travincal because it's also a fairly nice magic finding location. The sample was done with about 265% magic find with an extra 178% magic find on weapon switch for a total of about 443% magic find. The gambles for the sample were done with a -15% Vendor Cost Gheed's Fortune Grand Charm but I didn't use an Edge bow (Tir Tal Amn) for another -15% Vendor Cost which could have given the sample even better results. Travincal also drops a high amount of charms, runes, gems, and jewels over time which makes it an excellent farming location for gathering crafting materials.

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