This quest appears in the Catacombs, on Dungeon level five of Diablo. It centers around an ancient piece of armor known as Valor, previously worn by the hero Arkaine.
The quest begins by reading a book located in a small room that reads as follows:
Upon reading the book, a passage opens leading to the Pedestal of Blood and a nearby Blood Stone. Each time a Blood Stone is placed on the pedestal, another passage opens outside, leading into a room with some monsters and another Blood Stone. When all three Blood Stones are placed on the Pedestal of Blood, another passage opens, at the end of which lies the legendary armor. Collecting Valor completes the quest.
NPC Quotes[]
Legends speak of a pedestal that is carved from obsidian stone and has a pool of boiling blood atop its bone-encrusted surface. There are also allusions to stones of blood that will open a door that guards an ancient treasure...
The nature of this treasure is shrouded in speculation, my friend, but it is said that the ancient hero Arkaine placed the holy armor Valor in a secret vault. Arkaine was the first mortal to turn the tide of the Sin War and chase the Legions of Darkness back to the Burning Hells.
Just before Arkaine died, his armor was hidden away in a secret vault. It is said that when this holy armor is again needed, a hero will arise to don Valor once more. Perhaps you are that hero...
No one has ever figured out where Arkaine stashed the stuff, and if my contacts couldn't find it, I seriously doubt you ever will, either.
The way is fraught with danger and your only hope rests within your self-trust.
- Character
Diablo III[]
This quest returns in Diablo III's event, The Darkening of Tristram, as a minor event while exploring the Labyrinth. It is generally unchanged, aside from changed graphics and a bit less complex architecture of the vault. Arkaine's Valor is rewarded as a Magic item.
Diablo and Hellfire quests |
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Anvil of Fury • Archbishop Lazarus • Arkaine's Valor • Black Mushroom • The Butcher • The Chamber of Bone • Diablo • Gharbad the Weak • Halls of the Blind • Lachdanan • The Magic Rock • Ogden's Sign • Poisoned Water Supply • Skeleton King • Warlord of Blood • Zhar the Mad |
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