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Mephisto's Soulstone at the Hellforge

Mephisto's Soulstone is a quest item in Diablo II, obtained after defeating Mephisto in Act III. During the quest Hell's Forge, in Act IV, the player is instructed by Deckard Cain to destroy soulstone at the Hellforge.

Background[]

During the Dark Exile, the Prime Evils were banished to Sanctuary by the Lesser Evils. In the mortal realm, the three caused widespread ruin and suffering. After centuries, the presence of the Prime Evils was discovered by the Archangel Tyrael, who intervened. To aid the mortals, he formed the Horadrim, a brotherhood composed by the most powerful mages in Sanctuary. Tyrael handed the Horadrim three powerful gemstones, known as soulstones, which were capable of holding the vile demons' spirits. Now that humanity was equipped to combat Evil, the hunt for the Three began.

The Lord of Hatred, Mephisto, was the first of the three brothers to be caught and imprisoned within a soulstone. He was then entombed beneath the Temple of Light within the temple city of Travincal in Kurast, where the esteemed High Council of Zakarum watched over him. However, overtime, Mephisto's insidious power started corrupting both his soulstone and his human jailors. Ultimately, he influenced the Zakarum priesthood to shatter his soulstone, freeing his spirit. Each of the fallen priests drove a shard of the soulstone through their left palms, with the largest shard piercing the hand of the High Priest Sankekur. In time, Sankekur would become the mortal host for Mephisto's spirit.

Mephisto's Soulstone Destroyed Hellforge D2 Resurrected

Mephisto's soulstone destroyed at the Hellforge.

Decades later, Mephisto was defeated by a group of adventurers within his lair, the Durance of Hate, underneath Travincal, and his soulstone taken by the heroes. Later on it was revealed by Izual that the Prime Evils had masterminded their own exile and had allowed themselves to be bound within the soulstones. By corrupting the stones the Prime Evils could now tap into their tremendous powers (as the the stones were originally shards of the Worldstone itself). After learning about the soulstone's corruption, Tyrael ordered the stones to be destroyed. Mephisto's soulstone was then taken to the one place where it could be destroyed, the Hellforge, where it was subsequently shattered. This act banished Mephisto's spirit back to the Black Abyss, presumably preventing him from ever manifesting in the mortal realm again.

In game[]

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In Diablo II, players can obtain Mephisto's Soulstone after defeating the Lord of Hatred within the Durance of Hate in Act III. Deckard Cain then tasks the player with destroying the soulstone in a quest in Act IV. If the player did not pick up the soulstone before entering the portal to the Pandemonium Fortress, they will receive it from Deckard Cain at the start of the quest. The player must then proceed to destroy the soulstone at the Hellforge. It is possible to trade the item with other players online, but it has zero value if sold to an NPC vendor.

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