Diablo IV players found a way to bypass the rare item limit in Season 15, but there's a catch

First, you need at least one friend.

In Diablo 4 Season 15, players have discovered an unusual method to obtain duplicates of one of the rarest types of loot — Shards of Hatred. However, this requires the help of a friend, a high-level character, and a bit of patience.

Shards of Hatred come in three varieties: Hatred, Terror, and Destruction. These items can be dropped by Diablo, Mephisto, and Baal on Torment difficulty level 10. However, Blizzard has implemented a restriction: a player can only carry one shard of each type in their inventory. Items do not stack, so it's impossible to obtain a second shard of the same variety while the first is in the inventory.

For most players, this restriction is unlikely to be a serious problem, as it concerns high-level content and extremely rare loot. But for those who spend a lot of time in the endgame and regularly farm bosses, the situation has proven unpleasant: sometimes they have to forgo a valuable item simply because they already have one of the same type in their inventory.

The authoritative Diablo 4 content creator Rob2628 revealed a way to bypass this restriction in a new video.

First, the player will need a friend whose character is capable of entering Torment difficulty level 10. When a duplicate of the desired shard drops, they need to invite their friend to the party and ask them to stay near the item.

Then, the player should exit the game with their main character and switch to another hero whose inventory does not contain a shard of the corresponding type. After that, the friend should invite the alternate character into the game world where the item was left. If done correctly, the second hero will be able to pick up the shard.

As Rob2628 explains, in this scheme, the friend effectively holds the game instance of the world, preventing the item from disappearing after the main character exits. Therefore, it is important for the friend to decline the offer to return to their own world, thus preserving the current game session.