I’ve made posts about this in the past but now that the wardrobe shows these items as previews, I want to try and bring attention to this again, as some of them look quite cool, and it would be nice to be able to get them.
With patch 2.3 and the wardrobe update, it shows a number of “new” items to preview, such as weapons, mounts, mount bardings, and mount trophies. However, none of these items are actually new and most have been in the game files since beta but can seemingly not drop. Yet now, they’re listed in the wardrobe with a label “Earned as an in-game reward” suggesting they can be found. BUT, seeing as these items have been in the game the whole time and no one has them, in the past and again after patch 2.3, I looked into them in more detail.
I will say up front I am not a programmer, so this is all just me looking at patterns/inconsistencies, and some of the wording I use may be incorrect or irrelevant in regards to code/programming. When looking at the items in more detail, there are a number of consistent differences between these items that can not drop or be obtained and regular items in the game that can drop. In particular, there is a “dwFlags” line that is always different between obtainable and unobtainable items. For example, the legendary axe “Bullova,” which is obtainable in the game has a dwFlags value of 15488. This dwFlags value of 15488 is identical for any obtainable legendary weapon in the game. However, the apparent unobtainable legendary weapons, such as the legendary axes “Snake Axe” or “Ravager” have a dwFlags value of 15490. This difference is consistent with all legendary weapons that are and are not obtainable. If you take these dwFlags numbers and put them into a decimal to binary converter, you get two different strings of numbers, where the obtainable dwFlags value of 15488 = 11110010000000 and the unobtainable 15490 = 11110010000010. Is this 2nd to last digit a flag/toggle that determines whether an item is active or not?
The rest of the visible “code,” much of which I do not understand, is identical between these unobtainable items and regular obtainable items. For other items such as yellow/rare-tier weapons, the dwFlag value is a different number entirely, but the same pattern of the obtainable item being one dwFlag value, and the unobtainable item being a different value (always a difference of +2) remains consistent. In the end, this dwFlags line may be completely unrelated to whether an item is eligible to drop, as from what I understand, in an online-only game, such as Diablo 4, that would be controlled server-side, and not be included on the client. From my limited google searches and understanding, with dwFlags, each one of those binary digits represents a separate individual flag, that can toggle something on/off etc. so I do really wonder if that 2nd to last digit represents an item being active/inactive, but with basically no knowledge in programming, this is speculation.
Lastly, there is a line called “bIsTransmog” and it seems any item that has this set to “true” shows up in the wardrobe as a preview. This has always been the case, but in the past, these unobtainable items were represented by those “lock” icons we used to see in the wardrobe. There are a number of other weapons in the game, such as blue-rarity weapons/totems, that all have unique transmogs/appearances, but have “bIsTransmog” set to “false,” so their transmogs can both not be obtained and do not show up in the wardrobe as preview options.
And finally, based on my own experience of 3000+ hours in the game, as well as several dozen other cosmetic collectors, who similarly have a lot of playtime, yet none of us have any of these items, along with the dwFlag inconsistency mentioned above, here is a list of what I believe are all of the wardrobe unobtainable cosmetics, along with their file/item names and item IDs:
Weapons:
Doom Hammer - (2HMace_Legendary_Generic_003.itm) (Item ID 592302) Was previously obtainable, during season 5, via opening a chapter 2 season journey cache on a Necromancer.
Battle Axe - (1HAxe_Rare_Barb_Crafted_39.itm) (Item ID 459950)
Broad Axe - (1HAxe_Rare_Barb_Crafted_31.itm) (Item ID 459949)
Combat Hatchet - (1HAxe_Rare_Barb_Crafted_47.itm) (Item ID 784817)
Twin Axe - (1HAxe_Rare_Barb_Crafted_25.itm) (Item ID 459948)
Axe - (1HAxe_Rare_Barb_Crafted_15.itm) (Item ID 1046306)
Snake Axe - (1HAxe_Legendary_Generic_005.itm) (Item ID 1267098)
Ravager - (1HAxe_Legendary_Generic_004.itm) (Item ID 1306998)
Punisher - (1HMace_Rare_Barb_Crafted_45.itm) (Item ID 784853)
Leaden Mace - (1HMace_Rare_Barb_Crafted_41.itm) (Item ID 784740)
Flanged Mace - (1HMace_Rare_Barb_Crafted_33.itm) (Item ID 459997)
Hammer - (1HMace_Rare_Barb_Crafted_27.itm) (Item ID 459996)
Dread Poleaxe - (2HPolearm_Legendary_Generic_003.itm) (Item ID 592304)
Skeletal Protector - (1HShield_Legendary_Generic_005.itm) (Item ID 1307045)
Grisly Trophy - (1HWand_Legendary_Generic_006.itm) (Item ID 1266266)
Bone Scythe - (1HScythe_Legendary_Generic_004.itm) (Item ID 1307028)
Death’s Reach - (2HScythe_Legendary_Generic_005.itm) (Item ID 1307041)
Hell’s Fang - (2HScythe_Legendary_Generic_006.itm) (Item ID 1307043)
Obsidian Totem - (1HTotem_Legendary_Druid_005.itm) (Item ID 1267242)
Shamanistic Staff - (2HStaff_Legendary_Druid_006.itm) (Item ID 1306958)
Runic Staff - (2HStaff_Legendary_Druid_005.itm) (Item ID 1306956)
Corruption - (2HStaff_Legendary_Sorcerer_012.itm) (Item ID 1306653)
Doom Harbinger - (2HStaff_Legendary_Sorcerer_011.itm) (Item ID 1306651)
Swift Death - (2HCrossbow_Legendary_Generic_006.itm) (Item ID 1267257)
Silver Filigree Bow - (2HBow_Legendary_Generic_006.itm) (Item ID 1267248)
Death’s Dirk - (1HDagger_Legendary_Generic_009.itm) (Item ID 1267003)
Rebirth Edge - (1HDagger_Legendary_Generic_010.itm) (Item ID 1267078)
Thief’s Shank - (1HDagger_Rare_Rogue_Crafted_35.itm) (Item ID 459944)
Kris - (1HDagger_Rare_Rogue_Crafted_39.itm) (Item ID 459945 - Has been obtainable previously, likely from s2 seasonal questline reward and salvaged with a Rogue)
Scorning Mask - (1HFocus_Rare_Sorc_Crafted_21.itm) (Item ID 459857)
Decorated Skull - (1HFocus_Legendary_Generic_006.itm) (Item ID 1266836) (Was previously obtainable, during season 4, via opening a chapter 2 season journey cache on a Necromancer.)
Vial of Power - (1HFocus_Rare_Sorc_Crafted_29.itm) (Item ID 459859)
Tome - (1HFocus_Rare_Sorc_Crafted_25.itm) (Item ID 459858) (Was obtainable during S5 by receiving “Istel’s Grimoire” via the season 5 seasonal questline and salvaging on a Sorceress)
Mounts:
Brigand’s Steed (MountReins_GraveRobberHorse.itm) (Item ID 624357)
Cavalier’s Steed (MountReins_CavalierKnightHorse.itm) (Item ID 627432)
Executioner’s Steed (MountReins_ExecutionerHorse.itm) (Item ID 622137)
Seal Brown Steed (MountReins_DarkHorse.itm) (Item ID 449399)
Taiga Roan Steed (MountReins_Frac_Normal.itm) (Item ID 1223765)
Trapper’s Steed (MountReins_TrapperHorse.itm) (Item ID 623167)
Mount Bardings:
Barding of Elemental Fury (mnt_amor65_horse.itm) (Item ID 1221745)
Barding of Rathma (mnt_amor63_horse.itm) (Item ID 1221736)
Horse Armor (mnt_amor31_horse.itm) (Item ID 1221690) Item tooltip for this even says “Basic horse armor for test”
Lorath’s Barding (mnt_amor30_horse.itm) (Item ID 1221709)
Mount Trophies:
For these, most have been added more recently to the game, such as with VoH (patch 2.0) or more recent patches, so I can’t say with as much confidence these are actually unobtainable, but to my knowledge no one has found these yet. If anyone has these, please post below.
Dregs Cultivated Insects (mnt_uniq75_trophy.itm) (Item ID 2018609) VoH/Nahantu exclusive?
Dried Lacuni Head (mnt_uniq72_trophy.itm) (Item ID 2015183) VoH/Nahantu exclusive?
Gilded Khazra Skull (mnt_uniq73_trophy.itm) (Item ID 2025687) VoH/Nahantu exclusive?
Golden Sextant (mnt_uniq24_trophy.itm) (Item ID 1222116) Been in the files since beta
Hollow Oculus (mnt_uniq71_trophy.itm) (Item ID 2013039) VoH/Nahantu exclusive?
Hollow-Infected Skull (mnt_uniq74_trophy.itm) (Item ID 2040180) VoH/Nahantu exclusive?
Murder of Banners (mnt_uniq32_trophy.itm) (Item ID 2098952) Possible Season 7 reward? Looks like the Tree of Whispers Ravens that are in various town we can turn out whispers in
Putrid Scream (mnt_uniq33_trophy.itm) (Item ID 2098964) Possibly Season 7 reward? Looks like a Headrotten Head from that season.
Helm:
Cap (Helm_Normal_Generic_001.itm) (Item ID 52197) Only available for Rogue, Necromancer, and Spiritborn.
tldr: There are multiple cosmetics in the wardrobe that seem to be unobtainable. This is the list of items. Please fix Blizzard 