The First Diablo 4 Level 100 Hardcore Mode Player Lost Character Because Of Disconnect

A Dia­blo 4 play­er who reached lev­el 100 in Hard­core mode, just days after the game’s release, has lost their char­ac­ter. Not only did they loose the lev­el 100 char­ac­ter, but all the gear attached to it as well, all due to an unfor­tu­nate disconnect.

The play­er, Souaïb ‘cArn’ Hanaf, reached lev­el 100 in Hard­core with a Bar­bar­ian char­ac­ter on June 5th. Bliz­zard even acknowl­edged cArn’s achieve­ment with a con­grat­u­la­to­ry tweet the next day. This makes cArn eli­gi­ble for the Dia­blo 4 Hard­core Vic­to­ries Con­test, where the first 100 play­ers to reach lev­el 100 in Hard­core mode will have their names etched into a stat­ue of the infa­mous Lilith.

On June 6th, cArn was con­tin­u­ing to play with their Hard­core char­ac­ter try­ing to earn more pow­er­ful gear. The game then froze and cArn was kicked back to the main menu, where they real­ized their char­ac­ter was gone. When play­ing in Hard­core mode, dying and dis­con­nect­ing caus­es your char­ac­ter to be wiped. Once lost, you have to start all over again.

While cArn remains the first play­er to reach lev­el 100 in Hard­core mode, they are still upset by the ulti­mate dis­ap­pear­ance of their char­ac­ter. “I don’t care about my lev­el 100, I care about my gear,” cArn said to PCGamesN.