How to Complete the Tools of the Trade Quest in Diablo 2
- 1). Talk to Charsi after you complete the Forgotten Tower quest. (Alternatively, you can skip to step 2 without officially receiving the quest.)
- 2). Travel through the Black Marsh and the Tamoe Highlands to the Monastery. Fight your way through the Outer Cloister (making sure to hit the waypoint) and to the Barracks.
- 3). Look for the Smith's room in the Barracks. Its location changes in each game, but it appears on the automap as a hammer symbol once you get close enough.
- 4). Kill the Smith and retrieve the Malus. (If you don't feel up to fighting him, you can dodge around him, grab the hammer and escape through a Town Portal; you don't have to kill the Smith to successfully complete the quest.)
- 5). Return to Charsi. She will take the Malus and offer to imbue an item. She can only do this once per game, so make your choice wisely.
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