A Diablo 4 player has discovered a secret boss hidden inside The Pit. Unlocking it takes quite a lot of work and grants no rewards apart from an achievement and a prefix title for your account.
The hidden boss is Choron himself, and although the steps required to spawn him are somewhat arduous, there is one other benefit to going through the process. If you — like many other players — have grown sick of hearing this:
“Curse this place. I’m being followed.”
Then you need to stop being followed. You need to kill the one that follows. You need to find and kill Choron. Then, and only then, will your character’s repetitive internal monologue be silenced, and you can go back to Pit-pushing in peace.
The discovery was shared on Reddit by a super sleuth player, who posted a quick guide explaining how to unlock Choron and earn the associated achievement, “Apotheosis” and prefix title “Choron’s.”
As far as secret encounters go, this one is pretty well-hidden. Players need to track down a series of hidden plaques across specific Pit Tiers before Choron can appear as a boss.
You’ll need to enter The Pit at Tiers 1, 6, 11, 16 and so on, continuing this pattern all the way up to 96. During each run, you’ll need to find and click on a plaque, which will display a short message.
If you’ve ever accidentally clicked on one of these plaques while frantically mashing buttons and trying not to die, and thought how weird and inconsiderate it was that such a thing was left lying around in The Pit — well, now we know why.
That’s not just me, right?
Anyway, after the final plaque is read, you then have to keep running The Pit until Choron appears.
One commenter on the Reddit post said they completed the plaques from Tier 1 through Tier 96, then had Choron spawn after only two Tier 101 runs. The original poster had a longer wait, saying Choron appeared for them on Tier 127 — roughly 25 Pit runs after collecting the plaques. So even after all the plaques have been read, you may be waiting a while before facing Choron. The good news is that the voice in your head goes away after reading the final plaque.
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