It turns out, the chicken was not just a joke.
After the April Fools teaser, Diablo 4 really pushed the event live in-game, and it is even more fun than expected. Right now, every world boss spawn has been replaced by a giant chicken with its own animations, attacks, and a lot of chaos.
And surprisingly, it is not just for fun, since there is actual loot linked to it! However, be careful, because it is quite deadly, especially if you are in Hardcore! The chicken slew a lot of Hardcore players, so just keep that in mind.
The Chicken Has Taken Over World Bosses
The event is as simple as it gets: show up to a world boss, fight the giant chicken, and get your rewards.
There is no special quest or anything, and the chicken spawns like regular World Bosses, so same timings and rules, it just replaces the usual bosses basically, and you play like you normally would. The only difference is that instead of fighting some demon, you are dealing with an oversized bird trying to stomp you.
The event runs until April 7, so there is still a short window to jump in. You can get a few cosmetics:
- Title “Bawk Bawk”
- An Achievement
- A Profile Emblem
Five Event Items
On top of the cosmetics, the chicken also drops five exclusive items, all built around the same theme: eggs, chickens, and complete randomness. Fallen Messiah gathered all the items in a recent video, and here is a small recap of what you can get and what they can do:
- Coop de Grâce – Unique Polearm
- Lucky Hit: Damage to Injured enemies has up to a [10-15]% chance to spawn a flock of explosive chickens
- Cluckonomicon – Unique Staff
- Pecking loose stones grants Henlightenment. The description is rather blurry, but basically it means that when you touch a loose stone in the open world, it will turn you into a ghostly chicken and you can fly around, which is kinda funny. But what is interesting is that the item has an affix with a new effect that we have never seen yet, which is “pickup radius“. So if you wear this item, you automatically suck in all surrounding objects like gold and more. It also has another affix that increases the Shrine duration buff.
- Eggcecutioner – Unique Two-Handed Scythe
- Slain enemies have a chance to lay an egg. The power does sound a bit confusing, but yes, enemies can indeed lay eggs if you wear this weapon. The eggs will end up in your inventory, and you can use them. But be careful, they have a few random effects, such as:
- Rotten eggs, and you are poisoned for 5 minutes
- Spawn a chicken
- Spawns gold
- Slain enemies have a chance to lay an egg. The power does sound a bit confusing, but yes, enemies can indeed lay eggs if you wear this weapon. The eggs will end up in your inventory, and you can use them. But be careful, they have a few random effects, such as:
- Eggis – Unique Shield
- Blocking an attack has a chance to turn the attacker into a Feared chicken for [3.0-4.0] seconds. Basically, this effect will turn enemies into feared chicken.
- Cluckeye – Unique Bow
- [25-50]% chance to cluck on cast. Again, a bit confusing, but when you cast a spell, you have a chance to send out one (or three) explosive chickens. The chicken will “cluck” and explode.
Most of them lean heavily into the joke, but a couple are really funnier than you would expect, such as the Egg spawning one. But the one people will probably keep using even after the event is over is the Clockanomicon. We all know how slow the Pet can be, so if you are speed farming, it can be a great addition. Just keep in mind that you might lose power since it involves swapping out your regular item.
Of course, salvaging those items will also unlock the permanent cosmetics for your weapons.
A Rare Kind of Event for Diablo 4
What makes this whole thing stand out is not just the chicken, but it is the fact that Diablo 4 is even doing something like this in the first place. Short, weird, limited-time events like this have not really been a big part of the game so far. And judging by the reaction, players are having fun with it, even if half the rewards are just there for the joke.
It is exactly the type of thing players want to see. More mid-season reasons to come back and just have fun with the game, and get a few rewards on top of it.
And if you were going to ignore it at first, it might actually be worth jumping in, at least long enough to grab the cosmetics before the chicken disappears on April 7.
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