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If you’ve seen me log on and announce “it’s goblin night,” this is what I’m referring to: Diablo 4 sessions where I stack dungeons with the Treasure Goblin flood affix and just go to town. Among all the late-game options, nothing feeds my crafting addiction like these Treasure Breach-style runs. Instead of slowly scraping together materials, I blast through Tier 100+ dungeons that are stuffed with goblins, and my resources skyrocket.

The affix itself turns an ordinary Nightmare Dungeon into a goblin hunt. Instead of the occasional goblin, you’re looking at twenty to thirty or more scattered throughout the map, including special gilded and collector types. They’re everywhere—waiting behind corners, sprinting down corridors, or lurking near objective rooms. The moment you hear that distinctive giggle, the entire pace of the run changes as everyone scrambles to cut off escape routes.

On Torment 4, the numbers get ridiculous in the best possible way. A single full clear easily gives me over ten thousand Obducite, piles of Forgotten Souls, a rain of legendaries, and literal millions of gold. For someone like me who loves Masterworking and sanctifying gear, this is a dream come true. I can take a favourite item and push its upgrades without constantly worrying about running out of key materials, because I know another goblin run will refill my supplies.

What really makes these runs special is how they reshape how I move through the dungeon. Instead of bee-lining straight to the objective, I treat every side room and dead end as a potential vault. Goblins love to hide in those out-of-the-way spots, and I’ve lost count of how many times the last, tiny unexplored corner of the minimap held multiple goblins just waiting to vanish if we ignored them. It’s turned me into a completionist, but for once it feels rewarding instead of tedious.

I also like how well this style supports alt characters. Once I have my main geared up, I can funnel resources into new builds easily. The gold alone pays for all the respecs and skill experiments I want to try. The extra legendaries and runes are perfect fodder for future combinations, and Forgotten Souls go straight into rerolling affixes until a piece looks exactly how I want it. Instead of thinking “I can’t afford to try that,” I’m free to experiment aggressively.

These Treasure Breach dungeon nights have become a core part of my Diablo 4 routine. I’ll set aside a couple of hours, grab a stack of optimized sigils, invite a few friends, and just disappear into a loop of goblin hunting, looting, and crafting. By the time we call it a night, my stash, gold count, and materials look completely different, and I usually walk away with at least a few gear upgrades or new build ideas.

If you ever see me obsessing about “just one more goblin key,” now you know why. For my playstyle, there’s no better way to turn time into tangible progress in Diablo 4 than flooding a dungeon with goblins and making sure none of them escape alive.