Communal list of random median xl tips and knowledge

The only trick I wish I knew when I started, was to disenchant every single unique I found in the ground. Also that any equipment could be turned into it's tiered unique version using the mats of disenchanted uniques.

when in doubt always max miasma

/nopickup is your friend.

To buy single items quickly (e.g. oils)
Option 1: Hold down enter and left click on the item
Option 2: Use double left click
Both options are faster than using right click, but if you do it too fast, your game will "freeze", so don't overdo it.

To sell items quickly, use Ctrl+left click.

Drop biases work on all difficulty settings! This is especially useful in Tran Athulua, where you can farm crystals on all difficulties.

You can dodge Astrogha's Frozen Orb by summoning a lot of Ice Elementals and making them stack by teleporting.

Daystars are deceptively useful MO summons. They stay still for most of their lifespan, making them very controllable meatshields.

Rathma's chosen doesnt protect minion from poison damage.

Titan Strike + Eagle Stance Max Point Try it

What is the best place to farm jewels for jewelcrafting? Destruction Tran Athulua!

K3KBA is annoying and the whole place is small.

Fauztinville is harder and the whole run takes quite a time.

Tran Athulua is straightforward, you don't need resists there. The place is big and the density is high.

P.S. Note that if your low-level char relies on Runewords a lot, it will be wiser to farm for any jewels in K3KBA or Fauztinville on Hatred difficulty.

Melee Barb with Bear Stance's tons of physical damage reduction can just comfortably directly hit every thorn-aura units, and the invulnerable shield pierce on undead is extremely useful in K3K in early game.

Bowzon's Barrage skill shoots the most arrows in about the 4h direction.

If you have a companion, one of you should pick an Amazon and level her to 6 to get Stormcall and the other just level to 5, this is the easiest way to co-farm Volrath as far as I know.