Reaper of Souls desegregated Whimsyshire via Nephalem Rifts. This area was a complete secret during Diablo 3’s development, though fans were not that surprised to see it when it was first found shortly after the Diablo 3 launch, since it was clearly evolved from the Diablo 2 secret cow level + the Diablo 3 “too colorful” art controversy. Secret Level? A Rainbow Treasure goblin created Rainbow Portal, granting access to Whimsydale. They wanted Whimsyshire to be a fun place to visit once in a while, but not a major farming goal, as Diablo 2’s Secret Cow Level was.
This secret level was a popular farming target early in Diablo 3 vanilla, leading the developers to nerf it in terms of rewards. Though the area is accessed through Act One, prior to the difficulty scaling introduced in D3 v2, the difficulty of Whimsyshire was equivalent to late Act Four, and players were initially able to use it for end game farming. There are monsters (cute ones), gold and item drops, health orbs (which look like giant pink cupcakes), random Elites and purple Unique monsters, and even an amazing, baby’s-blanket looking minimap. The secret level is a fully-playable area of the game. This makes the rainbow special land more accessible for players who can’t be bothered to farm up the required legendary materials, such as Seasonal characters. Patch 2.1 (February 2014) for the PC/Mac and Ultimate Evil Edition added rare rainbow goblins who appear randomly throughout the game and when in the throes of death will sometimes open a portal to “Whimsydale.” This area is identical to Whimsyshire, with a different name for technical reasons.
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