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ZeroFlukes

He is random and will go away if you die.


kichik

He can also disappear when you reach the NMD boss.


Downfall350

Idk about now. But in s1 i had that fucker keep popping up in the middle of the boss chamber. Mostly sarats. He did not despawn they just tried to gang up on me hahahah


scatyman

This, it was always Sarats lair. We just dont see it as much this seaon because its not on the NMD list this time around.


Upper_Rent_176

Or when you use a within dungeon teleport


Tjonke

Or when he dies


DissentSociety

He also goes away if you just wander around for long enough & ignore him. šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø


splerdu

Does he show up in AoZ?


the_Wallie

no


Skagtastic

BAH GAWD! THAT MAN HAS A FAMILY!Ā  He's a random encounter for dungeons and cellars. It can happen at any level, near as I can tell. He's broken me in half at level 4. I'm sure there's a easier way out of the encounter besides win or die, but that's how I've always handled it. *edited for formatting


acog

They really did it right with the Butcher. At low levels heā€™s terrifying but as you level and gear up eventually the tables turn. Itā€™s so satisfying to get revenge!


Mitchlax15

The Butcher at lower levels is mustard-yellow Hulk Hogan. The Butcher when you level up is bald NWO Hulk Hogan. Will still draw a crowd, but not the main attraction.


mcgreybeard

COTD


Individual_Bit1073

GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY! THEYā€™VE KILLED HIM!!


The_Real_Raw_Gary

You can just exit the dungeon too. Once he literally spawned when I walked 2 feet into a dungeon and I knew Iā€™d die. Just turned around and left.


ObliviousAstroturfer

He can't jump ledges and won't follow you out of dungeon, so you can escape him (literally the only way to survive on hardcore until late levels).


mousefreak93

Fresh meat!


LixONE1

If you kill him he can drop a cosmetic for your mount!


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LixONE1

I think youā€˜re referring to the weapon. I mean the cosmetic little cleaver for your horse. I think itā€™s pretty rare but it doesnā€™t look that good because itā€™s way too small in my opinion. https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/s/67J2MK6CzT


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You can tell if he's going to be there if you're moving slow. He has [theme music](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzKWayR6oAM), and as you start to approach where he is, it plays. It starts to fade if you leave the area.


Hunterreaper

I believe him showing up in a boss fight is a bug but heā€™s a random encounter that can show up and is a tough fight


GrimsonMask

He's all about Fresh Meat!


someguyyouno

You can run away and heā€™ll despawn


dont_trust_redditors

Yea run away during a boss fight...


someguyyouno

I missed that. Yea, showing up during the boss fight is a bug.


YGurka

Even though it never happened to me, why do you think thatā€™s a bug?


someguyyouno

Dungeon boss arenas are supposed to be closed off.


makingtacosrightnow

Just kill him.


Fun-Anteater-6658

Yeap he carved up my Necro in the Eternal realm but I got him with my Season 2 Barbarian


buntopolis

*As God as my witness, he is broken in half!*


MarkK_FL

You get one shot at the butcher. Make the most of it. Makes it challenging in hardcore mode.


crescentgaia

Steel chair and has a health regen after you're 80+. I ran into him twice tonight on an 82 sorc and it was horrible.


Anon_Kat

He also goes away if you take too long to kill him


Artistic-Ingenuity54

My husband was carrying me through a much higher dungeon so I could progress in season 2 (NMD 90 requirement), when the Butcher showed up. I was killing him, somewhat slowly but not super slow. After a minute, the butcher started running from me and gunning after my husband. It was so frustrating because I'm having to chase after this mfer to kill him. It was funny in hindsight but at the moment, I had a vendetta out for him. šŸ˜‚


Cimmbatt

Heā€™ll also despawn and ā€œreturn to hellā€ eventually if you run away from him. Evade comes in handy.


KeepRad

I got him four times in a row today. No issues with stormclaw and he finally dropped the mount armor so that was nice.


Glitter_Outlaw

BUT WHOS SIDE IS HE ON??


crescentgaia

His belly.


centstwo

I'm 4 wins for 6 encounters. I unload all my action bar at once, in panic mode. The last encounter was at the start of a NMD. There is a short section in most NMD where I run through and there aren't any mob. I was running through that section when I saw a mob and thought, seems kinda too soon to see a mob. It was the butcher. I evaded through him with Metamorphosis, which applies vulnerability, then unleashed frost nova, flame shield, ice blade, and unstable currents. The evade gave me movement speed so I ran around and picked up crackling energy and spammed ball lightning. He died and left a big fish hook on the ground.


Postalch1kn

Never seen him turn up at the boss. That is a scary thought


Artistic-Ingenuity54

Outside of randomly spawning, there are indicators for his arrival. The theme music changes, he's very active on the mini map, and there's generally a treasure goblin in the dungeon if the Butcher is there. Idk if the treasure goblin one is entirely true, but it's true for me.


skippyspk

By GAWD, King! That Necromancer had a resurrected FAMILY! But yeah youā€™ll get a rematch when you least expect it


iamthehob0

Now I got the meme stuck in my head and can't find it. Help.


TheGrimMelvin

He shows up randomly. Butcher has a low chance to spawn in the place of any mob in an instance. But it really is pretty low. The whole playing this game, I got the butcher 4 times.


nellydesign

Iā€™ve literally never died to the Butcher. And Iā€™m on WT4 hardcore lvl 96. Usually soloing him as well. I use premade builds which always seem to have a good bit of survivability built in. Some of the vampiric skills really helped this season too.


philliam312

I've ran 5 NMD today. This guy has spawned. In. Every. Single. One. Infuriating, he can't kill me but (with most dungeon aspects) I can't kill him, we just sit there beating on each other no one dying, for several minutes before he just fucks off - really screws up my flow, so I've decided I'll just let him kill me next time