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22 June 2012

Devastating price crash in the Diablo III hamburger-dagger market

The market for a virtual hamburger which can be used in as a dagger in a popular video-game plummeted over the last week

By Alex Hern

Keeping on the hamburger theme, here’s a sentence which will make sense to about two of you: the economy of Diablo III has fallen through the floor after a glut of Horadric Hamburgers (a burger which is also a dagger) for sale on the game’s real-money auction house pushed the average price from around £90 to just £7.50.

The Horadric Hamburger is a “legendary” item in Diablo III. It’s hard to get, and can only be found in a secret level, “Whimsyshire”. And yes, it’s a Hamburger which is also a dagger. The game provides only the cryptic description:

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