The Basics

This guide covers all the Champion, Rare and Unique monsters in the game that are required to unlock certain achievements. There are some monsters in the game that are not included in these achievements. This guide does not cover those monsters.

Types of Monsters

Champions, Rares and Uniques are special monsters that have abilities that make them stronger than regular monsters. For a list of affixes these monsters can spawn with, refer to this guide.

Rare Pack

Rares - Yellow Name

• Rare monsters are much stronger than a single champion and are followed by three to four minions which are weaker than the Rare itself.
• Rares can spawn with any trait aside from Fire Chains, Health Link and Avenger.
• Minions can not have the traits Horde or Missile Dampening.
• On Normal difficulty they only have 1 trait.
• On Nightmare they have 2 traits.
• On Hell they have 3 traits.
• On Inferno they have 4 traits.

Champion Pack

Champions - Blue Name

• They come in packs of 3 to 4 monsters.
• Champions can spawn with any trait aside from Minions, Horde and Missile Dampening.
• On Normal difficulty they have 1 trait.
• On Nightmare they have 2 traits.
• On Hell they have 3 traits.
• On Inferno they have 4 traits.

Unique Monster

Unique - Purple Name

• They have a random combination of affixes.
• They are single monsters and do not come in pairs or groups like the others do.

The Achievements

There are 12 Achievements covered here. Two of them are Hardcore, and the rest Softcore. The Softcore ones you will find under the Challenges tab of your Achievement page. The Softcore Achievements are progressive, which means you will see the next one on the list as soon as you finish the requirements of the previous. For example, you will see “The Takedown” until you kill 10 different champions. Once you have completed “The Takedown”, you will see “Not So Tough Now” until you kill 50 different champions.

Achievement List

Advice & Tips

• If you plan to complete all Achievements in Diablo 3, it is best to finish the non-monster related ones first. This is because you are likely to run into these monsters while completing other Achievements. For example, if you complete the Achievement to get 10 different characters to level 60, you will be passing through most game areas at least 3 times (4 if you do inferno) with each character.
• If you find any Rares or Champions while playing Hardcore it will be ticked off both the Hardcore and the Softcore list.
• Elites can spawn in any difficulty, so there is no need to risk your Hardcore character playing Inferno.
• You can be on any quest while hunting for Elites, so you might as well load the last quest for the act so that you have access to all areas.
• Some Champions/Rares spawn in multiple different areas, and some only in a specific one.
• Uniques spawn in a single area/dungeon only.
• Most of the Elites will be ticked off by simply playing through the general game areas, but for some you need to find a specific dungeon. These dungeons are random spawns as well, so be patient. Certain Rares or Champions may take up to 30-50 reloads of the same area. Uniques may take over 300 reloads of the same area, so a lot of time and patience will be required.
• Get a couple of friends to help while doing the Uniques, with each one reloading the area on their own. Then if anyone finds the Rare/Champ/Unique you are looking for, everyone can join his/her game and all can get credit. You don’t need the killing blow to get credit. Check the forums for other people doing the same Achievements.
• Some of the ghosts in the Haunted list are also on the Unique Collection list, so you might as well tackle these two at the same time.
• It is possible for a Champion and Rare of the same type to spawn in the same area in a single instance. If you are hunting the one and the other appears, you don’t have to immediately restart.

Monster Oddities

• The Rare monster name type is not displayed. Instead they are given unique names. Note: some of the Rares have a different type minion. For example, a Fallen Prophet Rare has Fallen Grunt minions. But it is also possible to get a Fallen Grunt rare, which has Fallen Grunt minions.
• There is not always a correlation between where the normal monster spawns and where the Rare and Champion versions spawn. Don’t assume that you will eventually find a Rare in an area simply because you see monsters of the correct type there. For example, Demonic Tremors (Normal and Rare) are all over the place in Act 3, but the Champion version is limited to a single dungeon called Fortified Bunker.
• The Storm Halls in Act 2 can spawn with Skeletons and Constructs OR Fallen. So if you are hunting the Fallen Cur Rare pack you need to get the “Fallen” version of the dungeon. You won’t find them in the “Skeletons” version.
• Some Rares are difficult to find even though their Champion version spawns almost every game. Finding a Fallen Rare can be quite hard, even though finding Normal and Champion versions is rather simple.
• The Ghosts you can get credit for by simply hitting them, while the Rare, Champions and Uniques you have to kill to get credit.
• The Hardcore and Softcore lists are mostly the same. There are only a few instances where a monster is required for one list and not the other.
• The Rare and Champion lists are NOT the same. For some monsters, even though the Rare type exists, it is not required for the list. This is equally true for Champions.

There are three different unique types.

• Some are always at a certain place along the storyline, and are main quest monsters, such as Mira Eamon, the Blacksmith’s wife.
• Some spawn after a trigger or event occurs and are side quests.
• Some spawn very rarely in a specific area, and counts towards the achievement. This guide only focuses on this last type.

It is important to note that even though some monster types have several Uniques, only one will count for the achievement. For example, Taros the Wild and Saha the Slasher are the same monster type, and they spawn in the same area (Howling Plateau), but only Saha the Slasher will count towards the achievement.

Champion Monster Locations

Act 1 Champions

Act 2 Champions

Act 3 Champions

Act 4 Champions

Rare Monster Locations

Act 1 Rares

Act 2 Rares

Act 3 Rares

Act 4 Rares

Uniques