Got 'emCheeky Diablo 4 in-game store bug causes player to buy Vessel of Hated thinking they'd get a free extra skin, only for it to fix itself afterwardsDiablo 4 managed to sell one player on the Vessel of Hatred expansion... by convincing them they're getting a free skin bundle.Image credit: Blizzard Entertainment. News by Sherif Saed Contributing Editor Published on Feb. 3, 2025 Of all the work Blizzard has been doing over the past several months to change Diablo 4s fortunes, sell players on the dramatically different game that exists today, and perhaps convince some of buying the Vessel of Hated expansion, this particular tactic has to be the most underhanded.Its very likely not intentional, but its a little amusing all the same.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Diablo 4 has an in-game cash shop that sells skin bundles, mounts, mount skins and more for - frankly - far too much money. But the more of those bundles you see at $20, the more the game effectively establishes the value of what it's selling. Which means, when you see them on sale - or, better yet, free - you know youre getting a good deal.In a very roundabout way, this is what happened to Reddit user Kilyrka, who went to check the Diablo 4 in-game store, and the Mothers Memory Prestige set for the Spiritborn class caught their eye. Prestige is the highest tier of these bundles, and this one was priced at 2,600 Platinum or about $22.That 2,600 was stricken through, however, and it was instead discounted to -1. Now, right there is when Kilyrka shouldve known that it was a bug and moved on. Instead, they had to overthink it, and assume that it was Blizzards way of pushing them to buy the Vessel of Hatred expansion, seeing as thats the only way they could use this shiny set, because its locked to the Spiritborn class, accessible only by buying VoH. Yeah... too good to be true. | Image credit: Kilyrka, Blizzard EntertainmentI (a dumb idiot) figured this was Blizzard's cheeky way of securing a sale. Buy Vessel of Hatred and we'll toss in this skin for only 1 silver! (I realize now that it's actually advertised as '-1' silver), they wrote.So thats what they did! Unfortunately, after buying Vessel of Hatred, the price of the Mothers Memory Prestige set jumped back to its actual value - though with a 40% off discount. This is what everyone else will see when they view the store, which is a strong indication that the whole -1 Platinum thing was a bug.Felt pretty scammed, I can't lie, they added.This story does have a happy ending, however, because they cancelled their order and were given a refund. Blizzard customer support has been alerted of the issue, too. Its only a shame that Kilyrka wont get to enjoy Vessel of Hatred, or the skin bundle for that matter.