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The ::* All [[Treasure Goblin is a dungeon-exploring semi-monster who is a new addition to the Diablo gameplay experience. He runs very quickly, dropping gold as he moves, as well as more gold and an items when players hit him. If killed he pops numerous quality items, much like a ]] types: ::** [[Blood Thief]]::** [[Odious Collector]]::** [[Gem Hoarder]]::** [[Malevolent Tormentor]]::** [[Rainbow Goblin]]::** [[transcendent chestMenagerist Goblin]].

Despite his name and sneaky appearance [[File:Treasure-goblin-profile1.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Profile image.]][[File:Treasure-goblin-zoom.jpg|frame|Zoomed view, the Treasure Goblin doesnin-game.]]The '''{{PAGENAME}}'''t seem to have is a harmless monster type first found in Diablo 3. Goblins (or Gobbies) are found randomly scattered around the ability dungeons and [[Rift]]s.  Goblins are stationary when first spotted, and will always be found standing by an open portal to steal from players or cheststheir escape realm. He's just Once activated by a sort of player moving treasure chestnear or hitting them with a spell or projectile, the Goblins will activate and run away. They are humorous creatures, constantly giggling and screeching, running erratically while dropping gold or items, purely there as and pausing to open a bonus portal and attempt to escape if they go several seconds without offering being hit. Goblins will escape through the portal if left alone for too long, and if killed they will loot fountain much like a golden chest. (Different types of Goblins were added in [[Patch 2.1.2]] and [[Patch 2.2]]. and may drop [[materials]], [[blood shards]], or [[gems]], instead of gold/items.) Goblins do not attack players or deal any risk or dangerdamage, but they often create dangerous situations by leading pursuing players into fresh enemies. Goblins are classified as "[[Demons]]," and are "[[Unique]]" enemies, with purple names and non-random properties. His official descriptionAs Elites they take extra damage from +[[Damage to Elite]] modifiers, from an update and killing a Goblin will reset the bonus timer on Blizzard's Diablo facebook pagethe [[Bane of the Powerful]] Legendary Gem. The official description of the Goblin:

==Diablo III Monster==Goblins are generally found one at a time, though certain community buffs have caused them to always spawn in pairs. Players will rarely encounter a large group of 6-12 goblins of the same type, in a [[Nephalem Rift]].{{Monsterbox|game= Diablo III|portrait= Treasure-hunter1.jpg|portrait-width= 190px|name= Treasure Goblin|classifTypes= Demons|family= |role= |life= Diablo 3 debuted with just the one basic type of Treasure Goblin, though their drop rate and item quality was buffed and their AI tweaked in patches. [[Reaper of Souls]] made no initial changes to Goblins, but [[Patch 2.1]] added the bonus treasure land [[Greed's Domain]] reached only through a Goblin portal and Rainbow Goblins, [[Patch 2.1.2]] introduced four additional types of Goblins. and [[Patch 2.2]] three more.|mana= |armor= |resist= Unknown|armament= |dps= Unknown|dmg_low= Unknown|dmg_high= Unknown|range= |speed= |movement= |modifier= |spells= |found= }}All types of goblins (except Rainbow) may open a portal to [[Greed's Domain]], the Treasure Vault level.

[[File:Treasure-hunter2goblin-3-types.jpg|thumb|left400px|Three new types of Goblins.]]First sighted The following types of goblins are found only in Reaper of Souls, and not in regulation Diablo 3. All except for the playable demo at Rainbow Goblin are only present in Adventure Mode, but no goblins can be found in [[Blizzcon 2010Greater Rifts]], the Treasure Goblin is a small, shiny, loudly-giggling, rat-like humanoid with a huge sack of loot over one shoulder and extremely quick foot speed. He is technically a monster, but he does not attack characters or deal any sort of damage. Instead he is basically a moving, gold-leaking treasure chest, one that drops a constant shower of gold and occasional items, and will drop lots of high quality items if you manage to run him down and kill him.

The TS is slow at first# [[Rainbow Goblin]] - (Rare find) ## Drops loot like normal treasure goblin## Leaves open portal to [[Whimsydale]], giggling loudly and gleaming in the light to draw the eye"secret" area.# [[Blood Thief]] - (Purple-colored Goblin) ## Drops Blood Shards while running, as does the shiny trickle and multiple stacks of gold he's constantly droppingBlood Shards upon death. He generally lets players get in a hit does not drop any gold or twoitems.# [[Odious Collector]] - (green-colored Goblin)## Drops crafting materials of every type and color, before activating his super fast movement except orange crafting materials## May drop orange legendary or green item set crafting plans. Blacksmithing specific drops only. No gold or gems.# [[Gem Hoarder]] - (diamond-skinned Goblin)## Drops only gems while running and darting some distance awaya huge stack (20-25 gems) upon death. He's there to tease, not to escape## Gems are of the same quality as monsters/chests drop at the level, and he always stops just thus at level 70 (the edge maximum in Reaper of Souls) the visible screengems are about 90% Marquise and 10% Imperial.# [[Malevolent Tormentor]] - (dark brown tinted Goblin) ## Drops gold and items when he runs, has a short range teleport when fleeing, where he continues laughing and screeching drops more and better quality than a normal goblin.## Players will usually get a legendary item from his item fountain.# [[Gilded Baron]] - (Gold-colored goblin)## Just gold, and making all sorts lots of it!# [[Insufferable Miscreant]] ## Spawns with minion goblins that run interference/distraction## Drops better quality than a normal Goblin.# [[Gelatinous Sire]] ## Splits into 2 or 3 smaller versions of comicalitself when killed, attentionand those split into 2 or 3 again## Ends up with 7-getting9 tiny GS goblins, all of which move quickly and drop like a normal goblin type noiseswhen killed. # [[Menagerist Goblin]]## Will drop a [[vanity pet]] that your account has not already got

He's very quickAll types of Goblins can be found one at a time, far faster on foot than any characterin normal games, and his erratic movement, and tendency to lead only in Adventure Mode (except for the player into large mobsRainbow Goblin, makes him hard to kill, especially for melee characterswho can also appear in Campaign mode). Ranged attackers have an easier time nailing him from a distance, but his poor In [[pathfindingNephalem Rifts]] makes him killable for , players will not find any character who puts in the effort. Eventually Rainbow Goblins, but the Treasure other types of Goblin will run into a corner or a culsometimes very rarely be found in large clusters of 6-de12 (sometimes 10 -sac and yield to melee strikes20) which creates wild scrambles as the Goblins scatter in every direction, dropping loot as they run.

[[File:TreasureGoblin-pack-ptr-hunter3portals1.jpgJPG|thumb|Escape Portal?450px|Mixed type pack of Goblins. [[Patch 2.1.2]]If left alone for more than a few secondsPTR, the Treasure Goblin may cast a special portalDec 2014. Players can not pass through ]]The time the portal, but if stays open before the Treasure Goblin is left alone for too long he leaps through will disappear through it, depriving players of grow shorter each time the goblin opens or the longer the chance to score all that delicious loot from himbattle runs -- Goblins must be killed quickly or else they will escape.

His Goblins have been made easier to kill since they debuted with Diablo 3, and made to pause longer before escaping. They may even go back into their resting mode if activated and then left undisturbed without any characters nearby, and will wait indefinitely until they are encountered again.   ===Through the Portal=== Goblins not in a Rift will sometimes leave a golden portal behind when they die, granting players in the game access to [[Greed's Domain]], a treasure level full of gold and gems. This portal to [[The Vault]] occurs randomly; it is not affected by allowing a Treasure Goblin to live longer, or trying to kill a Goblin just before it escapes through the portal it opens during the combat. [[Rainbow Goblins]] are a special type of Treasure Goblin that may leave open a rainbow portal that takes players to a bonus area called [[Whimsydale]], which is identical in size and layout to the rainbow-themed [[Whimsyshire]] easter egg level. Whimsyshire vs. Whimsydale are not the same level -- players who enter this portal and Whimsyshire the normal way in the same game will clear out two different areas -- but the monsters found there and the rewards earned are effectively identical.  As of Patch 2.1.1, the new types of Goblins, the [[Blood Thief]], [[Odious Collector]], [[Gem Hoarder]], and [[Malevolent Tormentor]], may also leave open a golden portal to [[The Vault]] just like a normal Treasure Goblin. The secret level is the same in all cases, and evasive behavior can the portals opened by the new types of Goblins are the same golden color, though fans have suggested their portals should be seen palette shifted to match the color of the different goblin types.   ==A New Diablo III Monster== The Treasure Goblin was first revealed in the playable demo at [[Blizzcon 2010]]. The developers were clearly proud of their new addition to the game, making numerous jokes about chasing and "beating the candy" out of the Goblin.  [[GameplayFile:_Blizzcon_2010Treasure-hunter-poster.jpg|Blizzcon 2010 gameplay moviethumb|200px|Debut wanted poster.]]The initial version of the Goblin, seen pre-release and then in [[Diablo 3 vanilla]], was harder to notice since he did not show up on the map, didn't stand beside and open portal, made no warning sound, and the text window messages about "engaged an Elite" didn't yet exist in the game. Goblins could also activate while still a long distance from the player, and were often hit accidentally by ranged attacks or sought out by Followers. These factors often caused players to miss goblins, or not notice them until they saw the trail of gold, too late to chase after the Goblin that had dropped it. Goblins also moved faster and paused less often during the combat, and had a much shorter delay before they opened their portal and then hopped through it.  Since the initial version of the game every aspect of Goblin hunting has been relaxed. They are now much more visible with a map icon, give out a warning sound when players draw near, pause more often during the chase, wait longer before vanishing through their portal, go back to a sleep mode if they run away and are not pursued, and so forth.   ==Inspiration== The Treasure Goblin seems to have taken its inspiration from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Axe Golden Axe video game] series, where between levels the players would sleep in a camp, and be awakened by thieving goblins with large sacks of loot over their shoulders.  Another likely influence was The Thief character seen in arcade classic Gauntlet, a small chuckling character who raced around the dungeon and would steal power ups from characters who didn't kill him in time.

 The story info about Goblins was initially provided by [[Abd al-Hazir]] in a Lore entry heard when a Goblin is first encountered. ::"Some devious little goblins have been robbing our merchants! When pursued, they simply open portals and disappear with a most aggravating chuckle. The peasantry seem to believe that the goblins serve a great demon lord known as Greed and furthermore, that their portals lead to Greed's domain! A ludicrous notion, truly."

[[File:Treasure-hunter-poster.jpg|left|thumb|Treasure Goblin wanted poster.]]The Treasure Goblin was briefly discussed during the 2010 Blizzcon [[Crafting Sanctuary Panel Blizzcon 2010|Crafting Sanctuary Panel]], where the developers urged players to "beat the candy out of him" if and when we spotted the little guy. They also presented a wanted poster with his face on it; a useful presentation since thereit's no way tough to get a good clear look at his visage in the actual game.  Most players assumed he was humanoid; like a twisted old man, but apparently he's some sort of demonic rat-like creature?

ItMost players assumed the Goblin was was humanoid; like a twisted old man, but judging from the wanted poster he's unknown if this type some sort of enemy will be found in some/many/most/all dungeons in Diablo III, or if there are higher quality versions, or they ever appear in larger numbersdemonic rat-like creature.

{{Monster navbox|demon}}==Resources== News articles about [[The Vault]]. * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/greeds-domain-through-the-treasure-goblin-portal First sighting from the PTR].* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-creating-treasure-vault-greeds-domain Blizzard blog with concept art].* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/vault-greeds-domain-qa "The Vault" Q&A].* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/new-treasure-goblins-on-the-ptr Testing new types of Treasure Goblins in Patch 2.1.2]