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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 items when players hit him. If killed he drops 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:

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]].   ==Diablo III MonsterTreasure Goblin Types=={{Monsterbox|game= Diablo III3 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. All types of goblins (except Rainbow) may open a portal to [[Greed's Domain]], the Treasure Vault level.|portrait= [[File:Treasure-hunter1goblin-3-types.jpg|thumb|400px|Three new types of Goblins.]]The following types of goblins are found only in Reaper of Souls, and not in regulation Diablo 3. All except for the Rainbow Goblin are only present in Adventure Mode, but no goblins can be found in [[Greater Rifts]].  # [[Rainbow Goblin]] - (Rare find) ## Drops loot like normal treasure goblin## Leaves open portal to [[Whimsydale]], the "secret" area.# [[Blood Thief]] - (Purple-colored Goblin) ## Drops Blood Shards while running, and multiple stacks of Blood Shards upon death. He does not drop any gold or items.# [[Odious Collector]] - (green-colored Goblin)## Drops crafting materials of every type and color, 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 a huge stack (20-25 gems) upon death.## Gems are of the same quality as monsters/chests drop at the level, thus at level 70 (the maximum in Reaper of Souls) the gems 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, and 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)|portrait## Just gold, and 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 itself when killed, and those split into 2 or 3 again## Ends up with 7-width= 190px9 tiny GS goblins, all of which move quickly and drop like a normal goblin when killed.|name= Treasure # [[Menagerist Goblin]]## Will drop a [[vanity pet]] that your account has not already got |classif= Demons|family= Treasure All types of Goblins can be found one at a time, in normal games, only in Adventure Mode (except for the Rainbow Goblin, who can also appear in Campaign mode). In [[Nephalem Rifts]], players will not find any Rainbow Goblins, but the other types of Goblinwill sometimes very rarely be found in large clusters of 6-12 (sometimes 10 - 20) which creates wild scrambles as the Goblins scatter in every direction, dropping loot as they run.|role= |life= |mana= |armorEscape Portal= |resist= Unknown|armament= [[File:Treasure-hunter3.jpg|dps= Unknownleft|dmg_low= Unknownthumb|dmg_high= Unknown125px|range= Early graphic.]]|speed= Goblins appear with their portal open, as an aid to seeing them. Once activated by a character hitting them or moving into close proximity, Goblins will run, and if they stop and are not touched for several seconds they will open the portal again, and jump through it if they remain undisturbed for around ten seconds.|movement= [[File:Goblin-pack-ptr-portals1.JPG|modifier= thumb|spells= 450px|found= Mixed type pack of Goblins. [[Patch 2.1.2]] PTR, Dec 2014.]]}}The time the portal stays open before the Goblin leaps through will grow shorter each time the goblin opens or the longer the battle runs -- Goblins must be killed quickly or else they will escape.

[[File:Treasure-hunter2.jpg|thumb|left]]First sighted in the playable demo at [[Blizzcon 2010]], the Treasure Goblin is a small, shinyGoblins have been made easier to kill since they debuted with Diablo 3, loudly-giggling, rat-like humanoid with a huge sack of loot over one shoulder and extremely quick foot speedmade to pause longer before escaping. He is technically a monster, but he does not attack They may even go back into their resting mode if activated and then left undisturbed without any 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 itemsnearby, and will drop lots of high quality items if you manage to run him down and kill himwait indefinitely until they are encountered again.

The TS is slow at first, giggling loudly and gleaming in ===Through the light to draw the eye, as does the shiny trickle of gold he's constantly dropping. He generally lets players get in a hit or two, before activating his super fast movement and darting some distance away. He's there to tease, not to escape, and he always stops just at the edge of the visible screen, where he continues laughing and screeching and making all sorts of comical, attention-getting, goblin type noises. Portal===

Goblins not in a Rift will sometimes leave a golden portal behind when they die, granting players in the game access to [[File:Treasure-hunter4Greed's Domain]], a treasure level full of gold and gems.jpg|left|thumb|150pxThis portal to [[The Vault]]If the player pursues him, the occurs randomly; it is not affected by allowing a Treasure Goblin will allow another hit to be landed live longer, or trying to kill a Goblin just before darting off again, dropping gold it escapes through the portal it opens during the whole while and running in semi-random directionscombat.

He's very quick, far faster on foot than any character[[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 his erratic movement, and tendency layout to lead the player into large mobs, makes him hard to kill, especially for melee characters. Ranged attackers have an easier time nailing him from a distance, but his poor rainbow-themed [[pathfindingWhimsyshire]] makes him killable for any character easter egg level. Whimsyshire vs. Whimsydale are not the same level -- players who puts enter this portal and Whimsyshire the normal way in the effort. Eventually the Treasure Goblin same game will run into a corner or a culclear out two different areas -de-sac but the monsters found there and yield to melee strikesthe rewards earned are effectively identical.

There are 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 few colors normal Treasure Goblin. The secret level is the same in all cases, and the portals opened by the new types of Treasure Goblins to are the same golden color, though fans have suggested their portals should be found. Each with its own bonuses palette shifted to drops. Grey drops extra crafting materials like tomes match the color of blacksmithing or tomes of secrets. Gold drops extra gold. Red Drops extra gems. Blue drops extra magical/rare itemsthe different goblin types.

His portal ==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 evasive behavior can be seen in "beating the candy" out of the Goblin.  [[GameplayFile:_Blizzcon_2010Treasure-hunter-poster.jpg|thumb|Blizzcon 2010 gameplay movie200px|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. 

The Treasure Pigmy Goblin seems to have taken its inspiration from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Axe Golden Axe video game] series, when where between levels the players would sleep in between levels sleep around a campfire camp, and have their magic stolen be awakened by little Gnomes thieving goblins with large sacksof loot over their shoulders.they would then wake and chase them Another likely influence was The Thief character seen in arcade classic Gauntlet, a small chuckling character who raced around to kil them to gain back their magic plus some, the resemblance dungeon and behaviour is very similar would steal power ups from characters who didn't kill him in both gamestime. 

 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."

This type 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 enemy will be found him" if and when we spotted the little guy. They also presented a wanted poster with his face on it; a useful presentation since it's tough to get a clear look at his visage in some/many/most/all dungeons in Diablo III, and there are higher quality versions as you progress through Nightmare/Hell/Infernothe actual game.

==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]  {{Monster navbox|demonsbosses}}