45 hours of Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred wasn't enough to find its new ultra rare mode where you fight to the death against waves of demons, so I cheated to try it

A close-up of a player character warlock in Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred. She looks toward the viewer while standing in glowing bright light.

Out of all the new things added to Diablo 4 with its new Lord of Hatred expansion, Echoing Hatred might be the most mysterious. It's not a dungeon, nor is it a boss fight: It's a fight to the death against relentless waves of monsters. But the only way to play it is by finding a rare item drop.

While I was reviewing the game on an early access server provided by Blizzard a few weeks ago, I never found a key to Echoing Hatred. I played the expansion for a little over 45 hours and in that time I completed the new campaign, fully geared up a warlock, climbed through most of the new Torment difficulty tiers, and did a little bit of fishing. It wasn't until the very last day the servers were up that I finally decided if I was ever going to see Echoing Hatred, I'd need to cheat.