Diablo 2 - How to Mule by Black Viper Page 7

Bonuses from Mules

The "Bonuses" you receive from doing this are plenty.

Free Items! The quest reward rings and items are great! Don't let this be underestimated!
More free Quest Rewards! Even though Charsi refuses to imbue a level one characters stuff, the "Add Sockets" may be enough to say, hell yeah!
Extra Stash! This was a little "better" before the 1.08 patch came out. Why? There were no level requirements on unique items. A level one Barb could easily wear any item (especially with the "bonus stat points" that you may also receive with quest rewards?) Unfortunately, the resulting v1.08+ patch added level requirements that are rather high for Mules to obtain, but they can still CARRY them! Don't forget about those "pre-patch" items still floating around out there, also.
Extra Gold! Even though the cap for stash gold is 50000 for a level one character and 10000 inventory gold, 60k is 60k, especially in the beginning, fortify your Mules and get a game going, even a TP is expensive in the beginning. You may even choose to "play" your mules for a few levels, just to get the extra gold stash and ability to carry more gold in inventory. Whether you choose to gain levels to be able to "use" a few Uniques (should "Uniques" be plural?!? Big oxymoron), that is up to you!
Probably one of the bigger bonuses is the fact that all the experience (as well as difficulty) is multiplied with more people (read Mules). Your experience is NOT split with the characters in town. Only on the same map "area" (Blood Moor, etc). Since this is true, A level one Matriarch is possible and common in my house.
The biggest bonus may just be the added item chance of dropping from monsters with more people in the game and in your party! This could be the difference between completing that kick butt set or not?

Are all of these bonuses worth the hassle of running 8 computers and Mule management? Well, that is up to you.

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