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The Treasure Seeker 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 [[transcendent chest]].

Despite his name and sneaky appearance, the Treasure Seeker Goblin doesn't seem to have the ability to steal from players or chests. He's just a sort of moving treasure chest, purely there as a bonus without offering any risk or danger. His official description, from an update on Blizzard's Diablo facebook page.

First sighted in the playable demo at [[Blizzcon 2010]], the Treasure Seeker 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 Treasure Seeker Goblin is a sort of [[Easter Egg]], since he's fun and diverting, and not a danger. The character is reminiscent of the Thief in the arcade classic Gauntlet II, except that he doesn't steal from you, and is purely a fun bonus diversion.

If the player pursues him, the Treasure Seeker Goblin will allow another hit to be landed before darting off again, dropping gold the whole while and running in semi-random directions.

He's very quick, far faster on foot than any character, and his erratic movement, and tendency 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 [[pathfinding]] makes him killable for any character who puts in the effort. Eventually the Treasure Seeker Goblin will run into a corner or a cul-de-sac and yield to melee strikes.

If left alone for more than a few seconds, the Treasure Seeker Goblin may cast a special portal. Players can not pass through the portal, but if the Treasure Seeker Goblin is left alone for too long he will disappear through it, depriving players of the chance to score all that delicious loot from him.

[[File:Treasure-hunter-poster.jpg|left|thumb|Treasure Seeker Goblin wanted poster.]]The Treasure Seeker 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 there's no way to get a good look at his visage in the actual game.

Assorted Treasure Seeker Goblin screenshots and concept arts.* See every piece of Treasure Seeker Goblin media [http://diablo.incgamers.com/gallery/search.php?keywords=treasure+seeker&cat=all&x=0&y=0 in the Image Gallery].