However, once you’re at a certain gear level you can kick the difficulty of the game up a notch. You kill things, they drop gear, sometimes it’s an upgrade and you keep it. Essentially, you gear up by playing the game - there are no Real Money Auction Houses or microtransactions here. Gearing up in Diablo 2: Resurrected is at once much easier in concept than in more modern ARPGs, while also being somewhat complicated in terms of discussing the finer points.