Area Levels
Every ground has a hidden depth. It is never shown, yet it rules what walks there and what falls when they die — the deeper the land, the darker the treasures it may yield.
In Nightmare and Hell a zone's monsters take its area level: the common at the level itself, champions at +2, the unique and their kind at +3. A Hell area level of 85 is the summit — champions reach level 87, uniques 88, and every relic in the game may drop.
124 zones shown · 32 are level-85 farming grounds
| Zone | Act | Waypoint | Normal | Nightmare | Hell |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood Moor | Act 1 | — | 1 | 36 | 67 |
| Cold Plains | Act 1 | Yes | 2 | 36 | 68 |
| Dark Wood | Act 1 | Yes | 5 | 38 | 68 |
| Stony Field | Act 1 | Yes | 4 | 37 | 68 |
| Black Marsh | Act 1 | Yes | 6 | 38 | 69 |
| Tamoe Highland | Act 1 | — | 8 | 39 | 69 |
| Underground Passage Level 1 | Act 1 | — | 4 | 37 | 69 |
| Barracks | Act 1 | — | 9 | 40 | 70 |
| Monastery Gate | Act 1 | — | 8 | 40 | 70 |
| Outer Cloister | Act 1 | Yes | 9 | 40 | 70 |
| Jail Level 1 | Act 1 | Yes | 10 | 41 | 71 |
| Jail Level 2 | Act 1 | — | 10 | 41 | 71 |
| Jail Level 3 | Act 1 | — | 10 | 41 | 71 |
| Catacombs Level 1 | Act 1 | — | 11 | 42 | 72 |
| Cathedral | Act 1 | — | 11 | 42 | 72 |
| Inner Cloister | Act 1 | Yes | 10 | 41 | 72 |
| Catacombs Level 2 | Act 1 | Yes | 11 | 42 | 73 |
| Catacombs Level 3 | Act 1 | — | 12 | 43 | 73 |
| Catacombs Level 4 | Act 1 | — | 12 | 43 | 73 |
| Tower Cellar Level 1 | Act 1 | — | 7 | 38 | 75 |
| Tower Cellar Level 2 | Act 1 | — | 7 | 39 | 76 |
| Tristram | Act 1 | — | 6 | 39 | 76 |
| Cave Level 1 | Act 1 | — | 2 | 36 | 77 |
| Tower Cellar Level 3 | Act 1 | — | 7 | 40 | 77 |
| Cave Level 2 | Act 1 | — | 2 | 37 | 78 |
| Tower Cellar Level 4 | Act 1 | — | 7 | 41 | 78 |
| Den of Evil | Act 1 | — | 1 | 36 | 79 |
| Tower Cellar Level 5 | Act 1 | — | 7 | 42 | 79 |
| Burial Grounds | Act 1 | — | 3 | 36 | 80 |
| Hole Level 1 | Act 1 | — | 5 | 38 | 80 |
| Hole Level 2 | Act 1 | — | 5 | 39 | 81 |
| Secret Cow Level (Moo Moo Farm) | Act 1 | — | 28 | 64 | 81 |
| Crypt | Act 1 | — | 3 | 37 | 83 |
| Mausoleum alvl 85 | Act 1 | — | 3 | 37 | 85 |
| Pit Level 1 alvl 85 | Act 1 | — | 7 | 39 | 85 |
| Pit Level 2 alvl 85 | Act 1 | — | 7 | 40 | 85 |
| Underground Passage Level 2 alvl 85 | Act 1 | — | 4 | 38 | 85 |
| Sewers Level 1 | Act 2 | — | 13 | 43 | 74 |
| Sewers Level 2 | Act 2 | Yes | 13 | 43 | 74 |
| Rocky Waste | Act 2 | — | 14 | 43 | 75 |
| Sewers Level 3 | Act 2 | — | 14 | 44 | 75 |
| Dry Hills | Act 2 | Yes | 15 | 44 | 76 |
| Far Oasis | Act 2 | Yes | 16 | 45 | 76 |
| Lost City | Act 2 | Yes | 17 | 46 | 77 |
| Valley of Snakes | Act 2 | — | 18 | 46 | 77 |
| Harem Level 2 | Act 2 | — | 13 | 47 | 78 |
| Palace Cellar Level 1 | Act 2 | Yes | 13 | 47 | 78 |
| Palace Cellar Level 2 | Act 2 | — | 13 | 47 | 78 |
| Palace Cellar Level 3 | Act 2 | — | 13 | 48 | 78 |
| Arcane Sanctuary | Act 2 | Yes | 14 | 48 | 79 |
| Canyon of the Magi | Act 2 | Yes | 16 | 48 | 79 |
| Halls of the Dead Level 1 | Act 2 | — | 12 | 44 | 79 |
| Duriel's Lair | Act 2 | — | 17 | 49 | 80 |
| Tal Rasha's Tomb | Act 2 | — | 17 | 49 | 80 |
| Halls of the Dead Level 2 | Act 2 | Yes | 13 | 45 | 81 |
| Claw Viper Temple Level 1 | Act 2 | — | 14 | 47 | 82 |
| Halls of the Dead Level 3 | Act 2 | — | 13 | 45 | 82 |
| Claw Viper Temple Level 2 | Act 2 | — | 14 | 47 | 83 |
| Maggot Lair Level 1 | Act 2 | — | 17 | 45 | 84 |
| Maggot Lair Level 2 | Act 2 | — | 17 | 45 | 84 |
| Ancient Tunnels alvl 85 | Act 2 | — | 17 | 46 | 85 |
| Maggot Lair Level 3 alvl 85 | Act 2 | — | 17 | 46 | 85 |
| Stony Tomb Level 1 alvl 85 | Act 2 | — | 12 | 44 | 85 |
| Stony Tomb Level 2 alvl 85 | Act 2 | — | 12 | 44 | 85 |
| Spider Cavern | Act 3 | — | 21 | 50 | 79 |
| Spider Forest | Act 3 | Yes | 21 | 49 | 79 |
| Flayer Jungle | Act 3 | Yes | 22 | 50 | 80 |
| Great Marsh | Act 3 | Yes | 21 | 50 | 80 |
| Lower Kurast | Act 3 | Yes | 22 | 52 | 80 |
| Flayer Dungeon Level 1 | Act 3 | — | 22 | 51 | 81 |
| Kurast Bazaar | Act 3 | Yes | 22 | 52 | 81 |
| Kurast Causeway | Act 3 | — | 24 | 53 | 81 |
| Upper Kurast | Act 3 | Yes | 23 | 52 | 81 |
| Flayer Dungeon Level 2 | Act 3 | — | 22 | 51 | 82 |
| Travincal | Act 3 | Yes | 24 | 54 | 82 |
| Durance of Hate Level 1 | Act 3 | — | 25 | 55 | 83 |
| Durance of Hate Level 2 | Act 3 | Yes | 25 | 55 | 83 |
| Durance of Hate Level 3 | Act 3 | — | 25 | 55 | 83 |
| Flayer Dungeon Level 3 | Act 3 | — | 22 | 51 | 83 |
| Arachnid Lair alvl 85 | Act 3 | — | 21 | 50 | 85 |
| Disused Fane alvl 85 | Act 3 | — | 23 | 53 | 85 |
| Disused Reliquary alvl 85 | Act 3 | — | 24 | 54 | 85 |
| Forgotten Reliquary alvl 85 | Act 3 | — | 23 | 53 | 85 |
| Forgotten Temple alvl 85 | Act 3 | — | 24 | 54 | 85 |
| Ruined Fane alvl 85 | Act 3 | — | 24 | 54 | 85 |
| Ruined Temple alvl 85 | Act 3 | — | 23 | 53 | 85 |
| Sewers Level 1 alvl 85 | Act 3 | — | 23 | 52 | 85 |
| Sewers Level 2 alvl 85 | Act 3 | — | 24 | 53 | 85 |
| Swampy Pit Level 1 alvl 85 | Act 3 | — | 21 | 51 | 85 |
| Swampy Pit Level 2 alvl 85 | Act 3 | — | 21 | 51 | 85 |
| Swampy Pit Level 3 alvl 85 | Act 3 | — | 21 | 51 | 85 |
| Outer Steppes | Act 4 | — | 26 | 56 | 82 |
| Plains of Despair | Act 4 | — | 26 | 56 | 83 |
| City of the Damned | Act 4 | Yes | 27 | 57 | 84 |
| River of Flame alvl 85 | Act 4 | Yes | 27 | 57 | 85 |
| The Chaos Sanctuary alvl 85 | Act 4 | — | 28 | 58 | 85 |
| Bloody Foothills | Act 5 | — | 24 | 58 | 80 |
| Arreat Plateau | Act 5 | Yes | 26 | 60 | 81 |
| Frigid Highlands | Act 5 | Yes | 25 | 59 | 81 |
| Frozen Tundra | Act 5 | Yes | 27 | 60 | 81 |
| Crystalline Passage | Act 5 | Yes | 29 | 61 | 82 |
| The Ancients' Way | Act 5 | Yes | 29 | 62 | 82 |
| Forgotten Sands | Act 5 | — | 50 | 75 | 83 |
| Frozen River | Act 5 | — | 29 | 61 | 83 |
| Furnace of Pain | Act 5 | — | 50 | 75 | 83 |
| Glacial Trail | Act 5 | Yes | 29 | 61 | 83 |
| Halls of Anguish | Act 5 | — | 33 | 63 | 83 |
| Matron's Den | Act 5 | — | 50 | 75 | 83 |
| Nihlathak's Temple | Act 5 | — | 32 | 63 | 83 |
| Tristram | Act 5 | — | 50 | 75 | 83 |
| Halls of Pain | Act 5 | Yes | 34 | 64 | 84 |
| Halls of Vaught | Act 5 | — | 36 | 64 | 84 |
| Abaddon alvl 85 | Act 5 | — | 39 | 60 | 85 |
| Drifter Cavern alvl 85 | Act 5 | — | 29 | 61 | 85 |
| Icy Cellar alvl 85 | Act 5 | — | 29 | 62 | 85 |
| Infernal Pit alvl 85 | Act 5 | — | 39 | 62 | 85 |
| Pit of Acheron alvl 85 | Act 5 | — | 39 | 61 | 85 |
| The Worldstone Chamber alvl 85 | Act 5 | — | 43 | 66 | 85 |
| The Worldstone Keep Level 1 alvl 85 | Act 5 | — | 39 | 65 | 85 |
| The Worldstone Keep Level 2 alvl 85 | Act 5 | Yes | 40 | 65 | 85 |
| The Worldstone Keep Level 3 alvl 85 | Act 5 | — | 42 | 66 | 85 |
| Throne of Destruction alvl 85 | Act 5 | — | 43 | 66 | 85 |
| Arreat Summit | Act 5 | — | 37 | 68 | 87 |
| Colossal Summit | Act 5 | — | 37 | 68 | 87 |