Black Marsh
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| Requirement | none |
| Waypoint | yes |
| Act | 1 |
| Chests | super chests in its small houses |
| Shrines | no |
| Wells | no |
| Monster types | 3 picked per game |
Black Marsh is a surface area in Act 1. It is accessed through Dark Wood or through its waypoint.
Black Marsh belongs to the terror zone Black Marsh, Hole, Forgotten Tower and Tower Cellar. When it is terrorized in Hell, its monsters are 2 levels above your character, up to level 96, and give 25% more experience.
Black Marsh has super chests in its small houses. A super chest looks like a normal chest and always spawns on the same tiles. It ignores treasure classes and magic find: a 16-bit seed picks one of 65,536 fixed drop patterns, with a separate set for locked chests. Drops are all magic (95%) or all rare (5%), and some patterns contain high runes. See Lower Kurast super chests.
Monsters
Monster level5–6
Density520 (low)
Unique packs1–2
Highest runenone
Immunitiesnone
SocketsMonsters here drop at their own level (5–6): item level up to 6, champions 8, uniques 9. The most sockets a white or superior base drops with here.
| Base | Mon | Champ | Uniq | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Targe | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Rondache | – | 3 | 3 | 4 |
LevelingFull experience at character level 1–10. From level 11 it drops to 92%. From level 4, Outer Cloister gives 1.4× the experience per kill.
Lvl 1Lvl 19
Character level 1: 100% experienceThe share of its monsters' experience you get, by your level, for one player. Better areas are compared per kill with Normal areas whose monsters are at most 5 levels above you. See leveling and experience.
IoSocketsItem level 38, champions 40, uniques 41. The most sockets a white or superior base drops with here.
| Base | Mon | Champ | Uniq | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Sword | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Flail | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Military Pick | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Akaran Rondache | – | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Scythe | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Poleaxe | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Halberd | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| War Scythe | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Partizan | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Battle Scythe | – | 4 | 5 | 5 |
LevelingFull experience at character level 38–43. From level 44 it drops to 81%, down to 5% from level 48. From level 37, Catacombs Level 2 gives 1.4× the experience per kill.
Lvl 30Lvl 51
Character level 38: 100% experience · Catacombs Level 3 gives 1.4× the experience per killThe share of its monsters' experience you get, by your level, for one player. Better areas are compared per kill with Nightmare areas whose monsters are at most 5 levels above you. See leveling and experience.
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SocketsItem level 69, champions 71, uniques 72. The most sockets a white or superior base drops with here.
| Base | Mon | Champ | Uniq | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monarch | – | – | 4 | 4 |
| Sacred Rondache | – | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Thresher | – | 5 | 5 | 5 |
LevelingFull experience at character level 69–74. From level 75 it drops to 81%, down to 5% from level 79. From level 67, Cathedral gives 1.3× the experience per kill.
Lvl 61Lvl 82
Character level 69: 100% experience · Catacombs Level 2 gives 1.3× the experience per killThe share of its monsters' experience you get, by your level, for one player. From level 70 the game also cuts all experience, wherever you are (95% at 70, 25% at 85, 0.6% at 98). Better areas are compared per kill with Hell areas whose monsters are at most 5 levels above you. See leveling and experience.