Dark Wood
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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 |
Dark Wood is a surface area in Act 1. It is accessed through Stony Field or through its waypoint.
Dark Wood belongs to the terror zone Dark Wood and Underground Passage. When it is terrorized in Hell, its monsters are 2 levels above your character, up to level 96, and give 25% more experience.
Dark Wood 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
Density520 (low)
Unique packs1–2
Highest runenone
Immunitiesnone
SocketsItem level 5, champions 7, uniques 8. The most sockets a white or superior base drops with here.
| Base | Mon | Champ | Uniq | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Targe | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Rondache | – | – | 3 | 4 |
LevelingFull experience at character level 1–10. From level 11 it drops to 81%, down to 5% from level 15. From level 1, Black Marsh gives 1.3× the experience per kill.
Lvl 1Lvl 18
Character level 1: 100% experience · Black Marsh gives 1.3× the experience per killThe 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 31, Den of Evil gives 1.4× the experience per kill.
Lvl 30Lvl 51
Character level 38: 100% experience · Catacombs Level 3 gives 1.9× 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 68, champions 70, uniques 71. The most sockets a white or superior base drops with here.
| Base | Mon | Champ | Uniq | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Rondache | – | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Thresher | – | – | 5 | 5 |
LevelingFull experience at character level 68–73. From level 74 it drops to 81%, down to 5% from level 78. From level 63, Cold Plains gives 1.4× the experience per kill.
Lvl 60Lvl 81
Character level 68: 100% experience · Catacombs Level 2 gives 1.8× 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.