Rocky Waste
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| Requirement | none |
| Waypoint | no |
| Act | 2 |
| Chests | super chests in the ruins with three entrances side by side |
| Shrines | no |
| Wells | no |
| Monster types | 3 picked per game |
Rocky Waste is a surface area in Act 2. It is accessed through Lut Gholein.
Rocky Waste belongs to the terror zone Rocky Waste and Stony Tomb. When it is terrorized in Hell, its monsters are 2 levels above your character, up to level 96, and give 25% more experience.
Rocky Waste has super chests in the ruins with three entrances side by side. 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
NefSocketsItem level 14, champions 16, uniques 17. The most sockets a white or superior base drops with here.
| Base | Mon | Champ | Uniq | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Sword | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Targe | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Rondache | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Heraldic Shield | – | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Voulge | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Scythe | – | 3 | 3 | 5 |
LevelingFull experience at character level 9–19. From level 20 it drops to 81%. From level 6, Catacombs Level 2 gives 2.2× the experience per kill.
Lvl 6Lvl 27
Character level 9: 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.
LemSocketsItem level 43, champions 45, uniques 46. The most sockets a white or superior base drops with here.The popular runeword bases drop here with all their sockets.
LevelingFull experience at character level 43–48. From level 49 it drops to 81%. From level 37, Catacombs Level 2 gives 1.3× the experience per kill.
Lvl 35Lvl 56
Character level 43: 100% experience · Claw Viper Temple Level 1 gives 2.0× 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.
Cham
SocketsItem level 75, champions 77, uniques 78. The most sockets a white or superior base drops with here.The popular runeword bases drop here with all their sockets.
LevelingFull experience at character level 75–80. From level 81 it drops to 81%, down to 5% from level 85. From level 67, Cathedral gives 1.3× the experience per kill.
Lvl 67Lvl 88
Character level 75: 100% experience · Tal Rasha's Tomb 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.