Upper Kurast

October 10, 2026

Upper Kurast info

Requirement	none
Waypoint	yes
Act	3
Chests	super chests in its temples and stone huts
Shrines	yes
Wells	yes
Monster types	3 picked per game

Upper Kurast is a surface area in Act 3. It is accessed through Kurast Bazaar or through its waypoint.

Upper Kurast belongs to the terror zone Kurast Bazaar, Lower Kurast, Upper Kurast, Kurast Causeway, Kurast Sewers, Ruined Temple, Disused Fane, Forgotten Reliquary, Forgotten Temple, Ruined Fane and Disused Reliquary. When it is terrorized in Hell, its monsters are 2 levels above your character, up to level 96, and give 25% more experience.

Upper Kurast has super chests in its temples and stone huts. 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 level23–24

Density325 (low)

Unique packs1–2

Highest rune

Sol

Immunitiesnone

SocketsMonsters here drop at their own level (23–24): item level up to 24, champions 26, uniques 27. The most sockets a white or superior base drops with here.

Base	Mon	Champ	Uniq	Max
Crystal Sword	3	4	4	6
Flail	3	4	4	5
Military Pick	4	5	5	6
Targe	3	4	4	4
Rondache	3	4	4	4
Heraldic Shield	3	4	4	4
Voulge	3	4	4	4
Scythe	3	4	4	5
Poleaxe	3	4	4	5

LevelingFull experience at character level 19–28. From level 29 it drops to 86%, down to 5% from level 34. From level 20, Durance of Hate Level 3 gives 1.3× the experience per kill.

Lvl 16Lvl 37

Character level 19: 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.

ZealotZakarumLevel 24

Winged NightmareVultureLevel 23

CantorZakarumLevel 23

FaithfulZakarumLevel 22

ThrasherThorn HulkLevel 23

Area level52

Density325 (low)

Unique packs4–6

Highest rune

Immunitiesnone

SocketsItem level 52, champions 54, uniques 55. The most sockets a white or superior base drops with here.

Base	Mon	Champ	Uniq	Max
Grim Scythe	–	–	6	6

LevelingFull experience at character level 52–57. From level 58 it drops to 81%, down to 5% from level 62. From level 44, Tal Rasha's Tomb gives 1.3× the experience per kill.

Lvl 44Lvl 65

Character level 52: 100% experience · Durance of Hate Level 3 gives 1.6× 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.

ZealotZakarumLevel 52–54

Winged NightmareVultureLevel 50–52

CantorZakarumLevel 52

FaithfulZakarumLevel 52

ThrasherThorn HulkLevel 52

Area level81

Density325 (low)

Unique packs7–9

Highest rune

Zod

Immunities

SocketsItem level 81, champions 83, uniques 84. The most sockets a white or superior base drops with here.

Base	Mon	Champ	Uniq	Max
Archon Plate	–	–	4	4
Great Poleaxe	–	–	6	6

LevelingFull experience at character level 81–86. From level 87 it drops to 81%, down to 5% from level 91. From level 73, Valley of Snakes gives 1.3× the experience per kill.

Lvl 73Lvl 94

Character level 81: 100% experience · Throne of Destruction gives 1.6× 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.

Monsters

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