River of Flame
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| Quest | destroy Mephisto's Soulstone |
| Requirement | none |
| Waypoint | yes |
| Act | 4 |
| Chests | super chests on a few of its tiles, not every run |
| Shrines | yes |
| Wells | no |
| Monster types | 3 picked per game |
River of Flame is a surface area in Act 4. It is accessed through City of the Damned or through its waypoint.
River of Flame belongs to the terror zone City of the Damned and River of Flame. When it is terrorized in Hell, its monsters are 2 levels above your character, up to level 96, and give 25% more experience.
River of Flame has super chests on a few of its tiles, not every run. 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
DolSocketsMonsters here drop at their own level (27–32): item level up to 32, champions 34, uniques 35. The most sockets a white or superior base drops with here.
| Base | Mon | Champ | Uniq | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Sword | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Flail | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Military Pick | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Akaran Targe | – | – | 4 | 4 |
| Scythe | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Poleaxe | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Halberd | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| War Scythe | – | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Partizan | – | – | 4 | 5 |
LevelingFull experience at character level 32. From level 33 it drops to 91%. From level 29, Arreat Plateau gives 1.3× the experience per kill.
Lvl 24Lvl 45
Character level 32: 100% experience · Crystalline Passage 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 Normal areas whose monsters are at most 5 levels above you. See leveling and experience.
IstSocketsItem level 57, champions 59, uniques 60. The most sockets a white or superior base drops with here.
| Base | Mon | Champ | Uniq | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mage Plate | – | – | 3 | 3 |
LevelingFull experience at character level 57–62. From level 63 it drops to 81%. From level 56, Pit of Acheron gives 1.3× the experience per kill.
Lvl 49Lvl 70
Character level 57: 100% experience · Infernal Pit 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 Nightmare areas whose monsters are at most 5 levels above you. See leveling and experience.
Zod
SocketsItem level 85, champions 87, uniques 88. 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 85–90. From level 91 it drops to 81%, down to 5% from level 95.
Lvl 77Lvl 98
Character level 85: 100% experienceThe 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.