Black Marsh

October 10, 2026

Black Marsh info

Requirement	none
Waypoint	yes
Act	1
Chests	super chests in its small houses
Shrines	no
Wells	no
Monster types	3 picked per game

The Black Marsh is an Act 1 wilderness area that connects the Dark Wood to the Tamoe Highland. It contains side areas called the Forgotten Tower and the Hole.

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.

ReturnedSkeleton · UndeadLevel 6

Night ClanGoatman · DemonLevel 6

Carver ShamanFallen · DemonLevel 6

CarverFallen · DemonLevel 5

BruteWendigoLevel 5

Vile ArcherCorrupt Rogue · DemonLevel 5

Blood HawkFoul CrowLevel 6Unique only

Area level38

Density520 (low)

Unique packs4–6

Highest rune

Immunitiesnone

SocketsItem 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.

ReturnedSkeleton · UndeadLevel 38–45

Night ClanGoatman · DemonLevel 38–39

Carver ShamanFallen · DemonLevel 38–39

CarverFallen · DemonLevel 37–39

BruteWendigoLevel 38–39

Vile ArcherCorrupt Rogue · DemonLevel 38–39

Area level69

Density520 (low)

Unique packs7–9

Highest rune

Immunities

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.

Returned

Skeleton · UndeadLevel 69–82

Night Clan

Goatman · DemonLevel 69–76

Carver Shaman

Fallen · DemonLevel 69–76

Carver

Fallen · DemonLevel 68–85

Brute

WendigoLevel 69–81

Vile Archer

Corrupt Rogue · DemonLevel 69–81