Catacombs Level 3
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| Requirement | none |
| Waypoint | no |
| Act | 1 |
| Chests | super chests in its square rooms |
| Shrines | yes |
| Wells | yes |
| Monster types | 3 picked per game |
Catacombs Level 3 is an underground area in Act 1. It is accessed through Catacombs Level 2.
Catacombs Level 3 belongs to the terror zone Cathedral, Catacombs and Inner Cloister. When it is terrorized in Hell, its monsters are 2 levels above your character, up to level 96, and give 25% more experience.
Catacombs Level 3 has super chests in its square rooms. 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
RalSocketsItem level 12, champions 14, uniques 15. 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 |
| Voulge | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Scythe | – | – | 3 | 5 |
LevelingFull experience at character level 7–17. From level 18 it drops to 81%, down to 5% from level 22. From level 4, Outer Cloister gives 1.9× the experience per kill.
Lvl 4Lvl 25
Character level 7: 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%, down to 5% from level 53. From level 41, Valley of Snakes gives 1.4× the experience per kill.
Lvl 35Lvl 56
Character level 43: 100% experience · Claw Viper Temple Level 1 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.
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SocketsItem level 73, champions 75, uniques 76. 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 73–78. From level 79 it drops to 81%, down to 5% from level 83. From level 72, Valley of Snakes gives 1.3× the experience per kill.
Lvl 65Lvl 86
Character level 73: 100% experience · Valley of Snakes 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.