Cold Plains
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| Requirement | none |
| Waypoint | yes |
| Act | 1 |
| Chests | super chests in its small houses |
| Shrines | no |
| Wells | no |
| Monster types | 3 picked per game |
Cold Plains is a surface area in Act 1. It is accessed through Blood Moor or through its waypoint.
Cold Plains belongs to the terror zone Cold Plains and Cave. When it is terrorized in Hell, its monsters are 2 levels above your character, up to level 96, and give 25% more experience.
Cold Plains 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 level2
Density520 (low)
Unique packs1–1
Highest runenone
Immunitiesnone
SocketsItem level 2, champions 4, uniques 5. The most sockets a white or superior base drops with here.
| Base | Mon | Champ | Uniq | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Targe | – | 3 | 3 | 4 |
LevelingFull experience at character level 1–7. From level 8 it drops to 81%, down to 5% from level 12. From level 1, Black Marsh gives 1.9× the experience per kill.
Lvl 1Lvl 15
Character level 1: 100% experience · Black Marsh gives 1.9× 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.
IoSocketsItem level 36, champions 38, uniques 39. 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 |
| Scythe | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Poleaxe | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Halberd | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| War Scythe | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Partizan | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Bill | – | 4 | 4 | 4 |
LevelingFull experience at character level 36–41. From level 42 it drops to 81%, down to 5% from level 46. From level 37, Catacombs Level 2 gives 1.5× the experience per kill.
Lvl 28Lvl 49
Character level 36: 100% experienceThe 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 68, champions 70, uniques 71. The most sockets a white or superior base drops with here.
| Base | Mon | Champ | Uniq | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Rondache | – | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Thresher | – | – | 5 | 5 |
LevelingFull experience at character level 68–73. From level 74 it drops to 81%, down to 5% from level 78. From level 67, Cathedral gives 1.3× the experience per kill.
Lvl 60Lvl 81
Character level 68: 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.