Ancient Tunnels
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| Requirement | none |
| Waypoint | no |
| Act | 2 |
| Chests | one sparkly chest |
| Shrines | no |
| Wells | no |
| Monster types | 3 picked per game |
Ancient Tunnels is an underground area in Act 2. It is accessed through Lost City.
Ancient Tunnels belongs to the terror zone Lost City, Valley of Snakes, Claw Viper Temple and Ancient Tunnels. When it is terrorized in Hell, its monsters are 2 levels above your character, up to level 96, and give 25% more experience.
Ancient Tunnels has one sparkly chest. A sparkly chest 
does a regular chest drop with a small chance to try to make every item unique, set or rare; otherwise it rerolls until it has one to three magic items.
Monsters
RalSocketsMonsters here drop at their own level (17–18): item level up to 18, champions 20, uniques 21. The most sockets a white or superior base drops with here.
| Base | Mon | Champ | Uniq | Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Sword | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Flail | – | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Military Pick | – | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Targe | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Rondache | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Heraldic Shield | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Voulge | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Scythe | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Poleaxe | – | – | 3 | 5 |
LevelingFull experience at character level 13–22. From level 23 it drops to 92%, down to 5% from level 28. From level 10, Halls of the Dead Level 1 gives 1.6× the experience per kill.
Lvl 10Lvl 31
Character level 13: 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 46, champions 48, uniques 49. 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 46–51. From level 52 it drops to 81%. From level 41, Valley of Snakes gives 1.3× the experience per kill.
Lvl 38Lvl 59
Character level 46: 100% experience · Tal Rasha's Tomb 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.
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. From level 77, Claw Viper Temple Level 1 gives 1.3× the experience per kill.
Lvl 77Lvl 98
Character level 85: 100% experience · Throne of Destruction gives 1.4× 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.