Experience Basics
View the [ Experience information ] at the Arreat Summit.

Levelling Guide
Here is a simple levelling guide based on the area level of each map in each difficulty.

Click on a map name to see the experience gained by killing monsters in that area. The experience shown is adjusted to the area level. For example, a Dark Stalker, who is normally level 69 and worth 27978 experience points, will be spawned at level 85 in the Pit Level 1, and the experience is increased to 48635 as a result of the level adjustment.

Please note that the experience shown here is further diminished by the [ Experience Penalty ] that affects characters of level 70 and above, and once more by the level difference between your character and the monster.

RED : those are level 85 areas, which can be found as early as Act 1. It can be profitable to 'Magic Find' in those areas, even in Act 1 (for example, 'The Pit'), as the monsters inhabiting these areas are level 85 and higher. Champion monsters in those areas will be level 87, and Unique monsters will be level 88. This means that Champion and Unique monsters in those areas will be able to drop all Unique and Set items with no exceptions.

Update 29 Jan 2004 : fixed monster levels higher than area level, monster levels were previously upgraded to the area level, but not downgraded. This happened in a few Act 5 Hell areas such as 'Abaddon'. Monsters in these areas will show slightly lower experience amounts as a result of their level being lowered.

Map	Normal	Nightmare	Hell
Blood Moor	1	36	67
Cold Plains	2	36	68
Stony Field	4	37	68
Dark Wood	5	38	68
Black Marsh	6	38	69
Tamoe Highland	8	39	69
Den of Evil	1	36	79
Cave Level 1	2	36	77
Underground Passage Level 1	4	37	69
Hole Level 1	5	38	80
Pit Level 1	7	39	85
Cave Level 2	2	37	78
Underground Passage Level 2	4	38	83
Hole Level 2	5	39	81
Pit Level 2	7	40	85
Burial Grounds	3	36	80
Crypt	3	37	83
Mausoleum	3	37	85
Tower Cellar Level 1	7	38	75
Tower Cellar Level 2	7	39	76
Tower Cellar Level 3	7	40	77
Tower Cellar Level 4	7	41	78
Tower Cellar Level 5	7	42	79
Monastery Gate	8	40	70
Outer Cloister	9	40	70
Barracks	9	40	70
Jail Level 1	10	41	71
Jail Level 2	10	41	71
Jail Level 3	10	41	71
Inner Cloister	10	41	72
Cathedral	11	42	72
Catacombs Level 1	11	42	72
Catacombs Level 2	11	42	73
Catacombs Level 3	12	43	73
Catacombs Level 4	12	43	73
Tristram	6	39	76
The Secret Cow Level	28	64	81
Act II
Rocky Waste	14	43	75
Dry Hills	15	44	76
Far Oasis	16	45	76
Lost City	17	46	77
Valley of Snakes	18	46	77
Canyon of the Magi	16	48	79
Sewers Level 1	13	43	74
Sewers Level 2	13	43	74
Sewers Level 3	14	44	75
Harem Level 2	13	47	78
Palace Cellar Level 1	13	47	78
Palace Cellar Level 2	13	47	78
Palace Cellar Level 3	13	48	78
Stony Tomb Level 1	12	44	78
Halls of the Dead Level 1	12	44	79
Halls of the Dead Level 2	13	45	81
Claw Viper Temple Level 1	14	47	82
Stony Tomb Level 2	12	44	79
Halls of the Dead Level 3	13	45	82
Claw Viper Temple Level 2	14	47	83
Maggot Lair Level 1	17	45	84
Maggot Lair Level 2	17	45	84
Maggot Lair Level 3	17	46	85
Ancient Tunnels	17	46	85
Tal Rasha's Tomb	17	49	80
Tal Rasha's Chamber	17	49	80
Arcane Sanctuary	14	48	79
Act III
Spider Forest	21	49	79
Great Marsh	21	50	80
Flayer Jungle	22	50	80
Lower Kurast	22	52	80
Kurast Bazaar	22	52	81
Upper Kurast	23	52	81
Kurast Causeway	24	53	81
Travincal	24	54	82
Arachnid Lair	21	50	79
Spider Cavern	21	50	79
Swampy Pit Level 1	21	51	80
Swampy Pit Level 2	21	51	81
Flayer Dungeon Level 1	22	51	81
Flayer Dungeon Level 2	22	51	82
Swampy Pit Level 3	21	51	82
Flayer Dungeon Level 3	22	51	83
Sewers Level 1	23	52	84
Sewers Level 2	24	53	85
Ruined Temple	23	53	84
Disused Fane	23	53	84
Forgotten Reliquary	23	53	84
Forgotten Temple	24	54	85
Ruined Fane	24	54	85
Disused Reliquary	24	54	85
Durance of Hate Level 1	25	55	83
Durance of Hate Level 2	25	55	83
Durance of Hate Level 3	25	55	83
Act IV
Outer Steppes	26	56	82
Plains of Despair	26	56	83
City of the Damned	27	57	84
River of Flame	27	57	85
The Chaos Sanctuary	28	58	85
Act V
Bloody Foothills	24	58	80
Frigid Highlands	25	59	81
Arreat Plateau	26	60	81
Crystalline Passage	29	61	82
Frozen River	29	61	83
Glacial Trail	29	61	83
Drifter Cavern	29	61	84
Frozen Tundra	27	60	81
The Ancients' Way	29	62	82
Icy Cellar	29	62	83
Arreat Summit	37	68	87
Halls of Anguish	33	63	83
Halls of Pain	34	64	84
Halls of Vaught	36	64	84
Abaddon	39	60	81
Pit of Acheron	39	61	82
Infernal Pit	39	62	83
Worldstone Keep Level 1	39	65	85
Worldstone Keep Level 2	40	65	85
Worldstone Keep Level 3	42	66	85
Throne of Destruction	43	66	85

Act Bosses
The following table lists levels for Act Bosses in each difficulty (v1.10)

Monster	Normal	Nightmare	Hell
Andariel	12	49	75
Duriel	22	55	88
Mephisto	26	59	87
Diablo	40	62	94
Über Diablo (*)	-	-	110
Baal	60	75	99
Baal Clone (**)	60	69	95

(*) Diablo Clone : this monster is rumored to be spawned by the 'World Event' and drops the [ Annihilus Charm ].
(**) Baal Clone : sometimes Baal summons a double of himself. Baal's double does not drop any items.