D2R Terror Zones

List of D2R Terror Zones & Difficulty

Act I

  1. Blood Moor and Den of Evil
  2. Cold Plains and The Cave
  3. Burial Grounds, The Crypt, and the Mausoleum
  4. Stony Field
  5. Dark Wood
  6. The Forgotten Tower
  7. Jail
  8. Cathedral and Catacombs
  9. The Pit
  10. Tristram
  11. Moo Moo Farm

Act II

  1. Sewers
  2. Rocky Waste and Stony Tomb
  3. Dry Hills and Halls of the Dead
  4. Far Oasis
  5. Lost City, Valley of Snakes, and Claw Viper Temple
  6. Arcane Sanctuary
  7. Tal Rasha's Tombs

Act III

  1. Spider Forest and Spider Cavern
  2. Flayer Jungle and Flayer Dungeon
  3. Kurast Bazaar, Ruined Temple, and Disused Fane
  4. Kurast Sewers
  5. Travincal
  6. Durance of Hate

Act IV

  1. Outer Steppes and Plains of Despair
  2. River of Flame/City of the Damned
  3. Chaos Sanctuary

Act V

  1. Bloody Foothills
  2. Frigid Highlands
  3. Glacial Trail
  4. Crystalline Passage and Frozen River
  5. Arreat Plateau
  6. Nihlathak's Temple, Halls of Anguish, Halls of Pain, and Halls of Vaught
  7. Ancient's Way and Icy Cellar
  8. Worldstone Keep, Throne of Destruction, and Worldstone Chamber

Terror Zone Difficulty

Normal

  • Base: +2 levels up to level 45
  • Champion: +4 levels up to level 47
  • Unique: +5 levels up to level 48

Nightmare

  • Base: +2 levels up to level 71
  • Champion: +4 levels up to level 73
  • Unique: +5 levels up to level 74

Hell

  • Base: +2 levels up to level 96
  • Champion: +4 levels up to level 98
  • Unique: +5 levels up to level 99

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How to unlock the Terror Zones?

To unlock the Terror Zones feature, you must defeat Baal per character, per difficulty using any expansion character—existing characters that have already fulfilled the requirements will automatically have this feature unlocked. Once Ladder Season Two begins, players will need to meet the aforementioned requirements to unlock Terror Zones for their new ladder characters.

D2R Ladder Season Two Release Date

Ladder Season Two will begin on October 6, ushering in a new opportunity for brave heroes to race to level 99 and amass powerful loot along the way. This will also be the first Ladder Season with Terror Zones! Can you handle the increased ferocity of the Burning Hells, or will you perish under their amplified might? We cannot wait to see how Terror Zones will influence the leaderboard, or hopefully, allow new players the opportunity to see their name on it for the first time.

North America

October 6, 5:00 p.m. PDT
Europe

October 6, 2:00 a.m. CEST
Asia

October 6, 9:00 a.m. KST

D2R Terror Zone Difficulty

The journey to level 99 is a celebrated experience for players and quite the milestone if achieved—a rite of passage, even. We want the journey to level 99 to be accessible to a larger population of players, offer more variety other than repeatedly farming Baal, Diablo, and Nihlathak, and most importantly, remain challenging. This is where Terror Zones come in. As we get into details, please note that players can choose to opt-out of Terror Zones if desired.

When playing a Terror Zone-enabled game, every hour, diabolical tremors infused with the Lord of Destruction’s unwavering corruption creep into specific zones, emboldening the monsters within, and terrorizing them. The monsters in these zones will be at least two levels higher than your current level or their original level, up to a maximum per difficulty. The experience received and the loot dropped by killing a terrorized monster will be based on this new level—terrorized monsters will also grant additional experience points.

Here are the level details for each monster type per difficulty:

Normal

  • Base: +2 levels up to level 45
  • Champion: +4 levels up to level 47
  • Unique: +5 levels up to level 48

Nightmare

  • Base: +2 levels up to level 71
  • Champion: +4 levels up to level 73
  • Unique: +5 levels up to level 74

Hell

  • Base: +2 levels up to level 96
  • Champion: +4 levels up to level 98
  • Unique: +5 levels up to level 99

The base player level used for the above calculations are taken from the creator of the game. If the host leaves the game, a new player will be selected for the base once the next Terror Zone is announced. Upon entering a Terror Zone-enabled game, you'll be informed of the current terrorized areas through a message sent to you via the Chat Box. When the time for new terrorized zones draws near, you will be informed of the impending changes via the Chat Box.

In addition, you will be informed that you’re entering a terrorized area by several indicators:

  • Unique iconography next to a terrorized monster's name
  • On-screen text and messaging
  • Special audio cue
  • In-game text on the auto-map
  • Unique environmental lighting
  • Ember visual effects

D2R Terror Zone

Waypoints have also received some changes to assist in locating the current Terror Zone:

  • An icon will display on the Waypoint menu next to the Waypoint that is closest to the current Terror Zone.
  • The Waypoint closest to the current Terror Zone will have its name displayed in a purple font.

D2R Terror Zone

Developer Comments

The dominant driver of these changes was mob density. Fully clearing a zone is more beneficial in a Terrorized zone, but this becomes less efficient if the density of a zone is too low. Rather than adjust mob density, which can have ramifications on melee builds, we opted instead to remove zones with lighter mob density. The removal of Maggot Lair and Harem/Palace Cellar was also to address Terror Zone playability in close quarters zones with doors. While zones with doors have always been a bit quirky, we do not wish to change them, opting instead to maintain their original design feeling. Instead, we have added two new zones that promote our intended benefits to players when terrorized.

D2R Terror Zones Single Player Offline

The short answer is that, currently, it does not support single-player Terror Zones mode.

Correct. Just Multiple Players only. We may add it to Single Player in the future but right now we want to nail down numbers in Multiple Players as Multiple Player numbers =/= Single Player and isn’t just a copy pasta like people suggest. We have more ability to tweak Multiple Player on the fly as well while Single Player is a bit more baked in.

But yes, we do hear people wanting it in Single Player– We will try to get there.

How to Join D2R 2.5 PTR

To participate in the public test, you must have a Diablo II: Resurrected game license attached to a Battle.net account in good standing (Ex: one that hasn’t been suspended or banned). In addition, you will also need to download and install the Blizzard Battle.net desktop app if you have not already done so.

  • Step 1: Restart the Battle.net desktop app.
  • Step 2: Navigate to the Diablo II: Resurrected tab on the left-hand menu.
  • Step 3: On the Diablo II: Resurrected screen, there is a drop-down menu right above the “Play” button (note that this may say “Install” if you do not have Diablo II: Resurrected currently installed). Select “PTR: Diablo II: Resurrected” from this drop-down menu before proceeding.
  • Step 4: Click Install to begin the installation process.

Your PTR account will be created automatically if you do not already have one. The PTR is available in all supported languages, and accounts from all regions are eligible to participate. For additional assistance with installing and launching the PTR, click here.

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