Durance of Hate

The Durance of Hate is the final stretch of Act III, and a climb down towards Mephisto.

Background

Diablo II Level Info [e]

Durance of Hate Level 1
(v1.10+)	Norm	Night	Hell
Area lvl	#	#	#
Possible monsters	Undead Stygian Doll, Cadaver, Dark Lord, Mauler
Monster Variants	4	4	4
Random Bosses	Fill out	Fill out	Fill out
Super- uniques	Fill out	Fill out	Fill out
Gold-chest	Fill out
Waypoint	No
Nearby levels	Travincal, Level 2
Quests	The Guardian (Level 3)

Battle with Mephisto.

This is the last dungeon in Act III and is reached by smashing the Compelling Orb in Travincal. On the third level of the Durance of Hate you will find Mephisto.

Of course this used to be the old Guardian Tower, watching over Mephisto (hence the name of the quest is "The Guardian").

Don't miss the Waypoint on Level 2 when descending the Durance.

Mephisto is found on the third level of the Durance of Hate and you need to kill him in order to access the Hell Gate, the portal to Act IV and Diablo himself. There is no prerequisite to the quest; just fight your way to Mephisto and the portal.

The portal is visible and situated in the middle of a lake of blood – it cannot be reached by teleports or barbarian leap attacks so the only way to reach it is to best Mephisto. Mephisto is a cold-based monster, so a high cold resistance is desirable when you come to fight him.

Maffer against a Necromancer

Level 2
(v1.10+)	Norm	Night	Hell
Area lvl	#	#	#
Possible monsters	Undead Stygian Doll, Cadaver, Dark Lord, Mauler
Monster Variants	4	4	4
Random Bosses	Fill out	Fill out	Fill out
Super- uniques	Fill out	Fill out	Fill out
Gold-chest	Fill out
Waypoint	Yes
Nearby levels	Level 1, Level 3
Quests	The Guardian (Level 3)

Beware of the remaining three High Council members – Bremm Sparkfist, Wyand Voidbringer and Maffer Dragonhand. Like their brethren in Travincal, they are powerful boss monsters but Bremm Sparkfist is perhaps the most powerful of the three as he has a collection of minions to battle alongside.

When you kill Mephisto, a bridge made of skeleton bones will rise from the blood lake, allowing you to access the portal and Act IV. There is no other reward for this quest, but loot drops from the Council Members and Mephisto are usually good.

Act IV will take your player into the depths of Hell and a showdown with Diablo himself.

Level Information

Monster levels are usually always equal to the area level with exception to uniques (mlvl +3) and champions (mlvl +2).

Level 3
(v1.10+)	Norm	Night	Hell
Area lvl	#	#	#
Possible monsters	Blood Lord
Monster Variants	1	1	1
Random Bosses	Fill out	Fill out	Fill out
Super- uniques	Mephisto mlvl 26 Bremm Sparkfist mlvl 28 Wyand Void- bringer mlvl 28 Maffer Dragon- hand mlvl 28	Mephisto mlvl 59 Bremm Sparkfist mlvl 58 Wyand Void- bringer mlvl 58 Maffer Dragon- hand mlvl 58	Mephisto mlvl 87 Bremm Sparkfist mlvl 86 Wyand Void- bringer mlvl 86 Maffer Dragon- hand mlvl 86
Gold-chest	Fill out
Waypoint	No
Nearby levels	Level 2, Pandemonium Fortress
Quests	The Guardian