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Diablo 2: Resurrected act maps, world order, and connections guide

How every area connects and all the optional dungeons

Key art from Diablo Resurrected Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Diablo 2: Resurrected might generate a new map for every game session, but the order and the connections of the areas is always the same. Knowing where connects to where and which dungeons are optional will save you a lot of time and wandering (and dying).

In this Diablo 2 world order guide, we’ll give you maps — flowcharts, really — of how every area connects and how you’ll progress through them.

Diablo 2 map and connections all acts

Diablo 2: Resurrected act maps, world order, and connections guide Graphic: Jeffrey Parkin

Click the image above for a gigantic version of our Diablo 2: Resurrected flowchart map. You can also scroll down to see each act broken out.

Diablo 2 Act 1 map and connections

Diablo 2: Resurrected act maps, world order, and connections guide Graphic: Jeffrey Parkin

In Diablo 2: Resurrected Act 1, the Blood Moor, Cold Plains, Burial Grounds, Tamoe Highland, and Cathedral areas all have connections.

Diablo 2 Act 1 world order map

Area Name Waypoint Quest NPCs or Unique Enemies Optional dungeon(s)
Area Name Waypoint Quest NPCs or Unique Enemies Optional dungeon(s)
Rogue Encampment Yes - Akara, Charsi, Gheed, Kashya, and Warriv -
Blood Moor No Den of Evil Flavie -
Cold Plains Yes Sisters' Burial Grounds - Caves
Burial Grounds No Sisters' Burial Grounds Blood Raven The Mausoleum, The Crypt
Stony Field Yes Search for Cain - -
Underground Passage No Search for Cain - Second floor
Dark Wood Yes Search for Cain Treehead Woodfist -
Black Marsh Yes Forgotten Tower - -
Tamoe Highland No Tools of the Trade - The Pit
Monastery Gate No Tools of the Trade - -
Outer Cloister Yes Tools of the Trade - -
Barracks No Tools of the Trade The Smith -
Jail Yes Sisters to the Slaughter -
Inner Cloister Yes Sisters to the Slaughter Bone Ash -
Cathedral No Sisters to the Slaughter -
Catecombs Yes Sisters to the Slaughter Andariel -

Diablo 2 Act 2 map and connections

Diablo 2: Resurrected act maps, world order, and connections guide Graphic: Jeffrey Parkin

In Diablo 2: Resurrected Act 2, there are connected areas everywhere.

Diablo 2 Act 2 world order map

Area Name Waypoint Quest NPCs or Unique Enemies Optional dungeon(s)
Area Name Waypoint Quest NPCs or Unique Enemies Optional dungeon(s)
Lut Gholein Yes - Jerhyn, Deckard Cain, Atma, Lysander, Greiz, Fara, Elzix, Meshif, Geglash, Kaelan Sewers
Sewers Yes Radament's Lair Radament -
Rocky Waste No Horadric Staff - The Stony Tomb
Dry Hills Yes Horadric Staff - Halls of the Dead
Far Oasis Yes Horadric Staff - Maggot Lair
Lost City Yes Tainted Sun Dark Elder Ancient Tunnels
The Valley of Snakes No Tainted Sun - -
Claw Viper Temple No Tainted Sun - -
Harem No Arcane Sanctuary - -
Palace Cellar Yes Arcane Sanctuary - -
Arcane Sanctuary Yes The Summoner The Summoner -
Canyon of the Magi Yes Seven Tombs - -
Tal Rasha's Tomb No Seven Tombs Ancient Kaa the Soulless -
Tal Rasha's Chamber No Seven Tombs Duriel -

Diablo 2 Act 3 map and connections

Diablo 2: Resurrected act maps, world order, and connections guide Graphic: Jeffrey Parkin

In Diablo 2: Resurrected Act 3, there are connected areas everywhere.

Diablo 2 Act 3 world order map

Area Name Waypoint Quest NPCs or Unique Enemies Optional dungeon(s)
Area Name Waypoint Quest NPCs or Unique Enemies Optional dungeon(s)
Kurast Docks Yes - Asheara, Alkor, Deckard Cain, Hratii, Natalya, Ormus -
Spider Forest Yes The Golden Bird - Spider Cavern and Arachnid Lair
Great Marsh Yes Blade of the Old Religion - -
Flayer Jungle Yes Blade of the Old Religion - Flayer Dungeon and Swampy Pit
Lower Kurast Yes Lam Esen's Tome - -
Kurast Bazaar Yes Lam Esen's Tome - Disused Fane and Ruined Temple
Sewers Blackened Temple - -
Upper Kurast Blackened Temple - Forgotten Reliquary and Forgotten Temple
Kurast Causeway Blackened Temple Disused Reliquary and Ruined Fane
Travincal Khalim's Will -
Durance of Hate The Guardian Mephisto -

Diablo 2 Act 4 map and connections

Diablo 2: Resurrected act maps, world order, and connections guide Graphic: Jeffrey Parkin

In Diablo 2: Resurrected Act 4, the connections are straightforward.

Diablo 2 Act 4 world order map

Area Name Waypoint Quest NPCs or Unique Enemies Optional dungeon(s)
Area Name Waypoint Quest NPCs or Unique Enemies Optional dungeon(s)
Pandemonium Fortress Yes Fallen Angel Decard Cain, Halbu, Jamella, Tyrael -
Outer Steppes No Fallen Angel - -
Plains of Despair Fallen Angel Izual -
City of the Damned Yes Hell's Forge - -
River of Flame Hell's Forge Hephasto the Armorer -
Chaos Sanctuary Terror's End Diablo -

Diablo 2 Act 5 map and connections

Diablo 2: Resurrected act maps, world order, and connections guide Graphic: Jeffrey Parkin

In Diablo 2: Resurrected Act 3, there are connected areas everywhere.

Diablo 2 Act 5 world order map

Area Name Waypoint Quest NPCs or Unique Enemies Optional dungeon(s)
Area Name Waypoint Quest NPCs or Unique Enemies Optional dungeon(s)
Harrogath Yes - Anya, Deckard Cain, Larzuk, Malah, Nihlathak, Qual-Kehk
Bloody Foothills No Siege on Harrogath Shenk the Overseer -
Frigid Highlands Yes Rescue on Mount Arreat - Abaddon
Arreat Plateau Yes Prison of Ice - Pit of Acheron
Crystalline Passage Yes Prison of Ice - Frozen River
Nihlathak's Temple No Betrayal of Harrogath - -
Halls of Anguish No Betrayal of Harrogath - -
Halls of Pain Yes Betrayal of Harrogath - -
Halls of Vaught No Betrayal of Harrogath Nihlathak -
Glacial Trail Yes Rite of Passage - Drifter Cavern
Frozen Tundra Yes Rite of Passage - Infernal Pit
The Ancients' Way Yes Rite of Passage - Icy Cellar
Arreat Summit No Rite of Passage Korlic, Madawc, Talic -
Worldstone Keep Yes Eve of Destruction - -
Throne of Destruction No Eve of Destruction Achmel the Cursed, Bartuc the Bloody, Colenzo the Annihilator, Lister the Tormentor, Ventar the Unholy -
The Worldstone Chamber No Eve of Destruction Baal -

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