But are easier to access and complete, and good to combine with others to maximise potential drops.

Act 5 OnwardsĪct 5 provides you with even more farming options though in most cases the first few will not be as lucrative as Mephisto and Diablo. The next tier farm is Diablo and Chaos Sanctuary which is one of the most iconic & highly farmed locations in the entire game. Mephisto is a crowd favorite and has one of the largest loot tables given the ease in which you can take him on. Once you are feeling confident you can begin to farm The Council and Mephisto for some early Hell viable gear. Followed by Lower Kurast in Act 3 which is a great place to casually farm and gain decent xp at the same time. Act 2-4 FarmingĪct 2 tombs are a lucrative place while you are leveling to find some decent drops. In general though, things just begin to drop with some decent MF in Nightmare. Andriel is the first boss that you can begin to farm. Nightmare is where the bulk of farming activity begins and the reason is that enemies, especially high level enemies and bosses become a high enough level in the games mechanics to drop some of the most in demand and high performing items. Exactly like the Countess and her rune drops. All other kills onwards have a lower number of drops. Note: That a bosses best drop rates are when you are completeting their related quests (first kill). Make sure to be in players 1 when farming her as this does impact her rune drop number. She drops 3 runes during her quest The Forgotten Tower and 2 drops from there onwards. And that can be done by doing the Act 1 Countess runs. The only notable farming activities that you might take on during this period is farming for runes. While searching for amulets and rings with high magic find on them. Which are the only item types where a topaz = magic find.

The key is to acquire as much MF (magic find) as possible to get a good flow of uniques, rares, rings, charms and amulets.Īnd that is best done by dropping the highest topaz gems available to you onto your helm or chest sockets. Simply because of the rate at which you go through your items. Given most playthroughs, farming isn’t needed as much in the earlier levels. Act 5 – Frigid Waypoint bosses Shenk the Overseer and Eldrith.Act 4 – All areas, especially those reaching Diablo.Act 3 – Lower to Upper Kurast (lots of chests, rare mobs and breakables).

Diablo 2 runes