Area Levels
Experience gain is dependant on the difference of your character and the area level. Below is the table for the experience penalty.
0-3 there is no penalty4 levels is 50%
5 levels is 25%
6 levels is 12.5%
7 levels is 6.25%
8 levels is 3.13%
9 levels is .4%
10 levels is 0%
Name | Normal | Nightmare | Hell |
Act 1 | |||
Rogue Encampment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Blood Moor | 1 | 50 | 70 |
Den of Evil | 2 | 50 | 70 |
Cold Plains | 3 | 51 | 71 |
Cave Level 1 | 4 | 51 | 71 |
CryptPass | 5 | 51 | 71 |
Mausoleum | 5 | 51 | 71 |
Crypt | 5 | 51 | 71 |
Graveyard | 5 | 51 | 71 |
Cave Level 2 | 5 | 51 | 71 |
Stony Field | 5 | 51 | 71 |
Burial Grounds | 6 | 51 | 71 |
Underground Passage Level 1 | 7 | 52 | 72 |
Underground Passage Level 2 | 8 | 52 | 72 |
Dark Wood | 8 | 52 | 72 |
Hole Level 1 | 9 | 53 | 73 |
Tristram | 10 | 53 | 73 |
Hole Level 2 | 10 | 53 | 73 |
Black Marsh | 10 | 53 | 73 |
Tower Cellar Level 4 | 12 | 54 | 74 |
Tower Cellar Level 5 | 12 | 54 | 74 |
Tower Cellar Level 3 | 12 | 54 | 74 |
Tower Cellar Level 2 | 12 | 54 | 74 |
Tower Cellar Level 1 | 12 | 54 | 74 |
Forgotten Tower | 12 | 54 | 74 |
Tamoe Highland | 12 | 54 | 74 |
Pit Level 1 | 13 | 54 | 74 |
Catacombs Level 2 | 13 | 56 | 76 |
Outer Cloister | 14 | 54 | 74 |
Monastery Gate | 14 | 54 | 74 |
Pit Level 2 | 14 | 54 | 74 |
Catacombs Level 3 | 14 | 56 | 76 |
Barracks | 15 | 55 | 75 |
Smith | 16 | 55 | 75 |
Jail Level 3 | 16 | 55 | 75 |
Jail Level 2 | 16 | 55 | 75 |
Jail Level 1 | 16 | 55 | 75 |
HauntedHall | 17 | 55 | 75 |
Cathedral | 17 | 55 | 75 |
Inner Cloister | 17 | 55 | 75 |
Catacombs Level 1 | 18 | 56 | 76 |
AnguishCatacombs | 20 | 56 | 76 |
Catacombs Level 4 | 20 | 56 | 76 |
Moo Moo Farm | 55 | 76 | 96 |
Act 2 | |||
Lut Gholein | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sewers Level 2 | 20 | 57 | 77 |
Sewers Level 1 | 20 | 57 | 77 |
Sewers Level 3 | 21 | 57 | 77 |
Rocky Waste | 21 | 57 | 77 |
CollapsedEscape2 | 21 | 60 | 80 |
Stony Tomb Level 2 | 22 | 57 | 77 |
Stony Tomb Level 1 | 22 | 57 | 77 |
Dry Hills | 22 | 57 | 77 |
Halls of the Dead Level 3 | 23 | 58 | 78 |
Halls of the Dead Level 2 | 23 | 58 | 78 |
Halls of the Dead Level 1 | 23 | 58 | 78 |
Far Oasis | 23 | 58 | 78 |
CubeRoom | 24 | 58 | 78 |
Maggot Lair Level 3 | 24 | 59 | 79 |
Maggot Lair Level 2 | 24 | 59 | 79 |
Maggot Lair Level 1 | 24 | 59 | 79 |
Valley of Snakes | 24 | 59 | 79 |
Lost City | 24 | 59 | 79 |
Ancient Tunnels | 25 | 59 | 79 |
Claw Viper Temple Level 2 | 25 | 59 | 79 |
Claw Viper Temple Level 1 | 25 | 59 | 79 |
MaggotChest | 25 | 60 | 80 |
SunRoom | 26 | 59 | 79 |
CollapsedEscape | 26 | 60 | 80 |
HaremLevel3 | 26 | 60 | 80 |
Palace Cellar Level 3 | 26 | 60 | 80 |
Palace Cellar Level 2 | 26 | 60 | 80 |
Harem Level 2 | 26 | 60 | 80 |
Palace Cellar Level 1 | 26 | 60 | 80 |
Harem Level 1 | 26 | 60 | 80 |
ArcaneChamber | 27 | 60 | 80 |
ArcaneBridge | 27 | 60 | 80 |
Arcane Sanctuary | 27 | 60 | 80 |
Canyon of the Magi | 28 | 60 | 80 |
Tal Rasha's Tomb | 29 | 61 | 81 |
SandyHallows | 30 | 61 | 81 |
TrueTomb | 30 | 61 | 81 |
KingAltar | 30 | 61 | 81 |
Duriel's Lair | 30 | 61 | 81 |
Act 3 | |||
Kurast Docktown | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ChimeraDen | 26 | 62 | 82 |
Spider Forest | 31 | 61 | 82 |
SpiderCavern2 | 32 | 61 | 81 |
SpiderCavern3 | 32 | 61 | 81 |
Spider Cave | 32 | 62 | 82 |
Spider Cavern | 32 | 62 | 82 |
Great Marsh | 32 | 62 | 82 |
EyeRoom | 33 | 61 | 81 |
Flayer Jungle | 33 | 62 | 82 |
BrainRoom | 34 | 62 | 82 |
Flayer Dungeon Level 3 | 34 | 63 | 83 |
Flayer Dungeon Level 2 | 34 | 63 | 83 |
Swampy Pit Level 3 | 34 | 63 | 83 |
Flayer Dungeon Level 1 | 34 | 63 | 83 |
Swampy Pit Level 2 | 34 | 63 | 83 |
Swampy Pit Level 1 | 34 | 63 | 83 |
Kurast Bazaar | 34 | 63 | 83 |
Lower Kurast | 34 | 63 | 83 |
CouncilSpire | 34 | 65 | 85 |
ForgottenReliquary2 | 35 | 64 | 84 |
RuinedTemple3 | 35 | 64 | 84 |
RuinedTemple4 | 35 | 64 | 84 |
RuinedTemple2 | 35 | 64 | 84 |
Forgotten Temple | 35 | 64 | 84 |
Forgotten Reliquary | 35 | 64 | 84 |
Ruined Temple | 35 | 64 | 84 |
Disused Fane | 35 | 64 | 84 |
LeviathanPool | 35 | 64 | 84 |
Sewers Level 1 | 35 | 64 | 84 |
Kurast Causeway | 35 | 64 | 84 |
Upper Kurast | 35 | 64 | 84 |
Ruined Fane | 36 | 64 | 84 |
Disused Reliquary | 36 | 64 | 84 |
Travincal | 36 | 64 | 84 |
BloodyPalace | 38 | 65 | 85 |
CountTemple1 | 38 | 65 | 85 |
CountTemple2 | 38 | 65 | 85 |
Durance of Hate Level 2 | 39 | 65 | 85 |
Durance of Hate Level 1 | 39 | 65 | 85 |
MithiaD | 40 | 66 | 86 |
Durance of Hate Level 3 | 40 | 66 | 86 |
Act 4 | |||
The Pandemonium Fortress | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Outer Steppes | 42 | 66 | 86 |
Plains of Despair | 44 | 67 | 87 |
HellHole2 | 45 | 67 | 87 |
IzualD | 45 | 67 | 87 |
Hellhole | 45 | 67 | 87 |
City of the Damned | 46 | 68 | 88 |
DamnedBridge | 48 | 69 | 89 |
DragonL | 48 | 69 | 89 |
River of Flame | 48 | 69 | 89 |
Chaos Sanctum | 50 | 70 | 90 |
Act 5 | |||
Harrogath | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bloody Foothills | 50 | 70 | 90 |
ShenkTower3 | 51 | 71 | 91 |
ShenkTower5 | 51 | 71 | 91 |
ShenkBasement | 51 | 71 | 91 |
ShenkTower4 | 51 | 71 | 91 |
ShenkCrypt | 51 | 71 | 91 |
ShenkTower2 | 51 | 71 | 91 |
ShenkTower | 51 | 71 | 91 |
Rigid Highlands | 51 | 71 | 91 |
Hell1 | 52 | 72 | 92 |
Arreat Plateau | 52 | 72 | 92 |
The Worldstone Keep Level 1 | 52 | 77 | 97 |
IceDragon | 53 | 72 | 92 |
IceTunnel | 53 | 72 | 92 |
Cellar of Pity | 53 | 73 | 93 |
Crystalized Cavern Level 1 | 53 | 73 | 93 |
IceHall | 54 | 72 | 92 |
IcePrison | 54 | 72 | 92 |
Hell2 | 54 | 74 | 94 |
Echo Chamber | 54 | 74 | 94 |
Crystalized Cavern Level 2 | 54 | 74 | 94 |
The Worldstone Keep Level 2 | 54 | 77 | 97 |
Tundra Wastelands | 55 | 75 | 95 |
Halls of Tormented Insanity | 56 | 74 | 94 |
Halls of Vaught | 56 | 74 | 94 |
Halls of Death's Calling | 56 | 74 | 94 |
Halls of Anguish | 56 | 74 | 94 |
GlacialPool4 | 56 | 76 | 96 |
GlacialPool3 | 56 | 76 | 96 |
GlacialPool2 | 56 | 76 | 96 |
GlacialPool1 | 56 | 76 | 96 |
Hell3 | 56 | 76 | 96 |
Rocky Summit | 56 | 76 | 96 |
Glacial Caves Level 2 | 56 | 76 | 96 |
Glacial Caves Level 1 | 56 | 76 | 96 |
The Worldstone Keep Level 3 | 56 | 78 | 98 |
Nihlathaks Temple | 56 | 93 | 93 |
Abyss5 | 58 | 79 | 99 |
Abyss3 | 58 | 79 | 99 |
Abyss1 | 58 | 79 | 99 |
Abyss2 | 58 | 79 | 99 |
ShadowRealm | 58 | 80 | 100 |
Pinnacle | 59 | 79 | 99 |
Cleft | 59 | 79 | 99 |
Abyss4 | 60 | 80 | 100 |
Abyss6 | 60 | 80 | 100 |
DestructionCastle2 | 60 | 80 | 100 |
DestructionCastle | 60 | 80 | 100 |
The Worldstone Chamber | 60 | 80 | 100 |