The Reign of the Warlock update has been live for a few days in Diablo 2: Resurrected, and with it came an overhaul to Terror Zones, but some changes went unnoticed.
Players now have more control over which Acts become terrorized. Using new consumables, you can designate an Act to enter Terror Mode, which will boost the difficulty of every zone in that Act while also increasing loot and reward potential.
In Hell difficulty, new enemies called Heralds of Terror stalk players, getting exponentially deadlier the longer they remain unchallenged. And conquering a terrorized Act boss can reward you with new statues. If you collect all five, you can put them in the Horadric Cube to face the fearsome Colossal Ancients.
Faster Terror Zone Rotations
The biggest practical change for players that went a bit unnoticed is the rotation schedule. Terror Zones now rotate every 30 minutes instead of every hour, which makes it easier to plan farming runs.
Here is the new rotation by Act:
- Act 1
- Cold Plains and The Cave
- Burial Grounds, The Crypt, and the Mausoleum
- Stony Field / Tristram
- Dark Wood / Underground Passage
- Black Marsh / The Hole / The Forgotten Tower
- Jail / Barracks
- The Pit / Tamoe Highland / Outer Cloister
- Inner Cloister / Cathedral and Catacombs
- Moo Moo Farm
- Act 2
- Sewers
- Rocky Waste and Stony Tomb
- Dry Hills and Halls of the Dead
- Far Oasis and The Maggot Lair
- Lost City, Valley of Snakes, and Claw Viper Temple, Ancient Tunnels
- Harem, Palace and Arcane Sanctuary
- Canyon of the Magi and Tal Rasha’s Tombs
- Act 3
- Spider Forest and Spider Cavern / Arachnid Lair
- Great Marsh
- Flayer Jungle and Flayer Dungeon / Swampy Pit
- Kurast Bazaar, Ruined Temple, Disused Fane, Lower Kurast, Upper Kurast, Forgotten Temple, Forgotten Reliquary, Disused Reliquary, Ruined Fane
- Travincal
- Durance of Hate
- Act 4
- Outer Steppes and Plains of Despair
- River of Flame / City of the Damned
- Chaos Sanctuary
- Act 5
- Bloody Foothills / Frigid Highlands / Abbadon
- Glacial Trail / Drifter Cavern
- Crystalline Passage and Frozen River
- Frozen Tundra + Infernal Pit
- Arreat Plateau / Pit of Acheron
- Nihlathak’s Temple, Halls of Anguish, Halls of Pain, and Halls of Vaught (Temple Halls)
- Ancient’s Way and Icy Cellar
- Worldstone Keep, Throne of Destruction, and Worldstone Chamber
A Change That a Lot of Players Appreciate
Shorter rotations mean more flexibility for farming and endgame routes. You do not have to wait a full hour to see a desired Terror Zone spawn. Combined with new bosses, statues, and the Colossal Ancients, the Reign of the Warlock update makes Terror Zones riskier but more rewarding than ever. So, if you are planning focused endgame runs, make sure to check the new rotation schedule and prepare for Heralds of Terror, or else you might find yourself outmatched in Hell difficulty!
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