Unique gear and item bases
Ancient Tunnels for cold-build gear and runes
Ancient Tunnels provides a Hell area route suited to cold-focused characters seeking broad endgame gear and rune drops.
WHERE & HOW TO FARM
Ancient Tunnels for cold-build gear and runes
Ancient Tunnels beneath the Lost City in Act II; locate the entrance near the waypoint area.
Before you go
- Reach Hell difficulty and unlock the Lost City waypoint.
- Use a cold build that can clear packs and elite monsters.
- Carry enough resistance and recovery supplies for the enclosed fights.
Farming steps
- Take the Lost City waypoint and search the nearby area for the Ancient Tunnels entrance.
- Enter and clear rooms in a consistent sweep, killing dense packs and elites.
- Use cold skills to remove ordinary enemies, while checking elite modifiers before committing.
- Collect useful gear, runes, charms, and bases that fit your build or storage goals.
- Check the remaining rooms for packs without spending long on isolated stragglers.
- Return to town, sort the drops, and reset the game to repeat.
- This route’s cold matchup is its main advantage; another damage type may find a different area more efficient.
- Use teleport or careful room-to-room movement to avoid getting surrounded in narrow spaces.
Repeat, collect and use
Repeat as often as useful; the area is available after progression and does not guarantee a particular item.
Common mistakes
- Expecting the entrance at one exact spot; search near the Lost City route each run.
- Using the route with a build whose immunities block its main damage; choose a more suitable area.
- Ignoring elite modifiers because ordinary monsters are manageable; assess each dangerous pack before engaging.
When to stop or switch
Switch when your build no longer clears the tunnels efficiently or your current gear target is better served by a boss route.
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