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|width=87%|Special ([[Expansion]] only; D2R only)
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|Initiation
|Kill [[Baal]] at a given difficulty; enable Terror Zones when creating a game
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|Objective
|Kill regular, [[Champion]], [[Unique (monster)|Unique]], [[Superunique]] and [[Boss]] monsters in Terror Zones
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|Areas
|Most areas in all acts, changing hourly, listed below
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|Items
|None
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|Rewards
|[[Sunder]] [[Unique charm|{{Ub|=Unique Grand Charms}}]] (Hell only)<br/>High [[Treasure Class]] items, otherwise unavailable from regular monsters<br/>[[Experience]]
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* Called '''Desecrated''' in the game data files.
* [[Champion]], [[Unique (monster)|Unique]], [[Superunique]], and [[Boss]] monsters have a chance to drop [[Sunder]] [[Unique charm]]s (Treasure Class "Sunder Charms").
* Monsters' levels are increased: min(max(original MonLvl, clvl + monster type bonus), difficulty cap)
** Original level is the minimum
** Monster level per difficulty and monster type:
*** Normal
**** Standard Monsters: +2 player level up to 45
**** [[Champion]]: +4 player level up to 47
**** Unique: +5 player level up to 48
***Nightmare
**** Standard Monsters: +2 player level up to 71
**** Champion: +4 player level up to 73
**** Unique: +5 player level up to 74
***Hell
**** Standard Monsters: +2 player level up to 96
**** Champion: +4 player level up to 98
**** Unique: +5 player level up to 99
*** {{Ub|=Griswold}}, {{Ub|=Radament}} and {{Ub|=Nihlathak}} are [[boss]]es which also receive [[Unique_(monster)|unique monster]] bonuses, and they additionally receive +3 level bonus. This bonus is applied ''after'' the calculation of the TZ monster level, and therefore their level can exceed 99. [https://diablo2.io/forums/snowclash-lvl-20-blizzard-t1658460.html]
** Because Terror Zones scale with character level, they made level 85 areas obsolete for farming.
* Superunique monsters have their Treasure Class increased at certain levels.
** Superuniques of level 93 (TZ created by a player level 88) drop loot from “Act 5 (H) Equip B”, which is the same that non-terrorized Baal drops from.
** Superuniques of level 96 (TZ created by a player level 91) drop loot from “Act 5 (H) Equip C”, which is the highest possible TC. This is the final TC upgrade for Superunique monsters.
* Must be unlocked on each difficulty level by defeating Baal, so they do not interfere with questing.
** In multiplayer, characters that did not do so are not prevented from joining games with Terror Zones enabled.
* Every 30 minutes a random zone or set of zones become Terror Zones:
** Act I
*** [[Cold Plains]] and [[Cave]]
*** [[Burial Grounds]], [[Crypt]] and [[Mausoleum]]
*** [[Stony Field]] and [[Tristram (Act 1)|Tristram]]
*** [[Dark Wood]] and [[Underground Passage]]
*** [[Black Marsh]], [[Hole]] and [[The Forgotten Tower]]
*** [[Jail]] and [[Barracks]]
*** [[Pit]], [[Tamoe Highland]] and [[Outer Cloister]]
*** [[Inner Cloister]], [[Cathedral]] and [[Catacombs]]
*** [[Moo Moo Farm]]
** Act II
*** [[Sewers (Act 2)|Sewers]]
*** [[Rocky Waste]] and [[Stony Tomb]]
*** [[Dry Hills]] and [[Halls of the Dead]]
*** [[Far Oasis]] and [[Maggot Lair]]
*** [[Lost City]], [[Valley of Snakes]], [[Claw Viper Temple]] and [[Ancient Tunnels]]
*** [[Harem]], [[Palace Cellar]] and [[Arcane Sanctuary]]
*** [[Canyon of the Magi]] and [[Tal Rasha's Tomb]]
** Act III
*** [[Spider Forest]], [[Spider Cavern]] and [[Arachnid Lair]]
*** [[Great Marsh]]
*** [[Flayer Jungle]], [[Flayer Dungeon]] and [[Swampy Pit]]
*** [[Kurast Bazaar]], [[Ruined Temple]], [[Disused Fane]], [[Lower Kurast]], [[Upper Kurast]], [[Forgotten Temple]], [[Forgotten Reliquary]], [[Disused Reliquary]] and [[Ruined Fane]]
*** [[Travincal]]
*** [[Durance of Hate]]
** Act IV
*** [[Outer Steppes]] and [[Plains of Despair]]
*** [[River of Flame]] and [[City of the Damned]]
*** [[Chaos Sanctuary]]
** Act V
*** [[Bloody Foothills]], [[Frigid Highlands]] and [[Abaddon]]
*** [[Glacial Trail]] and [[Drifter Cavern]]
*** [[Crystalline Passage]] and [[Frozen River]]
*** [[Frozen Tundra]] and [[Infernal Pit]]
*** [[Arreat Plateau]] and [[Pit of Acheron]]
*** [[Nihlathak's Temple]], [[Halls of Anguish]], [[Halls of Pain]] and [[Halls of Vaught]]
*** [[Ancients' Way]] and [[Icy Cellar]]
*** [[Worldstone Keep]], [[Throne of Destruction]] and [[Worldstone Chamber]]

* Terror Zones are indicated by the following:
** Unique iconography next to a terrorized monster's name
** On-screen text and messaging
** Special audio cue
** In-game text on the auto-map
** Unique environmental lighting
** Ember visual effects

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imported>Naturelover at 20:58, 18 February 2026