Diablo 2 Arcane Sanctuary Direction

Introduction

The Arcane Sanctuary is a massively underrated farming location and has a range of features that make it worth your while:

Key of Hate drops from The Summoner which is required to farm the Hellfire Torch
8-9 Super-Chests which have increased chances of detail drops
High risk of Runes from Specters

While the expanse deals all elemental damage types, the importance of Resistances is relatively low. With capped Fire Resistances, merely melee Physical Damage is left to exist worried about.

Cabalistic Sanctuary is located in Act 2 and can be accessed through a Waypoint, located in the center of the map.

Why subcontract the Arcane Sanctuary and The Summoner?

The Summoner is the just source of the Cardinal of Hate. For nearly players that want to fight the Ubers, this key is the only reason to enter the Arcane Sanctuary.

Another reason to subcontract the Arcane Sanctuary are the Specters that spawn in this surface area. This special monster type does non drop any Armor or Weapon type Base of operations Item which increases the take chances for:

Runes up to Cham Rune.
Small Charm s, Big Charm s, and Grand Amuse s.
Ring s, Amulet south, and Jewel south.

Finally, every end-tile that didn't spawn The Summoner contains three Super-Chests. They can drop upwards to a Vex Rune and a big quantity of Charms, Gems, and Jewelry.

How do I find The Summoner?

There is no fashion to tell which direction The Summoner spawns in. Use the Waypoint to enter the Arcane Sanctuary and start exploring the end tiles. You don't demand to reach the very end of each management to figure out whether The Summoner is there. Bank check the spots below, and you can relieve a couple seconds per run.
Note: Unlike layouts might change the position yous need to be in to phone call the direction a dead end!

Peak-Right

Turn lesser-right at the first T-junction and make your way to the location marked with a green circle.
Check the peak-correct of your screen for the spikes underneath the platform

Bottom-Right

Plough bottom-left at the first T-junction and brand your way to the location marked with a green circle.
Check the bottom-right of your screen for the spikes underneath the platform

Superlative-Left

Plough lesser-left at the first T-junction and brand your way to the location marked with a green circumvolve.
Check the top-left of your screen for the spikes underneath the platform

Bottom-Left

Turn bottom-right at the first T-junction and make your way to the location marked with a green circle.
Check the lesser-left of your screen for the corner of the platform.

Tips & Tricks

Actor Count

When farming the Arcane Sanctuary and The Summoner, a high role player count is always beneficial. The chance of a Primal of Hate-drop increases on every odd number of players (1,3,5,7). At the same time the chance for monsters and chests to drop items is increased which improves your chances at finding loot from the Super Chests and Spectres.

Specters

For items to drib, a monster needs to exist killed over "walkable ground" (Areas on which a Character can walk). Specters tin fly over the infinite background in the Cabalistic Sanctuary. Make sure to lure them onto the platforms before killing them!

Resistances

The principal damage types you face in the Arcane Sanctuary are Fire and melee Physical Damage, and so make sure to cap your Burn down Resistances. fifty+% Common cold and Lightning Resistance are plenty to endure these damage types. Go on your distance every bit much equally possible to avoid the Concrete Impairment.

Shortcuts

At that place are some shortcuts with Teleport that allow yous to not go back through the Waypoint tile. If you are

On the top-right path, you tin Teleport to the bottom-right path and vice versa.
On the top-left path, you tin can Teleport to the bottom-left path and vice versa.
On the bottom-right path, yous can Teleport to the bottom-left path and vice versa.

Build Recommendations

Your master targets in Arcane Sanctuary are never either immune to an element (The Summoner) or Immune to Physical (Specters). In addition you confront monsters which are Immune to Cold or Immune to Fire which limit the build choice pre-Enigma. With Enigma only Physical Damage builds are excluded from farming Specters. We recommend the following builds to farm here:

Amazon - Lightning Fury
- Even without Infinity the "Javazon" can easily farm the Arcane Sanctuary and slaughter The Summoner, making them a good choice in every stage of your progression.
- Amazon's mostly suffer from their low mobility when farming big areas.
Assassin - Lightning Sentry
- Lightning Sentinel and Death Sentry let the Assassin to easily fight through the Cabalistic Sanctuary.
- Burst of Speed bring a squeamish movement speed bonus to the table pre-Enigma.
Barbarian - Berserk
- Most Barbarian builds only bargain Physical Damage, with insignificant amounts of elemental impairment. Any of them tin easily kill The Summoner, merely he is the worst option to farm Specters.
- The ability to fear monsters abroad with howl makes the Berserk Barbarian a decent pick to target the Super Chests and snipe The Summoner. He converts Concrete Damage to Magic Damage and tin kill Specters. This is not recommended due to the single target nature of the power.
- With Increased Speed and a Staff of Teleportation the Barbarian has decent mobility early on on.
Druid - Hurricane Tornado
- The Wind Druid deals Physical Damage and Common cold Damage, allowing him to kill every monster in the Arcane Sanctuary. We don't recommend farming Specters because his master harm is Physical.
- His only mobility comes from a Staff of Teleportation in his Weapon-Bandy.
Necromancer - Bone Spear
- The Bone Spear Necromancer does not have to worry with any Immunities when farming the Cabalistic Sanctuary.
Paladin - Blest Hammer
- The Hammerdin does not take to worry with any Immunities when farming the Cabalistic Sanctuary.
- With Charge, Vigor and a Staff of Teleportation the Paladin has decent mobility early on.
Sorceress - Blizzard / Meteor
- Sorceress' in general benefits heavily from her congenital-in Teleport.
- The Blizzard and Shooting star Sorceress can hands snipe away at Specters. This tin become a little tricky though as you have to play around the monsters that are immune to your impairment.
Sorceress - Lightning
- The Lightning Sorceress is arguably the all-time selection to subcontract the Arcane Sanctuary at all stages. She faces no Immunities and benefits heavily from her born Teleport.

Summary

The Arcane Sanctuary Specters are farmed for Runes while The Summoner drops Key of Hate.
Open the Super Chests at the stop of each dead-end direction. They tin can have a lot of loot and you might be lucky enough to find a Vex Rune!
High player counts increase the drop-chances of everything.
High mobility is important to farm her efficiently. Make certain to have a Staff of Teleportation at the very least.

Credits

Written by Teo1904
Reviewed by Raxxanterax