

Here you will find Uber Duriel roaming free. This level is identical to the Canyon of the Magi, the last waypoint of Act Two. Lilith drops Diablo’s Horn, one of the three items required to open a portal to Uber Tristram. Her poison spray is especially dangerous, and characters will want to gear up with heavy poison resistance and some poison antidotes as well. Within it you will find Lilith, sometimes referred to as “Uber Andariel.” She looks just like Andariel, the act one quest boss, and uses her same attacks, but to much more effect. This level is reminiscent of the Forgotten Tower in layout. You’ll be adding a 4th portal once you’ve completed these three, to Uber Tristram, so save room. It’s also recommended that you stand in different places so you’ll spread out the three portals, so they don’t overlap and make selecting the correct one ‘uber difficult’.

For this reason it’s recommended that you have 9 keys to begin with, 3 of each type, so you can do them all in the same game. Which portal opens first is random, but if you do all three in the same game you will not get the same one twice. A red portal will open to one of three locations the Matron’s Den, the Forgotten Sands, or the Furnace of Pain. Once you have the keys, stand in Harrogath, on Hell difficulty, place one of each in your Horadric Cube and convert them. He’s found at one end of the four-pointed Halls of Vaught, the lowest of the three Halls levels reached through Anya’s portal in Harrogath, in Act Five. Nihlathak sometimes drops this key, but only on Hell difficulty. He will only drop a Key of Hate on Hell difficulty, and even then only every few games.

He’s found at the end of one of the four points of the Arcane Sanctuary, in Act Two. She is commonly run for her rune drops, and will drop a Key of Terror about 8% of the time she dies on Hell difficulty. These are dropped by The Countess, who is located on the fifth level of the Forgotten Tower in the Black Marsh, Act One. The keys look identical, and can only be discerned between by hovering on them to see their name. (The same area will not repeat in the same game, so you’ll have all 3 ingredients for Uber Tristram.) It’s a good idea to have 3 of each key before beginning the second stage of the Pandemonium Event, so you can do all three of the special areas in the same game. Get the Key of Terror from The Countess, the key of Hate from The Summoner, and the Key of Destruction from Nihlathak. The Keys of Hate, Terror, and Destruction are required, and can only be found from certain boss monsters, and only on Hell difficulty. The first step is to gather the three keys required to open the first of the red portals.
