Festering Woods

Map of Festering Woods

The Festering Woods are located within Act I.

Areas and Dungeons within The Festering Woods

• Warrior's Rest
• Crypt of the Ancients

Access to Levels

• Drowned Temple

Quests

• The Broken Blade

Lore Entries

• Ghoul

Common Monsters

• Enraged Phantom
• Ghost
• Ghoul
• Plague Carrier
• Plague Nest
• Returned
• Returned Archer
• Skeleton

Special Monsters

The following Unique and Champion monsters can but won't always appear in the Fields of Misery.

• Grimsmack - Stover of Heads

Events

• Last Stand of the Ancients

Checkpoint Location

Checkpoints are respawn points. Players who die appear back at the last checkpoint they reached.

• Just across the bridge that Alaric raises for you from the Drowned Temple to The Festering Woods on The Broken Blade quest.
• Just inside the entrance of Warrior's Nest and Crypt of the Ancients on The Broken Blade quest.
• Just back across the bridge from The Festering Woods to the Drowned Temple once you have collected the Beacons on [[The Broken Blade] quest.

Waypoint Location

Waypoints are special plates on the ground that form a network of jump points allowing players to instantly teleport between.

It's usually to the top end of the map.

Gallery

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  The woods.

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  Entering the woods.

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  The Memorial Stone.

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  Last Stand of the Ancients activated (event)

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  Did you know these woods are festering?

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  First Nephalem dungeon entrance.

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  Second Nephalem dungeon entrance.

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  Overlooking the pit.

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  Randomly-spawned Plague Nests.

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  Waypoint.

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  Nephalem Monument.

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  Waypoint to Drowned Temple