Southern Highlands

The Southern Highlands is located within Act I.

Southern Highlands map

Areas and Dungeons within Southern Highlands

• Ancient Pyre - (Event - Revenge of Gharbad)
• Karyna's Lost Wagon
• Lyceum - (Event - The Crumbling Tower)
• Abandoned Servant House
• Cave of the Moon Clan
• Watch Tower - (Event - The Scavenged Scabbard)

Access to Levels

• Northern Highlands
• Highlands Crossing

Quests in Southern Highlands

• Trailing the Coven

Events in Southern Highlands

• The Crumbling Tower - In the Lyceum
• The Cursed Camp
• Revenge of Gharbad - In the Ancient Pyre
• The Scavenged Scabbard - In the Watch Tower

Bounties in Southern Highlands

The following Bounties can appear in Southern Highlands when playing in Adventure Mode:

• Kill Buras the Impaler
• Kill Cadhull the Deathcaller
• Kill Logrut the Warrior
• Kill Lorzak the Powerful

Common Monsters found in Southern Highlands

• Burrowing Leaper
• Dark Cultists
• Dark Moon Clan Ghost (appears in the context of the Revenge of Gharbad event)
• Dark Moon Clan Impaler
• Dark Moon Clan Shaman
• Dark Moon Clan Warrior
• Ghostly Khazra Spearman (appears in the context of the Revenge of Gharbad event)
• Highland Walker
• Savage Beast
• Spectral Khazra Shaman (appears in the context of the Revenge of Gharbad event)
• Vicious Hellion
• Withermoth

Special Monsters found in Southern Highlands

The following Superunique monsters can but might not always appear in Southern Highlands:

• Buras the Impaler, Khazra Impaler. Target of bounty Kill Buras the Impaler
• Cadhul the Deathcaller, Dark Summoner. Target of bounty Kill Cadhull the Deathcaller
• Gharbad, Khazra Warrior. Revenge of Gharbad event
• Logrut the Warrior, Khazra Warrior. Target of bounty Kill Logrut the Warrior
• Lorzak the Powerful, Khazra Shaman. Target of bounty Kill Lorzak the Powerful
• Nalghban the Foul, Khazra Shaman
• Skehlinrath, Khazra Shaman

Checkpoints

Checkpoints are respawn points. Players who die appear back at the last checkpoint they reached. Players can also leave the game and resume at the last checkpoint at a later date. In effect they are a 'save game' feature. The following Checkpoints appear in Southern Highlands

• Once you have found Karyna's Lost Wagon.
• Once you've opened the Khazra Barricade.

Waypoint

Waypoints are special plates on the ground that form a network of jump points allowing players to instantly teleport between them. The nearest waypoint for Southern Highlands appears at various locations in the area, there is no set location.

Lore Entries

Required for Historian of Tristram achievement

• The Highlands
• Khazra Heads Wanted
• The Khazra Massacre
• Researching the Khazra

Required for Taking Notes achievement

• A Summoner's Journal

Quotes

• Enchantress: "The cultists cannot hide from us forever. We will take the battle to them."
• Scoundrel: "Why do I get the feeling that there are more cultists here..."
• Templar: "These lands once belonged to the crown."

Associated Achievements

Southern Highlands is in some way involved in the following achievement(s).

Name	Points	Description	Banner

<achievement type="single">In the Mountains</achievement>

Gallery

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  Khazra barricade

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  Witch Doctor

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  Ancient Pyre

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  Enclosure

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  Cliffside Dungeon event.

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  Dungeon Entrance

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  River view

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  Karyna near zone entrance.

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  Deathcaller event.

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  Goatman barricade.

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  Karyna's Lost Wagon.

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  Approaching the lyceum.

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  Lyceum entrance.

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  The Skehlinrath event.

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  The Skehlinrath event.

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  Abandoned Servant House event.

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  Vendor within the house.

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  Pre-alpha version of the Highlands from 2012 GDC.

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  Pre-alpha version of the Highlands from 2012 GDC.