Cathedral

Menecing Cathedral

The Cathedral is older than Tristram itself, with a long Horadric heritage, and a terrifying history.

Contents

Areas and Dungeons within Cathedral

• Leoric's Passage
• The Royal Crypts

Access to Levels

• Cathedral Garden
• Old Tristram Road

Quests in Cathedral

• Legacy of Cain
• Reign of the Black King

Common Monsters found in Cathedral

• Carrion Bat
• Dark Cultist
• Fiend
• Grotesque
• Harvester
• Ravenous Dead
• Risen
• Skeletal Archer
• Skeletal Shieldbearer
• Skeleton
• Tomb Guardian
• Unburied
• Walking Corpse

Special Monsters found in Cathedral

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

• Jondar - Human found on level 3. Part of the Reign of the Black King quest and is instrumental in obtaining the Templar.
• Lloigor the Crazed - Human occasionally-encountered on the level 4.

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 Cathedral:

Quest: The Legacy of Cain

• Entrance to Cathedral - level 1
• End of Cathedral - Level 1 at entrance to Leoric's Passage

Quest: Reign of the Black King

• Inside the entrance of the Cathedral, Level 2 from Leoric's Passage.
• Inside the entrance of the Cathedral, Level 3.
• Entranceway to Cathedral, Level 4, after accepting the help of the Templar after killing Jondar.
• Inside the entrance of Cathedral, level 4.

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 Cathedral appears on Level 3.

Lore Entries Found in Cathedral

• Lachdanan's Scroll - Part 1,2,3,4,5
• Grotesque

Quotes

Quotes said by classes or followers in this zone.

Approaching

• Barbarian: "Tristram Cathedral. The fallen star lies within."
• Demon Hunter: "The infamous Tristram Cathedral... I am close to the fallen star now."
• Monk: "Tristram Cathedral. The star fell here."
• Witch Doctor: "This is Tristram Cathedral. The fallen star lies within."
• Wizard: "So this is Tristram Cathedral. The fallen star is somewhere inside."

• Templar: "This is where it all began... and this is where it will end!"

Level 1

• Barbarian: "This is where the star fell."
• Demon Hunter: "So this is where the star fell. My quarry must be near."
• Monk: "The star fell here."
• Witch Doctor: "Here is where the fire fell from the sky. Strange magic comes from below."
• Wizard: "This must be where the star fell. Its crater is tinged with some strange magic."

• Barbarian: "Those mushrooms are immense."
• Demon Hunter: "These mushrooms are quite enormous."
• Monk: "Hmm. Those are large mushrooms."
• Witch Doctor: "These mushrooms are very large."
• Wizard: "Now, those are some big mushrooms."

• Enchantress: "We must take care here. There are shadows at every turn."
• Scoundrel: "This place looks like a maze. Please don't get us lost."
• Templar: "Tristram Cathedral... I'm amazed it still stands."

Associated Achievements

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

Name	Points	Description	Banner

<achievement type="single">Thorough Investigation</achievement>

Gallery

The Cathedral has been featured in numerous pieces of artwork and screenshots.

The Cathedral as seen in Diablo I.

Cathedral D3 concept art.

Cathedral in the cinematic.

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  Cathedral interior

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  Cathedral exit

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  Cathedral interior

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  Cathedral interior

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  Cathedral interior

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  Entrance

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  Falling star (meteor)

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  ...Tumbling down

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  Impact imminent

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  Meteor impact

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  Meteor "crater"

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  Tristram dungeon

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  Cannibal's Lair

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  Dungeon interior

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  Dungeon exit

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  Pre-alpha version of the Cathedral from 2012 GDC.

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  Pre-alpha version of the Cathedral from 2012 GDC.

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  Pre-alpha version of the Cathedral from 2012 GDC.