Howling Plateau

Annotated map of Fields of Misery map Fields of Misery

The Howling Plateau appears in Act II and is located in the Borderlands, in the Kehjistan empire, not too far from Alcarnus and Lut Bahadur.

Areas and Dungeons within Howling Plateau

• Hidden Conclave
• Secret Altar

Access to Levels

• Sundered Canyon

Quests in Howling Plateau

• Shadows in the Desert

Events in Howling Plateau

• Abandoned Mineworks
• A Miner's Gold

Common Monsters found in Howling Plateau

• Dune Thresher
• Fallen
• Fallen Overseer
• Lacuni Huntress

Special Monsters found in Howling Plateau

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

Notable NPCs

• ??

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 Howling Plateau

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 Howling Plateau appears

Lore Entries Found in Howling Plateau

• ??

Quotes

Quotes said by classes or followers in this zone.

• Barbarian: "??"
• Demon Hunter: "??"
• Monk: "??"
• Witch Doctor: "??"
• Wizard: "??"

• Enchantress: "??"
• Scoundrel: "??"
• Templar: "??"

Associated Achievements

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

Name	Points	Description	Banner

<achievement type="single">Hiding in Plain Sight</achievement><achievement type="single">The Jewel of the East</achievement>

History

Write about events that have taken place in this area in previous games, the impact it has on Diablo III. If any of the classes hail from this region make mention of that as well as any significant NPCs that may be connected to this zone.

Gallery

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  Entrance to the Secret Altar

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  Ritual in the Secret Altar

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  Entrance to Hidden Conclave

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  Ritual in the Hidden Conclave

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  Sand Wasps and their poison attack

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  Fallen attacking

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  Poison bombardment

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  Fallen and their Overseer

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  Lacuni Warrior's vicious sword attack

Game Level

Map of the BlizzCon 2009 demo, showing a snippet of Act II.

Female Barbarian exploring the plateau.

The Howling Plateau was one of the first levels of the GamesCom 2009 demo, and was described as far better looking version of the Diablo II Aranoch desert levels. The terrain featured visible winds carrying clouds of sand across the plains with dust storms kicking up. The aforementioned desert creatures are critters, which dies if run over.

An NPC called the Dying Driver can be found in The Howling Plateau.

References

• Writings of Abd al-Hazir: Borderlands
• GamesCom picture
• Map of Act II