Be careful in the Queen’s area, she emits a very toxic poison when she dies and it will take you down to one hit point in very short order. You should be sure to find the Far Oasis waypoint before you enter the hive, or it’s a long walk back afterwards.
The Halls of the Dead are a pretty easy area. If other characters finish the Staff or Amulet areas in your game, enough of those items will drop for everyone who doesn’t have one already, and you can hop down through their Town Portal and get one with no effort. You can get a cube from another character and save yourself the trouble of doing the Halls of the Dead. You then show that to Cain, and he will tell you what it can be used for and give you the next quest. Once you have the Cube and both pieces of the staff, you stick the staff and headpiece (Viper Amulet) into the Cube and transmute them into the Horadric Cube. Obtaining the Amulet is the third quest of the act, but you need it to make the Horadric Staff, so these two quests partially overlap. These three quests can be done in any order, but the logical progression is Cube, then Staff, then Amulet, since that’s the order you’ll reach them as you move through the act.
The Cube is found on level three of the Halls of the Dead, a dungeon area below the Dry Hills.You then show that to Cain and he will give you the fourth quest, and you will be allowed into the Palace of Lut Gholein to continue on in the act. To complete this quest you must find a Horadric Cube, the Staff of Kings, the Amulet of the Viper, and combine the Staff and Amulet in the Cube and transmute them into the Horadric Staff. Quest Priority: It is mandatory if you are playing alone, but not mandatory if you party with someone else who has the Horadric Staff.Reward: The Horadric Cube is kept after the quest, and used throughout the game for many useful purposes.Location: Horadric Cube: Halls of the Dead, Staff of Kings: Sand Maggot Hive level three, * Viper Amulet: Claw Viper Temple, level two.Triggered By: Returning the Horadric Scroll to Deckard Cain or recovering the Horadric Cube.When you grab it, the sun will come back.Īfter you obtain the amulet, return to Drognan and you will have the quest completed, which in turn marks the next step for another quest, The Horadric Staff, which the Viper Amulet is part of.
The temple will have two levels full of monsters, and at the end, you will find the Altar of the Sun with the Viper Amulet in it. When you arrive at the Lost City on your way to the Amulet of the Viper, everything will turn into darkness, and this quest will begin.įirst you have to explore the Lost City area, and at some point in it, you will find a pathway to another area called the Valley of Snakes, where the Claw Viper Temple will be located. You must find a Horadric Cube, the Staff of Kings, and the Amulet of the Viper, and then put the Staff and Amulet inside the Cube, so you can transmute them into the Horadric Staff.
Unlocked By: Entering the Lost City, quest given by Drognan.ĭeckard Cain will ask you to collect various artifacts. Claw Viper Temple: 13 (Normal), 44 (Nightmare), 75 (Hell)