The Catacombs

This page is about the area in Act 3. For other uses, see Catacombs (disambiguation).

The Catacombs

area

Id	1_3_6
Act	3
Area level	27
Area type tags	catacombs
Tags	indoors_area, einharcavespiders, catacomb_area, summoner_area
Connections	The Marketplace
Vaal Side Areas	Entombed Chamber

Coughing up the dust of dead devotion.

The Catacombs is an area in Act 3. This area does not have a waypoint and is connected to The Marketplace.

Similar to The Crypt Level 2, this area is a maze of rooms that ends at a large bridge. In rooms with bottomless pits, Ink Spinners will climb up from the darkness and attack players. Monsters deal primarily cold damage and necromancers use the curse FrostbiteFrostbiteSpell, AoE, Duration, Cold, Curse, Hex
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (24-50) Mana
Cast Time: 0.50 sec
AoE Radius: 22Requires Level 24Curses all targets in an area, lowering their cold resistance and giving them a chance to be frozen when hit.Base duration is (8.00-11.80) seconds
+(0-1) metre to radius
Cursed enemies have -(17-36)% to Cold Resistance
Hits against Cursed Enemies have +25% chance to Freeze

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Freezes on Cursed enemies have (1-20)% increased DurationPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., so high cold resistance is strongly recommended.

A Trial of Ascendancy can be found here.

Quests

• Trial of Ascendancy

Monsters

• Archer Statue
• Bleak Vicar
• Bleak Aspirant
• Crypt Arachnid
• Death Bishop
• Frost Preacher
• Ink Spinner
• Martial Statue
• Maul Statue
• Fencer Statue
• Undying Cultist
• Undying Archivist

Items found in this area

The following drop-restricted items can drop in this area.

Item	Drop Level
Coveted PossessionCoveted Possession95x Regal OrbA taste of power brings a hunger for more.	23

Lore

An Ancient Graffiti can be found on the wall of the area.

In the entrance of the Trial of Ascendancy, it contains a Bronze Monograph.

Crafting recipes

The following crafting bench recipes can be unlocked from this location:

Cost	Affix type	Stats	Item Classes Categories	Unlock
6x Orb of Alteration	Prefix	(15-23)% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills	One Hand Melee • Two Hand Melee • One Hand Ranged • Two Hand Ranged • Ring • Amulet • Belt • Quiver	Labyrinth Trial in The Catacombs

Version history

Version	Changes
3.5.0	Overhauled Mastercrafting: You now have a single Crafting Bench in your Hideout that covers all item types and crafting mods. You now gain new crafting mods from a variety of different sources, including through exploration and helping the new Masters. You can also overwrite previously crafted mods at the cost of an Orb of Scouring.
Unknown	No longer spawns Enlightened Vicar as monster. [Undocumented This change was not documented by any official sources. It was discovered through player testing or datamining.]
3.0.0	The layout of The Marketplace and Catacombs in Act 3 have been modified to fit the new Warehouses-less structure.
2.2.0	Added Trial of Ascendancy.
0.10.0	Introduced to the game.