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 Ruined Cistern

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 Ruined Cistern appears just at the entrance into the Path to the Oasis.

Lore Entries Found in Ruined Cistern

Cain's Lost Satchel - Containing one of seven lords of hell lore books

Associated Achievements

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

Name	Points	Description	Banner

<achievement type="single">The Jewel of the East</achievement>

Gallery

Entrance into the Ruined Cistern from Flooded Causeway
Betrayed and Swarms

	Sanctuary[e] Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 Act 4 Act 5

Act 1

[e]

Char. Level: 1 - 20

Giant maps
• Act 1
• Act 1 Highlands
• World Map
Individual maps = (m)

Khanduras
• Cathedral Garden (m)
• Cemetery of the Forsaken (m)
• Festering Woods (m)
• Fields of Misery (m)
• Highlands Crossing (m)
• Highlands Passage (m)
• Leoric's Hunting Grounds (m)

• The Old Ruins (m)
• Old Tristram Road (m)
• Overlook Road (m)
• Northern Highlands (m)
• Southern Highlands (m)
• The Weeping Hollow (m)
• Wortham (m)
• Whimsyshire

(X) = Typical character level for that area - (m) = Map of area

Act 1 categories: Dungeons Settlements Structures Maps

Bonus Areas
• Whimsyshire
• Greed’s Domain

Cemetery of the Forsaken
• Defiled Crypt (m)
• Chancellor's Tomb (m)

Fields of Misery
• Decaying Crypt (m)
• Khazra Den (m)
• Lost Mine (m)
• Scavenger's Den (m)
• The Secluded Grove

Festering Woods
• Crypt of the Ancients (m)
• Drowned Temple (m)
• Warrior's Rest (m)

Leoric's Hunting Grounds
• Cells of the Condemned (m)
• Chamber of Suffering (m)
• The Cursed Hold (m)
• Halls of Agony (m)
• Highlands Cave (m)

The Old Ruins
• Dark Cellar (m)

Old Tristram Road
• Adria's Hut (m)
• Cathedral (m)
• Crypt of the Skeleton King (m)
• The Cave Under the Well (m)
• Damp Cellar (m)
• Dank Cellar (m)
• Desolate Chamber (m)
• Leoric's Passage (m)

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• The Royal Crypts (m)
• Mass Grave (m)
• Musty Cellar (m)

Wortham
• Caverns of Araneae (m)

Southern Highlands
• Cave of the Moon Clan (m)
• The Lyceum (m)
• Watch Tower (m)

Tristram
• Cellar of the Damned

The Weeping Hollow
• Den of the Fallen (m)

Khanduras
• Tristram (m)
• Wortham (m)

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Fields of Misery
• Forlorn Farm
• Forsaken Grounds
• House of Curios
• The Old Mill
• Sheltered Cottage

Leoric's Hunting Grounds
• Leoric's Manor & Courtyard (m)

Tristram
• Cain's House
• Heretic’s Abode
• Leah's Room
• The Slaughtered Calf Inn

Southern Highlands
• Abandoned Servant House
• Ancient Pyre
• Karyna's Lost Wagon
Wortham
• Wortham Chapel

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Blank for now. Maps are the small (m)s

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Act 2	[e]
Char. Level: 12 - ? • World Map	Kehjistan • Black Canyon Mines (m) • Canyon Rim Mines (m) • Dahlgur Oasis (m) • Howling Plateau (m) • Road to Alcarnus (m) • Stinging Winds (m) • Sundered Canyon (m)
(X) = Typical character level for that area

Act 2 categories: Dungeons Settlements Structures Maps

Alcarnus
• Alcarnus Cellar (m)
• Lair of the Witch (m)
• Sandy Cellar (m)
• Town Cellar (m)(
Black Canyon Mines
• Blood Cellar (m)
• Deserted Cellar (m)
• Tunnels of the Rockworm (m)
Caldeum
• Flooded Causeway (m)
• Ruined Cistern (m)
• Sewers of Caldeum (m)
• The Wretched Pit (m)

Dahlgur Oasis
• Ancient Cave (m)
• Ancient Waterway (m)
• Eastern Channel (m)
• Flooded Cave (m)
• The Forgotten Ruins (m)
• Hidden Aqueducts (m)
• Mysterious Cave (m)
• Ransacked Cellar (m)
• Rotting Cellar (m)
• Old Fisherman's Cellar (m)
• Storage Cellar (m)
• Storm Cellar (m)
• Swampy Cellar (m)
• Tomb of Khan Dakab (m)
• Tomb of Sardar (m)
• Western Channel (m)

Desolate Sands
• Ancient Path
• Cave of Burrowing Horror (m)
Howling Plateau
• Abandoned Mineworks (m)
• Fuad's Cellar
• Hidden Conclave (m)
• Secret Altar (m)
• Sirocco Caverns (m)
Khasim Outpost
• Command Post

Stinging Winds

• Abandoned Cellar
• Chamber of the Lost Idol (m)
• The Crumbling Vault (m)
• Hadi's Claim Mine (m)
• The Lost Caravan
• The Ruins (m)

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Kehjistan
• Alcarnus (m)
• Caldeum Bazaar (m)
• Caldeum (m)
• Hidden Camp (m)
• Khasim Outpost (m)

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Caldeum
• Imperial Palace (m)
• Searing Sands Inn (m)

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Blank for now. Maps are the small (m)s

[e]

Act 3

[e]

Char. Level: ? - ?

Dreadlands
• Arreat Crater
•
•

(X) = Typical character level for that area

Act 3 categories: Dungeons Settlements Structures Maps

Bastion's Keep
• The Keep Depths (m)

[e]

Bash
• Clobber (6)
• Onslaught (13)
• Punish (26)
• Instigation (44)
• Pulverize (52)

Cleave
• Rupture (9)
• Reaping Swing (18)
• Scattering Blast (30)
• Broad Sweep (47)
• Gathering Storm (55)

Frenzy
• Sidearm (17)
• Triumph (22)
• Vanguard (34)
• Smite (51)
• Maniac (59)

[e]

Bash
• Clobber (6)
• Onslaught (13)
• Punish (26)
• Instigation (44)
• Pulverize (52)

Cleave
• Rupture (9)
• Reaping Swing (18)
• Scattering Blast (30)
• Broad Sweep (47)
• Gathering Storm (55)

Frenzy
• Sidearm (17)
• Triumph (22)
• Vanguard (34)
• Smite (51)
• Maniac (59)

[e]

Bash
• Clobber (6)
• Onslaught (13)
• Punish (26)
• Instigation (44)
• Pulverize (52)

Cleave
• Rupture (9)
• Reaping Swing (18)
• Scattering Blast (30)
• Broad Sweep (47)
• Gathering Storm (55)

Frenzy
• Sidearm (17)
• Triumph (22)
• Vanguard (34)
• Smite (51)
• Maniac (59)

[e]

Act 4	[e]
Char. Level: ? - ?	' •
(X) = Typical character level for that area

Act 4 categories: Dungeons Settlements Structures Maps

Bash
• Clobber (6)
• Onslaught (13)
• Punish (26)
• Instigation (44)
• Pulverize (52)

Cleave
• Rupture (9)
• Reaping Swing (18)
• Scattering Blast (30)
• Broad Sweep (47)
• Gathering Storm (55)

Frenzy
• Sidearm (17)
• Triumph (22)
• Vanguard (34)
• Smite (51)
• Maniac (59)

[e]

Bash
• Clobber (6)
• Onslaught (13)
• Punish (26)
• Instigation (44)
• Pulverize (52)

Cleave
• Rupture (9)
• Reaping Swing (18)
• Scattering Blast (30)
• Broad Sweep (47)
• Gathering Storm (55)

Frenzy
• Sidearm (17)
• Triumph (22)
• Vanguard (34)
• Smite (51)
• Maniac (59)

[e]

Bash
• Clobber (6)
• Onslaught (13)
• Punish (26)
• Instigation (44)
• Pulverize (52)

Cleave
• Rupture (9)
• Reaping Swing (18)
• Scattering Blast (30)
• Broad Sweep (47)
• Gathering Storm (55)

Frenzy
• Sidearm (17)
• Triumph (22)
• Vanguard (34)
• Smite (51)
• Maniac (59)

[e]

Bash
• Clobber (6)
• Onslaught (13)
• Punish (26)
• Instigation (44)
• Pulverize (52)

Cleave
• Rupture (9)
• Reaping Swing (18)
• Scattering Blast (30)
• Broad Sweep (47)
• Gathering Storm (55)

Frenzy
• Sidearm (17)
• Triumph (22)
• Vanguard (34)
• Smite (51)
• Maniac (59)

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Act 5	[e]
Char. Level: 60 - ? • World Map	Khanduras • Briarthorn Cemetery (m) • Westmarch (m) • Westmarch Commons (m) • Westmarch Heights (m)
(X) = Typical character level for that area