Guide to Shrines in Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction
Guide to Shrines in Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction
Randomly placed and generated, shrines can help you out in a tough battle temporarily. There are a number of different shrines that your character may come across in Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction. Knowing what they do and their effective range of use, can be quite helpful to maximize their usage in the game. In this article I tell you about each shrine you will encounter, plus tell you if it recharges or resets after a certain time frame, and how long that the effect of the shrine will last upon your character.
Sometimes it is best to wait to use a particular shrine than to just touch the shrine when it is not needed right away. Simple planning of the route you are going to take, the particular quest monsters you are going to encounter, may mean that with just a quick back track to a shrine can help wipe out that quest and Boss Monster quicker than going it without the boost. Plan ahead and use the shrines wisely.
Refill
Effect: Fills health and Mana
Duration: instant, one time fill
Recharges
Health Shrine
Effect: Fills health
Duration: instant, one time fill
Recharges
Mana Shrine
Effect: Fills mana
Duration: instant, one time fill
Recharges
Mana Recharge Shrine
Effect: +50% mana recharge rate
Duration: 96 seconds
Recharges
Armor Shrine
Effect: +100% Defense
Duration: 48 seconds
Recharges
Combat Shrine
Effect: +200% to Attack Rating, +200% min and max damage.
Duration: 48 seconds
Recharges
Resist Fire Shrine
Effect: +75% to resist fire
Duration: 48 seconds
Recharges
Resist Cold Shrine
Effect: +75% to resist cold
Duration: 48 seconds
Recharges
Resist Lightning Shrine
Effect: +75% to resist Lightning
Duration: 48 seconds
Recharges
Resist Poison Shrine
Effect: +75% to resist poison
Duration: 48 seconds
Recharges
Skill Shrine
Effect: +2 to all skill levels
Duration: 96 seconds
Recharges
Stamina Shrine
Effect: Unlimited Stamina
Duration: 192 seconds
Recharges
Experience Shrine
Effect: 50% more experience per kill
Duration: 144 seconds
Does not recharge
Portal Shrine
Effect: Opens a portal to the Town in the act
Duration: instant, one time portal
Does not recharge
Fire Shrine
Effect: All players and monsters lose 1/2 current HP when struck by the Fireballs Attack
Duration: instant
Does not recharge
Monster Shrine
Effect: The nearest monster becomes a Unique or Champion monster
Duration: instant
Does not recharge
Gem Shrine
Effect: Upgrades a Random Gem or Skull in your Inventory or gives a chipped Gem or Skull
Duration: instant
Does not recharge
Exploding Shrine
Effect: Gives player 5-10 exploding potions and tosses out 5 exploding potions in random directions/distances
Duration: instant
Does not recharge
Poison Shrine
Effect: Gives player 5-10 Poison gas Potions & Creates ring of Poison gas around shrine
Duration: instant
Does not recharge
