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-'''Act III - The Infernal Gate''' - takes place in the deep jungles of {{iw|Khejistan Khejistan}}, and the hero needs not only saving what little is left of [[Kurast]] from being swallowed by an aggressive jungle, but also try to catch up with the [[Dark Wanderer]] and stop him from reaching [[Mephisto]].
+<noinclude>'''Act III - The Infernal Gate''' - takes place in the deep jungles of {{iw|Khejistan Khejistan}}, and the hero needs not only saving what little is left of [[Kurast]] from being swallowed by an aggressive jungle, but also try to catch up with the [[Dark Wanderer]] and stop him from reaching [[Mephisto]].
 ==Story==
-The hero arrives in [[Kurast Docks]], one part of Kurast that has not yet succumbed to the magically malevolent jungle, trying to swallow the whole city. Our protagonist arrives on a boat with [[Mashif]], who is totally shattered when he see what has happened to his homeland, asking the player to save the city from the Jungle-plague.
+[[File:Kurast Docks jigsaw.jpg|thumb|right|400px|[[Kurast Docks]], a very small part of [[Kurast]].]]
+[[File:Npc-dark-wanderer.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Dark Wanderer]].]]
+[[File:Npc-ormus.jpg|thumb|right|[[Ormus]], the magician.]]
+The hero arrives in [[Kurast Docks]], one part of Kurast that has not yet succumbed to the magically malevolent jungle, trying to swallow the whole city. Our protagonist arrives on a boat with [[Meshif]], who is totally shattered when he see what has happened to his homeland, asking the player to save the city from the Jungle-plague.
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-With the flail [[Khalim's Will]], the player sets out to destroy the {{iw|Zakarum High Council of Zakarum}} at [[Travincal]], using Khalim's Will to destroy the Compelling Orb and find Mephisto's secret lair.
+With the flail [[Khalim's Will]], the player sets out to destroy the [[High Council]] of Zakarum at [[Travincal]], using Khalim's Will to destroy the Compelling Orb and find Mephisto's secret lair.
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 The Lord of Hatred himself is then confronted in an epic battle that frees the people of Kurast from the Jungle and allows the player to enter the Burning Hells.
 ==Levels==
+The third [[Act]] is not really as long as it seems, with 21 different levels it's just the layout of the [[jungle]] tileset [[wilderness]], together with some quite annoying monsters that makes you feel like it takes forEVER. There are fewer additional levels to dungeons here compared other Acts, only 6, and near enough all surface areas have a [[waypoint]].
+Most players try to skip Act II or at least as much of it as possible through a [[boost]]ing.
+</noinclude>
+{|align="center" class="navbox"
+!colspan="3"|[[Levels]] of Act III {{editlink|Act_III|e|diablo2|A|A}}
+|-
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+* '''[[Kurast Docks]]''' ([[Town]]) [[File:Waypoint.png|25px|link=Waypoint]]
+* [[Spider Forest]] [[File:Waypoint.png|25px|link=Waypoint]]
+** [[Arachnid Lair]]
+** [[Spider Cavern]]
+* [[Great Marsh]] [[File:Waypoint.png|25px|link=Waypoint]]
+* [[Flayer Jungle]] [[File:Waypoint.png|25px|link=Waypoint]]
+** [[Swampy Pit]] (3 lvls)
+** [[Flayer Dungeon]] (3 lvls)
+|
+* [[Lower Kurast]] [[File:Waypoint.png|25px|link=Waypoint]]
+* [[Kurast Bazaar]] [[File:Waypoint.png|25px|link=Waypoint]]
+** [[Disused Fane]]
+** [[Ruined Temple]]
+* [[Sewers (Act III)]] (2 lvls)
+* [[Upper Kurast]] [[File:Waypoint.png|25px|link=Waypoint]]
+** [[Forgotten Temple]]
+** [[Forgotten Reliquary]]
+|
+* [[Kurast Causeway]]
+** [[Disused Reliquary]]
+** [[Ruined Fane]]
+* [[Travincal]] [[File:Waypoint.png|25px|link=Waypoint]]
+* [[Durance of Hate]] (3 lvls) [[File:Waypoint.png|25px|link=Waypoint]]
+|}
+<noinclude>
 ==NPCs==
+[[File:Npc-iron-wolf1.jpg|thumb|right|An [[Iron Wolves|Iron Wolf]].]]
+Most of the Act III NPCs are found in what remains of the [[Kurast Docks]]. The [[Dark Wanderer]] can be seen leaving for [[Travincal]] when exiting the Docks for the first time. No other NPCs exist outside the city, bar [[superunique]] monsters.
+* [[Alkor]]
+* [[Asheara]]
+* [[Deckard Cain]]
+* [[Hratli]]
+* [[Meshif]]
+* [[Natalya]]
+* [[Ormus]]
+* [[Iron Wolves]]
+* [[Dark Wanderer]]
 ==Quests==
+{|style="border-collapse:collapse; float:right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px;"
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+[[File:Quests-a3-q1.gif|link=The Golden Bird]] [[File:Quests-a3-q2.gif|link=Blade of the Old Religion]] [[File:Quests-a3-q3.gif|link=Khalim's Will]]<br>
+[[File:Quests-a3-q4.gif|link=Lam Esen's Tome]] [[File:Quests-a3-q5.gif|link=The Blackened Temple]] [[File:Quests-a3-q6.gif|link=The Guardian]]<br>
+|
+# [[The Golden Bird]]
+# [[Blade of the Old Religion]]
+# [[Khalim's Will]]
+# [[Lam Esen's Tome]]
+# [[The Blackened Temple]]
+# [[The Guardian]]
+|}
+As with all [[Act]]s, almost all quests in Act III directly relates to the story line of the game. Only [[The Golden Bird]] and [[Blade of the Old Religion]] does not. Although, storywise you might say that if you did not complete the latter, [[Kurast Docks]] would be overrun by the jungle, and you would have failed.
+Even though they (almost) all relate to the story, many are still optional. Especially if you have someone who can give you the [[waypoints]] to teleport and skip the [[Khalim's Will]] quest.
+In either way, the quests of Act III are some of the most confusing and annoying ones in the game, and in the end it's all for nothing, as [[Diablo]] runs away in his new, red suit of a body.
 ==Waypoints==
+[[Image:Waypoint-act3-spider.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Waypoint]] in the [[Spider Forest]].]]
+* [[Kurast Docks]]
+* [[Spider Forest]]
+* [[Great Marsh]]
+* [[Flayer Jungle]]
+* [[Lower Kurast]]
+* [[Kurast Bazaar]]
+* [[Upper Kurast]]
+* [[Travincal]]
+* [[Durance of Hate]], level 2
+{{Levels navbox|Act_III}}
-[[Category:Act II]]
+[[Category:Act III]]
 [[Category:Acts]]
 [[Category:Levels]]
+</noinclude>