While belts provide some additional Armor Class, and also potential magical modifiers, their greatest benefit are the additional slots they provide for quick potion access. The player starts out with the minimum four slots, but each new level of belt provides an addition four slots, up to a maximum of sixteen. Magical belts can have very good resistances and bonuses to stats, as well as fastest hit recovery.
- Characters have a 4-slot belt intrinsically.
- Item Level: A monster's Mlvl must be higher than the Ilvl of an item or affix for that monster to drop it.
- Clvl Req: A character must be this level or higher to equip this item.
- All belts take up 2x1 spaces in the Inventory.
Normal
| Item | Item Name | Properties | Slots |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Sash | 2 Defense 12 Durability 0 Str Required | Belt Slots: 8 Item Level: 3 Clvl Req: None |
 | Light Belt | 3 Defense 14 Durability 0 Str Required | Belt Slots: 8 Item Level: 7 Clvl Req: None |
 | Belt | 5 Defense 16 Durability 25 Str Required | Belt Slots: 12 Item Level: 12 Clvl Req: None |
 | Heavy Belt | 6 Defense 18 Durability 45 Str Required | Belt Slots: 12 Item Level: 20 Clvl Req: None |
 | Plated Belt | 8-11 Defense 24 Durability 60 Str Required | Belt Slots: 16 Item Level: 27 Clvl Req: None |
Exceptional
Exceptional items are found only in Nightmare and Hell in Diablo II. In the Expansion you'll find them in Act 4 and 5 normal and then in Nightmare and Hell. All Exceptional belts have 16 potion slots.
| Item | Item Name | Properties | Slots |
|---|---|---|---|
| | Demonhide Sash | 29-34 Defense 12 Durability 20 Str Required | Belt Slots:16 Item Level: 36 Clvl Req:24 |
| | Sharkskin Belt | 31-36 Defense 14 Durability 20 Str Required | Belt Slots:16 Item Level: 39 Clvl Req:25 |
| | Mesh Belt | 35-40 Defense 16 Durability 58 Str Required | Belt Slots:16 Item Level: 43 Clvl Req:25 |
| | Battle Belt | 37-42 Defense 18 Durability 88 Str Required | Belt Slots:16 Item Level: 49 Clvl Req:25 |
| | War Belt | 41-52 Defense 24 Durability 110 Str Required | Belt Slots:16 Item Level: 54 Clvl Req:25 |
Elite
Elite Belts are found only in the Expansion. All have 16 slots and very high Clvl requirements. Monsters in Act 5/Nightmare go up to Mlvl 70, so you could theoretically find all but a Colossus Girdle there, but mostly you'll find them in Hell.
| Item | Item Name | Properties | Slots |
|---|---|---|---|
| | Spiderweb Sash | 55-62 Defense 12 Durability 50 Str Required | Belt Slots: 16 Item Level: 61 Clvl Req: 46 |
| | Vampirefang Belt | 56-63 Defense 14 Durability 50 Str Required | Belt Slots: 16 Item Level: 68 Clvl Req: 51 |
| | Mithril Coil | 58-65 Defense 16 Durability 106 Str Required | Belt Slots: 16 Item Level: 75 Clvl Req: 56 |
| | Troll Belt | 59-66 Defense 18 Durability 151 Str Required | Belt Slots: 16 Item Level: 82 Clvl Req: 62 |
| | Colossus Girdle | 61-71 Defense 24 Durability 185 Str Required | Belt Slots: 16 Item Level: 89 Clvl Req: 67 |