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Nightmare Dungeon Tier List for Obducite Farming

Nightmare Dungeons Are one of the Best Farms in Game!

Don't want to read? Jump straight to the Tier-List!

I know a lot of creators will tell you, that Nightmare Dungeons are not worth it. However, in my extensive research, I found them to be the best farm spot for everything except for Glyph-XP.

Especially in the early game they shine because of very low entry barrier and very high reward ratio.

Also, they are much much better than Infernal Hordes for Obducite Farming.

Loot to expect from farming Nightmare Dungeons


  • Up to ~30k Obudicte per hour
  • Up to 400 Boss Summoning Materials per hour
  • Up to 30 Magic & Rare Runes per hour
  • Up to 5000 Rawhide and Iron Scraps per Hour
  • Up to 1000 Forgotten Sould per hour
  • Up to 60 Million Raw Gold per hour
  • More than 3500 Obols per hour

The great thing about Nightmare Dungeons is, that you are actually farming everything at the same time. With the Obols you get, you can even target farm uniques from the Obol vendor super easy!

How was the Tier-List Created?


I created the tier list running all dungeons 3 times in a row. I included the time to teleport in and out of the dungeon for all calculations.

I did not loot any Chests, I did not kill any Goblins or Butchers to make sure the results are comparable.

Feel free to check the raw results on Google-Sheets.

I ran all the Nightmare Dungeons using my Speedfarming Chain-Lightning Build (88 total) 2-3 Times which took roughly 20 hours! Check out the Streams where I was recording the data on YouTube.

Original Nightmare Dungeon Guide

Nightmare Dungeon Tierlist Guide

Obducite Drops in Nightmare Dungeons

Different Monsters and Activities drop different Amounts of Obducite. Here is the full ist:

  • 250 Obducite: Finish the Dungeon
  • 250 Obducite: The Butcher
  • 100 Obducite: Resplendent Chests without guardian!
  • 100 Obducite: Treasure Goblins
  • 45 Obducite:Super Elites
  • 20 Obducite:Regular Chests
  • 15 Obducite:Elite Monsters
  • 4-10 Obducite: Randomly dropped by Regular Mobs

Nightmare Dungeon Tier List for Obducite Farming

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Tier Dungeon Obducite/Hour Obducite/Dungeon Time/Dungeon Doors? Linear? Boss? Objectives
S Uldur's Cave
(Kehjistan)
30000 1166 02:20 None Yes Kill Elites: 3 Kill All Mobs
S Mariner's Refuge
(Scosglen)
28872 1066 02:13 None Yes Drowned Seahag Kill Elites: 3 Boss
S Sirocco Caverns
(Kehjistan)
28125 1000 02:08 None Yes Kill Elites: 3 Kill Elites: 3
S Putrid Aquifer
(Kehjistan)
27945 1133 02:26 None Semi Animus Kill Elites: 4
S Caldera Gate
(Fractured Peaks)
27401 966 02:07 None Yes Kill Elites: 3 Kill All Mobs
S Corrupted Grotto
(Kehjistan)
27317 933 02:03 None Yes Animus Kill Elites: 3
S Bastion of Faith
(Hawezar)
26976 966 02:09 None Semi Animus Object to Pedestal: 1
S Ancient Lament
(Dry Steppes)
26796 766 01:43 None Yes Object to Pedestal: 2 Kill Elites: 3
S Forsaken Quarry
(Fractured Peaks)
26165 966 02:13 None Yes Khazra Abomination Kill All Mobs Free Prisoners: 5 Boss
A Betrayer's Row
(Dry Steppes)
24923 900 02:10 None Semi Scourge of the Land Object to Pedestal: 2 Animus Boss
A Mournfield Nightmare
(Dry Steppes)
24705 933 02:16 None No Outlaw Sharpshooter Kill All Mobs Kill Elites: 3 Boss
A Deserted Underpass
(Kehjistan)
24347 933 02:18 None Yes Kill All Mobs Kill Elites: 3
A Hive Nightmare
(Scosglen)
24210 766 01:54 None Semi Broodguard Animus Boss
A Dead Man's Dredge
(Fractured Peaks)
24172 933 02:19 None Yes Animus Free Prisoners: 6
A Ancient's Lament
(Dry Steppes)
24098 816 02:02 None Yes Object to Pedestal: 2 Kill Elites: 3
A Sunken Ruins
(Scosglen)
24000 866 02:10 None No Object to Pedestal: 2 Kill Elites: 3
A Sunken Library
(Kehjistan)
24000 1066 02:40 None Yes Kill Elites: 3 Kill All Mobs
A Abandoned Mineworks
(Kehjistan)
24000 800 02:00 None Yes Free Prisoners: 3 Kill Elites: 3
A Sarat's Lair
(Scosglen)
23773 700 01:46 None Yes Sarat Kill Elites: 3 Boss
A Hallowed Ossuary
(Fractured Peaks)
23111 866 02:15 None Semi Blood Bishop Animus Object to Pedestal: 1 Boss
A Feeding Grounds
(Nahantu)
22857 800 02:06 None No Pyroclast Boss
A Endless Gates
(Hawezar)
22758 1100 02:54 None Yes Scourge of the Land Animus Key+Door Boss
A Oldstones
(Scosglen)
22588 1066 02:50 Many No Khazra Abomination Object to Pedestal: 1 Animus Boss
A Maulwood
(Fractured Peaks)
22556 833 02:13 None No Kill Elites: 3 Kill Elites: 3
A Mercy's Reach
(Fractured Peaks)
22153 800 02:10 None Yes Tomb Lord Kill Elites: 1 Object to Pedestal: 2 Boss
B Conclave
(Kehjistan)
21878 1100 03:01 None Yes Free Prisoners: 4 Kill All Mobs
B Nostrava Deepwood
(Fractured Peaks)
21732 766 02:07 None No Kill All Mobs Kill Elites: 3
B Collapsed Vault
(Kehjistan)
21686 500 01:23 None Yes Kill All Mobs Object to Pedestal: 2
B Iron Cenotaph
(Nahantu)
21600 750 02:05 None No Seething Hivemaster Boss
B Remnants of Rage
(Nahantu)
21600 600 01:40 None Yes Flesh Reaper Boss
B Hoarfrost Demise
(Fractured Peaks)
21238 666 01:53 None Yes Khazra Abomination Kill Elites: 3 Boss
B Earthen Wound
(Hawezar)
21176 1000 02:50 None Semi Chief Marauder Kill Elites: 3 Animus Boss
B Blind Burrows
(Hawezar)
21021 800 02:17 None Semi Broodmother Kill Elites: 3 Boss
B Belfry Zakara
(Hawezar)
20869 533 01:32 None Yes Drowned Seahag Kill Elites: 2 Key+Door Boss
B Seaside Descent
(Dry Steppes)
20800 866 02:30 None Yes Kill All Mobs Kill Elites: 3
B Champion's Demise
(Dry Steppes)
20689 1000 02:54 None Yes Khazra Abomination Object to Pedestal: 3 Boss
B Kor Dragan Barracks
(Fractured Peaks)
20606 1133 03:18 Many No Switches: 2 Kill Elites: 5
B Razak's Descent
(Nahantu)
20526 866 02:32 None No Clanless Thrasher Boss
B Howling Warren
(Scosglen)
20465 733 02:09 None Yes Kill Elites: 1 Kill All Mobs
B Whispering Pines
(Scosglen)
20294 766 02:16 Some Yes Spirit Caller of Frost Kill Elites: 2 Kill All Mobs Boss
B Vile Hive
(Nahantu)
20000 700 02:06 None No Agony Boss
C Forgotten Remains
(Nahantu)
20000 733 02:12 None No Bloodhorn Boss
C Forgotten Ruins
(Kehjistan)
19885 966 02:55 None Yes Slither Object to Pedestal: 1 Boss
C Sleepless Hollow
(Nahantu)
19663 650 01:59 None No Dark Magus Boss
C Tomb of the Saints
(Kehjistan)
19459 800 02:28 None No Resurrected Malice Switches: 1 Kill All Mobs Boss
C Leviathan's Maw
(Hawezar)
19411 733 02:16 Some Yes Object to Pedestal: 2 Kill All Mobs
C Charnel House
(Dry Steppes)
19411 733 02:16 Some No Free Prisoners: 6 Kill Elites: 3
C Ruined Wild
(Nahantu)
19354 500 01:33 None No Defiled Caster Boss
C Komdor Temple
(Dry Steppes)
19285 600 01:52 None Yes Khazra Abomination Kill Elites: 3 Boss
C Faceless Shrine
(Hawezar)
19166 766 02:24 None Yes Mothers Judgement Free Prisoners: 5 Kill Elites: 3 Boss
C Putrescent Larder
(Nahantu)
19159 633 01:59 None Semi Infested Revenant Boss
C Lost Keep
(Hawezar)
18979 1033 03:16 Many No Resurrected Malice Kill Elites: 3 Animus Boss
C Forbidden City
(Fractured Peaks)
18909 866 02:45 None No Resurrected Malice Kill Elites: 3 Kill All Mobs Boss
C Calibel's Mine
(Scosglen)
18857 733 02:20 None Yes Resurrected Malice Key+Door Object to Pedestal: 1 Boss
C Path of the Blind
(Dry Steppes)
18823 800 02:33 None No Scourge of the Land Object to Pedestal: 3 Boss
C Ancient Reservoir
(Hawezar)
18400 766 02:30 None Semi Tomb Lord Kill All Mobs Object to Pedestal: 2 Boss
C Shivta Ruins
(Kehjistan)
18305 600 01:58 None Semi Hivemaster 1-Bloodstone Boss
C Inferno
(Kehjistan)
18227 800 02:38 None Yes Scourge of the Land Animus Object to Pedestal: 1 Boss
C Luban's Rest
(Scosglen)
18095 633 02:06 None Semi Tomb Lord Kill All Mobs Kill Elites: 3 Boss
C Grinning Labyrinth
(Dry Steppes)
18000 800 02:40 None Semi Kill Elites: 3 Kill Elites: 3
D Garan Hold
(Scosglen)
17872 700 02:21 Many No Scourge of the Land Kill Elites: 3 Key+Door Boss
D Akkhan's Grasp
(Hawezar)
17872 700 02:21 None Yes Blood Bishop Object to Pedestal: 2 Kill Elites: 2 Boss
D Witchwater
(Hawezar)
17718 733 02:29 Many Yes Slither Free Prisoners: 3 Kill Elites: 3 Boss
D Hallowed Stones
(Nahantu)
17560 600 02:03 Some Semi Vesicator Boss
D Zenith
(Fractured Peaks)
17454 533 01:50 None Yes Blood Bishop Kill Elites: 3 Object to Pedestal: 3 Boss
D Heathen's Keep
(Hawezar)
17404 633 02:11 Some No Scourge of the Land Key+Door Boss
D Light's Watch
(Fractured Peaks)
17386 850 02:56 Many No Den Mother Kill Elites: 2 Boss
D Haunted Refuge
(Hawezar)
17349 800 02:46 Some No Object to Pedestal: 2 Kill All Mobs
D Sealed Archives
(Dry Steppes)
17288 566 01:58 None Yes Tomb Lord Key+Door Boss
D Murmuring Spiral
(Nahantu)
17280 600 02:05 Some No Nangari Thaumaturgist Boss
D Carrion Fields
(Dry Steppes)
17266 666 02:19 None No Tomb Lord Object to Pedestal: 2 Boss
D Forge of Malice
(Nahantu)
17260 700 02:26 None Yes Council Boss
D Beast Graveyard
(Nahantu)
17142 833 02:55 None No Blackmailer Boss
D Maugan's Works
(Hawezar)
17142 700 02:27 Many Semi Council Free Prisoners: 6 Boss
F Heretics Asylum
(Kehjistan)
16457 800 02:55 Many No Council Animus Key+Door Boss
F Farai Cliffs
(Nahantu)
16363 500 01:50 None No Thundertooth Boss
F Ularian Sepulcher
(Nahantu)
16190 566 02:06 None No Resurrected Malice Boss
F Seething Underpass
(Nahantu)
15692 850 03:15 None No Carapace Boss
F Derelict Lodge
(Fractured Peaks)
15544 833 03:13 Some No Spirit Caller of Frost Search Bodies: 4 Kill Elites: 3 Boss
F Iron Hold
(Hawezar)
15223 566 02:14 Many No Scourge of the Land Key+Door Object to Pedestal: 1 Boss
F Buried Halls
(Dry Steppes)
15126 500 01:59 None Semi Resurrected Malice Free Prisoners: 6 Boss
F Maddux Watch
(Scosglen)
15089 700 02:47 Many No Tomb Lord Object to Pedestal: 1 Kill Elites: 3 Boss
F Hyrophant Pyre
(Nahantu)
14904 650 02:37 None No Priestress of Hatred Boss
F Hakan's Refuge
(Kehjistan)
14901 633 02:33 Some Yes Object to Pedestal: 2 Kill Elites: 3
F Domhainne Tunnels
(Scosglen)
14693 600 02:27 None Yes Khazra Abomination Free Prisoners: 6 Object to Pedestal: 1 Boss
F Black Asylum
(Fractured Peaks)
14461 783 03:15 Some Yes Switches: 2 Kill All Mobs
F Oblivion
(Hawezar)
14210 750 03:10 Some No Kill All Mobs Free Prisoners: 6 Kill Elites: 3
F Halls of the Damned
(Kehjistan)
12914 800 03:43 Many No Tomb Lord Kill Elites: 2 Boss

Enchantment Effect

Lightning Damage
Cold Damage
Fire Damage

Legendary Aspect

Allowed Item Types

1H Weapon
2H Weapon (Power increased by 100%)
Gloves
Ring
Amulet (Power increased by 50%)

Helm
Chest Armor
Pants
Amulet (Power increased by 50%)
Shield

Ring

Boots
Amulet (Power increased by 50%)

Helm
Chest Armor
Boots
Gloves
Amulet (Power increased by 50%)
Shield

Ancestral Unique

925+25 Item Power