In this speed leveling guide, we show you methods to quickly reach level 70 in Diablo 3. Possible in solo play or as a group.
At the start of the new Season 15 in Diablo 3, it is important to finish the leveling phase quickly. This way, you can begin with the Nephalem Rifts earlier and farm the “right” gear.
You can find our guide for Season 16 here:
Since there are hardly any players at the beginning who can “boost” other players, a good leveling tactic is important. We show you two methods that will bring you to max level in about two hours (depending on your class).
Do you want to level your second chars/twinks? This guide helps you do it particularly quickly
Speed Leveling / Power Leveling in Season 15
These guides come from members of the Diablo Reddit community, who regularly test and refine these methods. In the last seasons, it has been shown that solo leveling with the massacre bonus is particularly effective and brings a lot of experience points.
This way of leveling is monotonous and boring for many players. However, these are methods that should bring you to max level particularly quickly, not the leveling methods that are the most fun.
This is an update of our speed leveling guides from Season 12. These methods are still effective and will quickly take you to max level.
Solo Speed Leveling in Season 15 Patch 2.6.1
As mentioned earlier, this guide relies on massacre bonuses to be effective. The Witch Doctor is best suited for this method, reaching max level in less than 2 hours.
Level 1 – 4
- Create a game in adventure mode on Hard. Depending on your gear, you should set the difficulty between Hard and Master. If it takes too long to kill the monsters, reduce the difficulty.
- Hire the Templar
- Take the weapons of other companions (equip the strongest weapon and use the other for recycling)
- Start a boss bounty – level up to level 2 or 3 before starting the fight.
- Recommended bounty bosses are Maghda and Zoltun Kul, as the waypoint is close to the respective boss, and you don’t have to walk far.
- Remember to take a boss bounty for extra loot from the chest.
Level 4 – 70
- Teleport to the Fields of Misery or the Halls of Agony and kill monsters there.
- For additional strong gear, you can kill the Butcher.
- Once you reach level 8, teleport to the city and craft a 2H axe at the blacksmith.
- If you got a strong weapon from the blacksmith, go back to the mentioned areas to farm massacre bonuses.
- If you haven’t leveled with this method yet, it may take some time to master the massacre bonuses. Try to constantly attack enemies to keep the bonus active – the larger the massacre, the better.
- From level 7, you can buy rings from the merchant – from level 11, there are amulets.
- Regularly check the city to craft better weapons at the blacksmith.
- With massacre bonuses, you level up to level 70.
- In the following video from Desolacer, you can see how this method works with the Witch Doctor:
Speed Leveling in Group – Season 15 Patch 2.6.1
There are various methods to complete the first 10 levels. Again, you can start with a boss bounty or split up to complete the Act 1 bounties to get the Cain’s/Born’s set.
Level 1-7
- Create a game in adventure mode on Hard. Depending on your gear, you should set the difficulty between Hard and Master. If it takes too long to kill the monsters, reduce the difficulty.
- Take the weapons of other companions (equip the strongest weapon and use the other for recycling)
- Split up for the Act 1 bounty to get the Cain’s/Born’s set. You should kill bosses together. Teleport to the Halls of Agony level 2 after the boss fight and kill enemies there until you reach level 8.
- Teleport to the city and craft a 2H axe at the blacksmith.
Level 8-70
- Check the merchants’ offers for rings with 2-4 damage.
- Complete Nephalem Rifts. Just before the Rift boss appears, one player in your group should teleport to the city and then quickly close the portal. During the 30 seconds between Nephalem Rifts, you should check the merchants for usable rings and amulets. You can also craft better weapons during this time. Crafting a new weapon is worth it about every 5 levels.
- The Born’s/Cain’s set can be crafted at level 21/23.
Level 70
- Now complete the season journey to receive the set gift.
General Tips for Speed Leveling in Season 15
- You can complete sections of the season journey while speed leveling. For example, during the 30 seconds wait time between rifts, you can equip companions or transmog items.
- Crafting weapons:
- 2H swords at levels 15, 19, 23, 27, 32, 38, 44, 50, 55, 57, 61, 70
- 2H axes at levels 8, 16, 21, 29, 33, 37, 41, 50, 54, 58, 61, 70
- From level 42, you can try crafting level 60 weapons with level reduction. If you craft a weapon with a secondary CC ability, you can reroll it for reduction of the level requirement.
- Craft a new weapon at level 61.
- Stand close to the enemies when you reach a level-up, as you deal damage during that.
- Increased movement speed is important for fast leveling.
- A helmet with a socket should be equipped with a ruby.
- Keep all cowbells and braided rings so you can play the bonus levels at level 70.
- Adjust the difficulty to your kill speed. If the mobs die particularly quickly, you can increase the difficulty.
Calmer Level Phase – Without Stress, with Challenge Rift
Another method for leveling in a new season is presented by YouTuber Bluddshedd. He uses the Challenge Rift. So, you should not have completed it this week yet.
His method:
- Create a season character and get the weapon of a companion in the city
- Return to the menu
- Then select the challenge portal and complete it
- Afterwards, start another game. This time on “Master” difficulty
- Now open the reward bag of the challenge portal
- Those who want can now spend blood shards from the bag for weapons or gear
- Now find a boss bounty and complete it. Zoltun Kul, Maghda or Azmodan are the best – the fights go quickly.
- Through the bounty, you can hopefully get important items like weapons for you
- Reduce the difficulty as needed to “Normal” or “Hard” and complete Nephalem Rifts.
- At level 7, check the merchants in the towns for rings
- At level 10, look for amulets with merchants in the towns.
- From here continue with rifts until level 70
- Make sure to regularly update your weapon – we have already described this in the other two leveling guides in this article.
In the following video, you can see Bluddshedd’s leveling tactic
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