City of the Ancients

"Was...summer, autumn. Leaves on the ground while disappearing into the city below to sleep...to wait..."

- The Ancient Skull^(src)

The City of the Ancients

The City of the Ancients is an underground nephalem city.

Lore

Erys and the Wanderer at the city's entrance

The city apparently dates back to before the Purge. After the carnage and Inarius's tampering with the Worldstone, Zir and his loyalists were banished to the city to remain in slumber for eternity. However, they awoke millennia later due to events on the surface. Zir sealed the city off from outsiders, but was breached by Erys and the Wanderer. The Wanderer fought their way through Zir's forces before confronting Zir himself and slaying him.

In-game

The city is accessible in Season of Blood in Diablo IV, first accessed during the quest "A Witness to Dust." It is revisited in "A Serpent Cornered," where the player accesses it through Kasama. It functions as a dungeon in this instance.

Monsters

• Blood Reaver
• Bone Thrall
• Bone Thrall Archer
• Bone Thrall Ballista
• Bone Thrall Cleaver
• Crimsonblade
• Sanguine Magus

Uniques

• Indal of the Ancients
• Nyx of the Ancients
• Onore of the Ancients
• Shay of the Ancients
• Xereph of the Ancients

Points of Interest

• Veiled Gate: The gate is sealed with bizarre Ancient runes. A carving in the center depicts a crowned figure in a sarcophagus, sleeping with jeweled eyes open.

Zones

• Courts of Dusk
• Courts of Night
• The Sanguine Throne

Trivia

This section contains facts and trivia relevant to this article.

• It is not entirely clear if the City of the Ancients is simply an alternate name for Kasama, part of Kasama, or a city in its own right. While it appears linked to Kasama at the very least, the terms are never used in proximity to one another.