What act and difficulty is 2-3 Desert Underground Cave?

2-3 Desert Underground Cave is Act 2 on Nightmare difficulty. The full 120-stage campaign is broken into 3 acts times 10 stages times 4 difficulties.

What level should my heroes be for 2-3 Desert Underground Cave?

2-3 Desert Underground Cave has a recommended level of Lv 42. Heroes below this level will underperform; heroes well above it will clear the stage trivially.

What materials drop from 2-3 Desert Underground Cave?

The "What to farm here" panel on this page lists every material whose rarity band brackets this stage's level. The Drop Finder is the inverse tool — pick a material and see which stages to clear.

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2-3 Desert Underground Cave

Act 2 / Nightmare

Act 2 Nightmare stage 2-3 Desert Underground Cave. Recommended hero level Lv 42. Mini-boss: Cobra.

Key attributes

Stage ID: 2203
Difficulty: Nightmare
Act: 2
Stage in Act: 2-3
Recommended Level: Lv 42
Difficulty Level Range: Lv 33–52
Boss: Cobra
Waves: 22
Kills: 286
Gold: 286,709
EXP: 5,194,845
Unlocks Max Item Level: Lv 42

Notes

2-3 Desert Underground Cave sits in Act 2 of the Nightmare run at recommended hero level Lv 42. The stage runs 22 wave(s) with 286 kills and rewards 286,709 gold and 5,194,845 experience. Reaching this stage unlocks item level Lv 42 in the drop pool; rarity does not scale by area, so even 2-3 can drop an Immortal. The mini-boss is Cobra.

2-3 Desert Underground Cave Farming & Progression Guide

With a recommended level around Lv 42 and guarded by Cobra, this stage is an ideal benchmark for your team's idle DPS. If your taskbar heroes take more than 20 seconds to clear a wave here, consider stepping back to an earlier stage to optimize gold-per-minute farming.