Leveling

Amazon Leveling Guide

Level your Amazon from 1 to 75 using Poison Javelin / Exploding Arrow → Lightning Fury / Charged Strike. Includes skill progression, stat allocation, and gameplay tips.

Overview

This guide walks through leveling a Amazon from 1 to 75 efficiently. Uses Poison Javelin / Exploding Arrow → Lightning Fury / Charged Strike with a respec around level 32-38. By the end you will have used 1 of your 3 respeccs and be ready for your endgame build.

The Amazon levels with Poison Javelin and Exploding Arrow through Normal, then respecs to Lightning Fury and Charged Strike for Nightmare and Hell. Farm The Countess in Normal and Nightmare for runes for Spirit, Peace, and Insight. Buy a Gnarled Staff of Teleportation before level 24 and a Wand of Lower Resistance before level 36. Prioritize crafting Stealth and Lore as soon as possible. Lightning Immune monsters require rerolling or skipping.

Skills

Level 2-5: Fire Arrow
Level 6-10: Poison Javelin
Level 11: Multiple Shot
Level 12-13: Exploding Arrow

Attributes

Level 2-11: All into Vitality
Level 12: 3 into Dexterity, 2 into Strength
Level 13: All into Strength

Skills

Level 14: Exploding Arrow
Level 15-20: Exploding Arrow
Level 21-26: Exploding Arrow

Attributes

Level 14-16: All into Energy
Level 17-26: All into Vitality

Skills

Level 27: Exploding Arrow
Level 28-31: Exploding Arrow
Level 32-38: Fire Arrow

Attributes

Level 27-38: All into Vitality

Attributes

Respec: Allocate enough Strength to wear all of your gear and Dexterity to reach 50% Chance to Block. Put remaining Stat Points into Vitality.
Level 39-75: Every Level up you need to allocate an amount of Dexterity to remain at 50% Chance to Block. Put remaining Stat Points into Vitality.

Helm: Lore (Ort+Sol) in any 2-socket helm — +1 skills, light radius
Armor: Stealth (Tal+Eth) in a 2-socket body armor — fastest cast rate, FRW, regen mana. Upgrade to Peace (Shael+Thul+Amn) in Nightmare for +2 bow/crossbow skills
Weapon (Pre-Respec): Any fast bow or javelin. Shop for +3 bow skills or +3 javalin skills weapons from vendors
Weapon (Post-Respec): Spirit (Tal+Thul+Ort+Amn) in a 4-socket broad sword or crystal sword — +2 skills, FCR, mana. Titans Revenge unique javelin for Lightning Fury
Shield: Rhyme (Shael+Eth) in a 2-socket bone shield/grim shield — CBF, resists. Ancient's Pledge (Ral+Ort+Tal) for resistances
Gloves: Crafted blood gloves or any with IAS, dex, resist
Belt: Any with resistances and life
Boots: Any with FRW and resistances
Rings: Rare rings with life, mana, resistances
Amulet: +1 skills or resistances
Mercenary (Act 2 Nightmare — Holy Freeze): Insight (Ral+Tir+Tal+Sol) in a 4-socket polearm — meditation aura solves all mana. Armor: Stealth or Smoke (Nef+Lum). Helm: Bulwark (Shael+Io+Sol) or Tal's mask

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Ingredients → Recipe
x3 → Amethyst
x3 → Diamond
x3 → Emerald
x3 → Flawed Amethyst
x3 → Flawed Diamond
x3 → Flawed Emerald
x3 → Flawed Ruby
x3 → Flawed Sapphire
x3 → Flawed Skull
x3 → Flawed Topaz
x3 → Flawless Amethyst
x3 → Flawless Diamond
x3 → Flawless Emerald
x3 → Flawless Ruby
x3 → Flawless Sapphire
x3 → Flawless Skull
x3 → Flawless Topaz
x3 → Perfect Amethyst
x3 → Perfect Diamond
x3 → Perfect Emerald
x3 → Perfect Ruby
x3 → Perfect Sapphire
x3 → Perfect Skull
x3 → Perfect Topaz
x3 → Ruby
x3 → Sapphire
x3 → Skull
x3 → Topaz
→ Blood Amulet
→ Blood Belt
→ Blood Body
→ Blood Boots
→ Blood Gloves
→ Blood Helm
→ Blood Ring
→ Blood Shield
→ Blood Weapon
→ Caster Amulet
→ Caster Belt
→ Caster Body
→ Caster Boots
→ Caster Gloves
→ Caster Helm
→ Caster Ring
→ Caster Shield
→ Caster Weapon
→ Hit Power Amulet
→ Hit Power Belt
→ Hit Power Body
→ Hit Power Boots
→ Hit Power Gloves
→ Hit Power Helm
→ Hit Power Ring
→ Hit Power Shield
→ Hit Power Weapon
→ Safety Amulet
→ Safety Belt
→ Safety Body
→ Safety Boots
→ Safety Gloves
→ Safety Helm
→ Safety Ring
→ Safety Shield
→ Safety Weapon
→ Antidote Potion
x2 → Arrows
x2 → Bolts
→ Javelin
x3 → Magic Amulet
Staff → Magic Polearm
x3 → Magic Ring
→ Magic Shield of Spikes
Low Quality Armor Chipped Gem → Normal Armor
Low Quality Weapon Chipped Gem → Normal Weapon
→ Reroll Magic Amulet
→ Reroll Magic Ring
→ Reroll Magic Ring
→ Reroll Magic Ring
→ Reroll Magic Ring
→ Sword of the Leech
→ Throwing Axe
Any Rare Item (not socketed) x3 → Add 1 Socket to Rare Item
Normal Helmet (not socketed) → Socketed Helm
Weapon (socketed) Standard Gem → Socketed Magic Weapon
Normal Shield (not socketed) → Socketed Shield
Normal Body Armor (not socketed) → Socketed Torso Armor
Normal Weapon (not socketed) → Socketed Weapon
Any Item (socketed) → Clear Sockets on Item
Armor (non ethereal) Flawed Gem → Fully Repaired and Recharged Armor
Weapon (non ethereal) Chipped Gem → Fully Repaired and Recharged Weapon
Armor (non ethereal) → Fully Repaired Armor
Weapon (non ethereal) → Fully Repaired Weapon
Any Rare Item → 1 High Quality Rare Item
Any Rare Item x6 → 1 Low Quality Rare Item
Any Magic Item Perfect Gem → Re-rolled Magic Item
Rare Exceptional Armor → Elite Rare Armor
Rare Exceptional Weapon → Elite Rare Weapon
Set Exceptional Armor → Elite Set Armor
Set Exceptional Weapon → Elite Set Weapon
Unique Exceptional Armor → Elite Unique Armor
Unique Exceptional Weapon → Elite Unique Weapon
Rare Normal Armor → Exceptional Rare Armor
Rare Normal Weapon → Exceptional Rare Weapon
Set Normal Armor → Exceptional Set Armor
Set Normal Weapon → Exceptional Set Weapon
Unique Normal Armor → Exceptional Unique Armor
Unique Normal Weapon → Exceptional Unique Weapon
→ Token of Absolution
x3 → Full Rejuvenation Potion
Standard Gem → Full Rejuvenation Potion
Chipped Gem → Rejuvenation Potion
→ Horadric Staff
→ Khalim's Will
→ Portal to Colossal Summit
→ Portal to Matron's Den/Forgotten Sands/Furnace of Pain (Random)
→ Portal to The Secret Cow Level
→ Portal to Tristram (Pandemonium Finale)
x3 → Amn Rune
x2 → Ber Rune
x2 → Cham Rune
x3 → Dol Rune
x3 → Eld Rune
x3 → Eth Rune
x3 → Fal Rune
x2 → Gul Rune
x3 → Hel Rune
x3 → Io Rune
x2 → Ist Rune
x3 → Ith Rune
x2 → Jah Rune
x3 → Ko Rune
x3 → Lem Rune
x2 → Lo Rune
x3 → Lum Rune
x2 → Mal Rune
x3 → Nef Rune
x2 → Ohm Rune
x3 → Ort Rune
x3 → Pul Rune
x3 → Ral Rune
x3 → Shael Rune
x3 → Sol Rune
x2 → Sur Rune
x3 → Tal Rune
x3 → Thul Rune
x3 → Tir Rune
x2 → Um Rune
x2 → Vex Rune
x2 → Zod Rune
→ Renewed Black Cleft
→ Renewed Bone Break
→ Renewed Cold Rupture
→ Renewed Crack of the Heavens
→ Renewed Flame Rift
→ Renewed Rotting Fissure

Quest	Act
The Horadric Staff	Act 2
Khalim's Will	Act 3