Areas by Challenge Rating

Challenge Rating (CR) is used on NS4 to determine experience points awarded for killing a particular creature, and is an indicator of creature difficulty. Killing creatures of higher CR will award more XP. Killing creatures of lower CR than your character level will award proportionately lower XP, down to no XP award for much lower level creatures.

The CR level range of area also roughly indicates the intended level for parties adventuring in the area. Note that bosses have CR ratings higher than the overall average, in most cases 2-4 levels. Bosses in high level areas routinely have CR >40, but are still killable by appropriate parties and/or PC's.

Locations of non-planar areas can be discerned on the Maps page.

Area Average CR
Yuan-ti Wastes 9
Ogre Pass 9.5
Haddon Mirk 10
Mountain Trail 13
Haddon Mirk Ogres 14
Frozen Wastes 15
Giant Mountain 15
Troll Cave 16
Ash Mountain: Mezzoleths 17
Undersea City 20
Ice Trolls 20
Ice Efreets 23
Plane of Fire 30
Dwarf Home 31
Plane of Earth 31
Earth: Molemen 32
Plane of Air 32
Forest Home 32
Halls of Death: Outer 33
Plane of Water 33
Plane of Shadow 33
Dwarf Home:Stairs 34
Halls of Knowledge 34
Halls of Death 36
Elyssium 36
Demonweb Pits: Outer 38