The Vestibule of Hell

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The Vestibule of Hell is guarded by Geryon, along with various denizens of each of the hells themselves.

Portals to the Vestibule of Hell are found abundantly in the Depths.

This branch contains the entrances to the Iron City of Dis, Gehenna, Cocytus and Tartarus.

Welcome to Hell! Please enjoy your stay.

Hell entry.png The Vestibule of Hell is the entrance to the four other branches of Hell. It is presided over by Geryon, the gatekeeper of Hell.

Useful Info

You'll find multiple portals to the Vestibule in the Depths. Its most noteworthy inhabitant is Geryon, a huge three-headed demon, but you'll also find flocks of demons and hell knights. These monsters guard the entrances to the four main branches of Hell:

Each of these four branches contains a rune of Zot.

Strategy

By the time your character is ready for the Depths, chances are that they can clear the Vestibule, too. Even if you don't plan on doing the rest of the extended game, the horn of Geryon can be useful to Evocations specialists.

Geryon himself is not too difficult to kill. It is Geryon with the rest of the Vestibule that's difficult to kill.

  • Most walls within the Vestibule are made of rock. If you have a wand of digging, you can make a killhole and fight most of the enemies there.
  • A second unique monster, Murray the curse skull, appears in 25% of games while exploring the Vestibule. He can rapidly reduce you to very low HP if you lack torment resistance, and summons hordes of undead to bury you with. Don't be afraid to use a scroll of blinking to get away from him the moment you see him, as he can be hard to run from for normal-speed characters.

Monsters

Common

4 Ice devil.png Ice devil 2 Reaper.png Reaper 3 Soul eater.png Soul eater
3 Sun demon.png Sun demon h Hell hog.png Hell hog p Hell knight.png Hell knight
p Necromancer.png Necromancer (monster)

Uncommon

s Demonic crawler.png Demonic crawler h Hell hound.png Hell hound 4 Rust devil.png Rust devil
2 Lorocyproca.png Lorocyproca r Hell rat.png Hell rat 4 Red devil.png Red devil

Rare

2 Balrug.png Balrug 2 Blizzard demon.png Blizzard demon
2 Cacodemon.png Cacodemon 2 Green death.png Green death

Very Rare

Y Hellephant.png Hellephant 2 Hellion.png Hellion
X Tentacled monstrosity.png Tentacled monstrosity 2 Tormentor.png Tormentor

Additionally, the entrances to Hell branches are guarded by monsters from these Hells:

Uniques

& Geryon.png Geryon z Murray.png Murray

Sumoned by Geryon

History

Prior to 0.14, it was necessary to kill Geryon and sound his horn to open up the entrances to the four main branches of Hell, and all portals to the Vestibule were closed when you picked up the Orb.