This calculator no longer applies to the latest version of Diablo II. It remains here for archival use only.
Caaroid's Experience Calculator is an Excel spreadsheet which can calculate the best areas and the best monsters to fight in order to obtain the largest amount of experience in the shortest possible time. Factoring in the number of players, the number of party members, the level of party members, and so on, you can then sort the results according to what monsters give the most experience, what areas you should go to level up the fastest, and the best areas to play factoring in monster hit points, resistances, and much more. It's an extremely comprehensive spreadsheet, far more detailed than a simple "this monster gives you the most experience" chart. All of the data and spreadsheet work is done by
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Note: this file is password protected. If you're having trouble opening the file, make sure you've set your program to allow the opening of password protected files first.
You can download the calculator right here (295 kB, zipped). You will need a .zip extractor such as WinZip to extract the file.
Unfortunately, the Excel Viewer, a program used to view Excel files if you don't have the full version, doesn't work with this spreadsheet.