Certain areas in the Diablo 2 acts are beneficial to reclear and rerun. This is done in order to get the most effective gain over time. The gain or win, done in this type of activity is often valuable items or ingredients that makes such. Some area running might also be done strictly to increase the strength and Skills of the character. Stubbornness, relentlessness and patience are characteristics that, the area running player usually have a lot of. The most serious and mad runners, can spend thousands of runs in order to get just that special "drop", an item they look for. For the solitary Diablo 2 player this is a key activity, to get hold of the best gear. This is since there are no other players to trade with. Effective area running can only be done in single player mode, which is also a reason for it being something done alone. This is because it, requires the player to get in and out of games as fast as possible. Optimizing runs is a big part of the activity. Another thing that binds area running to single player, is the ability to continue on the same map, over and over again. This enables the runner to reach certain interesting parts as fast as possible. That also makes the runner know this recurring parts by heart.
