What if you want to know the exact time each area in Dark and Darker and its portals spawn, but don’t want to put in the effort to find out? Then you’ve come to the right place. I calculated the exact time information for all areas in Dark and Darker. Here’s everything you need to know. I will share it with you here.

We should note that they may change later, based on IRONMACE adjustments. But here are the current zone times and portal spawns, and knowing them may save you a lot of time and Dark and Darker Gold. The next thing I mention is the timer on the mini map, which should be in the lower right corner of the screen. Without further ado, let’s get started!

Goblin Caves

So let’s start with Goblin Caves. Each Goblin Caves game lasts 10 minutes and 35 seconds. The opening hour of Zone 1 is 8:10 - 7:30. That opening hour of Zone 2 is 5:50 - 5:15, and it generated two portal spots. The duration of Zone 3 is 3:45 - 3:15. From this point on, it will generate no more portal spots.

You should note that game time will be measured by ticks above the mini-map, with each tick representing approximately 14 seconds. But the timer goes off, so Zone 4 will open at 9 ticks to 7 ticks and produce a portal. Then, after about 3 ticks, Zone 5 opens, and it created a final portal. Now we have finished working on Goblin Caves.

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Ruins

Next, let’s take a look at Ruins. Ruins map lasts slightly longer than Goblin Caves, at 11 minutes and 55 seconds per game. The first opening time of Zone 1 on this map is approximately 8:50 - 7:20, and it generated no portal. Then Zone 2 lasts from 5:20 - 4:20 and has two portal spots. The opening time of Zone 3 will be 3:20 - 2:35, and it will generate four portal spots.

Ticks above the map, with each tick representing approximately 15 seconds, measure game time from 2:35 onwards. Therefore, Zone 4 will go from 7 ticks to about 4 ticks and create two portal spots. Zone 5 will close for the ultimate time around 3 ticks, resulting in a portal spot of zero.

So just always remember if you are on Ruins map. And you reach the last area, please make sure it protected the portal as new portals do not expire. 

Howling Crypts

Let’s move to the last map, Howling Crypts. The zone time here is actually the same as in Ruins. The only difference is the portal spots generation.

Therefore, the duration of Howling Crypts map is also 11 minutes and 55 seconds. Among them, the opening time of Zone 1 is approximately 8:50 - 7:20, and a blue portal spot appears. The duration of Zone 2 is 5:20 - 4:20, and it generated two blue portal spots. The opening time of Zone 3 will be 3:20 - 2:35, with four blue portal spots and nine red portal spots generated.

Ticks above the map, with each tick representing approximately 15 seconds measure similar to Ruins, gameplay time in Howling Crypts. Therefore, Zone 4 will close from approximately 7 ticks to 4 ticks, and generate three blue portal spots and three red portal spots. Zone 5 will be closed for the last time at about 3 ticks, and it will generate no portal spots.

Here I will summarize the different times for all maps and their portal spots generation. You probably don’t want to memorize every area and portal spot spawn point. Because this obviously requires a lot of work.

Instead, I recommend you keep in mind whether the last area on each map generates portal spots, and how long the tick on the mini map timer represents. Hopefully, I’ve saved you some time with this. You probably don’t need to memorize it entirely, but I feel like knowing this information will come in handy one day. Good luck!