I just spent almost my entire work day trying to clear a cata, teleported all around and went back to town for regen and when I clicked on cata it was reset...

Is it it even worth it at high levels to explore the whole thing...? I was trying to make it to the end for a map but just got shafted by the game and don't know why

The higher level catacombs usually have a trapdoor that will "reset" your maze, sending you to a higher tier level.

There's three ways around this.

1. Wait for a "no trapdoor" event
2. Use a character class that can avoid trapdoors. In groups I believe the leader must have the class. I could be wrong.
3. Use a map item as there's no trapdoors

Also even during events watch out for the totems. They can spawn unavoidable trapdoors even for the classes that can normally detect

But is it worth it to even explore the entire thing? And if you do use a map arent you kinda de-incentivized to explore the entire thing because it will not award you with a new map? I’m truly asking bcz I do not know.