Diablo IV Reference Guide
A hand-maintained reference for builds, progression, seasons, item systems, and activities, with patch and expansion scope made explicit.
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Guide Sections
40Current Season
Season of Death Awakening setup, seasonal mechanics, progression, and farming routes.
Expansion Guide
Compare the base game, Vessel of Hatred, and Lord of Hatred, then choose the purchase needed for your ownership.
Skovos and Temis
Connect Lord of Hatred regional progression to Temis facilities and endgame activities.
War Plans
Combine selected endgame activities, Whispers, and the War Chest for Lord of Hatred owners.
Builds
Filter planned leveling and endgame guide slots for all eight classes by class, target, expansion, and gear dependency.
Classes
Compare class mechanics, strengths, difficulty, and expansion requirements.
Progression
First-character, returning-player, leveling, difficulty, and gear-upgrade roadmaps.
Patch 3.1.x Impact
Review the latest 3.1.1 fixes and the item, class, and farming assumptions changed by 3.1.0.
Systems
Build Talismans with Seals, up to six Charm slots, set bonuses, and Horadric Cube upgrades.
Horadric Cube
Review recipe families, material routes, safe item decisions, and Patch 3.1.1 Mythic crafting boundaries.
Loot Filter
Review the ten conditions, top-priority ordering, goal-based presets, and toggle audits that prevent missed drops.
New Skill Tree
Review the three modifier branches, base-game and expansion variant access, and build changes after skill-tag conversion.
Combat Mechanics
Audit Armor, Resistances, Toughness, Fortify, damage multipliers, Lucky Hit, and Overpower under current rules.
Build Diagnostics
Diagnose low damage, frequent deaths, stalled attacks, and unclear gear upgrades with current expansion-inclusive checks.
Gear Upgrades
Judge priority affixes, GAs, Tempering, Masterworking, Uniques, and Mythics from an expansion-inclusive finished build.
Paragon and Glyphs
Align boards, Glyphs, Pit upgrades, and point spending with gear and skills.
Inventory and Stash
Safely sort keepers, salvage, sales, candidates, and Cube originals.
Controls and Navigation
Tune input, map guidance, readability, and rendering one setting at a time.
Troubleshooting
Safely isolate crashes, disconnects, errors, and blocked quests from official evidence.
Reference Lookup
Map an in-game name to purpose, source, sink, access, and the next guide.
Activities
Compare the Pit, Nightmare Dungeons, Helltide, the Tower, and War Plans by goal.
Bosses
Current Lair keys, sources, expansion scope, and reverse Unique lookup by boss.
Farming
Choose XP, Gold, upgrade-material, boss-key, and Mythic-material routes by shortage and rotation condition.
Difficulty and Torment
Adjust one tier at a time from time, deaths, rewards, and upgrades.
Aspects and Codex
Safely plan required Aspects, imprint slots, Codex upgrades, and transfers.
Gems and Sockets
Plan elemental weapon Gems, defenses, Resistances, and Rune competition.
Runewords
Audit Ritual and Invocation Runes, Offering, and uptime with Vessel.
Mercenaries
Choose hired and Reinforcement slots by missing role and trigger.
The Pit
Plan progress, bosses, Glyph upgrades, and repeat tiers.
Nightmare Dungeons
Plan Sigil affixes, gear, materials, keys, and the split from the Pit.
Helltide
Route Cinders, chests, Blood Maiden, and Living Steel within the event.
Infernal Hordes
Choose Offerings, waves, finale, and Aether rewards by build fit.
Kurast Undercity
Plan Vessel Tributes, timer extensions, Attunement, and floor transitions.
Whispers and Grim Favors
Stack Whispers with other activities, then route turn-ins and caches to shortages.
Regional Renown, Strongholds, and Altars
Use the live regional screen to prioritize travel, unlocks, Strongholds, and Altars.
World Bosses
Plan notices, preparation, combat, reward routing, and the next activity.
Legion Events
Evaluate notices, campfires, Mastery, and rewards against travel and the main goal.
Armory Loadouts
Save expansion-inclusive builds across five slots, verify missing gear, and swap safely.
Key Quests
High-demand unlock, season-start, puzzle, and progression-blocking quests.
Glossary
Canonical Japanese and English names, legacy labels, and search aliases.
Eight Playable Classes
8The data foundation currently contains 249 verified terms and 77 representative skills.