Diablo IV Reference Guide
A hand-maintained reference for builds, progression, seasons, item systems, and activities, with patch and expansion scope made explicit.
Daily automated article generation is disabled. Guides are added and refreshed in weekly batches after source checks, automated validation, and manual review. The current season is Season 15 (Season of Hell's Legacy, patch 3.2.1). Pages outside the Season 15 set reflect the patch shown on each page, and re-verification against 3.2.1 is ongoing. Season 14 pages are kept as history.
Current Season
4Current Season
Season of Hell's Legacy setup, Splinters of Evil, Waking Nightmares, progression, and farming routes.
Splinters of Evil
Activity mapping, iconic powers, honor tracks, and switching rules for Terror, Destruction, and Hatred.
Soul Splinters
All eight names and their demons, the jewelry slot limit, drop rarities, and Horadric Cube fusion.
Waking Nightmares
The three types, fixed Capstone difficulty, the Torment 10+ pinnacle, and where you swap Splinters.
Guide Categories
6Current Season
Season 15 setup, Splinters of Evil, Soul Splinters, and Waking Nightmares.
Builds & Classes
Builds for all eight classes, class comparison, skill tree, Paragon, Armory, and build diagnostics.
Gear & Items
Gear upgrades, Aspects, gems, Runewords, Talisman, Horadric Cube, loot filter, stash, and combat mechanics.
Farming & Bosses
Endgame activities, materials, the Pit, Helltide, Infernal Hordes, War Plans, and bosses.
Progression
Leveling order, difficulty and Torment, regional progress, expansion scope, and Skovos/Temis.
Controls, Terms & Patches
Controls and settings, troubleshooting, a glossary of terms and currencies, and Patch 3.1.x changes.
Frequently Used Guides
Builds
Filter planned leveling and endgame guide slots for all eight classes by class, target, expansion, and gear dependency.
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.
Activities
Compare the Pit, Nightmare Dungeons, Helltide, the Tower, and War Plans by goal.
Gear Upgrades
Judge priority affixes, GAs, Tempering, Masterworking, Uniques, and Mythics from an expansion-inclusive finished build.
Progression
First-character, returning-player, leveling, difficulty, and gear-upgrade roadmaps.
The Pit
Plan progress, bosses, Glyph upgrades, and repeat tiers.
Loot Filter
Review the ten conditions, top-priority ordering, goal-based presets, and toggle audits that prevent missed drops.
Eight Playable Classes
8The data foundation currently contains 253 verified terms and 77 representative skills.