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Last updated: 2026-10-03 / Verified patch: 3.2.2

SEASON

Current Season

4

Season 15 setup, Splinters of Evil, Soul Splinters, and Waking Nightmares.

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.

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.

BUILDS

Builds & Classes

6

Builds for all eight classes, class comparison, skill tree, Paragon, Armory, and build diagnostics.

Filter planned leveling and endgame guide slots for all eight classes by class, target, expansion, and gear dependency.

Compare class mechanics, strengths, difficulty, and expansion requirements.

Review the three modifier branches, base-game and expansion variant access, and build changes after skill-tag conversion.

Build Diagnostics

Diagnose low damage, frequent deaths, stalled attacks, and unclear gear upgrades with current expansion-inclusive checks.

Paragon and Glyphs

Align boards, Glyphs, Pit upgrades, and point spending with gear and skills.

Armory Loadouts

Save expansion-inclusive builds across five slots, verify missing gear, and swap safely.

GEAR

Gear & Items

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Gear upgrades, Aspects, gems, Runewords, Talisman, Horadric Cube, loot filter, stash, and combat mechanics.

Build Talismans with Seals, up to six Charm slots, set bonuses, and Horadric Cube upgrades.

Review recipe families, material routes, safe item decisions, and Patch 3.1.1 Mythic crafting boundaries.

Review the ten conditions, top-priority ordering, goal-based presets, and toggle audits that prevent missed drops.

Combat Mechanics

Audit Armor, Resistances, Toughness, Fortify, damage multipliers, Lucky Hit, and Overpower under current rules.

Judge priority affixes, GAs, Tempering, Masterworking, Uniques, and Mythics from an expansion-inclusive finished build.

Inventory and Stash

Safely sort keepers, salvage, sales, candidates, and Cube originals.

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.

Audit Ritual and Invocation Runes, Offering, and uptime with Vessel.

Choose hired and Reinforcement slots by missing role and trigger.

FARMING

Farming & Bosses

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Endgame activities, materials, the Pit, Helltide, Infernal Hordes, War Plans, and bosses.

Combine selected endgame activities, Whispers, and the War Chest for Lord of Hatred owners.

Compare the Pit, Nightmare Dungeons, Helltide, the Tower, and War Plans by goal.

Current Lair keys, sources, expansion scope, and reverse Unique lookup by boss.

Choose XP, Gold, upgrade-material, boss-key, and Mythic-material routes by shortage and rotation condition.

Plan progress, bosses, Glyph upgrades, and repeat tiers.

Nightmare Dungeons

Plan Sigil affixes, gear, materials, keys, and the split from the Pit.

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.

Plan notices, preparation, combat, reward routing, and the next activity.

Evaluate notices, campfires, Mastery, and rewards against travel and the main goal.

PROGRESSION

Progression

5

Leveling order, difficulty and Torment, regional progress, expansion scope, and Skovos/Temis.

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.

First-character, returning-player, leveling, difficulty, and gear-upgrade roadmaps.

Difficulty and Torment

Adjust one tier at a time from time, deaths, rewards, and upgrades.

Regional Renown, Strongholds, and Altars

Use the live regional screen to prioritize travel, unlocks, Strongholds, and Altars.

REFERENCE

Controls, Terms & Patches

4

Controls and settings, troubleshooting, a glossary of terms and currencies, and Patch 3.1.x changes.

Patch 3.1.x Impact

Review the latest 3.1.1 fixes and the item, class, and farming assumptions changed by 3.1.0.

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.