Diablo IV Guides
Every guide on DiabloBytes, organized by topic. New guides are added regularly as Lord of Hatred content ships.
Updated April 2026 · Season 12 / Lord of Hatred launch window
Getting Started
Lord of Hatred
- Expansion Hub Everything about LoH — Apr 28 launch, pricing, features, new classes.
- Paladin Class Guide Oath System, top S12 builds, skills, pre-launch prep.
- Warlock Class Guide Dual Wrath + Dominance, four Soul Shards, confirmed skills.
- Skill Tree Rework Key Passives removed, level cap 70, per-class changes explained.
- Horadric Cube Returning crafting artifact — recipes, use cases, how it differs from D2/D3.
- War Plans Endgame Chain 5 activities from The Pit, NMDs, Helltides, Hordes, Lairs, Undercity.
- Season 13 Launch Guide Launch day strategy, free vs paid content, Echoing Hatred.
Endgame Systems
- World Tiers & Torment Difficulty ladder, unlocks, scaling, 12-tier Torment expansion in LoH.
- Paragon Board & Glyphs Board selection, legendary nodes, glyph leveling via NMDs.
- Nightmare Dungeons Sigil crafting, tier 1-100, the glyph XP engine.
- The Pit Runeshards, 1-150 tiers, masterworking materials, Torment unlocks.
- Helltides Aberrant Cinders, Blood Maiden, chest tiers, Tormented Helltides.
- Infernal Hordes Aether farming, Boon/Bane system, Bartuc boss at 666+ Aether.
- Kurast Undercity VoH target farming — Tributes, Attunement, Beacon routing.
- Tempering Manual recipes, affix pools, charge economy, reroll strategy.
- Masterworking Obducite farming, 4/8/12 crit breakpoints, Greater Affix stacking.
- Uber Bosses Varshan, Grigoire, Lord Zir, Beast in Ice, Duriel, Andariel — mats and drops.
Lore & Story
- Story Recap Base campaign + Vessel of Hatred + Lord of Hatred preview.
- Prime & Lesser Evils Mephisto, Diablo, Baal, Lilith, Andariel, Duriel, Belial and the others.
- Regions of Sanctuary Fractured Peaks, Scosglen, Kehjistan, Dry Steppes, Hawezar, Nahantu, Skovos.
- Skovos Region Lore Amazon isles, Pools of Creation, Temis, Mephisto’s target.
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