General Farming Guide

There are many different items, materials, and currencies to farm and use in Diablo 4. All are important and have their uses for your character and gear alike. Some are easy to gather, while others are tricky and can only come from specific areas or events. This farming guide aims to arm you with the best information to stock up on what you need to supercharge your progression!

Bundled Herbs nodes tend to be around the edges of terrain and structures alike. Keep an eye out for any nodes you may pass while traveling from one activity to another, and quickly gather them when seen. Lastly, you can receive a random assortment from a reward chest at the end of a Local Event. Completing a Side Quest can also reward a Plant Cache, granting a small stockpile.

Angelbreath can also be found worldwide but is a lot more scarce. During a Helltide, it can drop from a Fiend Rose node as well. Unlike Bundled Herbs, it has a chance of dropping from Elites in higher difficulties and Nightmare Dungeons. This helps when you're not being a worldly traveler on a particular day.

Iron Chunk nodes tend to be around the edges of terrain and structures alike. Keep an eye out for any nodes you may pass while traveling from one activity to another, and quickly gather them when seen. Ore Veins drop Iron Chunks only, where as Glittering Ore Veins can drop Gem Fragments too. Lastly, you can receive a random assortment from a reward chest at the end of a Local Event. Completing a Side Quest can also reward an Ore Cache, granting a small stockpile.

Abstruse Sigil, Coiling Ward and Baleful Fragment are rather straightforward. Each one comes from Salvaging a Legendary Armor, Weapon, or Jewelry piece. The amount of Legendaries you get of the three and break down correlates to how many of these materials you get. If you find yourself getting low on one particular material, you can take a chance and gamble at the Purveyor of Curiosities to get one or two more items to break down. You can also go to the PvP version of this vendor, however, you can only gamble Armor pieces. Lastly, going for the cheaper Tortured Gift of Protection (Armor) and Tortured Gift of Jewelry (Rings) can net you a few required materials.

‍‍Veiled Crystals come from Salvaging (see a trend here...) Rare Items. With that in mind, don't just ignore Rare Items on the ground. Make sure to pick up the highest tier you can get (Normal, Sacred, or Ancestral ). If they do not provide you with a gear upgrade, simply Salvage them all to get some materials. ‍Veiled Crystals can also start dropping off Elites as you get into higher Difficulties. This helps speed up your acquisition, so don't bypass all the Elites you see.

Forgotten Souls are mostly found from Tortured Gifts and special Bosses during Helltide and are critical to Enchanting gear and crafting. There are a few methods you can employ to collect them. There is a small chance when you kill an Elite they will drop a few. You can spend Aberrant Cinders on the cheaper 75 Tortured Gift of Protection (Armor) and Tortured Gift of Jewelry (Rings) to have a 50/50 shot at getting Forgotten Souls. A better way is grouping up and target farming Aberrant Cinders in mass for Tortured Gifts of Mysteries, which guarantee some to drop. Lastly, look for Kixxarth, Helltide Assassin or the Portal Invasion event, as both can have a chance to drop Forgotten Souls.

Sigil Powder comes from Salvaging, you guessed it, Nightmare Sigils. Since your intake of this material is directly linked to your intake of Nightmare Sigils, you need to plan accordingly. For an easier time, complete Whispers of the Dead from the Tree of Whispers to get Collections. Once opened, these Collections have a decent chance of dropping various other materials we have covered along with the possibility of a Nightmare Sigil. A better method is to run an easy Nightmare Dungeon. You usually get 2–4 Sigils per run, giving you room to keep certain Sigils to run and others to Salvage.

Runeshard are found in small quantities by doing various activities around the world. Completing a Nightmare Dungeon, handing in 10 Grim Favors at the Tree of Whispers, defeating a World Boss, or opening a Helltide Tourted Gift can grant several at a time.

However, they drop only AFTER completing a Nightmare Dungeon Tier 46 or higher. Be sure to do this as soon as possible to start building up your supply.

These crafting materials are the Mastery rewards for completing a Pit level. Since the number of materials required to get one item fully Masterworked (let alone all your items) is pretty steep, you want to run Pit levels you can complete in time to get these materials consistently.

Also, there are Pit level breakpoints to start gathering the higher level materials. Obducite drops from level 1 to 29, Ingolith drops from level 30 to 59, and Neathiron drops from level 60+. While you can not convert these materials up (from Magic to Rare) you can go the other way around at the Alchemist.

Sparks are primarily obtained from salvaging Uber Uniques that drop in the world or from Duriel or Andariel. You can also get 1 guaranteed from the first Tormented Bose you defeat as well as Uber Lilith. To craft an Uber Unique, you need to obtain 4 Sparks and then travel to the Alchemist.

‍Scattered Prisms crafting materials that drop off primarily World Bosses, Treasure Goblins, Elites, and completing Legion Events. Sometimes efficient farming means effective usage! Don't go adding sockets to every piece of gear you find. This goes especially true when you enter Nightmare Difficulty and want to start upgrading gear like mad. Save ‍Scattered Prism for gear pieces with the majority of the correct Affixes to know you're getting good value when using them.

With the addition of new Bosses, there are certain materials you need to collect in the world. These materials are linked to certain activities you must complete to get them. Once you have gathered enough of them, you can summon the Boss and attempt to kill it. See the list below for all the important information on materials and where to get them. The first time you kill a Tormented version of any of these Bosses, you are guaranteed a Resplendent Sparks.

Currencies are your bread and butter to do almost everything in the game. Gold fuels your gear Upgrading, Enchanting, Extracting, and Imprinting Aspects on gear, Skill and Paragon point respecing, repairing, and more. Obols allow you to target gamble for a particular gear slot along with Red Dust (Armor only). Aberrant Cinders also let you target a particular gear slot for possible Legendaries and Uniques. Let's learn how to farm each one.

The first rule of making Gold is don't overspend what you have! Make sure you don't Upgrade every piece of gear, or Extract every Aspect you get, etc. If you do, you can never earn enough to outpace your spending. With this in mind here are the two best methods for generating Gold.

First, complete Whispers of the Dead. Whispers are a great source of Gold and are a required activity for collecting materials to summon one of the End Game Bosses. You can receive several MILLION Gold per turn in, making Whispers quite good! Get two things done at the same time - efficient!

Second, the best way to earn Gold is to sell unwanted Rare Items. Rare Items sell for a decent chunk of 10k to over 20k Gold for one item! A healthy half-hour of farming can net a lot of Gold to aid in your gearing, re-speccing, Enchanting, and more.

The best method for farming Obols is to simply find and complete Local Events. Grouping up while doing these can make completing them go even faster. Obols can also come from a Reward Cache by completing a Side Quest.

Legendaries and Uniques are the basis for your character's power. It's rather straightforward, KILL, KILL, KILL! For Uniques and Uber Uniques, there are a few methods to get them you should be aware of.

Written by Dredscythe
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