Master Diablo IV's Chapter 3 Season Journey! Get expert tips on Strongholds, events, and objectives to conquer this stage of the Season Journey with ease.
Alright, let's dive into Chapter 3 of the Diablo IV Season Journey! This chapter is all about tackling some of the game's challenges, especially those Strongholds. Don't worry, I'll walk you through it.
Here's a breakdown of the objectives you'll be facing:
| Objective | Description |
| Shards of the Fiends | Collect 5 Scattered Prisms, found from killing World Bosses or Treasure Goblins. |
| Risk and Reward | Buy 5 Items from the Purveyor of Curiosities. |
| Champion of the Lost | Conquer 5 Strongholds. |
| Touching The Eternal | Unlock 4 Aspects in the Codex of Power. |
| A Master at Work | Compete an Event with its Mastery Objective completed. |
| Hunter’s Whisper | Complete 10 Tree of Whisper missions. |
| Wonders Distilled | Craft 5 Elixirs of any type at the Alchemist. |
| Transfer of Power | Imprint an Aspect at the Occultists. |
| Grim Reward | Obtain Caches from the Tree of Whispers ten times. |
| Corruption Cleansed | Complete 5 Malignant Tunnels. |
| Exceptional Potency | Upgrade your potions to Moderate. |
| Steel From Iron | Upgrade two items to level 3 at the Blacksmith or Jeweler. |
| Purging The Plague | Use one Wrathful Malignant Invoker in a Malignant Tunnel. |
Now, a couple of these can be a bit of a grind. The Grim Reward (getting 10 Caches from the Tree of Whispers) and Hunter's Whisper (10 Tree of Whispers missions) can take a while. Honestly, you could spend that time doing other fun events, like keeping an eye on World Boss timers for those Scattered Prisms or just hunting Treasure Goblins. If you're really stuck, you can do the 10 Tree of Whispers missions, but the Grim Reward one is a bit much for the effort.
The good news is that while you're farming dungeons to level up and improve your legendary drop rates (which you should be doing anyway!), you'll naturally gather most of the materials you need for the other objectives. So, just keep playing and you'll tick a lot of these off without even trying too hard.
For the Champion of the Lost objective, conquering 5 Strongholds, I've got some recommendations to make it smoother:
- Malnok - Fractured Peaks
- Alcarnus - Kehjistan
- Omath’s Redoubt - Kehjistan
- The Onyx Watchtower - Dry Steppes
- Altar of Ruin - Kehjistan
These are generally quicker and have less annoying enemies. You'll want to be around level 35 for most of them. If you're not quite there yet, focus on the Strongholds in Dry Steppes, Scosglen, or Fractured Peaks, as they have lower level requirements.
Crafting those 5 Elixirs for Wonders Distilled is super easy. Just whip up five Weak Iron Barb Elixirs – they're the cheapest. If you're short on ingredients, a quick run through Fractured Peaks, especially between Yelesna and Malnok, will net you plenty of Gallowvine. Don't forget you can trade Gallowvine at the Alchemist for other plants you might need!
For Corruption Cleansed (5 Malignant Tunnels) and Purging the Plague (using a Wrathful Invoker), you'll likely get enough resources from general gameplay and story quests like 'Prayer For Salvation'. Once you have a Wrathful Invoker, just find a Wrathful Overgrowth within a Malignant Tunnel and use it.
The rest of the challenges should fall into place as you continue your adventures. Great job making it this far in the Season Journey!
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