Among the many new Uniques added in Diablo 4 Season 5, many are exclusive to a certain class, or suitable for some hydra builds, which can provide very gorgeous effects for them. But if you don’t want to change your build frequently, you can choose some Uniques that can be used in all classes.
For example, Harlequin Crest can provide you with stronger survivability, Shard of Verathiel can provide you with additional damage on skills, and Flickerstep boots can reduce the cooldown time of skills for you. Locran’s Talisman we are going to talk about today can increase your critical strike chance.
Although Locran’s Talisman is not the most powerful Unique in this season, it can bring a very important improvement to your overall damage output. This guide will introduce you to how to farm it and some of its effects in Season of the Infernal Hordes.
Special Method
Of all the new Uniques added this season, Locran’s Talisman Unique is arguably the easiest to obtain. All you need to do is complete The Eyes of the Enemy questline in World Tier 3 or World Tier 4 and travel to Zarbinzet to meet Locran.
You will receive Locran’s Talisman Unique as your reward after completing both The Eyes of the Enemy and To the Edge of the Abyss quests. In addition, you will also receive an Infernal Compass that is used to unlock Infernal Hordes activity exclusive to this season.
In Infernal Hordes activity, you will encounter waves of enemies, so if you start equipping Locran’s Talisman on your build after obtaining it, your battles in this endgame activity will be a little easier.
It’s important to note that both The Eyes of the Enemy and To the Edge of the Abyss questlines are account-wide in Diablo 4, meaning you only need to complete them with one character to unlock Infernal Hordes activity, and you can only get Locran’s Talisman once.
Conventional Method
In addition to completing the questline, you can also collect Locran’s Talisman by defeating enemies or finding treasure chests in World Tier 3 or World Tier 4. If you run Nightmare Dungeons or defeat World Bosses and Gathering Legions during this time, the chance of Locran’s Talisman dropping will increase.
Unlike many Unique Items, Locran’s Talisman isn’t part of the loot pool for any of Uber Bosses, but doesn’t be discouraged. You can get it by completing Infernal Hordes runs.
As mentioned above, you’ll get your first Infernal Compass, which is the key to Infernal Hordes, after completing The Eyes of the Enemy and To the Edge of the Abyss questlines. In Infernal Hordes, you’ll trigger Aetheric Events by killing enemies.
These Aetheric Events will have you face more powerful enemies. After you defeat them with some strategy, you’ll be rewarded with some Burning Aether and Diablo 4 Gold. At the end of each Infernal Horde, you’ll encounter Fell Council, which is also a boss that you need to defeat.
When everything is over, you can use Burning Aether. You just got to open two treasure chests - Spoils of Equipment chest and Spoils of Greater Equipment chest. The two chests require different amounts of Burning Aether, 20 and 60 respectively. Likewise, the two chests have unique chances of dropping Locran’s Talisman.
To maximize the amount of Burning Aether you collect in Infernal Hordes, you need to upgrade your Infernal Compasses using Abyssal Scrolls found in Spoils of Materials chests.
In all endgame activities, you can only get a Tier 3 Infernal Compass at most, so to challenge higher-level enemies and get more Burning Aether, you can only make as many higher-level Infernal Compass as possible, because you won’t just challenge them once. Remember this: high-level Infernal Compass will open higher-level Infernal Hordes, which will have stronger enemies, more waves, and more Burning Aether. It’s a cycle.
By the way, only in Tier 3 Infernal Hordes will you find Spoils of Greater Equipment that can drop Uniques with Greater Affixes.
Effects Of Locran’s Talisman
No matter what build you are on, as long as you equip Locran’s Talisman, each of your skills will gain 0.1%-0.4%, critical strike chance per point of primary resource. These primary resources include but are not limited to Mana, Energy, Fury, Spirit, and Essence.
In addition, if your primary resources above exceed 100 points, each primary resource can also provide you with 0.2% critical strike damage. In addition to the primary resources, your build will also increase resistance to all elements by 8%-10%, which will make you safer in combat.
For your Stats, when you equip Locran’s Talisman, all Stats values will increase by 2%-3%. This will expand your original advantages and reduce the impact of some weaknesses.
I just talked so much about Critical Strike Damage. Don’t you want to know how much the total Critical Strike Damage has increased? 88%-115%! It is an exponential increase. This will enhance your offense and defense in all aspects.
The above are some farming methods and effects of the newly added Locran’s Talisman in Diablo 4 Season 5. I hope you can get it as soon as possible and use it to enhance your build. I wish you a happy game!
