Diablo 4 Season 10 is finally live on September 23rd! If you're a new player, you might need to complete the lengthy pre-campaign and main quests first, but if you've been playing Diablo 4, you can start experiencing the seasonal content right away!
As you're probably aware, the biggest feature of Diablo 4 Season 10 is all about the "Chaos" theme, including Chaos Perks and Armor, as well as the playable Chaos Rifts seasonal event.
Chaos Rifts are the primary source of Chaos Perks and Armor farming, and they also provide Diablo 4 gold, XP, Nightmare Sigils, and other essential items and materials for playing the game.
So, if you want to successfully complete all the quests and challenges in Season 10, farming Chaos Rifts is essential. Below, we've provided a detailed Chaos Rifts guide.
Chaos Rifts Overview
A new seasonal event added in Season 10, Chaos Rifts only spawn when you play Helltides or Nightmare Dungeons. They bring waves of monsters into Sanctuary, which you must defeat promptly to seal the rifts.
The spawn rate and rarity of Chaos Rifts are random, ensuring you'll get enough loot from them by dedicating sufficient farming time. Rarity ranges include magic, rare, legendary, and mythic.
When Chaos Rifts appear, they appear as portal icons on your minimap. Follow the icons to reach the designated locations to complete the encounter.
Notably, successfully sealing a rift may grant you temporary, random buffs called Chaos Blessings, which can be stacked to increase elemental damage.
How To Complete Chaos Rifts?
In Diablo 4, when you notice a Helltides icon appear on the map, or the map or sky in certain areas take on a reddish hue, it means a Helltides event has begun. Each event lasts approximately one hour, with a five-minute interval between Helltides.
When you notice a Helltides event, you can enter it and begin searching for Chaos Rifts to complete. You can then defeat special purple Chaos monsters or elite enemies, such as Hellborne, Aether Lords, or Chaos Bringers.
If you earn Nightmare Sigils with Chaos Rift affixes by completing active Chaos Rifts, you can unlock Nightmare Dungeons filled with Chaos Rifts, allowing you to continue farming Chaos Rifts more intensively.
More importantly, you can obtain Fleeting Hordes Compass from these Chaos Rift dungeons on Torment difficulty, allowing you to enter the early stages of Infernal Hordes.
What Are The Benefits Of Completing Infernal Hordes?
As one of the key Diablo 4 endgame events, Infernal Hordes requires you to complete a sufficient number of waves before a boss battle to conclude. You can then redeem Burning Aether you've collected for chests to receive loot.
There are three types of Spoils of Hell chests available, each offering rewards of varying rarity, from highest to lowest:
- Spoils of Greater Equipment chest: Legendary, Unique, or Mythic Unique items, with at least one guaranteed Ancestral item with a Greater Affix.
- Spoils of Materials chest: Gem Fragments, Crafting Materials, and Masterworking Materials.
- Spoils of Gold chest: Gold.
It's worth noting that to redeem the chests, you must defeat any three members of Fell Council. However, in Season 10, the game introduces a new boss, Bartuc, in Infernal Hordes, who you can choose to directly confront in exchange for the chests.
What Rewards Can Chaos Rifts Offer?
The rarity and quantity of rewards you receive for completing events depend on the rarity of Chaos Rifts. Obducite only drops when you farm Chaos Rifts in Nightmare Dungeons. Other randomly occurring rewards include:
- Gold
- Gem Fragments
- Infernal Warp
- Obols
- Bonus XP
- Nightmare Sigils
- Chaos Perk/Armor
- Viz-Jaq'taar Veneration
Infernal Warp deserves special mention. It's a special seasonal currency that upgrades Chaos Perks you earn, boosting your character's overall combat effectiveness.
How Can You Improve Your Chaos Rift Farming Efficiency?
To achieve this, first, if you're clearing Helltides to complete Chaos Rifts, be sure to keep an eye on your mini-map and make sure you don't miss any Chaos Rift markers.
Also, if you notice multiple Chaos Rifts spawning in a specific Helltides area, it's best to prioritize those to avoid wasting them. Also, strive to obtain as many Nightmare Sigils with Chaos Rift affixes as possible while farming.
This will increase the chances of events appearing when you later farm Chaos Rifts in Nightmare dungeons, increasing your chances of unlocking higher-level Chaos Rifts and obtaining rarer loot.
Also, if you want to obtain Chaos Armor by farming Chaos Rifts, it's best to complete the encounter at Torment 1 or higher difficulty, as this increases the armor's drop rate.
If you get appropriate Chaos Armor or Chaos Perks while clearing Chaos Rifts, be sure to upgrade and equip them promptly. This will allow you to complete subsequent events with greater effectiveness.
In short, the key is to continually run Helltides, earning more Chaos Rift Sigils by completing Chaos Rifts there, allowing you to run Nightmare dungeons more frequently and clear the rifts in the dungeons more frequent.
It's worth mentioning that if you combine farming with running strongrooms, you can also obtain more crafting materials to enhance your gear, further improving your character in various ways.
This concludes our guide to completing Chaos Rifts event. We wish you all the best in Diablo 4 Season 10!
