Once Diablo 4 players start reaching level 50 and wrapping up the main story quests, the real fun is just getting started, as the game is jam-packed with endgame content to keep players coming back. Players looking to test their skills and the quality of their build can take full advantage of everything Diablo 4 has to offer in its endgame and take their experience to the next level. From things like Nightmare Dungeons and Helltides, to the Tree of Whispers and Paragon Boards, there is enough endgame content to satisfy even the most hardcore player.
Historically, the Diablo series has made endgame content an important part of the overall experience that emphasizes continuing to strengthen a character's build and tackling increasingly difficult challenges. For many fans, this endless grind is what they love about the Diablo series, but for others it can seem somewhat intimidating. Blizzard has confirmed that Diablo 4 will have a pinnacle boss that marks the true end of the game, so players who are worried about feeling directionless in the endgame will have something to work towards.
World Tiers and Capstone Dungeons
World Tiers are the primary form of progression in Diablo 4's endgame as moving to a higher tier significantly ups the difficulty of the game, but comes with increased rewards. World Tier 3: Nightmare becomes available for players at level 50 and features much more difficult enemies but a 100% EXP increase and the chance for sacred items and uniques to drop when they're defeated. World Tier 4: Torment, which becomes available at level 70, further increases the difficulty of enemies along with a 200% EXP increase and the chance for ancestral items to drop. Players will need to complete each tier's Capstone Dungeon in order to progress to the next one.
Paragon Boards
After World Tiers, Diablo 4's Paragon Boards make up the other side of endgame progression and allow for further build customization as players level up and acquire more Paragon Points. Each Paragon Board starts players off in the center with the option to unlock tiles branching out in all directions using Paragon Points for a variety of bonuses, and can even be customized by inserting Glyphs into Socket tiles to change the effects of surrounding tiles. Once players reach the edge of a Paragon Board, they can use Gate tiles to attach a new board to their existing one and continue their character's progression.
Codex of Power
While available during the main game, filling out Diablo 4's Codex of Power with all legendary aspects will likely take players well into the endgame and make for a great way to enhance the endgame progression grind. Legendary aspects allow players to create their own legendary items by imprinting these aspects onto rare weapons using the services of the Occultist. Completing dungeons grants specific aspects that are stored in the Codex of Power, and players will need to complete all dungeons in Diablo 4 to collect them all.
Nightmare Dungeons
One of the primary gameplay aspects of the endgame is Diablo 4's Nightmare Dungeons, which offer better rewards at the cost of increased difficulty over standard dungeons. Nightmare Dungeons can only be accessed by using the Nightmare Sigil that corresponds to a specific existing dungeon in Diablo 4's world, but each Nightmare Dungeon amps up the difficulty of its standard version by introducing different modifiers that players will have to account for when traversing its depths. Nightmare Sigils are obtained through enemy drops and can only be found on World Tier 3: Nightmare and above.
Helltides and World Bosses
After completing the main story campaign of Diablo 4, players will unlock access to Helltide areas where Hell's influence causes enemies to become stronger as the world warps around the player. However, players can search these areas for crystals that unlock special reward caches if they can survive long enough to find them. Another over world event endgame players can tackle are Diablo 4's World Bosses like Ashava the Pestilent, Avarice the Gold Cursed, and Wandering Death, Death Given Life, who pose a major threat to solo players. It's almost a necessity to group up with others to take them down.
Tree of Whispers
Players in need of specific gear for their builds following the completion of Diablo 4's main campaign will be able to pull rewards from caches of specific types of items when completing Tree of Whisper requests. These Whispers of the Dead require players to complete specific tasks to earn Grim Favors which can be traded in for a reward bundle based on equipment types of varying qualities. Players will need 10 Grim Favors to access a reward from the Tree of Whispers, so tackling multiple Whispers of the Dead will be necessary.
Fields of Hatred
The Fields of Hatred are Diablo 4's endgame PvP activity that allows players to face off against one another while trying to collect Seeds of Hatred from monsters in the area. These Seeds of Hatred can be purified into Red Dust, which can then be traded for cosmetics with certain vendors, making it a hot commodity for players in the endgame. However, the Purification Ritual necessary to purify these seeds will likely draw attention from other players in the area, as players will be vulnerable within the specific purification site, opening them up for attack. Defeating another player in the Fields of Hatred also yields its own rewards like better gear and rare items.
Seasonal Content
With the addition of Diablo 4's battle pass system comes seasonal content players can look forward to participating in once they reach the endgame. Although somewhat controversial among fans, the inclusion of a battle pass is a great way to entice players to continue playing and leveling up their character well after finishing the main story. Players can look forward to earning rewards like weapon and armor skins, emotes, tattoos/marking, and other cosmetics from the battle pass over the course of the roughly 80 hours Blizzard has stated it will take to complete the pass during each season.
Diablo 4 is available now in early access with its full launch coming June 6 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.