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Diablo 4's World Bosses are powerful enemies that award excellent loot when slain. However, World Bosses are not always accessible, and players will need to have an understanding of their spawn times and locations if they hope to claim the rewards associated with dispatching these foes. This guide is here to help fans gain that understanding, and details on World Boss spawns in Diablo 4 can be found in what follows.

Diablo 4: World Boss Spawn Times

The first thing to know about World Boss spawns is that there is no fixed time at which they are guaranteed to occur. However, it is currently believed that a World Boss will appear approximately every 6 hours, giving Diablo 4 players four opportunities to slay these enemies every day. Furthermore, it is believed that these opportunities will typically occur during four two-hour blocks, which are as follows:

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  • 3:30am - 5:30am PDT
  • 9:30am - 11:30am PDT
  • 3:30pm - 5:30pm PDT
  • 9:30pm - 11:30pm PDT

While having a sense of when World Boss spawns are likely to occur can be very helpful, some players may not be able to spend two hours in-game waiting for them. Fortunately, there are two outside resources that can be used to get notifications about World Boss spawns approximately 30 minutes before they take place. The first of those resources is Game8's Diablo 4 World Boss Timer Twitter account, and the second is the community-driven Diablo 4 Event Tracker.

Diablo 4: World Boss Spawn Locations

There are currently five confirmed spawn locations for Diablo 4's World Bosses, and they are as follows:

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  • The Crucible (Fractured Peaks)
  • Caen Adar (Scosglen)
  • Saraan Caldera (Dry Steppes)
  • Seared Basin (Kehjistan)
  • Fields of Desecration (Hawezar)

To note, players that have beaten Diablo 4's campaign will see the World Boss spawn locations marked on their in-game maps approximately 30 minutes before the enemy appears. However, fans need not complete the campaign in order to fight these foes, as they can simply show up at the spawn location if they know which one to target. This is yet another important piece of information that can be obtained from the aforementioned resources, giving them even more value.

Diablo 4: Which World Boss Will Spawn Next?

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While players should consider participating in every World Boss event that they can, regardless of the specific enemy that is spawning, a pattern does appear to be emerging. That pattern is as follows, and the rotation seems to be Wandering Death, followed by Avarice, followed by Ashava:

  • World Boss 1 spawns three times in a row.
  • World Boss 2 spawns two times in a row.
  • World Boss 3 spawns three times in a row.
  • World Boss 1 spawns two times in a row.
  • World Boss 2 spawns three times in a row.
  • World Boss 3 spawns two times in a row.

Diablo 4 is available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.