Helltide Event Guide (Season 5 Updated)
Helltide is an open-world event in Diablo 4 (D4) that occurs for 55 minutes every hour. Learn the changes to the Helltide with the Season 5 update, including the new Helltide schedule and what the Helltide Threat is, as well as tips and rewards for taking on the Helltide!
List of Contents
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| Helltide Timer | Mystery Chests | Living Steel |
Helltide Season 5 Changes
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| Note: These changes were implemented with patch 1.5.0 and were applied to both the Eternal and Seasonal realms. |
Stack Profane Mindcage
Profane Mindcages can now stack up to three times, allowing players to challenge enemies 30 levels higher than them. The reason for this change is that the XP gain cap has been increased from 10 Levels to 30 Levels.
Blood Maiden Summon Changes
The required Baneful Heart for summoning the Blood Maiden in World Tiers 1 and 2 has been lowered from 3 hearts to 2 hearts. This change is due to the lowered drop rate of Baneful Hearts in patch 1.5.0.
Baneful Heart Acquisition
The chances of getting Baneful Hearts have been lowered. You can now only obtain Baneful Hearts as a specific drop from Helltide Commanders and World Bosses in Helltide Zones. You also have a chance to get Baneful Hearts from Tortured Gifts, Hellborne, Helltide Assassin, and Local Event Mastery Chests.
Helltide Time Schedule
Occurs Every Hour for 55 Minutes
The Helltide has been active almost 99% of the time starting in WT1 since Season 4. Now, Helltides will occur every hour, with each Helltide lasting a total of 55 minutes per hour.
Once a Helltide ends, only 5 minutes will pass before a new Helltide spawns again.
What Is the Helltide Event?
Regional World Events
Helltides are regional events where players have to kill tougher-than-average monsters and complete various events to obtain Aberrant Cinders. These Cinders are then used to open Tortured Gifts, which reward high-rarity gear.
Indicated by Red Sword Icon on Map
You can locate active Helltides on the World Map by looking for a region with a red sword icon and a scarlet stain covering a large portion of the map. The red sword icon's tooltip also indicates how long it takes before the Helltide ends.
Every Session Lasts For 55 Minutes
Each session of the Helltides only lasts for 55 minutes, meaning players have to kill monsters and complete events quickly to reap as many rewards as possible. After the 55-minute timer, all of your unspent Aberrant Cinders will expire, and you'll start from zero again in the next Helltide.
Helltide Rewards
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Aberrant Cinders from Monsters and Events
While killing monsters and completing World Events during Helltide, players receive plenty of Aberrant Cinders. Collecting enough of this currency is the only way to open Tortured Gifts, so gather as many of them as possible during the event.
However, note that you lose half of your Aberrant Cinders on death, and all earned Cinders will disappear from your inventory when the current Helltide ends. Ensure that you spend all of your Cinders before you lose them!
Living Steel from Unique Helltide Chests
Introduced in Season 2, Helltides now also have a brand new chest called Living Steel Chests. When opened, players are granted Living Steel - a special boss material used to summon and fight the uberboss named Grigoire the Galvanic Saint.
Living Steel Chest Locations and Map
Legendary and Unique Loot from Tortured Gifts
Tortured Gifts are unique caches dotted across the Helltide area, indicated by their chest-like icon on the map. They contain Fiend Roses, Forgotten Souls, Baneful Hearts, and high-level Legendaries and Uniques.
All Tortured Gift Types
| Tortured Gift of Protection | Costs 75 Aberrant Cinders to open. Contains armor pieces such as Boots, Handguards, and Helms, based on the Tortured Gift's name. |
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| Tortured Gift of Jewelry | Rewards players with Amulets or Rings when opened. Costs 75 Aberrant Cinders to open Ring Gifts, and 125 Aberrant Cinders to open Amulet Gifts. |
| Tortured Gift of Light Weaponry | Costs 125 Aberrant Cinders to open, providing Wands, Daggers, Swords, and other one-handed weapons. |
| Tortured Gift of Heavy Weaponry | Costs 150 Aberrant Cinders to open, providing Staves, Two-Handed Scythes, Two-Handed Swords, and other two-handed weapons. |
| Tortured Gift of Mystery | Costs 250 Aberrant Cinders to open, having a high chance of dropping multiple Uniques and Legendaries for various gear slots. These Gifts only costs 75 Aberrant Cinders in World Tiers 1 and 2. |
Keep in mind that the Tortured Gift Cost in World Tiers 1 and 2 has been lowered from 100 to 75 in patch 1.5.0.
Mystery and Living Steel Chests are Visible on the Map
Season 3 also brings about some new quality-of-life (QoL) updates to Helltide. While not detailed in the patch notes of Update 1.3.0, Mystery Chests and Living Steel Chests will now be visible on your World Map after entering a subregion that has Helltide active.
Before Patch 1.3.0, Mystery and Living Steel Chests would only show up on your World Map if you were near enough. Now, these chests will be visible on your world map regardless of your distance from them.
Fiend Roses from Gifts, Elites, and Nodes
Fiend Roses are rare Plant Upgrade Materials exclusively earned during Helltide. You can get Fiend Roses guaranteed from gathering nodes around the Helltide area or as a random drop from Tortured Gifts and Elite monsters.
Forgotten Souls from Tortured Gifts
Like Fiend Roses, Forgotten Souls are rare Upgrade Materials exclusively earned during Helltide. They have a chance of dropping whenever you open a Tortured Gift, so aim to open as many as you can during Helltide if you need to farm Forgotten Souls.
Helltide Tips and Strategies
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Party Up With Other Players
We highly recommend partying up with friends or other players during a Helltide event, as taking down World Events and Elite mobs with other players will drastically speed up the Aberrant Cinder grind. If there are players nearby, don't hesitate to ask in chat if they'd like to group up!
Prioritize Completing Events
Instead of recklessly killing groups of enemies around the Helltide zone, we recommend completing events. These events provide hordes of mobs to kill in an easy-to-manage area and reward players with plenty of Aberrant Cinders on completion.
Spend Cinders as Soon as Possible
We also recommend spending your Aberrant Cinders whenever you have enough to open a Tortured Gift of your choice. Spending your Cinders as soon as possible prevents accidental deaths from halving your current reserves and reduces the likelihood of you wasting Cinders by the time Helltide ends.
Look for Glowing Red Souls
While roaming around the Helltide area, stay alert for interactable Souls with a red glow. Wretched, Damned, and Tortured Souls that glow red reward the player with additional Aberrant Cinders when interacted with.
Stay Alert for Fiend Rose Nodes
The easiest way to get guaranteed Fiend Roses during Helltide is by finding and gathering their resource nodes. Keep an eye out for Fiend Rose nodes while moving around the Helltide area to maximize the number you get during the event.
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