With Season 9, Blizzard has permanently revised the dungeons in Diablo 4 and integrated new mechanics. With one of them, however, the players somehow don’t really know what it is supposed to do. Buy Diablo 4 Gold now to gear up and dive into the revamped dungeons with confidence!
Here’s how Blizzard reworked the dungeons: The new Season 9 has not only brought seasonal Horadric spells and gems to the game, but also permanent adjustments for the Nightmare dungeons:
- Horadric Vaults can appear in the Nightmare Dungeons, where you have limited time to kill monsters and thus climb your reward level.
- There are now the “Escalating Nightmares” – a chain of three connected Nightmare dungeons in which the affixes stack. At the end, you can expect a reunion with Astaroth, a well-known boss from the campaign.
- In addition, there are new dungeon affixes that allow you to see what awaits you inside before you start, including treasure goblins or the good old Butcher.
In the Horadric Vaults, you can choose from various trials on statues before starting your round. The idea behind it: You influence your passage in the vault. But this is exactly where the big question mark in the community begins.
“I have no idea what they’re doing at all”
What bothers players about the mechanics? In a post on Reddit, user Jarleyhartbarvis shows with a screenshot that he finds most of the trials he has to choose from in Horadric vaults inconsequential. He doesn’t notice any difference, no matter what he chooses.
His post has garnered over 1,600 upvotes so far. The general tenor: Many players choose the exams rather randomly. Either because they don’t understand the effects, or because they simply have little effect.
The top comment comes from Grev_Ingolf. He writes: “Yup. I have no idea what they do at all. I just chop everything down and fill the reward bar.” And x_frisian_x is rather pragmatic: “The special monster at reward level 3 is the only thing I choose with conviction.”
Even ang_hell_ic can’t do much with the exams: “Man, same. I was really trying to figure out if one was more effective than the other, but honestly it doesn’t feel like it.”
Others simply decide by color, because: The pillars have the familiar loot colors – blue, yellow, orange. Naidmer82 writes: “I have never read a single column description. I just click on the rarest color and leave the room.”
Players guess: Rely on more speed and more monsters
Which tests are worthwhile? User N4thilion has found a way for himself to slash more monsters and increase his reward level:
I usually choose the option “spawns ambushes after shrine activation”. Then I activate each shrine on the way to the pillars in the sprint. With each activation, the number of ambushes seems to increase. So I get more monsters spawned passively and usually get to rank 6 pretty easily.
In the comments, the trials that increase the speed of rituals are generally popular, because they can make the runs more efficient. Diablo expert wudijo also explains what’s important in his YouTube video. According to him, exams are particularly worthwhile that:
- speed up the completion of rituals
- spawn additional enemies
- make pillars attract enemies
- bring wearable objects into the game that give you strong buffs
The more targeted buffs you activate, the faster your reward bar fills up. The higher the bar is filled at the end, the better loot you get. And the boss spawns as soon as you reach the highest level, i.e. even before the time is up.
The Horadric Vaults are not a seasonal feature, but a permanent part of the Nightmare Dungeons. The seasonal content revolves around the new Horadric Spells and Gems that you can use to strengthen your builds. To craft the gems, you’ll need to find recipes in the vaults, as well as collect gem fragments and vials. And in case you’re wondering what you’ll get back when you dismantle the bricks, a player dismantled a seasonal gem in Diablo 4 so you don’t have to.
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