Diablo 4 Season 4 together with Season 5 has made sweeping changes in the aspects of Diablo 4’s items, endgame loop, and crafting system. Helltides has also been reworked and overhauled, with the new ways to farm Exquisite Blood, which enjoys more efficiency than the previous one.

Considering the reliability of the chance of new Blood Maidens to drop Exquisite Blood, and the new items added to Lord Zir’s Loot Table, slaying Blood Maidens to get Exquisite Blood enjoys great popularity in the game.

Lord Zir drops multitude of high-level items, Unique Items, and even Mythic Uniques. As a must-have item to defeat this vampire - Exquisite Blood, is of particular significance. The more Exquisite Blood a player has, the more likely they are to defeat Lord Zir and then obtain a large number of high-class items. After that, if you want to summon this boss, players need nine Exquisite Blood to summon. This article will mainly introduce how to get Exquisite Blood in detail.

The Way To Get Exquisite Blood

Exquisite Blood is relatively rare, and players can only get it from specific activities. Here are those specific events for your reference:

• World Bosses - Getting from Boss itself or the relevant Chests
• Legion Events - From Base and Mastery Chests
• Helltides - From Tortured Gift Chests, Hellborne, Helltide Assassins, and Blood Maidens
• Whispers Caches - Enjoy a chance of dropping all Boss Summon Materials, with those for Duriel and Andariel being excluded
• Treasure Goblins - Killing a Treasure Goblin drops one Summon Material
• Nightmare Dungeons - Boss Summon Materials for Lord Zir, Beast in the Ice, Varshan, and Gregoire often drop as loots

Although there are many ways to obtain Exquisite Blood, players can also directly trade this Boss Summoning Materials. Therefore, if players have enough Diablo 4 Gold to spare, they can get Exquisite Blood through the way of Trade Chat Channel in the game. To activate this channel, transfer to Social tab in Options Menu, then click Trade Chat directly.

The Best Way To Get Exquisite Blood In Season 5

In Season 5, Helltides, the end game activity, serves as the most appropriate channel to get Exquisite Blood. And players can also farm Living Steel at the same time as an additional reward.

Amounts of things in Helltides will drop Exquisite Blood. For example, opening Tortured Gifts Chests, fighting bosses such as Hellborne and Helltide Assassins, and fighting with Blood Maiden. To farm Exquisite Blood and Living Steel with high efficiency at the same time, you do better to follow these demands below:

• Farm as many Aberrant Cinders as possible in a short time to raise their threat level.
• Kill any Hellborne or Helltide Assassins that could spawn.
• Open any Tortured Gifts of Living Steel or Tortured Gifts of Mysteries in Helltide Zone and collect all Baneful Hearts and Boss Summoning Materials that may drop.
• When there are approximately 10 to 15 minutes left in Helltide, travel to Blood Maiden Ritual Location (marked on the map with a horned demon icon). Use Baneful Hearts you have collected to summon Blood Maiden, killing her and all her minions until the remaining Baneful Hearts are running out or comes a conclusion of Helltide.

That’s all about how to get Exquisite Blood. But surprisingly, you still have a chance to get Exquisite Blood now. Please join IGGM discord, where a lottery will be held on September 2nd, and 10 lucky players will be drawn to evenly share the rewards of 1,000 Duriel materials, 1,000 Andariel materials, 5,000 Stygian stones and 5,000 Exquisite Blood. Please believe in your good luck and actively participate. Thanks for reading.

Lord Zir is a boss introduced in Diablo 4 Season of Blood and is the vampire overlord behind the conflict throughout the season. Although Season of Blood has ended, players can still battle Lord Zir for a chance to obtain unique items like Necromancer’s Lidless Wall.

Why Farm Exquisite Blood?

Farming Lord Zir can be a very profitable activity in Diablo 4. But if players want to fight vampires repeatedly, they’ll need a lot of Exquisite Blood to summon Lord Zir. Therefore, farming Exquisite Blood is still just as important as it was in Season 2.

But in reality, not much has changed when it comes to obtaining this unique resource, and many of the frustrations players encountered previously remain. In this guide, we’ll break down how to farm Exquisite Blood to help players clarify their goals and maximize loot. Without further ado, let’s get started!

All Ways To Get Exquisite Blood

Exquisite Blood is a relatively rare resource that can only be dropped from World Bosses and Legion Events.

World Bosses & Legion Events

Considering the boss spawns only three hours later, completing Legion Events will be the faster option between the two. Because at least one of them spawns somewhere in Sanctuary every 30 minutes. Anyone actively farming for Exquisite Blood should try to complete as many Legion Events as possible.

Don't rule out World Bosses completely, though. Because players can receive up to three bottles of Exquisite Blood after each successful battle. As the icing on the cake, you can get even more loot after defeating World Bosses, including the chance to get some exclusive mounts.

It is worth noting that World Bosses and Legion Events will be marked on the map, and the game will give players a prompt when the boss is about to appear.

Trade Chat Or Buy Directly

Because of the time limit of its origin, farming Exquisite Blood will be extremely slow. Fortunately, players have the option to trade these items directly.

Your best option for finding willing buyers is to enable Trade Chat. To do this, go to Social tab in Options menu and tick Trade Chat box. This channel connects you with other players who are actively looking to sell their items. Alternatively, you can also choose to buy Exquisite Blood directly, which is the fastest way.

Summon & Defeat Lord Zir Boss

The farmable version of Lord Zir is exclusive to World Tier 4, and he can only be found in Darkened Way dungeon southeast of Fractured Peaks. If Darkened Way is locked, you may need to complete the current season’s main quest before entering the dungeon.

Players need a total of nine pieces of Exquisite Blood to summon Lord Zir boss. You can summon him in Ancient’s Seat dungeon lair at the end of Darkened Way. Place nine Exquisite Blood on Bloodied Altar to start the battle.

Torment-difficulty Lord Zir boss fight consists of four stages in total. Players will have to deal with massive amounts of Fire and Shadow damage, blood puddles, and other horrific attacks from Vampire Lord.

One thing to note is that he will also summon Bloodseekers to help him, so be prepared before fighting these guys. I suggest you buy some suitable gear to ensure high resistance to Fire and Shadow and maximize your survivability.

These are some tips you need to pay attention to when farming Exquisite Blood. Following this guide will help you defeat Lord Zir with ease and harvest tons of loot!