Helltides come back to Diablo 4 Season 6 and become even fiercer than ever. It serves as a channel for you to maximize your loot, farm endgame gear and level up quickly.
Whether you are a rookie or an experienced Diablo 4 veteran, it is vital to make full use of these demonic invasions to acquire game resources and gain experience.
Keep reading to get a deep known of more details about Helltides, with loot strategies, and the best farming locations being contained.
What Are Helltides In Diablo 4 Season 6?
Helltides serve as world events with time limitation, which occurs every hour in disparate zones across Sanctuary. It is overwhelmed with horrible enemies, powerful bosses, and unique loot opportunities and is signified with a dark red hue on your map.
Aberrant Cinders
In Diablo 4 Season 6, the primary currency you want to accumulate is Aberrant Cinders in Helltides, which will drop from enemies, chests, and special resource nodes.
Aberrant Cinders support you to unlock Tortured Gifts, the loot chests scattering throughout the zone.
It is noticeable that Aberrant Cinders are exclusive to current Helltide you are taking part in, which means they will can not be saved for future events. And if you are unfortunately being slayed during a Helltide, then you will lose half of your Cinders, which are unavailable to be recovered.
As to the way to claim more Aberrant Cinders, it is recommended to slay as many enemies as you can along the way and keep an eye and those packed area with tons of enemies to maximize your Cinder haul.
When Do Helltides Start?
Each Helltide lasts 55 minutes. And a new Helltide will begin 5 minutes later when the previous one concludes. Hover over Helltides icon on the map to check the remaining time and determine whether to participate in.
There are some critical indicators showing up during Helltides, and they are:
- Helltide Timer: Reminder of the amount of time left before the event ends.
- Aberrant Cinder Counter: Reminder the amount of Aberrant Cinder you have collected.
- Baneful Heart Tracker: Display the number of Baneful Hearts you’ve gathered, a rare currency for summoning Blood Maiden.
- Threat Meter: Threat level upgrades as you slay more demons. The higher the level, the more challenging the enemies and missions you face. If you hit Threat Tier 3, even more powerful elite bosses like Hellborns will spawn. Survival becomes more difficult, but the rewards become more alluring.
Best Helltide Farming Locations
Helltides rotate between a variety of areas in Sanctuary. Different farming locations offer different levels of difficulty and rewards. Here are the most common Helltide zones with affluent rewards to claim in Diablo 4 Season 6.
- Fractured Peaks: A snowy region packed with kinds of enemies.
- Scosglen: A dense forest with lots of demons to kill.
- Dry Steppes: A wasteland overwhelmed with dangerous mobs.
- Kehjistan: A desolate ruin with enemies lurking around every corner.
- Hawezar: Deserted ruins with dense enemies.
- Nahantu: Another zone you should pay attention to.
Tortured Gifts - Treasure Troves Of Helltides
Tortured Gifts serve as the treasure chests that require Aberrant Cinders to unlock. They are divided into different types, and each of them contains specific gear slots or rewards as follows:
- Tortured Gift of Weaponry: Offers weapons.
- Tortured Gift of Protection: Provides armor pieces.
- Tortured Gift of Jewelry: Grants rings and amulets.
- Tortured Gift of Mysteries: The most captivating type of all which will cost you 250 Aberrant Cinders to open. It drops drop multiple Diablo 4 Gold, Legendary items, Elixirs, and crafting materials as rewards.
While the exact contents of the chest are uncertain, the rewards can be huge. If you are desperate for Legendary of high rarity and Unique items that are suitable for your class, then do not miss them.
Accursed Rituals And Blood Maiden
Accursed Rituals are one of the most thrilling contents in Helltides and will be spawn Blood Maiden, a challenging boss with premium loot to drop.
To kick off Accursed Ritual, you are demanded to gather Baneful Hearts and head to an Accursed Ritual site and put them on the pedestals. It is a tough task to defeat her, but the rewards are quite alluring.
Threats In Helltides
Some challengeable threats contribute the main reason that players have been slayed and feel tricky to get through in Season 6, and they are:
Helltide Meteors
Every few minutes, Helltide Meteors will drop from the sky to cast enormous damage and leave burning craters in their wake. If you are distracted or stand still, then these meteors will quickly knock you down.
Helltide Assassins
Helltide Assassins are fatal bosses that patrol certain areas, and you can figure out their location by checking out the horned skull icon on your map. They are pretty menacing and can stun you and deal enormous amounts of damage.
Helltide Commanders
Helltide Commanders typically spawn at the end of specific Helltide events. Once they join forces with other elite enemies to attack, things can get really out of hand. So, make sure to clear out as many of them as possible in the later stages of Helltide.
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Other Sources Of Loot In Helltides
Besides Tortured Gifts and Accursed Rituals, there are other channels to claim loots like Diablo 4 Gold and health potions during a Helltide in Diablo 4 Season 6 :
- Helltide Events
- Screaming Hell Vein
- Damned Souls and Wretched Souls
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