Diablo 4 Season 9 Best Materials & Gear Farming Guide
There are a vast number of materials in this game and various ways to farm them. The tooltip showing where to farm these materials is often inaccurate and leads to wasted time. Over recent weeks, data has been gathered on where to farm all materials in the game as efficiently as possible. The activities in the game can be divided depending on their value: the best-in-slot ones that should be prioritized, decent ones that are situationally worth running, and those that are simply not worth your time and should be avoided.
The following categorization will help streamline your farming routine and reduce inefficiencies.
The Best Methods for Farming Obteits
The absolute best obtuse farms are as follows:
| Method | Details |
|---|---|
| Strong Room Spamming | Use all sigils that contain a strong room. Complete only the strong room and then move on to the next one. This method quickly depletes sigils. |
| Boss Layer Strong Room Chain | Open a nightmare sigil with a strong room, but do not enter it. Instead, teleport to a boss layer, as opening a nightmare sigil transforms all boss layers to nightmare dungeons, allowing them to spawn a strong room. It is RNG dependent, but efficient. Look for the purple indicator to confirm a strong room, complete it, and move to the next boss layer, repeating as necessary. |
| Escalating Nightmare Dungeons | Run nightmare dungeons that feature a strong room. This not only provides a significant amount of GA items upon completion but also forgotten souls. However, sigils will eventually run out, and group play may be necessary. |
For those needing large quantities of abducets, the boss spamming strategy stands out as the most reliable.
Addressing the Forgotten Souls Bottleneck
The biggest issue when spending all those obteits is the shortage of forgotten souls. The best way to obtain them is through legion events, which can yield up to 5,000 souls and 20,000 crystals per hour. However, each event only takes 2 minutes and requires waiting for respawn, so alternative methods are necessary during downtime.
Bosses without tedious phasing are another effective source, with rates reaching around 1,000 souls per hour. Efficiency is key: enter solo, spawn and defeat the boss, quickly open the chest, and repeat. Salvaging unneeded items at the station is essential for veiled crystals, which are often acquired alongside forgotten souls.
Obtaining Boss Materials Efficiently
Farming boss materials is crucial for consistent progress. This season, material trading has become significantly easier, making beial husks nearly free to acquire. A single decent item sale in the current economy can provide enough gold for all boss material needs. For players who do not trade or play hardcore/SSF, tributes obtained from deleting bosses and in the pit are excellent alternatives, especially when coordinated with groups.
Experience Farming: Optimizing for Endgame Builds
High paragons are necessary for ultra endgame builds, as they translate to increased damage. The two viable methods for efficient experience farming are hordes and the pit. While hordes are decent for simultaneous abdusit farming, the pit remains the superior choice.
Determining Optimal Pit Tier
Enemy health in the pit scales much more rapidly than experience as tiers increase. Each pit tier adds 17% more enemy health but only 1% extra experience, with health increases being multiplicative.
| Pit Tier | Enemy Health Increase | Experience Increase |
|---|---|---|
| +1 | +17% (Multiplicative) | +1% |
The goal is to select a pit level that allows for one-shot kills, making movement and mobility the limiting factors, not damage. Faster clear times yield higher experience rates. For instance, clearing a pit in 5 minutes grants 100 million XP per hour, while 2-minute clears yield 264 million, with even faster clears offering slight improvements. Lower the pit tier until the fastest possible clear time is achieved; this point varies per build.
Ultra streamers often farm pit 60s instead of higher tiers for this reason—higher experience per hour. Higher pit tiers are only necessary for glyph upgrades.
Always keep both incense and elixir active. If possible, bring an experience well from nightmare dungeons for an additional 15% experience boost.
Activities to Avoid This Season
Certain activities are not worth running this season due to superior alternatives:
| Activity | Reason to Avoid |
|---|---|
| Tribute of Refinements | Once excellent for farming obtusits, now outclassed by other methods that also provide forgotten souls. |
| Hell Tides | Poor efficiency for obtaining souls compared to other activities. |
| Normal Nightmare Dungeons (No Strong Room) | Only worth running for specific drops like gems early on; otherwise, hordes are more rewarding. |
| Lengthy Pit Runs | Only valuable for glyph upgrades, not for general farming. |
For any missing materials, comments can be left for guidance on their locations.
Group Play and Additional Tips
All of these farming strategies are enhanced in group play, provided the group is competent. Do not hesitate to form groups and manage membership to maintain efficiency.
Use this information to optimize your time spent farming and minimize bottlenecks throughout Season 9.
