Diablo 4 Helltides and How To Farm Forgotten Souls and Fiend Roses

Diablo IV Posted 2023/06/06 at 5:00 PM by Tharid

Aberrant CindersTortured Gift chestsHelltide Tips and Tricks

As already said, Helltides last for 60 minutes. Helltides always take place in 2 zones and last for 1 hour (Helltides are 1 hour on, 1 hour off).

Tortured Gift Chests spawn all over Helltides and show up on your map. The only exceptions to that rule are Mystery Chests. All chests within Helltides rotate at the beginning of a new hour.

Aberrant Cinders are used to unlock all Helltide chests. Normal chests cost either 75 (Armor and Rings), 125 (Amulets and One-Handed/Off-Hand Weapons), 150 (Two-Handed Weapons), or 175 (Mystery Chests).

Mystery Chests are only visible on the World and Mini Map if you are close to them!

Don't die in a Helltide because you will lose half of your Aberrant Cinders if you do.

Mystery Chests are the most reliant way to farm Forgotten Souls, the crafting material used to reroll Sacred and Ancestral Rare or Legendary items. These chests also have a higher Legendary item drop chance and can contain anywhere from 1-5 Legendaries.

Forgotten Souls also drop from harvesting Screaming Hell Veins, a special kind of ore vein.

Finding Tortured Gift and Tortured Gift of Mysteries Chests

There are 2 Mystery Chests (1 in each of the 2 Helltide zones) at the start and 2 new ones (1 in each of the 2 Helltide zones) at the beginning of a new hour, regardless of when Helltide started (4 in total).

Mystery Chests can often be found off the beaten path in similar locations where you would find Altars of Lilith like dead ends, climbing spots, or elevated areas.

Mystery Chests can contain 1-5 Legendaries, Fiend Roses, Forgotten Souls, Aberrant Cinders, and other randomized loot.

As of right now, the Level 72 Helltide Boss does not drop much gear but it does provide you with a decent amount of Forgotten Souls.

Try to find as many world events within a Helltide as possible - a constant stream of monsters guarantees high amounts of Aberrant Cinders!

Another crafting material found in Helltides used for Sacred and Ancestral rerolling and upgrades are Fiend Roses. Unlike Forgotten Souls, they drop a lot more often and can be easily harvested.

Keep an eye out for Tree of Whispers activities within Helltides - this can save you a lot of time by doing multiple activities at once!

Dungeons and Cellars within a Helltide are not affected by the zone event so you should focus on doing overworld content!

Strongholds become a part of Helltides once they are liberated.

Comment by BaratheusA friend and me killed the level 72 boss in world level 4 2 times and both times it dropped 6 forgotten souls. So if you got the damage it is absolutely worth itComment by KaerixWe do know the helltide spawn pattern. They're up for 1 hour, and then when it dissipates, it spawns again after 1 hour and 15 minutes. This cycle continues. Also, mystery chests, while nice, are definitely not the most "consistent" way to farm the forgotten souls - the best way is to hunt for the "helltide commander" elite mobs that always drop some souls or roses (or both if you're lucky) and the screaming ore veins. There's roughly 15 ore veins per helltide, so a good tip for efficient forgotten soul farming is to simply do a quick ore check every time one is up, takes about 5 minutes to run around most edges, depending on how many mobs you are able to skipComment by TaiylimThe Spawn Rotation doesn't make logical sense, and seems to just be a way to push metrics and have people log in to get them.

Helltides are boring and not-fun at all. The fact they are time gated and required is just bad.

I've done 3 Helltides. I've walked away with 6 legendary items total across over 10 chests. That is a VERY bad rate, and some ^&*!ty RNG/Lucky. It makes me want to just avoid them completely as a waste of time.Comment by Katana622The Spawn Rotation doesn't make logical sense, and seems to just be a way to push metrics and have people log in to get them.

Helltides are boring and not-fun at all. The fact they are time gated and required is just bad.

I've done 3 Helltides. I've walked away with 6 legendary items total across over 10 chests. That is a VERY bad rate, and some ^&*!ty RNG/Lucky. It makes me want to just avoid them completely as a waste of time.