Diablo 4 endgame explained: What to do after the campaign

What are the Diablo 4 endgame activities? The Diablo 4 story doesn't end just because you took down Lilith, and the Vessel Of Hatred expansion presents plenty of new content to continue grinding your character. The potential activities are almost endless, and they range in difficulty to offer great incentives for both casual players and hardcore demon-slayers.

Here's the breakdown on the endgame activities in Diablo 4, as of Season 6 and the new Vessel Of Hatred expansion.

Diablo 4 endgame activities

Here are the Diablo 4 endgame activities that you can busy yourself with after completing the main story:

• Torment Difficulties
• Tree Of Whispers
• Nightmare Dungeons
• World Bosses
• Helltide Events
• Pit of Artificers
• Fields Of Hatred
• Paragon Points
• Codex Of Power
• Echo Of Lilith

Below, we'll outline what these activities means for the endgame.

Torment Difficulties

As of the new Vessel of Hatred expansion and Diablo 4's Season 6, the old World Tier difficulty levels are no more. In their place are new Torment difficulties, which open up after you hit level 60 and start running through the Pit of the Artificers. You'll need to be level 60 and complete Pit level 20 to unlock Torment 1 difficulty, which is roughly similar to the old World Tier 4 difficulty level. Our guide on Diablo 4's new difficulty levels has everything you need to know, but get ready for a real challenge, as well as lots of sweet loot.

For more insights on the sort of items you'll pick up in higher difficulties, including info on Sacred and Ancestral Legendary gear, check out our Diablo 4 item rarity levels guide.

Tree of Whispers

Upon completing the Diablo 4 campaign, you'll gain access to the Tree of Whispers. This will give you access to bounties throughout Sanctuary, which you can complete to earn Grim Favors. You can then exchange Grim Favors at the Tree of Whispers for a chance at high-tier rewards, making the tree a great way to continue to level your character and farm for Legendary goodies. Completing Tree of Whispers favors at higher levels results in better potential rewards.

Nightmare Dungeons

You can access a Nightmare Dungeon with a Nightmare Sigil, which you can earn from the Tree of Whispers. The sigil will, in turn, allow you to turn any Dungeon into a Nightmare Dungeon. These Nightmare Dungeons have increased difficulty and additional affixes designed to make the experience even harder, such as random enemy spawn portals and lightning strikes. There are also varying tiers of Nightmare Dungeons, which will grant greater rewards in exchange for defeating more difficult dungeons.

World Bosses

Upon completing the campaign, the game will also begin to display World Boss spawns on the Diablo 4 map. World Bosses only spawn a few times per day, and it's worth it to participate in a World Boss event when you see one. We've got guides on Ashava, the Pestilent, Avarice, the Gold Cursed, and Wandering Death, Death Given Life to get you started.

Helltide events

Helltide events are demonic invasions that take over a region and occur about every other hour. They feature more powerful monsters and meteors that crash down from the sky above, and they're a great way to level up. Helltide events will drop Aberrant Cinder, which you can use to unlock Tortured Gifts throughout Helltide areas during the event. These chests contain excellent rewards, which make these areas great for farming.

Helltide events are active in areas of the map that have a red hue.

Pit of Artificers

The Pit of Artificers - simply referred to as "the Pit" by most - is a huge randomised dungeon featuring 150 levels. A true place for players who've conquered the game's standard difficulty levels, the Pit's levels run on a 15 minute timer. Kill all the monsers and fill up the progress bar, slay the summoned boss, and then get lots of sweet upgrades for your Paragon Glyphs.

To unlock the Pit, interact with the obelisk in Cerrigar after you've reached Level 60, and be sure that you have Artificer's Stones, which are necessary to enter - you can earn these from the Tree of Whispers, Helltide events, and Nightmare dungeons.

Fields of Hatred

In the Fields of Hatred, you can collect Seeds of Hatred to return to the Altars of Extraction to gain Red Dust to exchange for cosmetic rewards. However, you must be prepared to take on other players, as they can attack you and kill you, which will cause you to lose any shards you have earned. As a result, it's a fight for your life as you attempt to traverse these deathly fields. If you're not interested in PvP, you can deactivate PvP settings via the Emote wheel prior to wandering through these areas.

Paragon Points

Once you reach Level 50, you'll no longer earn Skill Points for leveling and will instead earn Paragon Points. You can apply these to a Paragon Board, which will give you additional bonuses that you can use to continually improve and alter your character build. Check out our Diablo 4 Paragon Board guide for more insights on how these work.

Codex of Power

Diablo 4's endgame also includes the Codex of Power, which tracks numerous Diablo 4 Aspects. You can earn Aspects by completing Dungeons and extracting them from the gear you earn throughout the game world. These Aspects allow you to improve items to make them Legendary.

Echo of Lilith

The Echo of Lilith can be considered the endgame to the endgame. As a Level 100 boss, she was designed to be a tough pinnacle boss, and you can fight her in all Torment difficulties in the Echo of Hatred. The two-phase boss spews blood and causes floors to crumble around her, making it difficult to stay alive throughout the fight. She moves extremely quickly, and many attacks result in a one-shot kill. She's a tough opponent for sure, so before you go up against her, be sure to work on a good build. Our Diablo 4 class tier list is an excellent place to start.

That's everything you'll want to know about the Diablo 4 endgame. If you're having trouble with endgame content, take a peek at some of our build guides - our best Diablo 4 Necromancer build guide, best Diablo 4 Rogue build guide, and best Diablo 4 Sorcerer build guide are good places to start.