Diablo 4 Season 1: Seasonal Journey Objectives and Rewards

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We’re looking at the Diablo 4 Season 1 Journey including its objectives and rewards.

What’s a Season Journey?

The Season Journey consists of 7 chapters of objectives that will provide you with rewards upon completion. Completing the journey also gives you Favor for the Battle Pass. Below, we’re posting all the chapters and objectives for Diablo 4 Season 1.

Chapter 1

The Season Journey will help you through the game and reward you along the way. Each objective completed gives Favor to progress the Battle Pass. Get out there and slay some demons!

Rewards: First Journey Cache (contains herbs and jewelry), of the Ancestral Charge Aspect (Barbarian), Subterranean Aspect (Druid), of Gore Quills Aspect (Necromancer), of Pestilent Points Aspect (Rogue), of Searing Wards Aspect (Sorcerer).

Objectives (Must complete 7/9 to finish the chapter)

  • Den of Evil – Complete any Dungeon found on your map.
  • Heart of Corruption – Collect a Malignant Heart, available after completing or skipping the Campaign.
  • Into the Frozen Dark – Complete 3 Dungeons in Fractured Peaks.
  • Keeper of the Keys – Collect a Whispering Key, sold at the Purveyor of Curiosities.
  • Kind Stranger – Complete 5 priority or side quests.
  • The Hangman’s Garden – Collect 15 Gallowvine, found nearly anywhere.
  • Trouble in the Wilds – Complete a World Event found on your map.
  • Waste Not – Salvage 10 Normal items at the Blacksmith.
  • What Lurks Below – Complete 1 Cellar.

Chapter 2

Continue your journey. Secure strongholds to gain access to new waypoints and dungeons. Complete cellars and dungeons for resources, and gear to increase your power. Keep your elixirs stocked and mind your gems.

Rewards: Second Journey Cache (contains Scattered Prisms and jewelry), Bold Chieftain’s Aspect (Barbarian), Shockwave Aspect (Druid), of Exposed Flesh Aspect (Necromancer), of Surprise Aspect (Rogue), of Frozen Orbit Aspect (Sorcerer).

Objectives (must complete 9/11 to finish this chapter)

  • A Torch in the Depths – Complete 5 Malignant Tunnels, available after completing or skipping the Campaign.
  • A Warrior of Taste – Change your gear’s appearance 5 times at the Wardrobe.
  • Baptized in Blood – Reach level 25.
  • Finer Clarity – Upgrade your potion to Minor at the Alchemist.
  • Gemcutter – Craft any Chipped gem at the Jeweler.
  • Lighting the Way – Interact with 10 waypoints for faster travel to new places.
  • Ruins Reclaimed – Conquer a Stronghold.
  • Spit and Polish – Upgrade 2 items at the Blacksmith or Jeweler.
  • Stopping the Spread – Collect 3 Malignant Hearts, available after completing or skipping the Campaign.
  • Undertaker – Complete 10 Cellars.
  • Vivisector – Collect 15 Demon Hearts, found from killing Demons or in Cellars.

Chapter 3

Reach greater heights. Upgrade your gear, indulge in curiosities, achieve mastery, stockpile survival tools, and fight the largest monsters in Sanctuary. From here, your journey becomes even more challenging.

Rewards: Third Journey Cache (Contains Legendary Salvage and jewelry), of Encroaching Wrath Aspect (Barbarian), Dire Wolf’s Aspect (Druid), of Decay Aspect (Necromancer), of Imitated Imbuement Aspect (Rogue), of the Unbroken Tether Aspect (Sorcerer).

Objectives (must complete all objectives to finish this chapter)

  • A Master at Work – Complete 5 World Events with Mastery.
  • Champion of the Lost – Conquer 5 Stronholds.
  • Corruption Cleansed – Complete 5 Malignant Tunnels, available after completing or skipping the Campaign.
  • Exceptional Potency – Upgrade your Potion to Moderate at the Alchemist.
  • Grim Reward – Obtain 10 Caches from the Tree of Whispers, earned by completing Whispers.
  • Hunter’s Whisper – Complete 10 Whispers, available after reaching a certain point in or completing the Campaign.
  • Purging the Plague – Use Wrathful malignant invoker in a Malignant Tunnel after completing or skipping the Campaign.
  • Risk and Reward – Buy 5 items from the Purveyor of Curiosities.
  • Shards of the Fiends – Collect 5 Scattered Prisms, found from killing world bosses or treasure goblins.
  • Steel from Iron – Upgrade two items at the Blacksmith or Jeweler.
  • Touching the Eternal – Unlock 4 Aspects in the COdex of Power through completing Dungeons.
  • Transfer of Power – Imprint an Aspect at the Occultist.
  • Wonders Distilled – Craft 5 Elixirs of any time at the Alchemist.

Chapter 4

Ready yourself and venture into the most dangerous place of all – the more hellish shadows of the world, places where Mephisto’s hatred has left lingering traces. Enter the nightmare.

Rewards: Fourth Journey Cache (contains some Malignant Hearts, Forgotten Souls, and jewelry), Earthquake Aspect (Barbarian), Lightning Dancer’s Aspect (Druid), Coldbringer’s Aspect (Necromancer), Umbrous Aspect (Rogue), and Gravitational Aspect (Sorcerer).

Objectives (complete 10/12 objectives to finish this chapter)

  • A Legend at the Forge – Upgrade an item at the Blacksmith or Jeweler.
  • A Trail of Mighty Corpses – Kill 100 Elite Monsters.
  • A World Apart – Change the World Tier. Look for this on your Map.
  • Benevolent Wanderer – Complete 25 priority or side quests.
  • Gifts of the Ancients – Unlock 15 Aspects in the COdex of Power through completing Dungeons.
  • Hardened by Battle – Reach level 50.
  • Heartrender – Collect 10 Malignant Hearts, available after completing or skipping the Campaign.
  • Legacy of the Sanctuary – Equip a Legendary item in every slot.
  • Miracles of Alchemy – Craft 10 Elixirs at the Alchemist.
  • Quelled Hatred – Purify 1,000 Seeds of Hatred in hostile areas. Look for this on your Map.
  • The Father’s Gate – Complete the Cathedral of Light to unlock the Nightmare World Tier.
  • The Stuff of Legends – Collect 5 Coiling Wards, found by salvaging Legendary Armor.

Chapter 5

You are now inarguably a paragon. Strengthen your glyphs through ventures into nightmare dungeons, continue to upgrade your legendary items, venture into places where Hel itself intrudes upon Sanctuary. You can handle it.

Rewards: Fifth Journey Cache (contains late game resources, Nightmare Sigils, and fine jewelry), Craven Aspect (You gain 20-40% increased movement speed when moving away from Slowed or Chilled enemies).

Objectives (complete 9/11 objectives to finish this chapter)

  • A Boon in the Tide – Open 1 Tortured Gift of any time during a Helltide.
  • Cut the First Ear – Kill another player in PvP.
  • Exceeded Potential – Improve a Paragon Glyph to rank 4 after finishing Nightmare Dungeons.
  • Keymaster – Craft 2 Nightmare Sigils at the Occultist.
  • Prophecy Manifest – Open a Tortured Gift of Mysteries during a Helltide.
  • Restored Glory – Upgrade 2 items at the Blacksmith or Jeweler.
  • Scourge of the Malignant – Complete 15 Malignant Tunnels, available after completing or skipping the Campaign.
  • The Depths of Fear – Use 5 Nightmare Sigils to empower dungeons, and then complete them.
  • The Paragon’s Path – Unlock 15 Paragon nodes after reaching level 50 through using Paragon points.
  • Wrath’s Beating Heart – Acquire a Wrathful Malignant Heart, available after completing or skipping the campaign.

Chapter 6

At this point, you know how to get stronger, and what challenges lie in store for you. Can you overcome them?

Rewards: Sixth Journey Cache (Contains late game resources, Nightmare Sigils, and jewelry), of Audacity Aspect (When there are at least 5 close enemies, Stun them for 2-4 seconds. This can only occur once every 20 seconds.)

Objectives (must complete 9/11 to finish this chapter)

  • A Fiend Brought Low – Kill a World Boss in Nightmare.
  • Ancestral Artisan – Upgrade 3 items at the Blacksmith or Jeweler.
  • Crown to Foot – Imprint 10 Aspects at the Occultist.
  • Lilith’s Undoing – Purify 5,000 Seeds of Hatred in hostile areas. Look for these on your Map.
  • No Mere Mortal – Unlock a Legendary Paragon node after reaching level 50 through using Paragon points.
  • Pilgrimage of Nightmares – Complete a Tier 15 Nightmare Dungeon.
  • Reaching for Greatness – Improve a Paragon Glyph to rank 20 after finishing Nightmare Dungeons.
  • Tempered by Hellfire – Reach level 75.
  • The Gathering Fires – Acquire 1,000 Cinders during Helltides in Nightmare.
  • Threshold of Damnation – Complete the Fallen Temple to unlock the Torment World Tier.
  • Wrath’s Vengeance – Defeat the Nightmare Echo of Varshan after completing the seasonal storyline.

Chapter 7

Complete your Paragon journey. Defeat the most challenging foes. Fully immerse yourself in the ordeals you face.

Rewards: Seventh Journey Cache (contains late game resources, jewelry, and a Scroll of Amnesia, which refunds all allocated Skill and Paragon Points).

Objectives (you must earn 6/8 to finish this chapter)

  • Annointed Immortal – Reach level 100.
  • Blessed Mother Departed – Kill the Echo of Lilith in the Archives of Issalia in Torment.
  • Heads of the Snake – Kill 5 Helltide Commanders during Helltides.
  • Lord of the Nightmares – Complete a Tier 43 Nightmare Dungeon.
  • Mephisto’s Bane – Purify 10,000 Seeds of Hantrd in hostile areas. Look for these on your Map.
  • Shattered Fiends – Kill 15 World Bosses in Torment.
  • The Spoils of Hell – Open 3 Tortured Gifts of Mysteries during Helltides.
  • Wrath’s Dying Breath – Defeat the Tormented Echo of Varshan after completing the seasonal storyline.


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