If Corrupted Essences suddenly stop dropping in Diablo 4 Season 11, it is not bad luck, and it is not a bug. There is a hard inventory cap in place. Once you are holding 20 Corrupted Essences in your inventory, bosses will simply stop dropping more.
This applies to Corrupted Essences from lair bosses such as Duriel, Andariel, Belial, and others.
How the Corrupted Essence Cap Works
The limit is directly related to how many Essences you are carrying in your inventory:
- Corrupted Essences stop dropping once you have 20 or more
- They can still drop at 19, even if a stack pushes you over the cap
- At 20 or higher, boss kills and chest openings will not give you more
This is an intentional limit. Farming more bosses will not bypass it.
Stash Does Not Help Here
Putting Corrupted Essences into your stash does not reset the drop limit. The game only checks how many of these items you have in your inventory, not how many you own overall.
Because of that, it is very easy to waste lair boss runs if you keep farming while already capped.
How to Avoid Wasting Boss Runs
To avoid losing out on drops, it helps to keep an eye on your Essence count:
- Spend Corrupted Essences before you hit the 20 cap
- Use them on Azmodan near Zarbinzet to open extra chests
- Try to stay below 20 while farming Lair Bosses
- If you are close to the cap, leave dropped Essences on the ground and pick them up later
Once your count drops below 20 again, Corrupted Essences will start dropping as normal.
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