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Helltides and Infernal Hordes — Excellent Gear and Materials Farming

As Diablo 4 Season 8 unfolds with new boss mechanics and difficulty rebalancing, one staple method of farming remains highly effective: Helltides and Infernal Hordes. These chaotic, time-limited events continue to be among the best content for players seeking legendary gear, crafting materials, and Paragon progression. Season 8 doesn’t just maintain their relevance—it makes them even more rewarding when approached strategically.

 

What Are Helltides?

Helltides are recurring, region-wide events that transform large parts of the Sanctuary into hellish war zones. Players who enter these zones will find enemies drastically increased in difficulty, but they also drop significantly better loot and more crafting resources. As of Season 8, Helltides now scale even better with your level, and with Torment difficulties being restructured, the gear quality from these events has improved as well.

 

Helltides last for one hour and rotate through different zones across the world map. To participate, you must be in World Tier 3 or above, and ideally, your character should be level 50+ with solid survivability to handle the elite-packed areas. During Helltides, slain enemies drop Aberrant Cinders, a unique currency used to open special chests called Tortured Gifts. These chests can contain specific gear slots (e.g., Tortured Gift of Gloves) or valuable upgrade materials like Obducite and Gem Fragments.

 

Infernal Hordes — Torment-Ready Endgame Farming

Once players reach Torment difficulty, they’ll start to obtain Infernal Horde Compasses. These consumable items open portals to a special endgame event where you face wave after wave of increasingly difficult demonic enemies. Think of the Infernal Hordes as Diablo 4"s version of survival gauntlets: high reward, high risk, and absolutely brimming with enemies ready to drop loot.

 

Each Infernal Horde run consists of multiple timed waves culminating in a boss encounter. Completing these runs not only rewards you with large amounts of experience, legendary items, and gold, but it’s also one of the best ways to Diablo 4 Items farm Obducite, the crucial material for masterworking your gear. It also provides gem fragments, which are needed to craft the highest-quality gems to slot into your armor and weapons.

 

Synergy Between Helltides and Infernal Hordes

There is a strong synergistic relationship between these two activities. Helltides often drop the Compasses needed to enter Infernal Horde events. Meanwhile, farming Infernal Hordes grants you better resources to keep up with Helltide power scaling and obtain upgrades necessary for higher-tier content like The Pit of the Artificer or Lair Bosses.

 

Smart players use Helltides to gather both gear and the keys (compasses) for Infernal Hordes, then use the Hordes to push their build even further. It becomes a rewarding feedback loop: better gear leads to Diablo IV Items for sale easier Hordes, which in turn leads to more efficient Helltide runs. This loop is especially important in Season 8, as progression into Mythic Unique farming and higher Torment tiers demands powerful, well-masterworked gear.