Diablo 4 Season 5 Infernal Hordes Guide, Tips & Tricks

[@irvine774]

Shoutout to Zimbabwe 🇿🇼. We made it in sanctuary... Nhasi takumbofarawo

[@adeadlyfart13]

Wakanda FOREVER!

[@charl-jacqueskruger346]

Eish! haha

[@cooperhoglund1240]

The blue hoodie when equipped has a no sleep requirement tis why he gets this stuff done

[@AnatoleVGC]

Having a blast with this season. Infernal hordes are super fun.

[@SimonStaxPoker]

Agree. Way more fun than grinding pit.

[@Rockdwaynejonnyson]

Idk im having trouble with it my build can’t keep up with the enemies im doing the hell hammer build on barb and i have yet to get it to drop so my main attacks don’t do dmg unless i crit it fuking blowd

[@MBSilva]

Do they drop Uber uniques?

[@Rockdwaynejonnyson]

@@MBSilva idk it would be rare if it can

[@3G00dboys41]

​@MBSilva pretty sure they have a chance to drop in all content. But more likely doing the bosses.

[@arc00ta]

Just to point out, the movement speed buff stacks additively and doesn't go away until you leave, so if you get 8 seconds per aether and get 100-200 aether, you fly like a bird around the dungeon for 30 minutes.

[@bmem1993]

Worth mentioning, in the later stages if exp is your aim, aether lords give a crazy amount so if you take every single aether lord buff you get a ridiculous amount of exp. I went from 90-93 in a single horde set

[@Beefyjesus0]

For tier 3 compasses?

[@bmem1993]

@@Beefyjesus0 Yes but only if you melt the aether lords otherwise hellborne are a better choice and 50% faster spawn buffs

[@gruffrc]

At lower levels they are also great for mothers gift if you're looking to rush a spark

[@erikman619]

I don't have anything to add, just giving you some free engagement as a thank you for informing me that future events are only determined from the pool of "events you have a boon for".

[@rapha5586]

Joining in that mission

[@feranks3211]

the whole boon theory section is the type of thinking that got me hooked on d2 back in the day. the little hidden mechanics that go a long way when you use them with a plan. Raxx, you're a Gamer-gamer.

[@Kestila]

I had so much fun blasting levels this season, super glad they managed to break the odd numbered season curse

[@davidzimmerman617]

Right?! Lol. Good segway into S6/Expac in less than 2 months,

[@TheRealMrGordons]

I laughed so hard at "Zimbabwe" not sure if it's been mentioned in the video but for people who are struggling to get sigil dust you can do helltide and open chests and salvage the compasses for dust to make NM dungeon keys.

[@1k_Synth]

You laughed “so hard” at that? Fr? What?

[@NapFloridian]

Yes I heard that also in Wudijo's video, who was also not aware and grinded over an hour to get some NMD stuff done. Great you reminded peeps in here.

[@NapFloridian]

@@1k_Synth Oh dear...

[@MrJaxon620]

I too, laughed out loud at that joke.

[@kyelhogwarts8175]

Wekanda forever 😅

[@PROF3TIK]

In currently level 77. I’m gonna give this strat a try and see how it goes. Thanks for the advice Raxx! GG

[@SlowieFSU]

Ha, I was wrecking 2 and then jumped to 3. Got one shotted as I approached the initial guy. It was at that point I knew I needed to get my end game build really going.

[@natyuksam3416]

At 9' I was "Ok here comes the Paint".. damm it took so long .. finally I was relieved to see it at 20' Raxx, thank you for the Vid

[@enigmabis.]

This is what diablo 4 was always suppose to be Having so much fun doing this as fireball sorc

[@wincollum]

Not picking upgrades for a bunch of different event types is a really good tip. I was ignoring movement speed and some of the other “useless” upgrades and instead just getting whatever gave more aether.

[@Cheleus246]

Didnt find a comment here about gold.. so I think it was in tier 6, I spent about 300 eather on gold chest and got about 30 million Gold. Thats nice 👍🏻🤑

[@N0belz]

So where the hate comments? I love this Mode extremely. It is fun, you get a lot mats and Gold and it is hard on higher Tiers. I love it

[@fredspekvet5875]

What I would love to see from you , Raxx , is a video that goes into (and quite deeply) how you can easily spot if a dropped piece of gear is an upgrade for you , or not . and what you can ignore, what not, what to look for, what not , what base is good for upgrading / rolling stuff, which are not , etc. because I find , and i'm sure that many people do , have no idea how to spot if a piece of gear is actually an upgrade (or might be a downgrade if they looked 1 minute longer) .

[@luissanchez3d]

go to max rool and see the gear and its properties you need for your build. Compare, then take mental note and get used to it with practice

[@Epiclooted]

This is a good recommendation. Maxroll is great.

[@l0uisss]

I was just thinking that I need a guide to make the most out of these mechanics. Thanks so much!

[@allelitegaming84]

thank you for this Raxx. Didnt realize i didnt do the priority quest. Havent been getting compasses to drop. Thanks to your video i now a,. Huge shoutout to you!!!!

[@marrvin4]

Hit the like the moment you called that city "Simbabwe" - couldn't stop laughing for a minute 😅

[@steelernation4818]

I really appreciate that you get to the point and cut out all of the bs.

[@WilliamAndrews0]

The Hordes are probably the most fun I've had with this game so far, and I have genuinely enjoyed basically every season so far. Only problem I have is that you don't get any summon-mats, So you can do this and crush it for ages, but if you want to get some Uber-Uniques and farm Duriel, you still have to go do aaaaaall the other boring shit to get the summon-mats for him. As far as i could see, the amount of Uniques you get in this mode is very limited, especially because they do have their own loot-table and if they drop Uniques, you're very likely to get the same ones over and over again. If they had some chances in the mats-chest to drop Heart of Varshan or Living Steel or anything like that, it'd be amazing. Add to that Glyph-XP somewhere in there, maybe choose to use some Aether for XP in exchange for less loot, and you'd truly never need to do anything else in this game. It's so much fun, and having to do anything else feels like a punishment. The game is saying "oh, you want to have fun? do these chores first!"

[@luciddre4m]

I wish there was a visual cue on screen when the Æther event spawns because I find myself staring at the mini map almost the entire time I'm running the Hordes.

[@N0belz]

Yea or maybe just the possibalaty to put the map in the middle of your Screen like every arpg in the world

[@ujaku_]

No joke. As soon as I look away from the minimap another one pops up on the opposite side!

[@lotlizard7735]

​@@N0belzcoming back to d4 i found myself accidentally trying to teleport to town way too many times. (Same bind as toggling map overlay in PoE.)

[@RawrisYeezus]

Me 2 i don t even watch mobs elites or what kind of event, i spam my attack (Im WW) and get my eyes crying blood to spot aether on the mini map.

[@sassy7506]

I’m a new player. I’m always running out of $. Can’t get strong enough to last 5 seconds. Class sorcerer, chain lightning. I don’t want the treasure goblin week to end 😩 it’s been imperative for me as lowly newbie. I’ve watched most of your videos, thank you.

[@blizzart9191]

If you get lucky enough to get hellborne boons early on + "hellborne elites invigorate you on kill" + "elites are exploding on kill" you will have the most fun in this game... ofc if you screen or PC does not freeze due to the sheer monster volumes and your spamming of the skills 😂 but I love it, the invigorating buff even goes into the counselors room. Pretty op

[@StealnSoulz105]

I’m making it my personal mission this season to beat Lilly with Druid. I’ve never beat her with Druid before so now’s my time lol.

[@Kimmurial333]

Nice vid. Something important to mention: t7 and 8 horde material chest can drop the tormented boss keys (about 1-4 per run). Also, light sorcs and totem rogues are the best group ups for smashing higher hordes

[@poroclips]

Glyphs need to level up passively from all gameplay

[@crimsonhawk52]

Brotha, eww

[@Meuner]

so you just want to remove nightmare dungeons from the game? ok

[@tonyloker9589]

Agree

[@droid5785]

Meet in the middle, make them account wide per season... Gotta grind codex, temper manuals, and now glyph xp

[@subzero308]

Agree this glyph shit is nonsense..

[@corymc92]

Last night I soloed t7, with 812 aether after killing fel council. Then DC'd.. lost it all.. Using maxroll CL build, with Andy's, fist of fate, the poison dmg is insane.

[@Asag321]

Leveling sorc in this season (started late) and can't wait for the Lightning Spear guide. Thats the build i wanna play.

[@la7era1u54]

Sometimes the Greater Affix chest doesn't have any Greater Affixes in it, but you still get 3x the legos compared to the lego chest for 3x the cost

[@Colbs_]

Good tip: in the seasonal rewards with the smoldering ashes you can upgrade the amount of rewards from the horde chest

[@JGeary387]

Your explanations are clean, calm and concise which is how I learn best. Thank you, I really appreciate your content.

[@NotRealPhil]

The Butcher modifier is also top tier imho He can spawn multiple times per wave if you’re lucky and it’s at least 25 aether per kill

[@ujaku_]

I go in and it's pure chaos...lmao. Appreciate the tips, I have felt like I don't really know how to optimize the run while I am in there, so this helps. Cheers

[@jpw5f]

When to level Glyphs is the question. Blast Horde until 100 then level Glyphs or Level Glyphs before 100

[@mxfreak117]

I’m also wandering this

[@fastsrtfour3658]

When do you sleep?

[@Raxxanterax]

Between Seasons!

[@insane5907]

That’s the neat part he doesn’t

[@cooperhoglund1240]

He's actually always sleeping

[@iwishihadgoodinternet7766]

He has clones

[@danwick8107]

When you die

[@ddenozor]

For anyone wondering, infernal horde activity is not a one season thing. It will remain available to play going forward. It's a nice little generalist endgame activity that is quick and fulfilling (imo).

[@lujar2727]

he said 5, 100 in 3 days...... respect fam

[@judasblewit]

Insane

[@GeorgeGeo]

Thanks man.. you do a hell of a job! Especially for someone who is super busy in life and work and just needs the "The Facts"

[@canvasncode]

Btw, Movement speed using Esus makes you a beast. Brings my crit chance to almost cap

[@istvanzadori1397]

Nice we have a stash in the end, will be nicer to have an blacksmith too 😊

[@fdprincess81]

thank you. we were just talking last night about the best ones to pick. I just keep going for X amount of Aether, was doing about 200-300 per go. I will definitely try this.

[@Ichiban_Kasuga.]

So cool, I was gonna look for this after the tier list of buffs and KZbin just gave it right to me 😅

[@Drewbertttt]

To your point at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="330">5:30</a>, I did a tier 2 infernal horde super easy, so I was like "Aight time for a tier 3". Went in and got immediately one shot. So yes, I can confirm that increasing the tier by even 1 gets insanely hard. Not sure if that was intended or not.

[@pippifpv]

I'm glad im not the only one feeling that way

[@little_fluffy_clouds]

Each tier raises enemy level by 20, finally capping at level 200 for T8. If you have a good build and gear, T5 is easy and it starts getting challenging after that. Tier 7 requires nearly BiS gear with some degree of masterworking and T8 needs optimal everything to solo.

[@Pat_86]

Haha, Zimbabwe! I called it Zanzibar when D4 launched, even in the beta and now my whole clan doesn’t even remember the original name and call it Zanzibar since then :) thanks for all the tips!

[@deanmeyer9187]

I like infernal hordes. I hope it stays a permanent addition to d4 mp activity

[@DarkStorm909]

Thanks for all your detailed guides and efforts, as a casual player i really find them helpful Raxx.

[@rissaGriffith]

I have only done a few of the tier 1, but I think they are super fun!

[@MSpook]

Thanks for boosting me before I get there Rax I feel like a GOD already, I haven't even got to the infernal hordes yet!

[@ddenozor]

Elite spawns, even though they don't drop aether, are still good because they fill up event bar faster so it's like same with %50 faster events. Also, the gold reward scales with compass level. So you can get something like 60-80m with 300+ aether on 6 or smt.

[@BlackyMox]

Crazy to think of him having 5 100 characters and i am at lvl 75 right now. Guess gaming can still be a job : P

[@yashrajpatel7653]

Finding out rax also calls it Zimbabwe made my day

[@rlGinjaNinja]

In my experience, skipping finishing off the elites and hellborn in favor of 1) doing the spires/killing aether masses, and 2) killing off normal mobs to spawn more events faster, through the entire wave. I didn't even know about mass pumping hellborn or avoiding other event boons, and I still get 225-250 aether every run. I dunno how much more following these tips will pump it, but it seems to me most efficient to do it this way

[@ederby4164]

Thank you Rax. Youre a great teacher!

[@evolbetty4598]

Always solid info from Raxx! Thanks for all the hard work you put in. My one stop shop for all things Diablo!

[@IronMikeSoS]

Very informative thank you, earned a subscriber! Have a blessed day 🙏

[@maxmustermann3938]

The Priority Quest appears in WT3, independent of the seasonal quest afaik, as eternal doesn't have the seasonal one. Hellfire rain is also a good option, it unlocks another Hellborne upgrade where Hellfire spawns Hellborne.

[@kevingreen24]

Great analysis, thank you for this. Girlfriend and I have been having a lot of fun playing through this. I like the one where you can kill mobs to spawn more aether events, just constantly spawning stuff in there lol.

[@andrew5207]

Hydra is probably the best leveling build in the game. You can play it one handed. Between the (+2 hydra heads temper) and the other tempers that drastically increase DOT fire damage, the +1 hydra spawn enchantment, and all the new aspects added that do AOE explosions and modify fire damage, you can clear any content in the base game including all pre-Durial bosses, NMs and Hordes. By the time you get to 100 you will have found all the gear needed to go bouncing fireballs with is legit nuts

[@Gregair13]

I've had some full with all Hellborne and some with all dumb events and it makes a major difference with the amount you get at the end.

[@Giferis]

Idea - in Inernal hordes you get glyphs at the end of boss fight, repeat glyph drops level said glyphs by 1 lvl.

[@catzblu999]

Thanks for the tips on piling up the right events. I wasn't sure they stacked so I purposely picked a variety.

[@realicepick285]

Paragon board and glyphs need restructuring.

[@Tfisk]

From what blizzard is saying and not saying, there may be huge changes to it in the expansion

[@ddenozor]

Yeah it's very hard to figure out and make a build with unless you are copying from a guide. I really don't want this game to change into another PoE. We are here to kill demons, not to solve puzzles dammit!

[@MrMyrmex]

Can confirm you can complete the seasonal questline thru out the world tiers.

[@vini_siq]

The best build for this AND the Pit is Frozen orb/lightning spear hybrid with shattered winterglass. It's just stupid how strong and easy it is for farming and bossing

[@stevec2227]

It was more fun & more productive after following your advice. Thanks!

[@KingJerbear]

Raxx I would love if you did a short guide on character progression from a HC perspective. This game is very strange where you can obliterate the capstone dungeon at level 30 and then proceed to get one shot by a trash mob because of your negative resistance. Would be cool just to know how you are utilizing your tempering in the early transition to higher tiers. I've tried catching your stream to watch the full leveling process but it's nearly impossible with my work schedule. Thanks

[@AnyBodyWannaPeanut]

How can you increase your glyph level without sinking hours and hours into Nightmare dungeons? Like to upgrade 3 glyphs to 15 it takes sooo many runs!

[@Furiates]

Thank you Rax! Cant wait to start season 5

[@Bobsmithabc]

Thanks for your content. It’s very helpful. Just wanted to mention aether is pronounced ether… long e… eeeeether. Thanks again!

[@shaunybravo]

Real simple guide, let's get into it. It's the best.

[@NapFloridian]

Mucho Thank you, learned something Nuevo today.

[@feron450]

I love infernal hordes it’s my favorite part of the game right now

[@stronghere]

Super helpful, thank you! Heading to Zanzibar.... wait...

[@tontiv]

The amount of disconnects in getting this season is crazy. Never had issues like this in prior seasons. It's very frustrating to be disconnected in the middle of a dungeon

[@grogesy1344]

The xp from this is actually insane

[@raky76]

They should add Glyph rewards as you say to the Mats chest, and they should have a Glyph XP totem spawn and allow you to spend Aether on Glyph XP (obviously an appropriate rate for the level akin to a Nightmare Dungeon needs to be set)

[@KristoferBoisa]

Just sub to man !! Been fallowing you since early access!! By far the best content creator for the game and I do watch the others and do a better job! Keep up the good work!

[@stopthecap2644]

absolutely AMAZING guide. good shit

[@Tocsj]

Can’t imagine what the later tiers are going to be like. T7 is virtually impossible to me even with really good gear, it’s like minmaxed masterworking and everything with multiple GA tier

[@ernies.7820]

I have never received "good" equipment from the Greater Affix chests. The greater affix is always something that I'm not looking for or on a piece where I'm already using a unique/mythic item.

[@Nappy47]

You make great and informative videos. That Zimbabwe bit make me crack up

[@DJEzraLive]

I'm a big fan Raxx, epic content as always! Just a thought, keep a bit of nonsense in the end product, your sarcasm game is on point, and the dry humor is legendary :)

[@PuRe_AdDicT]

Lv100 Chain Lightning Sorc, all Paragon LV21, haven’t seen a single amulet with Glass Canon and no Axial Conduit no matter where I farm - it’s painful

[@xAsianSkillzOr]

Buy one

[@mickymaninthehouse]

The hellborne tip is very good!

[@MajorCooke2]

If you *only* want to get XP and don't care much for the rewards, play infernal hordes on Tier 2. The monsters scale up in level with your level from 75 to 100. It would explain why *every wave*, no matter my current level, I keep getting a paragon point. It's ludicrous. You DO NOT need to be on tier 3 for efficient leveling, tier TWO will be just fine.

[@droid5785]

Swapped to fireball from incinerate and since I'm playing hardcore I can't run the same tier I was running before. I'll have to try this

[@kenophon]

I call it Zanzibar! Where Freddy Mercury was born

[@Olexivas]

I wish I could level Paragon glyphs here (even if it was 2 times slower). It feels bad to need to level glyphs in Nightmare dungeons when I just want to do the new content. I had a similar problem with the Pit in the previous season. When I finished leveling glyphs, I had a somewhat decent max-level character and just switched to leveling another character.

[@GG247g2g]

I had no idea I could craft these. I’ve been looking everywhere trying to get a few.

[@godbelow]

They drop like candy nearly everywhere. To a point they are annoyingly filling up your inventory without stacking.

[@AlpineTrails]

thanks mate. helpful video as always

[@Sure0Foot]

I call the location "Zagazunt" in honor of the movie Mystery Men. (Sometimes Zanzibar for the Billy Joel song) Ked Bardu is obviously Kathmandu (said in Bob Seager's song "Kuh-kuh-kuh-kuh-kuh-kuh-Kathmandu!" EVERY TIME)

[@draymac32]

I feel like the inferno hordes shouldn’t give everything a player need(glyphs, pit Neathiron, etc).. because that will make the other parts of the game obsolete. They also should make all boss rewards better, tier 100 Nmd and pits shouldn’t give the same rewards you can get by killing a regular enemy.

[@TheRaveAndi]

Thanks Raxxx for your f.. always nice guides!!! Thank you man

[@TsDomain]

Lol at the random pacing while explaining in town

[@MrEdmie]

Hordes are great. A bit of a pain to acquire compass as linked to boring questlines / season journey rewards at the beginning. To make hordes perfect, drop a glyph xp pylon upon completion for sure. NMD are useless this season, why force people into still doing them. Having a break from NMD is actually good psychologically

[@haroldknapp9676]

Thanks for. The guide.

[@Blackriver69]

Something changed... I literally just got a glyph while I was watching your video.

[@lucastare6384]

on point and clear as always, tnx rax!

[@LegelizG]

My fireball sorc wrecks t7 as Well. Sorc is super overpowered