Diablo 4 Waypoints

Diablo 4 Season 11 has just begun, and its first event, Goblins Greetings, is coming soon. This festive version of March of the Goblins event will last approximately two weeks.

This event will offer very generous rewards. Whether you need to level up, collect materials and equipment, don't let the ubiquitous goblins escape your grasp.

Date

Goblins Greetings will run from December 18, 2025 to January 6, a duration well over two weeks. and it is one of the longest-running events in Diablo series history.

Event Objectives

During the event, goblins will appear in various areas of the world, dungeons, and more. Players simply need to kill goblins to upgrade their March of the Goblin reputation board. The higher your reputation, the better the rewards contained in the loot bags carried by the goblins you encounter. You might even encounter goblins carrying mythic items!

Each time you unlock a reputation rank, you can claim a reward chest at Goblin Square in Kyovashad. The final rank can be completed repeatedly, rewarding a generous loot bag. The first completion will grant an additional Resplendent Spark! Note that all rewards must be claimed before the event ends on January 6th, or they will disappear.

Tree Of Whispers

During Goblins Greetings event, returning Grim Favors at Tree of Whispers will drop a Gift of the Tree cache in addition to the regular chests. Opening it guarantees a Collection of Chaos, containing very rich rewards.

How To Effectively Utilize This Event?

Accumulate Whisper Caches

You need to find and complete as many grim favors as possible in Sanctuary. After accumulating enough grim favors, you can obtain chest rewards from Tree of Whispers.

However, remember not to open these accumulated whisper caches before the event starts. Opening these chests after the event begins will grant an extra Collection of Chaos, which will reward you with XP, Diablo 4 gold, and materials.

You can prioritize grim favors quests related to Lair Boss, as you'll only need to defeat the boss to earn 5 grim favors. Challenging the boss doesn't require a key; only opening Lair Boss chests does. If you don't have a key, you can skip opening chests and focus on leveling up the boss.

Fast Leveling

You can store accumulated whisper caches in your stash. After creating a new character, use these chests with that new character to instantly level up from level 1 to 60 using the XP provided by the Collection of Chaos. This is currently the best way to level up alts instead of the nerfed Pits and Hell Tides.

Defeating bosses earns points quickly, without needing to open chests. You can also follow Legion events to obtain Forgotten Souls.

Nightmare Dungeon Sigils

If you want to hunt more goblins, focus on saving these three Nightmare Dungeon Sigils:

• Treasure Breach Nightmare Sigils
• Prankster Nightmare Sigils
• Herodrick Strong Rooms Nightmare Sigils

These Nightmare Dungeon Sigils correspond to dungeons with a large number of goblins. Prankster Nightmare Sigils is also the only Mythic Nightmare Dungeon in Season 11, potentially spawning Mythic Prankster goblin. The goblin spawn rate in these dungeons will be further increased during the event, making the rewards very high.

How To Get Nightmare Dungeon Sigils?

The most common way to obtain Nightmare Dungeon Sigils is to use whisper caches. If you accumulate some caches beforehand, you won't lack Sigils at the start of the event.

You can also craft Sigils at Occultist and then filter for Sigils with the affixes you want. Then, salvage all unwanted Sigils into Sigil powder to repeatedly craft them until you get the target Sigil.

Defeating World Bosses and opening their chests also yields a large amount of Sigils. Combined with Essence of Sin from Divine Gifts, World Bosses will drop even more rewards. If placed in a purified slot, the reward bonus from Essence of Sin will be doubled.

However, note that there's a bug: the fight with Azmodan might activate PvP, causing players to be attacked by other mercenaries. Removing it from the corrupted slot will prevent character death but won't affect obtaining activity keys, and only Lair boss keys will be lost.

Materials

This event is also a great opportunity to quickly acquire crafting materials such as Obducite. Both Sanctification system and Masterworking consume large amounts of gold and various materials, so you can use this event to prepare for future equipment forging.

Additional Event Benefits

The developers are very generous this time, as Goblins Greetings event isn't the only benefit. During the event, the in-game store will offer free gifts daily.

• December 18: Tackle of the First Snows (Mount Trophy)
• December 19: Fallow-ward (Mount Trophy)
• December 20: Crook of First Snow (Mount Armor)

These rewards won't be automatically distributed; you need to manually claim them from the store. They will disappear after January 6th, so don't forget them in the store - claim them as soon as you log in!

While Diablo 4 Season was initially controversial, the developers' various changes ultimately made Season 11 meet player expectations. Goblins Greetings event is a great opportunity at the start of season 11 to acquire a large amount of materials and equipment and quickly level up your character, making this season much easier, so don't miss it.

As is well known, the returning Capstone Dungeons have been redesigned in Diablo 4 Season 11, becoming key to advancing through Season Journey.

These Capstone Dungeons are essentially special high-level dungeons, acting as gatekeepers to higher difficulty levels. You must complete these dungeons to unlock Torment Difficulty Tier.

Capstone Dungeon

Five Capstone Dungeons have been added in Season 11, each with unique mechanics and highly challenging boss battles. Completing them yields substantial rewards, such as unlocking the next Season Rank, additional Diablo 4 gold, Paragon Points, Skill Points, and better loot.

• Vault of the Crucible
• Hellish Descent
• Enclave of Darkness
• Den of the Apostate
• Breach of Sin

It's worth noting that the monsters in these dungeons are of fixed and high level, regardless of the player character's actual level, making them a challenging test of your character's build strength.

Here, we'll focus on showing you how to complete your first Capstone Dungeon: Vault of the Crucible. This dungeon is the gateway to unlocking the second tier of your Season Journey. Unlocking new Season Ranks is crucial because, unlike other seasons, in S11 you need to complete this objective to gain extra skill points. Without further ado, let's take a look at this Capstone Dungeon.

How To Enter Vault Of The Crucible?

First, you need to open Season Rank system from the menu. On the right, you'll see a prompt to complete Vault of the Crucible, your first Capstone Dungeon. Click the yellow icon, and you'll be automatically teleported to the dungeon.

Enter The Gatehall, defeat Master Executioner and his minions, then go through the portal to the first floor.

Floor 1: Savage Path

Savage Path is a simple level. You just need to find and defeat all the elite monsters marked with red skull icons, collecting the Animus Carriers from their bodies. Don't worry, the map is small, so you shouldn't have to spend much time completing the objective.

Once you've collected all the Animus Carriers, place them in Animus Urn. Then continue along the newly opened path, where you'll encounter your first boss - Demonic Automaton, a giant scorpion.

After defeating the scorpion, you can proceed to the next level; the exit is located in the northeast corner of the map.

Note that there is a red flame barrier there; you cannot pass through it unless you step on the golden circles that cool you down. This leads to the key mechanics of the second level.

Floor 2: Scorching Furnace

Step on the circles to enter the second level, where you will officially arrive at Scorching Furnace.

Here, you'll find the ground scorching, so you need to step on all the golden circles as you move forward. During this process, you also need to defeat three elite monsters called Barrier Wardens to continue.

• The first is located at the top after entering the level.
• The second is almost in the middle of the map.
• The last is located in the southeast corner of the map.

After defeating all three Barrier Wardens, you can find the exit by heading to the northeast corner of the map. These elite monsters are quite difficult, so it is recommended that you buy Diablo 4 items with better defensive affixes before starting to avoid accidental death and wasting your progress.

Floor 3: Curator's Forge

This last floor combines all the elements encountered so far, meaning you'll need to fight enemies while navigating through golden circles on the map to reach the northern part. Then, you'll need to fill a progress bar; once completed, simply keep heading north until you find the exit. You'll eventually reach the boss fight area, called Curator's Forge.

As before, you'll need to fight while stepping on golden circles to avoid being burned. You can also try standing on ice pillars to gain Ice Aegis, a 10-second buff that allows you to pass through flame barriers in the dungeon and provides damage over time reduction.

Curator boss here has a large-area attack that can deal fatal damage. However, you can dodge it by standing in the gaps between green pillars of light, or if possible, by getting behind him before he attacks to completely avoid the attack.

When Curator's health drops to about half, Demonic Automaton boss you encountered on the first floor will also appear. So you'll need to fight two bosses simultaneously. However, I recommend dealing with Demonic Automaton first, then Curator, as the latter is much more difficult and harder to defeat. Insisting on dealing with Curator first might lead to being surrounded.

Once you defeat Curator, you've completed Vault of the Crucible Capstone Dungeon. You can then unlock Rank II and continue to the next objective.

Rewards

Finally, upon completing Vault of the Crucible, in addition to accessing Season Rank 2, you'll receive some other valuable rewards to upgrade your character, including:

• 2 Skill Points
• Lesser Player Title
• Emissary Player Title
• Rank I Capstone Cache
• Archetype Cache
• 1 Smoldering Ash

This concludes the complete guide to the first Capstone Dungeon in Diablo 4 Season 11 - Vault of the Crucible. Overall, this dungeon isn't particularly difficult; as long as you master the techniques outlined in this guide, you can easily complete it and obtain better rewards in Season Journey.