Diablo 4 Season 5, Season of the Infernal Hordes, has arrived, bringing a new season activity. The new activity is the Infernal Horde, a Vampire Survivors-inspired mode where you must battle it out with an endless onslaught of enemies for a chance at big rewards. There is also a new season storyline and quests to complete and new Seasonal Journey objectives. There are seven chapters of objectives to complete, with a small bundle of rewards to earn for completing each chapter. These chapters cover all activities from level 1 to 100.
Chapter 1
You must complete nine of 11 objectives to complete this chapter.
Chapter 1 objectives:
- Dubious Allegiance: Meet with Istel in Zarbinzet and increase Mother’s Gift reputation to Rank 1
- Begone Devils: Defeat 100 Demons throughout Sanctuary
- Test of Mettle: Defeat 5 Elite Monsters
- Spoils of Hell: Open 1 Tortured Gifts during a Helltide
- Risk and Reward: Buy 5 pieces of equipment from the Purveyor of Curiosities
- Into The Breach: Complete 1 Hellbreach
- Trouble in the Wilds: Complete 3 World Events
- Tiny Clarity: Upgrade your Potion to tiny at the Alchemist
- Forager: Collect 50 Bundled Herbs from Harvest Nodes, Cellars, or various other sources throughout Sanctuary
- Tanner’s Apprentice: Collect 50 Rawhide from salvaging Armor, defeating Monsters, or various other sources throughout Sanctuary
- Prospector: Collect 50 Iron Chunks from salvaging Weapons and Jewelry, Mineral Nodes, or various other sources throughout Sanctuary
The objectives for Chapter 1 are all basically freebies. You would have to actively try to avoid most of these to not earn them quickly while playing the game.
Chapter 1 rewards:
- Greater Favor (battle pass XP)
- First Journey Cache, contains consumables like Elixirs and Whispering Keys
- First Journey Crafting Cache, contains Crafting Materials like Herbs and Gem Fragments
- First Journey Equipment Cache, contains a Legendary Weapon and Boots for your class
Chapter 2
You must complete eight of 10 objectives to complete this chapter.
Chapter 2 objectives:
- Enemy of My Enemy: Increase Mother’s Gift reputation to Rank 3
- Ruins Reclaimed: Clear 1 Stronghold
- Den of Evil: Complete any 5 Dungeons found on your map
- Seething Wounds: Complete 5 Hellbreaches
- Path to Strength: Unlock 5 Aspects in the Codex of Power, such as through completing Dungeons
- Prelude of Doom: Defeat 5 Harbingers during Helltide
- A Master at Work: Complete 1 World Events with Mastery
- Stuff of Legends: Collect 100 Veiled Crystals from salvaging gear at the Blacksmith or other sources throughout Sanctuary
- Expanded Repertoire: Learn 1 Recipe of Magic rarity or higher
- Miracles of Alchemy: Craft 5 Elixirs at the Alchemist
Chapter 2 is also mostly composed of objectives that are relatively simple to complete. Three quick objectives to knock out are Ruins Reclaimed, Den of Evil, and Path to Strength. Ruins Reclaimed tasks you with completing a Stronghold, something you will want to do anyway, since some Nightmare Dungeons are locked behind Strongholds. Den of Evil and Path to Strength are directly tied to each other, since completing a dungeon for the first time unlocks a legendary aspect.
Chapter 2 rewards:
- Greater Favor
- Second Journey Cache, contains elixirs and whispering keys
- Second Journey Crafting Cache, contains Crafting Materials
- Second Journey Equipment Cache, contains a legendary weapon, helm, and ring for your class
Chapter 3
You must complete nine of 11 objectives to complete this chapter.
Chapter 3 objectives:
- The Mother’s Chosen: Increase Mother’s Gift reputation to Rank 5
- Champion of the Lost: Clear 3 Strongholds
- Cinder Spender: Open 10 Tortured Gifts during Helltides
- Forsaken Offerings: Obtain 5 Caches from the Tree of Whispers
- Purging the Infernal: Complete 10 Hellbreaches
- Hard Fought Victory: Complete 1 Legion Events
- Gifts of the Ancients: Unlock 10 Aspects in the Codex of Power, such as through completing Dungeons
- Hardened by Battle: Reach level 40
- Deeper Evil Within: Complete 10 Dungeons
- Capable Craftsman: Learn 1 Recipe of Rare rarity or higher
- Basic Needs: Temper 5 Affixes onto Gear at the Blacksmith
Chapter 3 is primarily a continuation of objectives in the previous two chapters, which makes it easier to complete some objectives. Completing Dungeons, Hellbreaches, and Strongholds will all have some progress carried over if you completed the earlier objectives, with the same being true for unlocking Aspects. Forsaken Offerings is one of the more time consuming objectives, since obtaining 5 caches requires you to complete Whispers worth 10 points total five times, which could be time consuming if you aren’t going out of your way,
Chapter 3 rewards:
- Greater Favor
- Third Journey Cache, contains Elixirs and Whispering Keys
- Third Journey Crafting Cache, contains Crafting Materials
- Third Journey Summoning Cache, contains summoning materials for world tier 3 bosses
- Third Journey Equipment Cache, contains a legendary weapon, chest armor, and amulet for your class.
Chapter 4
You must complete nine of 11 objectives to complete this chapter.
Chapter 4 objectives:
- Against All Hatred: Increase Mother’s Gift reputation to Rank 7
- Blessing of the Strong: Equip Sacred Legendary items in every slot
- Grim Claim: Obtain 20 Caches from the Tree of Whispers by completing whispers
- The Depths of Fear: Use 5 Nightmare Sigils to create and complete Nightmare Dungeons
- Touching the Eternal: Unlock 25 Aspects in the Codex of Power, such as through completing Dungeons
- A Deathless Heart: Defeat 10 Aether Fiends
- The Way Down: Acquire 5 Infernal Compasses
- Eternal Champion: Enhance Infernal Compasses with Abyssal Scrolls
- The Hordes Falter: Defeat the Fell Council in the Infernal Hordes
- Guilt: Defeat Echo of Varshan in World Tier 3
- Stem the Tide: Defeat 666 Monsters at Max Threat Level during a Helltide on World Tier 3 or higher
Chapter 4 is where you will have moved on to World Tier 3, increasing the difficulty, unlocking Sacred Legendary items, and unlocking the new activity, Infernal Hordes. While there are a few continued objectives, like unlocking Aspects and obtaining caches from the Tree of Whispers, many of these objectives are focused on World Tier 3 activities. You will need to do the Infernal Hordes and completing Nightmare Dungeons is important for powering up your Paragon Board, so the only objective here to ignore if you want to is defeating Varshan in World tier 3, since you might want to save your summoning materials for World Tier 4.
Chapter 4 rewards:
- Greater Favor
- Power and Sacrifice Emblem
- Fourth Journey Cache, contains Infernal Hordes Compass, Elixirs, and a Scroll of Amnesia
- Fourth Journey Crafting Cache, contains Crafting Materials
- Fourth Journey Summoning Cache, contains summoning materials to challenge bosses in World Tier 4
- Fourth Journey Equipment Cache, contains a legendary weapon, gloves, pants, and ring for your class
Slayer (Chapter 5)
You must complete eight of 10 objectives to complete this chapter.
Slayer objectives:
- Through Bile and Brimstone: Increase Mother’s Gift reputation to Rank 12
- Heir to Transcendence: Equip an Ancestral Legendary in every item slot
- Damnation’s Downfall: Defeat 20 Helltide Commanders during Helltides, summoned after completing Helltide Events
- This Is No Dream: Complete a Tier 21 or higher Nightmare Dungeon
- Tempered by Hellfire: Reach level 75
- Echoes of the Ancients: Unlock 50 Aspects in the Codex of Power, such as through completing Dungeons
- Strip Their Souls: Defeat Aether Diends, Aether Lords, and Infernal Demons
- Corruption Consumed: Collect 666 Burning Aether from Hellbreaches and Infernal Hordes in World Tier 4
- Excommunication: Defeat The Fell Council in the Infernal Hordes Tier 2
- Vanquishing Hell’s Best: Defeat Champion Monsters in World Tier 4
Slayer moves you into World Tier 4, the highest difficulty. Some of these objectives, like completing the Tier 21 or higher Nightmare Dungeon, are very simple to complete, since that’s one of the lowest tiers available in World Tier 4. A lot of these objectives are related to Infernal Hordes, so that is where most of your time will be spent. None of these are particularly difficult, although you might want to skip Echoes of the Ancients, since you may have unlocked all of the Aspects for your class that you want to use.
Slayer rewards:
- Epic Favor
- Slayer’s Cache, contains Infernal Hordes Compass, Elixirs, and a Scroll of Amnesia
- Slayer’s Crafting Cache, contains Crafting Materials
- Slayer’s Summoning Cache, contains boss summoning materials for World Tier 4 bosses
- Slayer’s Equipment Cache, contains two Ancestral Legendaries and an Ancestral Unique for your class
Champion (Chapter 6)
You must complete eight of 10 objectives to complete this chapter.
Champion objectives:
- Holding Back the Hells: Increase Mother’s Gift reputation to Rank 17
- Forgiveness: Defeat Lord Zir in World Tier 4
- Harbinger of Ice: Defeat The Beast in the Ice in World Tier 4
- The Gathering Fires: Acquire 6,666 Cinders during Helltide in World Tier 4
- Collapsing the System: Defeat 10 any Ladder Bosses in World Tier 4
- The Brink of Madness: Complete a Tier 30 or higher Nightmare Dungeon
- Death to the Wicked: Defeat The Fell Council in the Infernal Hordes in Tier 3
- Preamble: Complete Artificer’s Tier 1 or higher in The Pit, located at the Artificer’s Obelisk in Cerrigar and activated with Runeshards
- Ancient Craft: Temper 20 Affixes onto Ancestral Gear at the Blacksmith
- Infernal Hordes: Destroy 25 Aetheric Mass in World Tier 4
Champion takes us even further into World Tier 4, with tougher objectives and fights. If you have the materials, the two boss fights in this list aren’t overly difficult, especially if you have a few friends to help you at. Completing the first tier of The Pit is also pretty simple and being able to Master Work your gear will make everything else much easier. If you aren’t interested in running the Boss Ladder, that might be a good objective to skip.
Champion rewards:
- Epic Favor
- The Gates of Hell Emblem
- Champion’s Cache, contains Infernal Hordes Compass, Elixirs, and a Scroll of Amnesia
- Champion’s Crafting Cache, contains Crafting Materials
- Champion’s Summoning Cache, contains Stygian Stones and other World Tier 4 boss materials
- Champion’s Equipment Cache, contains two Ancestral Legendaries and an Ancestral Unique for your class.
Destroyer (Chapter 7)
You must complete eight of 11 objectives to complete this chapter.
Destroyer objectives:
- Become the Weapon: Increase Mother’s Gift reputation to Rank 20
- The Bigger They Are: Defeat 10 World Bosses
- Avatar of Sanctuary’s Might: Equip at least 8 Ancestral Unique items simultaneously
- Anointed Immortal: Reach Level 100
- Glyphmaster: Improves Paragon Glyphs to Rank 15 by completing Nightmare Dungeons
- Infernal Challenger: Enhance Infernal Compasses to Tier 8 with Abyssal Scrolls
- May They Burn Forever: Defeat The Fell Council in the Infernal Hordes Tier 6
- Unholy Coffers: Open a Greater Spoils of Hell chest after defeating The Fell Council in the Infernal Hordes
- Anguish Extinguished: Use Stygian Stones to summon and defeat Tormented Echo of Andariel
- Horadric Smith: Masterwork gear to Rank 8 at the Blacksmith
- Eradicator: Use Stygian Stones to summon and defeat Tormented Echo of Duriel
Destroyer is the final chapter and has some time-consuming objectives to reflect that. While many of these will take a ton of time to work through, there are a few that are good to focus on and a few you could potentially skip. Glyphmaster and Horadric Smith are both great ones to focus on, since increasing your Glyph levels and Masterworking your gear will both make you more powerful, making other objectives easier to complete. The Bigger They Are is a great one to ignore, since depending on what time of day you play, you might not be able to participate in world bosses.
Destroyer rewards:
- Destroyer’s Cache, contains Infernal Hordes Compass, Elixirs, and a Scroll of Amnesia
- Destroyer’s Crafting Cache, contains Crafting Materials
- Destroyer’s Summoning Cache, contains Stygian Stones and other boss summoning materials
- Destroyer’s Equipment Cache, contains two Ancestral Legendaries and two Ancestral Uniques for your class
- Infernal Player Title
- Antagonist Player Title
