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Diablo 4 - Nightmare Dungeon Guide
Nightmare Dungeons in Diablo 4 (D4) are dungeons transformed by Nightmare Sigils to have more dangerous foes, unique affixes, and increased rewards. Learn about all of the available Nightmare Dungeons in Season 2 and how to unlock them!

List of Contents

All Season 2 Nightmare Dungeons

List of Nightmare Dungeons (Season 2)

Fractured Peaks
Forbidden City Light's Watch Sanguine Chapel
Hallowed Ossuary Tormented Ruins Endless Gates
Hawezar
Belfry Zakara Ghoa Ruins Steadfast Barracks
Fetid Mausoleum Heathen's Keep Leviathan's Maw
Kehjistan
Inferno Renegade's Retreat Sepulcher Of The Forsworn
Conclave Crusader's Cathedral Deserted Underpass
Dry Steppes
Broken Bulwark Oldstones Vault of The Forsaken
Sirocco Caverns Flooded Depths Jalal's Vigil
Scosglen
Bloodsoaked Crag Grinning Labyrinth Whispering Vault
Luban's Rest Buried Halls Carrion Fields

A new set of Nightmare Dungeon is available every season. Currently, there are 6 Nightmare Dungeons in each region, giving players a total of 30 Nightmare Dungeons to explore!

Best Nightmare Dungeons and Dungeon Affixes

Previous Season Nightmare Dungeons

Season 1 Nightmare Dungeons

Season 1
Fractured Peaks
Deadman's Dredge Hoarfrost Demise Kor Valar Ramparts
Nostrava Deepwood Immortal Emanation Mercy's Reach
Hawezar
Bastion of Faith Faceless Shrine Iron Hold
Lost Keep Ancient Reservoir Akkhan's Grasp
Kehjistan
Forgotten Ruins Halls of the Damned Heretics Asylum
Collapsed Vault Tomb of the Saints Uldur's Cave
Dry Steppes
Betrayer's Row Shifting City Charnel House
Komdor Temple Pallid Delve Path of the Blind
Scosglen
Mariner's Refuge Sarat's Lair Stockades
Twisted Hollow Domhainne Tunnels Garan Hold

What Are Nightmare Dungeons?

Nightmare Dungeon Overview
Check Icon Modified Dungeons with Affixes
Check Icon Requires World Tier 3: Nightmare
Check Icon Lets Players Upgrade Paragon Glyphs
Check Icon High Chance to Drop Sacred and Ancestral Items

Modified Dungeons with Affixes

Diablo 4 - Nightmare Dungeon with Hell Gate Affix
Nightmare Dungeons are regular open-world Dungeons altered by Nightmare Sigils to feature more difficult enemies and challenges while increasing their rewards.

During the April Developer Update Livestream, the developers referred to the Nightmare Dungeons as the game's "key dungeon replayability system." These dungeons' positive and negative affixes provide various enemy and environmental modifiers, giving players a different experience in each Nightmare Dungeon.

Nightmare Dungeon Selections Rotate

Every season, a subset of 30 Dungeons from the base open-world Dungeons are selected to join the pool of Nightmare Dungeons for that period. Varying dungeons rotate in and out of this subset over time to provide players with different monster groups and area layouts each time.

Requires World Tier 3: Nightmare

Diablo 4 - World Tier 3 Nightmare Overview

Players can only access Nightmare Dungeons starting from World Tier 3 (Nightmare difficulty), as Nightmare Sigils don't drop until reaching this difficulty. You unlock this World Tier after completing the Cathedral of Light Capstone Dungeon.

World Tiers Explained: How to Change World Tier Difficulty

Lets Players Upgrade Paragon Glyphs

Diablo 4 - Upgrading Glyphs in Nightmare Dungeons

Reaching the end of a Nightmare Dungeon allows players to upgrade their Paragon Glyphs, which are tiles they can embed inside Glyph Sockets on Paragon Boards, becoming powered by nearby Paragon nodes and empowering nearby nodes in a large circular radius.

Paragon System Explained

High Chance to Drop Sacred and Ancestral Items

In addition to these characteristics, Nightmare Dungeons also provide a higher chance of rewarding Sacred and Ancestral items from drops compared to other content in the game, as confirmed by Associate Game Director Joseph Piepora on Twitter.

A drop rate adjustment was introduced in Version 1.1 that increased the drop rates of Sacred and Ancestral items inside Nightmare Dungeons from +5% to +10%, giving players more incentives to farm them.

Sacred and Ancestral Items Explained

How to Unlock Nightmare Dungeons

Use Nightmare Sigils to Transform Dungeons

Diablo 4 - Nightmare Sigil Showcase

To unlock Nightmare Dungeons, players have to obtain and use Nightmare Sigils, which provide various modifiers and Affixes and summon a portal toward the Nightmare Dungeon on use.

These Sigils are initially earned through Whispers of the Dead in World Tiers 3 and 4, but they can also drop as rewards from completing Nightmare Dungeons.

Salvage and Craft Sigils at the Occultist

Diablo 4 - Occultist Sigil Crafting

You can also craft Nightmare Sigils at the Occultist using Sigil Powder, which you can get by salvaging Sigils that you don't intend to use. Players can craft Nightmare Sigils from Tiers 1 up to 100 at the Occultist.

All Occultist Features

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