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Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred (D4)
Nightmare Dungeon Guide
★ NEW: Season 10 Guide | Season 10 Release Date
┗ Seasonal Content: Chaos Rifts | New Uniques
┗ Seasonal Mechanic: List of Chaos Perks & Chaos Armor
★ Season 10 Best Builds & Best Chaos Perks
★ Check out our Vessel of Hatred expansion 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, obtainable rewards, and how to unlock them!
List of Contents
All Nightmare Dungeons
Nightmare Dungeons Per Region
These dungeons can be seen as regular dungeons in the open world. You must use a Nightmare Sigil to randomly convert one of these dungeons into a Nightmare Dungeon.
Best Nightmare Dungeons and Affixes
What Are Nightmare Dungeons?
Modified Dungeons with Affixes
| List of All Affixes | |
|---|---|
| Positive Affixes | Negative Affixes |
Nightmare Dungeons are regular open-world dungeons altered by Nightmare Sigils to feature more difficult enemies and challenges while increasing their rewards.
These dungeons have different positive and negative affixes that can alter a player's experience inside a Nightmare Dungeon.
All Positive Affixes
| Affix | Effect |
|---|---|
| Ancestor's Favor | You earn 10% more Experience while within the dungeon. |
| Gold Fing | You find 30% more Gold. |
| Obducite Mine | Monsters drop additional Obducite in this place. |
| Horadric Phial Reserve | Many Horadric Phial chests have been stashed here. |
| Equipment Delve | Find Horadric Artifacts to earn an increasingly higher quality cache of gear. |
| Horadric Gold Reserve | Many Gold chests have been stashed here. |
| Horadric Gem Reserve | Many Gem Fragment chests have been stashed here. |
| Horadric Materials Reserve | Many Materials chests have been stashed here. |
| Horadric Strongroom | This place will always contain a Horadric Strongroom. |
| Blast Wave Shrines | Blast Wave Shrines will appear throughout this place. |
| Artillery Shrines | Artillery Shrines will appear throughout this place. |
| Lethal Shrines | Lethal Shrines will appear throughout this place. |
| Channeling Shrines | Channeling Shrines will appear throughout this place. |
| Forgotten Wisdom | Enemies hoard knowledge here, granting extra experience. |
| Chaos Rift | Chaos Rifts have opened in this place. |
These Affixes provide positive effects in your Nightmare Dungeon run, making it more efficient for leveling and gold farming.
All Negative Affixes
| Affix | Effect |
|---|---|
| Avengers | Killing a monster enrages monsters near it, making them deal more damage. |
| Volcanic | While in combat, gouts of flame periodically erupt near players. |
| Stormbane's Wrath | A dark monolith chases players, pulsing for heavy damage when nearby. |
| Blood Blisters | Killing a monster has a chance to spawn a Blood Blister. After a short delay, it explodes, dealing heavy area damage. |
| Monster Barrier | Monsters gain 85% of their Maximum Life as a Barrier. |
| Drifting Shades | Drifting Shades chase players. On contact, they explode for heavy damage and create a Nightmare Field that Dazes victims. |
| Shock Lance Elites | Elite monsters have the "Shock Lance" affix and deal 20% more damage. |
| Poison Enchanted Elites | Elite monsters have the "Poison Enchanted" affix and deal 20% more damage. |
| Waller Elites | Elite monsters have the "Waller" affix and deal 20% more damage. |
| Suppressor Elites | Elite monsters have the "Suppresor" affix and deal 20% more damage. |
| Explosive Elites | Elite monsters have the "Explosive" affix and deal 20% more damage. |
| Hellbound Elites | Elite monsters have the "Hellbound" affix and deal 20% more damage. |
| Hunters | Monsters have unnatural speed here, moving and attacking 33% faster. |
| Profane Aegis | Monsters gain 50% of their Maximum Life as a Barrier. |
| Berserkers | Monsters here are reckless, receiving 20% and dealing 50% more damage. |
| Deathly Shadows | Killing a monster has a chance to unleash a volatile pulse after a short delay, dealing heavy area damage. |
| Dark Omen | This place is not right. Someone, or something, stalks you here... |
Nightmare Sigils always come with negative Affixes. The Affixes listed in the table above are all possible negative affix rolls in any sigil, with Volcanic and Stormbane's Wrath being some of the easier ones to deal with.
Nightmare Dungeon Tier is Based on Difficulty Tier
Nightmare Dungeons also scale depending on your chosen Difficulty Tier, which gets progressively harder to clear. As a result, this would yield more Obducites per drop inside the dungeon!
Nightmare Dungeon Rewards
| Obtainable Rewards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Obducites | Infernal Compass | |
| Boss Summoning Materials | XP and Loot | |
Obducites
The Nightmare Dungeon is your primary source of farming Masterworking materials to further improve your gear. You can get Obducite all throughout the dungeon, so make sure kill every Elite pack you'll see along the way.
Masterworking Guide and How to Unlock
Infernal Compasses
As a reward for completing Nightmare Dungeons, there's also a chance to obtain an Infernal Compass. This item can be used to open a rogue-like dungeon called the Infernal Hordes.
How to Farm Infernal Compasses
Boss Summoning Material
Additionally, you can acquire Uber Boss summoning materials by completing Nightmare Dungeons or defeating elites within them. These materials can be used to summon Tormented Bosses, allowing you to farm the Uniques that you need to finish your build.
All Uber Bosses and Boss Loot Tables
XP and Loot
On top of all the possible materials you can get inside Nightmare Dungeons, you can also obtain a good amount of XP, gold, and loot such as Legendary and Unique Items.
How to Unlock Nightmare Dungeons
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Complete or Skip the Main Campaign
After the Season 6 changes, Nightmare dungeons which were only accessible after reaching a certain Difficulty Tier. Now this activity is permanently available to players at the start of the game considering you have finished or skipped the main campaign.
Obtain Nightmare Sigils
After completing the campaign, you would want to complete a Tree of Whisper bounty to get your first Nightmare Sigil. You can continue completing Tree of Whisper activities to get sigils or you can craft them at the Occultist using Sigil Powder, which you can get by salvaging sigils that you don't intend to use.
The tier of your crafted sigil will range from Tiers 1-8, based on the current Difficulty Tier you are on.
Use Nightmare Sigils to Transform Dungeons
Once you have obtained a Nightmare Sigil, head to your Consumables tab and click on the sigil with the affixes that you would like to take on. The dungeon assigned to the sigil you choose will turn into a Nightmare dungeon, which can be seen in the map. Click on the transformed dungeon to be teleported inside.
Diablo 4 Related Guides
Game Mechanics and Activities
 The Pit Guide |
 Infernal Horde Guide |
 Masterworking Guide |
 Helltide Event Guide |
 Legion Event Guide |
Nightmare Dungeon Guide |
 How to Complete Tree of Whispers |
 Horadric Strongrooms Guide |
Recommended Activity Guides
 Mystery Chest Locations and Map |
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