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How to Get Shard of Agony

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Shard of Agony is a summoning material needed to fight Duriel in Diablo 4 (D4). Read on to learn more about Shard of Agony, how to get it, how to use it, and its overview.

How to Get Shard of Agony

How to Get Shard of Agony


Defeating Grigoire

D4 - Defeating Grigoire
You can acquire the Shard of Agony by defeating Grigoire. Note that as of Season 6 you can fight Grigoire starting in any Torment difficulty.

The Shard of Agony is a guaranteed drop from Grigoire; however, only the player that summons Grigoire will receive a Shard of Agony.

Grigoire Location and Unique Drops

Summoning Grigoire

D4 - Summoning Grigoire
You can summon Grigoire by acquiring Living Steel during Helltide events. You can obtain Living Steel through numerous activites such as opening Tortured Gift of Living Steel found within the Helltide with Aberrant Cinders.

How to Get Living Steel

Drops from World Boss

Shard of Agony World Boss Drop
The Shard of Agony also has a chance to drop from World Bosses. Keep in mind that World Bosses have spawn times so try to alternate between them.

World Boss Guide

Season Journey Reward Caches

Season Journey Rewards
You can also receive a variety of boss summoning materials by opening the Cache Rewards from completing the Season Journey. This will give you a ton of materials, so make sure not to skip this, as it can help you obtain the necessary uniques you need to progress your character as you prepare for the endgame.

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How to Use Shard of Agony

Offer in the Pestilent Altar

The Shard of Agony can be offered in the Pestilent Altar located inside the Gaping Crevasse dungeon. You would need a total of 2 Shard of Agony together with 2 Mucus-Slick Egg to summon and fight Duriel.

Gaping Crevasse Location

The Interactive Map both shows the location of key points on the map, and doubles as a collectible checker.
  1. Click an icon on the right side to show all the pins of a specific type, or click the magnifying glass button to search for a specific pin by name.
  2. Click a pin on the map to see its name and description, and a relevant picture or video if available.
  3. From here, click Mark as Acquired to indicate that you've gotten a collectible already. This will change its icon on the map to show that it has been collected, and add 1 to that pin type's Counter.
  4. To undo this, click on the same pin and click Restore to unclaimed.
  5. To check how many pins you have marked so far, check the Counter in the bottom left, and click the icon that looks like a checklist to see counters for all pin types.
  6. If the collected pins start to get in the way, you can hide them all by clicking the green Show Pins button on the left side.
Icon How to Use
Name Button.png Show Names
This button reveals the Name of every icon currently shown.
Show Pins Button.png Show Pins
This button will toggle between showing and hiding all the pins which you have already marked as acquired.
Full Button.png Fullscreen
This button will change the map display to fill the screen.
Search Button.png Search Mode Toggle
This button will display a searchbar which you can use to search for an individual pin by its name.
Icon Mode Button.png Icon Mode Toggle
In Search Mode, this button will toggle you back to Icon Mode, removing the search bar and displaying the icons again.
All Pins Button.png All Pins
This button is shown along with the Icons on the right when there are over 6 types of pins. Click it for a full selection of all available pin types.
Interactive Map Counter.png Counter
Tracks the number of pins you have of a certain type. The pin type shown is set to the page and currently cannot be changed; however, all pin type counters can be viewed by clicking the checklist icon on the right side.
Interactive Map View All Counters.png View All Counters
This icon is found on the right side of the Counter. When a map has more than one pin type, click this icon to see Counters for all pin types.
Diablo 4 - Zoom In Zoom Out Icons.png Zoom In / Zoom Out
This icon is found on the top left side of the map. You can press these buttons, or use your scroll wheel while hovering, to Zoom In and Out of the interactive map.

Note that the Gaping Crevasse will only appear on the map in Torment difficulties.

Shard of Agony Overview

Sharrd of Agony Description

D4 - Shard of Agony Icon.png Type Consumable - Magic Summoning
Sell Value 50,000 Gold
Description Merged in Gaping Crevasse in southern Kehjistan with Mucus-Slick Egg to summon a powerful enemy. Requires 2. Acquired from Hall of the Penitent in Torment difficulties only by the one who performs the summoning.

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All Uber Bosses and Required Materials

Uber Boss Required Materials
Lord Zir Exquisite Blood
Echo of Varshan Malignant Heart
Grigoire Living Steel
Duriel Mucus-Slick Egg
Shard of Agony
The Beast in the Ice Distilled Fear
Echo of Andariel Sandscorched Shackles
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