Season 8 of Diablo 4 is here, bringing exciting new seasonal events, rebalanced difficulty tiers, and fresh boss powers to customize your gameplay. With a rework of late-game farming and higher Torment difficulties now more challenging and extended, it's important to adapt your leveling and farming strategies. Whether you're aiming to hit level 60 quickly, gather powerful gear, or farm those coveted Mythic Uniques, this guide breaks down the best ways to progress efficiently in Season 8.

7. Apparition Incursions - Your Early Season XP & Boss Powers

One of the standout new seasonal events in Season 8 is Apparition Incursions. These are relatively straightforward events where players rush to defeat waves of mini-bosses and elites culminating in a spectral version of Belial. Though not the most complex activity, they provide solid experience and, crucially, grant access to seasonal boss powers.

Boss powers are game-changers. You can equip one main power and three support powers, which can greatly boost your damage or survivability early on. Some of these powers can carry your damage output on their own. Additionally, participating in these incursions rewards you with Spectral Ash, the currency used to advance your seasonal reputation and unlock more rewards.

6. Fast Leveling: Helltides, Undercity, and Nahantu Strongholds

Once you've gathered a few boss powers and leveled a bit, your best bet to quickly reach level 60 is to focus on Helltide events scattered across the world map and unlocking the Kurast Undercity (available if you own the Vessel of Hatred expansion).

If you have the Vessel of Hatred DLC, once you hit level 50, you can tackle the Nahantu Strongholds. Completing these will rapidly boost you to max level, unlocking legendary gear, skill points, and crafting materials essential for preparing your character for Torment difficulty levels.

This route takes just a few hours for a fresh character to reach 60 and equips you with a functional gear base for endgame content.

5. Helltides and Infernal Hordes - Excellent Gear and Materials Farming

Helltides continue to be a reliable farming method for legendary gear, gem fragments, and Obducite (used to masterwork your equipment). Once you reach Torment difficulty, Infernal Horde compasses dropped from Helltides and bosses like the Blood Maiden become key tools for targeting higher rewards.

These activities yield great experience and materials while allowing you to build your Paragon levels, making Helltides and Infernal Hordes core to efficient mid-to-late game progression.

4. Kurast Undercity - Target Farming with Tributes

Kurast Undercity is a timed trial dungeon that you can enter by burning various Tributes, each guaranteeing specific loot types on successful completion.

A Tribute of Titans guarantees Lair Boss Keys, essential for farming the seasonal lair bosses.

Other tributes promise Obducite, Runes, or chances at unique and even Mythic unique items.

While only available to Vessel of Hatred players, Kurast Undercity is one of the best ways this season to reliably farm boss keys and materials for high-level crafting.

3. Push The Pit - Paragon Experience and Torment Unlocking

The Pit of the Artificer in Cerrigar remains central to progressing through Torment difficulty tiers. You must complete level 10 of the Pit to unlock Torment 1.

Pushing higher Pit levels efficiently grants large amounts of Paragon experience, essential for character power growth and unlocking Glyph upgrades. Glyphs socketed into your Paragon Boards provide significant stat boosts, so farming the Pit quickly within time limits is crucial for late-game progression.

2. Tackling the Boss Ladder - Harder Fights, Better Rewards

Season 8 revamped the Torment difficulty tiers and the Lair Boss fights, increasing their difficulty and changing farming mechanics. Now, summoning bosses is free, but rewards come from opening Lair Boss Hoards that require special keys.

Defeating lower-tier bosses like The Beast in the Ice, Varshan, Grigoire, and (Vessel of Hatred) Urivar drops keys for higher-tier boss hoards.

Higher-tier bosses include Andariel, Duriel, and The Harbinger of Hatred.

The top-tier boss, Belial, drops keys only from a random encounter after defeating other lair bosses.

Farming these bosses and their hoards is the primary way to acquire unique, ancestral, and mythic gear this season.

1. Additional Tips for Mythic Uniques - Top-Tier Farming

For players chasing the ultimate Mythic Uniques, beating higher-tier lair bosses on the highest Torment levels and opening their hoards is essential.

Additionally, Unique Tributes from world bosses and Kurast Undercity runs give rare chances for Mythic drops. You'll also need Resplendent Sparks to craft Mythic Uniques, obtainable by:

Defeating Lilith in Torment 1+ (a challenging fight but worth the reward).

Completing seasonal reputation by earning enough Spectral Ash through consistent lair boss farming.

Final Thoughts

Season 8 of Diablo 4 offers a dynamic mix of fresh activities and rebalanced challenges. To maximize your leveling speed and farming efficiency:

Jump into Apparition Incursions early to collect boss powers and build a strong foundation.

Use Helltides, Undercity, and Strongholds to rapidly hit level 60.

Farm Helltides and Infernal Hordes for essential gear and materials.

Run Kurast Undercity with tributes to farm lair boss keys and high-tier rewards.

Push the Pit to unlock Torment difficulties and Paragon enhancements.

Tackle the reworked lair bosses and hoards for the best loot.

Focus on Mythic farming with boss runs, unique tributes, and by collecting Resplendent Sparks.

Adapting to these strategies will help you stay competitive and fully enjoy all the exciting new content Season 8 has to offer. And if you ever need Diablo 4 gold or Diablo 4 items to boost your journey, Happy hunting, Nephalem!

MMOexp Diablo 4 Team