Diablo 4 Season 5 guide: Mother’s Gift farming, Infernal Horde builds, and all seasonal rewards

The fifth season of Diablo 4 adds a ton of new endgame content to the game, so there’s a lot to look forward to in the Season of the Infernal Hordes. As the title suggests, the Infernal Hordes are the new flagship feature of this season, but you won’t be able to access them until you’ve done a fair bit of grinding beforehand.

Diablo 4 Season 5 seasonal quest walkthrough

The seasonal questline in the Season of the Infernal Hordes is brief, but it serves as a decent introduction to the new mechanics of Diablo 4 Season 5.

• Of Lambs and Wolves
• The Rising Hells
• The Past Behind Us
• The Seething Mountain
• An Old and Angry Wound
• Sins of the Willing
• The Wages of Hatred

Of Lambs and Wolves

The Season 5 questline begins in Zabinzet rather than Kyovashad, but it kicks off largely the same with a highlighted NPC a few short feet away from your initial spawn point. Speak to Captain Cireska and then question Locran to start the Season of the Infernal Hordes storyline.

From there, you’ll need to visit Locran’s family at their house. The game only gives you a vague outline of where to go, but you can refer to the map below to see the exact location of Locran’s house in Diablo 4 Season 5.

Once you find Locran’s house, head inside. After some brief expository dialogue and a little bit of conflict, you’ll receive your first Mother’s Gift. These are the primary currency of the season. Farming them will grant you access to unique rewards and bonuses.

The Rising Hells

The next step in the Season of the Infernal Hordes storyline is The Rising Hells, which requires you to gather at least 15 Mother’s Gifts so you can familiarize yourself with this season’s primary mechanic.

Mother’s Gifts drop from powerful enemies like elites, champions, bosses, and Hellborne foes. You can find these in dungeons, but Helltides are the best places to find fast drops. Just open your map, find the currently active Helltide, and go slay some demons for a few minutes to complete this quest.

The Past Behind Us

The next bit of story in the early portion of Diablo 4 Season 5 is The Past Behind Us quest, which starts with returning to Istel in Zarbinzet. After that, you’ll be sent to clear The Omath Breach dungeon. You don’t have to deal with the nearby Stronghold if you don’t want to.

The main mechanic of this dungeon requires you to stand near Soulspires and slay enemies within a certain radius to collect Aether. At a certain points in the dungeon, you’ll be able to choose a modifier to make Soulspires more deadly. They’re not that challenging at all, though. Just run through the dungeon once and return to Istel in Zarbinzet to complete this quest.

The Seething Mountain

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How to farm Mother’s Gifts in Diablo 4 Season 5

If you want to farm Mother’s Gifts in Diablo 4, then there’s no better method than Helltides. Mother’s Gifts drop from powerful enemies, and there’s nowhere else in Sanctuary with a higher enemy density or ratio of standard enemies to elites. You can still have decent luck in dungeons while you’re farming for items to complete your seasonal build, but Helltides still come out on top overall.

That is, at least until you hit World Tier 3. Once you cross over into World Tier 3, you’ll unlock the new Infernal Hordes mode. This is a wave-based survival mode that goes on endlessly with increasing difficulty, so you’ll walk out of it with a ton of Mother’s Gifts if you manage to reach a high round. It’s just nonstop combat in a small arena, perfect for farming Mother’s Gifts.

All Mother’s Gift rewards in Diablo 4 Season of the Infernal Hordes

There are 20 Mother’s Gift reputation ranks to progress through in Diablo 4 Season 5, and each gives different rewards as you reach new milestones.

1. 5,000 XP and Triune Parcel
2. Triune Crate and The Past Behind Us Quest
3. Triune Arms Cache and The Seething Mountain Quest
4. Triune Crate and An Old and Angry Wound Quest
5. Triune Arms Cache and Sins of the Willing Quest
6. Sacred Triune Arms Cache and The Wages of Hatred Quest
7. Triune Crate
8. Infernal Compass
9. Triune Crate
10. Sacred Triune Arms Cache
11. Triune Strongbox
12. Triune Strongbox
13. Elements of Hatred
14. Triune Strongbox and Abyssal Scroll
15. Triune Strongbox of Endurant Faith
16. Triune Strongbox
17. Elements of Hatred
18. Ancestral Triune Arms Cache
19. Elements of Nemesis
20. Greater Triune Arms Cache

How to unlock Infernal Hordes in Diablo 4

To unlock Infernal Hordes in Diablo 4, you must first progress to World Tier 3. At that point — on both the eternal and seasonal realms — you can pick up a quest in Hawezar called The Eyes of the Enemy. This quest will introduce you to Infernal Hordes. It’s an account-wide unlock, so only one character needs to unlock them.

Infernal Compasses are required to access Infernal Hordes. These are obtained from Helltides, whether that be from Chests of Mystery, Chests of Steel, or Doomsayer drops. These can also drop from Whisper Caches and endgame activities like Nightmare Dungeons and The Pit.

Ranging from Tier 1 to Tier 8, Infernal Compasses dictate the difficulty, rewards, and revives of Infernal Hordes. A Tier 3 Infernal Compass will pit you against level 100 monsters with only three revives and a wave cap of six, for example, and it will result in more Legendary items and crafting materials showing up in the reward pool. You can use items called Abyssal Scrolls (obtained as rare drops from all activities) to rank up your Infernal Compasses, too.

Infernal Horde rewards

Surviving Infernal Horde waves will reward you with Spoils of Hell, which contain gold, items with Greater Affxies, and materials for upgrading your gear. These also have good chances of dropping Uniques and other rare items.

To open Spoils of Hell, you need to spend Burned Aether accumulated during Infernal Hordes. Destroying Soulspires and Aetheric Masses or defeating Aether Fiends and Aether Lords during Infernal Horde waves will net you Burned Aether. You can open a Spoils of Hell chest for just 20 Aether, but if you manage to save up 60, you can open the Spoils of Greater Equipment which is guaranteed to drop an item with a Greater Affix.

You can get a ton of gear from Infernal Hordes, but the newest set of Uniques and Legendaries added in Season of the Infernal Hordes have a greater chance of appearing in Spoils of Hell chests.

Best Infernal Horde builds in Diablo 4

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All Season Journey objectives in Diablo 4 Season 5

• Chapter 1
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 3
• Chapter 4
• Slayer
• Champion
• Destroyer

Chapter 1

• 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

Chapter 2

• 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 3

• 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 4

• 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

Slayer

• 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

Champion

• 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

Destroyer

• 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