Diablo 4: Mastering Forgotten Souls – Farming and Usage Guide!
Forgotten Souls in Diablo 4: A Rare Resource Worth the Grind
The Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred DLC introduces Forgotten Souls, a seriously scarce crafting material. These things are a pain to farm; causing a lot of frustrations for players trying to get these awesome resources, but you seriously need them! Why? They’re key to enhancing your gear; a particularly useful item that really shines when used with the Spiritborn class; creating insane levels of character power for your specific build.
This guide will detail efficient Forgotten Soul Farming strategies; these are surprisingly easy yet many people overlook and never take the necessary time for actually finding these materials! Then, we cover usage and the specifics concerning the best times to farm; generating a clear understanding which helps create that necessary farming plan.
The Most Efficient Way to Farm Forgotten Souls
According to YouTuber Rob2628, Forgotten Souls are in short supply. Many players hope they'll change this sometime, because currently these remain the most difficult to acquire in Diablo 4. So here is the easiest way; these materials are gained through Helltides: although even then, careful planning is essential.
- Boost your World Tier: Torment IV is ideal if you've got a seriously overpowered build; this increases the probability that you gain those Forgotten Souls per Helltide, although even smaller difficulty levels yield decent drops; generating surprising quantities despite smaller difficulty level.
- Contribute to the Ritual: Summoning and defeating the Blood Maiden is super crucial! The rewards increase through contributions. This is something many people forget; adding this single detail results in greatly increased rewards.
- Prioritize Smaller Tortured Gifts: While you're participating in the ritual, open smaller Tortured Gifts during Helltide events. This can be easily done in conjunction with everything else described and produces greatly improved amounts within a relatively smaller time frame, generating additional rewards.
Each of these yields only a small amount; and players might notice that doing all this multiple times produces a surprisingly large amount over a small timeframe and with these small improvements described and practiced throughout the entire play period; the end result actually significantly improves how those Forgotten Souls are obtained and collected; demonstrating another method to obtaining something without spending tons of extra time.
Other (Less Efficient) Methods for Obtaining Forgotten Souls
There are other ways to find them; but these are far less effective: Infernal Hordes' Spoils of Materials chests give some—but it takes a crazy amount of time. Completing the Undercity of Kurast gives you some, however increased Tributes won’t generate additional Souls; yet simply completing that entire Undercity is still going to take a significant period and yield far less than the prior approach detailed. Similarly, completing Dark Citadel gives some—however doing so remains inefficient, folks! Finally, bartering with Mercenaries requires Pale Marks; making this less desirable unless absolutely necessary.
How To Use Your Hard-Earned Forgotten Souls!
Now that you’ve got these precious Forgotten Souls; now it’s time to discuss their actual use. These have some unique applications within the Diablo 4 crafting system:
- Enchant Legendary Items: Use them to re-roll a single affix at the Occultist (but you’ll need additional crafting materials, too!). This is something players were already able to do prior; this is just another resource added.
- Masterwork Ancestral and Mythic Unique gear: This is only possible late game. This requires multiple steps! First temper your gear. The number of tempers required depends upon if the gear is Ancestral (twice), then take these materials to the Blacksmith to Masterwork the equipment itself.
Those non-Ancestral Legendary Items don’t use Forgotten Souls. These are strictly used for higher level gear: Ancestral and Mythic Unique items! This can also completely reset the Masterwork Rank on your equipment (costs 30 Iron Chunks/Raw Hide, 20 Veiled Crystals, 5 Forgotten Souls, 5,000,000 gold). Each additional level dramatically enhances your equipment and greatly enhances its existing affixes; that kind of improvement justifies putting so much additional effort into acquiring the Forgotten Souls.
Conclusion: Embrace the Grind for Superior Power
Farming Forgotten Souls in Diablo 4 is hard; requiring some strategy; this might annoy players; those low drop rates are definitely inconvenient. However, using this guide dramatically improves the process. Mastering these techniques provides you with enhanced capabilities! And that dramatic improvement greatly justifies putting time into gathering them. Those enhanced items will become vital for late-game success, pushing your character toward insane levels of combat capabilities, something only possible for high-level players!
