Prepare for the Abattoir

Ready your blades, review your trusted incantations, and muster all your strength before entering the Abattoir of Zir. In World Tier IV, this challenge serves to test the most formidable wanderers of Sanctuary.

Players must have completed all Chapters of the Season Journey first, before flaying adversaries in the Abattoir of Zir. Once completed, you’ll unlock a recipe to craft a Bloodforged Sigil. Craft this at the Occultist to spawn the Visceral Channel in Ked Bardu which grants access to the Abattoir.

The Abattoir will be the hardest challenge you’ve seen in Season of Blood—the viscera will rain from above as you fight as fast as possible to staunch the Zir’s legions in this pinnacle dungeon. You will only have 10 minutes to clear enough enemies to summon the final Bloodseekers, and slay them to emerge bloodstained and triumphant.

Upon successfully completing each tier of the Abattoir of Zir, you’ll gain a recipe to craft the next tier’s Bloodforged Sigil. Completing the first tier of Abattoir of Zir unlocks the Unique Glyph: Tears of Blood.

Tears of Blood Glyph

The more you thirst, the more you will understand. The Tears of Blood Glyph is essential to conquering the various profligates dwelling in the Abattoir.

A high price is demanded for a Glyph of such strength. The Tears of Blood Glyph requires significantly more experience to upgrade it compared to a typical Paragon Glyph. Fortunately, delving deeper into the Abattoir of Zir can net tremendous sums of Paragon Glyph experience in return.

Descend to new Depths

The first level in Abbatoir of Zir is similar in difficulty to a level 100 Nightmare Dungeon. From there, endurance and cunning must be utilized for the vampire entrails to mark the evidence of your progress. Each new tier strengthens the Monsters that await, which only increases each time you descend further into the Abattoir.

The Bloodforged Sigil and Abattoir of Zir both go to Level 25, each increasingly more difficult than the last. Ready yourselves wanderer, you have much to see…

That’s everything listed on the Blizzard blog, but there’s a lot more to learn about the dungeon. Blizzard held a Campfire Chat earlier today, which dived into the new dungeon, as well as showed new gameplay for it.

You can watch the full episode below, though if you are interested in the juicy bits, here’s a short recap.

• Prepare yourselves for the hardest challenge yet to come in Season of Blood with the new Abattoir of Zir. Starting December 5th, this endgame pinnacle dungeon will give you 10 minutes to slay all enemies and defeat Lord Zir’s loyal Bloodseekers. Upon success, you may descend further into the Abattoir, but each new tier will provide a more harrowing challenge. The Tears of Blood Glyph is essential to conquering the various profligates dwelling in the Abattoir. Brand new gameplay footage from Abattoir of Zir was shown during the livestream.
• A new horror lurks in Fractured Peaks in Midwinter Blight, a limited-time event beginning on December 12. Become the hero of Midwinter by defeating new monsters, completing quests, and earning event progress. You can also decorate the Midwinter Square with your bloody trophies to bring hope to the people of Fractured Peaks. But be careful, a dangerous creature known as the Red Cloaked Horror stalks the lands with its Blightfiend underlings.
• Itemization updates will be coming to Diablo IV. These updates, based on feedback from the community, are planned to go live in the fourth season next year and we will share more information in the future.

Diablo 4 Abattoir of Zir Dungeon will arrive December 5 on all platforms.