Diablo

How many acts in Diablo 4? All story & side quests

Nathan Warby
Diablo 4 Season 3 cover artBlizzard Entertainment

With new Diablo 4 seasons coming every three months to add more content, players might find it difficult to track their overall progress while completing quests and working their way through the main acts of the story for the first time.

To help you with this, we’ve compiled a list of all main story quests, acts, side quests, and seasonal missions in Diablo 4 Season 5.

How many acts are in Diablo 4?

The story of Diablo 4 is broken up into six acts, along with a prologue before the game gets underway and an epilogue to conclude the campaign:

  1. Prologue: Wandering
  2. Act 1: A Cold and Iron Faith
  3. Act 2: The Knife Twists Again
  4. Act 3: The Making of Monsters
  5. Act 4: A Gathering Storm
  6. Act 5: Secrets Bartered, Fates Sold
  7. Act 6: Dance of the Makers
  8. Epilogue: From the Wound Spilled
Diablo 4 character talking to people in Act 1 of main questBlizzard Entertainment
The main quest will take you to various places across Sanctuary.

Diablo 4 lets payers tackle Act 1, Act 2, and Act 3 in any order, as they focus on individual regions that can be discovered at any time. However, all three of the opening acts must be completed to access Act 4, and the rest of the story must be done in order.

Thanks to Diablo 4’s scaling system you don’t have to worry about Act 3 being any tougher than Act 1, just complete the quests at your leisure.

All story quests

There are a total of 97 quests in Diablo 4, all of which must be completed once before rolling the credits on the story and reaching the endgame content.

Act 5 spans the longest time, giving players 20 quests to set up the finale in Act 6. Meanwhile, Act 4 should take the least time to complete, as it is only made up of six main quests to serve as a bit of a breather after the intense opening.

Prologue: Wandering

  1. Dusk on the Mountain
  2. Darkness Within
  3. A Hero’s Return
  4. A Hero’s Reward
  5. Prayers for Salvation
  6. In Search of Answers
  7. Rite of Passage
  8. Missing Pieces

Act 1: A Cold and Iron Faith

  1. Ill Tidings
  2. Tarnished Luster
  3. The Knight and the Magpie
  4. Undertaking
  5. Below
  6. In Her Wake
  7. Storming the Gates
  8. The Cost of Knowledge
  9. Light’s Guidance
  10. Kor Valar
  11. Pilgrimage
  12. Light’s Judgement
  13. Light’s Protection
  14. Wayward
  15. Shroud of the Horadrim
  16. Fledgling Scholar
  17. Crossing Over
  18. Descent
  19. Light’s Resolve

Act 2: The Knife Twists Again

  1. An Unforeseen Visit
  2. Dark Omens
  3. Encroaching Shadows
  4. Exhuming the Forgotten
  5. Harrowed Lament
  6. Apex of Misery
  7. Parting Embers
  8. Feral Nature
  9. The Beast Within
  10. The Path of Rage
  11. Fangs of Corruption
  12. Stemming the Flow
  13. Buried Secrets
  14. In Ruins
  15. Entombed Legacy
  16. Shadow Over Cerrigar
  17. As the World Burns

Act 3: The Making of Monsters

  1. The Spreading Darkness
  2. Whittling Sanity
  3. Suffering Disquiet
  4. A Moment to Collect
  5. Brought Low
  6. The City of Blood and Dust
  7. Small Blessings
  8. Whispers from the Past
  9. Through the Dark Glass
  10. Descent Into Flame
  11. Loose Threads
  12. Oasis of Memories
  13. Flesh from Bone
  14. Beneath the Mask
  15. Piercing the Veil
  16. Exhumed Relics

Act 4: A Gathering Storm

  1. Prying the Eye
  2. A Master’s Touch
  3. Lost Arts
  4. A Meeting of the Minds
  5. Anguish Incarnate
  6. Eye of the Storm

Act 5: Secrets Bartered, Fates Sold

  1. The Path Divided
  2. Secrets of the Zakarum & Entombed Hatred
  3. Witch of the Wastes
  4. Encumbered Mind
  5. The Cage of Grief
  6. Tainted Flesh
  7. Wrack & Ruin
  8. Cold Blood
  9. Judgment of the Swamp
  10. The Serpentine Path
  11. Dirge of the Mire
  12. The Slow, Beating Heart
  13. A Cold and Lifeless Shore
  14. Picking Through the Bones
  15. Beneath the Wine-Dark Sea
  16. Fragments of Mortality
  17. On the Precipice
  18. Knee-Deep in Faith
  19. A Chorus of Voices
  20. Evil Stirs in Kehjistan

Act 6: Dance of the Makers

  1. The Jewel of the East
  2. The Scouring of Caldeum
  3. The Walls Shake
  4. Essence of Hatred
  5. In Desolation’s Wake
  6. Light Extinguished
  7. The Blind Eye
  8. What Lies Ahead

Epilogue: From the Wound Spilled

  1. Promises
  2. A Heavy Burden
  3. Legacy of the Horadrim

All Diablo 4 side quests & locations

Fractured Peaks

  • Raising Spirits – Kyovashad
  • A Cold Faith – Eastern Plain
  • Legacies of Light’s Watch – Margrave
  • The Cleansing Flame – Margrave
  • The Dread Martyr – Olyam Tundra
  • Exorcist’s Cache – The Deep White (enemy drop)
  • Ravenous Dead – Yelesna
  • Traveler’s Prayer – The Hog’s Head
  • Unyielding Flesh – Yelesna
  • Shattered Tribute – Bear Tribe Refuge
  • The Beast’s Challenge – Bear Tribe Refuge
  • Gold Well Spent – Menestad
  • Cutting the Risk – Trench-Foot Trails
  • The Sealed Door – Kyovashad
  • Cries of Innocence – Olyam Trundra
  • Secret of the Spring – Kylsik Plateau
  • Malady of the Soul – Kyovashad
  • Depths of Despair – Desolate Highlands
  • Faith in Blood – Kyovashad
  • Hammer of the Grizzly – Bear Tribe Refuge
  • Call of the Ancients – Bear Tribe Refuge
  • Gory Display – Bear Tribe Refuge
  • Sight to Madness – Desolate Highlands
  • Menestad Coffers – Kyovashad
  • Forgive Me – Kor Dagan Barracks
  • Blood of the Mother
  • Shroud of the Father
  • Severing the Bond Side

Dry Steppes

  • A Pound of Flesh – The Onyx Watchtower
  • Augury of Bones – Jirandai
  • Blistered Heart – Jirandai
  • Blood and Sweat – Jirandai
  • Consumed By Pride – Crane Tribe Hutmoot
  • Corroding Mettle – Ked Bardu
  • Crucible of Worth – Ked Bardu
  • Culling of Flesh – Crane Tribe Hutmoot
  • Curious Curios – The Boiling Plains
  • Currencies From Afar – Untamed Scarps
  • Dust Daisy – Kotama Grasslands
  • Exhuming Faith – Orbei Monastery
  • Fury Against Fate – Crane Tribe Hutmoot
  • Hubris Smiles Back – The Grinning One
  • Hunger for a New Life – Farobru
  • Hunting the Relic Hunter – Fate’s Retreat
  • In the Name of Love – Chambatar Ridge
  • Kith and Kin – The Onyx Watchtower
  • Malign Devotion – Ked Bardu
  • More than Meets the Eye – The Accursed Wastes
  • No Deed Unpunished – Tusmaa Rift
  • Phases of the Moon – Qara Yisu
  • Raising Spears – Crane Tribe Hutmoot
  • Reject the Mother – Tusmaa Rift
  • Salt Begets Salt – Untamed Scarps
  • Scorched Debts – Khargai Crags
  • Sealed Oxen Tribe Cache – Khargai Crags
  • Sentimental Value – Jakha Basin
  • Strange Ore Sample – Tusmaa Rift
  • Tarnished Amulet – Ultimated Scarps
  • The Unlucky Ones – The Scarred Coast
  • Thieves’ Famine – Kotama Grasslands
  • Trash or Treasure? – Chambatar Ridge
  • What Remains – Jakha Basin
  • Weight of Sin – Chambatar Ridge
  • Worthy of Arreat – Untamed Scarps

Scosglen

  • A Briny Fate – Northshore
  • A Different Beast – East Scosglen
  • A Deepening Shadow – Deep Forest
  • A Plea for Aid – Firebreak Manor
  • A Pyre for Ash – Under the Flat Goose Inn
  • A Sliver of Light – Deep Fores
  • A Sodden Pact – Northshore
  • An Acquired Taste – The Shrouded Moors
  • Blood of Brigands – The Emerald Chase
  • Braega’s Chronicles – Highland Wilds
  • Chasing Embers – Highland Wilds
  • Chronicling the Old Ways – Westering Lowlands
  • Claws at The Throat – Highland Wilds
  • Daughter of the Oak – The Emerald Chase
  • Ever Faithful – The Downs
  • Feral Moon – The Downs
  • Fields of Ruin – The Downs
  • First Among Wolves – Wraithstead
  • Left in Ashes – Túr Dúlra
  • Message in a Bottle – Strand
  • Of Pests and Pestilence – The Shrouded Moors
  • Ravenous Predator’s Offering – Wailing Hills
  • Remembering the Goose – Fat Goose Inn
  • Settling the Tab – The Shrouded Moors
  • Stemming the Tide – Northshore
  • Stolen Artifice – Wailing Hills
  • Tending Nature – Tur Dulra
  • The Bear of Blackweald – The Scar
  • The Broken Bear – Highland Wilds
  • The Diviner – Túr Dúlra
  • The Fledgling Merchant – The Emerald Chase
  • The Old Ways – Túr Dúlra
  • The Seer – Strand
  • The Snare – The Downs
  • The Starving Strand – Wailing Hills
  • The Traveling Scholar – Deep Forest
  • The Wrong Hands – Highland Wilds
  • Threads of Envy – Northshore
  • Untangling Truths – Northshore
  • Votive Passing – Wailing Hills
  • Wagered Honor – Under Fat Goose Inn
  • Warded Sailor’s Vessel – Northwestern Coast (enemy drop)
  • What Ails Thee? – The Emerald Chase
  • Whispers from Below – The Gaunt Eyrrs
  • With Fangs Bared – Wraithstead

Hawezar

  • A Debt Repaid – Backwater
  • A Price to Pay – Zarbinzet
  • A Question of Self – Dismal Foothills
  • A Series of Steps – The Fanged March
  • At Any Cost – Fethis Wetlands
  • Bad Blood – Ottvik’s Travail
  • Bait the Trap – Forsaken Coast
  • Brought to Heel – Forsaken Coast
  • By Three They Come – Forsaken Coast
  • Chained Zakarum Repository – Eriman’s Pyre
  • Closing the Book – Dismal Foothills
  • Coiled Grasp – Umir Plateau
  • Dead in the Water – Forsaken Coast
  • Desperate Remedies – Dismal Foothills
  • Discretionary Spending – Forsaken Coast
  • Drink to the Past – Blackguard Bog
  • Glittering Abundance – Fethis Wetlands
  • Flesh and Blood – Fethis Wetlands
  • Fungal Remedies – Dismal Foothills
  • Gift of the Swamp – Dismal Foothills
  • Good Riddance – Blackguard Bog
  • Growing Reminders – The Writhing Mire
  • Heart of Mold – Dismal Foothills
  • Heart’s Burden – The Writhing Mire
  • Hungering Necrolyte’s Cache – Reach of Adulation
  • Ire of the Witch – Rotspill Delta
  • Left Behind – Vyeresz
  • Lost Cause – Vyeresz
  • Lost Legacy – Ruins of Rakhat Keep
  • Necrotic Research – Blightmarsh
  • One Little Red Sprig – Morass of Misery
  • Overstepping the Mark – Umir Plateau
  • Past Regrets – Dismal Foothills
  • Perceived Threat – Rotspill Delta
  • Poisoned Hearts – Fethis Wetlands
  • Remnants of Faith – Umir Plateau
  • Song of Rot – Zurke’s Hut
  • Tangled Memories – The Writhing Mire
  • The Greater Good – Forsaken Coast
  • The Heretic – Umir Plateau
  • The Swamp’s Protection – Blightmarsh
  • Timeworn Effigy – Forsaken Coast
  • To Walk a Dark Path – Umir Plateau
  • Traveler’s Superstition – Rotspill Delta
  • Turbulent Waters – Blightmarsh
  • Unearthed Regrets – The Writhing Mire
  • Venom of the Nangari – Blightmarsh (enemy drop)
  • What Can’t be Cured – Dismal Foothills

Kehjistan

  • A Moment of Peace – Ragged Coastline
  • A Voice from the Past – Southern Expanse
  • A Wolf’s Honor – Ragged Coastline
  • Acts of Atonement – Caldeum
  • An Errant Flock – Caldeum
  • An Unlawful Order – Caldeum
  • Butcher’s of the North – Amber Sands
  • Deadly Trade – Gea Kul
  • Desiccation – Amber Sands
  • Endless Fortune – Southern Expanse
  • Final Straw – Southern Expanse
  • Guardians of the Pit – Ragged Coastline
  • Head of the Snake – Ragged Coastline
  • In Desperate Times – Caldeum
  • Izel of the Vizjerei – Central Plateau
  • Justice Delayed – Southern Expanse
  • Late Shipment – Southern Expanse
  • Mirage – Amber Sands
  • More Value than Gold – Ragged Coastline
  • On the Hunt – Ragged Coastline
  • Payment Past Due – Tarsarak
  • Pinch of Poison – Gea Kul
  • Ravenous Necrolyte’s Cache – Scouring Sands
  • Remnants – Caldeum
  • Road to Ruin – Amber Sands
  • Sealed Khazra Offering – Southern Expanse
  • Seeking Refuge – Scorched Gulch
  • Shadow of Alcarnus – Scouring Sands
  • Spotted Mushroom – Eastern Basin
  • Strange Remedies – Iron Wolves
  • Strayed from the Path – Tarsarak
  • Symbol of Faith – Amber Sands
  • The Only Cure – Amber Sands
  • The Pilgrim’s Footsteps – Amber Sands
  • The Speaking Stone – Gea Kul
  • The Way of the Three – Caldeum
  • The Weapon of a Wolf – Caldeum
  • Timely Correspondence – Ragged Coastline
  • To Serve Again – Caldeum
  • Traces of Iron – Parched Wandering Inn
  • Unsafe Travels – Amber Sands
  • Unusual Ore – Ragged Coastline
  • When The Tide Comes In – Southern Expanse
  • Zakarum’s Plight – Hakan’s Oasis

New quests in Diablo 4 Season 5

Season 5 introduced the Of Lambs and Wolves questline in Diablo 4, and you need to complete six quests in the seasonal journey:

  • Of Lambs and Wolves
  • The Past Behind Us
  • The Seething Mountain
  • An Old and Angry Wound
  • Sins of the Willing
  • The Wages of Hatred
Of Lambs and Wolves quest in Diablo 4Blizzard Entertainment
You need Mother’s Gift to advance the seasonal quest.

You can tackle the seasonal quest at any time, as it scales with your character level. Throughout the journey, you’ll need to collect Mother’s Gift to unlock new quests in the questline. You can track how much Mother’s Gift you have by visiting Istel in Zarbinzet.

Diablo 4 releases new seasonal content every three months or so, and the questline for Season 5 is meant to be the kind of prologue to what we can expect to see in Vessel of Hatred. If you want to progress quickly, be sure to check out the best classes this season for leveling.

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