How to Get the Hellfire Torch in Diablo 4 Season 15: Uber Tristram Guide

The Hellfire Torch is Season 15's must-have Mythic charm. Here's how to get the splinters, craft Wirt's Lucky Coin, open Old Tristram and beat all three Prime Evils.

Diablo II veterans know the Hellfire Torch as the reward for beating the Uber bosses in Uber Tristram. Season 15, Season of Hell's Legacy, brings that tradition to Diablo IV, and the new version is arguably even more important to your build. It's a Mythic charm that boosts all your skills, stats and resistances and lets you squeeze in an extra Unique Charm. Blizzard never spelled out how to get it in the patch notes, so here's the full route, valid for Season 15 on patch 3.2.2.

What the Hellfire Torch does

That last line is what makes it special: with the extra set count, set bonuses kick in with one fewer charm, freeing room for more Unique Charms.

Requirements

• The Horadric Cube unlocked. It's tied to the Lord of Hatred content.
• The Season 15 questline finished, so the seasonal systems are open.
• A character comfortable in high Torment. The splinters you need only start dropping at Torment X, according to most current guides, and the final fight hits hard. Several guides recommend being able to handle Torment XII before you try it.

Step 1: Collect the three Prime Evil splinters

You need one of each splinter:

These are the season's Prime Evil dungeons, marked with the seasonal icon on your map. Each boss kill has a chance to drop a splinter, so expect several runs. Don't use or salvage the splinters; you'll need them for the next step.

Step 2: Craft Wirt's Lucky Coin

Put one Splinter of Destruction, one Splinter of Hatred and one Splinter of Terror into the Horadric Cube and transmute them. You'll get Wirt's Lucky Coin, which is your ticket into the secret fight. Keep it in your inventory.

Step 3: Find all 10 of Deckard's Journals

Old Tristram is locked behind a scavenger hunt. Ten of Deckard Cain's journals are scattered across Sanctuary, and you need to read every one. A small green circle on your minimap signals when one is nearby.

Several are easy to find:

1. Gea Kul in Kehjistan.
2. The Imperial Library in Kehjistan.
3. Jakha Basin in the Dry Steppes.
4. Dobrev Taiga in the Fractured Peaks.
5. The Downs area of Scosglen.

The rest are spread across the wider map, including Hawezar and more of Kehjistan and Scosglen. The video below walks through each journal location, which is far quicker than searching blind. If one journal refuses to appear, players report that switching to a public game can help.

Step 4: Open the portal to Tristram

Once all ten journals are read, return to Deckard Cain at the Imperial Library in Kehjistan. Talk to him and a blue portal called Deckard's Memory opens nearby. Step through and you'll arrive in Old Tristram.

Step 5: Use the fountain

Walk to the fountain in Tristram with Wirt's Lucky Coin in your bags and interact with it. The fountain takes the coin and opens a red portal. This is the entrance to the secret Uber encounter, called the Echo of Tristram.

Step 6: Beat all three Prime Evils at once

Inside, the Echoes of Diablo, Baal and Mephisto all fight you together rather than one at a time. Walk to the center of the arena to start it.

1. Buff up before you enter. Max your resistances, bring healing, and have an escape skill ready.
2. Use Stagger. Staggering the bosses buys breathing room when all three are on you.
3. Keep moving. Three Prime Evils fill the screen with effects quickly; standing still is the fastest way to die.
4. Loot everything. A clear rewards the Hellfire Torch along with other Mythic loot and an item called the Standard of Heroes.

Tips and common mistakes

• Don't salvage your splinters. The Prime Evil splinters are easy to confuse with the season's socketable splinters when clearing your inventory.
• Mind the loot cooldown. After an exploit early in the season, Blizzard increased the loot cooldown on the Prime Evil Council fight on September 22. Don't burn a fresh coin until your rewards are available again.
• The coin bug is fixed. The same hotfix stopped the fountain from eating coins without opening a portal. If it still happens, report it and try again in a fresh game.
• Don't wait on the charm combo. Players found a way to pair the Torch with the Seal of the Golden Epiphany and Seal of the Diamond Mind for three Unique Charm effects plus a full set bonus. Blizzard says that's beyond what was intended, but it won't change it this season.
• Don't click the exit too early. Some players report the return portal is clickable before it's visible, which can send you back to Tristram before you loot.

Is it worth it?

Absolutely, if you're pushing endgame this season. The Torch adds skill ranks, stats, resistances and an extra charm slot in one item, which is hard to beat for any build. Once you've done the journal hunt, every new set of three splinters is another coin and another shot at a better roll.

This article was written by AI (Claude) and checked against the sources above. Games are updated regularly, so details may change.