Diablo 4 Ashava World Boss

An introduction to Ashava

Ashava is 1 of 3 World Bosses in Diablo 4, which are gigantic creatures that require up to 12 players to kill. Her appearance is a mix of dinosaur (especially the Quetzalcoatlus), dragon, and turkey. She uses her wings to swipe and pound players, and breathes and spits Poison.

Ashava spawn location

Ashava spawns in only one place: The Crucible in the Fractured Peaks, which is a large, frozen lake on the far right side of the map. The closest Waypoints are Bear Tribe Refuge and Yelesna. Players will see the World Boss icon on their minimap (i.e., a rhombus with small triangle inside) that they can pin and navigate to.

As players enter The Crucible area, they're informed that they've joined a World Boss event for Ashava, and will begin to see other players (up to 12 total) making their way to the center of the frozen lake, where Ashava erupts from a nest.

Ashava spawn times

Ashava spawns a handful of times each day, with some spawns friendly to Asian and European time zones. Players are notified 10 minutes before a spawn, with a countdown timer shown in the right side of the screen.

Players must be within The Crucible area (which enters players into the World Boss Event) before the timer reachers 0:00 to participate.

At 0:00, Ashava erupts from her nest at the center of the frozen lake and a new timer begins: a 15 minute countdown to beat Ashava. If players fail to defeat her, Ashava crawls back into her nest and the players receive no loot.

Ashava and Parties

If a player is in a Party, all Party members get to fight Ashava together. The Party, still intact, will be randomly grouped with other players (again, up to a total of 12). If a player is Solo, they'll be entered into an instance with random players.

Ashava Healing Potion drops

Ashava has 4 Healing Potion drops, which are released at each upside-down triangle:

Ashava Stagger bar

When players hit Ashava with Crowd Control effects, like Freeze or Stun, her Stagger bar (see the skull icon below the health bar) begins to fill. When it's 100%, the bar turns light blue and Ashava is incapacitated for 12 seconds, which allows players a chance to attack without fear of damage.

Ashava special attacks

Bite attack

If Ashava sees players in front of her, she'll occasionally reach out and bite them, causing medium damage.

Leap attack

After doing a handful of attacks, Ashava will crouch and leap to a nearby part of the screen. When she lands, she damages the ice and causes medium damage to players caught underneath.

Poison breath attack

Ashava can breathe Poison on players, causing light to medium damage based on the players' Poison Resistance.

Poison pool attack

When Ashava breathes Poison, a pool of it forms on the ground underneath her mouth. As the fight goes on, these pools accumulate, making it difficult to find a safe place to stand. Using an Elixir of Poison Resistance before the fight begins is advised.

Shred attack

Ashava will sometimes drive both of her wings into the ice and shred them backwards (similar to a skiing motion). Players caught in the way receive medium to high damage.

Slam attack

Raising one wing high above her head and slamming it down into the ice, Ashava can cause medium to high damage to players caught in the way.

Sweep attacks

Ashava's sweep attacks can easily one-hit players. Her tell for this attack is bringing her wing back (similar to a stabbing motion) and then following a circular course in a clockwise direction. She then follows this with a half-circle sweep, again going in a clockwise direction. Counterintuitively, if a player is in the wing's path and can react in time, they should Evade to underneath Ashava's legs, the one place the sweeping wing can't reach.

How to beat Ashava

The key to surviving all of Ashava's attacks, for both melee and ranged players, is: stay underneath her legs and behind her (i.e., her rear).

In this position, players will bypass all of Ashava's most devestating attacks, like the sweep one. Continually being in this position is so important that players should use their Evade ability to get back to it after Ashava moves with her leap attack. After using this tactic on a few Ashava kills, it's possible to do Ashava with no deaths and few Healing Potions needed.

Elixirs of Poison Resistance

Beause players will likely be standing in pools of Poison, especially later in the fight, players can make their lives easier by gulping an Elixir of Poison Resistance before the fight.

Ashava drops

After a handful of Ashava kills, Ashava's loot drop pattern seems to be:

• 3-5 items of varying Rarity; fewer items likely means higher Item Power ones
• 1 Scattered Prism, used to add sockets to items at the Jeweler
• 4 clumps of Gold

Ashava's Spoils Grand Cache

One of the items Ashava has a chance to drop is a Legendary Grand Cache, called: Ashava's Spoils.

Inside the Cache are multiple items and clumps of Gold.. The single Ashava's Spoils we opened contained: 2 Crude Gems and 2 clumps of Gold. This was disappointing compared to getting a nice Legendary Armor or Weapon.

Ashava drop examples

Drops from kill #1:

• 2 Legendary items
• 2 Magic items
• 1 Scattered Prism
• 4 clumps of Gold

Drops from kill #2:

• 1 Legendary item
• 2 Rare items
• 1 Magic item
• 1 Scattered Prism
• 4 clumps of Gold

Drops from kill #3:

• 1 Legendary item
• 1 Rare item
• 3 Magic items
• 1 Grand Cache
• 1 Scattered Prism
• 4 clumps of Gold

Drops from kill #4:

• 1 Legendary item
• 2 Magic items
• 1 Scattered Prism
• 4 clumps of Gold

Ashava media

Ashava artwork

All Ashava artwork is property of the amazing artists at Blizzard.

Ashava gameplay videos

Expert, wudijo, solos Ashava on Veteran Hardcore mode

wudijo is the first player to ever solo Ashava on Veteran Hardcore mode.

Ashava screenshots