Guides on regions & landmarks
Map regions
Dry Steppes
Vast dusty canyons and grasslands that are home to warring tribes of barbarians and cannibals.
3
2 min
Fractured Peaks
Cold, craggy mountains spotted with gothic architecture. Mysterious monks live here that perform odd rituals.
2
2 min
Hawezar
Poisonous swamps infested with deadly plants and animals. A coven of witches worships snakes here.
2
2 min
Kehjistan
Scorching deserts home to ancient ruins, teeming with treasure and dangerous cultists. Lilith returns here.
2
2 min
Scosglen
Thick, foggy forests filled with wild beasts and home to Druids. It also has a dreary coastal section.
2
2 min
Map landmarks
Altars of Lilith
Altars of Lilith are hidden around Sanctuary and provide permanent buffs to all of a player's characters.
2
2 min
Dungeons
Dungeons will have affixes, random events and bosses, and over 100 unique environments to explore.
6
Strongholds
Strongholds are small places overrun by monsters. Once cleansed, they give rewards, like dungeon entrances.
4
5 min
Towns
In towns, players can buy from vendors, find similar party members, and acquire new quests.
3
2 min
Villages
Diablo 4 will have over 100 unique villages for players to find and explore. Each has different vendors.
1
1 min
Map mechanics
Map waypoints
Map waypoints allow players to travel long distances instantaneously. They unlock after clearing Strongholds.
1
1 min
Minimap
Blizzard built multiple quality-of-life features into the Diablo 4 minimap, including destination routing.
1
1 min
Open world
While exploring Sanctuary, players can randomly find other players, huge world bosses, and random events.
2
3 min
Renown System
The Renown System rewards players for thoroughly exploring a region. Some rewards are account-level.
1
2 min
World map size
Diablo 4's explorable map will be 10 to 20 times larger than in past Diablo games. Mounts will be important.
13
1 min
Random spawns
Chests
Players can expect the thrill of finding chests while exploring. Some, like Silent Chests, are locked with keys.
1
2 min
Local Events
Local Events occur randomly across Sanctuary and vary in difficulty. Random players may join in to help.
2
2 min
Shrines
Shrines are confirmed for Diablo 4, including Greed, Lethal, and Vampiric Shrines. Wells will also return.
1
2 min
Special areas
Hell
Confirmed for Diablo 4, players will be returning to Hell. Will Diablo be waiting there for players to challenge?
1
1 min
Secret cow level
Given that the past two Diablo games had secret Cow Levels, Diablo 4 will likely carry on the tradition.
1
2 min
A huge, diverse world to explore
The Diablo 4 map is 10-20 times larger than past Diablo games, dotted with hundreds of interesting destinations to explore, including Dungeons, Strongholds, and towns. Mounts and Waypoints are vital in quickly traversing the huge world.
See other players in the Open World
Sanctuary is now an Open World, meaning that players can chance upon dozens of other players (mostly in larger towns, like Kyovashad, but sometimes while out exploring). Random players can join forces to complete Events and take down massive World Bosses for big rewards.
Open World map is fixed
Although the layout of the Open World is fixed (i.e., landmarks are in the same spot each time a player visits), players can expect lots of serendipitous occurrences, like random Events, Helltide areas, and Elite Monster sightings.
Exploration rewarded with Renown system
Blizzard created the Renown system to encourage players to explore the off the beaten path areas of the map. Players are given Renown Points for discovering new areas, completing Dungeons and Side Quests, and more. The rewards are significant, like extra Skill Points and Paragon Points.
