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Where to find Forgotten Altars in Diablo 4

Let's learn some Lost Powers!

Ready to join the coven like it’s a late 90s Wicca movie? Witchcraft is coming to Diablo 4, and it is time to learn all-new, unique powers and complete quests to please your new friends. But to do so, you’ll have to find Forgotten Altars. Where are they?

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Where to find the Forgotten Altars in Diablo IV

The Forgotten Altars෴ spawn randomly in dungeons all over Sanctuary; they can also be found in pits sometimes. Usually, they spawn in place of a healing well or shrine, so it can be useful to keep in mind that they will be visible from the mini-map.

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Forgotten Altars should not be confused with ജthe Main altars that appear close to the Tree of Whispers. These can be used to upgrade structures in the new Season. Instead, the Forgotten Altars are used to learn the new Lost Powers. Using them randomly unlocks one of the Powers, so you will need to find a few of🍒 them if you want to unlock them all.

How to find the Forgotten Altars

To increase your odds of finding a Forgotten Altar, drink a magic elixir called Draught of Whispers. Once used, these increase your chances of finding a Forgotten Altar by 50%. The effect only lasts an hour, so use it while you’re already on your way to a dungeon.

Also, once you access The Pit and start leveling up the Torment difficulty, you will 🔥get a higher chan🦹ce of finding Forgotten Altars.

Pit Tier Torment DifficultyEffects
Tier 20Unlocks Torment difficulty oneForgotten Altars will appear with a 1% chance
Tier 35Unlocks Torment difficulty two
Forgotten Altars will appear with a 2% chance
Tier 50Unlocks Torment difficulty three
Forgotten Altars will appear with a 3% chance
Tier 65Unlocks Torment difficulty four
Forgotten Altars will appear with a 5% chance

What are the Lost Powers in Diablo IV?

The Lost Powers are some of the more powerful upgrades to your character than the new Diablo IV season can provide.

They are the following:

  • Aura Specialization: increases the size of your Aura Effects by X number of times. At Rank 10, all enemies inside your aura will have a 50% higher chance of being inflicted a critical strike.
  • Breath of the Coven: when you deal damage or use your Witchcraft powers (Eldritch, Psyche, and Growth & Decay) to apply a crowd control effect, your Attack Speed is increased for 10 seconds by X number of times. The effect stacks once per each unique Witchcraft effect.
  • Hex Specialization: your Hex Effects’ potency is increased by X number of times. Upon reaching Rank 10, the Critical Strike chance is increased by 10% against enemies afflicted by any of your hex effects.
  • Piranhado: when an enemy is afflicted by an Aura effect and a Hex, a circle of Piranha, the Piranhado, will appear and start to pull enemies towards it while dealing an X amount of physical damage over 12 seconds. It may appear once every 20 seconds. Upon reaching rank 5, Piranhado moves itself towards nearby enemies.

These powers can be upgraded like the other ordinary Witchcraft powers at the cost of much more Restless Rot, ౠthus making grinding even more of a necessity. Alternatively, you can upgrade them at the Forgotten Altars, at the same cost as other powe🤡rs.


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