So yesterday I was grinding on Diablo 4 like always, and I kept seeing players with that sick Incarnate skill. Big fiery demon thing popping up to wreck monsters? Yeah, I needed that. Figured I’d document how I finally got it working after messing up twice.
The First Disaster Attempt
Went straight to Kyovashad thinking it’d be simple. Found an NPC named Altar dude near Fractured Peaks entrance. He gave me some relic-fetch quest that took forever. Killed like 200 skeletons across three zones only to realize I grabbed the WRONG relic type. Total waste of two hours. Pro tip: check the item color! Needs to be purple quality.
Second Try & Salt Mines
Next day I went digging in Salt Mines dungeon. Heard whispers that the boss there drops Incarnate materials. Died three times to poison pools because my rogue build sucked against area effects. Almost rage-quit when the boss dropped junk loot. Then I noticed one of the breakable pots in corner had shimmering glow. Smashed it – boom! Got the Infernal Ember piece.
- Mistake: Rushing through without checking environments
- Win: Interactive objects sometimes hide goodies
The Final Trick That Worked
After those fails, I camped near Pilgrim’s Crossing campfire. Every time Helltide event spawned, I’d sprint to kill elite mobs within first 5 minutes. Did this rotation:
- Teleport to Ked Bardu during active Helltide
- Farm ONLY the corrupted knights (big sword guys)
- Ignore everything else – no treasure goblins!
Third Helltide run dropped three Fiend Hearts. Took them to the hidden altar west of Yinsuk shrine (look for cracked tree stump). Did the blood offering minigame where you match the symbol sequence. Messed up first input but nailed it second try. Whole place started shaking and BAM – skill unlocked in my collection.
Now my necro summons that beast whenever elites spawn. Took me three days total but honestly? The altar minigame took 10 minutes once I had materials. Just gotta ignore trash mobs and target farm during world events. Still annoyed about those skeleton relics though…