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When an item reaches 0/100 durability, it breaks and no longer gives any stats to your character, making your character significantly weaker instantly.

Recommended Read: What Are Murmuring Obols in Diablo 4?

To avoid no longer gaining any stats from your gear, you need to repair it before it reaches 0/100 durability.

You can repair items in Diablo 4 by visiting a Blacksmith, selecting the “Repair” tab, and clicking the Equipped button. Repairing your items costs gold.


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How to repair gear and weapons in Diablo 4

As you fight your way through sanctuary, you might sometimes be caught in a pinch between a bunch of powerful enemies.

If you get slain by enemies, all the items that you are currently wearing lose 10 durability (out of 100). When an item reaches 0/100 durability, it no longer gives any stats, so you need to repair it before then to bring up its durability.

To repair gear and weapons in Diablo 4, go to a Blacksmith NPC in any nearby town or camp, select the ‘Repair’ tab at the top, and click the ‘Equipped’ button. This will repair the items that you are currently wearing.

You can also click the ‘All Items’ button to repair all the items that you are currently wearing, as well as the ones in your inventory. Lastly, you can use the hammer icon to individually repair items.

As you don’t change gear too often later on in the game and you can get slain several times by hard bosses, all your items will probably reach 0/100 durability at the same time, as all items lose 10 durability upon death no matter what.

If that happens, you have no choice but to go back and repair your items, as you will have no stats from your equipment and thereby have no chance against enemies.

Repairing gear and weapons costs gold. The amount of gold needed to repair items is determined both by how much durability your items are missing as well as the level and rarity of your items.


That’s how to repair items in Diablo 4!

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Diablo 4 – What Are Murmuring Obols & Where to Spend Them https://gamerempire.net/diablo-4-what-are-murmuring-obols-where-to-spend-them/ https://gamerempire.net/diablo-4-what-are-murmuring-obols-where-to-spend-them/#respond Tue, 20 Jun 2023 08:19:33 +0000 https://gamerempire.net/?p=48344 One of the currencies you’ll obtain right from the start of Diablo 4 is Murmuring Obol.

It’s not clear what Murmuring Obols’ purpose is, what you can do with it, and where to use it.

Recommended Read: How to Ask for the Watcher’s Help in Diablo 4

Murmuring Obols is a currency you obtain from completing events around the world of Sanctuary. You can see how many Murmuring Obols you have in the bottom-right of your inventory.

You can spend Murmuring Obols in Diablo 4 at the Purveyor of Curiosities NPCs located in the major towns of the game, including Kyovashad. These NPCs sell both random weapon and gear chances as well as Whispering Keys.


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What are Murmuring Obols in Diablo 4?

Murmuring Obols is a currency rewarded to players in Diablo 4 upon completing public events around the world of Sanctuary.

You can see the number of Murmuring Obols you currently have in the bottom-right of your inventory.

To increase the number of Murmuring Obols, you can hold at a time. You can gather renown to unlock the 4th milestone in each region, which gives +80 Max Obols. You need to be on world tier 3 to unlock these upgrades.

Murmuring Obols can be used to purchase Whispering Keys and gear at specific NPCs in major towns.


How to get Murmuring Obols in Diablo 4

You get Murmuring Obols in Diablo 4 by completing public events in Sanctuary.

If you manage to complete the mastery of an event, you get the Greater Radiant Chest instead of the regular Radiant Chest; you receive more Murmuring Obols than normally.

Murmuring Obols can also be obtained by completing some dungeons. However, if you want to farm a lot of them quickly, running around on your mount and completing public events is by far the fastest way to get them.


Where can you spend Murmuring Obols in Diablo 4?

Murmuring Obols can be spent at the Purveyor of Curiosities NPCs, which are located in the major towns of Diablo 4.

You can find one of these NPCs in a major town by looking for the money bag icon with a question mark on it.

At the Purveyor of Curiosities, you can purchase both Whispering Keys for Silent Chests, as well as random gear chances for each type of armor and weapon.

Diablo 4 Purveryor of Curiosities NPC

When you buy a random gear chance, you receive a piece of equipment or a weapon of the type you chose in a random rarity, level (near your current level), and with random affixes.

As the gear you receive will be around your current level, it doesn’t make much sense to purchase gear chances early on in the game, as you will be replacing the gear soon, so you might as well save your obols or purchase Whispering Keys instead.


That’s the purpose of Murmuring Obols, how to get them, and where to spend them in Diablo 4!

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Diablo 4 – In Desperate Times Quest: How to Ask For Help https://gamerempire.net/diablo-4-in-desperate-times-quest-how-to-ask-for-help/ https://gamerempire.net/diablo-4-in-desperate-times-quest-how-to-ask-for-help/#respond Fri, 16 Jun 2023 09:02:45 +0000 https://gamerempire.net/?p=48082 You’ll run into many sidequests throughout your adventures in Sanctuary, and most of them are very straightforward.

However, a few sidequests can be confusing as to what you need to do to complete them. One of those is the quest In Desperate Times.

Recommended Read: Should You Salvage or Sell Gear in Diablo 4?

To ask for the watcher’s help and complete the quest In Desperate Times in Diablo 4, you need to stand in front of the statue at the highlighted area on the map and use the Help emote.


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How to ask for the watcher’s help in Diablo 4

A quest that many players get stuck on in Diablo 4 is the sidequest in Imperial Gardens called In Desperate Times.

The quest gives you a highlighted location on the map and asks you to ask for the watcher’s help, and that’s it. Naturally, some players don’t know what they should do.

To complete the quest In Desperate Times, you need to go to the highlighted area on the minimap in Imperial Gardens, stand in front of the statue, and use the Help emote.

Diablo 4 Using the Help Emote

You can use the Help emote in Diablo 4 by pressing ‘E’ on your keyboard to open the emotes menu, scrolling up once, and then clicking the Help emote.

After using the Help emote, a chest will appear next to the statue.

Upon opening the chest, you will have completed the quest.


That’s how to ask for the watcher’s help in Diablo 4 to complete the quest In Desperate Times!

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Diablo 4 – Should You Salvage or Sell Items? https://gamerempire.net/diablo-4-should-you-salvage-or-sell-items/ https://gamerempire.net/diablo-4-should-you-salvage-or-sell-items/#respond Mon, 05 Jun 2023 22:35:16 +0000 https://gamerempire.net/?p=47397 You’ll quickly fill up your inventory in Diablo 4 with gear and weapons from slaying hordes of enemies.

To clear up your bag, you can either sell items for gold or salvage them for materials, but which option is the best?

Recommended Read: How to Upgrade Gear in Diablo 4

In the early game of Diablo 4, you should salvage the gear and weapons you find. Later on in the game, towards the end-game, you should start selling most of the gear and weapons you find instead.


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Should you sell or salvage gear in Diablo 4?

You have two choices to get rid of unwanted equipment and weapons that fill up your inventory in Diablo 4 – sell or salvage.

Salvaging items in the game gives you various materials, and selling items gives you gold, both of which you need for several important purposes.

When you first start playing the game, it’s not intuitive which of the two options is better. Here is what we’ve learned.

In Diablo 4, you should salvage all items for materials in the early game, and towards the end-game, you should start selling almost all items instead.

The reason why you want to salvage gear in the early game and start selling them instead later on is that gear, relatively, is worth more materials early on in the game and, relatively, worth more gold the further into the game you progress, which means they are worth much more gold compared to materials late-game.

While you can exclusively salvage gear early on in the game, as you don’t need much gold then, you cannot exclusively sell items late-game, as you still need some materials. You will, however, need much more gold late-game than materials. Thus, why you should sell almost all gear then.

An additional bonus for prioritizing salvaging items in the early game is that you unlock new transmogs upon salvaging some items.


That’s what you need to know about whether it’s best to salvage or sell gear in Diablo 4!

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Diablo 4 – How to Upgrade Weapons, Gear, and Accessories https://gamerempire.net/diablo-4-how-to-upgrade-weapons-gear-and-accessories/ https://gamerempire.net/diablo-4-how-to-upgrade-weapons-gear-and-accessories/#respond Mon, 05 Jun 2023 10:36:27 +0000 https://gamerempire.net/?p=47329 To keep up with the increasing difficulty of enemies in Diablo 4, you need to grow stronger.

There are many ways to become stronger in the game, one of them being upgrading your items.

Recommended Read: How to Get Whispering Key in Diablo 4

To upgrade your weapons and gear in Diablo 4, head over to a Blacksmith NPC in any town, go to the “Upgrade Weapons and Armor” tab, right-click the weapon or piece of equipment in your inventory you wish to upgrade, and click the Upgrade button in the bottom-left corner. Accessories can be upgraded in the same way, but only at the Jeweler NPC. Upgrading weapons, gear, and accessories costs both gold and materials.


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How to upgrade weapons, armor, and accessories in Diablo 4

One of the ways to increase the power of your character in Diablo 4 is to upgrade your gear and weapons.

Upgrading gear is simple to do, but it can become quite costly later on in the game. The increased stats are worth it, though.

Here is how to upgrade armor, weapons, and accessories in Diablo 4:

  1. Go to either the Blacksmith or the Jeweler NPC (Blacksmith for weapons and armor, Jeweler for accessories).
  2. Click the “Upgrade Weapons and Armor” or “Upgrade Jewelry” tab at the top of the NPC window.
  3. Right-click the weapon, piece of equipment, or accessory you wish to upgrade in your inventory (it can also be the gear you are wearing).
  4. Click the Upgrade button at the bottom of the NPC window on the left side.
  5. Your weapon, armor, or jewelry has now been upgraded!

Upgrading items in Diablo 4 costs both gold and materials. The amount of gold needed, what kind of materials, and the number of materials depend on the item’s item power, rarity, current upgrade level, and type.

When you select an item to be upgraded, you can hover over the item under “UPGRADED ITEM” to see what stat increases the weapon receives upon raising the upgrade level by 1.


That’s how to upgrade weapons, armor, and jewelry in Diablo 4!

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Diablo 4 – How to Get Whispering Key and Open Silent Chests https://gamerempire.net/diablo-4-how-to-get-whispering-key-and-open-silent-chests/ https://gamerempire.net/diablo-4-how-to-get-whispering-key-and-open-silent-chests/#respond Mon, 05 Jun 2023 08:59:40 +0000 https://gamerempire.net/?p=47317 As you roam the world of Sanctuary in Diablo 4, you’ll stumble upon chests that spawn in dedicated areas around the map.

While the vast majority of the chests that you find are the basic chests simply named “Chest”, you’ll occasionally find the much-rarer Silent Chest, which you need a Whispering Key to open.

Recommended Read: How to Leave Dungeons in Diablo 4

To get a Whispering Key in Diablo 4, go to the Murmuring Obols vendor called Purveyor of Curiosities in any major town and purchase one from them for 20 Murmuring Obols. When you have a Whispering Key in your inventory, you can open a Silent Chest by clicking, just like with a regular chest, and the Whispering Key will be consumed.


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How to Get Whispering Key in Diablo 4

You get Whispering Keys in Diablo 4 by purchasing them from the Murmuring Obols vendor, called the Purveyor of Curiosities, in any major town. One Whispering Key costs 20 Murmuring Obols.

Diablo 4 Whispering Key at Murmuring Obols Vendor

If you have a decent amount of Murmuring Obols, it can be a good idea to purchase a couple of Whispering Keys, as you then don’t have to go back to town and risk someone else opening the chest while you purchase a key.

The Whispering Key is located in the “Consumables” tab in your inventory.


How to open a Silent Chest in Diablo 4

To open Silent Chests in Diablo 4, you simply need to left-click it while you have a Whispering Key in your inventory. Upon opening the Silent Chest, one Whispering Key will be consumed from your inventory.

If you happen to find a Silent Chest in the game but don’t have a key, you can quickly go back to town and purchase one.

The Silent Chest will remain where you found it until someone opens it, so all you have to hope while you go back to get a key is that no one else happens to come by and open it.


How to find Silent Chests

Silent Chests can appear in the same locations that regular chests can appear around the world of Diablo 4.

To find a Silent Chest in Diablo 4, you need to go to the locations where regular chests spawn and hope that a Silent Chest has appeared instead.

The chance of a Silent Chest appearing instead of a regular one is very low. We once tried to find one, and we ended up opening more than 50 chests and didn’t even find a Silent Chest. Then at a later time, we randomly stumbled upon one.


That’s how to get Whispering Keys and how to open Silent Chests in Diablo 4!

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Diablo 4 – How to Leave Dungeons (Every Way) https://gamerempire.net/diablo-4-how-to-leave-dungeons/ https://gamerempire.net/diablo-4-how-to-leave-dungeons/#respond Sun, 04 Jun 2023 13:56:11 +0000 https://gamerempire.net/?p=47165 After fighting your way through a dungeon in Diablo 4, you’ve usually walked quite a distance to reach the end.

Luckily, you don’t have to walk all the way back out, as there are several ways to leave a dungeon in Diablo 4.

Recommended Read: What Are the Red Circles on the Minimap?

To leave dungeons in Diablo 4, press ‘E’ and select the “Leave Dungeon” button. You will then be teleported to the entrance of the dungeon. If the “Leave Dungeon” button doesn’t work, you can teleport to any waypoint on the map, press ‘T’ to teleport to town, and, in some cases, use a dedicated item or teleporter located at the end of the dungeon.


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How to leave dungeons in Diablo 4

When you’ve fought your way through a long dungeon in Diablo 4, the last thing you want to do is walk all the way back.

Like in previous Diablo games, you can leave the dungeon much faster than walking by using teleports. However, if you’ve just started playing Diablo 4, you might not know where the leave dungeon teleport is located in the UI.

The main way to leave dungeons in Diablo 4 is by using the “Leave Dungeon” button, which you can access by pressing ‘E’ on your keyboard and clicking the “Leave Dungeon” button in the wheel menu.

Diablo 4 Leave Dungeon Button

After pressing this button, your character starts charging up a teleportation, and you’ll be teleported to the entrance of the dungeon you’re in after a short while.

For some reason, you can’t always use the “Leave Dungeon” button to teleport back out of the dungeon, like after you’ve defeated Neyrelle’s Mother’s summonings.

In some dungeons in the game, you cannot use the “Leave Dungeon” button, in which case you have to use one of the following methods:

  • Teleport to a waypoint on the map
  • Press ‘T’ to use town teleportation
  • Use a dedicated item or teleporter at the end of the dungeon

To teleport to a waypoint on the map, simply open the map by pressing Tab, select Sanctuary: Estuar under “WORLD MAP” on the bottom-left side, and double-click any waypoint you’ve claimed.

The town teleportation skill can be used by pressing ‘T’ on your keyboard and will teleport you to the nearest town.

The last method to leave dungeons in the game is to use the dedicated leave/teleport item or portal located inside the end of the dungeon. However, only a few dungeons in the game have these.

After your first boss encounter in the ruins at the start of the game, for example, you can use the rope to teleport back. In a later instance in the Fractured Peak zone, you can use a dedicated teleporter portal to go back to Neyrelle inside a dungeon.


That’s how to leave dungeons in Diablo 4!

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Diablo 4 – What Are the Red Circles on the Minimap? https://gamerempire.net/diablo-4-what-are-the-red-circles-on-the-minimap/ https://gamerempire.net/diablo-4-what-are-the-red-circles-on-the-minimap/#respond Sat, 03 Jun 2023 14:33:45 +0000 https://gamerempire.net/?p=47278 While you roam the world of Sanctuary in Diablo 4, you’ll occasionally run into a large red circle on the minimap in the top-right corner.

You may not know what these red circles are for and how they work, but after reading this guide, you will.

Recommended Read: How to Swap Weapons in Diablo 4

The red circles that you occasionally see on the minimap in Diablo 4 are events that appear in various locations around the world. When you enter the red circle, which is the event area, the event starts, and you can see the task on the right side of the screen.


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What are the red circles on the minimap in Diablo 4?

Have you encountered one of the red circles on the minimap in Diablo 4 and wondered what they are?

In Diablo 4, the red circles that you can find on the minimap are events where you have to complete a task within a specific time frame to receive a Greater Radiant Chest. If you don’t complete the task within the time frame but still complete it, you receive a Radiant Chest instead.

These events are not specific to your character, which means that any other players that happen to come by at the same time as you can start fighting in the event as well.

Your task is usually to defeat a group of enemies within a time frame or protect some NPCs from waves of enemies before time runs out. You can still complete the task after the timer runs out, but you will receive a smaller reward.

If you manage to complete the event within the time frame, a Greater Radiant Chest appears in the middle of the event circle, containing various loot, including gear. If you complete it after the timer runs out, a Radiant Chest will appear instead.

Diablo 4 Rewards Chest from Event

You also receive XP and gold upon completing an event.


That’s what the red circles in Diablo 4 are and how they work!

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Diablo 4 – How to Swap Weapons https://gamerempire.net/diablo-4-how-to-swap-weapons/ https://gamerempire.net/diablo-4-how-to-swap-weapons/#respond Sat, 03 Jun 2023 12:40:07 +0000 https://gamerempire.net/?p=47237 All classes in Diablo 4 can use various weapons within the same category, with some classes being able to use completely different types of weapons, like the rogue having both bows and crossbows and daggers and swords.

If you play a class that has skills that require different types of weapons, you might have wondered how to change weapons in the game.

Recommended Read: How to Complete the Secret of the Spring Quest in Diablo 4

In Diablo 4, you automatically swap weapons when you use an ability that requires a different type of weapon than the one your character is currently holding. There is no button or hotkey to manually swap weapons in the game.

The Barbarian class is special when it comes to using different weapons, as you can choose what type of weapon you wish to use for some abilities. You can choose what weapon to use for these abilities in the Skills menu.


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How to change weapons in Diablo 4

If you play a class like the Rogue in Diablo 4, you’ll quickly notice that you’re carrying two completely different types of weapons – a bow and daggers, in this case, and you’ll also quickly notice that you have separate skills for these two.

Many players naturally wonder how to swap weapons because of this.

To swap weapons in Diablo 4, you simply have to use an ability, which requires a different type of weapon than the one that you are currently holding, and you’re character will automatically swap weapons instantly.

For example, if you’re playing a Rogue and currently have your daggers in your hands, you can swap to your bow by using a skill that requires a ranged weapon, like Rapid Fire.

An exception to how the weapon-swapping system works in Diablo 4 is the Barbarian class.

As a Barbarian, you have many gear slots for different types of melee-based weapons, and you have many skills that require you to use one of these types of weapons.

Like the other classes, the Barbarian will automatically swap to the different weapons it has when you use specific skills. However, the Barbarian has the unique option to choose what type of weapon it wants to use for some of its skills.

To change what weapon you wish to use for skills that allow you to choose yourself as a Barbarian, open the skills menu by pressing “S”, hover over the skills you wish to change weapon type for, and click the middle mouse button (click down the scroll wheel). You can also change it for skills in your skill bar at the bottom of the screen with the middle mouse button.

If you wish to take a picture of your character holding a specific weapon, you’ll have to use a skill that requires the weapon you wish to hold. Your character will then hold it until you use a skill that requires a different weapon.


That’s how to swap weapons in Diablo 4!

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Diablo 4 – How to Complete the Secret of the Spring Quest https://gamerempire.net/diablo-4-how-to-complete-the-secret-of-the-spring-quest/ https://gamerempire.net/diablo-4-how-to-complete-the-secret-of-the-spring-quest/#respond Fri, 02 Jun 2023 16:08:22 +0000 https://gamerempire.net/?p=47206 The sidequest Secret of the Spring that you can do in Fractured Peaks in Diablo 4 does not provide the most intuitive guidance on how to complete it.

Not only do you have to guess what you need to do to complete it from a riddle, but the action you need to take also requires you to know how the Diablo 4 UI functions, making it a confusing task for many players.

Recommended Read: How to Cheer at the Training Militia in Diablo 4

To complete the quest Secret of the Spring in Diablo 4, you need to go down the stairs right above the Discarded Note that you accepted the quest from, then follow the path north-east until you reach a small pond marked by a blue circle on the map, and finally, you need to use the Wait emote to reveal a secret chest.


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How to complete Secret of the Spring in Diablo 4

Not all quests in Diablo 4 give you precise guidance on how to proceed. One of them is the Secret of the Spring sidequest in the Fractured Peaks zone.

The only information you receive from the Discarded Note that gives the quest is a riddle and a location on the map. On top of that, there is a specific UI-related action you need to do before you can complete it.

Here are the exact steps on how to complete the quest Secret of the Spring in Diablo 4:

  1. After accepting the quest, go down the stairs right above the Discarded Note.
  2. Follow the northeast path until the road splits in two.
  3. When the road splits in two, keep going north instead of taking the right or left road.
  4. You will reach a small pond just a few seconds after you head north from the crossroad. Stop there.
  5. Press “E” on your keyboard to open the emote wheel and click the “Customize” button.
  6. In the window that opens on the right side of the screen, scroll down in the “Emotes” tab until you see the “Wait” emote.
  7. Click the “Wait” emote and then select a slot in the emote wheel below to add it to. You can use the arrows on both sides to access the additional emote wheel tabs.
  8. Once you’ve added it to a slot, click the “Save Changes” button below.
  9. Now, close the emotes menu.
  10. Press “E” on your keyboard once again to open the emote wheel and use the “Wait” emote in front of the pond.
  11. A Buried Chest will now appear above the pond.
  12. Walk up to the Buried Chest and click it.
  13. You have now completed the quest.
Diablo 4 Secret of the Spring Quest Completion Location

While the riddle can be confusing enough on its own, it certainly does not help that the emote you need to use is not in the emote wheel by default, requiring you to add it manually before you can even complete the quest.


That’s how to complete the quest Secret of the Spring in Diablo 4!

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