Diablo 4’s best new endgame addition, The Pit, is a twist on Diablo 3’s Greater Rift formula. These procedural, randomized dungeons reward you with the items necessary for masterworking gear, so they’re essential if you want to push a build to its limits. You’ll just need one thing before you head in: Runeshards.
It takes three Runeshards to enter the Pit at any tier, so stockpiling these should be in the back of your mind while doing other content. They drop from Nightmare Dungeons of tier 46 or higher, Tree of Whispers Caches, Legion Events, and World Bosses. As for farming these, here’s my preferred method.
Farming Runeshards in Diablo 4
The quickest way I’ve found to farm Runeshards is to blitz through the lowest Nightmare Dungeon tier that drops them: tier 46. At the Occultist, you can craft Nightmare Dungeon Sigils of varying levels, which works (almost) perfectly for our farming method.
To get started, simply craft level 41-50 Sigils and save the ones between 46 and 50 while salvaging the rest. As you complete these dungeons, you’ll be rewarded with Sigils of similar quality. If you’re blasting even higher Nightmare Dungeons, go ahead and do those so you can level you Paragon Glyphs quicker as well.
One tier 46 Nightmare Dungeon nets you the three Runeshards you’ll need for a single Pit run. If you get burnt out on dungeons, you can try blasting the Helltide for a bit and completing the Tree of Whispers bounties inside for a cache that will also net you at least three Runeshards. If you alternate these activities while keeping an eye on Legion and World Boss timers, you’ll have a stockpile of shards before you know it.
