Diablo 4 Season 11 has just begun, and its first event, Goblins Greetings, is coming soon. This festive version of March of the Goblins event will last approximately two weeks.
This event will offer very generous rewards. Whether you need to level up, collect materials and equipment, don't let the ubiquitous goblins escape your grasp.
Date
Goblins Greetings will run from December 18, 2025 to January 6, a duration well over two weeks. and it is one of the longest-running events in Diablo series history.
Event Objectives
During the event, goblins will appear in various areas of the world, dungeons, and more. Players simply need to kill goblins to upgrade their March of the Goblin reputation board. The higher your reputation, the better the rewards contained in the loot bags carried by the goblins you encounter. You might even encounter goblins carrying mythic items!
Each time you unlock a reputation rank, you can claim a reward chest at Goblin Square in Kyovashad. The final rank can be completed repeatedly, rewarding a generous loot bag. The first completion will grant an additional Resplendent Spark! Note that all rewards must be claimed before the event ends on January 6th, or they will disappear.
Tree Of Whispers
During Goblins Greetings event, returning Grim Favors at Tree of Whispers will drop a Gift of the Tree cache in addition to the regular chests. Opening it guarantees a Collection of Chaos, containing very rich rewards.
How To Effectively Utilize This Event?
Accumulate Whisper Caches
You need to find and complete as many grim favors as possible in Sanctuary. After accumulating enough grim favors, you can obtain chest rewards from Tree of Whispers.
However, remember not to open these accumulated whisper caches before the event starts. Opening these chests after the event begins will grant an extra Collection of Chaos, which will reward you with XP, Diablo 4 gold, and materials.
You can prioritize grim favors quests related to Lair Boss, as you'll only need to defeat the boss to earn 5 grim favors. Challenging the boss doesn't require a key; only opening Lair Boss chests does. If you don't have a key, you can skip opening chests and focus on leveling up the boss.
Fast Leveling
You can store accumulated whisper caches in your stash. After creating a new character, use these chests with that new character to instantly level up from level 1 to 60 using the XP provided by the Collection of Chaos. This is currently the best way to level up alts instead of the nerfed Pits and Hell Tides.
Defeating bosses earns points quickly, without needing to open chests. You can also follow Legion events to obtain Forgotten Souls.
Nightmare Dungeon Sigils
If you want to hunt more goblins, focus on saving these three Nightmare Dungeon Sigils:
- Treasure Breach Nightmare Sigils
- Prankster Nightmare Sigils
- Herodrick Strong Rooms Nightmare Sigils
These Nightmare Dungeon Sigils correspond to dungeons with a large number of goblins. Prankster Nightmare Sigils is also the only Mythic Nightmare Dungeon in Season 11, potentially spawning Mythic Prankster goblin. The goblin spawn rate in these dungeons will be further increased during the event, making the rewards very high.
How To Get Nightmare Dungeon Sigils?
The most common way to obtain Nightmare Dungeon Sigils is to use whisper caches. If you accumulate some caches beforehand, you won't lack Sigils at the start of the event.
You can also craft Sigils at Occultist and then filter for Sigils with the affixes you want. Then, salvage all unwanted Sigils into Sigil powder to repeatedly craft them until you get the target Sigil.
Defeating World Bosses and opening their chests also yields a large amount of Sigils. Combined with Essence of Sin from Divine Gifts, World Bosses will drop even more rewards. If placed in a purified slot, the reward bonus from Essence of Sin will be doubled.
However, note that there's a bug: the fight with Azmodan might activate PvP, causing players to be attacked by other mercenaries. Removing it from the corrupted slot will prevent character death but won't affect obtaining activity keys, and only Lair boss keys will be lost.
Materials
This event is also a great opportunity to quickly acquire crafting materials such as Obducite. Both Sanctification system and Masterworking consume large amounts of gold and various materials, so you can use this event to prepare for future equipment forging.
Additional Event Benefits
The developers are very generous this time, as Goblins Greetings event isn't the only benefit. During the event, the in-game store will offer free gifts daily.
- December 18: Tackle of the First Snows (Mount Trophy)
- December 19: Fallow-ward (Mount Trophy)
- December 20: Crook of First Snow (Mount Armor)
These rewards won't be automatically distributed; you need to manually claim them from the store. They will disappear after January 6th, so don't forget them in the store - claim them as soon as you log in!
While Diablo 4 Season was initially controversial, the developers' various changes ultimately made Season 11 meet player expectations. Goblins Greetings event is a great opportunity at the start of season 11 to acquire a large amount of materials and equipment and quickly level up your character, making this season much easier, so don't miss it.
