How to find & beat the Wandering Death world boss in Diablo 4

The Diablo 4 Wandering Death world boss is a tough fight, but one of the easier world bosses. Here is where you can find it, how to beat it, and the spawn times.

Dave McAdam

26th Jul 2023 12:35

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Diablo 4's Wandering Death is a world boss, a massively powerful creature that requires more than a few players to take it down. Diablo 4 world bosses appear across the open world of Sanctuary, providing huge rewards to those who can defeat them in a timely fashion.

Wandering Death is one of the first world bosses you will encounter in the game after reaching World Tier 3, so here is everything you need to know to track down and defeat it in Diablo 4.

Where can you find Wandering Death in Diablo 4?

A map showing the potential spawn locations of each of the world bosses in Diablo 4

There are several locations around Sanctuary where world bosses can appear (marked in the image above). The bosses are not specific to any one region, so the Diablo 4 Wandering Death boss could appear in any of the following locations:

Spawn location	Region and directions
The Crucible	Eastern Fractured Peaks, south of Alabaster Monastery
Caen Adar	Northern Scosglen, north of Corbach
Saraan Caldera	Eastern Dry Steppes, northeast of Qara Yisu
Seared Basin	Northeast Kehjistan, north of Tarsarak
Fields of Desecration	Western Hawezar, southeast of Zarbinet

There are three world bosses in the game. Ashava the Pestilent, Avarice the Gold, and Wandering Death. Any of the three can appear at any of the locations, so be sure to keep an eye out.

You should receive a notification when a world boss is about to appear, telling you where to go and which boss it will be. If you don't get the notification, check your map and the five locations above to see if a world boss is about to appear.

Wandering Death spawn times

Diablo 4 World bosses appear once every six hours, and when they do, they only stick around for fifteen minutes.

This means that you need to be there at the right time to defeat Wandering Death, and you have a narrow time window in which to defeat it.

If you are playing the game as a world boss is about to spawn, you will get a notification telling you Wandering Death, or one of the other two, is about to appear up to 30 minutes before it does.

For some advanced knowledge, you can follow DiabloParagon on Twitter to see which World Boss is coming up next.

So if you are on the hunt for Wandering Death, spend some time in the game until you get the notification, then head to the Fields of Desecration and prepare for a fight.

How to beat Wandering Death

The main thing you need to win this fight is allies. Ideally, you want 10-12 people to show up for the fight. As all players nearby will be notified, you do not necessarily have to arrange a full team yourself.

If you head to the Diablo 4 Wandering Death location in time for the boss fight and find it empty, you might want to reload the game or try it another time.

an image of the Tormented Souls during the Diablo 4 Wandering Death world boss

Once you are in the fight, you need to know what it takes to damage the boss. You'll need to wait for it to spawn two Trapped Souls in cages. It will attempt to consume these, but if you destroy the Trapped Souls first, it will stagger the boss, dealing lots of damage.

Wandering Death world boss attacks

The Diablo 4 Wandering Death world boss also has a number of attacks to watch out for. Much of its offense comes from sending out swirling circles of damage that move around the arena.

A gameplay screenshot of a Necromancer fighting Wandering Death in Diablo 4

You will also have to watch out for crescent-shaped bone walls that pop up. If you are caught in them for too long, they explode and do massive damage.

One of the more dramatic attacks that Wandering Death uses is its rotating beams. The boss will fire two beams out from itself, one on either side, and rotate itself. As the fight progresses, Wandering Death adds a third beam, cutting the arena into thirds.

As you can imagine from the above, the Wandering Death boss fight is primarily about movement. It has quite a few area-of-effect attacks, as well as area-denial attacks that control the space around it. You need to focus on moving, and stay on your toes and away from damage.

So long as your group is fairly consistent with doing damage to Wandering Death, while making sure to stay out of its many attacks, you shouldn't have too much trouble with it. World bosses are tough regardless, but Wandering Death is one of the easier bosses to deal with.

If you are having too much trouble with this World Boss, you can lower your World Tier at the statue in Kyovashad. This will make the fight quite a bit easier, at the cost of some experience and some loot. Otherwise, your best bet is to level up some more and return when you are more prepared.

That is it for our Diablo 4 Wandering Death world boss guide, and now you know what it takes to find and defeat the boss.

About The Author

Dave McAdam

Dave is a Senior Guides Writer at GGRecon, after several years of freelancing across the industry. He covers a wide range of games, with particular focus on shooters like Destiny 2, RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, and fighting games like Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8.

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