With Season 8, we will see some significant changes coming to the Lair Boss System and how the endgame loop will work. Here’s a quick breakdown of the key changes!
Lair Boss Tiers and Accessibility
Lair Bosses are now divided into 3 tiers:
- Initiate Lair Bosses: Easier bosses like Beast in the Ice, Grigoire, and Lord Zir.
- Greater Lair Bosses: Mid-tier bosses such as Andariel and Duriel.
- Exalted Lair Bosses: The hardest, including Belial, Lord of Lies.
To fight any of these, you need to in in Torment 1 or higher.
Massive Loot Changes
Lair Bosses now drop Hoard Chests with loot and you will spend materials to open them. The boss itself will provide a vastly reduced reward upon death.
- First Unique item comes from the boss’s unique pool, with a 50% chance for subsequent items to come from the general pool.
- Party play benefits with a 33% chance per additional member to drop an extra Unique item.
- On Torment IV, Lair Bosses drop 5 Unique items instead of 6.
New Lair Boss Key System and Improved Boss Locations
Each boss now requires a specific Lair Boss Key to unlock its Hoard. Players can farm Stygian Stones to convert them into keys for Greater Lair Bosses, making it easier to target specific bosses.
Another very welcome change is that Boss Lairs are now marked on the map, and you can directly teleport to them!
