How to Get Living Steel in Diablo 4

One of the best aspects of Diablo 4’s endgame is the bevy of bosses you can farm for Uniques. But to do that, you’ll need some unique materials to summon them, like Living Steel. Here’s how to find Living Steel in Diablo 4.

How to Farm Living Steel in Diablo 4

Open the Tortured Gift of Living Steel Chests with 275 Aberrant Cinders in Helltides to get Living Steel. Any chest that you open in a Helltide on World Tier 3 or World Tier 4 will provide you with at least one piece of Living Steel. Most chests will only give you one piece of steel at a time, so if you want to make the most of your time, you should save your Cinders for the Living Steel Chests.

As of Season 3 in Diablo 4, Helltides only go down for five minutes at a time and then they restart again, which gives you far more time to earn Living Steel. Each Living Steel chest gets marked on the map in a Helltide now, so you can easily track where to go for the best rewards. There are typically two Living Steel Chests and two mystery chests in every Helltide zone.

How to Use Living Steel in Diablo 4

Head to the Hall of the Penitent in the Dry Steppes to use your Living Steel as a summoning item for Grigoire, the Galvanic Saint. This boss can be summoned in World Tier 3 or World Tier 4, but I recommend waiting until the higher tier. In World Tier 4, the fight will require five Living Steel at a time but the rewards are better. After you beat the Galvanic Saint, it’s time to open more chests in the Helltides.

Before you can open a Living Steel chest, which requires 275 Aberrant Cinders, you’ll need to defeat the Enemy He-Grins-Wide-and Waits. You’ll see this colossal guardian in front of the chest of Living Steel in an impenetrable barrier. To trigger the fight, open the Living Steel chest. Sometimes he will appear to defend his stash and other times the path will be clear before you even get there.

This colossal boss seems to always have the modifiers Lightning Enchanted, Electrified Obelisks, and Shock Lance. He’s quite tanky, and the Electrified Obelisks can be a pain, especially as he begins summoning mobs. But once you defeat him, you’ll be able to claim one Living Steel.

However, you’ll need two Living Steel to summon Grigoire in World Tier 3, and five Living Steel to summon him in World Tier 4. Helltides occur once every 2 hours and 15 minutes, so farming five can take all day. Fortunately, every Helltide has a chest of Infernal Steel that spawns somewhere in the affected region.

After you get the steel you need, it’s time to start farming for Mucus-Slick Eggs as well.