Rift Guardians drop Soul Shards from the overall pool of seven. For Act bosses, the Shard dropped depends on the Act you are in (listed with the Soul Shard’s details below) Acts with two shards are a 50/50 chance on which one drops. That said, the shards are more likely to drop from Act Bosses (excepting Vidian in the Temple of the Firstborn) and Rift Guardians. Like Season 24’s Ethereal Weapons, Soul Shards can technically drop everywhere in Sanctuary. Players will equip a Prime Evil Soul Shard in their helm slot and a Lesser Evil Soul Shard in their weapon slot to “embody a Prime and Lesser Evil.” Sadly, they don’t seem to come with a unique transmog like the Red Soul Shard.

The new Soul Shards in Season 25 represent each of the seven Lords of Hell. This Shard was the first (and only, before 2.7.2) legendary gem that allows socketing it also provided a killer transmog effect that you can admire in our header! We (as players) have seen Soul Shards drop before! During the annual Darkening of Tristram event, the Red Soul Shard drops from the Dark Lord (Diablo himself). Prepare yourself to leverage the powers of Hell against its very denizens. Where does the time go? In celebration of this anniversary milestone, the Diablo 3 developers have planned a unique theme for Season 25, with Soul Shards from the Lords of Hell (which would make a fantastic band name).

Don’t faint, but somehow we’re coming up on 25 years of Diablo.

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