The Darkening of Tristram returns Jan. 3, 2021

General Discussion
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The cultists have appeared in my time zone. For anyone new to this event you will find a lot of the cultists in the Halls of Agony. They will drop 7 lore pages keep your eyes open, they can be difficult to see on the ground if you are a speed racer who just likes to run past everything.

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There are probably some areas that are better for farming the Cultist Pages than others. But, here is a list of the places theyā€™ll spawn.

Temporal Priests spawn in each Bounty area. (Any area with a Waypoint in Adventure Mode):

  • Act I
    • The Weeping Hollow
    • Festering Woods
    • Caverns of Araneae
    • Cathedral Levels 1, 2 and 4
    • Halls of Agony levels 1, 2 and 3
  • Act II
    • Dahlgur Oasis
    • Desolate Sands
  • Act III
    • Keep Depths 1, 2 and 3
    • Stonefort
    • Rakkis Crossing
    • Arreat Crater 1
    • Tower of the Damned 1
    • The Core of Arreat
    • Ruins of Sescheron
  • Act IV
    • Gardens of Hope 1, 2 and 3
    • Silver Spire 1 and 2
  • Act V
    • Westmarch Commons
    • Westmarch Heights
    • Paths of the Drowned
    • Greyhollow Island
    • Battlefields of Eternity

Only one Temporal Priest pack will spawn per location.

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I located all 7 in the Halls of Agony levels 1, 2, and 3 with 2 full runs.

  • Up next portal on Monday.
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Iā€™ll have to try that tomorrow.

I found 7 Pages tonight running Bounties.

  • 6x - Page 5
  • 1x - Page 3

Congratulations.

Although, that would be 6 areas total. If only one Temporal pack can spawn per area, you must have picked up the seventh one somewhere else. (Not that it matters. It was just an afterthought).

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I just started a 3rd run and picked up the 7th page with my first kill. So I did not count that.

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Where are the even page numbers? If I see another 3, 5, or 7 I am going to lose it.

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You were also very lucky not to have gotten duplicates.

Like Hereford, all I got, so far, are 3s and 5s. At least they got a 7. (hehe).

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I have duplicates 1-3.

Incorrect for me, on one level I had 3 pages. On other levels I did not get any.

  • This was the fastest try for me, only took about 30 minutes +/-
  • I wish they would add something new each year. :point_left:
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Hmmā€¦

Maybe someone needs to update Diablo Wiki - Cultist Page. (Or perhaps you found another Season 22 ā€œbugā€. ā€” Shh, donā€™t tell anyone.   )

Yeah. That list I posted above only shows which areas they can spawn. Thereā€™s no guarantee they will.

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do we need to collect all those pages? does it have any use?, its my 1st time doing this eventā€¦so far i have pages 1/4/5/7 they dropped on me mostly on halls of agony and cathedral.

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If you take a look in-game atā€¦

Achievements > Career > General > Special Events

ā€¦youā€™ll see all the stuff you can earn during the event.
Collecting the pages gets you a Classic Angel portrait frame, for example.

More details can be found hereā€¦
https://www.icy-veins.com/d3/diablo-anniversary-event-complete-guide

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You can also get detail information here: [SPOILER] The Darkening of Tristram Guide

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I got the achievement last night and I must say itā€™s one of my favourite frames. Very stylish.

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If you like the angel one you are going to enjoy the demon one. :fire: :fire: :fire:

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Does anyone know if this ā€œDarkening of Tristramā€ is our mid-season event for S22? Hoping that its not, i think most of us are expecting double something lolā€¦

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This event has happened every January for a number of years now. It has absolutely nothing to do with the season or whether they enable a community buff (or not) for the remainder of the season.

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That sounds like the most intelligent way to play it for anyone that has played since they added it in each January.

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thank you!, gonna do it nowā€¦iā€™ve just completed that 7 pages from the cultistā€¦tho the portrait frame wouldā€™ve been better if its a little more bigger/visible like the frames they give on season journey rewardsā€¦

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If youā€™re just wanting the achieve you can ask for the pages in the cosmetic or achievement channels. The pages werenā€™t ab when they first came out and I have a full set that Iā€™ve let people read to get the achieve. non-season of course, but it still gets you the achieve.

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You wonā€™t be able to start until 4 PM PST today. (I live in the US, on the east coast. So, that will be 7:00 PM for me).