Season of the Blood (S2) overhauled the entire endgame system with the introduction of 5 new endgame bosses, each with a specific loot table allowing you to finally be able to target farm some of the strongest items in the game.
This guide covers Lord Zir’s loot table and how to summon it.
How to Summon Lord Zir: Exquisite Blood
Available in World Tier 4, Lord Zir requires players to defeat a World Boss in World Tier 4 or complete a Legion Event. From these activities, you’ll acquire Exquisite Blood. Once you have enough, you’ll be able to summon it. Lord Zir was also Season 2’s main storyline bad guy, but this Endgame Boss is a much harder version of the Dark Master.
| Art | Boss | World Tier | How to summon? | Level | Element | Rewards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Lord Zir | World Tier 4 | World Bosses | 80 | Shadow | Uniques & Cosmetics |
Lord Zir Drops: Uniques Loot table (Season 3)
These are all the Uniques that can drop from Lord Zir as of Season of the Construct (S3):
| Art | Item | Class | Slot | Source | Unique Effects | Released | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Fleshrender | Druid | 1H Mace | Lord Zir | ► Overpower Damage ► Damage while Shapeshifted ► Damage to Poisoned Enemies ► Core Skill Damage ► Ranks of All Defensive Skills ► Debilitating Roar and Blood Howl deal [X] damage to Nearby Poisoned enemies, increased by x10% for each 100 Willpower you have. | Season 1 | Normal |
 | Lidless Wall | Necromancer | Shield | Lord Zir | ► Block Chance ► Blocked Damage Reduction ► Main Hand Weapon Damage ► Thorns ► Attack Speed ► Maximum Life ► Maximum Essence ► Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% Chance to Restore [X]% Primary Resource ► Lucky Hit: While you have an active Bone Storm, hitting an enemy outside of a Bone Storm has up to a [5 - 25%] chance to spawn an additional Bone Storm at their location. Each of your active Sacrifice bonuses increases the chance by 25% and the total number of additional Bone Storms you can have by 1. | Season 1 | Normal |
 | Asheara's Khanjar | Rogue | Dagger | Lord Zir | ► Damage to Close Enemies ► Basic Skill Damage ► Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies ► Movement Speed for 4 Seconds After Killing an Elite ► Lucky Hit Chance ► Hits with this weapon increase your Attack Speed by [4 - 6%] for 4 seconds, up to [20 - 30%]. | Launch | Normal |
 | Blood Artisan's Cuirass | Necromancer | Chest | Grigoire Lord Zir | ► Damage for 4 Seconds After Picking Up a Blood Orb ► Blood Orb Healing ► Maximum Life ► Ranks of Bone Spirit ► When you pick up [10 - 5] Blood Orbs, a free Bone Spirit is spawned, dealing bonus damage based on your current Life percent. | Launch | Normal |
 | Deathless Visage | Necromancer | Helm | Varshan Lord Zir | ► Damage Reduction ► Physical Damage ► Critical Strike Damage with Bone Skills ► Maximum Essence ► Bone Spear leaves behind echoes as it travels that explode dealing [X] damage, increased by x5% for every 30% of your Critical Strike Damage Bonus. | Launch | Normal |
 | Esadora's Overflowing Cameo | Sorcerer | Amulet | Lord Zir | ► Resistance to All Elements ► Cooldown Reduction ► Crackling Energy Damage ► Ranks of the Shocking Impact Passive ► Movement Speed ► Upon collecting Crackling Energy, there's a 15% chance to release a lightning nova, dealing [X] Lightning Damage, increased by x50% for every 100 Intelligence you have. | Launch | Normal |
 | Eyes in the Dark | Rogue | Pants | Varshan Lord Zir | ► Your Potion Also Briefly Grants Movement Speed ► Eyes in the Dark ► Damage Reduction ► Shadow Damage ► Maximum Life ► Damage to Enemies Affected by Trap Skills ► Unless it hits a Boss or Player, Death Trap will continue to re-arm itself until it kills an enemy. Death Trap's is increased by [30 - 50%], however the Cooldown is increased by [20 - 15%]. | Launch | Normal |
 | Gohr's Devastating Grips | Barbarian | Gloves | Varshan Lord Zir | ► Critical Strike Chance Against Close Enemies ► Lucky Hit Chance ► Damage ► Ranks of Whirlwind ► Whirlwind explodes every 2 seconds and after it ends, dealing [16 - 26%] of the total Base damage dealt to surrounding enemies as Fire damage. | Launch | Normal |
 | Grasp of Shadow | Rogue | Gloves | Grigoire Lord Zir | ► Attack Speed ► Dexterity ► Shadow Clone Damage ► Ranks of All Core Skills ► Lucky Hit: Damaging a Vulnerable enemy with a Marskman or Cutthroat Skill has up to a [24 - 34%] chance to summon a Shadow Clone that mimics your attack. | Launch | Normal |
 | Greatstaff of the Crone | Druid | Staff | Varshan Lord Zir | ► Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies ► Damage to Close Enemies ► Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies ► Non-Physical Damage ► Ranks of Claw ► Claw is now a Storm Skill and also casts Storm Strike at [120 - 150%] normal damage. | Launch | Normal |
 | Greaves of the Empty Tomb | Necromancer | Boots | Grigoire Lord Zir | ► Max Evade Charges ► Greaves of the Empty Tomb ► Movement Speed ► Essence Cost Reduction ► Lucky Hit Chance with Shadow Damage ► Damage Reduction from Enemies That Are Affected By Shadow Damage Over Time ► Create desecrated ground beneath your Sever spectres as they travel, damaging enemies for [X] Shadow damage over 2 seconds. | Launch | Normal |
 | Iceheart Brais | Sorcerer | Pants | Grigoire Lord Zir | ► Your Potion Also Restores X% Resource ► Maximum Life ► Damage to Frozen Enemies ► Damage Reduction ► Freeze Duration ► Enemies that die while Frozen, have a [11 - 20%] chance to unleash a Frost Nova. | Launch | Normal |
 | Mad Wolf's Glee | Druid | Chest | Varshan Lord Zir | ► Maximum Life ► Poison Damage ► Damage Reduction from Enemies That Are Poisoned ► Movement Speed ► Werewolf form is now your true form, and you gain +3 Ranks to all Werewolf Skills. | Launch | Normal |
 | Overkill | Barbarian | 2H Mace | Lord Zir | ► Overpower Damage ► Physical Damage ► Overpower Damage ► Damage to Injured Enemies ► Ranks of Death Blow ► Death Blow creates a shockwave, dealing [24 - 38%] of its Base damage to enemies. Enemies who die to this effect also reset Death Blow's Cooldown. | Launch | Normal |
 | Penitent Greaves | Any | Boots | Grigoire Lord Zir | ► Dodge Chance While Evading ► Movement Speed ► Crowd Control Duration ► Slow Duration Reduction ► Cold Resistance ► You leave behind a trail of frost that Chills enemies. You deal [7 - 10%] more damage to Chilled enemies. | Launch | Normal |
 | Rage of Harrogath | Barbarian | Chest | Grigoire Lord Zir | ► Physical Damage ► Critical Strike Chance with Physical Damage Against Elites ► Damage Reduction from Enemies That Are Bleeding ► Thorns ► Lucky Hit: Up to a [20 - 40%] chance to reduce the Cooldowns of your Non-Ultimate Skills by 1.5 seconds when you inflict Bleeding on Elites. | Launch | Normal |
 | Raiment of the Infinite | Sorcerer | Chest | Varshan Lord Zir | ► Intelligence ► Damage to Close Enemies ► Damage to Stunned Enemies ► Ranks of the Glass Cannon Passive ► After using Teleport, Close enemies are Pulled to you and Stunned for [2 - 3] seconds, but Teleport's cooldown is increased by 20%. | Launch | Normal |
 | Ramaladni's Magnum Opus | Barbarian | 1H Sword | Grigoire Lord Zir | ► Critical Strike Damage ► Damage with Dual-Wielded Weapons ► Damage to Close Enemies ► Maximum Fury ► Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% Chance to Restore [X]% Primary Resource ► Skills using this weapon deal [0.2 - 0.4%] increased damage per point of Fury you have, but you lose 2 Fury every second. | Launch | Normal |
 | Razorplate | Any | Chest | Lord Zir | ► Gain [X] Thorns. | Launch | Normal |
 | Skyhunter | Rogue | Bow | Varshan Lord Zir | ► Damage to Distant Enemies ► Dexterity ► Marksman Skill Damage ► Critical Strike Damage ► Ranks of the Exploit Passive ► The first direct damage you deal to an enemy is a guaranteed Critical Strike. If you have the maximum stacks of the Precision Key Passive when you cast a Core Skill, then that skill gains [10 - 20%] bonus Critical Strike Damage and you gain [5 - 10] Energy. | Launch | Normal |
 | Staff of Endless Rage | Sorcerer | Staff | Varshan Lord Zir | ► Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies ► Core Skill Damage ► Damage to Close Enemies ► Fire Damage Ranks of the Inner Flames Passive ► Every 3rd cast of Fireball launches 2 additional projectiles dealing [20 - 40%] bonus damage. | Launch | Normal |
 | Temerity | Any | Pants | Lord Zir | ► Your Potion Also Briefly Grants Movement Speed ► Temerity ► Maximum Life ► Potion Drop Rate ► Lucky Hit: Up to a 5% Chance to Heal [X] Life ► Healing Received ► Effects that Heal you beyond 100% Life grant you a Barrier up to [40 - 80%] of your Maximum Life that lasts for 8 seconds. | Launch | Normal |
 | The Butcher's Cleaver | Any | 1H Axe | Grigoire Lord Zir | ► Damage to Healthy Enemies ► Physical Damage ► Damage to Crowd Controlled Enemies ► Critical Strike Damage ► Critical Strike Chance Against Injured Enemies ► Lucky Hit: When you Critically Strike an enemy you have up to a 100% chance to Fear and Slow them by [61 - 75%] for 4 seconds. | Launch | Normal |
 | Vasily's Prayer | Druid | Helm | Varshan Lord Zir | ► Damage While Shapeshifted ► Overpower Damage ► Maximum Life ► Lightning Resistance ► Your Earth Skills are now also Werebear Skills and Fortify you for [X]. | Launch | Normal |
On top of dropping specific Uniques (giving us an opportunity to truly target farm them), Lord Zir can also drop the following items:
- Ancestral items
- The Diadem of the Ancient Helm
Diadem of the Ancient Helm, Diablo 4
Lord Zir Location: The Darkened Way
Once you’ve gathered all the required materials, you can take them to the Darkened Way, located in the Gale Valley, Fractured Peaks. After clearing a couple of short corridors, you’ll arrive at the summoning Altar where you can deposit the required items. There are no requirements to enter, but you’ll need the items to summon Lord Zir.
The Darkened Way Location, Diablo 4
Lord Zir Level and Damage Type
Lord Zir is level 80. And as a World Tier 4 Boss, you should definitely expect a challenging fight if your character is below level 80.
Also, all Endgame Bosses have an elemental theme to encourage players to farm the appropriate elemental resist gear. Lord Zir deals Shadow damage, which means you should increase your Shadow resistance as much as possible. You can always use a Potent Elixir of Shadow resistance if you can’t reach the 70% Shadow resistance cap through your gear.
How Endgame Bosses Work
Endgame Bosses are meant to add more goals, things to do, and ways to make our characters more powerful. These Bosses are Blizzard’s response to the harsh criticism that D4 lacks Endgame content. But how do they work?
Endgame Bosses are available in World Tier 3 and World Tier 4. Each Boss has specific requirements to be summoned, and each has a pre-defined loot table that includes specific Unique Items and Cosmetics (and Uber Duriel has a low chance to drop Uber Uniques!). This guide covers all you need to know about these bosses.
Endgame Bosses Progression, Diablo 4
Before you go…
Don’t forget that The Beast of Ice can also be tackled in World Tier 4. We cover The Beast of Ice’s loot table here.
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