Wandering Death, Death Given Life is one of three current World Boss Event enemies in Diablo 4. Beating this boss can yield powerful equipment & rewards, making it worth fighting. This guide will outline its known spawn locations, rewards, moveset, and strategies.
Wandering Death, Death Given Life Spawn Locations
- The Crucible in Fractured Peaks
- Saraan Caldera in Dry Steppes
- Caen Adar in Scosglen
- Fields of Desecration in Hawezar
Diablo 4 Wandering Death Rewards
- XP scaled to your level
- Gold scaled to your level
- Equipment including Legendary and Unique
- Legendary Grand Cache for the very first weekly victory against this particular World Boss
Diablo 4 Wandering Death Spawn Times
Unlike the D4 betas, there is no set spawn time for any of the World Bosses, so you will have to rely on the global announcement that appears on the map screen alerting you with a countdown to the spawning and its location. While you can currently only see that announcement for a World Boss Event after you have beaten the campaign for the first time, the event will of course still be spawning in the shared open-world of Diablo 4 for other players. This means that you can still join in on the fun if you happen to stumble upon it randomly, or if you are in a party with someone who has completed the campaign, or have knowledge of the spawn time and location from another external source.
Diablo 4 World Boss: Wandering Death Moveset
Bone Tornado
Multiple whirlwinds of debris fall from the sky that can fling around any players caught in their swirling.
Earth Rend
First the World Boss rips up the ground in multiple directions for quite a distance, and then draws the debris back towards it.
Vortex Pull/Push
Forcefully draws all combatants on the field right up to itself, before sending them flying backward and away from it.
Earth Slam
A ground pound with each arm which also outwardly radiates multiple spike attacks over the surface.
Death Multi Beam
Beginning with two beams fired from its body, the World Boss rotates slowly while attacking with this high damage but easy to evade move. An additional beam is added as its HP falls.
Bone Circle
After conjuring a circle of bones, the World Boss detonates it, doing damage to both those caught within and anyone in close proximity on the outside. Break through to escape it.
How To Beat Wandering Death, Death Given Life
Wandering Death has four breakpoints (the inverted red triangles) in its health bar. With each successive phase, the triangles turn gray and flip, plus the boss adds new attacks and increases their number as well. At some point in the first phase, it will split each of its arms in two, which also modifies some of the attack moves.
Most of the moves can be avoided by staying close to it, and on either flank, not directly behind or in front. This puts you just out of the hitbox of Earth Slam (both front and back), gives you time to get some distance from Earth Rend even when the flank variant is added, and lets you rotate along with Wandering Death during Multi Beam. Bone Tornado and Bone Circle are mid-range attacks and pose little threat at this position. Vortex Pull/Push is something you will have to tank, since there’s no escaping it at any attack range.
Staggering the boss with Crowd Control status effects gives you a brief opportunity to beat it down with impunity. One or more of the arms will appear to break off, but this is only temporary, and will be reattached when it gets back up. The real targets are the two Trapped Souls that will appear, and eliminating them will cause bonus damage to the boss itself.
And that is everything you need to know before you confront the Diablo 4 World Boss known as Wandering Death, Death Given Life. While you’re here, check out our guide on how to level up faster in Diablo IV!
