Summoning the Echo of Varshan in Diablo 4 is no small feat – it demands gathering rare and gruesome body parts, mastering the perilous Malignant Burrow, and facing one of the game’s toughest endgame bosses. But the reward? Exclusive Malignant Rings that can transform your character’s power and redefine your build. Ready to dive into the dark ritual and farm these coveted rings? Here’s your essential guide to summoning Varshan and claiming your prize on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.
Added in season 2, Varshan is one of several endgame bosses you can summon using special materials. When killed, he can drop a handful of Unique items, allowing you to farm him for must-have items in your build.
In this Diablo 4 guide, we’ll walk you through how to summon the Echo of Varshan and what rewards you get from the Echo of Varshan.
How to summon the Echo of Varshan
To summon the Echo of Varshan in Diablo 4, players must first collect specific summoning items: a Gurgling Head, Trembling Hand, Blackened Femur, and a Malignant Heart. These items are obtained by completing Grim Favors at the Tree of Whispers or defeating Grotesque Debtors and other elites in the open world. Once you have one of each item, head to the Malignant Burrow located behind the Tree of Whispers waypoint. Enter the burrow and use the Malignant Altar inside to sacrifice the items, which will summon the Echo of Varshan. Summoning requires being in World Tier 3 or 4, with 2 Malignant Hearts needed in Tier 3 and 5 in Tier 4 for the standard summon. For the tougher Tormented version, triple the number of hearts and a Stygian Stone are required. It is recommended to summon Varshan with a team due to his high damage and poison attacks.
Varshan will likely be the summonable boss you face the most, as his items are relatively simple to acquire. You can fight Varshan on World Tier 3 or World Tier 4.
To summon Varshan on World Tier 3, you’ll need to collect three items:
- the Gurgling Head
- the Blackened Femur
- the Trembling Hand
All three of these items drop from Whispering Caches at the Tree of Whispers. On World Tier 4, you’ll also need to get a Malignant Heart, which comes from elite enemies that spawn after events or world bosses.
If you find yourself with too many of one summoning resource and not enough of the other, you can head to your local apothecary in town. If you go to their “refine resources” exchange and look under summoning items, you can trade in one resource that you’re flush with for a gambling box. These boxes will cost some additional crafting materials, but they’re a great way to even-out your summoning items so you can fight Varshan more often.
On World Tier 4, you can even spend excess Malignant Hearts to outright buy Gurgling Heads, Blackened Femurs, and Trembling Hands.
Once you have all the materials you’ll need, head to the Tree of Whispers and look for the Malignant Burrow next to it. Go inside and progress through some of the enemies until you reach the summoning altar. Place your items in and wait for the boss to spawn.
The Echo of Varshan is intended to be the easiest of the endgame bosses, but your mileage will vary heavily based on your build and your class.
Malignant Rings and all other Unique items from Varshan
Malignant Rings are unique class-specific rings in Diablo 4 that channel powerful Malignant Heart abilities from the Season of the Malignant. These rings drop exclusively from the Echo of Varshan boss, which can be summoned by collecting specific Malignant Body Parts such as the Gurgling Head, Blackened Femur, Trembling Hand, and Malignant Heart at higher World Tiers. Each ring grants a distinct ability tailored to its class, like the Barbarian’s Ring of Red Furor that enhances Fury skills or the Necromancer’s Ring of the Sacrilegious Soul that automatically activates corpse skills. Besides Malignant Rings, Varshan also drops several other unique and Mythic items, making him a key target for endgame farming in both Eternal and Seasonal Realms. Summoning and defeating Echo of Varshan repeatedly is the most efficient way to farm these coveted items.
The Echo of Varshan is able to drop a wide variety of items for each class, as well as two class-agnostic Uniques.
First, there are the five Malignant Rings. It’s currently unclear if these can drop in the open world or if they’re exclusive to Varshan, but farming the Echo of Varshan is definitely the fastest way to find them:
- Airidah’s Inexorable Will (Druid)
- Ring of the Red Furor (Barbarian)
- Ring of the Sacrilegious Soul (Necromancer)
- Tal Rasha’s Iridescent Loop (Sorcerer)
- Writhing Band of Trickery (Rogue)
Varshan can also drop three Uniques that aren’t Malignant Rings per class:
- Barbarian: Field of Crimson, 100,000 Steps, Gohr’s Devastating Grip
- Druid: Mad Wolf’s Glee, Vasily’s Prayer, Greatstaff of the Crone
- Necromancer: Bloodless Scream, Deathless Visage, Deathspeaker’s Pendant
- Rogue: Condemnation, Eyes in the Dark, Skyhunter
- Sorcerer: Staff of Endless Rage, Esu’s Heirloom, Raiment of the Infinite
Want to learn the secret ritual to summon Varshan’s echo in Diablo 4
To summon the Echo of Varshan in Diablo 4, you must first collect several rare body parts-specifically the Trembling Hand, Blackened Femur, and Gurgling Head-dropped by Grotesque Debtors during Whispers of the Dead events near the Tree of Whispers in northern Hawezar. Next, combine these parts with a Malignant Heart at an altar inside the Malignant Burrow dungeon, located near the Tree of Whispers, while playing in World Tier 3 or 4. For repeated summons, you can craft these body parts using recipes bought from an Alchemist vendor, requiring Malignant Hearts and rare materials like Veiled Crystals. It is highly recommended to tackle the summoning and subsequent boss fight with a team, as the Echo of Varshan is a challenging endgame boss that demands preparation and coordination.
What are the exact steps to combine the body parts and heart for Varshan’s ritual
To perform the ritual to summon the Echo of Varshan in Diablo 4, you need to combine four specific Malignant Body Parts at the Malignant Altar inside the Malignant Burrow dungeon near the Tree of Whispers in the Hawezar region. The required parts are:
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One Gurgling Head
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One Blackened Femur
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One Trembling Hand
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One Malignant Heart (required at World Tier 4)
Once you have these four parts, enter the Malignant Burrow, proceed through the corridors to the arena, and place all four items into the Malignant Altar. This will activate the ritual and summon Varshan for the boss fight.
If you are missing any specific body parts, you can craft them at the Alchemist vendor by converting Malignant Hearts into the other body parts using gold, Coiling Wards, and Veiled Crystals. This crafting system allows you to target missing parts efficiently.
Note that while the ritual requires all four parts, Malignant Hearts are the rarest and can be farmed from Grotesque Debtors during events like Whispers of the Dead, Blood Harvest, or World Boss encounters. Also, Malignant Hearts only drop starting from World Tier 4, so ensure you are at the proper tier to collect them.
