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Diablo 4 Nightmare Sigils: Crafting Cost, Tiers, Sigil Powder in Season 1

Learn about the Sigil Powder required to craft each level of Nightmare Sigils in Diablo 4 to open up those challenging Nightmare Dungeons.
Diablo 4 Nightmare Sigils: Crafting Cost, Tiers, Sigil Powder in Season 1

As Diablo 4 players venture into the endgame activities, they will likely want to know how to craft more Nightmare Sigils and the Sigil Powder and Gold cost for each tier, so they can get that perfect Nightmare Dungeon runs down.

In this guide, we explain how you can craft Nightmare Sigils, their material costs per tier, what World Tier difficulty level they require, and the number of affixes you can expect when you jump into this endgame activity, so let's get started.

Update on 9 August 2023: We've updated this article with the latest on how to craft Nightmare Sigils for Diablo 4 Season 1.

How To Craft Nightmare Sigils & Get Sigil Powder

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You can salvage unwanted Nightmare Sigils, and you'll find a lot of them in Nightmare Dungeon runs. (Picture: Blizzard/Wessel)

You can craft Nightmare Sigils at the Occultist. This ability opens up after you've completed the campaign and entered World Tier 3 (Nightmare) difficulty following the completion of the Cathedral of Light Capstone dungeon. 

To get Sigil Powder to craft Nightmare Sigils in Diablo 4, you will need to salvage unwanted Sigils at the Occultist in the "Salvage" tab. It is as simple as that, but the material costs and different Nightmare Dungeon Sigil tiers are definitely not...

Diablo 4 Nightmare Sigils Material Costs, Tiers & Powder

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Nightmare Sigils are quite complicated, as there are 20 Sacred tiers and 80 Ancestral tiers. With every five tiers, the crafting costs in terms of Gold and Sigil Powder go up. Each batch has a bit of RNG; for example, if you craft a Nightmare Sigil for tier 1-5, you'll receive a random one in this range.

As you progress through the Nightmare Sigil tiers, creating higher-level ones, they will also add more random Nightmare Dungeon affixes into the mix, up to a maximum of five. Thanks to the data gathered by Maxroll.gg, we've got two tables below detailing the Sigil Powder/Gold cost, the Nightmare Sigil details, and their respective tier levels.

Sacred Nightmare Sigils: Crafting Cost & Details:

Sigil Tier Nightmare Sigil Details Sigil Powder & Gold Costs
Tier 1-5 Creates a Nightmare Sigil of Tier 1-5.
Afflictions: 3
Requires World Tier: 3
Sigil Powder x3
4,000 Gold
Tier 6-10 Creates a Nightmare Sigil of Tier 6-10.
Afflictions: 3
Requires World Tier: 3
Sigil Powder x6
6,000 Gold
Tier 11-15 Creates a Nightmare Sigil of Tier 11-15.
Afflictions: 4
Requires World Tier: 3
Sigil Powder x11
8,000 Gold
Tier 16-20 Creates a Nightmare Sigil of Tier 16-20.
Afflictions: 4
Requires World Tier: 3
Sigil Powder x20
10,000 Gold
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Inarius watching you attempt Tier 21 or higher Nightmare Dungeons...(Picture: Blizzard)

Ancestral Nightmare Sigils: Crafting Cost & Details:

Sigil Tier Nightmare Sigil Details Sigil Powder & Gold Costs
Tier 21-25 Creates a Nightmare Sigil of Tier 21-25.
Afflictions: 5
Requires World Tier: 4
Sigil Powder x50
13,000 Gold
Tier 26-30 Creates a Nightmare Sigil of Tier 26-30.
Afflictions: 5
Requires World Tier: 4
Sigil Powder x80
16,000 Gold
Tier 31-35 Creates a Nightmare Sigil of Tier 31-35.
Afflictions: 5
Requires World Tier: 4
Sigil Powder x125
19,000 Gold
Tier 36-40 Creates a Nightmare Sigil of Tier 36-40.
Afflictions: 5
Requires World Tier: 4
Sigil Powder x190
22,000 Gold
Tier 41-50 Creates a Nightmare Sigil of Tier 41-50.
Afflictions: 5
Requires World Tier: 4
Sigil Powder x275
26,000 Gold
Tier 51-60 Creates a Nightmare Sigil of Tier 51-60.
Afflictions: 5
Requires World Tier: 4
Sigil Powder x350
30,000 Gold
Tier 61-70 Creates a Nightmare Sigil of Tier 61-70.
Afflictions: 5
Requires World Tier: 4
Sigil Powder x375
35,000 Gold
Tier 71-80 Creates a Nightmare Sigil of Tier 71-80.
Afflictions: 5
Requires World Tier: 4
Sigil Powder x400
40,000 Gold
Tier 81-90 Creates a Nightmare Sigil of Tier 81-90.
Afflictions: 5
Requires World Tier: 4
Sigil Powder x425
45,000 Gold
Tier 91-100 Creates a Nightmare Sigil of Tier 91-100.
Afflictions: 5
Requires World Tier: 4
Sigil Powder x450
50,000 Gold

It is not impossible that Blizzard might add more tiers in upcoming Diablo 4 seasons, expanding the Nightmare Dungeon/Sigil system further. 

If anything gets added or changed, we will endeavor to update this article faster than an Ice Barrier Sorcerer can clear Champion's Demise.

 


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