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Diablo 4 players haven’t exactly been pleased with the features that have been introduced in Season 1 and the community’s growing concerns are only being amplified by the fundamental issues that are already plaguing the latest series entry, such as its wonky World Boss spawn schedule. With these massive beasts only popping up a few times each day, missing these encounters has naturally become a common occurrence within the fan base.
Since Diablo 4 World Bosses are an integral part of the Blizzard ARPG experience, numerous fans have predictably started complaining about these sporadic appearances as evidenced by a handful of similar Reddit posts. One such thread was created by a user named 3dnewguy who had this to say about the less-than-ideal spawn schedule: “I miss the World Boss everyday because I work.” “I don’t know what the solution [to the spawn schedule] is but it feels bad that I can only kill a boss on the weekend. Why do so many things feel bad in this game?,” they continued.
A completely different post by eXirion1988, on the other hand, simply offered a solution to this ever-present conundrum by saying: “World bosses need to spawn every hour / two hours.” “The amount of time I see people just standing around waiting till the timer hits 0 is crazy. [Players are] just scared to miss out,” they finished. Unsurprisingly, most of the commenters under both threads wholly agreed with the post creators statements as ZhicoLoL even noted that “the loot [the World Bosses] give does not justify how rare they are.”
In addition, missing a World Boss spawn also becomes troubling at a certain point since these are the only encounters that carry a certain material needed in adding gem sockets to gear: the Scattered Prism. Without these resources, pieces of equipment that don’t already have these slots can’t have any gems equipped with them, meaning they become less viable compared to those that do.
Unfortunately, with the Season 2 release date still being far off and other issues continuing to plague the game’s servers, this request may not be too high up on the list of things to fix for Blizzard. However, the quick succession of Season 1 Campfire Chats shows the Diablo 4 development team’s receptiveness to community suggestions and willingness to communicate so the barrage of requests to have the World Boss spawn schedule changed may already be on their radar.
While you wait for this update to arrive, check out our other guides on Diablo 4 Nightmare Dungeons, Diablo 4 best Aspects, and Diablo 4 Malignant Hearts in the meantime.
