Echoing Hatred

31:09 Echoing Hatred is Lord of Hatred's endless wave activity: you offer a rare item called a Trace of Echoes to the Sightless Eye in Temis and fight wave after wave of escalating monsters, with several bosses at once in the later waves, until you are overwhelmed, and since patch 3.1.0 (Jun 30, 2026) a run stops at 150 waves. Blizzard introduced it in this clip from the Diablo 30th Anniversary Spotlight (Feb 11, 2026) as "a hyper-rare event": find the Trace of Echoes, which its developers call a "golden ticket", and you face "infinite waves of enemies and escalating difficulty", where "the longer you last, the better the loot." It is the Endgame's test of how far a build can go, and it needs the expansion.

Quick facts

Unlocking it

Echoing Hatred comes with Lord of Hatred, whose capital Temis is the endgame hub; the Sightless Eye stands there. To start a run you need a Trace of Echoes, which Blizzard describes only as "a rare Trace of Echoes item" (Blizzard, Apr 23, 2026). Blizzard's notes speak of Echoing Hatred keys dropping from Elite and Champion monsters, and patch 3.1.0 raised that drop rate (Blizzard, 3.1 patch notes); since patch 3.2.1 (Sep 15, 2026), the Keys Caches you earn from Whispers also have "a small chance to contain a Mephisto Key or Trace of Echoes" (Blizzard, Sep 12, 2026). Each run uses up one Trace.

How a run works

5:12 Once you offer the Trace, Blizzard says you "enter a realm where the minions overflow, battling you until you are eventually overwhelmed." In this clip of developer footage shown by GameSpot, a hero cuts through packs of demons with fire and lightning while more keep coming, as the narration explains that each run has randomized monsters, that the encounters grow more intense the deeper you go, and that the team "might even throw multiple bosses at you at the same time." There is no timer to beat: the run lasts as long as you survive, up to the wave cap.

12:42 IGN's reviewer of Lord of Hatred calls it "effectively a horde mode" that starts at the lowest difficulty and climbs as you push through the waves until it reaches "absurd levels of challenge", then rewards you "relative to how well you performed". Parties can run it together: Echoing Hatred has been in the Party Finder since patch 3.0.1 (Apr 27, 2026), and patch 3.1.0 fixed players outside the party being able to use the Sightless Eye's pedestal.

The wave cap

At launch a run had no ceiling. Patch 3.1.0, released with Season of Death Awakening on Jun 30, 2026, gave Echoing Hatred "a maximum wave cap of 150", and in the same patch raised the drop rate of its keys (Blizzard, 3.1 patch notes). Blizzard has not said what changes at each wave, so this page gives no table of waves.

Rewards and why to play it

Blizzard's only rule for rewards is that the longer you last, the better the loot; it has not published drop tables for Echoing Hatred. 13:22 IGN's reviewer found another use: because the waves climb through the difficulty levels, a run shows "which world tier your current build is ready to withstand", the reviewer's words for the Torment levels described on Difficulty and Torment. The same review's complaint is the entry cost: a mode that "you only get to play every once in a blue moon" because each run eats a rare consumable.

Echoing Hatred and Echo of Mephisto

The names are close but these are two different things. Echoing Hatred is the wave mode; Echo of Mephisto is Lord of Hatred's three-stage pinnacle boss fight, which since patch 3.2.1 guarantees a Mythic drop (see Bosses). Both went into the Party Finder together in patch 3.0.1, and the Whisper Keys Caches can hold the key to either. For another wave mode without a rare entry item, Infernal Hordes runs 60-second waves opened with an Infernal Compass, and it is one of the six activities that War Plans chain; Echoing Hatred is not among them (Blizzard, Apr 23, 2026).

Changes by patch

Frequently asked questions

How do you get a Trace of Echoes in Diablo 4? A Trace of Echoes is a rare drop in Diablo 4's Lord of Hatred, found on Elite and Champion monsters (more often since patch 3.1.0) and, since patch 3.2.1 (Sep 15, 2026), now and then in the Keys Caches from Whispers.

How many waves does Echoing Hatred have? Echoing Hatred in Diablo 4 has been capped at 150 waves since patch 3.1.0 on Jun 30, 2026; before that a run went on until you were overwhelmed.

Where is the Sightless Eye in Diablo 4? The Sightless Eye, where you offer a Trace of Echoes to start Echoing Hatred, is in Temis, the capital of Skovos and the endgame hub of Diablo 4's Lord of Hatred.

Is Echoing Hatred part of War Plans? No: War Plans in Diablo 4 chain the Pit, Infernal Hordes, Helltides, Nightmare Dungeons, Lair Bosses and the Kurast Undercity, and Echoing Hatred is a separate activity entered with a Trace of Echoes.

Do I need Lord of Hatred for Echoing Hatred? Yes: Echoing Hatred is one of the features Blizzard lists as requiring the Lord of Hatred expansion for Diablo 4.

Can you play Echoing Hatred in a party? Yes: Echoing Hatred has been in Diablo 4's Party Finder since patch 3.0.1 on Apr 27, 2026.

What are the rewards for Echoing Hatred? Blizzard says only that in Diablo 4's Echoing Hatred "the longer you last, the better the loot"; it has not published the mode's drop tables.

Sources

• Prepare for the Reckoning: Lord of Hatred Draws Near, Blizzard Entertainment, Apr 23, 2026
• Diablo IV Patch Notes (3.0), Blizzard Entertainment, Apr 27 to Jun 10, 2026
• Diablo IV Patch Notes (3.1), Blizzard Entertainment, Jun 30 to Aug 12, 2026
• Celebrate 30 Years of Diablo in Season of Hell's Legacy (with the 3.2.1 patch notes), Blizzard Entertainment, Sep 12, 2026
• Catch Up on the Diablo 30th Anniversary Spotlight, Blizzard Entertainment, Feb 11, 2026
• Diablo 30th Anniversary Spotlight, Diablo, Feb 11, 2026 (video)
• Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred Gameplay Overview, GameSpot, Feb 11, 2026 (video)
• Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred Review, IGN, 2026 (video)