Where & How To Farm Obducite In Diablo 4 Season 6 VOF?

What's Obducite in Diablo 4?

Obducite is the primary Diablo 4 material used to upgrade equipment affixes through Masterworking in Vessel of Hatred.  Masterworking allows you to upgrade and enhance the affixes/stats on your gear at the Blacksmith. It requires Obducite and other materials. Obducite is a magical rarity upgrade material that is earned from activities like clearing Infernal Hordes, Nightmare Dungeons, and Kurast Undercity.  It can also be obtained by transmuting other obsolete upgrade materials like Ingoliths and Neathiron at the Alchemist. Obducite is a late-game material only obtainable after reaching level 60 and playing on higher difficulty levels.

Infernal Hordes vs Nightmare Dungeon

If you're looking for just the master working material and nothing else, skipping the greater affix equipment chest and going straight for the materials chest and obducite, in the Inferno Horde is the way to go. But you're sacrificing a lot of other things by doing that. Infernal Hordes yield a higher amount of obducite per hour but have longer average run times. However, not all Inferno Hordes are made the same. You have a choice to do Inferno Hordes with 6, 8, or 10 waves.

Should You Focus On Infernal Hordes With 6 Waves?

No, you do not want to focus on master working. Look at the differences between Infernal Hordes with 6 waves versus Infernal Hordes with 8 or 10 waves. Wave 6 Inferno Hordes have lower obducite per hour than Nightmare Dungeons the flat 200 ather cost for the equipment chest really digs into the ather gathered from a shorter run. To be noted, this data doesn’t apply to lower difficulties no the chest drops a different amount of obesite on lower difficulties. 

How To Farm Obducite In Diablo 4 Season 6?

Via Infernal Hordes

• Run the highest difficulty Horde you can handle comfortably (8+ waves for best rewards).

• Make sure to pop a Seething Opal right before the final wave for the item find buff.

• Prioritize 8-10 wave Hordes over 6 waves for significantly more drops.

• Bring a group for faster clears. Split up and focus different areas.

• Learn the spawn points and paths of each map to waste no time moving.

• Skip unnecessary monster packs and bee-line to objectives.

• Clear events along the way if time permits but don't go too far out of your path.

• Open chests/complete bonus rooms if nearby but don't backtrack much.

• Save all skills/cooldowns for massive AoE damage on large spawn waves.

• Try to finish with 90+ seconds left for maximum loyalty rewards.

• Prioritize damage/clear speed over full map clears if time is a factor.

• Farm 1-2 areas repeatedly to learn them inside out.

• Salavage all unwanted gear drops for refinement shards.

• Make use of summons/pets/henchmen to divert enemy attention.

• Stay in a full party of high DPS players for fast 5-7 minute clears.

• Reset cooldowns and do multiple Hordes back-to-back for top Obducite/hour.

Via Nightmare Dungeons

• Run dungeons on the highest difficulty you can comfortably handle, as the drop rates increase with difficulty. Torment 4 yields the best rewards.

• Make sure to have the Seething Opals buff active for +100% item find. Pop an Opal right before pulling the final boss for maximum effect.

• Clear all events along the way. They give a nice chunk of Obducite.

• Complete any optional objectives for extra reward rooms.

• Open treasure chests when convenient, but don't go out of your way for them.

• Prioritize killing the dungeon boss over clearing all enemies. Boss kills are the biggest drop.

• Consider the Vessel of Hatred dungeons as they reward a secret area with lots of loot.

• Run with a full party for faster clears. Make sure everyone is doing their part to speed things up.

• Farm efficiently by learning Dungeon layouts and skipping unnecessary combat.

• Salvage all unwanted gear for refinement into Obducite.

• Don't waste time on Goblins/Butchers if you're in a hurry. Focus on bosses.

• Run dungeons non-stop for best Obducite per hour returns. Take breaks in between to reset cooldowns.