Diablo 4: Best Nightmare Dungeons for Glyph Leveling (Season 4)

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Players that want to maximize the efficacy of their Glyphs in Diablo 4 will need to put some amount of effort toward leveling them up. This is done by completing Nightmare Dungeons, and some maps are better suited for fast Glyph leveling than others. This guide is here to highlight some of the best options for quickly leveling Glyphs in Diablo 4, and players should make sure to clear the indicated maps when they receive an associated Nightmare Sigil.

Updated May 18, 2024, by Marc Santos: The list of available Nightmare Dungeons have changed once again as of the start of Diablo 4 Season 4, offering players a refreshed pool of maps to pick from when it comes to grinding for Glyph levels. While there haven't been many changes to the dungeons themselves, players can expect to find a couple of tried-and-tested options in this season's dungeon rotation. WIth that being said, we've updated this guide to feature all the best Nightmare Dungeons for Glyph XP farming for Season of the Loot Reborn.

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It is first important to establish that the amount of Glyph XP that is awarded upon completing a Nightmare Dungeon is determined exclusively by the map's Tier. More specifically, awarded Glyph XP is equal to Tier * 2 + 2 for every Nightmare Dungeon in Diablo 4. This means that only one thing really needs to be considered when determining which maps are best for fast Glyph leveling, and that is how long it takes to complete the Nightmare Dungeon.

To summarize, the shorter the dungeon, the better it is for leveling up Glyphs. This is the opposite of the best Nightmare Dungeons for farming XP in Diablo 4 — for these, you'll want dungeons with high mob spawns and straightforward paths.

Best Nightmare Dungeons For Glyph XP
Tier	Dungeon
S	Aldurwood Jalal's Vigil Belfry Zakara Ghoa Ruins
A	Blind Burrows Sarat's Lair Flooded Depths Uldur's Cave
B	Crusader's Cathedral Mercy's Reach Light's Watch Deadman's Dredge

Aldurwood is one of the absolute best dungeons for Glyph XP in the game. Its objectives are simple, and its map layout is very small and straightforward. All you need to do here is kill some Aldurkin and walk up to the boss at the other end of the dungeon. The other dungeons in S-tier share similar traits, but Aldurwood takes the top spot for being extremely convenient for players.

Blind Burrows and Sarat's Lair are also fairly simple dungeons, but they are larger than the ones on S-tier and usually take more time to complete. However, these deserve their spot in A-tier for the sheer density of the enemies that spawn in them. Blind Burrows in particular is a great XP farming spot in Diablo 4, especially if players can find a group to play with.

The ones in B-tier aren't bad, but expect to take more time completing them than the rest. Out of all the ones in this list, Light's Watch is arguably the quickest and easiest to complete. Here, you can skip all the chaff and make a beeline straight for the objectives. However, its map layout can be a little long and winding.