Diablo 3 Season 28 Theme Rites of Sanctuary Mechanics Guide

Season 28 in Diablo 3 will introduce a new type of consumable item called Rites of Sanctuary. It is associated with the Altar of Rites which work as portal to separate dungeons. You can begin interacting with the Altar of Rites at Level one. We will describe how the Rites of Sanctuary Mechanics in Diablo 3 Season 28 works below.

Upon arrival at the Altar of Rites, players will see 26 icons called Seals and three Legendary Potion Powers. Take a moment to familiarize yourself with the elements below.

Diablo 3 Season 28 Seal and Legendary Potion Powers

Seal	Power
A	Your Kill Streak timer duration and reward bonus are doubled.
B	Pools of Reflection last for the entire Season and are not removed by death.
C	Items have no level requirement.
D	+100 Damage
E	+5% Missile Damage Reduction
F	+10% Movement Speed (Uncapped)
G	Increase damage against elites by 5%.
H	Picking up Health Globes grants a shield for 5% of your maximum health for 7 seconds. Max stacks 5.
I	+5% Melee Damage Reduction.
J	Increases your highest elemental skill damage bonus by 5%.
K	Increase damage against elites by 5%.
L	+5% Damage
M	Double the amount of Death’s Breaths that drop.
N	Critical hits grant resource: Mana: 15, Hatred: 5, Wrath: 5, Arcane Power: 3, Fury: 3, Spirit: 5, Essence: 5.
O	Double the amount of Bounty Caches that drop from completing bounties.
P	Progress orbs from Nephalem and Greater Rifts are automatically picked up within 60 yards.
Q	Reduces the damage taken from elites by 5%.
R	+5% Damage
S	Gain immunity to crowd-controlling effects.
T	Gain passability.
U	Pets pick up Death’s Breath.
V	Elite packs drop one additional progress orb.
W	Increase damage done to Bosses by 5%.
X	Pets pick up and salvage common, magic, and rare items.
Y	Increase your chance to Dodge by 5%.
Z	Double the chance to find a legendary item purchased from Kadala.
Potion AA	When you drink your health potion, you manifest one of three runic circles on the ground that grant increased damage, increased cooldown reduction, or increased resource cost reduction.
Potion AB	When you drink your health potion, all enemies within 25 yards deal 25% less damage.
Potion AC	When you drink your health potion, gain a random Shrine (except Empowered shrine) or the Dimensional Pylon (except Power pylon) effect. Dimensional Pylons are regular pylons with shorter duration.
AD	When a primal item drops, a second random primal item drops as well.

How Seals and Potions Work in Diablo 3 Season 28

As you can see, after unlocking the first Seal, the order in which you unlock additional Seals and obtain their powers is entirely up to you and which powers align with your character’s build the most. Once a Seal or Legendary Potion Power is unlocked, you’ll immediately receive that Seal or Potion’s power and will have the ability to unlock connected Seals or Potions once you have the required materials. All Seals and Potions can be unlocked by players and the powers apply to all your characters—these powers last for the entirety of Season 28.

How to Unlock Seals and Potions in Diablo 3 Season 28

Unlocking Seals and Potions will be no easy feat, especially after multiple sacrifices—you’ll find yourself rummaging across Sanctuary slaying scores of demons hellbent on preventing you from acquiring the Altar of Rites’ full power.

Players must gather materials listed in the Altar of Rites menu and sacrifice them in order to gain a Seal or Potion’s power. In addition to receiving the power after unlocking, you’ll notice the generic text previously displayed has been swapped with a small story scrap about Sanctuary’s tumultuous past.

To unlock a Seal, the Seal preceding it must first be unlocked—this does not apply to Seals R, S, and T because of how they’re positioned within the Altar. For example, if you want to unlock Seal B or C, Seal A must first be unlocked. There is also no limit to how many Seals or Potions can be unlocked within a given time period, if you have the required materials to sacrifice to the Altar. Regardless of the order in which you unlock Seals and Potions, the cost will increase as shown below.

Study the cost of each sacrifice and theorize where within Sanctuary you can find some of these rare materials.

Costs to Unlock a Seal or Legendary Potion Power

#	Cost
1	10 Reusable Parts
2	1 Flawless Diamond (or greater), 15 Arcane Dust, 20 Reusable Parts
3	1 Greater Rift Key, 10 Death’s Breaths
4	Any Class-Specific Set Helm
5	20 Forgotten Souls, 10 Khanduran Runes, 10 Caldeum Nightshade, 10 Arreat War Tapestry, 10 Corrupted Angel Flesh, 10 Westmarch Holy Water
6	1 Leoric’s Regret, 1 Vial of Putridness, 1 Idol of Terror, 1 Heart of Fright
7	Reaper’s Wraps
8	30 Forgotten Souls
9	1,100 Bloodshards
10	1 Flawless Royal Ruby, 20 Death’s Breaths, Ring of Royal Grandeur
11	1 Flawless Royal Emerald, 30 Khanduran Runes, 30 Caldeum Nightshade, 30 Arreat War Tapestry, 30 Corrupted Angel Flesh, 30 Westmarch Holy Water
12	20 Greater Rift Keys, 1 Ramaladni’s Gift
13	1,300 Bloodshards
14	Petrified Scream
15	Challenge Rift Cache
16	250 Forgotten Souls
17	1,400 Bloodshards
18	Ancient Hellfire Amulet
19	Four Tome of Set Dungeon Pages from your class.
20	Ancient Puzzle Ring, 50 Khanduran Runes, 50 Caldeum Nightshade, 50 Arreat War Tapestry, 50 Corrupted Angel Flesh, 50 Westmarch Holy Water
21	500 Death’s Breaths, 300 Forgotten Souls
22	1,500 Bloodshards
23	Whisper of Atonement Rank 125
24	Any Augmented Weapon
25	Staff of Herding
26	1,600 Bloodshards
Potion 1	55 Primordial Ashes
Potion 2	110 Primordial Ashes
Potion 3	165 Primordial Ashes

Completing this sacrifice does so for all other character classes on your account.

• Barbarian:
  • 12, 14, 18, 22
• Crusader:
  • 31, 35, 37, 40
• Demon Hunter:
  • 52, 56, 60, 63
• Monk:
  • 71, 74, 78, 83
• Necromancer:
  • 85, 86, 90, 92
• Witch Doctor:
  • 93, 97, 101, 106
• Wizard:
  • 112, 121, 126, 130

In order to know how to obtain the reagents from above read our Diablo 3 Season 28 Rites of Sanctuary Sacrifices Reagents Details.

After you’ve conquered the armies of Hell and acquired the needed materials to unlock all 26 Seals and three Potions, you’ll receive a reward truly fitting of an unstoppable force—the Wings of Terror Cosmetic, Seal AD. We recommend you unlock all Seals and Potions within the Altar of Rites, not only to inspire terror within your foes, but also to piece together the fragments of Sanctuary’s past.

Primordial Ashes Feature

Acquiring Primal Items is no small task. That’s why they are adding a new Primordial Ashes feature with this patch to aid in your quest. At the Blacksmith, you can now salvage a Primal Item for 55 Primordial Ashes.

Blizzard has also added a Primal Item recipe to Kanai’s Cube, allowing you to upgrade any non-crafted legendary item to a Primal Item for 100 Primordial Ashes. Only one upgraded Primal Item may be worn at a time and upgraded Primal Items do not retain the properties of the Legendary Item that was used. New affixes are rolled for all upgraded Primal Items.