The second season of Diablo IV, Season of Blood, is officially upon us, and with that comes all-new quests and powers. Alongside being able to obtain vampiric abilities, you also have new objectives that you need to get through in order to complete season 2’s quest line. Of these, A Witness in the Dust is the fourth quest that you’ll come across, just after Summons of the Deathless. To make things easier on you, we wrote out how to complete Witness in the Dust in Diablo 4, as well as how to fix any bugs that you might encounter as you go through it.
Witness In The Dust – Diablo IV Walkthrough
To complete Witness in the Dust in Diablo 4 successfully, you’ll need to complete the following objectives:
- Enter the Fetid Mausoleum with Erys
- Acquire the Profane Vampire Skull
- Complete Chapter 2 of the Season Journey
- Return to Erys in Ked Bardu
- Place the Skull in the Basin
- Release the Blood Well’s valve
- Speak with Erys
- Travel through the Blood Portal
- Investigate the Veiled Gate
- Slay the vampire
- Speak with Erys
- Examine Erys’ Tome
Unless you follow every single instruction above to a T, then you won’t be able to continue forward. In fact, you’ll be stopped completely, forcing some people to think that there is some sort of in-game bug that is preventing them from moving forward.
How To Fix The Bug In Witness In The Dust
The really is that there is no bug in Witness in the Dust. The quest just has incredibly strict objectives, and if you don’t do them exactly, then you’ll be forbidden from moving forward. The specific objective that some players seem to forget is to complete Chapter 2 of the Seasonal Journey.
How To Complete Chapter 2 Of The Seasonal Journey
There are a total of 11 objectives in Chapter 2 of the Seasonal Journey, though you only need to complete nine of them in order to complete it. These objectives are as follows:
- Obtain two Caches from the Tree of Whispers.
- Complete eight Cellars.
- Conquer a Stronghold.
- Upgrade Your Potion to Minor at the Alchemist.
- Unlock eight Aspects in the Codex of Power by completing Dungeons.
- Reach Level 25.
- Rescue five Villagers within the Blood Harvest.
- Defeat a Blood Seeker.
- Activate a Vampiric Power that requires three Pacts.
- Add or remove Pacts from a piece of armor.
- Craft a Gem at the Jeweler.
Diablo 4 is available on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.