Diablo 3: All Soul Shards in Season 30 and their Strong Bonuses

In Season 30 of Diablo 3, you can farm Soul Shards of the Greater Evils and Lesser Evils. We will show you all Soul Shards along with their base bonuses and additional properties. Find out what you can do with the “Sparks of the Hellforge.”

What are these shards? The seasonal theme of Season 30 in Diablo 3 is titled “The Rulers of Hell.” This was already the case in Season 25. It’s all about the Soul Shards. Each character can carry two at the same time. They drop in their basic form and can then be upgraded by you.

In this overview, we show you all Soul Shards and their bonuses from Season 30. This way you know which ones are suitable for your class and playstyle and are worth upgrading.

Note: We have updated the article from Season 25 and adapted it for Season 30.

Season theme of Season 30 – Soul Shards and Sparks of the Hellforge

How does the theme work? You can carry two shards at the same time, one socketed in the head and one in the weapon. They work like gems but are much more powerful than any gems you’ve known before. Because they combine effects.

There are three Soul Shards of the Greater Evils that fit in your helm sockets
And four Soul Shards of the Lesser Evils that fit in your weapon sockets

You can upgrade each Soul Shard three times, using exclusive seasonal items “Sparks of the Hellforge” – these are consumables
By upgrading, you unlock the additional properties

Where can you find the Soul Shards? The new Soul Shards and the Sparks of the Hellforge can drop anywhere. The chance of obtaining Soul Shards is higher from bosses. You cannot trade the shards with other players but you can recycle them with the Blacksmith or use them in Caldesann’s Despair.

After the end of the season, you cannot take either the Soul Shards or the Sparks of the Hellforge into non-seasonal play.

All Soul Shards and their Bonuses in Season 30

Below, we show you all shards with their base bonuses and additional properties.

You unlock the additional properties gradually as you upgrade the Soul Shards with the Sparks of the Hellforge.

Shard of Terror (Greater Evil)

Base bonus: Your cooldowns are increased by 25%. For each skill on cooldown, your damage taken is reduced by 12.5% and your damage dealt is increased by 12.5%.

Additional properties:

For each skill on cooldown, your attack speed and critical hit chance are increased by 5%.
Upon killing 100 enemies, you cast a Flame Ring.
If at least three skills are on cooldown, the damage of your lightning and fire skills is increased by 50%.

Shard of Hatred (Greater Evil)

Base bonus: Your damage is reduced by 15% when three or fewer enemies are within 25 meters of you. If there are more than three enemies, your damage per enemy is increased by 5% – up to a maximum of 50%.

Additional properties:

When you kill an elite enemy, all enemies within 40 meters are pulled to the death location of the elite enemy.
Increases your movement speed by 50%. For each enemy within 25 meters, your movement speed is reduced by 10% – up to a maximum of 70%.
You now deal 15% more damage per enemy instead of 5% – up to a maximum of 100%.

Fragment of Destruction (Greater Evil)

Base bonus: You can move unhindered through enemies and mark them with the Mark of Destruction for seven seconds. If an enemy bearing the mark dies, it reduces the cooldown of one of your skills by one second. If the mark expires without the enemy dying, you take damage equal to 2% of your maximum health for each marked enemy. At less than 35% health of your character, no mark is applied.

Additional properties:

There is a 25% chance that a killed enemy bearing the Mark of Destruction restores 5% of your health
For each enemy marked with the Mark of Destruction, you increase your movement speed for seven seconds by 5% – a maximum of 10 stacks is possible
You leave a trail of flames. Enemies affected by the Mark of Destruction with less than 10% health are immediately killed.

Mark of Sin (Lesser Evil)

Base bonus: You deal 25% less damage. When you kill 50 enemies, you create a pool of blood that increases the damage taken by elite enemies by 150% and lasts for 15 seconds.

Additional properties:

The pool of blood now negates the affixes of elite enemies within its area of effect
When you kill a group of elite enemies, you gain an additional progress orb for portals
The pool of blood now collects the portal progress orbs for you

Sediment of Lies (Lesser Evil)

Base bonus: You deal 25% less damage yourself. Your companions and minions deal 25% less damage.

Additional properties:

When you kill an elite enemy, your active cooldowns are reduced by five seconds
If you take damage that would kill you, you summon a shadow. This prevents your death and restores 35% of your maximum health. Additionally, the shadow grants all group members +225 resistance to all damage types while the shadow is active. It lasts for 15 seconds
Your damage increases by 0.5% each time one of your minions or companions hits. This is stackable up to 100 times, granting you a maximum of 50% more damage. Once you reach 100 stacks, the stacks reset to 0 over a short period

Rudiment of Pain (Lesser Evil)

Base bonus: Your critical hit chance is reduced by 15%. However, you always critically strike incapacitated enemies.

Additional properties:

When you hit enemies with cold damage, there is a 50% chance that you freeze the enemy. Frozen targets take an additional 20% damage from cold skills
If you have more than +50% increased movement speed, you can move through enemies, pushing them back, making them stunned for two seconds
When you critically hit enemies, the attack speed of all players in your group is increased by 5% for five seconds – stackable up to ten times