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All Diablo 3 Soul Shards & Powers in Season 30

We detail all the Soul Shards in Diablo 3 Season 30, alongside their powers, stats, type and how you can get them with step-by-step instructions.
All Diablo 3 Soul Shards & Powers in Season 30
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In Diablo 3 Season 30, entitled The Lords of Hell, players must farm and utilize the Lesser Evil and Prime Evil powers to enhance their build. 

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Diablo 3 Season 30 Soul Shards & Powers Detailed

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Diablo 3 players can farm and upgrade a total of seven Soul Shards in Season 30, all with unique powers and effects. (Picture: Blizzard)

First, a bit of lore text about the Soul Shards in Diablo 3:

Though the Black Soulstone has been destroyed, lingering fragments of The Lords of Hell once contained therein still persist in Sanctuary. These Soul Shards hold immense power—power that once belonged to the Prime and Lesser Evils. Cunning Nephalem who find and wield these Soul Stones must exercise caution. Power can be alluring, and the road to the Burning Hells is paved with good intentions...

We've outlined all the Diablo 3 Season 30 Soul Shards below, including their stats, guides on how to get each one, and if they are Lesser Evil or Prime Evil Soul Shards.

Pro tip: To upgrade these Soul Shards in Diablo 3 Season 30, you must farm Hellforge Embers.

The Prime Evil Soul Shards are placed in an open gem socket on a Helm, while Lesser Evil Soul Shards are placed inside a weapon.

Sliver of Terror Prime Evil Soul Shard

Our guide to getting the Sliver of Terror in Diablo 3 Season 30.

  • Base Power: Your cooldowns are increased by 25%. For every skill on cooldown, you take 12.5% reduced damage and deal 12.5% increased damage.
  • Additional Powers:
    • Your attack speed and critical hit chance are increased by 5% for each skill on cooldown.
    • You cast a devastating Ring of Fire after killing 100 enemies.
    • If three or more skills are on cooldown, your lightning and fire skill damage are increased by 50%.

Shard of Hatred Prime Evil Soul Shard

Our guide to getting the Shard of Hatred in Diablo 3 Season 30.

  • Base Power: You deal 15% reduced damage while you have 3 or fewer enemies within 25 yards. If more than 3 enemies are within the same distance, you deal 5% increased damage per enemy (to a maximum of 50%).
  • Additional Powers:
    • Killing an elite enemy pulls all enemies within 40 yards to where the elite died.
    • Your Movement speed is increased by 50%. Each enemy within 25 yards reduces your movement speed by 10% up to 70%.
    • You now deal 15% 10% increased damage for every enemy instead of 5% (to a maximum of 100%).

Fragment of Destruction Prime Evil Soul Shard

Our guide to getting the Fragment of Destruction in Diablo 3 Season 30.

  • Base Power: You move unhindered through enemies. Each enemy you pass through receives Mark of Destruction for 7 seconds. Each marked enemy that dies removes 1 second from one of your skills on cooldown. If the Mark of Destruction expires before the enemies die you lose 2% of your maximum health as damage. Marks are not applied if you are below 35% health.
  • Additional Powers:
    • You have a 25% Chance to restore 5% health when an enemy dies with Mark of Destruction active.
    • When you apply Mark of Destruction to an enemy, you increase your movement speed by 5% for 7 seconds. Max 10 Stacks.
    • You now leave a trail of fire in your wake that slays enemies with the Mark of Destruction and are below 10% health.

Stain of Sin Lesser Evil Soul Shard

Our guide to getting the Stain of Sin in Diablo 3 Season 30.

  • Base Power: You deal 25% less damage. When you kill 50 enemies, you spawn a pool of blood that increases the damage done to elite enemies by 150% and lasts 15 seconds.
  • Additional Powers:
    • The pool of blood now negates Elite affixes within its area.
    • You gain an additional Rift Progress Orb when you kill and elite pack.
    • The pool of blood now collects Rift Progress Orbs.

Dregs of Lies Lesser Evil Soul Shard

Our guide to getting the Dregs of Lies in Diablo 3 Season 30.

  • Base Power: You deal 25% less damage. Your pets deal 25% increased damage.
  • Additional Powers:
    • Killing an elite enemy reduces all your active cooldowns by 5 seconds.
    • On receiving fatal damage, spawn a shadow that prevents your death, restores your health to 35%, and grants +225 All Resist to all party members while it is active. The shadow only lasts 15 seconds.
    • Each time your pet hits an enemy, your damage is increased by 0.5% for 5 seconds. This stacks up to 100 times. When you reach 100 stacks, the stacks quickly reset to 0.

Remnant of Pain Lesser Evil Soul Shard

Our guide to getting the Remnant of Pain in Diablo 3 Season 30.

  • Base Power: Your Critical Hit Chance is reduced by 15%. Attacks against Incapacitated enemies are automatically critical hits.
  • Additional Powers:
    • Hitting enemies with cold damage has a 50% chance to freeze them. Cold skill damage is increased to frozen targets by 20%.
    • Gain passability while your movement speed bonus is over 50%. When you move through enemies you knock them back and stun them for 2 seconds.
    • When you critically hit an enemy you increase the attack speed all players by 5% for 5 seconds. Max 10 stacks.

Essence of Anguish Lesser Evil Soul Shard

Our guide to getting the Essence of Anguish in Diablo 3 Season 30.

  • Base Power: Every time you deal poison damage to an enemy you increase your cooldown reduction and movement speed by 2.5% while your damage received is increased by 5% for 10 seconds. Max 10 stacks.
  • Additional Powers:
    • Your movement speed and cooldown reduction can be increased up to 15 times by dealing poison damage to an enemy.
    • When you deal poison damage to an enemy they receive 50% increased poison damage from all sources for 10 seconds.
    • Killing an enemy deals the damage done by the death blow to all enemies within 25 yards.

Good luck farming all the Soul Shards in Diablo 3 Season 30, Nephalem! These powers can change up your build entirely, and remember; you can upgrade each one three times by using Hellforge Embers.

Check out our guide to farming Hellforge Embers in Diablo 3 Season 30.