At Any Cost is a Side Quest in Diablo 4. At Any Cost can be found in the Corpsewail Deluge at the Blightmarch in Hawezar. Side Quests are optional missions that players can complete in order to obtain different rewards. Players are usually rewarded XP, and Gold depending on your level. Completing Side Quests in a specific region will also add to the Region Renown. Side Quests can be acquired by encountering various events or interacting with different NPCs.
Track Elias' dark path through the marshes of Hawezar.
At Any Cost Objectives and Information
- View Location on Map: [Diablo 4 Map Link]
- Duration: 4-6 Minutes
- Starting Zone: Corpsewail Deluge
- Requires Stronghold Unlocked: No
- Requires Dungeon: No
- Quest-Chain: To Walk a Dark Path, At Any Cost, Turbulent Waters, By Three They Come
Objectives
- Find the refuge marked by giant tusks
- Enter the Strange Refuge
- Slay the Wildlife
- Investigate the campsite
- Speak with the Groaning Corpse
- Collect the acolyte's head
- Collect candles for the ritual
- Place candles: 0/3
- Speak to the Acolyte's Head
At Any Cost Walkthrough
After completing the Side Quest To Walk a Dark Path, this Quest will automatically be activated and your objective will be highlighted accordingly. In case you left this next Quest for later, your objective will be at the Corpsewail Deluge, at the Blightmarch.
- Find the refuge marked by giant tusks
The refuge should be near the center of the circle, slightly to the right side.
- Enter the Strange Refuge
The Strange Refuge is a Cellar in the game. You can find the Cellar on our Interactive Map here: [Diablo 4 Map Link]. It should just be to your immediate right.
- Slay the Wildlife
Inside, follow the singular path and slay all the Enemies in the larger chamber.
- Investigate the campsite
Interact with the items indicated by the objective markers - some Half-Melted Candles, a Destroyed Cookpot, and a Dusty Cot. There doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary - until you hear a loud groan.
- Speak with the Groaning Corpse
The groan seems to have come from a corpse laying on the right side of the chamber. It'll bid you to come closer. Interact with it and ask, "What... Who are you?" It seems the corpse belongs to an acolyte of Rathma who means to show you the answers to your questions through a spell, but it entails taking off its head, which its decaying body will not give willingly.
- Collect the acolyte's head
As the corpse said, its body indeed resists. It will fight you as an Elite with the Poison Enchanted Affix. Be wary of your life and try your best to end the fight quickly before the poison becomes too much to handle. After you defeat it, the Acolyte's Head will be left on the floor for you to pick up.
- Collect candles for the ritual
Interact again with the Half-melted candles from earlier to collect them this time.
- Place candles: 0/3
Interact with the markers that appear around the center of the floor to put down the candles.
- Place the Acolyte's Head
Next, you'll have to place the Acolyte's Head on the indicated spot to the northwest.
- Speak to the Acolyte's Head
Talk to the head and say, "Begin the ritual." The ritual will show vestiges of the acolyte's memory of his encounter with Elias, the end of which will reveal where they went next. If you look closely, you'll see him change into the form of a shorter swordsman before Symon enters the scene. This will complete the quest.
How to unlock At Any Cost
- Complete the Side Quest To Walk a Dark Path
At Any Cost Rewards in Diablo 4
- Renown: +20 Hawezar Renown
- Gold: Depends on Character Level
- Experience: Depends on Character Level
Other Rewards & Items:
- Item: Elixir Cache
At Any Cost Notes, Tips, and Lore
- Notes & tips go here
- At Any Cost is one of four Side Quests players have to accomplish in order to complete the To Walk a Dark Path Challenge.
- Rathma is the direct child of Lilith and Inarius, and the first-ever Necromancer. You can learn more about him on our Lore page here.
