Diablo 4: All Malignant Tunnel locations in Season 1

Aakrit Sharma
Cormond featured in Diablo 4 Season 1 artwork

Diablo 4 Season 1 offers players the opportunity to discover and explore Malignant Tunnels and battle Malignant Enemies so that they can progress efficiently. Here are all the Malignant Tunnel locations in Diablo 4 Season 1.

Season 1 of Diablo 4 features a Malignant corruption that is spreading throughout Sanctuary and you must stop it with the help of Cormond. This NPC can help you contain Malignant Hearts which are essential to your seasonal progress.

Malignant Hearts buff your builds in different ways and the best place to find them is undoubtedly a Malignant Tunnel. These tunnels have more Malignant enemies than usual and there are only a few of them on the map, making them difficult to find and explore.

On that note, let’s take a look at all the Malignant Tunnel locations in Diablo 4 Season 1.

All Malignant Tunnel locations in Diablo 4 Season 1

There are six Malignant Tunnels in Diablo 4 Season 1 and you can find them in Hawezar, Scosglen, and Dry Steppes.

Malignant Tunnels in Hawezar

The first Malignant Tunnel is located in the Forsaken Coast region of Diablo 4’s Hawezar. Use the Backwater teleport waypoint on the eastern edge of the map and head northwest.

The exact location of the tunnel has been marked in the image below:

Malignant Tunnel in Hawezar region of Diablo 4
There are five major regions in Diablo 4.

The second Malignant Tunnel in Hawezar is on the southern edge of Dismal Foothills. We recommend using the Ruins of Rakhat Keep waypoint and heading northwest.

You can see the exact location of the tunnel marked in this image:

Malignant Tunnel in Hawezar region of Diablo 4
There are 35 waypoints to help players fast travel in Diablo 4.

Malignant Tunnels in Fractured Peaks

The first Malignant Tunnel in Fractured Peaks region of Diablo 4 is located east of the Malnok Stronghold and the nearest waypoint is the Bear Tribe Refuge.

The exact location of the tunnel in the game is marked in this image:

Malignant Tunnel in Fractured Peak region of Diablo 4
Fractured Peaks is the first region you unlock in Diablo 4.

The second Malignant Tunnel in Fractured Peaks is located south of Nostrava and you can use Nostrava’s waypoint and head south to reach it.

Malignant Tunnel in Fractured Peaks region of Diablo 4
Every region has a few Strongholds that reset every season.

Malignant Tunnels in Dry Steppes

The first Malignant Tunnel in Dry Steppes region of Diablo 4 is on the western edge of Dindai Flats. You can either use the waypoint in the Kotama Grasslands or head north from the waypoints in the Fields of Hatred.

Here’s the exact location of the tunnel in the game:

Malignant Tunnel in Dry Steppes region of Diablo 4
Malignant Tunnels have the most Malignant Enemies.

The second Malignant Tunnel in Dry Steppes is on the eastern edge of the Untamed Scarps region and the nearest waypoint is in Jirandai.

Malignant Tunnel in Dry Steppes region of Diablo 4
Malignant Enemies only appear after you interact with the caged heart.

How to interact with the Malignant Overgrowth in Malignant tunnels in Diablo 4 Season 1

You’ll need a Malignant Invoker to interact with the Malignant Overgrowths in Malignant Tunnels in Diablo 4 Season 1. Malignant Invokers rarely drop as loot and the best way to obtain them is through crafting.

Follow these steps to craft Malignant Invokers in the game:

  1. Collect a bunch of Malignant Ichor from events and tunnels. You can also salvage the waste/unrequired hearts to get Malignant Ichor.
  2. Head to Cormond and craft the desired Malignant Invoker.

With the correct Malignant Invokers, you’ll be able to summon powerful enemies in Malignant Tunnels, and defeating these enemies ensures that you get the best loot available.

We hope this guide helps you find all the Malignant Tunnels in Diablo 4 Season 1 and take on those Malignant Enemies for Malignant Hearts. For more content on the game, make sure to check out our other guides:

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Aakrit is a games writer with over 2000 published articles for EssentiallySports, Sportskeeda, FortniteINTEL, and CharlieINTEL. Currently, he writes guides on Minecraft, Roblox, Pokemon games, Genshin Impact, and Brawlhalla. Aakrit loves playing shooter games and in his free time, you can find him queued up in Valorant, Fortnite, Apex Legends, or Halo Infinite. You can contact Aakrit at [email protected].