How to get Herald’s Morningstar in Diablo 4 and its unique effects

Herald’s Morningstar is a new one-handed unique mace in Diablo 4 tied to the Paladin class. It is built around Blessed Hammer, one of the most fun skills in the Paladin’s arsenal, directly scaling its damage output.

In this guide, we will break down the Herald’s Morningstar unique mace's stats, unique effects, and how you can acquire it in Diablo 4.

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Diablo 4: What is the Herald’s Morningstar?

Herald’s Morningstar is an ancestral, unique one-handed mace specifically built for the Paladin class in Diablo 4. Its stats greatly scale both strength and max life, granting the Paladin more damage output and survivability.

The mace also directly scales the Blessed Hammer skill, additionally granting a chance for the skill to deal double damage. All of these stats greatly benefit Paladin in running endgame content like Nightmare Dungeons and the Pit of Artificer.

The Herald’s Morningstar directly enhances the Blessed Hammer skill of the Paladin (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

Stats of the Herald’s Morningstar

• +10.0% Lucky Hit Chance
• +(107 - 121) Strength (up to +182 with mastercrafting)
• +(424 - 457) Maximum Life (up to +685 with mastercrafting)
• +(2 - 3) to Blessed Hammer (up to +5 with mastercrafting)
• +(47.0 - 65.0)% Chance for Blessed Hammer to Deal Double Damage (up to +97.5% with mastercrafting)

Strength scales the overall damage ceiling of the Paladin, while Maximum Life increases the Paladin’s chance of survival; both are necessary due to the close-quarter playstyle of the class. The chance to deal double damage increases Blessed Hammer’s effectiveness, allowing it to deal massive burst damage.

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Unique effects of the Herald’s Morningstar

• Blessed Hammer deals (110 - 150)%[x] increased damage.
• Lucky Hit: Up to a 20% chance to spawn a base Blessed Hammer on the target hit.

The unique effect of the Herald’s Morningstar allows the Blessed Hammer to deal tremendous multiplicative damage up to 150%. Furthermore, this unique item has a lucky chance to spawn an additional Blessed Hammer, increasing the effectiveness of the skill.

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How to get the Herald’s Morningstar in Diablo 4

The Herald’s Morningstar unique mace can drop from multiple sources in Diablo 4, but only a handful of sources offer a higher drop rate. Here are all the sources of the Herald’s Morningstar:

Boss farming

The Herald’s Morningstar drops from the loot hoard of three specific bosses in the endgame of Diablo 4. Here are all the bosses you can farm for the Herald’s Morningstar:

1) Echo of Duriel, Maggot King

Duriel is one of the easiest bosses that drops the Herald's Moringstar (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

• Location: Gaping Crevasse dungeon, southern Kehjistan
• Difficulty: Torment
• Boss hoard key: 3x Shard of Agony
• Where to farm hoard keys: Hoard of Grigoire, Hoard of Varshan, Kurast Undercity (using Tribute of Titans)

2) Echo of Andariel, Maiden of Anguish

Andariel can be encountered in any Torment difficulties (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

• Location: Hanged Man’s Hall dungeon, eastern Kehjistan
• Difficulty: Torment
• Boss hoard key: 3x Pincushioned Doll
• Where to farm hoard keys: Hoard of Lord Zir, Hoard of The Beast in the Ice, Kurast Undercity (using Tribute of Titans)

3) Harbinger of Hatred

You will need the Vessel of Hatred expansion to fight the Harbinger of Hatred (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

• Location: Harbinger’s Den dungeon, Lingering Hatred, Nahantu
• Difficulty: Torment
• Boss hoard key: 3x Abhorrent Heart
• Where to farm hoard key: Hoard of Urivar, Kurast Undercity (using Tribute of Titans)

Repeating these boss encounters is the best method to acquire the Herald’s Morningstar ancestral unique mace in Diablo 4.

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Nightmare Dungeons

The Herald’s Morningstar drops from random enemies and loot chests. The best place to encounter a high density of enemies (both regular and elites) is inside Nightmare Dungeons. So run Nightmare Dungeons in between farming bosses to acquire the Herald’s Morningstar faster. Additionally, the dungeon completion chest often yields unique items, making it a great farming method.

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World events and world bosses

World bosses and events have a slightly higher chance of yielding unique items along with rare crafting materials. These events include Gathering Legions and Helltides. Among them, Helltide Events have the highest chance of dropping unique items due to the high concentration of reward chests.

During these events, you must collect Aberrant Cinders and use them to open the Tortured Gift of Light Weaponry (costs 125 Aberrant Cinders) and Tortured Gift of Mystery (costs 250 Aberrant Cinders).

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Gamble for light weapons using Obols

You can randomly gather Obols while exploring the open world of Diablo 4. Once you collect enough Obols, use them to gamble for one-handed weapons (costs 50 Obols) at the Purveyor of Curiosities. This method is RNG-based, making the drop rate extremely low, but it’s still a viable method to acquire unique gear.

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Any build that’s using Blessed Hammer will benefit from the flat damage increase from the Herald’s Morningstar. So if you are playing an AoE-based Blessed Hammer build, the Herald’s Morningstar unique mace can be crucial to your build.

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Edited by Adarsh J Kumar