The Diablo 4 world boss times are one of the biggest challenges of the game so far; just when you think you've worked out when and where you've got to be to face the next one, the order changes on you. Since the game launched, players have been trying to Diablo 4 Gold figure out a consistent pattern, but the good news is that a rough consensus has been reached.
If you're heading into Diablo 4's endgame, you might want to know more about how the Helltide works, or the slightly random process of unlocking Nightmare Dungeons. Otherwise, here's what we know about world boss spawn times, locations, and your best bet for finding and fighting one of Sanctuary's toughest.
It's worth noting that you don't need to finish the campaign to fight a world boss, as some have suggested, but it will be significantly trickier to find them since you won't get a countdown timer on the map indicating their location.
There's been a lot of confusion around world boss times among the community, but as far as we can tell a world boss spawns approximately every six hours in Diablo 4, amounting to four world bosses per day. Since the exact time varies a little, there are no consistent boss spawn times, but there are ways of finding out in advance and making sure you don't miss when one appears.
Once you complete the campaign, you'll unlock Whispers of the Dead; special timed activities you can do to earn Grim Favors. Since the world boss is one of these activities, you'll get a timer on the map around 30 minutes before the boss spawns. This is easy to spot, since similar to the Legion events, there'll be a bar slowly building below it, indicating how long until it starts.
If you're curious when the last world boss occurred—so you can work out when the next one will likely spawn—Game 8's Diablo 4 boss tracker Twitter account is the best tool I've seen so far, giving you an idea of when you need to be playing to Buy Diablo 4 Gold catch the next boss.
