A Shattered Crown Diablo III Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Don't forget that you've rescued Deckard Cain - talk to him to find out more about king Leoric. Cain will also give you this quest.

Talk to the blacksmith Haedrig Eamon

Start at the town square and use the path located to your left. Pass by the townsfolk and merchants until you've located the blacksmith standing at the crossroads. Talk to him.

Kill the Ravenous Dead in the Cellar of the Damned

Follow the blacksmith to the Cellar of the Damned and enter it.

You'll find a short corridor here and a door. Destroy the door to enter a new chamber. There are more than a dozen Ravenous Dead in this room for you to kill.

Kill Mira Eamon

You'll find the blacksmith's wife at the end of the cellar and sadly you'll have to kill her as well. Mira Eamon is considered a boss, so she's more demanding than standard monsters. She's very slow, however she deals heavy blows and spits venom if you move away from her (poison damage).

Talk to Haedrig Eamon in the Cellar of the Damned

After you've killed the boss talk to Haedrig in order to complete his assignment.

Open the northwest gate

Exit the cellar and return to the gate you've probably noticed earlier on when you were following the blacksmith. Enter the new area and be ready to engage a group of Scavengers in combat. You can return to the city if you want some assistance in killing them.

Find the Cemetery of the Forsaken in the Weeping Hollow

Travel to the other side of the bridge in order to enter the Weeping Hollow. This is a large area that's occupied mostly by the Hungry Corpses and the Retching Cadavers that breed them. You'll also encounter Grotesques and very fast Scavengers. Watch out for the crawling Ravenous Dead coming out of the bushes.

Since this is an open area you may find yourself encountering a new group of monsters while trying to run away from the previous one. As a result you should be exploring the map slowly if your character can't handle so many enemies, so that you won't have to fight too many of them at the same time. You may find a corpse of Haedrig's apprentice in this location and you'll inform the blacksmith about this during your next encounter.

The best way to find the cemetery is to move near the edge of the map. Find a narrow passageway leading to the gate of the Cemetery of the Forsaken.

Search the Chancellor's Altar beneath the Cemetery of the Forsaken

You are standing in the cemetery. There's a waypoint next to the gate and you should approach it in order to activate it.

You must check three Defiled Crypts. The entrances to them are located on the cemetery grounds.

Only one of the Defiled Crypts mentioned above has a second level and this is the one you must choose in order to proceed with the next part of the quest (the remaining crypts have only one level). As for the cemetery itself, it's guarded mostly by Skeletons, small Imps and several other types of monsters you've already encounter before. You may be attacked by bosses in the two less important crypts and they may have additional abilities like knockback or teleportation.

Go back to the Defiled Crypt with the passageway leading to level two and choose it.

Begin exploring Defiled Crypt Level 2 which is rather small. Approach a door and be ready to attack a monster named Manglemaw. This creature has more than 300 health points (three times as much health as the blacksmith's wife you've killed not long ago), so it's tough. Thankfully the boss is slow and uses knockback instead of serious blows. Once you've killed the monster open a new door to proceed to the Chancellor's Tomb.

A Tomb Guard can be found in this small area and it can summon Skeletons. Kill the guard to prevent it from summoning too many servants.

The final section of the tomb is the chancellor's altar where his crown can be found.

Kill Chancellor Eamon

Chancellor Eamon will appear when you'll attempt to take the crown. He's a tough opponent and you should also know that he can teleport himself across the battlefield. The chancellor will perform freeze attacks each time you're not standing close to him and as a result you may receive serious damage and you may also be slowed down. If you manage to get closer the chancellor will be using knockback attacks in addition to trying to slow down your moves. Overall this duel isn't too easy and you must also control your health bar.

Take the Skeleton King's crown from the Chancellor's Altar

You may approach the altar to pick up the Skeleton King's crown.

Use the Town Portal to return to New Tristram

Notice that you've obtained a powerful spell which allows you to teleport yourself to the nearest town. Press the T key (or a button on the lower panel) and wait until you're transported to your destination.

Talk to Haedrig Eamon

You will appear in the town square. Find the blacksmith and talk to him. He will repair the crown and you will finish this quest.