By Jason Parker
Diablo 4 Season 9鈥檚 Reopening the Wound picks up where we left off during To Walk Where Spirits Tread. Instead of heading back to Tul Dulra to perform an important ritual, we鈥檙e going to head somewhere else, somewhere a bit more dangerous, in the overall lore of Sanctuary: The Scar. We have a ritual to conduct, and hopefully, everything will work out, and we鈥檒l be able to start cleaning up these Blood Relics we found in previous quests.However, this is Diablo 4, and we know by now that Season 9鈥檚 Reopening the Wound quest will do nothing of the sort. If you鈥檙e grinding through this season and want to know what you need to do, we鈥檙e here to get you through it, from start to finish.How to complete Reopening the Wound in Diablo 4 Season 9Steps to complete Reopening the WoundSpeak with Bryona in TirmairTravel to the ScarSpeak with DavishEnter the ScarSpeak with BryonaActivate the Cleansing IncenseRetrieve the Fallen鈥檚 HeadOffer Hluttred the Fallen鈥檚 HeadStand in Horadric GlyphObserve the RitualSurvive the ambushSpeak with BryonaThis is a lengthy ride – unless you have the Waypoint (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)Normally, you鈥檒l meet up with Bryona in Cerrigar for Diablo 4 Season 9 quests, but Reopening the Wound wants you to head to the nearby settlement of Tirmair. If you don鈥檛 have the waypoint, you鈥檒l have to ride. If you don鈥檛 see this quest on your main UI, you鈥檒l need to head into your quests journal and manually track it.As you can see in the screenshot above, it鈥檚 a pretty long ride. I didn鈥檛 realize, apparently, that I had the waypoint when I started riding, and manually rode across the countryside to get there; don鈥檛 make the same mistake I did. Double-check, and only ride there if you have to.When you arrive, head into the hut that is marked with the seasonal quest symbol to progress Reopening the Wound in Diablo 4 Season 9. You won鈥檛 be heading into any Horadric Strongrooms this time, though.A ritual where Astaroth was once bound? What could possibly go wrong? (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)We will be heading to the Scar, where Astaroth was first sealed. Everyone has already gathered there. Just ride to the east, until you reach the quest marker, and then speak with Davish when you arrive. You will then enter the Scar for the last steps of Reopening the Wounds in Diablo 4 Season 9.Upon reaching the next objective in this small cave, speak to Bryona. She鈥檒l ask you to activate the Wayfinder, and so you鈥檒l go interact with the four Cleansing Incense in the room and then almost immediately retrieve the Fallen鈥檚 Head by killing it.Bring the Fallen鈥檚 head to Hluttred the wolf spirit, by putting it in the bowl nearby. This will trigger a ritual, where you need to Stand in the Horadric Glyph, so do so and Observe the Ritual.Astaroth’s asking the important questions (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)This animates the wolf spirit, who retreats from the cave, covered in smoldering flame. If you wondered how Astaroth received an extra ally to aid him in the coming battles, this is likely its origin. Astaroth has corrupted the spirit of Hluttred, but you have more important things to worry about: surviving an ambush of demons.When that鈥檚 cleared, head outside to speak with Bryona and that will wrap up Reopening the Wound in Diablo 4 Season 9. At Tier 6, you鈥檒l pick up The Unseeable Demands Their Gaze, but first you will probably have to do more grinding, via The Truths That Lie Within.Check out our other Diablo 4 Season 9 guides and featuresDiablo 4 Season 9: All changes since the 2.3.0 PTRDiablo 4 Season 9: Escalating Nightmares mechanic, explainedDiablo 4 Season 9 Endgame tier list: Best builds for Pit push and bossingDiablo 4 Season 9: All Horadric Jewels (known so far)