Diablo 4 Holding Back the Flood quest: How to unlock & complete

With Season 1 underway, more players are searching for how to unlock and complete the Diablo 4 Holding Back the Flood quest in the inaugural season.

While it is a fairly straightforward questline, not everyone knows how to finish this mission in the Season of the Malignant. 

So, let’s get into the step-by-step guide on how to complete the Diablo 4 Holding Back the Flood quest in Season 1, with all of the answers you'll need below. 

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Diablo 4 Holding Back the Flood quest: How to unlock & complete

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After unlocking soon after starting Season 1 in the game, all you need to do in order to complete the Diablo 4 Holding Back the Flood quest is complete Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 of the Season Journey. 

The main obstacle that may stump Diablo 4 players though is that they can’t find the Season of Journey tab to identify what objectives you need to complete. 

To find the objectives needed to complete the Holding Back the Flood quest in Diablo 4, carry out the following steps: 

• Bring up the map in Diablo 4. 
• Select the “Season” tab next to “Map”.
• Under “Season of the Malignant” on the left, select “Season Journey”. 
• Under each tab for Chapter 1 & Chapter 2, you’ll see the full list of objectives to complete for each of those chapters. 

Once you have ticked off all of those objectives, you’ll have completed Holding Back the Flood in Diablo 4. 

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With that, you now have all you need to know on how to complete Holding Back the Flood in Diablo 4 in Season 1, known as “Season of the Malignant”.

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