According to Wowhead, the event is live until May 26 and boosts Infernal Hordes with additional Infernal Compasses, increased Chaos Waves, and more Aether. In other words, the demon factory is open, the overtime lights are on, and Blizzard would very much like you to clock in.
Infernal Hordes Needed a Better Sales Pitch
Infernal Hordes are not a bad idea. A wave-based slaughter pit full of monsters, escalating chaos, and reward decisions should fit Diablo 4 like a blood-stained glove.
The problem is time. Players have been pointing out that Infernal Hordes can take too long compared to what they actually pay out, especially now that War Plans and other Lord of Hatred systems have created so many competing ways to farm power. When every endgame activity is begging for attention, “please run ten waves and hope the rewards feel decent” is not always the strongest argument.
Compass to Carnage is Blizzard’s answer: more keys, more chaos, more currency, more reasons to pretend this is not just another shift at the demon warehouse.
More Aether Is the Right Kind of Bribe
The increased Aether is probably the real hook here. Infernal Hordes live or die by whether the final payout feels worth the grind. Extra Infernal Compasses are fine, but many active players are already sitting on piles of them like cursed coupons they keep meaning to use.
More Chaos Waves are more interesting. They add pressure, rewards, and the possibility of turning a routine run into something that feels properly unstable. That is where Diablo 4 tends to work best: not when it politely hands you a reward, but when it dares you to chase one more wave and risk turning your build into soup.
Good Event, Bigger Problem
Compass to Carnage may be useful. It may even be fun. But it also highlights the larger Infernal Hordes issue: the mode still needs to feel rewarding without a limited-time event holding a flaming carrot in front of it.
Diablo players will grind almost anything if the payoff is strong enough. They will run the same dungeon, kill the same boss, chase the same goblin, and ruin their sleep schedule for a slightly better number on a cursed hat. But the activity has to respect the time investment.
For now, Compass to Carnage is a decent reason to dive back into Infernal Hordes before May 26. Whether players stay there afterward depends on whether Blizzard can make the demon factory feel less like a chore and more like a proper loot riot.
