Malignant Hearts are powerful crafting items in Diablo 4. Here's how to craft and use them.
What are Malignant Hearts
Malignant Hearts are crafting materials that grant powerful passive effects to equipped jewelry.
How to Get Hearts
- Defeat Malignant enemies (purple hearts above heads)
- Open Malignant Tunnels (special dungeons)
- Complete Malignant bounties
How to Use
- Open Inventory → click Heart slot
- Insert Heart into Ring or Amulet
- Heart provides unique passive effect
Best Malignant Hearts
| Heart | Effect |
|---|---|
| Resolute | +25% HP |
| Vampiric | Life steal on hit |
| Channeling | -15% Resource cost |
| Creeping | +30% DoT damage |
| Focused | +25% Crit Damage |
Best Slots
Amulet — highest impact slot. Always craft best Heart into Amulet first.