Diablo 4 guide: Every Shrine and Faded Plaque buff in the game

As you explore the many regions and dungeons of Sanctuary in Diablo 4, you will encounter shrines and statue-like structures that you can interact with. These statues will have a white glow about them, and upon interacting with them, you will be offered a random buff for 30 seconds.

The buff you receive is not something that you will be able to choose, however, a specific icon will tell you the type of buff that you have received.

Each Shrine and Plaque buff is different in Diablo 4, and they will each provide you with a unique set of powers that you will be able to make the most of when you go up against some of the hardest content in the game.

Hence, today’s guide will cover every Shrine and Faded Plaque buff in Diablo 4, along with the icons that represent them.

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All Shrine buffs and icons in Diablo 4

There are seven types of Shrines that you will be able to interact with in Diablo 4, they are:

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1) Artillery Shrine

• Icon: Bow and arrow icon
• Buff: Will increase your Attack Speed by 150%, and both your basic attacks and skills will fire Holy arrows. Necromancer minions will also receive this buff and shoot and will be capable of shooting Holy arrows.

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2) Blast Wave Shrine

• Icon: Sun
• Buff: Upon activation, the Shrine buff will allow you to send out explosions every three seconds, this will have an AOE damage affecting enemies in a radius around you.

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3) Channeling Shrine

• Icon: Cup
• Buff: When the Blast Wave Shrine is activated, your skills will not cost any mana or energy upon use and will grant you 40% reduced cooldowns. It will, unfortunately, not reduce the cooldowns of skills that have been used right before.

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4) Conduit Shrine

• Icon: Broken Chain
• Buffs: When active, you will be able to turn in a ball of lightning and damage nearby enemies who get in melees range. Additionally, your skills will now have the “Surge” effect, and you will be granted a one-second cooldown on them. You will also teleport a short distance every time you use a skill.

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5) Greed Shrine

• Icon: Coins
• Buffs: When this Diablo 4 Shrine buff is active, enemies will start dropping gold every time you hit them, and you can collect this by just walking over the drops. It also makes it so that enemies who boast higher health will drop more gold

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6) Lethal Shrine

• Icon: Two crossed swords
• Buffs: When active this buff will allow your skills to always critically strike and deal 25% more critical strike damage.

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7) Protection Shrine

• Icon: Human Shield
• Buffs: The Shrine will make you Unstoppable and invulnerable to enemy attacks. This will also remove any debuffs and status ailments from you upon activation.

It’s important to note here that while the effects of the Shrine buffs last for 30 seconds in Diablo 4, it can be extended with the use of certain gear pieces. Apart from this, activating each shrine will give you a 35% movement speed boost for the time, which can be enhanced with Elixirs and Gears.

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All Faded Plaque buffs in Diablo 4

Apart from the regular shrines, you will be able to interact with Faded Plaques as well in Diablo 4. However, to activate them, you will need to solve a riddle using an emote. After you use the right emote, you will obtain the buff which that shrine provides.

Here are all the shrines, their phases, emotes, and buffs

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1) Bid Farewell

• Emote: Bye
• Buff: You will gain a slight increase in movement speed.

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2) Provoke

• Emote: Taunt
• Buff: You will get more health potion drops for a short time.

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3) Atone

• Emote: Sorry
• Buff: This will make you Unstoppable for some time.

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4) Give Aid

• Emote: Help
• Buff: This will coat you in a barrier.

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5) Greet

• Emote: Hello
• Buff: This will turn you invisible.

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6) Embolden

• Emote: Cheer
• Buff: This will allow you to seek the aid of a spirit companion who will spawn and help you in battle for a short time.

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What are Cursed Shrines in Diablo 4?

Cursed Shrines are also something that you will be able to come across as you explore Sanctuary in Diablo 4. However, upon activation, they will turn red and provide you with a mission to complete.

You need to defeat all the enemies before the timer counts down, and upon doing so, you will get the associated shrine buff and a Greater Radiant Chest.

If the timer runs out before you kill them all, then you will just get the buff and a Radiant Chest.