Diablo 4: How to Find & Defeat the Butcher

The Butcher is a returning enemy that players have found and encountered in other Diablo games. The demon returns in Diablo 4, and tracking it down won’t be easy.

There are several things you’ll want to know about the Butcher, especially if you’re trying to hunt it down. It won’t be easy to find this monster in Diablo 4, but if you do, there are some things you’ll want to know and to make sure you and your party are prepared to take it down during your campaign.

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Where to Find The Butcher in Diablo 4

It has been confirmed that the Butcher does not have a set spawn in Diablo 4. Instead, it randomly appears while you are exploring Dungeons. If you’re trying to hunt it down, the only way to find it is by exploring Dungeons in your world and trying to complete them.

The Butcher can spawn in your Diablo 4 Dungeon instance at any time. For us, we encountered the Butcher while in a group and attempted to complete one of the tasks required to open the Dungeon door. In the middle of the boss fight, the Butcher burst into the room and cut our entire party down. Unfortunately, we did not survive, and it had been the first time we found this enemy. In the future, we plan to be more prepared and will be ready the next time to show up in our world.

How to Defeat the Butcher

The Butcher is like every boss in Diablo 4. It will be a massive amount of health, and you’ll see how much progress you’ve made on it as you and your party attempt to defeat it. In addition, multiple nodes on the Butcher’s health bar will indicate when it will drop health potions for you and your party members to grab during this encounter.

Unlike the other bosses in Diablo 4, although the Butcher scales with your level, it is supposed to be much stronger than you and your party. Taking it down will not be easy, and it will require you and your team to use all of your abilities to attempt to defeat it.

Some players have had the fortune to bypass the standard encounter with this demon in Diablo 4. They’ve been able to do this by dragging the Butcher out of the room, and getting it stuck in the doorway. While it’s stuck in the door, they could freely attack it without the Butcher attacking back, and eventually, they could take it down.

This won’t be the case every time you encounter the Butcher, but you might able to use this strategy if you find it while playing Diablo 4. Outside of potentially cheesing the Butcher, we recommend using whatever room you find yourself in and attempting to get out of its attack range as much as possible. Being close to this enemy is a true challenge unless you have a good amount of lifesteal keeping your character alive.

After defeating the Butcher in Diablo 4, the creature will drop a good amount of items that you can add to your collection and swap out for more gear.