The Fallen Star Diablo III Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

You will begin the game on the Road Next to the Cliff. Proceed east and eliminate a few Risen along the way. You will soon have to turn north. Approach the gates of a town named New Tristram.

Captain Rumford should be standing in front of the closed gates and additional defenders can be found on the palisade. Talk to the captain to receive your first task.

Kill the Risen attacking the gates

Monsters will start appearing close to the woods to the east. Join the defenders and start attacking them. You'll encounter a small group at first, however once the undead have been defeated a much a larger group will join the battle.

Talk to Leah in the Slaughtered Calf Inn

Enter the city and proceed towards the town square where the inn can be found. The building you're looking for, as any other quest objective, is marked on your map with a pulsating circle. Enter the inn, find Leah next to the bar and talk to her.

Kill the Risen

During the conversation a bunch of people standing in the inn will suddenly turn into Risen. Leah will help you in getting rid of them.

Talk to Leah in the Slaughtered Calf Inn

Finish your conversation with Leah that was interrupted by the attack of the Risen. Leah's Room can be found nearby, but aside from her journal you won't find anything interesting there.

Talk to Captain Rumford at the gate to New Tristram

Exit the inn and return to the gates. You must talk to Captain Rumford again.

Kill the Wretched Mother

New Risen will attack from the north. They are being breeded by the Wretched Mother, so you must focus on killing her as soon as possible in order to prevent new monsters from joining the battle.

Kill the Wretched Queen in the Old Ruins

Bonus: Kill the Wretched Mothers (3)

Head north, choosing a narrow path along the way. You should find yourself using Old Tristram Road and it's recommended that you explore this location.

The area is swarming with the Risen, Quill Fiends and Walking Corpses (don't forget that you must also kill Crawling Torsos once they're defeated). There are a lot of corpses of Tristram defenders here, as well as snags, piles of bones and other objects that you may examine in order to collect gold and valuable items. You shouldn't have any problems locating three Wretched Mothers and killing them will allow you to complete the bonus objective. The area isn't too big and you should stick to the main road if you want to move ahead.

The main path will soon narrow down and you'll enter the Old Ruins. This is the old Tristram and it's being occupied by the same creatures you've previously encountered on the Old Tristram Road. The Wretched Queen can be found in the south-eastern part of the town and she's marked with a red dot on your map.

The queen is quite resistant, but she's slow. She also continues to breed new Risen, so you should focus only on killing her.

Use the Old Ruins waypoint

Before you decide to use the waypoint you should explore the entire area. For example, in the ruins of Griswold's workshop (he's the blacksmith from the first Diablo game) you'll find an armor stand. Click on the waypoint and travel to New Tristram.

Talk to Captain Rumford in New Tristram

Captain Rumford should be standing close to the waypoint. The conversation with the captain will end this quest and you'll receive experience points (EXP) and gold as a reward.