How to complete Holding Back the Flood in Diablo 4

Diablo 4 Holding Back the Flood
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Diablo 4 Holding Back the Flood is a new assignment that appears early in the Season of the Malignant, and it has left plenty of players scratching their heads. This quest is meant to help guide players through some of the fresh content in Diablo 4 Season 1, but the requirements to complete it have caused confusion as all they say is that you need to complete Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 of the Season Journey to move on. There's no additional explanation for how to do this in Diablo 4, which can be rather frustrating if you haven't discovered how to access those chapters yet. If you're stuck on continuing your storyline, then here's how to complete Holding Back the Flood in Diablo 4 to help you proceed.

How to complete Diablo 4 Holding Back the Flood

Diablo 4 Season Journey to complete for Holding Back the Flood

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To complete Holding Back the Flood in Diablo 4 you need to know about the Season Journey, as this is key to your progress. To find the Season Journey, you have to head to the Season Pass screen and then hit the Season Journey button, which will reveal a long list of objectives that are divided into chapters. Using this screen for reference, you must tick off all of the objectives shown under the Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 headings, which will in turn clear Holding Back the Flood and allow you to continue the overall storyline. For more details on what to do to get started with this, we have a separate guide on how to complete Chapter 1 of the Season Journey in Diablo 4.

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