Devotion Shrines

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Introduction

[updated for Grim Dawn v1.2.0.2]

Devotion shrines are scattered around the world of Cairn. Each shrine requires items or combat to activate and grants a Devotion point to unlock a single star in Grim Dawns Devotion system. Many shrines can hardly be missed by following the storyline of the game, but some are a bit more hidden.

You can see a bigger version of each map picture by clicking on it. In each picture, the map is rotated to default view for easy comparison (north = straight up).

This guide assumes that you have both expansions (Ashes of Malmouth and Forgotten Gods). Otherwise some shrines might not be available to you, even in the areas you have access to.

Each shrine in this guide is tagged with , and to show in which difficulties it is available. Number of available shrines throughout the whole game:

Normal
Elite
Ultimate
Base Game
32
34
36
Ashes of Malmouth Expansion (AoM)
6
7
11
Forgotten Gods Expansion (FG)
11
11
12
Total
49
52
59

Even though there are more shrines, you can only get 55 Devotion points (50 in the base game), and after that, shrines will stop granting points.

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Act 1

1. Burial Hill

N: Aether Crystal
E: Aether Shard
U: Aether Shard
2. Devils Aquifer

N: Aether Crystal
E: Aether Shard
U: Aether Shard
3. Foggy Bank

Combat
4. Flooded Passage

Combat
5. Burrwitch Outskirts

N: Aether Crystal
E: Aether Shard
U: Aether Shard
6. East Marsh

Bring Dynamite, Scrap and Iron to repair the bridge!

N: Chipped Claw
E: Severed Claw
U: Severed Claw
7. Burrwitch Estates

Combat
8. Hallowed Hill

E: Aether Shard
U: Aether Shard
9. Warden's Lab

N: Aether Crystal
E: Aether Shard
U: Aether Shard
10. The Hidden Path

Bring dynamites to remove blockade!

U: Riftstone
11. Temple of the Three

Path will only open after collecting all three Hidden Path Runstones.

Combat

Act 2

12. Arkovian Foothills

Combat
13. Rocky Coast

N: Frozen Heart
E: Vengeful Wraith
U: Vengeful Wraith
14. Cronley's Hideout

N: Scavenged Plating
E: Scrap + Scavenged Plating
U: Scrap + Scavenged Plating
15. Old Arkovia

Combat
16. Arkovian Undercity

N: Chilled Steel
E: Coldstone
U: Coldstone
17. Steps of Torment

Combat
18. Barren Highlands

N: Polished Emerald
E: Imbued Silver
U: Imbued Silver

Act 3

19. Mountain Deeps

Combat
20. Forgotten Depths

N: Serrated Spike
E: Vicious Jawbone
U: Vicious Jawbone
21. Tyrant's Hold

N: Searing Ember
E: Enchanted Flint
U: Enchanted Flint
22. The Conflagration

Combat
23. Port Valbury

Combat
24. Infested Farms

N: Mutagenic Ichor
E: Mutated Scales
U: Mutated Scales
25. Den of the Lost

Combat
26. Blood Grove

N: Chtonic Seal
E: Chtonic Seal + Consecrated Wrappings
U: Chtonic Seal + Consecrated Wrappings
27. Stonerend Quarry

Combat
28. Darkvale Village

Combat

Act 4

29. Asterkarn Valley

N: Cracked Lodestone
E: Amber
U: Amber
30. Tomb of the Damned

N: Ancient Heart
E: Ancient Heart + Blood of Ch'thon
U: Ancient Heart + Blood of Ch'thon + Tainted Brain Matter
31. Mogdrogen's Shrine

Part of the quest "Rhowari Legacy" from the Rover camp in Old Arkovia (requires honored reputation with the Rovers). In order to complete it, you will have to go into two Chtonic Rifts (Ashen Wastes in Blood Grove and Forsaken Wastes in Plains of Strife) and aquire an item in each one. With these two items and an Ancient Heart you can then finally activate the shrine. The devotion point will be granted on quest completion.

N: Ancient Heart + Combat
E: Ancient Heart + Combat
U: Ancient Heart + Combat
32. Necropolis

Combat
33. The Black Sepulcher

N: Roiling Blood
E: Hollowed Fang
U: Hollowed Fang
34. Tomb of the Watchers

Combat
35. Bastion of Chaos

Combat
36. Sanctum of the Immortal

You have to do the Daila & Dravis secret quest to be able to open the portal to the Sanctum of the Immortal. See the guide linked below for a detailed walkthrough.

U: Skeleton Key

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=639283370

Act 5 (AoM)

37. Gloomwald

Combat
38. Ancient Grove

Combat
39. Den of the Ancient

U: 3x Ugdenbloom
40. Ugdenbog

N: Ectoplasm
E: Vengeful Wraith
U: Vengeful Wraith
41. Barrowholm Mine

Combat
42. Void's Edge

Combat

Act 6 (AoM)

43. Malmouth

N: Aether Shard
E: Aethersteel Bolts
U: Aethersteel Bolts
44. Ransacked Lighthouse

Combat
45. Crown Hill

Combat
46. The Infestation

Combat
47. Sanctum of the Chosen

You have to do the Lokarr secret quest to be able to open the portal to the Sanctum of the Chosen. See the guide linked below for a detailed walkthrough.

U: Skeleton Key

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1172507753

Act 7 (FG)

48. Temple of Osyr

Combat
49. Korvan Oasis

N: Battered Shell
E: Rigid Shell
U: Rigid Shell
50. Cairan Docks

Combat
51. Sandblown Ruins

Combat
52. Sanctuary of Horran

Combat
53. Ruins of Abyd

N: Chilled Steel + Cracked Lodestone + Searing Ember
E: Radiant Gem
U: Radiant Gem
54. Valley of the Chosen

Combat
55. Sunward Spire

Combat
56. Tomb of the Eldritch Sun

Combat
57. Tomb of the Heretic

Combat
58. Splendors of the Shattered Realm

After doing the first few quests in the FG expansion and after choosing one of the cults to side with, speak to Mazaan, Keeper of Portals in the Conclave of the Three. Clear the first shard of the Shattered Realm (or go as deep as you like) and cash out to enter the reward room with the shrine.

N: Aether Crystal
E: Celestial Lotus
U: Celestial Lotus
59. Sanctum of the Chosen

You have to do the Crate of Entertainment secret quest to be able to open the portal to the Sanctum of the Chosen. See the guide linked below for a detailed walkthrough.

U: Skeleton Key

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1699754522

Checklist

I created a printable checklist for those who would like to track their progress on multiple characters (print once per character) or just want a quick overview. I made two versions of it, each one in its own tab in the document:

  1. All shrines in the order of progression through the game. Names and order as they are here in the guide.
  2. Alphabetical order to compare to the ingame list. Uses ingame names and also has reference numbers to the shrines here in the guide.

And here is the link:
Grim Dawn Devotion Shrine Checklist (Google Docs)[docs.google.com]
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