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Rogue Class has been revitalized in Diablo 4 Season 7 with the addition of active skills and new Uniques, making it one of the most worthwhile classes to play this season. Among the many build options, the Heartseeker Rogue has become the first choice for players because of its strong mid-range play style.

In this Heartseeker Rogue build, you can quickly eliminate enemies with just a few attacks, and its high burst damage, mobility and continuous critical scaling are all important reasons for you to choose it as your most reliable choice in PVP and PVE. What’s more, whether you are currently in the leveling stage or the endgame stage, you only need to make very minor changes.

But I have to remind you that if you can’t choose some appropriate build options for Heartseeker Rogue build, its powerful clearing ability cannot play to its maximum effectiveness. So this guide will introduce you to some of the best skills, gear, and other details for this build based on the many attributes and statistics in the current D4.

Skills

First of all, it should be clear that Heartseeker Rogue build is characterized by super fast speed and high damage, so be sure to focus on these two attributes when picking a build for this build. Ideally, your character’s basic attack can take most of the damage while getting as much damage bonus as possible. So, based on the above requirements, this guide recommends the following active and passive skills and the points they have.

Active Skills

• Heartseeker: 5
• Caltrops: 1
• Dash: 3
• Smoke Grenade: 1
• Cold Imbuement: 1
• Dark Shroud: 5
• Shadow Clone: 5

Passive Skills

• Sturdy: 3
• Siphoning Strikes: 2
• Weapon Mastery: 3
• Unstable Elixirs: 3
• Balestra: 3
• Trick Attacks: 3
• Exploit: 3
• Malice: 3
• Agile: 3
• Frigid Finesse: 3
• Unto Dawn: 3
• Innervation: 3
• Second Wind: 3
• Alchemist’s Fortune: 1
• Close Quarters Combat: 1

Rotation

When you’re in combat, you can use Heartseeker first to clear out those lower-level enemies, then intersperse Shadow Clone in between for extra damage and buffs. When you’re up against elite enemies, Smoke Grenade can provide a deterrent effect and give you some burst. It’s best to save Caltrops for tougher fights and use it with Dash to maximize clearing power and mobility.

Specializations

Generally speaking, you probably won’t use Specialization in Heartseeker Rogue build during leveling, but in the endgame, where exploration is more difficult, you should go for Combo Points, as it fills up your Puncture skill before you use your powerful Heartseeker skill, allowing you to deal higher damage later.

Another option is Inner Sight, which will allow you to mark enemies. When the Inner Sight bar on the screen is full, you will gain unlimited energy and your critical hit chance will be greatly increased for a few seconds, making it very easy for you to complete the entire battle and also very smooth to pick up the large amount of Diablo 4 Gold awarded to you at the end.

Witchcraft Powers & Occult Gems

As Diablo 4 enters Season 7, more and more game content is added, including Witchcraft Powers and Occult Gems. Their addition gives players more options when making builds, and a lot of build styles are born.

And for the current Heartseeker Rogue build, clearing or combat ability is the focus of the entire build. So according to this requirement, here will be recommended for you the following Witchcraft Powers and Occult Gems and you can make appropriate choices based on their effectiveness.

Witchcraft Powers

• Soul Harvest: More enemies mean more power, which stacks your core stats based on monster density, making you stronger the more you fight.
• Hex of Flames: You mainly get this to activate Piranhado, but the extra fire damage doesn’t hurt either.
• Aura of Siphoning: Free life leech so that maintain health while dealing damage.
• Aura Specialization: You get a free critical damage boost, which works perfectly with Trick Attacks, making your hits even more powerful.
• Grow: Bigger ultimate, more damage and is great for nuking groups of enemies.
• Piranhado: You can melt enemies in one go, so you don’t have to chase the remnants anymore.

Occult Gems

• Hungering Void: Your aura draws enemies to you, enhancing synergy with the Soul Harvest and Victimize processes.
• Friend of the Bog: It adds a core stat multiplier, increases max life, and makes mobs unhindered for smoother movement.
• Toadling’s Wish: It amplifies Growth & Decay Powers, greatly increasing the effectiveness of Soul Harvest.

Gear

When choosing gear for your Heartseeker Rogue build, you should still pay special attention to Diablo 4 Items that can enhance your damage capabilities and mobility. Here are some good choices for you, some of them have Legendary status, but many of them are Uniques, which may require you to spend some time to farm them.

• Cowl of the Nameless (Helm): Increased chance of lucky hits against crowd-controlled enemies.
• Shroud of False Death (Chest Armor): Rogue gains a Shadow from Dark Shroud, reducing damage taken.
• Runic Gloves of the Expectant (Gloves): After attacking with a basic skill, the damage of the next core skill is increased.
• Frostbitten Runic Leggings (Pants): Enemies hit by a stun grenade have a chance equal to their critical strike chance to be frozen for 2 seconds. Critical strike damage against frozen or stunned enemies is increased by 30%.
• Frostbitten Runic Cleats (Boots): Enemies hit by a stun grenade have a chance of being frozen for a few seconds.
• Battle Bow of the Moonrise (Main Weapon): Dealing damage to an enemy with your basic skill increases your attack speed by 4% for 10 seconds, stacking up to 5 times.
• Shard of the Verathiel (Offhand 1): The base skill deals 50-200% increased damage but requires an additional 25 primary resources.
• Vehement Brawler’s Bone Blade (Offhand 2): Shadow Clones are 55% more likely to deal double damage.
• Ocelot’s Eye of Adaptability (Amulet): You now have 30% resistance to all elements.
• Saboteur’s Signet (Ring 1): When you activate your core skill, you have a chance to throw a stun grenade that deals more damage and stuns enemies.
• Coldclip Loop (Ring 2): Basic skills always grant Chill, increasing damage dealt to Chilled or Frozen enemies.

These are some of the build options you can choose for Heartseeker Rogue build in the current Diablo 4 Season 7. Once again, the specific attributes and statistics may change as the season progresses, so you can make the corresponding choices based on your own needs in the future. I wish you a happy game!

It has been many days since the initial launch of Diablo 4 Season 7. If you have played it, you should find that there are many items and events dedicated to itself in this season, just like the old seasons. By playing them, you should be able to get some new Diablo 4 experience.

Among all the seasonal events of Season 7, Headhunts is a more eye-catching one, and the operation is similar to Helltides in the game. But compared with Helltides, Headhunts has better diversity, monster density and dynamic targets, and can allow you to get Diablo 4 Gold by killing enemies in it, and also get a new game item called Fugitive Heads - which plays an important role in Season 7.

Based on this, we will introduce you to some information about Headhunts and Fugitive Heads to help you play the new season more smoothly.

Why Is Headhunts Popular?

Headhunts are one of the playable events in Season of Witchcraft, and they appear periodically in different areas of Diablo 4 map, running for 40 minutes in each area. During these periods, you can complete Whisper Bounties in these areas, or collect seasonal resources such as Fugitive Heads or Restless Rot by fighting new Headrotten enemies.

The main reason why Headhunts events are so well received is that they bring a new style to Diablo 4. Previously, you might have been disappointed with the repetitiveness of similar events in the game like Helltides, which became increasingly boring due to the same locations, music, and objectives. However, Headhunt solves this problem by rotating in different areas of Sanctuary.

What Are The Shortcomings Of Headhunts At Present?

Although Headhunts has been greatly improved compared to Helltides, it actually has a fatal flaw, that is, the drop rate of Fugitive Heads in it is extremely low. This item can be used to make Occult Gems, which is very useful, but the fact that it is difficult to farm will undoubtedly ruin your gaming experience. Some players even said that they spent hours without getting a single Fugitive Head.

Currently, even if you farm Fugitive Heads at the highest difficulty level, Torment IV, the drop rate is only 10%. Although you can use the Draught of Whispers elixir to increase the drop rate by 50%, this is not a long-term solution after all, because the elixir is also a consumable. Therefore, you can fully believe that this mechanism is in urgent need of change.

Possible Improvements

Of course, the simplest solution is to increase the drop rate of Fugitive Heads directly, either on all difficulties or only in high difficulties. Or Diablo 4 can also provide other ways to help you get Fugitive Heads, such as allowing you to make Fugitive Heads with other seasonal resources, or providing them to you as milestone rewards.

If possible, you can also expect Diablo 4 to introduce a pity system as a guarantee for farming Fugitive Heads, that is, allowing you to get a fixed number of Fugitive Heads after completing a certain number of Headhunts tasks.

Although the drop rate issue is a headache, you have to admit that Headhunts is indeed one of the good changes made in Season 7. But if the game can fix the related bugs and shortcomings based on player feedback, Headhunts will perform better.

How To Get Fugitive Heads?

Through the introduction of Headhunts, you should also know that Fugitive Heads are a seasonal crafting material introduced in Diablo 4’s seventh season, which can help your seasonal characters further improve their overall strength as they enter the final stage.

Due to the low drop rate, getting Fugitive Heads requires a lot of luck. To do this, you must enter Diablo 4’s Torment difficulty level and kill Headrotten enemies during Headhunts to have a chance to get Fugitive Heads - Headrotten is a boss-level monster that can withstand a lot of punishment. Headrotten enemies have a 4% chance to spawn in Headhunts zones after reaching Torment I, and this chance increases by 2% for each level of Torment you go up, up to 10% in Torment IV.

Alternatively, you can farm them by killing Fugitive Head bosses in Season 7’s Roothold dungeons. While these dungeons are smaller and very easy to complete, to access them you’ll need to acquire Whispering Wood Sigils ahead of time, just like you used to get Nightmare Sigils to open nightmare dungeons. This item can be obtained as a random drop by completing activities, or by opening Silent Chests and Whisper Caches from Tree of Whispers.

What Do Fugitive Heads Do?

Fugitive Heads can be used to craft Occult Gems, which actually synergize with another seasonal power in Diablo 4 Season 7, the witchcraft power, to give you special combat buffs.

Specifically, in addition to providing a lot of extra armor and elemental resistance, Occult gems can enhance the witchcraft power you obtain, or grant you some powerful bonuses that can rival the effects brought by Legendary Aspects. The main Occult gems that can be crafted with Fugitive Heads are:

• Dust Stone
• Friend of the Bog
• Moonlight Ward
• Mind Wreath
• Voice of the Stars
• Witching Hour

Some of these gems may require you to equip a certain witchcraft power before they can work, while others only require enemies to be affected by Hexes, Auras, or both. In Season 7, you can equip multiple Occult gems at a time, but they can only be embedded in rings and amulets.

Hopefully, after understanding the above content, you can experience various Season 7 events more smoothly. Have fun!

As one of the core skills with the fastest attack speed and mobility in Diablo 4 Season 7, Shred allows Druid with it to tear all enemies on the road into pieces while crossing the map. Although this means that Shred is powerful, it is also difficult to master, so to fully utilize its strength, you need to create a build that can support it, which we call Shred Lacerate Druid Build.

In general, this build significantly enhances Werewolf’s critical damage by focusing on critical strikes, Lacerate, and Malefic Crescent unique amulet, so as to play a role in combat. Although you may need to invest a lot of Diablo 4 Gold in the process of building, you will eventually think it is worth it through the performance of this build.

So how to create this build? Next, we will introduce it to you one by one from different angles.

Benefits Of Shred Lacerate Druid Build

This build is great for helping you level up and play endgame content as a Druid, and as long as you get a few key Legendary Aspects for it, it will work and help you continue to output damage, so you can easily upgrade to the later Torment levels. In addition, Shred Lacerate Druid Build will also provide you with unlimited spirit, high attack speed and good mobility, as well as Lacerate with a lower cooldown.

Suitable Active Skills

First, you need to match two Werebear skills to trigger the passive skills, and in terms of specific gameplay, all you need to do is hold down Shred while maintaining a good health state while sprinting and ensuring that the various passive skills can work normally. However, it is recommended that you save Lacerate for elite pack encounters to avoid damage as much as possible.

• Maul (1/5)-Wild
• Shred (5/5)-Primal
• Earthen Bulwark (1/5)-Preserving
• Blood Howl (1/5)-Preserving
• Debilitating Roar (1/5)-Innate
• Lacerate (5/5)-Supreme

Appropriate Passive Skills

Choosing passives for this build is pretty straightforward, just make sure they provide general damage and survivability bonuses, as well as Werewolf and Shapeshifting abilities. Just be sure to invest at least three skill points in each passive skill, unless there is a special case.

• Heart of the Wild (1/3)
• Neurotoxin (1/3)
• Wild Impulses
• Predatory Instinct
• Iron Fur
• Ancestral Fortitude
• Vigilance
• Backlash
• Feral Aptitude
• Envenom
• Toxic Claws
• Defensive Posture
• Catastrophe
• Quickshift
• Heightened Senses
• Natural Fortitude
• Lupine Ferocity

As for the choice of Spirit Boons, you can prioritize Deer, Eagle, Wolf, and Snake.

Gear And Stats Selection

Since Shred Lacerate Druid Build relies on attack speed and critical strike to function, you need to focus on farming gear with these two attributes. Especially after you enter the endgame, you must work hard to farm related unique items.

For example, Malefic Crescent can increase the critical strike damage you deal with Lupine Ferocity if you hit critical strikes continuously. If you need more damage, The Butcher’s Cleaver has all the stats you need. Blurred Beast and Unsatiated are useful if you want to help level up with Shred Lacerate Druid Build. As for the remaining gear slots, you can fill them with other offensive Legendary Aspects.

How To Use Paragon Boards?

In Diablo 4, Paragon board system can provide you with another meaningful way to continue to progress even if your character has reached the level cap. When you use Shred Lacerate Druid Build, it is recommended that you further improve your offensive and defensive capabilities by combining the following boards, glyphs and nodes:

• Starter: Fang and Claw-Tenacity, Prime, Reclaim, Impel
• Lust for Carnage: Werewolf-Lust for Carnage, Feral, Ripper, Wild’s Call
• Inner Beast: Territorial-Inner Beast, Tenacity, Wilds, Impel
• Ancestral Guidance: Undaunted-Ancestral Guidance, Resolve, Reclamation
• Heightened Malice: Shapeshifter-Heightened Malice, Poison Resilience

Play The Role Of Season 7’s Seasonal Mechanism

The most notable seasonal features of Season 7 are witchcraft power and Occult gems, so it is completely necessary to further strengthen your build with the additional sources of power they bring to make it more closely integrated with the new season. However, before that, you must actively complete various seasonal quests to unlock these special powers.

• Breath of the Coven: Grants you attack speed when using a witchcraft power for damage or crowd control.
• Hex of Flames: When you use Lucky Shot, give your attacks a chance to create Hex of Flames, causing enemies to take extra damage. If an enemy is critically hit, Hex of Flames explodes.
• Soul Harvest: Grants you an additional primary core stat when using a cooldown near an enemy.
• Aura of Siphoning: Not only poisons nearby enemies but also heals you for 1% of your maximum health when you damage an enemy.
• The Cycle (Unique Witch Power): Gives your attacks a chance to create flowers when you use Lucky Shot. These flowers heal allies when stepped on, and explode when triggered by enemies.
• Moonlight Ward (Gem): For each rank of your unique witchcraft power, you gain damage reduction and maximum resistance to all elements.

If you successfully create your own Shred Lacerate Druid Build in Diablo 4 Season 7 with the help of the above suggestions, then I believe you will have a further gaming experience!

After entering a new season in Diablo 4, you will always encounter a lot of new game elements, which may be new gear, new powers, or other new items, so you will often face the problem of how to get them.

For example, in the latest Season of Witchcraft, you will encounter a new pet called Dorian the Raven and various witchcraft powers including Piranhado, which can bring different help and fun to your Season 7 journey. Based on this, we will introduce you to the relevant information of Dorian the Raven and Piranhado.

How To Find Piranhado?

As one of the four lost witchcraft powers in Season 7, Piranhado is a return of Witch Doctor Piranhas rune of the same name in Diablo 3. It returns as a witchcraft power in Season 7 and can be activated no matter what class you play.

Piranhado can generate a tornado full of piranhas in battle, sucking in all the enemies you encounter. This tornado will spawn whenever an enemy is affected by Hex Specialization and Aura Specialization effects, significantly increasing your efficiency in farming Diablo 4 Gold.

To find Piranhado, though, you need to find a Forgotten Altar first. These altars appear randomly in dungeons, including normal dungeons, nightmare dungeons, and Pit of Artificers. However, Forgotten Altars will only spawn in Torment difficulty, and the spawn rate increases based on Torment level you currently have selected, starting at 1% and going up to 5% - which may increase further later in the season.

If you want to increase your chances of finding a Forgotten Altar for a limited time, you can use Draught of Whispers. As a consumable, Draught of Whispers not only doubles the spawn rate of Forgotten Altars but also increases the chances of finding Fugitive Heads in Headhunt events.

It’s worth noting that when obtaining the lost witchcraft power from the Forgotten Altars, you must unlock Breath of the Coven, Hex Specialization, Aura Specialization, and Piranhado in this order, so you can only get Piranhado after finding 4 Forgotten Altars.

How To Find Forgotten Altars?

Since Forgotten Altars are randomly generated, it is recommended that you go to smaller dungeons to find them. One of the best dungeons is Hoarfrost Demise in Fractured Peaks, and Fractured Peaks is located north of Bear Tribe Refuge waypoint, which is northeast of Kyovashad.

Compared to most dungeons, Hoarfrost Demise has a very small layout, mainly consisting of short corridors that loop around each other, which makes it easier to navigate and clear enemies through this tight loop.

But if you want to hone your game character while finding Forgotten Altars, running Pit of Artificers is better. Because although Pit will not give you more opportunities to find Forgotten Altars because of its larger level, you will have the opportunity to upgrade Glyphs every time you run it.

What Is Dorian The Raven?

Pets in Diablo 4 are mainly decorative. They do not provide any combat benefits or attribute improvements. They can only bring you a visual aesthetic effect by following your character as you travel through Sanctuary, making your Diablo 4 journey more personalized.

These pets from Diablo 4 have their own characteristics and animations, such as Asheara Dog, and Hratli the Canine, Natalya the Tiger, and Alkor the Snow Leopard in the DLC.

But in Season 7, you will be able to get a raven pet named Dorian for the first time. It looks very mysterious, dark, and even omen-related, which complements the gothic aesthetic of Diablo 4 and is worth having.

How To Get This Pet?

To get this pet, you have to complete the entire Season 7 journey, which is not easy because this journey includes many chapter challenges, and each chapter has multiple objectives. These objectives vary greatly, some require you to defeat specific types of enemies, some require you to collect game resources such as herbs and hides, or complete seasonal events such as nightmare dungeons.

The good news is that you can also get rewards for completing these chapters, including Diablo 4 Gold and Favor. Although Favor can increase your Battle Pass progress, you still need to complete all Season 7 journey chapters to unlock Dorian the Raven. Once Dorian is added to your in-game pet collection, you can find it by looking through the wardrobe.

The Significance Of Getting Dorian The Raven

Like other Diablo 4 pets, Dorian can’t provide you with any substantial help. It is just a visual companion. So don’t expect Dorian to have his own skills or help you in battle. It will only watch you fight and won’t participate.

But you will eventually find that you get a lot of rewards by completing various tasks in the process of obtaining it. And when other players find out that you have this pet, it means that they will know that you are a Diablo 4 player who has completed Season 7 journey seriously. Besides, having a cute pet as a companion is fun in itself - Dorian’s appearance is so charming.

After the introduction, you should already know how to get Piranhado and Dorian the Raven. I hope that these methods we provide can really help you. Thank you for reading.

Among all Diablo 4 classes, perhaps Rogue always gives you a stable and reliable feeling, so you are used to choosing it as the starting class for your first game character when entering a new season.

Because Rogue’s weaker range and defense capabilities compared to other Diablo 4 classes may make you wonder how to level up better as a Rogue at the beginning, so you can make up for it by choosing the right builds or gear, and try to make yourself choose one between melee and ranged to specialize.

Based on this, we will provide you with a Season 7 Rogue upgrade guide from the selection and use of builds, gear, and aspects.

Choose The Best Build

Diablo 4 has reached its seventh season, and there are many builds suitable for Rogue, but the most universal one is still Barrage Rogue. Because if you want to level up quickly, it is necessary to output a lot of AOE damage in time in battle, so that you can quickly eliminate a group of enemies to collect enough XP and Diablo 4 Gold, and Barrage Rogue can do this.

Basic Skills

When using Barrage Rogue Build, it is recommended that you choose Puncture as the basic skill. This skill allows you to throw blades at a short distance, so that every three attacks you make will slow down the enemy. In addition, you can successfully slow down the enemy by throwing these blades very quickly, and avoid being caught in a dangerous position while the enemy closes in, especially when you are at a lower level.

Core Skills

Barrage is a good choice for the core build skill, because it can fire multiple arrows that may rebound to damage the enemy, and like Puncture, Barrage can also be upgraded to get better.

In the early stages of the game, Advanced Barrage is useful because it will give you a higher critical hit chance if your Barrage rebounds a certain number of times. However, once you have Precision, it is recommended to switch to Improved Barrage, because it makes the enemy more vulnerable after every three times you cast the skill. It is worth noting that Barrage consumes energy, and upgrading Puncture helps to restore energy.

Mobility Skills

For this kind of skill, it is recommended to choose Shadow Step and Dash, but it does not matter which one you choose first. Dash allows you to move and deal damage, and slows down enemies hit by it. Shadow Step grants you Unstoppable and a faster movement speed, allowing you to move behind your target to attack them. You can actually use the good mobility these skills provide to dodge attacks.

Active Skills

Shadow Imbuement and Cold Imbuement are good active skills for Barrage Rogue Build. You can alternate between them during combat to keep the build going and increase the overall damage output. Don’t forget to select the hybrid option for both abilities to upgrade, as this will further increase the damage taken by affected enemies.

Other Power Options

After obtaining the above abilities, you can choose Precision as your passive skill, and Hex of Shattering, Hex of Flames, Aura Specialization, and Aura of Siphoning as your witchcraft powers. After all, as a new feature of Season 7, witchcraft powers can provide different benefits to each Diablo 4 class and are worth taking advantage of.

Choose The Best Gear & Aspects

After deciding and building your Barrage Rogue Build, you need to further choose good gear and aspects to strengthen the build so that your character can level up faster.

In terms of aspect selection, the first thing worth having is Aspect of Branching Volleys, because it can increase the damage of arrows reflected by Barrage skill, and you can get it by completing Shadow Plung dungeon. Others worth considering include High Velocity Aspect, Edgemaster’s Aspect, and Aspect of the Expectant, but some of them are randomly dropped and you may have to consume some time to collect them.

Before choosing gear, you need to first check the properties that different gears provide you, mainly including cooldown reduction, skill damage increase. In addition, gear that can increase agility, movement speed, maximum health, attack speed, armor, and resistance are always good, because they are important for fragile Rogues. In fact, in the early stages of the game, using gear to increase your additional defense is a good choice.

It’s worth noting that elixirs are also a great resource for leveling up as a Rogue, and the bundled herbs used to make elixirs are easy to find, especially during Headhunts event in Season 7. Of all the elixirs, Elixirs of Precision or Advantage are best for Rogues, but if you want to increase your survivability, I recommend you go with Elixir of Fortitude-but it never hurts to carry as many potions as possible.

Hopefully, with these tips, you can reach max level as a Rogue as soon as possible in Season 7 and successfully complete various quests to get the game’s rewards! Good luck!

Diablo 4 Season 7, named Season of Witchcraft, is a new season themed around Witch Powers. It’s easy to see how important it is to get these Witch Powers for your character in this new season.

There are 4 types of Witch Powers in total: Eldritch Powers, Psyche Powers, Growth & Decay Powers, and Lost Powers. Witch Powers provide defensive, offensive, or other utility benefits to the character, usually determined by the school of power. And unlocking them requires different types of conditions. Some need to be activated on a timer, and others need to be unlocked by using items.

Here, we’ll talk about the key material required to unlock Lost Powers, Forgotten Altars, and introduce how to farm it in Season 7.

Why Are Forgotten Altars So Important?

Now, Forgotten Altars are extremely important in this new season because these are the only way to get Lost Powers that your character needs. Lost Powers are very powerful, especially Piranhado Effect, which is one of the very useful Witch Powers that many builds use.

When an enemy is affected by both Hex and Aura Effect, this summons a Piranhado that pulls the enemy towards it and deals some physical damage over 12 seconds. This effect can occur once every 20 seconds. Once upgraded to Rank 5, Piranhado will move towards nearby enemies, dealing massive AOE damage. This is why it’s important to find these Forgotten Altars, because once you tap them, you’ll understand the endless potential that Lost Powers brings to your character.

How To Farm Forgotten Altars?

Unfortunately, these Forgotten Altars are very rare and can only be found in Pits, Nightmare Dungeons, and Rootholds.

The exact chance of finding these Altars in a dungeon depends on the difficulty level you’re playing, and you can see the exact chance on the difficulty screen. According to this, at Torment difficulties, you have a 5% chance of finding a Forgotten Altar in one of the dungeons.

It’s worth noting that if you use Draught of Whisper on your character, this chance is doubled. This means that when you apply Draught of Whisper, the maximum chance of finding Altars in the dungeon under Torment difficulties reaches 10%. There are currently 3 main ways to get Draught of Whisper in Season of Witchcraft:

• Interacting with Exposed Roots: During Headhunts, Exposed Roots you can find may occasionally reward players with Draught of Whisper. If you interact with Exposed Roots and defeat the enemies that appear, there is a chance to get more consumables!
• Whispers Cache: Whispers Caches occasionally reward players with Draught of Whisper. Since Tree of Whispers will be one of your main activities in Season 7, you will most likely get a few potions by naturally doing Whispers activities throughout the game.
• Coven Reputation Cache: Draught of Whisper can also be obtained through rewards from Coven Caches, which you can obtain by increasing reputation points and collecting Coven’s Favor.

Tips

If you want to farm these Forgotten Altars as quickly as possible, then these tips may help you progress more smoothly:

First, you should use Draught of Whisper, as this will greatly increase your chances of finding Altars.

Second, I recommend using a build that allows you to traverse dungeons very quickly, such as Dance of Knives Rogue Build. This agile slashing skill allows Rogue to turn into a deadly whirlwind of blades, slashing enemies with unparalleled speed and agility.

Third, it is recommended that you choose the highest difficulty you can afford, as the higher the difficulty, the greater the chance of dropping Diablo 4 Gold and rare loot. However, don’t be too aggressive, because if the enemies you face are too difficult, frequent failures may wear out your enthusiasm for continuous farming.

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Best Farming Routes

Now let’s summarize. When you start farming Forgotten Altars, it is recommended that you set your teleport waypoints and then open a pit with the highest difficulty possible. Note that the highest difficulty worth trying is Torment 4 or Pit Level 65, and it is not recommended that you go above this difficulty, as the chance of Altars appearing thereafter does not increase.

Then once you open Pit, don’t kill any enemies, just run through them all the way to the end of Pit, and you should find as many Altars as possible while running. Once you reach the end, you should teleport back to Choron’s Demise without killing the boss, so that Pit will close, and you can then rinse and repeat.

So, next you just need to open another Pit, run all the way to the end, and this time you still don’t kill any monsters and bosses. Then, once you find no changes in Altars, return to Choron’s Demise and repeat, to ensure that you can quickly clear the dungeon in the shortest time possible to collect all Forgotten Altars.

As we said at the beginning, if you run it at the highest difficulty, and have a Draught of Whisper, you have a 10% chance of finding one Altar per run, which means you will need to run it 10 times on average to find an Altar. This is not guaranteed, though. If you are lucky enough, you may only need one or two to find an Altar! So be patient!

It is worth mentioning that to get Lost Powers, you need these Altars, otherwise they cannot be learned. However, in order to upgrade Lost Powers, you also need to use Restless Rot. Fortunately, Restless Rot can be obtained in Rootholds by killing Headrotten enemies. So if you want to make the most of your Lost Power, collect these key materials as soon as possible! May the RNG gods bless you!

Mythic Unique Items have been the rarest items in Diablo 4 since their release, and their powerful effects can easily change the way your build runs and maximize their potential. Therefore, getting Mythic Uniques is also one of the goals of every Diablo fan in every season, and Season 7 is no exception. But getting them is not easy, and sometimes it is even harder to find than Legendary Aspects.

But don’t worry, here we will introduce all the possible sources of Mythic Unique Items in Diablo 4 Season 7, so that you can better master the relevant knowledge, make more informed decisions, and determine which type of farming method is more suitable for you to quickly obtain these Mythic Uniques. Without further ado, let’s get started!

1. Killing Random Monsters

First of all, you can get these Mythic Uniques by killing any random monster, although the chance of this is very small and not even worth mentioning. But what if you get lucky and get a Mythic Unique item from a random monster during a map run?

But be careful, never farm for this purpose, especially don’t expect this to happen often. However, if you have enough Diablo 4 Gold, you can increase the chance of a unique item drop by upgrading your build with gear that has high movement speed and AOE clearing skills!

2. Purveyor Of Curiosities Gambling

While technically you can gamble with Purveyor of Curiosities by spending your Murmuring Obols for a chance to get a random Mythic Unique item, to be honest, the chance of this happening is so small that we don’t recommend farming for it.

Sure, you might get lucky and spend all your Murmuring Obols to get a Mythic Unique, but it may not be what your build needs, and you’ll end up with nothing. Overall, this is an extremely inefficient way to get Mythic Unique items and isn’t worth farming for.

3. Crafting

In addition, you can also craft Mythic Unique items, and there are two different ways for you to try in Season 7.

First, you can craft a random Mythic Unique at Blacksmith by spending 2 Resplendent Sparks. Second, use 2 Resplendent Sparks plus a lot of additional runes to specifically craft Mythic Unique item you want at Jeweler.

Generally speaking, the second option is not worth it because runes are rare. So I would recommend crafting random Mythic Uniques, which only cost two Resplendent Sparks.

So where can you get Resplendent Sparks? If you have an existing Mythic Unique item, you can salvage it at Blacksmith and get Resplendent Sparks. Or you can complete seasonal reputation, which will give you a reward cache containing Resplendent Sparks at the end.

This method can be repeated in multiple characters. So generally speaking, crafting with materials is a good way to get Mythic Unique items. However, this usually requires a lot of time to farm, and I would say there are better ways to get these items.

4. Farming Kurast Undercity Dungeon

If you have Tribute of Ascendance, you can also open the special form of Kurast Undercity. So if you get Tribute of Ascendance and clear the corresponding Kurast Undercity, you will have a good chance of receiving Mythic Unique item at the end.

So how do you get these Tribute of Ascendance? One case is by farming the world boss, and the other case is easier, from Whisper Caches. Considering that Whisper Caches have been significantly enhanced this season, I guess this should be an excellent way to farm Mythic Uniques this season.

So to summarize, if you want to farm Mythic Unique items using this method, you should first get Whisper Caches, open them, get Tribute of Ascendance, use them in Kurast Undercity, go through the dungeon, and in the end, you will have a good chance of getting the dropped Mythic Uniques.

5. Defeating Uber Bosses

Traditionally, Uber Bosses have been the best source for finding Mythic Uniques in Diablo 4, so farming them is pretty simple.

First, you should look for summoning materials, then find a four-man squad to rotate targets on one of Uber Bosses. Generally speaking, starting with Vessel Of Hatred DLC, Duriel and Andariel have a higher chance of dropping Mythic Uniques than other bosses. So these two will be your main sources for getting Mythic Unique items.

Also, make sure to farm these bosses at the highest difficulty, so that your chances of getting Mythic Uniques will be greater, as difficulty also increases the drop rate. Of course, it’s best to run at a difficulty you can accept, otherwise the boss difficulty that is too high may cause you to repeatedly hit the wall, which will reduce the efficiency of farming.

That’s the main source of getting Mythic Unique items in Diablo 4 Season 7. Which method do you like to use the most to get your Mythic Uniques? Do you have any more efficient methods worth sharing? See you in the game!

On January 21st, Diablo 4 finally launched the new Season of Witchcraft after launching Season 6 and DLC at the same time in October last year. In this new season, you can fight enemies by learning and mastering witchcraft power or complete those season-limited tasks and events.

Of course, besides the new mechanism of witchcraft power, the skills of the selected class are still very important to you. After all, witchcraft power is only a season-limited benefit, and the skills of each class are applicable to most occasions.

It is worth noting that because the new class Spiritborn launched in DLC Vessel of Hatred launched last year was reported by many players to be too powerful and destroyed the balance of the game, Season 7 has made adjustments to the six classes including Spiritborn, either strengthening or weakening, so that players of different classes can enjoy a fairer gaming atmosphere.

So, what adjustments have these classes received, and how can you choose the most suitable class to play in Season 7 after the adjustments? Let us answer these questions for you.

Overview Of Class Adjustments

On the day of the launch of Season 7, Diablo 4 also released a very detailed patch note, hoping to give you a better understanding of the class situation in the new season by introducing you to the new changes made to each class. Some of these changes were made before the 2.1 PTR, while others were added again after the PTR ended based on player feedback and PTR performance.

Overall, the class that has been most significantly enhanced in Season 7 is Barbarian. The update of one of its skills, Hammer of the Ancients, is particularly suitable for some new Barbarian builds suitable for Season 7. So if you have enough Diablo 4 Gold, it is definitely worth investing in more new Barbarian builds in Season of Witchcraft.

The most popular Spiritborn did not receive some major changes. Maybe after the enhancement of other classes, the strength of all classes has been basically balanced, so Spiritborn in Season 7 is mainly fixed for some operational errors, rather than being changed for the class skills themselves. In fact, after the damage scaling bug was resolved, Spiritborn’s power level was basically the same as the other five classes in the game.

What Are The Differences Between Classes In Season 7 And Previous Seasons?

First of all, for Barbarian, besides the updates to Hammer of the Ancients that have been introduced, the buff to the skill Earthquake also allows the class to deal with endgame more smoothly in the new season, and the improvement of the skill Whirlwind makes more Barbarian builds more powerful.

In addition, more importantly, Season 7 adds a new unique item for Barbarian, Mantle of the Mountain. After equipping this item, you will shoot a line after activating Hammer of the Ancients as a Barbarian. If this line hits an enemy, it will continue to activate Earthquake to cause AOE damage to the enemy.

Another class change worth focusing on in Season 7 is Rogue’s Shadow Clone. Although the performance of this skill has rarely made you really satisfied in the past few seasons, the positive changes given to it in the new season allow it to benefit from class modifiers based on Rogue builds. This not only makes Shadow Clone more powerful, but also makes it feel more like an extension of your game character.

In addition, Necromancer’s minions have also been well increased this season. After all, as a veteran class, Necromancer’s popularity is worth Diablo 4’s continued attention. In Season 7, each minion you summon will grow as your character grows, ensuring that these minions can be effective from the early to late game.

However, one thing to note is that although Necromancer has been strengthened, you will eventually find that its power in Season 7 is not as strong as it was in the 2.1 PTR before the season. This is because some errors during the test increased the damage value of Necromancer’s output, making the class too powerful. Fortunately, the game has solved this problem on time.

Which Class Is The Best To Play In Season 7?

In fact, it is not just for Season 7, in most Diablo 4 seasons, it is difficult to force you to choose an absolutely best class because each player’s needs are different. For example, some classes level up faster and can help you finish early battles quickly, while some classes level up slower but perform better in the endgame. The one that suits you may be considered the best, but players with different needs may object.

However, considering all aspects, there are still some classes that are worth your priority in Season 7. For example, Rogue and Necromancer, because they have Shadow Clone or minions that can output more damage in combat, they perform well in both leveling and endgame.

On the other hand, as you know, the update to Barbarian allows the class to use more interesting builds in the new season, making it another good endgame choice for you, although Barbarian may not be the fastest leveling character in Season 7.

After the introduction, I believe you should already know what class is the best to choose in the new season. Of course, you can also ignore other factors and directly play your favorite or the best you good at Diablo 4 class. Maybe this is the best for you! I wish you have fun!

It has only been two or three days since the official launch of Diablo 4 Season 7. Although you should have learned a lot of information about the season through various channels before that, this information may be too complicated and confusing, making it impossible for you to make a clear Season of Witchcraft upgrade plan for yourself.

For this reason, we have summarized 9 new changes and features added to the season based on the actual performance of Season 7, so that you can understand Season 7 more intuitively through this guide and advance your Season of Witchcraft progress more smoothly.

1. Season Core Witchcraft Power

There is no doubt that this should be the new feature of Season 7 that you value most. After all, even the official name of the season is related to it. Almost every Diablo 4 season has a core feature that is unique to it to set the tone for the season, and witchcraft power is exactly this role as for Season 7.

You can unlock witchcraft powers by visiting one of the new altars in Tree of Whispers, but you must earn the seasonal currency Restless Rot by completing whisper bounties and culling the new Headrotten enemies in advance. Different altars represent different types of witchcraft powers, so you can choose freely according to your needs.

2. Classes Balance Changes

Since people in Season 6 and DLC reported that the new class Spiritborn was too powerful, Season 7 has adjusted its strength to ensure the balance of the game. But if you like playing Spiritborn, don’t worry, because except the changes of Rod of Kepeleke and Viscous Shield Paragon node, it has not been weakened too much, so Diablo 4 Gold you invested in building Spiritborn builds before will not be wasted.

3. Paragon Board Changes

As an important and well-received Diablo 4 mechanism, Paragon system has also undergone some changes in Season 7. In this season, you will not only share Paragon experience between all your game characters but also carry over this experience to Eternal Realm. In addition, the upper limit of Paragon points has been increased from 200 to 300, and many nodes will be redesigned or enhanced.

4. Upgraded Tree Of Whispers

As part of Diablo 4 endgame, Tree Of Whispers plays a new role in this Season 7. Now you can not only get stashes by returning here in exchange for favors but also meet new seasonal NPCs based here, and interacting with them can help you unlock new witchcraft powers, because the new Headrotten enemy is hunted through the bounty posted here-it can even be said that Tree Of Whispers is the center of this season.

5. Seasonal Events And Enemies

Just like Helltides in Season 6, Season 7 sets Headhunts as the new seasonal event area, where you will encounter the new seasonal enemy Headrotten, and they are related to the missing head of Tree Of Whispers. Defeating these enemies will not only advance the season but also earn you Diablo 4 Gold and other rewards.

6. Occult Gems

In addition to the changes in mechanics and gameplay, the addition of new items is also worth your attention. As the new item to appear in Season 7 first, not only can all Occult gems provide you with fixed gains, but each Occult gem also has its own unique, mysterious power. In addition, you need to collect relevant materials and make them according to the recipe to obtain Occult gems.

7. New Legendary Aspects And Uniques Items

As an important modifier in Diablo 4, the legendary aspect has also received some updates in Season of Witchcraft, and these changes are in the same direction as the changes in class skills, which can improve the effectiveness of skills and related builds that have not been fully utilized by you before, such as the changes in Druid’s legendary aspect of Blurred Beast.

As for unique items, some have been redesigned, and some are new items added to each class. For example, the new unique items of Necromancer can improve the effectiveness of Blood Wave and the synergy between blood skills and bone skills.

8. Seasonal Cosmetics And A New Pet

Like other seasons of Diablo 4, the new seasonal cosmetics of Season 7 will be provided to you through the battle pass, but the cosmetics provided by the free pass and the premium pass are different, and you can choose accord to your needs.

Another interesting change is that you will have the opportunity to get a raven as a pet in Season 7! Most of the pets that have appeared in Diablo 4 series before are furry felines, such as the snow leopard in the DLC, so as the first flying pet in the series of games, Dorian the Raven is worth your effort to get it.

9. Changes To Eternal Realm

In addition to the change mentioned in the third item that Paragon experience can be carried over to Eternal Realm, Eternal Realm will also get a new layout of Tree Of Whispers area and an Armory during Season of Witchcraft. The addition of Armory will allow you to save 5 builds and switch them without obstacles, allowing you to try more combat styles.

If you have a basic understanding of Diablo 4 series, then after understanding these 9 new changes, you should not have more questions about Season 7. I hope you can enjoy the new season!

With almost every season update, Diablo 4 adds some new mechanics and new items to the new season, allowing you to get a fresher Diablo 4 experience, and this is no exception with Season 7, which goes live on January 21.

In addition to the core witchcraft power, Season 7 also brings Headhunt seasonal quest associated with this power, as well as new eternal mechanics such as Armory. All of this combined will shake up the meta-game by changing the lineup and operation of powerful classes in Diablo 4.

However, no matter what class and builds you play, another new item in Diablo 4 Season 7 will play an important role in improving your gaming experience, Occult gems. Based on this, we will introduce you to the item and how to obtain and craft it.

What Are Occult Gems?

This is a new game item that debuted in Season of Witchcraft and can be embedded in your jewelry such as rings and amulets. Each Occult gem adds 160 armor and 8% all elemental resistance to the corresponding gear, thus improving the overall strength of your game character and making it easier for you to farm Diablo 4 Gold.

In addition to the above bonuses, what makes Occult gems really special is that they can also give your jewelry some unique mystical powers, or you can think of Occult gems as an additional legendary affix that can be added to jewelry, and this affix can be further divided into three rarity levels, namely magic, rare, and legendary.

It is worth noting that some Occult gems will enhance specific skills of certain classes, such as Incarnate skill of Spiritborn or Companion skill of Druid. In addition, some Occult gems can make your critical strikes more powerful, or provide additional buffs for those witchcraft powers you gain in the new season.

How To Craft Occult Gems?

Occult gems are special in the game. They cannot be dropped by killing enemies like Diablo 4 Gold. Instead, you need to collect specific materials and craft to obtain them. Complete Diablo 4’s base campaign and Vessel of Hatred expansion, and you’ll be able to start accessing the season’s questline in Season 7, which unlocks the crafting of Occult gems by talking to Gelena at Tree of Whispers.

The materials currently used to craft Occult gems include Fugitive Heads, Restless Rot, and various gem fragments. You can get the first two materials by completing the new seasonal event Headhunts, and the gem fragments will always accompany you throughout the game, so you can collect enough by playing the game.

The specific amount and type of materials required to make three different rarity levels of Occult gems are also different. When you have enough materials, you can make them according to the following recipes:

Magic Occult Gem

• 1 Fugitive Head
• 1,000 Restless Rot
• 50,000 required Gem Fragments

Rare Occult Gem

• 2 Magic Occult Gems
• 75,000 Skull Fragments

Legendary Occult Gem

• 2 Magic Occult Gems
• 1 Rare Occult Gem
• 100,000 Diamond Fragments

What Occult Gems Are There In Diablo 4 Season 7?

In order to allow you to better use Occult gems after entering the new season, we will divide them with rarity and introduce the mysterious power unique to each gem.

Magic Occult Gems

• Elder Sigil: Your Agility, Corpse, Mastery, Weapon Mastery, Rage, and Avatar skills deal 25% more direct damage to cursed enemies.
• Heart of Anima: Increases your normal Spirit Witch Power by 25%.
• Phantom String: Increases your Overpower damage to cursed enemies by 15%.
• Pointed Finger: Increases the direct damage your summons deal to cursed elites by 15%.
• Toadling’s Wish: Increases your normal Growth & Decay Witch Powers by 35%.
• Vulture Talon: While you have your Aura active, your damage over time effects are dealt 50% faster
• Wicked Pact: Increases your normal Eldritch Witch Power by 25%.

Rare Occult Gems

• Cornucopia: Allows you to gain 30% more Barrier, Defense, and Thorns when you have three or more Growth & Decay Witch Powers equipped.
• Hungering Void: Pulls nearby enemies every 8 seconds after activating the aura.
• Killing Wind: Allows you to gain 15% Critical Hit Chance and 25% Movement Speed ​​bonus when you have three or more Eldritch Witch Powers equipped.
• Raging Enigma: Increases the damage done by your unique Witch Power by 40%.
• Spiral Coin: Allows you to gain 20% Lucky Hit Chance and 60% Crowd Control Duration bonus when you have three or more Psyche Witch Powers equipped.
• Vile Phylactery: While you have the summoning witch power, if you take fatal damage, this gem allows you to sacrifice your Summoning Witch Power to gain a barrier equal to 100% of your maximum health that lasts for 6 seconds.

Legendary Occult Gems

• Dust Stone: Increases the damage you deal after dealing Aura or Curse damage to an enemy by 2.5%.
• Friend of the Bog: Allows you to gain 8% of your primary core attribute, 10% of your maximum health, and unhindered bonuses when you have three or more Growth & Decay witch powers equipped.
• Mind Wreath: Allows you to reduce the cooldown of defense, terror, and traps by 20% when you have three or more Psyche witch powers equipped.
• Moonlight Ward: Increases your damage reduction by 3% and your maximum resistance to all elements by 0.5% for each level of your unique witch power equipped.
• Voice of the Stars: Allows you to have your Ultimate Skill count as Eldritch, Growth & Decay, and Psyche when you have your Aura active. Also, increases the damage of your Ultimate Skill by 10%.
• Witching Hour: Allows you to count as Eldritch every 1 second when you have three or more Eldritch witch powers equipped.

That’s all the information we can provide you about Occult gems. We hope it will be helpful for your journey in Diablo 4 Season 7. Thank you for reading.