Diablo 4 Season 4: A Deep Dive Into The Differences Between The Different Whisper Caches

Astaroth debuts as a boss in Season 9, but unlike other lair bosses, in order to defeat it, we must complete Escalation Nightmare, which is also a new endgame mechanism added in the new season. How To Find Astaroth? In this dungeon connected by 3 Nightmares, we must continue to advance in order to encounter the new Astaroth boss at the end. Get Sigils The first step is to get Escalation Nightmare Dungeon Sigil. These new Sigils can only be obtained by completing Horadric Strongrooms. However, the spawn rate of Horadric Strongrooms is very high, and in addition to Sigil, this is also a great way for you to get all Arcanas and even recipes for making jewels. After you get some new Sigils, you’ll notice that they have several affixes similar to the ones we find in normal Nightmare Dungeon Sigils, but we also get new affixes, and basically they either make enemies more deadly or make you weaker. So read the description of the Sigil before opening it, choose the one you think is best and go for it. Run Escalating Nightmares Season 9 has been really fun so far, and Escalating Nightmares is one of the main reasons why. This activity is very similar to Infernal Hordes, so if you liked Infernal Hordes, you’ll enjoy it too. The way Escalating Nightmares works is that when you open a dungeon, it has a few affixes that are more challenging than a normal Nightmare Dungeon, and these affixes keep stacking, which is why each new dungeon becomes more challenging. I think this idea is great, because not only can you get a ton of Diablo 4 gold, gems, materials, and most importantly XP with one dungeon key, but they’re also fun in their own right. Once you reach Tier 3, the rest is up to your luck, and things can get pretty crazy at times. Other Tips Last but not least, here are a few things I think are important to note when running Escalation Nightmare Dungeons: Treat these dungeons like you would The Pit, and don’t forget to use Elixirs and Incenses to farm more efficiently. Depending on which Torment difficulty level you’re in, you’ll have access to different Tempered gear and quality gems. If you die, you can always go back to town to repair, so you don’t have to stress about it, it just costs you some D4 gold. Never stop moving, some affixes will cause monsters to constantly spawn, so even checking your inventory or allocating some Paragon points can cause you to die unexpectedly at any time. It’s important to upgrade resistances, especially poison resistance. Because, especially at Tier 3, sometimes elite monsters can be very deadly for this reason, and this is also important when dealing with Astaroth boss. Astaroth Battle Strategies Once you have successfully cleared 3 dungeons, the final portal will open, which will take you into Astaroth’s Lair. Once you arrive, you will find him standing on top of Amalgam of Rage, which we know is the first phase of the battle. Amalgam of Rage will breathe fire from each of his heads at you, while Astaroth can summon meteors and indicate where they will fall in a split second. If that wasn’t enough, Amalgam of Rage will jump on you to deal fatal damage. The only way to avoid this attack is to teleport as soon as you see it, and to set up some kind of fortification or barrier and maintain it as long as possible. Once you have done enough damage to Amalgam of Rage, it will begin to regenerate in a pool of blood and venom. Honestly, I think this pool is very similar to the one that Lord Zir can spawn, so basically don’t touch it. At this point, Astaroth will fight you, and you have one goal, which is to kill Astaroth before Amalgam of Rage regenerates, otherwise you will have to face them both at the same time. Astaroth will continue to throw meteors at you, as well as some waves of fire that circle around the edge of the arena. So why is it throwing at this specific location, you might ask? This is because as Amalgam of Rage regenerates, the blood pool will continue to expand, and when it reaches its maximum size, there will be nowhere to escape. Combined with Astaroth’s attacks, it’s simply terrifying. Remember that the poison in the pool has high damage, so the moment you enter the pool, it’s almost game over. If Amalgam of Rage revives, try to focus your fire on Astaroth, because he has more health than Amalgam of Rage, so you want to drain his health as much as possible. This way, the next time after Amalgam of Rage dies, you can definitely kill Astaroth. Of course, if you want to do it the other way around, it may be possible, but it will definitely take longer. All in all, defeating Astaroth isn’t that hard compared to other bosses like Andariel or Harbinger of Hatred, but timing is crucial. Regardless, Astaroth is a significant source of boss materials and gear in Season 9, so it’s definitely worth spending some time farming it!

Gold is almost the most common currency you can get in Diablo 4. You can find it everywhere in Sanctuary, and many players can even get a small bag of gold from the moment they start the game. Therefore, many players who have just entered the game may wonder, since gold is so common, why do we need to worry about our gold inventory being exhausted? In fact, on the one hand, although there are many ways to get gold, there are only a few ways to earn a lot of gold coins. On the other hand, as we slowly enter the end stage of the game and continue to improve our equipment and builds, we often go bankrupt because of two activities, namely, using Masterworking at Blacksmith to increase the value of the existing affixes of the item, and enchanting equipment at Occultist. Many players are even willing to spend a billion Diablo 4 Gold to keep trying, just to find the perfect affix combination for an item. This is simply a gambler! But why do you need such perfect equipment in Diablo 4? In fact, the answer is simple. Only by upgrading your build to the highest level can you start The Pit advancement more efficiently. The Pit is where every little detail or improvement counts, and if you want to go as high as possible in The Pit, or even take a place in Diablo 4 world rankings and become famous, you will need near-perfect gear and character builds. With that said, where can you get D4 gold in a short time? In this guide, we will cover the best activities or methods to get gold in Diablo 4 Season 7. Farming Headhunt Zones Recently, we tracked the most popular farming activities in Diablo 4, and believe it or not, the top one was Headhunt Zones and completing Whispers as quickly as possible. To farm Headhunt Zones efficiently, you basically need to jump from one zone to another, and when you get 2 Tree of Whispers Caches in one zone, it means you need to visit the next zone. The reason why this method is so good is that all Tree of Whispers Caches will drop another Cache called Gifts of the Tree in it, which has a lot of gold. Through Whispers Caches, the gear that can be sold, and the gold found in these areas, we managed to collect 128 million gold in 30 minutes. The best thing is that entering these areas is free, so this is undoubtedly the best method for us. Grinding Tormented Bosses The remaining two methods of farming gold can be said to be a tie, between doing Infernal Hordes and farming Tormented Bosses and selling all Ancestral Unique items you don’t need. So, which one should you do? If you have enough boss summoning materials, then your first choice is definitely farming bosses. In this test, when we farmed top bosses such as Andariel and Duriel, they both gave us more than 30 million gold in 8 to 12 minutes. Of course, on top of that, Ancestral Unique items they drop are also quite valuable. However, please note that not all Ancestral Uniques have the same selling value. For example, if we spent the same amount of time farming Grigoire or Beast in the Ice, we would have earned only half as much as we did on Duriel. However, Echo of Varshan was a pleasant surprise, among the mini-bosses, Varshan was the only one that required the least materials to summon. So, with only 115 Malignant Hearts, we killed her 28 times, which brought us a staggering 49 million gold in just 12 minutes! What’s more, the cool thing about Varshan is that the rotation rate is very fast, and once you kill her, you can summon her again almost immediately. This means that among all Tormented Bosses, Varshan is the best farming option. So start grinding those Malignant Hearts in Helltides and Headhunt Zones now. Running Infernal Hordes Finally, we will take a look at Infernal Hordes. Honestly, running Infernal Hordes is a bit like gambling, because you need a little luck to get the best Infernal Offerings and collect as many Burning Aethers as possible. On top of that, you need a good fast farming build that can kill enemies as fast as possible while dealing with the constant onslaught of demons coming at you. If you manage to get a build that can do that, you’ll get around 30 million gold per 10 wave runs, maybe even more. During this test, we used Blood Wave Necromancer endgame build, which is not meant for these types of farming activities, so you will definitely do much better than what we did. In this case, our best result was getting 1267 Aether and 42 million gold, even after spending 200 Aether in Spoils of Greater Equipment. But we were very lucky, and we got almost all Hellborne Offerings. Other than that, we averaged around 750 to 800 Aether per 10 wave runs. Another good thing worth mentioning is that if you’re lucky, you can even find some Mythic Uniques. So if you have Infernal Hordes Keys and want to take a break from Headhunt Zones or farming Tormented Bosses, go try them because they are a great way to get gold quickly. In addition to these methods, we have also tried farming Helltides, Undercity, Nightmare Dungeons, but can only say that the gains obtained from these methods are nothing compared to the above three. Anyway, these are the 3 most efficient gold farming methods that we think are worth trying at the moment, and we hope this helps you. If you have a better method, don’t forget to share it with us! Good luck!

Wanderer, the new Diablo 4 season is about to start. Are you ready? For every player, the initial goal of a new season journey is to level up, and although some people don't mind seeing the scenery halfway, the vast majority of people want to reach the level cap as quickly and efficiently as possible so that they can enter the endgame mode they really want to play. With this in mind, here, we will discuss some tips on leveling in Season 7, especially the overall leveling plan and specific strategies, on how we can optimize them and make them better according to the changes in the new season. It is worth mentioning that most of the information we have at present comes from D4 Season 7 PTR, which may affect some parts of it, both because of the nature of Public Test Realm and because they have changed the game since the second edition, but they do tell us some new content. Do You Need To Skip Campaign? The first big question is whether you skip Vessel of Hatred Campaign, and the answer is very likely. If you skip the dialogue and scenes in the expansion campaign entirely, you can actually finish it and level up in a few hours. Especially in Season 7, you don’t have to do the campaign because some new changes severely limit the actual benefits of doing so, but Vessel of Hatred Campaign itself is not actually a slow way to level up. So if you want to do Diablo 4 DLC campaign, it’s not a direct fault, but there are better ways, especially ones that overlap more with long-term goals. Mercenaries A quick note first, at this point we’re not sure what will happen to Mercenaries in the new season. If you skipped the campaign on both the live servers and PTR, you already have Mercenary unlocked from your main character, of course, provided your main character has already completed the campaign, and Mercenary levels are shared between characters. However, we’re not sure if skipping the campaign will automatically unlock Mercenary in the new season, or if we’ll have to do the quest again. Regardless, for Mercenaries, I specifically recommend Subo, as he’ll help you find herbs more easily, which will help you keep your Elixirs stocked up to ensure that XP buffs from Elixirs never wear off. Beyond that, there are more general uses in between, and it’s recommended that you use Varyana and her passive skill, which gives you extra movement speed when you kill things with Massacre Bonus. It’s a perfect open world leveling combo. Completing Headhunts Next, let’s look at the mainstay of the new season mechanics, Witch Powers, which are all tied to Tree of Whispers, and the result of that is a new sub-region takeover event called Headhunts. Among these events will be a whole new and improved set of Whispers of the Dead activities that will offer more rewards, there will be a ton of new monsters in there, and when you complete them, you can repeatedly turn them in for tons of Diablo 4 Gold and XP. Since this is Whispers of the Dead event, combined with the fact that open world activities don’t scale in difficulty with the player’s level, we’re guessing the more people you interact with, the more efficient your leveling will be. What’s more, the developers have said that they will reduce the density of monsters and elites in Headhunts areas in the last patch made between PTR and release, so this means that the fastest way to level up is expected to be in these Headhunts areas unless they completely eliminate the monster density in them. So let’s continue to assume that they won’t completely destroy the monster density in Headhunts and make it our main activity. Players will complete Whispers in Headhunts areas, however, it will eventually spawn a boss around the main tree of the area. If your goal is just pure pursuit of leveling speed efficiency, I would say that you should never kill the boss. Honestly, most leveling builds in Diablo 4 don’t focus on bosses or single target damage, so it makes sense to stick to your strengths and keep doing Whispers. If you run out of Whispers in an area, just move on to another Headhunts area. Season Questlines It is well known that the best way to level up in Diablo 4 is to interact with the season questlines themselves, and Season 7 is no exception, especially since this season will be directly tied into Coven’s Favor Reputation. This is the new Reputation system for Season 7, and it unlocks things for you, like more parts of the questline, and Witch Powers that you can’t get from anywhere else. So, combined with the actual reward boxes from Whispers of the Dead Caches, this has the potential to give you some really nice power upgrades when you level up, speeding up your leveling process. Rootholds Dungeon Also of note are the new Rootholds mini-dungeon activities, which let you get Sigils from Silent Chests and Whispers Caches. What’s more, they’re highly intensive activities, so they’re completed very quickly compared to regular dungeons, and they have decent rewards, too. The only downside is that there’s always a boss at the end of a Roothold, so whether or not you do this when leveling up depends on your single target damage. If your single target damage isn’t good, the general Whispers in Headhunts area will be more effective, but if single target damage is good, then you can do whatever Rootholds you encounter when you run into them. Choosing Difficulty Tiers The next big question is how to choose your Difficulty Tiers, how difficult these activities should be when you do them. This is a pretty easy problem to solve, just do it and don’t try to prove anything to someone. Start with Normal Difficulty, get to level 15 or so, then if you’re only half as fast on Hard Mode as you are on Normal, then maybe you can try to bump it up to Hard Mode, because the extra gold and XP from running on Hard Mode is worth it. But if it takes twice as long to kill monsters, then it’s not worth it. So if you want to increase your leveling efficiency by increasing Difficulty Tier, the most important thing is to keep up the speed. This is an efficiency game, so only do it when your build and gear are good enough, no matter how good you think it is subjectively. Using Elixirs It is well known that Elixirs give you 5% extra experience as long as they are activated. These Elixirs are easy to make early on, especially the high-level Elixirs, which give you 8% extra experience once you can start making and using them. Of course, this number itself is not high, but every little bit counts, and if you activate them 100% of the time, then it will definitely accumulate. Season Journey Meanwhile, Season Journey itself is also a consideration. Based on information leaked by the developers, we’ve learned that our early-game quests should be more effectively aligned with the efficient leveling activities of the first few chapters of Season Journey. This means that if we’re lucky enough, it will directly align with what we’re already doing and give us some nice little power boosts when we open those reward caches. Season Blessings The last thing to talk about is season boosts, which you can unlock with Smoldering Ashes after reaching them on the free track of Season 7 Battle Pass. The one consistent function they have always had is to get Boost XP buffs by killing monsters. So if you only care about leveling speed, this is also where you want to stick with the first four Smoldering Ashes. Outro In short, these methods should allow you to level up to level 60 easily and quickly. Of course, we still need to pay attention to the new seasonal activities, interact with them, and enjoy the new content they add in Season 7, and the new things they provide also happen to be a very effective way to level up. If you want to better welcome the new content that is coming, then you can pay attention to the giveaways that are often launched in iGMeet Discord. Here is your chance to get free D4 products and help you conquer the Sanctuary! Anyway, I hope you enjoy the new season!

As the release of Diablo 4 Season 1 - Malignant draws near, players are eager to level up their characters and explore the dark realms of Sanctuary. To assist both new and seasoned players in their journey, we present the ultimate Diablo 4 Season 1 1-50-100 Leveling Guide. This comprehensive guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to level from 1 to 100 in the most efficient and fastest way possible. Diablo 4 Season 1 1-50 Leveling Progression (Campaign) For players embarking on their first journey through Diablo 4 or starting fresh in Season 1, following the campaign leveling path is essential. The progression from level 1 to 50 is as follows: Complete the Campaign: The main priority for brand new players is to finish the campaign. This unlocks various rewards, including your mount, which allows faster movement throughout the game world. Clear Strongholds and Get Waypoints: While progressing through the campaign, make sure to clear strongholds and collect waypoints. These activities grant experience and enable faster travel. Explore and Complete Side Quests: After completing the campaign but before reaching level 50, explore the maps and complete side quests to gain additional experience. Aim to reach the 40 to 50 level range to transition to the next part of the guide. Complete Capstone Dungeon: Once in the 40 to 50 level range, attempt the first Capstone dungeon, which unlocks the next difficulty tier (Tier 3). Diablo 4 Season 1 1-50 Leveling Progression (Skip Campaign) For those who want to skip the campaign, whether on an alt character or in a new season, the leveling progression is slightly different: Focus on Legion Events: For efficient leveling without the campaign, prioritize participating in Legion events, which provide a significant amount of experience. Make sure to reach the events ahead of time to benefit from XP boosts. Tree of Whispers Dungeons: Engage in Tree of Whispers dungeons every 90 minutes. Five dungeons spawn in each region, and completing two dungeons rewards 10 Grim Favor. Turn in the Grim Favor to the Tree of Whispers for bonus XP and loot. Explore and Clear Dungeons: If there are no active Legion events or dungeons on the map suitable for your level, explore and complete dungeons in the main area. As you level up, more dungeons become accessible. Clear Strongholds and Get Waypoints: If there are no active events or dungeons, focus on clearing strongholds and obtaining waypoints. These are crucial for efficient travel to dungeons and events. Complete Capstone Dungeon: Once reaching the 40 to 50 level range, tackle the first Capstone dungeon to unlock Tier 3. Diablo 4 Season 1 50-100 Leveling Progression After reaching the 50 level mark and transitioning to Tier 3, the leveling progression continues: Nightmare Dungeons: Access Nightmare dungeon sigils, which grant access to Nightmare dungeons. These dungeons offer a substantial amount of experience, especially after a recent XP buff. Nightmare Dungeon Level: Ensure that the monsters inside the Nightmare dungeon are at least three levels higher than you to gain a 25% XP bonus. Calculate the ideal dungeon level by subtracting 50 from your character's level. Reach Tier 4: Upon reaching the 60 to 70 level range, complete the last Capstone dungeon to unlock Tier 4. Tier 4 offers even better gear and more XP for leveling. Helltides Events: Participate in Helltides events to earn Forgotten Souls, which are vital for re-rolling gear and crafting. While leveling, Helltides events can be beneficial for gaining currency. By diligently following this Diablo 4 Season 1 leveling guide, players can quickly and efficiently progress from level 1 to 100, unlocking the full potential of their characters. Whether venturing through the campaign or skipping it altogether, these leveling strategies will ensure a thrilling and rewarding journey through the dark and treacherous world of Diablo 4. Ready your weapons and prepare for an epic adventure as you rise to greatness in Diablo 4 Season 1 - Malignant!