Diablo 4 Season 5: How To Farm Burning Aether To Open Spoils?

In Season 8 of Diablo 4, a ton of items will be added to the game. The good news is that boss summoning items are being removed in Season 8, making your backpack a lot cleaner. In Season 8, each class will have a new unique item and a new Legendary Aspect. This will definitely have an impact on the performance of each build. Let’s take a look at what items are added to each class. Barbarian Ancestral Unique Gloves: Bane Of Ahjad-Den [8.0 - 12.5]% Cooldown Reduction + [4 - 6] to Mighty Throw + [114.0 - 150.0]% Critical Strike Damage + [7 - 10] Fury per Second Every 12 seconds, your next Mighty Throw will immediately detonate a pulse, dealing Fire damage, and dealing [400.0 - 600.0]% [x] bonus damage. Aspect Of Delayed Extinction Allowed Item Types: 1H Weapon 2H Weapon (Power increased by 100%) Gloves Amulet (Power increased by 50%) Ring Mighty Throw and Steel Grasp now gain multiplicative damage from Cooldown Reduction instead of Cooldown, and their damage is increased by an additional [125 - 250]% [x] Mighty Throw Barbarian was great in Season 7 due to its high damage, but the best endgame build was HotA Earthquake Barbarian. With these buffs, Mighty Throw Barbarian may become the best endgame build. Druid Ancestral Unique Helm: Gathlen’s Birthright +128 Armor Anima of the Forest grants 15% attack speed + [10.5 - 15.0]% Willpower + [2 - 3to] Humanity + [224 - 296] Armor + [17.5 - 23.0]% Movement Speed in Human Form While in Human Form, critically hitting an enemy with Nature Magic [400 - 200] times grants you Anima of the Forest for 10 seconds. After infusing Anima of the Forest, you will gain Perfect Storm and Earthen Might key passives. Aspect Of Impending Deluge Allowed Item Types: 1H Weapon 2H Weapon (Power increased by 100%) Gloves Amulet (Power increased by 50%) Ring Storm Strike’s damage is increased by 50% [x], and the target takes [20 - 40]% [x] more damage from other spells for 6 seconds. Druids are already very strong in the game, and this buff to Storm Strike makes them more efficient at farming Diablo 4 Gold and clearing dungeons in season 8. Necromancer Ancestral Unique Two-Handed Sword: Sanguivor, Blade Of Zir 496 Damage Per Second [397 - 595] Damage per Hit 1.00 Attacks per Second (Slow) +60.0% Skeleton Mage Damage +60.0% Golem Damage + [160 - 188] Intelligence + [1,222 - 1,316] Maximum Life +2 to Skeletal Warrior Mastery, Golem Mastery and Skeletal Mage Mastery + [32.0 - 50.0]% Chance for Army of the Dead to Deal Double Damage Damage dealt by your summons causes enemies to be affected by Vampiric Curse. Consuming corpses also contributes a soul to Vampiric Curse, which can now stack up to 20 souls. Army of the Dead can now release Vampiric Curse souls, increasing the damage done by Army of the Dead and souls by [5.0 - 10.0]% [x] per soul released. Aspect Of Service and Sacrifice Allowed Item Types: Amulet (Power increased by 50%) 1H Weapon 2H Weapon (Power increased by 100%) Gloves Ring Skeleton Warriors explode upon death, dealing [150 - 300] physical damage to nearby enemies. They lose 25% of their health per second in combat. Skeleton Mages take 90% less damage and deal [50.0 - 100.0]% [x] more damage. Summoning-dependent Necromancers are able to perform well in leveling up and farming gold, but their performance in the endgame is average, not as good as Blood Wave Necromancers, and this may not change in Season 8. Read More: Diablo 4 New Expansion Will Be Delayed Until 2026! Rogue Ancestral Unique Gloves: Bands Of Ichorous Rose 64 Armor +4 Maximum Poison Traps + [18.5 - 27.5]% Poison Trap triggers twice + [10.5 - 15.0]% Attack Speed + [3.0 - 5.0]% Maximum Poison Resistance + [41.5 - 55.0]% Poison Resistance Poison Traps always deal full damage over 3 seconds, and benefit from all upgrades, increasing damage by [50.0 - 100.0]% [x]. Poison Trap also: Benefits from Combo Points Has no Cooldown during Inner Sight Cooldown is reduced by Preparation Aspect Of Contamination Allowed Item Types: Amulet (Power increased by 50%) 1H Weapon 2H Weapon (Power increased by 100%) Gloves Ring When triggered, Poison Trap explodes, dealing [225 - 375] Poison damage. If this explosion is a critical hit, you deal [20 - 40]% [x] Poison damage for 5 seconds. Poison Trap is not a mainstream skill in Rogue and has little impact on Rogue builds. Perhaps it can be slightly enhanced for Death Trap Rogue builds. Sorcerer Ancestral Unique Helm: Hail Of Verglas 128 Armor +7.5% Maximum Cold Resistance +50.0% Cold Resistance + [4 - 6] to Ice Shards + [10.5 - 15.0]% Intelligence + [10.5 - 15.0]% Attack Speed [13.0 - 17.5]% Maximum Life Ice Shards now spread 2 additional shards. Each time Ice Shards damage an enemy, the damage dealt is increased by [1.0 - 1.5]% [x] over 5 seconds, up to a maximum of [50.0 - 75.0]% [x]. Shivering Aspect Allowed Item Types: 1H Weapon 2H Weapon (Power increased by 100%) Gloves Amulet (Power increased by 50%) Ring Depending on how Frozen or Stunned the enemy is, they take up to [20 - 40]% [x] more damage. The Chill you apply is increased by 15%. Ice Sorcerer underperformed in Season 7 and was abandoned by players. The best Sorcerer builds focused on Lightning and Fire builds. This buff may help Ice Sorcerer perform a little better in the endgame. Spiritborn Ancestral Unique Amulet: Sunbird’s Gorget + [16.0 - 25.0]% Movement Speed + [2 - 3] to Acceleration + [2 - 3] to Furnace + [2 - 3] to Potent Pick up a Storm Feather to create a Firestorm around you that lasts for 8 seconds, dealing [225 - 450] Fire damage every 0.5 seconds. For every 5 additional Storm Feathers you pick up, Firestorm grows stronger, increasing its damage by 100% [x], but does not refresh its duration. Firestorm counts as an Eagle, Jaguar, and Storm Feather Skill. Rip And Tear Aspect Allowed Item Types: 1H Weapon 2H Weapon (Power increased by 100%) Gloves Amulet (Power increased by 50%) Ring Rushing Claw deals [10 - 30]% [x] more damage, and is enhanced based on the number of charges you have when you cast it: 1. Restores 15% of your maximum health. 2. Guaranteed suppression. 3. Guaranteed critical hit. 4. Attacks once more. Spiritborn is a very strong class, and performs well in leveling up, farming gold and completing quests. This unique item is undoubtedly another big boost for Spiritborn. The above are the new unique items and Aspects of Season 8. They may have an impact on the next season, but the overall impact is not significant. They just provide players with more choices.

In the season change of Diablo 4, the build you use in the game will be divided into leveling builds and endgame builds according to different end goals. The criterion for judging the best leveling build is that your character levels up very quickly. But unfortunately, even in Season 7, Barbarian still upgrades very slowly, which makes it very difficult to make the best Barbarian leveling build. However, due to its enhanced attack ability in the current season, you can enhance its killing speed and mobility through some of the build options you choose for it, making this build more powerful. To cut down on the cost of time and energy spent on crafting your build, this guide will show you the right skills and gear to place in your best Barbarian leveling build, so that you can target farming for these specific items or attributes during the exploration process to achieve your goal of getting into the endgame stage faster. Best Barbarian Leveling Build Overview In fact, the best Barbarian leveling build in the current season is a variation of Bleed Thorns Barbarian build, which is more suitable for clearing regular enemies or monsters during the leveling stage rather than difficult boss encounters. And in the improved Barbarian build, the ability to clear large groups of monsters will be greatly increased, which is very suitable for leveling stages that need to farm a lot of experience points and Diablo 4 Gold. Active Skills As just introduced, in this best Barbarian leveling build, all you need to focus on is the damageability of Barbarian in the process of clearing enemies and maps, especially Thorns with a lot of continuous damage. So when you choose active skills for it, please prioritize skills that can cause more damage to Thorns, and then skills that can effectively control groups of enemies. Here are some active skills that can be recommended for you. Flay Rend Challenging Shout Rallying Cry Rupture Wrath of the Berserker With the skill points you have, you only need to maximize Rend and Wrath of the Berserker, as they provide more and better benefits to your build. The rest of the skill points can be used to invest in your passive skills or upgrade them to higher levels to obtain any other active skills that are useful for your build. Passive Skills Again, when picking passive skills, you also need to focus on those that can increase your Thorns damage. The rest of you can choose passive skills in the order to improve offensive ability, defensive ability, and quality of life. Here are some passive skills recommended for you and some specific skill points. Endless Fury Imposing Presence Belligerence Outburst Tough as Nails Swiftness Thick Skin (1/3) Defensive Stance Counteroffensive Pit Fighter No Mercy Heavy Handed Gushing Wounds Two passives to look out for here are Outburst and Tough as Nails, which can significantly increase your Thorns damage, especially when you have a lot of max health. Also worth mentioning is Gushing Wounds, which increases your bleed damage in proportion to your build’s critical hits, making it easier to get a one-hit kill. But if you don’t care about critical hits, you can also replace it with Barbed Carapace, which will increase the damage of your already very powerful Thorns in your build. Witchcraft Powers Once you enter Season 7, you will be amazed by the 25 different Witchcraft Powers available to you this season. You can use them to make your build more powerful offensively and defensively, and for the current best Barbarian leveling build, you can choose from the following powers. Aura of Siphoning: It poisons all nearby enemies, and when upgraded, the siphon aura heals you when you deal damage. Shaken Soul: Eldritch power applies Vulnerability to enemies, and when upgraded, this effect is also applied by Psyche and Growth & Decay powers for half the duration. Aura of Misfortune: Slows down non-boss enemies. Upgrading it will increase your movement speed, potentially making you immune to attacks from nearby enemies. Hex of Whispers: Every 5 seconds, inflict a Hex of Whispers on the next damage dealt. The target takes shadow damage and passes Hex to another target. Soul Harvest: When you use the cooldown, you get a bonus Primary Core Stat for each nearby enemy. Vengeful Spirit Savant: Every some seconds, you summon a Vengeful Spirit that lasts for some seconds. This spirit absorbs all damage you take. Since Occult Gems, another new Diablo 4 Items in this season, can only be crafted in the endgame, we won’t be covering the gems that can be put into an optimal Barbarian endgame build here. Gear Like the skills you choose for this optimal Barbarian leveling, the build you pick here will also be centered on increasing Thorns and Bleed damage. Here are the recommended items to put in each gear slot, but be aware that some Uniques and Legendary Aspects will require you to spend a lot of time and Diablo 4 Gold to farm. Aspect of Might - Helmet Aspect of Disobedience - Chest Armor Aspect of Anger Management - Gloves Undying Aspect - Pants Craven Aspect - Boots Aspect of Inevitable Fate - Amulet Aspect of The Umbral - Ring 1 Aspect of Berserk Fury - Ring 2 Needleflare Aspect - 2H Bludgeoning Aspect of Burning Rage - 1H Weapon 1 Vehement Brawler’s Aspect - 1H Weapon 2 When you have all the above gear in your build, they will work perfectly with Witchcraft Powers you chose: you will always be Berserking and Fortified, and your movement speed will always be increased. More importantly, enemies will always be Vulnerable, which will make your other damage types more powerful. That’s all the skills and gear options for making an optimal Barbarian leveling build in Diablo 4 Season 7. Hopefully, with the help of the items and skills in this guide, you can get through this very long stage faster and challenge the bosses in the endgame stage as soon as possible. By the way, if your progress in D4 is very slow or even stagnant because of lack of gold or items, you can use the giveaway channel in iGMeet Discord to get some gifts, which may make your exploration more comfortable. Have fun playing!

Diablo 4, which is loved by many players, will enter its seventh season on January 21st, with the theme of Season of Witchcraft. It has added a lot of new game content, including but not limited to the addition of Witchcraft powers, a new game reputation system, and a new zone event called Headhunts that will be introduced in this guide. In this new game event, you may experience a completely different combat experience and functions from previous seasons. Here, we will give you a detailed introduction to these Headhunts and the new game content based on the information currently released, so that you can explore it after the season is released. About Headhunts Headhunts in Season 7 are similar to Helltides in previous seasons, so like this type of event, Tree of Whispers will periodically activate it in random areas of Sanctuary. After activation, several types of specific events will be provided in these areas, and each event will provide you with Grim Favors. You can think of Headhunts as similar to Helltides, where you have to fight bosses like Restless Rot, defeat specific enemies in specific areas, and patrol areas with NPCs. In most cases, you can complete the specific events in one go if your build is strong enough. Headrotten Headrotten is also a new addition to Sanctuary, and there are several variants of enemies. After you defeat these very scary monsters, you will be rewarded with Restless Rot, which is an important crafting material for Season 7’s new gear Occult Gems, as well as a large amount of Diablo 4 Gold. Completing Whispers in Headhunt will spawn numerous Exposed Roots, and there is a certain chance to get Uprooted Cocoon, which can spawn some Headless Husks. These Husks have a chance to be possessed by Fugitive Head, so you need to defeat these very complex monsters one by one in Headrotten. It’s important to note that exploring Headrotten at higher difficulty levels and using the new Draught of Whispers will increase your chances of encountering those Husks, so if you want to farm gear and Diablo 4 Gold in it, you can do it in Torment IV. After you defeat Elites, you can pick up Fugitive Head, which you can use with Restless Rot and Gem Fragments to craft Occult Gems at Tree of Whispers. Of course, as Diablo 4 items, these new gems will also have Magic, Rare, and Legendary differences, and the characteristics and effects they can provide to build are also different. Headhunt Whispers You can find a variety of Whisper activities and objectives in Headhunt, which is the most effective way to gain The Coven Reputation in Season 7. Some tasks only take a minute or two to complete. Although some activities can be a bit tedious, it's fun to just look at them as a way to farm reputation. Here are the names of the specific Whispers activities and the tasks you need to complete in them. Dispel: Kill enemies standing in a large purple void zone. However, it should be noted that enemies will continue to spawn in this zone, and you need to defeat a steady stream of enemies until runs out. Fugitive: Defeat a Headless Husk in any area where Headhunt is activated. Patrol: Defeat enemies in the circular boundary of the patrolling guard, which can be found by the shield icon on the minimap. Purge the Rot: Kill any Headrotten enemies while Headhunt is active. Scour: Search for a specified number of herbs in a specified area. The advice here is to collect as many herbs as possible, because you will also need them in high quantities in combat. Seek: Talk to ghostly frogs and follow them for a distance. Your focus is not on these frogs, but on the Headrotten that will appear at any time and kill them. Shepherd: Enter the boundary around wild animals and accompany them to the safety zone. Wisps: This is the hardest of the entire activity. You need to destroy Exposed Root and follow Wisps that just spawned, but stay within its boundaries. During this time, you also need to kill a group of Headrotten. This process will repeat several times until Wisps’ health is fully restored. Slay: Kill designated Elite enemies in Headhunt zone. About Silent Rootholds In fact, Silent Rootholds is very similar to Hellbreaches, Nightmare Dungeons, and Infernal Hordes, which are short-lived seasonal dungeons. The information currently known is that some familiar mechanics may appear in it, such as the need to use Whispering Woods before exploring, which is very similar to Nightmare Dungeon Sigils in previous seasons. Once you enter Silent Roothold, you may encounter Rites, Rituals, and Ceremonies, which are actually very similar to Boons and Banes in Infernal Hordes in Season 5, increasing the rewards you get from exploring, such as Diablo 4 Gold and loot, but the difficulty will be greatly increased. Here are some examples for you to use as a reference. Rite of Engorged Hearts: Increases the health of Root-spawned enemies by 20%, and adds an Exposed Roots spawn in the next section. Rite of Hubris: Increases the damage of Root-spawned Bosses and Elites by 50%, and adds an Exposed Roots spawn in the next section. Ritual of Aching Thirst: The cooldown of potions you use in this mechanic is increased by 3 seconds, but Roots now grant you a Minor Reward. Ritual of Futility: Root-spawned Bosses and Elites in this mechanic have a chance to become Unstoppable, but grant you a Minor Reward. Ritual of Rust and Rain: All your resistances in this mechanic are reduced by 20%, but the rewards you receive from Roots are increased by one. Ritual of Shackles: Your dodge cooldown is increased by 3 seconds, but also grants you a Minor Reward. These are some mechanics you can currently encounter in Silent Rootholds, but it should be noted that there are many criteria for completing this dungeon, such as performing two 2 Rites, removing Exposed Roots, or defeating a boss, etc. You can choose the mechanics you want to challenge after the new season is released, although they will sometimes appear repeatedly. The above are some details about Headhunts in the upcoming Diablo 4 Season 7. In this new season, you may get a completely different gaming experience in the new game content, but before exploring, if your gold inventory is insufficient, you can participate in the frequent giveaways in iGMeet Discord, so that you can get a step ahead at the beginning of the season and get the strongest build. I wish you a happy game!

These 8 tips are useful, especially for newer players, but perhaps even Veterans of the game will find them valuable too. Before entering Diablo 4 Season 4, if you have enough Diablo 4 Items in your inventory, they will help increase your likelihood of defeating your enemies. Let’s jump right into it. 1. Auto-cast Abilities In case you wonder: Auto casting skills do not require any macro, special mouse or external software. You can turn on auto-cast by simply using your keyboard. And here is how: First, go to “options”, then “controls” window. Assign the secondary button of a skill you want to auto-cast to one of the numeric keypad buttons. Those are the 1 to 9 buttons on the right side of your keyboard. Next, with the “Num Lock” function turned on, Hold the assigned numeric key and press “Num Lock” button to turn off the functionality. And there you go. Your character will now auto-cast the ability whenever it’s ready! To disable auto-casting, simply turn on “Num Lock” and press the skill button again. 2. Seasonal Journey Rewards The seasonal journey rewards are account-wide, while Iron Wolf’s rewards are character-based. So when you level your first character, you may be wondering which seasonal rewards to pick up and which ones to leave for later, or perhaps for your alts. You certainly want to pick up all Iron Wolf’s rewards as soon as you unlock them. Each character can level and pick up their own rewards from that vendor. The level of rewards from Iron Wolf’s also seem to be tied to the level you had when you unlocked them, not when you opened the box. So there’s basically no point in holding back. It’s a bit more tricky when it comes to seasonal journey rewards since they are account wide. This means that if you picked a couple of seasonal chapter rewards for your first character, but let’s say then decided to switch a class, you won’t have seasonal journey rewards available on that new character. It’s not a big deal. Besides the potential cool Legendaries, and Uniques that could drop from rewards caches. Luckily, though, the drops are very generous in Season 4, so don’t lose sleep over that. 3. Use Favorite Function The third tip I have for you: use “favorite” functionality. In case you didn’t know, you can mark aspects and items as favorite. When you mark aspect as favorite, it will show up first when you are selecting legendary power from Codex of power. This is a big quality of life thing for overtime. You will replace legendary powers Time and time again. And here’s how I like using this feature for aspects: When I start a new character and get an idea for a skill or build that I want to use, I go to the “collection” section on the pause menu. It’s the only place where you can actually mark aspects as favorites. By the way, the marking is done with a space bar on the PC. Then I go through all the available aspects and mark those that seem applicable to my build. It is a bit of a pre-work, but makes your life so much easier in the long run. So you don’t have to search for a specific legendary power. Every single time you want to switch an item, which is a pain in the ass. Now let’s talk about pieces of gear. You can also mark them as favorite to avoid accidentally selling good items to a vendor or stopping you from mass salvaging items at Blacksmith. To mark a piece of gear, hover over the item and press the button assigned to mark items as junk twice! The first press marks an item as junk, while the second press marks it as favorite. On PC, that’s again a “space bar”. Personally, I like marking all my current equipment as favorite to prevent losing accidentally an item while I am trying out different pieces of gear. 4. Craft Seasonal Potions You can craft seasonal potions with Obols. If you haven’t used seasonal potions yet, make sure to give them a try! Holy Bolt is a particularly strong potion to use as it turns you into a permanent artillery machine. Obols are currency that you normally used to gamble for items. You get Obols from Helltides chests. And considering you will probably spam Helltides all the damn time, you will quickly accumulate a lot of Obols. Once you get a decent set, it’s a good time to spend some Obols on potion crafting. Beware, though, that the cost is quite high with 350 Obols per potion. But I would still suggest that you use Holy Bolts despite the high cost. The power gain justifies the cost as they provide a massive boost to your damage, especially when playing Minion Necromancer. 5. Aspects’ Icons On Items The next tip I got for you is to pay attention to symbols on the items at Blacksmith. So you get inventory full of legendary items. How do you know easily which ones to sell and which to salvage? Go to Blacksmith and salvage the items with the white icon on them. This icon means that the legendary power on this piece of gear is either not unlocked in your Codex of Power, or the value of legendary power on the item is higher than the one you have unlocked in Codex of Power. So whichever is the case, you definitely want to salvage this item unless you want to use it. There is also another red-ish icon, which means that salvaging this item unlocks a new cosmetic look. These icons, unfortunately, were not visible so easily when opening inventory, without going to an NPC like Blacksmith or vendor. To see them in your inventory. Without going to NPC, you have to hover over an item and look for an icon with a text explanation at the bottom of the item description. This can be unfortunately easy to miss, especially when you have to compare function turned on. This way, the item description often does not fit into the screen and requires you to scroll down to see the icon. It’s kind of annoying and I hope they will change it in the future. 6. Enchanting Affixes Preview You can check possible Affixes when enchanting an item. So you get a nice piece of gear but want to change one affix on it. You go to Occultist and enchant that statistic, but how do you know whether you should keep that new Affix or perhaps roll further? Here’s where the icon located at the top-right corner of Enchanting Window comes to the rescue. It shows the list of all possible Affixes to be rolled and also their ranges! You can actually also access this information on consoles. To do that, simply press “triangle” or “Y” button at the Enchanting window. 7. Farm Blood Maiden Spam Blood Maiden in Helltides for great XP and loot! Helltides has been an awesome place to both level up and get great loot in the process. I strongly recommend you to check out this place Located in every Helltide invaded area, which has an Altar with three pillars. Pillars can be activated by inserting Baneful Hearts, which are dropped across Helltides. By the way, you keep Baneful Hearts after Helltide finishes while all unused Cinders are lost after the current Helltide event ends. When all three pillars are activated, waves of enemies will spawn in that location. And when enough demons are defeated, the boss will spawn the Blood Maiden. She can be a tough enemy who has three main mechanics: First, she spawns disciples who are tougher Elites mobs. You definitely want to deal with them fast so you don’t get overwhelmed later on. She also casts fire rings around random players. When you get one on you, move away from the boss and other players to avoid killing everyone. And lastly, she will create an expanding circle, dealing with quite high damage. Just simply dodge it. When defeated, Maiden will drop a lot of items with some legendries plus crafting materials. And players who contributed more Baneful Hearts to activate pillars may get more loot. So don’t be a cheap bastard. 8. Use Profane Mindcages Speaking about Helltides, use Profane Minds to boost experience and cinders. Have you noticed Profane Minds in your second inventory tab? This item increases the level of enemies in Helltide by 10, for 60 minutes! As far as I know, ten levels above yours is the cap for bonus experience in Diablo 4, so the boost works great. Using Profane Minds is a great way to level up faster and get tons of cinders in the process. Don’t be too stingy with them as you will drop Profane Minds in Helltides, anyway. And here are a few things to consider: First, the boost lasts 60 minutes, so activate it when you are planning to have a bit longer session. Next, dying with Profane Mind actively disables the boost, so use it when the current Helltide enemies are not posing too much threat. And enemies level is capped to 50 in World Tier 1 and 2. So it does not make sense to activate this boost if you are in that Tier while being above level 40. These are my gaming experiences, I hope they are useful to you.