Halloween may be over, but the witching season has just begun in the world of Diablo 4. Here’s a comprehensive guide to help you level up swiftly in Diablo 4 Season 7.
Table of Contents
- Get Your Pet
- Grab Your Mercenaries
- Follow the Seasonal Questline and Level Up
- Unlock Your Class Power
- Headhunt Zones
- Witchcraft Powers
- Rootholds
- Occult Gems
- Pits, Infernal Hordes, and Nightmare Dungeons
Get Your Pet
First things first: as soon as you dive into Diablo 4 Season 7, head to the nearest town with a Wardrobe and interact with it to claim your pet. While pets don't participate in combat, they're invaluable for collecting all your gold and materials automatically. This feature saves you a significant amount of time, allowing you to focus solely on combat and loot collection.
Grab Your Mercenaries
If you own the Vessel of Hatred expansion, make your way to the Den to recruit a Mercenary. Solo players can have up to two Mercenaries, which not only eases leveling and combat but also lets you build Rapport with them for additional rewards.
Follow the Seasonal Questline and Level Up
Start on Normal difficulty and follow the new seasonal questline in Diablo 4 Season 7, identified by green leaf icons on your map. This questline introduces you to all the new mechanics of the Season, including Headhunt zones, Grim Favors for the Tree of Whispers, and the new Witch powers. While the questline itself is brief with some puzzles to solve, it mainly involves farming Favors in Headhunt zones. This approach is not only the best way to reach level 60 quickly but also enhances your Witch powers.
Unlock Your Class Power
A handy quality-of-life feature this season is that you no longer need to complete class-specific priority quests if you've already done so with a previous character. Just make sure to log in with that character on the Eternal realm first. For example, if you're playing a Rogue in Season 7, log in with a previously created Rogue who has completed the priority quests. Then, when you log in with your new Season 7 Rogue, your class power will unlock automatically once you hit the required level.
Headhunt Zones
When navigating Headhunt zones, prioritize completing Whispers. With four zones active at any time, opt for the smallest and most compact ones for higher enemy density, which facilitates faster mob farming and Whisper completion. Focus on these two Whisper quests:
- Fugitive: Requires recovering a head or destroying a husk, activated by defeating Elites and interacting with roots.
- Shepherd: An easy task of escorting animals around the map.
Upon accumulating 10 Grim Favors, exchange them at the Tree of Whispers for a cache. Note that a Raven of the Tree also appears in each Headhunt zone, allowing you to turn in Favors without returning to the Tree of Whispers.
Witchcraft Powers
At the Tree of Whispers, interact with the Altars of Witchcraft to purchase and upgrade your Witchcraft powers using Restless Rot, earned by defeating Rot enemies. While the initial purchase is affordable, upgrades can be costly. Prioritize powers that offer direct damage boosts for passive damage enhancement.
Additionally, some Witch powers can only be acquired at Forgotten Altars, found in regular dungeons, Nightmare Dungeons, the Pits, and Rootholds once you reach Torment 1 difficulty. Increase your chances of encountering a Forgotten Altar by consuming a Draught of Whispers.
Rootholds
Rootholds, a new dungeon type in Diablo 4 Season 7, are accessible by using Whispering Woods, obtained from Whispers and Silent Chests. Rootholds offer a rogue-lite experience similar to Infernal Hordes, where you can activate negative modifiers that enhance loot quality. As you progress, open Exposed Roots for loot, with the modifiers influencing both the number and quality of these roots. Save your Roothold keys until you reach Torment 1, as they are the best source of Ancestral loot this Season.
Occult Gems
Craft new Occult Gems by speaking with Gelena at the Tree of Whispers. These gems, slotable into jewelry, significantly outperform regular gems. While they're a late-game concern, remember they're expensive to craft and require Restless Rot and Heads, which drop from Roothold bosses and Fugitives in Headhunt zones. Using a Draught of Whispers can increase your chances of obtaining Heads from bosses.
Pits, Infernal Hordes, and Nightmare Dungeons
Don't forget to include Pits and Nightmare Dungeons in your routine. Nightmare Dungeons are crucial for obtaining Glyphs, and running Pits helps level them up. Additionally, farm Infernal Hordes for masterworking materials essential for powering up your Uniques.
And that concludes our Diablo 4 Season 7 progression guide. For more tips and information on the game, be sure to visit The Escapist.
