Conquer Diablo 4 Season 7: A Speedy Leveling Guide
Halloween's over, but the Diablo 4 witching season is just beginning! This comprehensive guide helps you rapidly ascend in Season 7.
Table of Contents
- Acquire Your Pet
- Recruit Your Mercenaries
- Conquer the Seasonal Questline
- Unlock Class Power
- Headhunt Zone Strategies
- Mastering Witchcraft Powers
- Navigating Rootholds
- Utilizing Occult Gems
- Mastering Pits, Infernal Hordes, and Nightmare Dungeons
Acquire Your Pet
Upon launching Diablo 4 Season 7, immediately visit the nearest town's Wardrobe. Claim your pet! While combat-ineffective, pets gather gold and materials, freeing you to focus on combat and loot.
Recruit Your Mercenaries
Vessel of Hatred expansion owners should visit the Den to recruit Mercenaries. Solo players can utilize two, simplifying leveling and combat. Cultivate Rapport for added rewards.
Conquer the Seasonal Questline
Begin on Normal difficulty and follow the green leaf-marked seasonal questline. This introduces Season 7 mechanics, including Headhunt zones, Grim Favors (for the Tree of Whispers), and Witch powers. While short, it includes puzzles and primarily involves farming Favors in Headhunt zones—the optimal path to level 60. Repeatedly defeat Headhunt zone bosses, collect Favors, and upgrade Witch powers concurrently.
Unlock Class Power
A convenient update: Prior class-specific quests are skipped if completed on a previous character (requires prior login on the Eternal realm). For example, a Season 7 Rogue benefits from a prior Rogue character's completed quests; class power unlocks automatically upon reaching the required level.
Headhunt Zone Strategies
Within Headhunt zones, actively complete Whispers. Four zones are always active; prioritize smaller, denser zones for faster mob farming and Whisper completion. Prioritize these Whisper quests:
- Fugitive Shepherd: Escort animals.
- Fugitive: Defeat Elites, interact with roots to recover a head or destroy a husk.
Exchange 10 Grim Favors for a cache at the Tree of Whispers. Note: A Raven of the Tree spawns in each Headhunt zone, providing an alternative Favor exchange point.
Mastering Witchcraft Powers
At the Tree of Whispers, use Restless Rot (obtained by killing Rot enemies) to purchase and upgrade Witchcraft powers. Prioritize damage upgrades for passive damage boosts. Forgotten Altars (found in dungeons, Nightmare Dungeons, Pits, and Rootholds at Torment 1 or higher, or boosted by Draughts of Whispers) offer unique Witch powers.
Navigating Rootholds
Rootholds (accessed with Whispering Woods from Whispers and Silent Chests) offer a rogue-lite experience similar to Infernal Hordes. Activate negative modifiers for enhanced loot. Open Exposed Roots for loot; modifiers affect root quantity and quality. Save Roothold keys for Torment 1 for optimal Ancestral loot.
Utilizing Occult Gems
Craft Occult Gems (via Gelena at the Tree of Whispers) for jewelry slots; they outperform regular gems. Focus on these late-game; crafting is expensive, requiring Restless Rot and Heads (from Roothold bosses and Headhunt Fugitives; Draughts of Whispers increase Head drop rates).
Mastering Pits, Infernal Hordes, and Nightmare Dungeons
Continue incorporating Pits (for Glyph leveling) and Nightmare Dungeons (for Glyphs) into your routine. Farm Infernal Hordes for masterworking materials to enhance Uniques.
This concludes our Diablo 4 Season 7 progression guide. Visit The Escapist for more game insights.
