Conquer Diablo 4 Season 7: A Speedy Leveling Guide
Halloween's over, but the Diablo 4 witching season is just beginning! This comprehensive guide will help you rapidly ascend in Season 7.
Table of Contents
- Acquire Your Pet
- Recruit Your Mercenaries
- Conquer the Seasonal Questline
- Unlock Your Class Power
- Dominate Headhunt Zones
- Harness Witchcraft Powers
- Explore Rootholds
- Utilize Occult Gems
- Tackle 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, it efficiently gathers gold and materials, freeing you to focus on combat and loot.
Recruit Your Mercenaries
Vessel of Hatred expansion owners should head to the Den and recruit Mercenaries. Solo players can utilize two, significantly easing leveling and combat. Cultivate Rapport for additional 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 involves puzzles and primarily requires Headhunt zone Favor farming. This is the optimal path to level 60. Repeatedly defeat Headhunt zone bosses, collect Favors, and upgrade Witch powers simultaneously.
Unlock Your Class Power
A convenient update eliminates the need to repeat class-specific priority quests if completed on a previous character (requires prior character login on the Eternal realm). For example, a Season 7 Rogue player should first log in with a pre-existing Rogue with completed priority quests before starting their new Season 7 character. The class power automatically unlocks upon reaching the required level.
Dominate Headhunt Zones
Focus on Whispers while exploring Headhunt zones. Four are active concurrently; prioritize smaller, denser zones for efficient 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 that a Raven of the Tree spawns in each Headhunt zone, offering an alternative Favor exchange point.
Harness 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. Some powers require Forgotten Altar interaction; these are found in regular dungeons, Nightmare Dungeons, Pits, and Rootholds (Torment 1+). Draughts of Whispers increase Forgotten Altar encounter chances.
Explore Rootholds
Rootholds (accessed using Whispering Woods from Whispers and Silent Chests) are rogue-lite dungeons. Activate negative modifiers to enhance loot quality. Open Exposed Roots for loot; modifiers influence root quantity and quality. Save Roothold keys for Torment 1 for optimal Ancestral loot.
Utilize Occult Gems
Craft Occult Gems (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 chances.
Tackle 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.
