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<p>Completing the Season 7 Journey will award players with the very first avian pet in Diablo 4!</p>



<p>The Season Journey provides players with a <strong>Resplendent Spark</strong>, <strong>Favor</strong>, and this time around, you can also earn <strong>Dorian the Raven</strong>! </p>



<p>Here&#8217;s what the pet looks like:</p>



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<p>Check out our<a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/news/season-7-guide/"> Season 7 preview</a> for more information about the upcoming season!</p>


Completing Season 7 Journey Grants an Avian Pet


<p>The latest Developer Update Livestream is dedicated to Season 7 which starts on January 21. We&#8217;re liveblogging it so check back often for updates!</p>



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<li>The Tree of Whispers is missing a lot of heads and is really mad. The witches call upon you and give you an offer. When you collect the heads back, they will teach you the art of Witchcraft.</li>
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<li>The tree roughly knows where the missing heads are and affects enemies in Headhunts, zone takeovers that complement Helltides.</li>



<li>Every time you complete Whispers, you have a chance to summon a boss. When you are really lucky, you will find one of the heads.</li>
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<ul>
<li>You will earn Covenant&#8217;s Favor from completing Whispers to unlock new Witchcraft at the Altars. </li>



<li>You will also collect Restless Rot, that you can offer to an Altar to learn new Witchcraft.</li>



<li>Restless Rot can also be used to upgrade Witchcraft.</li>



<li>Witchcraft remains unlocked and upgraded for alts!</li>
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<li>Forgotten Altars are scattered across the dungeons of Sanctuary.</li>



<li>Discovering one of those allows you to learn Lost Witchcraft.</li>



<li>If you find more powers, you can upgrade them or pay a premium Restless Rot to do so.</li>
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<li>Rootholds are micro-dungeons that have a lot of Headrotten. They require Whispering Wood Sigils to access. These drop from Whisper Caches and Silent Chests.</li>
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<p>You can watch the Developer Update Livestream below.</p>



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Season 7 Developer Update Livestream Recap: January 16th


<p>We had a whole lot of information arrive yesterday with <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/news/season-7-guide/">the Season 7 overview</a>. One of the big sections of the post focused on item tuning changes between the Public test Realm and the release version. So let&#8217;s take a look at the new items in case you missed them, and the changes (mostly buffs) they have received since the last time we took a look at them! </p>



<p>Barbarians got their hammer+earthquake chest piece inherent buff doubled. Druids didn&#8217;t quite get their new Unique doubled, but it still got a hefty bump. Only one of the Necromancer Unique pants got buffed. However, their Bone Spear + Bone Prison Aspect got upgraded from auto-crit to auto-overpower! Rogues got their Shadow Imbuement Aspect bumped up, but not by much. They also get some extra skill points on the new Unique bots. Sorcerers got a 25% upgrade and an extra skill point on one of the Ball Lightning Uniques. None of the new Spritborn items have gotten any buffs since the PTR. It&#8217;s almost as if the class has been insanely overpowered for a while! </p>



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        <h2>New Legendary Aspects and Unique Items</h2>
<p>New powerful Unique Items and Legendary aspects arrive to enhance your renowned demon crushing prowess.</p>
<h3>Barbarian</h3>
<p><b>Mantle of the Mountain’s Fury Unique Chest Armor</b></p>
<p>Affixes</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Inherent: 100% <s>50%</s> Hammer of the Ancients damage for 5 seconds after an Earthquake explodes</strong></li>
<li>251-444 Armor</li>
<li>3-6 Skill Ranks to Hammer of the Ancients</li>
<li>2-4 Skill Ranks of Defensive Stance</li>
<li>16-22.5% Chance for Earthquake to Deal Double Damage</li>
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<p>Power</p>
<ul>
<li>Hammer of the Ancients also forms a seismic line that deals its damage and Slows enemies hit by 60-80% for 4 seconds. Earthquakes it passes through explode for their total damage and are consumed.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Of Incendiary Fissures Legendary Aspect</b></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Your Earthquakes deal 40-60% <s>35-50%</s> increased damage and their damage is converted into Fire.</strong></li>
</ul>
<h3>Druid</h3>
<p><b>Malefic Crescent Unique Amulet</b></p>
<p>Affixes</p>
<ul>
<li>Inherent: 25% Resistance to All Elements</li>
<li>8-11% Willpower</li>
<li>155-200% Werewolf Critical Strike Damage</li>
<li>8-15% Movement Speed while Shapeshifting into a Werewolf</li>
<li>1-2 Ranks of Feral Aptitude</li>
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<p>Power</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>The value of your Lupine Ferocity’s consecutive Critical Strike Damage is increased to 150-200% <s>100-150%[x]</s> against enemies when consecutively Critical Striking.</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Of Wolf’s Rain Legendary Aspect</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Casting Hurricane also spawns a smaller hurricane on your Wolves for 8 seconds. These hurricanes deals 5-15% of Hurricane’s damage for each active Wolf.</li>
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<p><b>Of Electrified Claws Legendary Aspect</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Shapeshifting into a new animal form causes a Lightning Bolt to strike a Nearby enemy dealing Lightning damage. Your Lightning Bolts deal 20-40% increased damage and Stun for 2 seconds.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Necromancer</h3>
<p><b>Indira’s Memory Unique Pants</b></p>
<p>Affixes</p>
<ul>
<li>Inherent: Casting Bone Spear Reduces Blood Wave’s Cooldown by 2 Seconds</li>
<li>16-25% Maximum Life</li>
<li>82.5-115% Overpower Damage</li>
<li>18.5-30% Damage Reduction While Injured</li>
<li>2-3 Ranks of Tides of Blood</li>
</ul>
<p>Power</p>
<ul>
<li>Blood Wave is also a Bone Skill that spawns a Bone Prison at its end point and increases your Blood Skill damage by 40-80% for 8 seconds when cast.</li>
<li>Bone Spear is also a Blood Skill and will drain 10% Maximum Life each cast after hitting an enemy to consume a surrounding Corpse and launch one new Bone Spear from it.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Kessime’s Legacy Unique Pants</b></p>
<p>Affixes</p>
<ul>
<li>Inherent: Casting Blood Wave Fortifies You For 70% of Your Maximum Life</li>
<li>187-300% Ultimate Damage</li>
<li>9.5-2% Damage Reduction While Fortified</li>
<li>16-25% Blood Wave Cooldown Reduction</li>
<li><strong>23.5-35% <s>16-25%</s> Chance for Blood Wave to Deal Double Damage</strong></li>
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<p>Power</p>
<ul>
<li>Blood Wave now forms a wave on each side of you. Both waves converge at your feet, Pulling In surrounding enemies and exploding for x damage.</li>
<li>Each time an enemy is hit by a wave, they take 5-10% increased damage from your Blood Waves, up to 150-300% in total.</li>
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<p><b>Of Distilled Anima Legendary Aspect</b></p>
<ul>
<li>While Soulrift is active, you are Unhindered and gain 1% increased Movement Speed per absorbed soul, up to 30-60%. This lasts for 5 seconds after Soulrift ends.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Bone Duster’s Legendary Aspect</b></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Bone Spear is guaranteed to Overpower enemies within Bone Prison and deals 30-50% increased damage to them. <s>Bone Spear is guaranteed to Critically Strike enemies within Bone Prison and deals 20-40% increased damage to them.</s></strong></li>
</ul>
<h3>Rogue</h3>
<p><b>Assassin’s Stride Unique Boots</b></p>
<p>Affixes</p>
<ul>
<li>Inherent: Casting a Mobility Skill grants +100% Movement Speed for 2 seconds</li>
<li>35-50% Shadow Resistance</li>
<li>10-2% Mobility Cooldown Reduction</li>
<li><strong>2-4 <s>1-2</s> Skill Ranks to Mobility Skills</strong></li>
<li><strong>3-4 <s>2-3</s> Skill Ranks to Shadow Imbuement</strong></li>
</ul>
<p>Power</p>
<ul>
<li>Mobility Skills are always Shadow Imbued with 40-80% increased potency. Lucky Hit: Damaging an Elite or Boss with a Mobility Skill has up to a 40-80% chance to instantly triggers a free Shadow Imbuement explosion.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Slice and Dice Legendary Aspect</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Twisting Blades’ initial hit cleaves. Twisting Blades return 25-45% faster.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Bitter Infection Legendary Aspect</b></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Enemies infected by Shadow Imbuement take 30-70% <s>30-50%</s> of its damage every second. Shadow Imbuement deals 30-70%[x] <s>30-50%[x]</s> increased damage.</strong></li>
</ul>
<h3>Sorcerer</h3>
<p><b>Strike of Stormhorn Unique Focus</b></p>
<p>Affixes</p>
<ul>
<li>Inherent: Chance for Ball Lightning Projectiles to Cast Twice is Now Chance to Cast a Super Ball Lightning</li>
<li>67.5-108.5% Critical Strike Damage</li>
<li>155-250% Ball Lightning Projectile Speed</li>
<li><strong>1-3 <s>1-2</s> Skill Ranks of Ball Lightning</strong></li>
<li>13-17.5% Chance for Ball Lightning Projectiles to Cast Twice</li>
</ul>
<p>Power</p>
<ul>
<li>Ball lightning splashes on contact for 60-100%[x] increased damage and Stunning enemies for 1 second if it reaches its Maximum Range.</li>
<li><strong>Super Ball Lightnings are larger, deal 125% <s>100%</s> more damage, have a higher Lucky Hit Chance, and its Stun duration is increased to 3 seconds.</strong></li>
</ul>
<p><b>Okun’s Catalyst Unique Focus</b></p>
<p>Affixes</p>
<ul>
<li>Inherent: Ball Lightning Can Be Cast While Moving</li>
<li>24-35% Attack Speed for 5 seconds After Casting a Defensive Skill</li>
<li>0.5-1.5% Damage Reduction for Each Active Ball Lightning</li>
<li>1-3 Skill Ranks of Ball Lightning</li>
<li>13-17.5% Chance for Ball Lightning Projectiles to Cast Twice</li>
</ul>
<p>Power</p>
<ul>
<li>Ball Lightning orbits you, creating a static field that damages all enemies within for 140-180% of Ball Lightning’s damage per active ball, and granting Unhindered while the field is active.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Of Mind’s Awakening Legendary Aspect</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Casting a Pyromancy Skill Immobilizes enemies hit for 0.5-1 seconds. Casting a Shock Skill grants a burst of 15-30% Movement speed for 1 second. Casting a Frost Skill grants a Barrier for 3-6% Maximum Life. While Enlightened, each Skill grants all benefits.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Spiritborn</h3>
<p><b>Sustained War-Crozier Unique Quarterstaff</b></p>
<p>Affixes</p>
<ul>
<li>Inherent: 45% Block Chance</li>
<li>132-188 Dexterity</li>
<li>610-1142 Maximum Life</li>
<li>21-35% Chance for Potency Skills to Deal Double Damage</li>
<li>2-4 Skill Ranks to Focus Skills</li>
</ul>
<p>Power</p>
<ul>
<li>Your Focus Skills benefit from all their Upgrades, and they increase the damage of your Potency Skills by 10-20% for 8 seconds, up to 100-200%.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Endless Talons Legendary Aspect</b></p>
<ul>
<li>Razor Wings hitting an enemy increases your Eagle Skill damage by 1%[x] for 4 seconds, up to 30-50%[x]. Razor Wing Critical Strikes grant 3 stacks.</li>
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Diablo 4 Season 7 New Legendary and Unique Item Pre-Launch Changes and Tuning


<p>Blizzard has unveiled an informative infographic for the upcoming Season 7, launching January 21. This visual guide provides a detailed overview of the new features and updates players can look forward to.</p>



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<p>The infographic provides more details about <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/guides/witchcraft-guide/">Witchcraft powers</a> and <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/guides/occult-gems-guide/">Occult gems</a> available to players in Season 7. To access both players must complete <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/guides/headhunts-guide/">Headhunts</a> and defeat the Headrotten. </p>



<p>We also learn more about updates to Eternal realms, including the <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/guides/armory-guide/">Armory</a> that allows fast build swapping, quality-of-life updates, new Unique items, Legendary affixes, and runes.</p>



<p>Check out the <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/news/season-7-guide/">official Season 7 preview</a> for more information. </p>


Season 7 Infographic: Everything You Need to Know

Season 7 Official Preview and Patch Notes


<p>Ok, wait, it&#8217;s a weird title but it makes sense, honest! We have a player who received their very first Mythic Unique and it was immediately an incredibly rare 4 Greater Affix one! Except, it wasn&#8217;t a particularly good one. </p>



<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/darkjackman165/">Darkjackman165</a> showed off their paradoxical luck as they got a 4 GA <a class="icy-gtnbrg-link" href="#"><span class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip"><img decoding="async" class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip-img" src="https://static.icy-veins.com/wp/static/d4/latest/images/icons/2DInventory_Amulets_48.webp" alt="Melted Heart of Selig"><span class="tooltip-spell-name" data-item-type="Amulet" data-item-quality="mythic">Melted Heart of Selig</span></span></a> as heir very first Mythic Unique drop. It&#8217;s unclear whether that&#8217;s referring to the season or ever in the game, but it&#8217;s impressive nonetheless. </p>



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<p>Unfortunately, Selig&#8217;s ticker isn&#8217;t the best when it comes to Mythics, and despite the four affixes of a greater nature, it&#8217;s still pretty bad. And the community sure let <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/darkjackman165/">darkjackman165</a> know it too! </p>



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<p>There were those that had some constructive feedback though:</p>



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<p>It is a bit of a shame that at least the maximum Greater Affix-infused Mythics don&#8217;t salvage into something more than the same one Resplendent Spark as any other. Hopefully Blizzard considers changing this, and then a 4GA would be amazing even if it&#8217;s not usable! </p>


First Mythic Drop, Best Mythic Drop +Good Luck, Bad Luck


<p>The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences is hosting the 28th annual DICE awards in February, and Vessel of Hatred got a nomination! </p>



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<p>Nominated in the &#8220;Online Game of the Year&#8221; category, Diablo 4 is up against Helldivers 2, Space Marine 2, Marvel Rivals, and Black Ops 6. The nominees and winners are chosen by industry professionals, as developers from different studios get invited to pick each year. </p>



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<p><br>The event is being held on February 13th and will be streamed on <a href="https://www.ign.com/">IGN </a>starting at 8:00 PM PT. Here are some more official details:</p>



<p>&#8220;The Academy of Interactive Arts &amp; Sciences (AIAS) is pleased to announce the nominees for its 28th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards (<strong>#DICEAwards</strong>), the video game industry’s premier awards show, with winners selected by a panel of industry peers. Returning to the stage as co-hosts are <strong>Greg Miller</strong>, founder of <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/kindafunnygames" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Kinda Funny Games</a></strong>, and award-winning media personality, <strong><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/parallaxstella" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Stella Chung</a></strong>. The winners will be revealed at the 28th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards ceremony, the culmination of the week-long industry gathering at the 2025 D.I.C.E. Summit (<strong>#DICE2025</strong>). The ceremony will be livestreamed by our official media partner, <a href="https://www.ign.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>IGN</strong></a>, on Thursday, Feb. 13 at 8:00PM PT from the Aria Resort in Las Vegas.</p>



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<p>A total of 60 games released in 2024 are nominated. Leading the pack with an impressive six nominations each are <strong>Astro Bot</strong>, <strong>Helldivers 2</strong>, and <strong>Indiana Jones and the Great Circle</strong>, followed closely by <strong>Balatro</strong> and <strong>Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II</strong> with five nominations. Additionally, <strong>1000xRESIST</strong>, <strong>ANIMAL WELL</strong>, and <strong>Batman: Arkham Shadow</strong> secured four nominations each.&nbsp;<br><br>Competing for 2024’s top honor, Game of the Year, are: <strong>Astro Bot</strong>, <strong>Balatro</strong>, <strong>Black Myth: Wukong</strong>, <strong>Helldivers 2</strong>, and <strong>Indiana Jones and the Great Circle</strong>.&nbsp;</p>



<p>The Academy and its Board of Directors thank all of the people who serve as Peer Panelists and generously volunteer their time to determine finalists.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.interactive.org/awards/28th_annual_dice_awards_peer_panelists.asp" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>View a full list of Peer Panelists here.</strong></a></p>



<p>Voting is now open for AIAS members. Members will receive their voting credentials via email.&#8221;</p>



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Diablo 4 Nominated for Best Online Game of the Year at DICE Awards


<p>Here&#8217;s a bit of a claustrophobic one, as a player got stuck in a very small portion of the map! Luckily they could still portal out, but it&#8217;s quite the weird one nonetheless! </p>



<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Photoro/">Photoro</a> found themselves trapped by vines at the entrance to the expansion zone, unable to run out. That particular zone actually opens up in the Vessel of Hatred campaign, but Photoro isn&#8217;t on that part of the quest yet, so they got very much stuck. Well, at least physically, as they could still just port out and head back to town. It&#8217;s still a very weird one, being able to enter an un-exitable part of them map, even if you don&#8217;t own the expansion. </p>



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<p>Blizzard has announced the next Campfire stream for Diablo 4’s upcoming Season 7!</p>



<p>Season 6 wraps up on January 21st, and Season 7 will kick off right after. Tune in next Thursday at 11 AM PST to catch all the details about the new season and the usual community Q&amp;A session.</p>



<p>And as always, if you miss the stream or don&#8217;t want to watch it, we&#8217;ll have our live coverage and highlight summary ready for you! You can also check out <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/news/season-7-campfire-chat-overview-balance-changes-patch-2-1-details/">our previous Season 7 Campfire coverage</a>, the <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/news/season-7-deep-dive-the-armory-feature-witchcraft-occult-gems-new-runes-and-more/">official season overview</a>, or the <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/news/diablo-4-patch-2-1-ptr-notes-major-changes-and-updates/">PTR patch notes</a>. </p>



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        <section class="blog">Our next Developer Update Livestream begins on <b>January 16 at 11 a.m. PST</b> and gives a preview of our upcoming Season. Join members of the development team as they share details on what’s coming next.</p>
<p>Tune in to learn more about the new questline coming with the season, changes, and more. There will also be a Q&amp;A segment at the end of the stream for players to field their questions directly to the team.</p>
<p>Visit our official Diablo <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/diablo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitch</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/Diablo/featured" target="_blank" rel="noopener">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Diablo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a>, and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@diablo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a> channels to watch live! Following the Campfire Chat&#8217;s conclusion, we’ll post another article with a video of the chat so you can catch up on the details if you miss them.</p>
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<p>Reddit user <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/AltumFelis/">AltumFelis</a> shared a noteworthy D4 experience involving an extremely rare Mythic Unique drop. The event unfolded after a significant in-game trade and a decision to include the trading partner in a boss farming session.</p>



<p>The trade itself was a tough negotiation. AltumFelis managed to acquire 3 EOM runes in exchange for 600 million gold and a dozen legendary runes. Feeling the deal may have been too one-sided, they decided to invite their trading partner to a Duriel farming run, a known source of best-quality loot.</p>



<p>The run proved lucrative for both players, as both received a Mythic Unique. AltumFelis&#8217; Mythic Unique, however, was a <span class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip"><a class="icy-gtnbrg-link" href="#"><img decoding="async" class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip-img" src="https://static.icy-veins.com/wp/static/d4/latest/images/icons/2DInventory_Rings_41.webp" alt="Ring of Starless Skies"><span class="tooltip-spell-name" data-item-type="Ring" data-item-quality="mythic">Ring of Starless Skies</span></a></span> with 4 Greater Affixes!</p>



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<p>This story highlights the potential of cooperation and generosity within the community, where the grind for rare loot is often a shared effort!</p>


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