Halloween may be over, but the witching season has only just begun in the world of Diablo 4. Here’s a comprehensive progression guide to help you level up quickly in Diablo 4 Season 7.
Table of contents
Get Your PetGrab Your MercenariesFollow the Seasonal Questline and Level UpUnlock Your Class PowerHeadhunt ZonesWitchcraft PowersRootholdsOccult GemsPits, Infernal Hordes, and Nightmare Dungeons
Get Your Pet
First things first. As soon as you load up Diablo 4 Season 7, head to the nearest town with a Wardrobe and interact with it to get your pet. Pets don’t participate in battle, but they are invaluable for automatically collecting all your gold and materials. This significantly reduces the time you'd otherwise spend gathering these resources, allowing you to focus more on combat and loot.
Grab Your Mercenaries
If you own the Vessel of Hatred expansion, visit the Den to recruit a Mercenary. Solo players can have up to two Mercenaries, which not only make leveling and combat easier but also allow you to build Rapport with them for additional rewards.
Follow the Seasonal Questline and Level Up
Begin on Normal difficulty and follow the new seasonal questline in Diablo 4 Season 7, marked by green leaf icons on your map. This questline introduces you to the Season's new mechanics, including Headhunt zones, Grim Favors for the Tree of Whispers, and the new Witch powers. While the questline itself is relatively short and includes some puzzles, it primarily involves farming Favors in Headhunt zones.
This approach is also the most efficient way to reach level 60. Continuously engage with Headhunt zone bosses, collect Favors, and enhance your Witch powers simultaneously.
Unlock Your Class Power
A convenient quality-of-life feature this season is that you no longer need to complete class-specific priority quests if you've already done so on a previous character. However, you must first log in with that character on the Eternal realm. For example, if you're planning to play a Rogue in Season 7, log in with a previously created Rogue who has completed these quests. Then, when you log in with your new Season 7 Rogue, your class power will automatically unlock once you reach the required level.
Headhunt Zones
While navigating Headhunt zones, make sure to complete the Whispers. There are always four active Headhunt zones, and you should target the smallest, most compact ones for higher enemy density, which allows for faster mob farming and Whisper completion.
Prioritize these two Whisper quests:
- Fugitive: Requires you to recover a head or destroy a husk, activated by defeating Elites and interacting with roots.
- Shepherd: An easy task of escorting animals around the map.
Once you accumulate 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, obtained by defeating the new Rot enemies. While the initial purchase is affordable, upgrades can be costly. Focus on powers that provide direct damage boosts for significant passive damage increases.
Some Witch powers are exclusive to Forgotten Altars, which you can find in regular dungeons, Nightmare Dungeons, Pits, and Rootholds once you reach Torment 1 difficulty. Consuming a Draught of Whispers can increase your chances of encountering a Forgotten Altar.
Rootholds
Rootholds, a new dungeon type introduced in Diablo 4 Season 7, are accessible by consuming a Whispering Wood, obtained from Whispers and Silent Chests. Rootholds function like a rogue-lite mode, similar to Infernal Hordes, where you can activate negative modifiers to enhance loot quality. As you progress, open Exposed Roots for loot, with the modifiers affecting 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
Late in the game, you can craft new Occult Gems by speaking with Gelena at the Tree of Whispers. These gems, which can be slotted into your jewelry, outperform regular gems but are expensive to craft, requiring a significant amount of Restless Rot and Heads. Heads can drop from Roothold bosses and Fugitives in Headhunt zones, with the Draught of Whispers increasing your chances of obtaining them from bosses.
Pits, Infernal Hordes, and Nightmare Dungeons
Incorporate Pits and Nightmare Dungeons into your routine. Nightmare Dungeons provide Glyphs, while Pits are essential for leveling them up. Additionally, farm Infernal Hordes for masterworking materials to enhance your Uniques.
And that concludes our Diablo 4 Season 7 progression guide. For more tips and information on the game, be sure to check out The Escapist.
