Season 7 of Diablo 4 is already coming in January and will once again bring many new features to the action role-playing game. We have all the important information for the start of Season 7.
The new season of Diablo 4 starts on January 21 and provides the action role-playing game with fresh enemies, game mechanics and some quality-of-life improvements. To help you get ready for the start of Season 7, we have put together a handy overview of all the important information and new features for you.
All information about the start of Diablo 4 Season 7
Release: When does Diablo 4 Season 7 start?
Release date: January 21, 2025
Start time: 1:00 a.m.
Diablo 4 Season 7 starts on January 21, 2025 at 1:00 a.m. So if you want to be there in time for the season start, you’ll have to be ready for a night shift. Season 7 is the second season within the Vessel of Hatred expansion.
The PTR (public test realm) for Season 7 ran from December 3 to December 10, 2024 and has already been completed.
Season theme: What is the Season of Witchcraft about?
The theme of Season 7 is the new witchcraft powers (Season of Witchcraft). These witchcraft powers are new magical abilities that can make your builds even stronger. There are four categories of witchcraft powers:
Abomination: Offers magic with destructive energies and transformations.
Psyche: You can use protective powers of the mind and soul to create visions, focus your attacks and fill your opponents with madness.
Growth and Decay: Lets you cast magic that both heals and harms, as well as strengthens life force and other resources. These incantations can cause terrible illnesses and disorders.
Lost Powers:;nbsp;These particularly rare witchcraft powers were thought to be lost, but you can rediscover them.
You can gain the powers of the witchcraft by collecting Restless Rot. This is a new material that you can obtain by completing whisper tasks or by killing Headrot. You can exchange Restless Rot for the new witchcraft powers and enhancements at the coven altars.
Armory: What does the new convenience feature for builds offer?
Season 7 gives you a handy armory in Diablo 4 that makes saving and managing your builds much easier. In the armory, you can now finally save, customize, and name your builds, and then easily switch between them.
You get 5 slots per character, so you can easily create up to five different builds for each of your characters. This includes your equipment, Paragon boards, glyphs, skill selections, and class mechanics. Once set up, you can switch between very different builds in no time at all, without having to fiddle with your characters forever.
Switching between different loadouts costs no gold. The armory can be found in every major city in Sanctuary, as well as in the endgame hubs such as the Citadel, the Whispering Tree, and the Kyovashad training grounds.
More content: What else is new in Season 7?
Head Hunts: Season 7 introduces the Head-Rotting as a new seasonal enemy that you can hunt. The new activity starts at the Whispering Tree. After that, you have to take out special enemies or boss variants. Killing their bosses earns you their heads, which you can exchange for Occult Gems. You also collect Restless Decay when you defeat the Head Rot, which you need for the witchcraft powers, among other things.
Occult Gems: The seasonal socketable items can be obtained from the Whispering Tree. To do so, you must exchange about 100 Fledgling Headtoughers, Restless Rot, and Gem Fragments. Occult Gems offer additional affixes that can provide strong synergies with the new Witch Powers. An Occult Gem also provides 160 armor and 8% resistance to all damage.
New Items and more: In addition to several quality-of-life improvements, Season Seven will also see the introduction of eight new uniques. Vessel of Hatred owners will also get access to 3 new runes. It will now also be possible to permanently unlock class quests for your entire account. The layout for the Whispering Tree will be improved.
This should give you an overview of the most important new features of Season 7. If you want to prepare for the start of the new season, we have linked some of our guides for you. For example, if you have not yet collected all of Lilith’s altars, you can easily do so until January 21.
How do you like the announced content and innovations of Season 7? What do you think of the powers of the witchcraft or the loadouts of the armory? Feel free to write it in the comments!
