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Harness Witchcraft and hunt the Headrotten in Season 7 2.1 PTR!

Last Updated:November 27, 2024

Blizzard just released the 2.1 PTR Patch Notes for the upcoming Season 7 on Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred! This time around, the new seasonal mechanic will be available during the PTR! Discover the PTR Patch Notes here on Maxroll and get ready for PTR on December 3rd!

New Powers of Witchcraft

Wield new powers and harness Witchcraft in your arsenal of abilities.

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There are three schools of Hawezar sorcery to learn and master:

  • Eldritch—Wield magic that harnesses destructive energies and polymorphy.
  • Psyche—Wield defensive powers of the mind and spirit to create visions, focus your attacks, and induce madness in your enemies.
  • Growth & Decay—Wield magic that both heals and harms, boosting Life, Resource. These incantations can create horrific diseases and disruptions.
  • Plus, discover rare Lost powers of Witchcraft that have since been rediscovered.

Each school of Witchcraft gives you the chance to experiment between new styles of power. Tinker with your build to create something strange and terrible. Some Witchcraft Powers are also Witchcraft Effects which will apply as Eldritch, Psyche, and Growth & Decay powers.

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To learn Witchcraft, earn Seasonal reputation from completing new Whisper bounties and defeating hulking Headrotten enemies to earn Restless Rot. At specific Tiers, you’ll unlock the ability to learn more Witchcraft Powers.

Visit a Coven’s Altar at the Tree of Whispers and offer Restless Rot in exchange for new Witchcraft powers, or to upgrade them. Note that any Witchcraft powers listed below are subject to change before the Public Test Realm begins.

Eldritch Powers

Psyche Powers

Growth & Decay Powers

Lost Powers

Hunt the Headrotten

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The Headrotten are the newest gruesome enemies to face across Sanctuary. Sick in the mind and spirit, strike them down to release them from their prison of twisted flesh.

  • The Headrotten are powerful foes, Hunt them within the Headhunt subzone.
  • The Tree of Whispers will offer Bounties to hunt the Headrotten.
  • There are unique boss variants of Headrotten to slay, which includes the Headless Husk and Fugitive Head.A Fugitive Head has the parasitic Stolen Head attached, which is extremely rare to find. If you manage to defeat them, the reclaimed Head drops for you to return to Gelena near the Tree of Whispers for Occult Gems.
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  • While killing Headrotten will earn you Restless Rot, returning the Fugitive Heads to the Tree of Whispers will grant you Occult Gems.

Headhunts

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Discover newly intensified Whispers of the Dead to guide you towards Headhunts.

  • Headhunts will give you a general area where you might be able to flush out a Headless Husk or Fugitive Head.
  • After completing a Whisper in a Headhunt subzone, locate the Exposed Roots that appear.
  • There is a rare chance for the Exposed Root to be an Uprooted Cocoon, which holds a Headless Husk or Fugitive Head to defeat.
  • These can be active in multiple spots across Sanctuary at one time.
  • These areas shift after a duration of time, similar to Helltide.
  • Return your Grim Favors at the Raven found within Headhunt subzones.
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There will be a few ways to improve the chances you’ll see a Headrotten possessed by a Fugitive Head:

  • Increases by Torment Tier.
  • By using a Draught of Whispers

Rootholds

Seek out these micro-dungeons as an additional way to hunt the Headrotten, with bonus challenges and rewards.

  • Perform dangerous rituals to turn Headrot into power.
  • Rootholds are only accessible by using “Whisper Wood,” sigils found in Whisper Caches and Silent Chests.
  • One of these can be found in the Fractured Peaks in the PTR.

Occult Gems

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If you manage to slay a Headrotten possessed by a Fugitive Heads, you’ll be able to use this reclaimed Head at the Tree of Whispers to earn Occult Gems.

  • These powerful Seasonal socketables are crafted.
  • Meet with Gelena at the Tree of Whispers, who crafts Occult Gems in exchange for Fugitive Heads, Restless Rot, and Gem Fragments.
  • These can provide additional affixes, strongly compliment Withcraft powers, add Witchcraft tags to your Skills, and more. It is rumored Occult Gems had once even been used to cheat death, if you believe the legend.
  • You can craft powerful higher tiers of Occult Gems with the following Materials:Fugitive Heads, Restless Rot, Gem Dust, Occult Gems.

Each Occult Gem provides 160 Armor and 8% Resist All. Craft the following Occult Gems at Gelena:

Occult Gems

What's Next?

We hope you enjoy the Season of Hatred Rising and the Vessel of Hatred expansion with the aid of our Season 6 compendium update. Our focus is now on the upcoming 2.1 PTR and the Season 7 game update while following various Season 6 changes. We're also continuing to work on more updates for D4Planner!

With that said, head over to our Discord to stay up to date with our content development and to make the most of your Season 6 experience! Also don't forget to check out our Youtube channel!

Written by: Chewingnom

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