Since January 23, Season 3 has been running in Diablo 4, marking the beginning of leveling up new seasonal characters from scratch. Here on MeinMMO, you’ll learn how to quickly reach the max level.
With the new season, the creation and leveling of a new character in Diablo 4 begins. When it comes to leveling, there are various ways to gather XP. We list the simplest options for you in our guide.
The options include various activities and approaches to keep things interesting and allow you to switch things up regularly.
Seasonal Questline
Once you have completed the prologue of the main story, you can start the new season story with your seasonal character. Within the new seasonal questline with its seven chapters, you can not only farm XP but also obtain your mechanical companion, the Warden. You can equip him with guiding and tuning stones to make him even stronger.
This is especially worthwhile because it allows you to deal more damage, receive healing, or gain other useful buffs. This, in turn, helps you as you slice through the monster mobs because: more damage = more XP in less time.
Learn more about the Warden companion, the stones, and their powers here:
Arcane Tremors
On the map, you will see individual green symbols in several areas of Sanctuary in Season 3. These are “Arcane Tremors” that are perfect for quick leveling. When you enter the areas, you should look for bowls marked with a green leaf.
With the so-called “Galvanic Fire Bowls,” you summon multiple mobs and finally “Malphas Herald.” Essentially, you can keep doing this until you run out of materials. It is especially rewarding when multiple players are farming there and contributing materials.
To collect the elemental cores, you need to activate the traps (Galvanic Obelisks) in the seasonal areas, which are also marked with a green leaf. You can obtain shattered stones from almost every enemy and from chests.
You can also combine the Arcane Tremors with the tasks for the Tree of Whispers to gain even more XP if you have enough gifts for the tree. You recognize the tasks by the symbols that are red or pink on the map – only now they also carry leaves.
Seasonal Whisper Tasks
This season also features tasks that you can complete for the Tree of Whispers. As a reward for these tasks, you will receive loot, gold, and seasonal items. In Season 3, in addition to the usual tasks, there are those thematically related to the season.
You will find seasonal Whisper tasks in specific areas on the map, which you can recognize by the small green leaf. There, you can destroy constructs or collect cores from elemental obelisks to summon the demonic messengers of Malphas, the new season boss.
The seasonal Whisper tasks reward you with a bunch of XP and lots of loot, reminiscent a bit of the Blood Harvests in Season 2 of Diablo 4. In comparison, it is a toned-down version, but still worthwhile. The density of enemies in areas with the seasonal Whisper tasks is generally quite high, making leveling not only enjoyable but also pretty fast.
The task “Defeat a Herald of Malphas” gives you about 28,000 XP at World Level 1. Counting the mobs that spawn in the process, you get about 50,000 XP. And when you fill the bar for the Tree of Whispers and trade it for a chest, you will also receive around 84,000 XP.
For the calculation, we played solo, without a group bonus. But with a 5% XP boost from enemies killed due to the Smoldering Ash in the seasonal blessing.
Nightmare Dungeons
Once you reach World Level 3, you can farm Nightmare Dungeons to level up your character in the season. In Season 2, the density of enemies in Nightmare Dungeons was increased, allowing players to use them for quick leveling, especially in the endgame.
Some dungeons have been referred to as “Dopamine Tunnels”. The design of the mentioned dungeons is praised: little backtracking, many enemies, constant action. Which dungeons turn out to be the most suitable in Season 3 will become evident in the coming weeks.
More Tips for Leveling:
- For a greater challenge, 20% more XP, and 20% more gold, you can switch to World Level 2 at the start (or as soon as you feel ready). You can also test the level. If you die too often there or take too long to kill enemies, simply switch back to Level 1.
- Activate potions to receive a 5% XP boost.
- Team up with friends or players you see nearby to take advantage of the group boost for XP.
- In groups, you could tackle tougher enemies, mobs, world levels, and dungeons to farm XP.
- With the Smoldering Ash from the Battle Pass, you receive +5% to the amount of XP from killed monsters in the “Urn of Aggression.”
- With Season 3, the timings for Hell Tides have been adjusted. They are now nearly permanent and only have a 5-minute break. There, you can not only farm loot but also XP.
- Legion events are also worth doing for XP farming. For a successful event completion, you receive around 19,000 XP with a 5% XP boost at World Level 1, totaling around 138,000 XP with the enemy mobs.
- Participate in smaller events in the open world – most are quite fast and reward you with XP, gold, and loot. You’ll recognize them by a red circle on the mini-map when they are near you.
- World bosses are particularly tough at the beginning and simply take too long, so you can ignore them for leveling for now.
If you are still considering which class and build to play in Season 3 of Diablo 4, we have a tip for you here. A new unique item gives the build the potential to lead the tier list this season: Diablo 4: The new best build in Season 3 is likely from the Druid – This is how it is played
