With Season 7, Blizzard is once again tweaking the loot in Diablo 4 and wants to ensure that you are less frustrated. The items that cause frustration are finally supposed to be really good. We summarize the highlights from the patch notes for Patch 2.1.0 for you.
Which loot is frustrating? With Season 6, Blizzard overhauled the “legacy” items (ancient items). This, however, resulted in the ancient items dropping very rarely in their best form, that is, with large affixes (GA) only rarely. A player killed 2,400 bosses in Diablo 4 and listed the drops. The result: even the super-rare Mythic Uniques drop more often than the best GA items.
In Season 7, this is supposed to change, and Blizzard wants to improve the ancient items so that you can be happy again when they drop. The “larger affixes” (GA) also play an important role. We summarize how the developers improve the loot below.
You can find the detailed patch notes on page 2 of the article. But be warned: They are VERY extensive.
The more GA, the better the drop
How will the loot be improved? Regarding the ancient items, Blizzard is making some changes in Season 7:
- The overall drop chance for ancient items will be increased.
- The more large affixes (GA) a “legacy” unique has, the higher the roll of the unique aspect will be. If a unique has more GA, the roll of the unique aspect will increase per GA.
- Ancient items are supposed to have higher rolls on aspects more often. This is intended to facilitate filling the aspects in the Codex of Power.
- Players will have the opportunity to craft random legendary amulets and rings with gem fragments. At the Qual levels, there is a chance that the items are “legacy”.
Apart from that, monsters drop fewer elixirs, but the drop chance for Hellhorde compasses is increased – for example, from chests in the Hellflood. The compasses are also finally stackable starting in Season 7 and clutter the inventory less. At the Tree of Whispers, you can then get a chest with compasses and keys for Nightmare dungeons. There will also be a box for crafting mats available there.
Season 7 starts on Tuesday, January 21, 2025 in Diablo 4 and brings new content to the game. The season is all about witch powers, which is also reflected in the special mechanics. You will receive powers of witchcraft and “Occult gems”, with which you can expand your builds. You can find all the info about Season 7 in our overview: Diablo 4 Season 7 starts on Tuesday: all about release, PTR and the content
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