Diablo 4 [S4] Tempering, incarnation, and masterpiece enhancement system

Oct 22 2024

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Season 4: May 15th - August 7th --- Author's sleeping words --- I've just started [S5] What the Hellfire Corps can do [S5] Rogue's Andariel Mask Build End Boss Summoning materials and where to get them --- Date --- 6/13 : End of March of the Goblins 6/14: Next patch notes released 6/18: Update implemented 6/22: Season 5 information released 6/25-7/2: Season 5 PTR (patch 1.5.0) 8/7: Season 4 Closing day 8/7: Season 5 starts

Season 4: May 15th to August 7th

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Author's sleeping words---

I just started.

[S5] What the Hellfire Corps can do

[S5] Rogue's Andariel Mask Build

End boss summoning materials and where to get them

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6/13: End of Goblin March

6/14: Next patch notes released

6/18: Update implementation

6/22: Season 5 information released

6/25-7/2: Season 5 PTR (patch 1.5.0)

8/7: End of season 4

8/7: Season 5 starts

8/21-25: Exhibited at Gamescom (Europe's largest game show

10/8: New expansion release date

---New DLC----------------------

First edition: “Vessel of Hartred”

Japanese name: "Vessel of Hatred"

Release date: October 8, 2024

It's here!

PSstore price

Standard: 5,360 yen

Deluxe: 8,040 yen

Ultimate: 12,060 yen

If you don't have the main story, there is also a bundle version: Bundle version: Main story Diablo 4 + DLC "Vessel of Hatred" Standard Edition: 9,800 yen

Will the new DLC be released after Season 5?

Season 4: May 15th to August 7th ← Now

Season 5: August 7th to October 7th?

New DLC: October 8th~

There seem to be various other pre-order benefits as well

New class: Macho?

New map: The pre-order bonus is called the Beast, and the jungle looks like a dance floor?

Mercenaries and new abilities

New PVE dungeon: I hope it becomes an evolved version of Naraku. I need to make friends first! Wait? Is it possible for mercenaries (NPCs) to help?

---Diary-------------

[S4] Rogue Abyss 50 salvo build

[S4] Rogue Abyss 80 Rapid Fire Build

[S4] Rogue Naraku 110 Heartseeker Build

[S4] Abyss boss gimmick

[S4] Heartseeker completed

[Whisper Gauge] Field & Dungeon List

New! Obtaining Angel Breath

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Gossip

Are you using the training ground? Behind the statue of Kiyo Vashad's WT (World Tier) change

Does defense 9230 seem to be the upper limit for damage reduction? There may be no point in giving more than that

Personally, I think the higher the HP limit, the better. The skill that recovers against the maximum life value is calculated even if it exceeds 25,000, and physically the probability of remaining for HP 25,000 and 35,000 seems to be a little different? That's my humble opinion

Elite and boss characteristics are different. Things to consider when considering characteristics

The money strategy is better with 300 yen with whisper gauge 10 reward, 900 yen increased with chaos box, but even when it was 200 yen.Wait, is it random? (Tier 4)

A build that doesn't work appears around Naraku 50

Barbarian has a stable bash build

Currently, there are up to 200 tiers. It will be difficult in season 4, but 150 has already been completed

Rogue's rapid fire is currently dysfunctional. Let's do volley fire and heart seeker

Legendaries can now be traded, so updates to the collection of high-value incarnations can also be exchanged with friends.

Stones used to create masterpieces can be exchanged with alchemists. Top laps are efficient

If you want to redo the 25% gacha when creating a masterpiece, you can reset the reinforcement. A △ will appear when you set up equipment in the blacksmith's craftsmanship process.

I skipped Season 3, so where's Andariel?

*Andariel is the same drop as Duriel. By offering "Gloomy Stone" at the same time, you can summon a 200 level boss. 200 bosses have a 5x Uber rate! (10%)

Varshan: Each part (Helltide)

Grigoire: Living Steel (Helltide)

Ice Beast: Distilled Terror (Emblem Crafting Nightmare)

Zia: Exquisite Blood (Elite Hellborn)

Duriel: Fragment of pain (Grigoire)/Egg covered in slime (Varshan)

Andariel: Sandburn Shackles (Zia), Needle Doll (Ice Beast)

I went to 200 bosses. I felt like I could clear it if I could get to Abyss 70-80, but I think it depends on the class. The 200 boss will receive one "Glow" as the first reward. If you get the first reward from one of the bosses instead of one, it will not drop from the other bosses. The only thing left is one final reward for the Iron Wolf Group's honor, and the other one is Uber disassembly? If you collect 4 of them, you can exchange them for your favorite Uber Unique at the alchemist for 5,000,000 yen

[S4] Rogue Abyss 50 salvo build

[S4] Rogue Abyss 80 Rapid Fire Build

[S4] Rogue Naraku 110 Heartseeker Build

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Season 4 reinforcement system

New "tempering" and "master craftsmanship" have been implemented, and the "incarnation" system has also been significantly renewed

Can be given the characteristic of "tempering" equipment

You can increase the number of "master craftsmanship" characteristics

Can give "incarnation" special effects

First goal

The first place you should aim for is Nightmare Dungeon Tier 46

After reaching WT (World Tier) 4, the priority quest "Master Craftsman's Pit" will be accepted soon. ND46 is the clear condition of this master craftsman's abyss.

The reason why this is a goal is that by clearing this quest, you can obtain the materials necessary for creating masterpieces. Rune Fragments, which are part of the content ``Abyss of Master Crafts'', can be used in any content. Because it will start dropping.

Flow up to ND46

    Season 4 start

    Development centered on Helltide

    Paragon board unlocked at level 50

    Aiming for WT3/4

    Do ND by training glyphs

    Aim for content with enemy level 95 or higher

    Enemies above level 95 will drop a fixed amount of 925 equipment

    ND40 or above is level 95

    Complete the priority quest "Master Craftsman's Pit"

    From now on, "rune shards" will drop.

    You can now challenge "Abyss"

    90 level? ``Masterpiece production'' will be released

Abyss

"Rune Fragment" is required to challenge

Precious “stones” can be obtained in “Abyss”

"Stone" is necessary for "making masterpieces"

…For details, see “Masterpiece Production”

Overview of tempering

AncestorTwo Spirit Legendaries can be tempered

The number of rerolls is limited

Read the secret book and complete the picture book

Equipment has two characteristics if it is rare and three characteristics if it is legendary. Regarding this characteristic, those with conditions such as ``damage +30% to injured enemies'' are concentrated as much as possible, and are easy to understand such as damage +30% and maximum life value +500.

① Tempering is done at a blacksmith

You can select the equipment you want to add and select it as many times as you like from the secret books you have registered in the picture book. If you register a secret book with a higher rarity, it will be overwritten and you will be able to select one with a higher number.

You can also check the registration information from Menu > Collection > Ancient Documents of Power > (switch tabs) Tempering Recipe

②Synthetic material used for tempering

Materials are required for tempering, but if you disassemble rare and legendary equipment, I don't think you will be in a situation where you don't have enough. It has a great effect, so be proactive about tempering

*Is Helltide efficient when you run out of decomposition materials

③Tempered fruit

Once you select the equipment and recipe, the number within the range will be gacha and attached to the equipment. It seems like this will be one of the things we will carefully strengthen in the future.

Since the number of gachas (rerolls) that can be added is limited, luck also comes into play when aiming for a specific skill rank characteristic

④Characteristics of tempering

Ancestor's legendary equipment can have two tempers

It is important to note here that only one characteristic of the same category can be selected. For example, if you choose one item from the ``Defense'' category to equip your torso, you will need to choose the other item from a different category, ``Utility.''

Please note that if you have already attached defense and you reroll it from the defense category, it will be overwritten and the previously attached characteristic will disappear

Incarnation Overview

The system for keeping Legendary Avatars as items has been abolished. Instead, when you disassemble legendary equipment at a blacksmith, the incarnation will be registered in the picture book, and when you dismantle something with a higher value, the picture book will also be overwritten.

Registered incarnations can be bestowed by a mystician any number of times. In the registered encyclopedia, you can see at a glance the current registration status and which incarnation has what rank.

Troubling choices

If you have excellent equipment and want to give that equipment an incarnation that matches the build, an annoying problem will occur where the incarnation originally attached to that equipment cannot be registered in the encyclopedia. If the incarnation has a high RANK, I think it would be better to prioritize the picture book, but if you subtract the "Great Traits", it will be even more troublesome.

As for whether or not the recipe value will be updated by disassembling the item, it is clearly stated at the bottom of the equipment characteristics, ``When disassembled, you can strengthen the new incarnation of the Ancient Book of Power.'' . This wording will not be displayed for items that are not updated

Great properties

This "great characteristic" is probably the most random among S4's carefully selected systems, and the one that motivates people to collect them.

Items with a "●" next to the item name are items with "great characteristics."

In the case of the upper image, you can see that it has two "great characteristics". These two are "damage +45%" and "critical hit damage +75%".

What is important here is the % value. Originally, a certain range was indicated and a lottery was drawn from that range, butDoes the characteristic �� exceed the original upper limit by a factor of 1.5? There is a possibility that a number of values ​​can be subtracted

Only Legendary/Unique

Can only be obtained through drops

Also, this is basic information, but in S4, if the enemy's level is 95 or higher, all dropped items will be fixed at 925.

Forgotten souls

A medium material mainly used for incarnation. It is now relatively difficult to run out

Also available as Whisper Tree quest reward

Rarely dropped by all elites

The blacksmith's gold cost will also be capped, reducing the amount of materials required for the entire body.

No longer needed for arcane enchantment

Paragon Glyph

I don't think there will be any particularly big changes, but I think it has become even easier to raise the level since the dungeon characteristics of the Nightmare Dungeon's emblem include ``20% increase in Glyph experience points.'' Also, benefit from the blessings of the season

Production of masterpieces

Note: Not long after in WT4, a priority quest to release "Horn of Judgment (Time Attack) Whole Map Southwest G-Cal" occurred. After releasing the Horn of Judgment, I automatically accepted the priority quest ``Master Craftsman's Pit''. The flow of quest opening may vary from person to person

Priority quest “Master Craftsman’s Pit”

Complete condition: Clear Nightmare Dungeon 46 or higher

By clearing this quest, "rune shards" will drop everywhere, so you want to clear it as soon as possible.

As soon as you complete this quest, "Masterpiece Production" will be unlocked at the blacksmith shop

What is master craftsmanship production?

Each piece of equipment can be enhanced up to 12 times

Reinforcement is done at the blacksmith

Requires "stone" as reinforcement material

One enhancement increases all characteristic values ​​by 5% (multiply)

Breaking the upper limit: As shown in the image below, when I strengthened the electric shock resistance that was 50% (upper limit), it became 52.5%.

To be able to produce masterpieces, all "tempering" must be applied (two places)

Number and type of “stones” required

1st time: Ore 10: Total increase 5%

2nd time: Ore 20: Total increase 5%

3rd time: Ore 30: Total increase 5%

4th time: Ore 40: Random one increase 25%

5th time: Soulstone 20: Total increase 5%

6th time: Soulstone 40: Total increase 5%

7th time: Soulstone 80: Total increase 5%

8th time: Soulstone 120: 1 random increase 25%

9th time: Netherstone 50: Total increase 5%

10th time: Netherstone 100: Total increase 5%

11th time: Netherstone 150: Total increase 5%

12th time: 250 gemstones: 1 random increase 25%

Stones can be exchanged

As an alchemist can exchange it for a lower-ranking stone three times as much, it is more efficient to go around at a higher-ranking level.

Is around Naraku 61 actually efficient? If you can't go that far, around 31-55

Reset of masterpiece enhancement

If you want to redo the 25% gacha when creating a masterpiece, use Reset Enhancement. Please note that the cost is 500,000 yen.

Skill rank increase

If the equipment had the characteristic "skill rank +2", it changed from +2 to +3 at the 7th master craftsmanship (7/12). Unique may not rank up with this idea. I tried a few things, but the uniqueness often didn't work.

One random enhancement point increases by 25%

If the skill rank (in the case of the lower image: Weapon Master Rogue Skill) is selected, it has changed from +2 to +3.

Also, if the characteristics selected for this 25% were replaced with the characteristics of the mystician, the changes would be as follows.

① Agility was selected at random

② Change it to your favorite by replacing it with a mystician

③I was able to change the skill that increased by 25%. In the case of the lower image, the characteristic is that the "Blessing of Thorns" increases by 25%. In the image, it is still white, but when I chose to replace it, it became blue

Abyss

Location: Kelligar (Skosglen)

"Master's Obelisk" just northwest of the waypoint

Participation fee: Rune Fragment

The higher the tier, the more stones you will receive, but the enemies will also be stronger. If you defeat many enemies on the floor within a certain time and the gauge is full, a warp zone will appear that leads to the boss.

By clearing the game, the next three tiers will be unlocked, and if you clear Tier 3, you can now choose up to Tier 6.

*Depending on the clearing time, you may only be able to unlock the next one.

If the time is up, you can fight the boss, but there will be no treasure chest reward or tier release. Equipment drops from bosses

Multi notes

In the case of multiplayer, the person who paid the rune shards will receive the original reward, but the guest will receive half the reward, so they will have to take turns offering it. If you can speedrun as a result, efficiency is high

Deep

The summoning material for the end boss's torment, ``Gloomy Stone,'' appears deep in the depths of high tiers. If you donate the material, you can fight the 200 level end boss

Patch 1.4.2 has changed the drop rate of gloomy stones

Gloomy Stone drop rate relaxation

Tier 1: 5%

Tier 40: 10%

Tier 100: 18%

Tier 200: 30%

There may be changes in the following updates

Reward for covered ore (1-30)

Tier 1: 100 level: stone 10±n

Tier 2

Tier 3: 102 level

Tier 4

Tier 5

Tier 6: 105 level

Tier 7:

Tier 8:

Tier 9: 108 level

Tier 10

Tier 11

Tier 12: 111 level

Tier 13

Tier 14

Tier 15: 114 level

Tier 16

Tier 17

Tier 18: 117 level

Tier 19

Tier 20: 119 level: stone 29±n

Reference: 29 items left at 11:17am

Tier 21

Tier 22

Tier 23

Tier 24

Tier 25: 124 Level: Stone 34±n

Reference: 34 items left at 10:36am

Tier 26

Tier 27

Tier 28

Tier 29

Tier 30: 129 level: Stone 39±n

Information: Dropped 3 types of stones: 25, 10, and 1

Reference: 9:35 left 39 pieces

Reference: 39 items left at 10:11

Soulstone reward (31-)

Tier 31

Tier 32

Tier 33: 132 level: stone 22±n

Reference: 10:38 left 22 items

Tier 34

Tier 35

Tier 36: 135 level: Stone 25±n

Reference: 10:53 left, 25 pieces

Tier 37

Tier 38

Tier 39: 138 Level: Stone 28±n

Tier 40

Tier 41

Tier 42: 141 Level: Stone 31±n

Tier 43

Tier 44

Tier 45: 144 Level: Stone 34±n

Tier 46: 145 level: Stone 35±n

Tier 47

Tier 48: 147 Level: Stone 37±n

Tier 49

Tier 50

Tier 51

Tier 52

Tier 53

Tier 54

Tier 55

Tier 56

Tier 57

Tier 58

Tier 59: 158 Level: Stone 48±n

Tier 60: 159 Level: Stone 49

Netherstone reward (61-)

Tier 61: 160 Level: Stone 20

Tier 62: 161 Level: Stone 21

Tier 63

Tier 64

Tier 65

Tier 66

Tier 67

Tier 68

Tier 69: 168 Level: Stone 28

Tier 70

Tier 71

Tier 72

Tier 73

Tier 74

Tier 75

Tier 76

Tier 77

Tier 78

Tier 79

Tier 80

Tier 81

Tier 82

Tier 83

Tier 84: 183 Level: Stone 43

*First time I saw the boss: Seasing Hivemaster. There's a new boss from around here.Will it appear?

Tier 85

Tier 86

Tier 87

Tier 88

Tier 89

Tier 90: 189 Level: Stone 49

Tier 91: 190 level:

Tier 92

Tier 93

Tier 94

Tier 95

Tier 96

Tier 97: 196 level:

Tier 98

Tier 99

Tier 100:

Tier 101: 199 level: Stone 60

Will the stone's efficiency be tier 101? Since then, the rate of increase in stones has slowed down

Tier 102: 199 level: Stone 60

Tier 103: 199 Level: Stone 61

Tier 104: 199 level: Stone 61

Tier 105

Tier 106

Tier 107

Tier 108

Tier 109

Tier 110

Tier 111

Tier 112

Tier 113

Tier 114

Tier 115

Tier 116: 199 level: Stone 66

Tier 117: 199 level: Stone 66

Tier 118

Tier 119

Tier 120

Tier 121

Tier 122: 199 level: Stone 68

Tier 123

Tier 124

Tier 125: 199 level: Stone 70

Tier 126

Tier 127: 199 level: Stone 70

Tier 128: 199 Level: Stone 71

Tier 129: 199 level: Stone 71

Tier 130: 199 level: Stone 72

Tier 131

Tier 132

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Tier 135

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Tier 149

Conquering...

【Reference】

ND50=Level 104

ND55=Level 109

ND60=Level 114

ND76=Level 130

ND81=Level 135

ND90=Level 144

ND100=Level 154

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