The second season forDiablo 4, called theSeason of Blood, will have players fighting off hoards of the undead and vampires. However, players will also get a taste of their special abilities with the introduction of Vampiric Powers.
These abilities are new toDiablo 4, and supplement players' builds alongside the Skill Tree and Paragon Boards. Vampiric Powers will only be available during the Season of Blood, so players should unlock the full list before the season ends in January 2024. This guide will show how to unlock the ability to equip Vampiric Powers and where to get every power.
How To Unlock and Equip Vampiric Powers
Since Vampiric Powers are only available in the Season of Blood, players must firstcomplete or skip the campaignto access the seasonal quests. The second quest,The Hunter’s Chase, will have players enter theMagistrate’s Office in Ked Bardu.
Players will encounterHunter Erys, who will need help defeating a group of monsters. Once the battle is done, players will be able to equip their first Vampiric Power from theSeasonal tabwithinthe inventory. The menu is next to theEquipment tab, marked with a blood drop icon and green leaf.
TheSanguine Circleallows players to slot in up to five Vampiric Powers at a time, but the powers can only be active if the rightPactsare equipped. Pacts are found on pieces on armor, and can contain different numbers of Pacts calledDivinity, Eternity, and Ferocity. The list of all22 Vampiric Powersare listed in the menu, but not all are unlocked at the start.
All Vampiric Powers and Requirements
Most Vampiric Powers in theSeason of Bloodcan be unlocked by spending25 Potent Blood, which are earned by defeating monsters in theBlood Harvest area, though the selection will be random each time. There are a few powers that can only be unlocked by completing the seasonal quests, and two powers that require players to rank up in theHunter’s Acclaim Board. Here is the full list of all Vampiric Powers and how they can be unlocked:
Requirement to Unlock
Accursed Touch
Lucky Hit: Up to a 44% chance to inflict Vampiric Curse on enemies. Enemies with the Vampiric Curse have a 15% chance to spread it to other surrounding enemies. Vampiric Curse’s stored souls deal 200% increased damage.
Hunter’s Acclaim Board Tier 9
Anticipation
Your Ultimate Skills gain 20% Cooldown Reduction. Your Ultimate Skills gain 12% increased damage for each nearby enemy affected by your Damage Over Time effects.
Spending Potent Blood
Bathe in Blood
While Channeling a Skill, you form a pool of blood beneath you. While channeling a skill in a pool, your Channeled Skills deal 40% increased damage and you gain 30% Damage Reduction. A pool can only form once every eight seconds.
Blood Boil
When your Core Skills Overpower an enemy, you spawn three Volatile Blood Drops. Collecting a Volatile Blood Drop causes it to explode, dealing 60% Physical damage around you. Every 20 seconds, your next Skill is guaranteed to Overpower.
Call Familiar
Casting a Mastery, Weapon Mastery, Macabre, Wrath, or Imbuement Skill calls a Bat Familiar to attack nearby enemies, dealing 80% Physical damage with a 30% chance to Stun.
Coven’s Fangs
Your Conjuration, Companion, Minion, and Bat Familiar attacks deal 52% increased damage to Crowd Controlled enemies. Lucky Hit: Your Conjuration, Companion, Minion, and Bat Familiar have up to a 30% chance to inflict Vampiric Curse when hitting enemies.
Domination
You deal 24% increased damage to enemies who are Stunned, Immobilized, Frozen, or Feared. If they’re also Injured and not an Elite, they’re instantly killed.
Feed the Coven
Lucky Hit: Conjuration, Companion, Minion and Bat Familiar attacks have up to a 60% chance to restore 10 Primary Resource to you and increase your Damage by 10% for four seconds.
Flowing Veins
You deal 60% increased Damage Over Time to enemies that are moving or affected by a Vampiric Curse.
Hectic
For every five Basic Skills you cast, one of your active Cooldowns is reduced by two seconds.
Completing Beckoning Thirst quest
Hemomancy
Your attacks deal 80% of your Maximum Life as Physical damage to nearby enemies. This effect can only occur once every four seconds. You heal for 1% of your Maximum Life for each enemy damaged this way.
Infection
Hitting enemies with direct damage infects them with Pox. Inflicting Pox eight times on an enemy expunges their infection, dealing 70% Poison damage.
Jagged Spikes
Thorns have a 10% chance to deal 300% increased damage and Chill enemies for 8%.
Metamorphosis
When you Evade you turn into a cloud of bats, becoming Unstoppable for four seconds. Enemies along your path take 160% Physical damage and are inflicted with Vampiric Curse.
Completing A Serpent Cornered quest
Moonrise
Hitting an enemy with a Basic Skill grants you 4% Attack Speed for 10 seconds, stacking up to five times. Upon reaching maximum stacks, you enter a Vampiric Bloodrage, gaining 160% Basic Skill damage and 15% Movement Speed for 10 seconds.
Completing Battle of Fear and Faith quest
Prey on the Weak
You deal 16% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies. Enemies are Vulnerable while affected by a Vampiric Curse from your other Vampiric Powers.
Rampart
After not moving for three seconds, you gain a Barrier for 40% of your Maximum Life for six seconds. This effect can occur once every 20 seconds.
Ravenous
Lucky Hit: Up to a 20% chance to increase your Attack Speed by 40% of your Total Movement Speed for six seconds.
Completing A Witness in the Dust quest
Resilience
You gain 1% Damage Reduction for each 2% Life you are missing.
Sanguine Brace
When you kill an enemy, Fortify for 6% of your Base Life. While you have more Fortify than half of your Maximum Life, you gain 8% Critical Strike Chance.
Hunter’s Acclaim Board Tier 4
Terror
When struck, you have a 14% chance to Fear nearby enemies and Slow them by 80% for two seconds. You are guaranteed to Critically Strike enemies who are Feared.
Undying
Casting Skills heals you for 3% Life. Double this bonus while below 50% Life.
Completing Blood Money quest
Diablo 4is now available for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
