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Diablo 4: How to Unlock Occult Gems in Season 7

What exactly are these Occult Gems and how do you get them?

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Diablo 4 has just released the Season of Witchcraft, which introduces various new and unique gameplay features, a compelling story involving the Witches of Hawezar, and a whole pile of exciting new enemies to defeat and whispers to complete. In this guide, we will be talking about the occult gems, which is one of the season’s unique offerings!

How to Unlock Occult Gems in Season 7

Simply put, you will need to find and use grimoires in order to learn how to create Occult Gems. These can only be found if you are playing in at least Torment I difficulty, and you must participate in the new Headhunt events that pop up in the map.

These work somewhat similar to Helltides, so you will just need to look for whichever parts of the map are currently actively undergoing a Headhunt event. Specifically, you will need to take on the bosses in these zones.

Luckily, grimoires seemingly do not drop dupes. This means that if you learn one recipe, you will no longer get a grimoire for it, giving you a better chance of getting a specific one that you need if you have not already gotten it.

Once you have learned an occult gem recipe, you can craft them by speaking with Gelena. She is found near the Tree of Whispers, and there, you can check the required materials for each occult gem that you can make.

Diablo 4 Gelena occult gem crafting interface

That is really all you need to know in order to unlock these gems. The real hard part is actually crafting them, as the required materials can be a bit of a pain in the rear to farm. The following materials are what you might need and how to get them:

  • Fugitive Heads – You get these by beating certain types of bosses that can appear in Headhunt  events and Roothold dungeons. There are certain items, like a Draught of Whispers, that will help increase your chances of finding these kinds of enemies.
  • Restless Rot – You need a lot of these for occult gems, and you get these by just participating in the seasonal activities. Playing on a higher difficulty will let you get these faster, as long as you can still clear content efficiently. Gelena can also give you more of these in exchange for any extra fugitive heads that you do not need.
  • Gem Fragments – Finally, gem fragments are another important resource for these occult gems. The best way to get these is through infernal hordes, as the chests in that activity can drop thousands of them at once. While that may sound like a lot, you will probably be surprised at the costs of higher tier occult gems.

As you can see, there will be a lot of grinding to be done in this season, so get yourself a strong build that can clear content as fast as possible. We also recommend unlocking all of the recipes first before you go for any of them, as the costs get really steep at higher tiers.

Diablo 4 player farming fugitive head bosses

Before you go, you might be curious as to what the occult gems even do. Here are each of the occult gems introduced this season, as well as a quick summary of their effects as well as their rarity or tier:

  • Elder Sigil (Magic) – Agility, Corpse, Mastery, Weapon Mastery, Wrath, and Incarnate skills deal bonus damage against Hexed enemies.
  • Heart of Anima (Magic) – Common Psyche witch powers become stronger.
  • Wicked Pact (Magic) – Common Eldritch witch powers become stronger.
  • Toadling’s Wish (Magic) – Common Growth & Decay witch powers become stronger.
  • Vulture Talon (Magic) – Damage Over Time will tick faster if you have an active Aura.
  • Phantom String (Magic) – You will deal more Overpower Damage to Hexed enemies.
  • Hungering Void (Rare) – Pull nearby enemies every 8 seconds if you have an active Aura.
  • Raging Enigma (Rare) – Unique witch powers deal more damage.
  • Killing Wind (Rare) – Gain bonus critical chance and movement speed if you have at least three Eldritch witch powers equipped.
  • Cornucopia (Rare) – Gain more barrier, fortify, and thorns if you have three or more Growth & Decay witch powers.
  • Vile Phylactery (Rare) – With a Summon witch power equipped, you will sacrifice it and gain a temporary barrier if you take fatal damage.
  • Spiral Coin (Rare) – Gain more lucky hit chance and crowd control duration if you have three or more Psyche witch powers.
  • Dust Stone (Legendary) – Enemies take bonus damage for each Aura or Hex affecting them.
  • Mind Wreath (Legendary) – Gain more Defensive, Macabre, and Trap cooldown reduction if you have three or more Psyche witch powers
  • Moonlight Ward (Legendary) – Gain bonus damage reduction and max resistance to all elements with each rank of your unique witch power.
  • Witching Hour (Legendary) – Every one second, your next Core ability will be treated as an Eldritch power if you have three or more Eldritch witch powers.
  • Voice of the Stars (Legendary) – Ultimate abilities deal more damage and are treated as Psyche, Eldritch, and Growth & Decay if you have an active Aura.
  • Friend of the Bog (Legendary) – Gain bonus primary core stat, max life, and the Unhindered buff if you have three or more Growth & Decay witch powers.

On top of that, every occult gem, regardless of rarity, will also give you 160 armor and 8% resistance to all elements. This makes them even more desirable, as they also contribute a bit more to your survivability.

And that is pretty much everything you need to know in order to unlock occult gems, as well as what each of them will do for you. While you are here, check out our more in-depth guide on how to get fugitive heads & restless rot as it goes into greater detail on the new bits of content you can participate in!

Franco is a writer and avid gamer who spends a lot of his free time looking for the next obscure indie roguelike to add to his collection. If he’s not busy working or writing on his personal blog, there’s also a non-zero chance that you stumble into him in pretty much any multiplayer game that has SEA or OCE servers. He’s pretty good at anything unless it’s a fighting game, in which case you’d probably body him.

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