New Diablo 4 Runes in Season of Witchcraft Detailed

In Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred Season 7, entitled "Season of Witchcraft," there's a tonne of new content, from Witchcraft Powers to Occult Gems and new Unique and Legendary items. However, one of the more interesting additions that can shake up builds is the three new Runes, which players can use to form powerful new Runewords!

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With the Season of Witchcraft, Diablo 4 players who own Vessel of Hatred, both on the Eternal and Seasonal Realms, can create new builds by using one or more of the three new Runes, so let's channel our inner Barbarians and just leap in.

Diablo 4 New Runes in Vessel of Hatred S7

We are not going to waste your time here. Below, you can check out the two Ritual Runes and the one Invocation Rune. Details include rarity, stats, effects, and more.

Nagu Ritual Rune (Legendary, Tyrannical):

• 100 Offering generated.
• Maintain at least 1 active Summon for 5 seconds, gaining Offering for each up to 6 Summons.

Igni Ritual Rune (Legendary, Bomber):

• 25 Offering generated.
• Stores offering every 0.3 seconds. Cast a non-Basic Skill to gain the stored offering. (Up to 500 Offering).

Chac Invocation Rune (Rare, Cloudburst):

• 220% weapon damage.
• Costs 20 Offering.
• Invoke Druid Lightning Bolts, striking a nearby enemy.
• Overflow: Spawn more.

In the Diablo 4 update 2.1 patch notes for Vessel of Hatred specifically, there are dozens of balance changes to Runes as well. Blizzard explains one of the biggest changes, stating that:

To better highlight the unique gameplay aspects of Runewords, we’ve reduced the average cost of Runes, and Overflow bonuses have been added to every Invocation Rune.

The Season of Witchcraft is exceptionally exciting for me, and one of the reasons is the new Runeswords. While the Occult Gems and the Witchcraft powers are seasonal, the new Runes and changes are here to stay, and I can already start forming a new Barbarian build in my head, especially combined with that new Unique!

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In case you've been trapped in the Burning Hells and missed it, check out the Diablo 4 Season of Witchcraft developer update video below. It's well over an hour, so get some snacks and dive in!

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