

The example in the blog post is a Barbarian axe with the Pent-Up power, causing Fury skills to do bonus damage the longer you abstain from casting them. You can then place the Essence on a new item of certain types, upgrading a rare into a Legendary with that specific power. Essence is just the Legendary power with no item attached.

If you have a Legendary power on a weapon you don’t want to use, you can take it to the Occultist and they’ll break it down into a new item called Essence.

Legendaries work differently in Diablo 4, and the same power can drop on different types of items. The Occultist is a new NPC in Diablo 4, and is able to distill Legendary powers into different items. You can transfer Legendary powers with a new NPC Image: Blizzard Entertainment If players haven’t unlocked that skill yet, they’ll be able to use it as long as they keep that piece of gear equipped - even if they’re too low level. In Diablo 4, some items will have bonuses for certain skills like “+4 to Flay.” The more bonus points a skill has, the more powerful and useful it becomes. Here are the five things you need to know: Skill+ items let you unlock skills early With the blog post clocking in at around 3,500 words, it’s a little intimidating to look at. The topics range from loot, to Legendaries, to the new Paragon system and visual effects. Blizzard put out its final Diablo 4 blog of the year on Monday, and it came with a variety of information.
