Diablo 4 Season 11: Divine Gifts & Corrupted Essences Explained

• What Are Divine Gifts?
• How to Obtain Corrupted Essence
• Complete List of Corrupted Essences

What Are Divine Gifts?

In Diablo 4's latest Season 11, players are introduced to a compelling system known as Divine Gifts. These powerful abilities can be earned through engaging in battle with the returning Lesser Evils and participating in various endgame activities such as Helltides. The events you are familiar with have been restructured under the greater influence of these Evils, enhancing both the risks and rewards for players.

Divine Gifts consist of three main components:

• Reward – Grants bonuses or increases loot quantities from specific activities.
• Purified Gift – Amplifies the Reward effect and confers beneficial buffs.
• Corrupted Gift – Heightens the challenge of the activity while offering greater risks and rewards.

Equipping these gifts not only boosts your character's capabilities but also alters the environment within Sanctuary. For example, the Essence of Pain includes three distinct slots:

• The Reward slot boosts loot drops from Helltides.
• The Purified slot doubles that bonus and provides a temporary Barrier upon injury.
• The Corrupted slot raises the stakes, summoning minions of Duriel more frequently—bringing with it the risk of losing your Barriers or Fortified Life.

The design of this system embraces balance; while Corrupted Gifts increase the danger in the world, Purified Gifts eliminate these hazards while introducing new blessings and doubling your accumulated rewards.

The Purified Gift slots become available as you reach certain ranks of Divine Favor:

• Rank II: Duriel
• Rank IV: Andariel
• Rank VI: Azmodan
• Rank VIII: Belial

How to Obtain Corrupted Essence

After defeating a Lesser Evil for the first time, players can collect their Corrupted Essence. Returning this Essence to Hadriel unlocks two associated Divine Gifts, enhancing your gameplay significantly. You can further enhance each Gift by defeating more minions or taking on these Evils again in subsequent encounters.

Complete List of Corrupted Essences

Here’s a comprehensive list of all the Corrupted Essences available in Season 11 along with their corresponding Divine Gifts:

Essence of Pain

• Rewards: Pangs of Duriel can drop Socketables in Helltide, with the drop rate doubled while Purified.
  • Rank Upgrades: Higher-quality Runes and Gems are dropped.
• Purified Gift: Gain maximum Barrier briefly after taking damage every 20 seconds.
• Corrupted Gift: Pangs of Duriel ambush more frequently, with a 100% chance to shatter your Barriers or Fortified Life.

Earned by defeating Duriel in Helltide.

Essence of Squalor

• Rewards: Maggots in Helltide can drop Experience Globes, doubled while Purified.
  • Rank Upgrades: Increased drop rates for Experience Globes.
• Purified Gift: Refills a Healing Potion every 20 seconds.
• Corrupted Gift: Maggots spawn from falling meteors, and all maggot attacks consume 1 of your Health Potions.

Earned by defeating Duriel in Helltide.

Essence of Lies

• Rewards: Chance for an additional upgrade in the Pit, doubled while Purified.
  • Rank Upgrades: Enhances upgrade chances.
• Purified Gift: Fortifies for 1% of your Maximum Life each second.
• Corrupted Gift: Belial's Eyes will focus on you, dealing 10% of your Maximum Life in damage each second.

Earned by battling Belial in the Pit.

Essence of Shadows

• Rewards: Defeating the Pit grants large amounts of Gold, doubled while Purified.
  • Rank Upgrades: Increases Gold earned.
• Purified Gift: Become Unstoppable briefly when under Crowd Control every 12 seconds.
• Corrupted Gift: Belial's Apparitions launch powerful attacks that can Daze or Knock you Back.

Earned by battling Belial in the Pit.

Essence of Sin

• Rewards: Survive World Boss encounters to earn Activity Keys, doubled while Purified.
  • Rank Upgrades: Higher quality Dungeon Keys drop.
  • Rank 2: The Weekly cache awards a large amount of Activity Keys.
  • Rank 5: More Compasses and Tributes drop throughout Sanctuary.
• Purified Gift: Receive a 20% boost to Armor.
• Corrupted Gift: You will be Vulnerable during World Boss fights.

Earned by battling Azmodan in the Overworld.

Essence of Hellfire

• Rewards: Survive World Boss encounters to earn Lair Boss Keys, doubled while Purified.
  • Rank Upgrades: Higher quality Lair Boss Keys drop.
  • Rank 2: The Weekly cache awards a large amount of Lair Boss Keys.
  • Rank 5: More Lair Boss Keys drop throughout Sanctuary.
• Purified Gift: Your direct damage has a 10% chance to Stun enemies for 1 second.
• Corrupted Gift: Meteors will rain down upon you during World Boss battles.

Earned by battling Azmodan in the Overworld.

Essence of Anguish

• Rewards: Vanquish the Undercity to collect Obols, doubled while Purified.
  • Rank Upgrades: Increased amounts of Obols received.
• Purified Gift: Gain 30% Movement Speed.
• Corrupted Gift: Manifestations of Anguish will attach lightning siphons, slowing you by 70% when in proximity.

Earned by battling Andariel in the Undercity.

Essence of Screams

• Rewards: Dispel the Undercity to earn Salvage Materials, doubled while Purified.
  • Rank Upgrades: Higher quality Salvage Materials drop.
• Purified Gift: Gain a 20% increase in Resistance.
• Corrupted Gift: Enraged Agonized Souls will create explosions that pull you in and generate electrified ground, dealing 12% of your Maximum Life each second.

Earned by battling Andariel in the Undercity.

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