Diablo 4 Season 7, Season of Witchcraft, has arrived, bringing Diablo 3 Witch Doctor powers to the dungeon crawler. The new seasonal content features Headrotten enemies, which you will need to work with The Coven to defeat, increasing your standing with the faction. This means you’ll need to partake in the revamped Tree of Whispers activities tied to the seasonal content. Completing these objectives will grant you battle pass XP and loot for each chapter completed. The final chapter includes Dorian, a pet raven.
Your progress on objectives in chapters you haven’t reached does track, but your progress in each chapter won’t be reflected until that chapter has been reached.
Chapter 1
You must complete 9 out of 11 objectives to complete this chapter.
Chapter 1 objectives:
- A Witch’s Debt: Increase standing with The Coven to Rank 1 by completing Whispers.
- Trinket’s from the Nest: Obtain 1 Cache from the Raven during a Headhunt by completing Whispers
- Veteran of Ashes: Acquire 666 Aberrant Cinders during Helltide
- Spoils of Hell: Open 1 Tortured Gifts during Helltide
- Trouble in the Wilds: Complete 5 World Events
- Forager: Collect 100 Bundled Herbs from Harvest Nodes, Cellars, or various other sources throughout Sanctuary
- Tanner’s Apprentice: Collect 50 Rawhide from salvaging Armor, defeating Monsters, or various other sources throughout Sanctuary
- Prospector: Collect 100 Iron Chunks from various sources
- Deafening Whispers: Complete 10 Whispers
- Just a Sip: Upgrade your Potion to Tiny at the Alchemist
- In the Back Pocket: Discover the Armory to save and access builds
These challenges are all fairly simple and should be completed without much effort, especially if you are skipping the campaigns with your new season character. The Armory might be one you need to go out of your way since it’s a new feature, but shouldn’t take much effort to complete. The Coven ranks appear throughout the Season Journey chapters and can be leveled by completing Tree of Whisper tasks, do not ignore these if you want to complete the Season Journey.
Chapter 1 rewards:
- Greater Favor (battle pass XP)
- First Journey Cache: Contains Consumables, such as Elixirs and Whispering Keys
- First Journey Crafting Cache: Contains Crafting Materials, such as Herbs and Gem Fragments
- Archetype Cache: Contains legendary items, materials and a temper manual
Chapter 2
You must complete 9 of 11 objectives to complete this chapter.
Chapter 2 objectives:
- In Service to the Tree: Increase your standing with The Coven to Rank 3
- Taste of Power: Collect 5 Witch Powers from any Altar of Witchcraft found near the Tree of Whispers
- Twilight Dream: Acquire 1 Nightmare Dungeon Sigil
- Pilgrimage of Nightmares: Complete 5 Nightmare Dungeons
- Test of Mettle: Defeat 5 elite monsters
- Prelude of Doom: Defeat 5 Harbingers during Helltide
- Notarized Nuisance: Increase your Threat Level to Max by defeating monsters during the Helltide
- Risk and Reward: Buy 3 pieces of equipment from the Purveyor of Curiosities
- A Master at Work: Complete 1 World Event with Mastery
- Ruins Reclaimed: Clear 1 Stronghold
- Capable Craftsmen: Learn 1 recipe of Rare or higher rarity
Another set of relatively easy goals here. The most likely ones to ignore are the Strongholds, just because you don’t have to do those unless you really care about potential world activities there. The rest of these are fairly simple, if luck based, like the recipe of rare rarity, or are tied together, like multiple Helltide activities and Nightmare Dungeons.
Chapter 2 rewards:
- Greater Favor
- Second Journey Cache: Contains consumables, such as Elixirs and Whispering Keys
- Second Journey Crafting Cache: Contains crafting materials, wish as Herbs and Veiled Crystals
- Archetype Cache: Contains legendary items, materials and a temper manual
Chapter 3
You must complete 9 out of 11 objectives to complete this chapter.
Chapter 3 objectives:
- Sacrificial Blade: INcrease your standing with The Coven to Rank 5
- Rot Cleanser: Complete 5 Rootholds
- Cave out the Necrosis: Defeat 5 Thrall of Rot, which can be found during Headhunts or in Rootholds
- Gifts of the Ancients: Unlock 10 aspects in the Code or Power, such as through completing Dungeons
- Miracles of Alchemy: Craft 5 Elixirs at the Alchemist
- Confront the Creature: Defeat the Blood Maiden summoned during Helltide with Baneful Hearts
- Champion of the Lost: Clear 3 Strongholds
- Basic Needs: Temper 5 Affixes onto gear at the Blacksmith
- Forsaken Offerings: Obtain 5 Caches from the Tree of Whispers by completing Whispers
- Hard Fought Victory: Complete 1 Legion Event
- Band of Killers: Defeat a World Boss while in a party
Chapter 3 is where the tasks start to get a bit more involved, but the majority here are all tied to the seasonal content of The Coven and the related activities. The Blood Maiden is easier to defeat during a Helltide than you might expect, just because there are almost always other players grinding out kills as it’s a good source of loot. An easy one to skip here is Band of Killers, as it requires you to have friends online at the same time as a World Boss is active, although you can try inviting nearby players while waiting for it to spawn.
Chapter 3 rewards:
- Greater Favor
- Third Journey Cache: Contains consumables, such as Elixirs and Whispering Keys
- Third Journey Crafting Cache: Contains crafting materials, such as Veiled Crystals and Forgotten Souls
- Third Journey Summoning Cache: Contains summoning materials to challenge the Blood Maiden during Helltides
- Archetype Cache: Contains legendary items, materials, and a temper manual
Chapter 4
- In the Eyes of The Coven: Increase your standing with The Coven to Rank 8
- Power Primordial: Upgrade 5 Witchcraft powers to Rank 10 through the Seasonal Powers Panel
- Damnation’s Downfall: Defeat 1 Helltide Commander during Helltides, summoned after completing Helltide Events
- Third Eye Open: Consume 5 Draught of Whispers to increase the likelihood of encountering Forgotten Altars and Fugitive Heads
- Penitential Path: Defeat 666 Monsters in Penitent or Higher
- Endless Nightmares: Complete 10 Nightmare Dungeon
- Gifts of the Tree: Obtain 10 Caches from the Tree of Whispers by completing Whispers
- Form and Function: Upgrade 5 gear by adding Sockets at the Jewler
- Forged in Blood: Craft 5 Blacksmith Cache at the Blacksmith after reaching Level 60
- Ceremonial Smoke: Craft 1 Incense at the Alchemist
- Strength in Numbers: Complete 1 Legion Event while in a party
- Born in Torment: Defeat 10 Hellborne spawned by reaching Max Threat Level during Helltide in Torment 1 or higher
This set of objectives should take you up through level 60. If you haven’t swapped over to Penitent difficulty at this point, you should, as the added bonus loot and XP is a big bonus and your equipment is likely powerful enough. You need to prepare for Torment 1, which is required for one task here. You could ignore it, but you will need to move to Torment 1 for the next chapter anyway. The Legion Event in a party is also skippable, but these occur more often than World Bosses, so it isn’t entirely difficult.
Chapter 4 rewards:
- Greater Favor
- Wound and Woe Emblem
- Fourth Journey Cache: Contains an Infernal Hordes Compass and consumables
- Fourth Journey Crafting Cache: Contains crafting materials, such as Veiled Crystals and Forgotten Souls
- Fourth Journey Summoning Cache: Contains summoning materials to challenge bosses in Torment
- Archetype Cache: Contains legendary items, materials, and a temper manual
- Otherworldly Player Title
- Raven Player Title
Slayer (Chapter 5)
You must complete 12 of 14 objectives to complete this chapter
Slayer objectives:
- Rite Keeper: Increase your standing with The Coven to Rank 15
- A Tortured Gamble: Open 1 Tortured Gift of Mystery during Helltide in Torment 1 or higher
- Shards of the Fiends: Collect 5 Scattered Prisms
- The Hordes Falter: Defeat the Fell Council 1 time in the Infernal Hordes on Torment 1 or higher
- Finder of Secrets: Find 1 Forgotten Altar
- Headhunter: Collect 8 Fugitive Heads during Headhunts
- Cultivate Fear: Collect 100 Obducite from such sources as Nightmare Dungeons or Infernal Hordes
- Lucid Nightmare: Complete 5 Nightmare Dungeons in Torment 1 or higher
- No Mere Mortal: Unlock a Legendary Paragon node after reaching level 60 using Paragon points
- Precious Shards: Salvage 100 Ancestral Legendary items
- Transfer of Power: Imprint 8 Aspects onto Gear at the Occultist
- Preamble: Complete Artificer’s Tier 20 or higher in the Pit of the Artificer located in Cerrigar
- Guilt: Defeat Tormented Echo of Varshan 1 time
- Shock and Awe: Defeat Tormented Echo of Grigoire
This chapter basically requires you to be on Torment 1 and max level. There is a large variety of activities here, but most only require you to run them a few times. The Obducite can be obtained from only a couple of Nightmare Dungeon runs and you need to do five anyway. The only ones you may want to hold off on are the two bosses Varshan and Grigoire, just because you may need to do the other activities to get your gear good enough to win those fights, but you will eventually want to do them for the loot regardless.
Slayer rewards:
- Epic Favor
- Slayer’s Cache: Contains an Infernal Hordes Compass and consumables
- Slayer’s Crafting Cache: Contains crafting materials, such as Obducite and Scattered Prisms
- Slayer’s Summoning Cache: Contains summoning materials to challenge bosses in Torment
- Mystery Greater Archetype Cache: Contains ancestral unique and legendary items, materials, and a temper manual
Champion (Chapter 6)
You must complete 11 of 13 objectives to complete this chapter.
Champion objectives:
- Unholy Coffers: Open 1 Greater Spoils of Hell chest after defeating the Fell Council in the Infernal Hordes
- Warden of the Swamp: Increase your standing with The Coven to Rank 20
- Warbringer’s Wealth: Craft 10 Occult Gems learned from Grimoires
- Drink Deep from the Chalice: Upgrade 10 Witchcraft powers to Rank 20 through the Seasonal Powers Panel
- Glyph Expert: Improve 5 Paragon Glyphs to Rank 15 by completing The Pit
- Echoes of the Ancients: Unlock 50 Aspects in the Codex of Power
- Champion’s Challenge: Defeat 666 Monsters on Torment 2 or higher
- Forgiveness: Defeat Tormented Echo of Lord Zir
- Harbinger of Ice: Defeat Tormented Echo of The Beast in the Ice
- Horadric Smith: Masterwork 5 pieces of gear to Rank 5 at the Blacksmith
- Preeminence: Reach Paragon Level 100
- Thorn in Hell: Defeat 666 monsters while at Max Threat Level during Helltide on Torment 1 or higher
- Coordinated Kill: While in a Party, defeat 25 Lair Bosses
Depending on if you play Diablo 4 with friends or solo, the 25 Lair Bosses in a party is an easy skip. That does mean you will need to take on the two bosses listed here, but you should be in pretty good shape in terms of gear at this point, and you can leave them for last if you haven’t. The most time-consuming task here is likely the 5 Paragon Glyphs at Rank 15, just because it will require quite a few runs of The Pit, even at high tiers, but that will help you get enough XP to reach Paragon level 100.
Champion rewards:
- Epic Favor
- Champion’s Cache: Contains Infernal Hordes Compass and consumables
- Champion’s Crafting Cache: Contains crafting materials, such as Obducite and Scattered Prisms
- Champion’s Summoning Cache: Contains summoning materials to challenge bosses in Torment
- Mystery Greater Archetype Cache: Contains ancestral unique and legendary items, materials, and a temper manual
Destroyer (Chapter 7)
You must complete 8 out of 10 objectives to complete this chapter
Destroyer objectives:
- Silencer: Complete 5 Whispers within 15 minutes during Headhunts in Torment 4
- Roots Ablaze: Open 15 Exposed Roots within 15 minutes during Headhunts in Torment 4
- Root Pulverizer: Activate 2 Legendary Ceremony Shrines within a single Roothold in Torment 4
- Waking Horrors: Defeat 50 Elite Monsters while in Nightmare Dungeons in Torment 4 without dying
- Triumph of the Tormented: Defeat 666 Monsters in Torment 4 without dying
- Bloodstained Hoard: Collect 750 Aether in a single run of the Infernal Hordes in Torment 4
- With Sand to Spare: Complete Artificer’s tier 75 or higher in The Pit, with more than five minutes remaining
- Assassin’s List: Defeat 5 Lair Bosses within 5 minutes in Torment 1 or higher
- Hell’s Fury: Defeat 250 monsters before the Hellborne’s arrival after increasing your Threat Level to Max in Torment 4
This list is pretty tough across the board, fitting for the final chapter. As for which ones to ignore and which ones to do, there are too many tough ones here to really make that call. Most of these require Torment 4, and you not only need to complete tasks, but do so quickly and without dying. This will require your build to be near complete, Paragon boards finished, and a strong understanding of your ability rotations.
Destroyer rewards:
- Dorian pet Raven
- The Raven Familiar Emblem
- Destroyer’s Cache: Contains a Resplendent Spark and consumables
- Destroyer’s Crafting Cache: Contains crafting materials, such as Obducite and Scattered Prisms
- Destroyer’s Summoning Cache: Contains summoning materials to challenge Bosses in Torment
- Mystery Greater Archetype Cache: Contains ancestral unique and legendary items, materials, and a temper manual.
