January 22, 2025 • 21 mins
It’s been a long time since I’ve been gone. I got really sick and it took a long time to recover. I’m
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Hey. This is Jen, and I am recording
a brand new episode of Shattered Soulstone. I
got sick for a really long time and
went from various doctors, but I'm okay now.
So I'm gonna go ahead and start this
show with what I've got. I'm gonna start
with the Diablo Immortal stuff
that,
I pulled from mostly x.com
or what used to be Twitter.
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And there's a thing here for Diablo Immortal
called Celestial Spirits Phantom Market comes in January
2020
or on January 22.
So that's tomorrow,
and there's a screenshot of this. And everything
that I talk about in this episode is
going to be posted on the Shattered Soulstone
website because I really wanted to get back
to doing that now that I'm healthier. That's
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what it is.
This particular post is on,
x,
and,
it's
just called celestial serpents phantom market coming January
22nd. So I don't know exactly what that's
going to involve,
but it's there. If you like to play
Diablo Immortal. I sometimes play it. I got
sick too much to play anything, but there
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we go. There's also a blizzard
post for Diablo Immortal titled A Gilded Dawn
Tong Xi's Renewal.
And it is
at the start of this, it's I'll just
read a little couple paragraphs for you. We
wish you abundance in sanctuary
adventure.
With fireworks lighting the sky and celebration and
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loved ones in our company, we turn our
attention to the new year before us. May
it unravel to reveal happiness, luck, and fond
memories for us to look back on. We
wish you a happy Lunar New Year. As
with previous content updates, there will be server
maintenance starting on January 21 from 4 PM
to 6 PM PST for Oceania, China, East
Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe servers. And on
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January 22 from 12 AM to 2 AM
PST for servers in the Americas.
After the maintenance has concluded, all items mentioned
below will be live. Specific dates for any
content going live afterward are provided below. So
there's a whole bunch of different little things
in here. There's a lot. There's a lot
of art in this. Everything, like I said,
everything's gonna go into the show notes and
(02:08):
you can check them out that way.
So this is called Tong Xi's renewal limited
time event.
And,
I'll read you a little bit of this
because it is rather long. Tong Xi, a
god of the Xi'an
Pantheon,
invites you to his renewal, a call to
bask in the fading glow of a finished
year. Begin the cycle anew and welcome a
new year with open arms and optimism.
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From January 22, 3 o'clock AM, February 13,
2:59
AM server time, players can complete up to
5 tasks a day to earn festive rewards,
such as red bags and tcm. I don't
know if I pronounced that word right. The
5 tasks to complete for rewards include dungeons,
elder rifts, killing elite monsters,
bounties, and defeating Jinguun
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once he's been found.
Completing these tasks earns you red bags and
TCM. There is no limit to the number
of times you can complete these tasks for
rewards, but there is a weekly limit for
how many rewards you can earn. 30 red
bags and 100 TCM each week that Tongshi's
renewal is active. Red bags are celebratory
Tong Xi's renewal rewards that can be gifted
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to a friend or to your clan. Not
only will you receive rewards when you open
red bags sent to you, but you'll also
receive rewards for sending red bags. Spread the
blessings of Tong Xi's renewal by sending and
receiving as many red bags as you can
get your hands on. Don't forget to claim
a free red bag every day you log
in from the login rewards tab within the
event, which will not contribute to your overall
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limit. You'll receive the following rewards for sending
red bags in games. One red bag equals
1 star legendary gem. 20 red bags is
2 star legendary gems. 40 red bags, 3
star legendary gems, and 60 red bags, 3
rare crests. Completing daily event tasks can also
yield TCMs.
Each time you contribute a TCM, you'll receive
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a random reward and the rewards the rewards
can be gold, scrap, dust, or random legendary
item. There's also some more like lore in
here. There's a picture here of a Jinguun
eater of mountains. It's a sort of a
dragon looking thing with a lot of fire
coming off of it. It's an interesting piece
of artwork in my opinion. So, yeah, from
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January 22, which is tomorrow,
to February 13 to 50 9 AM local
server time, band together with fellow adventurers and
hunt down the fabled terror Jinguun, eater of
mountains. While the hunt is for
hunt for Jinguun is Elphut, you can complete
a daily task that transports you outside of
the world of sanctuary
to locate signs of Jinguun, which rewards you
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with gold, scrap, and dust. Defeating the mountain
eater for the first time will earn you
one taluric pearl and a legendary item. Defeating
each time after yeah. Defeating each time after
that grants 2 red bags for Tong Xi's
renewal. And then there's a little bit more
in here. There's a lot of artwork. It's
a lot of cool stuff in here. There's
fireworks. There's a picture of, you know, fireworks
going on from a vendor. Seems kind of
fun. I haven't actually jumped into it yet,
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but probably will. K. So over on the
Battle dot net shop,
also speaking about Diablo Immortal,
there's a bunch of stuff you can purchase
if you want to. Some of this is
the, like the rift delver's hoard, which gives
you,
a bunch of gems and things like that.
This one that I just mentioned for Diablo
Immortal is a $199.99.
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And then there's another one, rift Delver's cash,
which is only 99.99,
you know? Yeah. There's bundles in here. If
you wanna get more of that, there's in
game content where you can buy orbs, all
that kind of stuff. So if you're into
that, it's there. You can, you know, buy
it or not. There's also a link to
the gear store
for like hoodies and button downs and things
like that. So we've we've got some of
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that if you're looking for it. Over on
Battle dot net, we have a weekly maintenance
schedule that has been updated 3 days ago,
and here's how this is gonna work in
the Americas.
So,
I'm skipping all of the World of Warcraft
stuff because that's really not what I talk
about. I haven't played it in a long
time, but there's 2 Diablo Immortal ones in
here. So one of them is Diablo Immortal
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EU slash SEA. And that's going to start,
I guess it's already started today. So that's,
starts at 4 PM.
It ends at,
let's see, 6 PM. Game service will be
unavailable during that time. And then Diablo Immortal
North America has 12 AM, and then 2
AM is when it ends. The game services
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are unavailable will be will be unavailable at
this time. Another,
Diablo thing, I'm shifting over now into Diablo
4 on,
x, Diablo posted,
do the covens bidding and conjure 25 witchcraft
powers in Diablo 4. The powers are doom
orb, piranido,
which is like a piranha swarm,
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and poison frog servants. And when you and
more when season of witchcraft arrives on January
21st, which is today. So if you're interested
in that, you can go ahead and play
it. In addition, Blizzard's press center does like
to post,
images
of whatever their latest,
Diablo 4 thing is, and you could download
them. So if you, like, really like these
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images, like, there's an armory set of 2
different things. There's build crafting. There's a lot
of those. There's headhunts and monsters.
There's witch powers,
which has a picture of 3 different people
that are
presumably witches. And you know, if you really
like this and you want to stick this
onto your computer or your phone or something
like that, there's some of these are really
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cool. Some of these, I don't know what
they are yet, but that's okay. There's a
bunch of logos,
season of witchcraft,
and then there's the witch power head hunt
gameplay.
There's also,
within this entire thing is the Diablo season
of witchcraft inside the game where we have
devs talking about how that goes. There's key
art and wallpapers.
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If you know, there's a lot of stuff
in here.
Also from Blizzard,
Diablo 4 says master the occult in season
of witchcraft.
And that was posted on January 14, but
it's worth knowing. There's a lot of interesting
art in here. The tree of whispers most
prized possessions are missing. The many heads which
pay their endless debt among its gnarled limbs
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uncover the source of this malevolent plot to
discover incredible power. Starting on January 21, which
is today,
at 10 am PST embark on a new
seasonal quest line to unlock powers of witchcraft,
slay the rogue head rotten,
and uncover the secrets behind this haunting misery.
So there's a whole bunch of stuff in
here. It's got pictures of all of it.
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Some of that I kind of skimmed over
just a minute ago. Okay. Witchcraft powers will
be your gateway to wonderful new abilities, augmenting
and empowering your existing skills. You'll earn them
as you uncover the mystery of the coven,
a group of heady witches deep from within
the bogs of Hawazar
who are eager to serve the tree of
whispers. As you ally with the tree of
whispers, you'll progress and enhance these wild powers
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throughout season of witchcraft.
This update also brings changes
to all realms with the armory, which lets
you swap between your favorite builds with ease.
Vessel of hatred owners can search out and
wield both new and updated runes, plus there's
new uniques and legendary aspects to earn and
master, an all new pet pet in the
season journey and more. Thank you to everyone
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who participated in December's 2.1 public test realm.
We want you all to know that we've
integrated feedback throughout this blog, but some feedback
that was given will be used to help
shape and inform future seasons. And again, there's
a little video here,
season of witchcraft inside the game, a whole
list of things.
I'm going to go over the part with
ally with the coven. There are 3 figures
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here. One of them
is a woman wearing a bunch of beads
and has some tattoos and things like that
on her. And then there's a second woman
who is wearing a purple dress with a
lot of coins attached to it and a
belt and shiny another shiny belt with a
red cloak over it. And then there's this
like very grizzled old man with an interesting
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hat and he seems to be wearing a
lot of leather. So here's, that's the, that's
who they are. He'd the call of the
witches of Hazawar, a coven that is bound
by the deep magic oozing from the swamps
they call home. The coven are the protectors
of the tree of whispers who discovered its
many captive heads are missing. The tree forgets
no oaths and forgives no debts, and these
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heads have dues to pay until the end
of days. However, these missing heads have been
set loose, free to carry out their own
hunt, traveling across sanctuary to seek bodies and
reclaim what once was theirs. Summoned by the
witches of Hawazar,
unravel the mystery of the missing heads and
expose the culprit in an all new quest
line. Within the quest line, you'll uncover the
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tantalizing secrets to learn and harness seasonal witchcraft
powers. Then there's master powers of witchcraft, if
you get that far. A strange sorcery has
risen from the crags and bogs of sanctuary.
A sparkle is in the air, and the
ground thrums with the presence of dark magic.
Embark on the seasonal quest line, unlock the
wondrous powers of witchcraft, and unleash these newfound
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horrors to melt the bones of the unwilling.
There are 3 schools of to learn and
master. Eldritch is willed magic that harnesses destructive
energies. Psyche is wield defensive powers of the
mind and spirit to create visions, focus your
attacks, and
induce madness in your enemies.
Growth and decay
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wield living magic that both heals and harms,
boosting life resource.
These, incantations can create horrific diseases and disruptions.
Discover rare lost powers of witchcraft unknown to
both the coven and the tree. Each school
of witchcraft gives you the chance to experiment
between new styles of power. Tinker with your
build to create something strange and terrible to
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dismember your many formidable foes. To learn witchcraft,
earn seasonal reputation with the coven from completing
new whisper bounties and defeating hulking head rotten
enemies to re to earn restless rot.
At specific tiers, you'll unlock the ability to
learn more witchcraft powers at witches' altars near
the tree of whispers. To earn your witchcraft
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powers, do as the witches ask by hunting
down the head rotten and returning the heads
where they belong to earn restless rot. This
will grant you favor among the coven. Once
you've earned favor with the coven, upgrade the
altars underneath the tree of whispers
at to unlock the new witchcraft powers. To
unlock lost powers, you'll need a forgotten altar.
Forgotten altars are elusive, so keep an eye
out for them with it within random dungeons
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throughout sanctuary.
Witchcraft powers can be upgraded directly in your
inventory using the restless rot you've earned. Slaying
Headrotten in higher difficulty tiers will earn you
more restless rot. There's also eldritch powers and
a whole bunch of other stuff in here.
There's a okay. I'm gonna skip over some
of this and go into the growth and
decay powers. Poison frog servant. That sounds interesting
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to me.
Summon a poison frog servant that attacks and
poisons enemies for 150%
damage over 3 seconds.
On death, the frog explodes
violently
dealing x poison
instantly damage to nearby enemies. This explosion will
always critically strike.
At rank 5, poison frog attacks will pull
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enemies toward itself and taunt enemies for one
second. Soul harvest. Feed upon the life force
of nearby enemies
whenever you use a skill with a down,
increasing your primary stat by 3% per monster
for x seconds. At rank 9, soul harvest
does not lose duration so long as enemies
are nearby. Hex of whispers. Dealing damage to
an enemy afflicts them with hex of whispers
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that deals x shadow damage the next time
the damage is dealt. Afterwards, hex of whispers
will jump to another enemy up to a
maximum of 6 times. Hex of whispers may
only be applied once every 5 seconds. At
rank 7, after bouncing onto 6 enemies, the
hex bounces back to you granting you 15%
fortify and removing all crowd control and negative
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status effects.
Decay augmentation, your witchcraft effects deal x of
the damage dealt over 5 seconds. The damage
is based on your class. Abandoned damage type,
excuse me, is based on your class. At
rank 10, when you damage over time effects
exceed 85% of the target's total life, they
immediately die. Grow. After casting an ultimate skill,
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your servants, minions, and companions are empowered with
dark magics. Growing larger in size and dealing
x bonus damage. Lasts 15 seconds. At rank
11, your servants, minions, and companions gain 100%
critical strike chance while enlarged.
Aura of siphoning.
Conjure an aura of decay that deals 80%
poison damage to enemies every second. At rank
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10, each time aura of siphoning deals damage,
you are healed for 1% of maximum life.
The cycle. Dealing any damage with your skills
has a 15% chance to grow a flower
from the ground. When an enemy is near,
the flower deals x poison damage to that
enemy over 5 seconds. If an ally is
near, the flower heals for 6% maximum life.
Well, that's nice. You know?
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The flower withers away after use of flower
may grow once every 2.5 seconds per enemy.
Sorry, 2 seconds per enemy. At rank 5,
the damage and healing affects all enemies or
allies near the flower. Lost powers. There's a
whole lot of these in here. I just
find them interesting.
Breath of the coven, dealing damage or applying
a crowd control effect with any of your
witchcraft effects increases your attack speed for x
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by x, sorry, for 10 seconds, stacking once
per unique witchcraft
effect. Witchcraft affects our eldritch psyche and growth
and decay, which we kind of went over.
At rank 8, gain a 40% lucky hit
chance while bonuses from eldritch psyche growth and
decay are active at once. Hex specialization.
Increase the potency of your hex effects by
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x.
At rank 10, increase the critical strike chance
by 10% against enemies afflicted by your hex
effects.
Aura specialization, the size of your aura affects
the increased
effects are increased by x. At rank 10,
increase the critical strike damage by 50% against
enemies inside your aura effects. Piranado or Piranado,
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whichever way you want to parse that out.
When an enemy is afflicted by both a
hex and an aura effect, a Piranado
is summoned, pulling enemies toward it and dealing
x physical damage over 12 seconds. They occur
1 every once every 20 seconds. At rank
5, paranado moves itself towards nearby enemies, which
is interesting.
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And then we have, the tree of whisper
grows.
Since the heads once dotting the macabre canopy
have disappeared, the tree of whispers has invigorated
their bounties with the renewed fervor, set out
to track down these rogue heads and bring
this chaos to heal. And then there's choose
your reward. And this is just an example
of them.
Collections of 1 handed weapons, collections of chaos,
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which I tend to enjoy,
ancestral collection of 2 handed weapons. There are
many new whisper bounties to seek out and
complete to appease the enraged tree. During season
of witchcraft, there's a chance the tree will
offer an ancestral collection as your reward guaranteeing
at least 1 ancestral item within. And then
there's hunt the head rotten, which is kind
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of bizarre looking in these pieces of artwork
that this is in this particular particular
post. The heads missing from the tree of
whispers have become even more ghastly, true abominations.
They are desperate to claim new bodies for
themselves, to be whole again and human again.
But without the tree, they are incomplete,
fragmented, and mad. They spread a terrible rot
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to anyone they touch. Multiple headhunt zones will
appear across sanctuary, which signal that vicious head
rotten are skulking the zone, eager to carry
out their disembodied head's command.
These head hunt zones are perfect for completing
whisper bounties. During season of witchcraft, you'll be
able to return your whispers at a new
additional location, the raven of the tree, a
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friendly raven found within head hunts. Completing whisper
bounties within a headhunt zone will reveal exposed
roots and gives a rare chance to spawn
an uprooted cocoon. Uprooted cocoons will spawn the
elusive and deadly head rotten bosses. These head
rotten bosses will appear often as headless husks,
headless creatures that have lost their controlling a
fugitive head. In rare case in rare cases,
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this head rotten boss will appear with the
fugitive head still attached. Killing one of these
abominations will grant you a head to return
to the coven and to their wicked delight
and grand reward. Complete whisper bounties within headhunts
to earn favor with the coven and progress
through the coven's tiers to earn a reward
such as resplendent spark. You'll also earn the
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materials needed to grant occult gems, which provide
disturbingly powerful enhancements to your witchcraft powers. There's
a few other things in here about root
holds
and crafting powerful gems.
A lot of stuff in here to check
out. And then there's new legendary aspects and
unique items that have to do with various
classes. So we're talking about
barbarian, druid,
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necromancer,
rogue,
sorcerer,
and spirit born.
So that's cool. There's an armory thing going
on. There's a lot here. And again, this
will all end up in the show notes
when I'm done talking about this. Over on
Microsoft,
you can now get a game pass included,
with Diablo,
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the original game. You have to buy it.
I don't know how much it is exactly.
And let's see. It includes
the Diablo Hellfire expansion.
It's for PC, which means I can't play
this. But considering that this is still January,
it's possible if you don't have a computer
that's a PC,
you can go into
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Diablo 3 and see if the
entire thing about this, like the hellfire expansion
is in there. I'm not sure if it
is or if it isn't, but somebody can
tell me if they figure it out. Over
on x, Diablo posted wicked things are coming
to sanctuary.
Witchcraft powers, the armory, new enemies, enhanced whispers,
huge
quality of life improvements,
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experience a massive Diablo 4 update when season
of witchcraft emerges on January 2021, which was
today. This is also on Xbox well, Xbox
Wire from January 7th.
And this kind of has different little games
in it. So coming soon to a game
pass, Diablo EA Sports,
UFC 5, and more. Okay. Diablo for PC,
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January 14.
Game Pass Ultimate PC Game Pass returned to
the legendary town of Tristram in Diablo, the
groundbreaking action RPG
that defined the genre coming to Game Pass
on January 14, which is probably past us,
but I don't know how long it'll stay.
With its satisfying progression, deep character customization,
and intense battles, Diablo delivers an unforgettable journey
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through a dark gothic fantasy world.
And I played the hell out of that
when it was new. When it was brand
new, I spent so many hours just, you
know, trying to get through the game and
all that kind of stuff. And
I think that's probably all I'm gonna need
to talk about for now. And I'm glad
that I'm healthy enough to be back to
provide you with all of the details that
show up probably every week on,
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shattered soulstone.com.
Thank you for listening.
Hey. This is Jen, and I am recording
a brand new episode of Shattered Soulstone. I
got sick for a really long time and
went from various doctors, but I'm okay now.
So I'm gonna go ahead and start this
show with what I've got. I'm gonna start
with the Diablo Immortal stuff
that,
I pulled from mostly x.com
or what used to be Twitter.
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And there's a thing here for Diablo Immortal
called Celestial Spirits Phantom Market comes in January
2020
or on January 22.
So that's tomorrow,
and there's a screenshot of this. And everything
that I talk about in this episode is
going to be posted on the Shattered Soulstone
website because I really wanted to get back
to doing that now that I'm healthier. That's
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what it is.
This particular post is on,
x,
and,
it's
just called celestial serpents phantom market coming January
22nd. So I don't know exactly what that's
going to involve,
but it's there. If you like to play
Diablo Immortal. I sometimes play it. I got
sick too much to play anything, but there
(01:04):
we go. There's also a blizzard
post for Diablo Immortal titled A Gilded Dawn
Tong Xi's Renewal.
And it is
at the start of this, it's I'll just
read a little couple paragraphs for you. We
wish you abundance in sanctuary
adventure.
With fireworks lighting the sky and celebration and
(01:24):
loved ones in our company, we turn our
attention to the new year before us. May
it unravel to reveal happiness, luck, and fond
memories for us to look back on. We
wish you a happy Lunar New Year. As
with previous content updates, there will be server
maintenance starting on January 21 from 4 PM
to 6 PM PST for Oceania, China, East
Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe servers. And on
(01:47):
January 22 from 12 AM to 2 AM
PST for servers in the Americas.
After the maintenance has concluded, all items mentioned
below will be live. Specific dates for any
content going live afterward are provided below. So
there's a whole bunch of different little things
in here. There's a lot. There's a lot
of art in this. Everything, like I said,
everything's gonna go into the show notes and
(02:08):
you can check them out that way.
So this is called Tong Xi's renewal limited
time event.
And,
I'll read you a little bit of this
because it is rather long. Tong Xi, a
god of the Xi'an
Pantheon,
invites you to his renewal, a call to
bask in the fading glow of a finished
year. Begin the cycle anew and welcome a
new year with open arms and optimism.
(02:30):
From January 22, 3 o'clock AM, February 13,
2:59
AM server time, players can complete up to
5 tasks a day to earn festive rewards,
such as red bags and tcm. I don't
know if I pronounced that word right. The
5 tasks to complete for rewards include dungeons,
elder rifts, killing elite monsters,
bounties, and defeating Jinguun
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once he's been found.
Completing these tasks earns you red bags and
TCM. There is no limit to the number
of times you can complete these tasks for
rewards, but there is a weekly limit for
how many rewards you can earn. 30 red
bags and 100 TCM each week that Tongshi's
renewal is active. Red bags are celebratory
Tong Xi's renewal rewards that can be gifted
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to a friend or to your clan. Not
only will you receive rewards when you open
red bags sent to you, but you'll also
receive rewards for sending red bags. Spread the
blessings of Tong Xi's renewal by sending and
receiving as many red bags as you can
get your hands on. Don't forget to claim
a free red bag every day you log
in from the login rewards tab within the
event, which will not contribute to your overall
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limit. You'll receive the following rewards for sending
red bags in games. One red bag equals
1 star legendary gem. 20 red bags is
2 star legendary gems. 40 red bags, 3
star legendary gems, and 60 red bags, 3
rare crests. Completing daily event tasks can also
yield TCMs.
Each time you contribute a TCM, you'll receive
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a random reward and the rewards the rewards
can be gold, scrap, dust, or random legendary
item. There's also some more like lore in
here. There's a picture here of a Jinguun
eater of mountains. It's a sort of a
dragon looking thing with a lot of fire
coming off of it. It's an interesting piece
of artwork in my opinion. So, yeah, from
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January 22, which is tomorrow,
to February 13 to 50 9 AM local
server time, band together with fellow adventurers and
hunt down the fabled terror Jinguun, eater of
mountains. While the hunt is for
hunt for Jinguun is Elphut, you can complete
a daily task that transports you outside of
the world of sanctuary
to locate signs of Jinguun, which rewards you
(04:35):
with gold, scrap, and dust. Defeating the mountain
eater for the first time will earn you
one taluric pearl and a legendary item. Defeating
each time after yeah. Defeating each time after
that grants 2 red bags for Tong Xi's
renewal. And then there's a little bit more
in here. There's a lot of artwork. It's
a lot of cool stuff in here. There's
fireworks. There's a picture of, you know, fireworks
going on from a vendor. Seems kind of
fun. I haven't actually jumped into it yet,
(04:57):
but probably will. K. So over on the
Battle dot net shop,
also speaking about Diablo Immortal,
there's a bunch of stuff you can purchase
if you want to. Some of this is
the, like the rift delver's hoard, which gives
you,
a bunch of gems and things like that.
This one that I just mentioned for Diablo
Immortal is a $199.99.
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And then there's another one, rift Delver's cash,
which is only 99.99,
you know? Yeah. There's bundles in here. If
you wanna get more of that, there's in
game content where you can buy orbs, all
that kind of stuff. So if you're into
that, it's there. You can, you know, buy
it or not. There's also a link to
the gear store
for like hoodies and button downs and things
like that. So we've we've got some of
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that if you're looking for it. Over on
Battle dot net, we have a weekly maintenance
schedule that has been updated 3 days ago,
and here's how this is gonna work in
the Americas.
So,
I'm skipping all of the World of Warcraft
stuff because that's really not what I talk
about. I haven't played it in a long
time, but there's 2 Diablo Immortal ones in
here. So one of them is Diablo Immortal
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EU slash SEA. And that's going to start,
I guess it's already started today. So that's,
starts at 4 PM.
It ends at,
let's see, 6 PM. Game service will be
unavailable during that time. And then Diablo Immortal
North America has 12 AM, and then 2
AM is when it ends. The game services
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are unavailable will be will be unavailable at
this time. Another,
Diablo thing, I'm shifting over now into Diablo
4 on,
x, Diablo posted,
do the covens bidding and conjure 25 witchcraft
powers in Diablo 4. The powers are doom
orb, piranido,
which is like a piranha swarm,
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and poison frog servants. And when you and
more when season of witchcraft arrives on January
21st, which is today. So if you're interested
in that, you can go ahead and play
it. In addition, Blizzard's press center does like
to post,
images
of whatever their latest,
Diablo 4 thing is, and you could download
them. So if you, like, really like these
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images, like, there's an armory set of 2
different things. There's build crafting. There's a lot
of those. There's headhunts and monsters.
There's witch powers,
which has a picture of 3 different people
that are
presumably witches. And you know, if you really
like this and you want to stick this
onto your computer or your phone or something
like that, there's some of these are really
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cool. Some of these, I don't know what
they are yet, but that's okay. There's a
bunch of logos,
season of witchcraft,
and then there's the witch power head hunt
gameplay.
There's also,
within this entire thing is the Diablo season
of witchcraft inside the game where we have
devs talking about how that goes. There's key
art and wallpapers.
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If you know, there's a lot of stuff
in here.
Also from Blizzard,
Diablo 4 says master the occult in season
of witchcraft.
And that was posted on January 14, but
it's worth knowing. There's a lot of interesting
art in here. The tree of whispers most
prized possessions are missing. The many heads which
pay their endless debt among its gnarled limbs
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uncover the source of this malevolent plot to
discover incredible power. Starting on January 21, which
is today,
at 10 am PST embark on a new
seasonal quest line to unlock powers of witchcraft,
slay the rogue head rotten,
and uncover the secrets behind this haunting misery.
So there's a whole bunch of stuff in
here. It's got pictures of all of it.
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Some of that I kind of skimmed over
just a minute ago. Okay. Witchcraft powers will
be your gateway to wonderful new abilities, augmenting
and empowering your existing skills. You'll earn them
as you uncover the mystery of the coven,
a group of heady witches deep from within
the bogs of Hawazar
who are eager to serve the tree of
whispers. As you ally with the tree of
whispers, you'll progress and enhance these wild powers
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throughout season of witchcraft.
This update also brings changes
to all realms with the armory, which lets
you swap between your favorite builds with ease.
Vessel of hatred owners can search out and
wield both new and updated runes, plus there's
new uniques and legendary aspects to earn and
master, an all new pet pet in the
season journey and more. Thank you to everyone
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who participated in December's 2.1 public test realm.
We want you all to know that we've
integrated feedback throughout this blog, but some feedback
that was given will be used to help
shape and inform future seasons. And again, there's
a little video here,
season of witchcraft inside the game, a whole
list of things.
I'm going to go over the part with
ally with the coven. There are 3 figures
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here. One of them
is a woman wearing a bunch of beads
and has some tattoos and things like that
on her. And then there's a second woman
who is wearing a purple dress with a
lot of coins attached to it and a
belt and shiny another shiny belt with a
red cloak over it. And then there's this
like very grizzled old man with an interesting
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hat and he seems to be wearing a
lot of leather. So here's, that's the, that's
who they are. He'd the call of the
witches of Hazawar, a coven that is bound
by the deep magic oozing from the swamps
they call home. The coven are the protectors
of the tree of whispers who discovered its
many captive heads are missing. The tree forgets
no oaths and forgives no debts, and these
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heads have dues to pay until the end
of days. However, these missing heads have been
set loose, free to carry out their own
hunt, traveling across sanctuary to seek bodies and
reclaim what once was theirs. Summoned by the
witches of Hawazar,
unravel the mystery of the missing heads and
expose the culprit in an all new quest
line. Within the quest line, you'll uncover the
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tantalizing secrets to learn and harness seasonal witchcraft
powers. Then there's master powers of witchcraft, if
you get that far. A strange sorcery has
risen from the crags and bogs of sanctuary.
A sparkle is in the air, and the
ground thrums with the presence of dark magic.
Embark on the seasonal quest line, unlock the
wondrous powers of witchcraft, and unleash these newfound
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horrors to melt the bones of the unwilling.
There are 3 schools of to learn and
master. Eldritch is willed magic that harnesses destructive
energies. Psyche is wield defensive powers of the
mind and spirit to create visions, focus your
attacks, and
induce madness in your enemies.
Growth and decay
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wield living magic that both heals and harms,
boosting life resource.
These, incantations can create horrific diseases and disruptions.
Discover rare lost powers of witchcraft unknown to
both the coven and the tree. Each school
of witchcraft gives you the chance to experiment
between new styles of power. Tinker with your
build to create something strange and terrible to
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dismember your many formidable foes. To learn witchcraft,
earn seasonal reputation with the coven from completing
new whisper bounties and defeating hulking head rotten
enemies to re to earn restless rot.
At specific tiers, you'll unlock the ability to
learn more witchcraft powers at witches' altars near
the tree of whispers. To earn your witchcraft
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powers, do as the witches ask by hunting
down the head rotten and returning the heads
where they belong to earn restless rot. This
will grant you favor among the coven. Once
you've earned favor with the coven, upgrade the
altars underneath the tree of whispers
at to unlock the new witchcraft powers. To
unlock lost powers, you'll need a forgotten altar.
Forgotten altars are elusive, so keep an eye
out for them with it within random dungeons
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throughout sanctuary.
Witchcraft powers can be upgraded directly in your
inventory using the restless rot you've earned. Slaying
Headrotten in higher difficulty tiers will earn you
more restless rot. There's also eldritch powers and
a whole bunch of other stuff in here.
There's a okay. I'm gonna skip over some
of this and go into the growth and
decay powers. Poison frog servant. That sounds interesting
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to me.
Summon a poison frog servant that attacks and
poisons enemies for 150%
damage over 3 seconds.
On death, the frog explodes
violently
dealing x poison
instantly damage to nearby enemies. This explosion will
always critically strike.
At rank 5, poison frog attacks will pull
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enemies toward itself and taunt enemies for one
second. Soul harvest. Feed upon the life force
of nearby enemies
whenever you use a skill with a down,
increasing your primary stat by 3% per monster
for x seconds. At rank 9, soul harvest
does not lose duration so long as enemies
are nearby. Hex of whispers. Dealing damage to
an enemy afflicts them with hex of whispers
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that deals x shadow damage the next time
the damage is dealt. Afterwards, hex of whispers
will jump to another enemy up to a
maximum of 6 times. Hex of whispers may
only be applied once every 5 seconds. At
rank 7, after bouncing onto 6 enemies, the
hex bounces back to you granting you 15%
fortify and removing all crowd control and negative
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status effects.
Decay augmentation, your witchcraft effects deal x of
the damage dealt over 5 seconds. The damage
is based on your class. Abandoned damage type,
excuse me, is based on your class. At
rank 10, when you damage over time effects
exceed 85% of the target's total life, they
immediately die. Grow. After casting an ultimate skill,
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your servants, minions, and companions are empowered with
dark magics. Growing larger in size and dealing
x bonus damage. Lasts 15 seconds. At rank
11, your servants, minions, and companions gain 100%
critical strike chance while enlarged.
Aura of siphoning.
Conjure an aura of decay that deals 80%
poison damage to enemies every second. At rank
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10, each time aura of siphoning deals damage,
you are healed for 1% of maximum life.
The cycle. Dealing any damage with your skills
has a 15% chance to grow a flower
from the ground. When an enemy is near,
the flower deals x poison damage to that
enemy over 5 seconds. If an ally is
near, the flower heals for 6% maximum life.
Well, that's nice. You know?
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The flower withers away after use of flower
may grow once every 2.5 seconds per enemy.
Sorry, 2 seconds per enemy. At rank 5,
the damage and healing affects all enemies or
allies near the flower. Lost powers. There's a
whole lot of these in here. I just
find them interesting.
Breath of the coven, dealing damage or applying
a crowd control effect with any of your
witchcraft effects increases your attack speed for x
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by x, sorry, for 10 seconds, stacking once
per unique witchcraft
effect. Witchcraft affects our eldritch psyche and growth
and decay, which we kind of went over.
At rank 8, gain a 40% lucky hit
chance while bonuses from eldritch psyche growth and
decay are active at once. Hex specialization.
Increase the potency of your hex effects by
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x.
At rank 10, increase the critical strike chance
by 10% against enemies afflicted by your hex
effects.
Aura specialization, the size of your aura affects
the increased
effects are increased by x. At rank 10,
increase the critical strike damage by 50% against
enemies inside your aura effects. Piranado or Piranado,
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whichever way you want to parse that out.
When an enemy is afflicted by both a
hex and an aura effect, a Piranado
is summoned, pulling enemies toward it and dealing
x physical damage over 12 seconds. They occur
1 every once every 20 seconds. At rank
5, paranado moves itself towards nearby enemies, which
is interesting.
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And then we have, the tree of whisper
grows.
Since the heads once dotting the macabre canopy
have disappeared, the tree of whispers has invigorated
their bounties with the renewed fervor, set out
to track down these rogue heads and bring
this chaos to heal. And then there's choose
your reward. And this is just an example
of them.
Collections of 1 handed weapons, collections of chaos,
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which I tend to enjoy,
ancestral collection of 2 handed weapons. There are
many new whisper bounties to seek out and
complete to appease the enraged tree. During season
of witchcraft, there's a chance the tree will
offer an ancestral collection as your reward guaranteeing
at least 1 ancestral item within. And then
there's hunt the head rotten, which is kind
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of bizarre looking in these pieces of artwork
that this is in this particular particular
post. The heads missing from the tree of
whispers have become even more ghastly, true abominations.
They are desperate to claim new bodies for
themselves, to be whole again and human again.
But without the tree, they are incomplete,
fragmented, and mad. They spread a terrible rot
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to anyone they touch. Multiple headhunt zones will
appear across sanctuary, which signal that vicious head
rotten are skulking the zone, eager to carry
out their disembodied head's command.
These head hunt zones are perfect for completing
whisper bounties. During season of witchcraft, you'll be
able to return your whispers at a new
additional location, the raven of the tree, a
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friendly raven found within head hunts. Completing whisper
bounties within a headhunt zone will reveal exposed
roots and gives a rare chance to spawn
an uprooted cocoon. Uprooted cocoons will spawn the
elusive and deadly head rotten bosses. These head
rotten bosses will appear often as headless husks,
headless creatures that have lost their controlling a
fugitive head. In rare case in rare cases,
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this head rotten boss will appear with the
fugitive head still attached. Killing one of these
abominations will grant you a head to return
to the coven and to their wicked delight
and grand reward. Complete whisper bounties within headhunts
to earn favor with the coven and progress
through the coven's tiers to earn a reward
such as resplendent spark. You'll also earn the
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materials needed to grant occult gems, which provide
disturbingly powerful enhancements to your witchcraft powers. There's
a few other things in here about root
holds
and crafting powerful gems.
A lot of stuff in here to check
out. And then there's new legendary aspects and
unique items that have to do with various
classes. So we're talking about
barbarian, druid,
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necromancer,
rogue,
sorcerer,
and spirit born.
So that's cool. There's an armory thing going
on. There's a lot here. And again, this
will all end up in the show notes
when I'm done talking about this. Over on
Microsoft,
you can now get a game pass included,
with Diablo,
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the original game. You have to buy it.
I don't know how much it is exactly.
And let's see. It includes
the Diablo Hellfire expansion.
It's for PC, which means I can't play
this. But considering that this is still January,
it's possible if you don't have a computer
that's a PC,
you can go into
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Diablo 3 and see if the
entire thing about this, like the hellfire expansion
is in there. I'm not sure if it
is or if it isn't, but somebody can
tell me if they figure it out. Over
on x, Diablo posted wicked things are coming
to sanctuary.
Witchcraft powers, the armory, new enemies, enhanced whispers,
huge
quality of life improvements,
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experience a massive Diablo 4 update when season
of witchcraft emerges on January 2021, which was
today. This is also on Xbox well, Xbox
Wire from January 7th.
And this kind of has different little games
in it. So coming soon to a game
pass, Diablo EA Sports,
UFC 5, and more. Okay. Diablo for PC,
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January 14.
Game Pass Ultimate PC Game Pass returned to
the legendary town of Tristram in Diablo, the
groundbreaking action RPG
that defined the genre coming to Game Pass
on January 14, which is probably past us,
but I don't know how long it'll stay.
With its satisfying progression, deep character customization,
and intense battles, Diablo delivers an unforgettable journey
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through a dark gothic fantasy world.
And I played the hell out of that
when it was new. When it was brand
new, I spent so many hours just, you
know, trying to get through the game and
all that kind of stuff. And
I think that's probably all I'm gonna need
to talk about for now. And I'm glad
that I'm healthy enough to be back to
provide you with all of the details that
show up probably every week on,
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shattered soulstone.com.
Thank you for listening.
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