Equip: How To Unlock And Upgrade Vampiric Powers

Learn how to unlock, equip, and upgrade powerful Vampiric Powers in Diablo IV Season 2. Discover how to get Potent Blood and Pacts to customize your build.

Alright, so you've gotten your hands on some Vampiric Powers in Diablo IV's Season of Blood. First things first, let's get you set up to actually use them. Open up your inventory – you should see a new tab or button specifically for Vampiric Powers. Think of it as your personal power menu.

You'll notice a bunch of cool-looking icons down at the bottom of this screen. These are all the Vampiric Powers available in the game. Right now, most of them are probably locked tight, except for one called 'Undying'. That's just a little taste of what's to come!

Equipping Your Powers

Slapping a Vampiric Power onto your character is pretty straightforward. Just highlight the one you want and hit the button – it'll slot right into one of the five available spots above. You can rock any five powers at once, but there are a couple of catches:

• You gotta have the power unlocked first, obviously.
• You need enough Pacts of the right type to actually equip it.

Pacts are super important and are found on pretty much every piece of armor you get – helms, chests, gloves, pants, and boots. The number and type of Pacts on each armor piece are random, which adds another layer of that classic Diablo RNG. Different powers need different Pacts. For example, 'Undying' needs one 'Pact of Eternity' (the skull icon). Don't worry, these Pacts can be on any armor piece, and having multiple of the same type on different gear stacks up. If you want the full lowdown on Pacts, there's a separate guide for that!

Unlocking New Powers

So, how do you get more of these awesome powers? There are two main ways:

1. Spending Potent Blood: This is the most common method. Potent Blood is a new resource that drops from all sorts of enemies, especially those elite vampires and 'Blood Seekers' – they almost always drop it. You can also find it in 'Seekers Caches' and as quest rewards from the Season of Blood quests. If you're really looking to farm Potent Blood, make sure to jump into Blood Harvest events; they're a goldmine for this stuff.
2. Quest Rewards: Some specific Vampiric Powers are only unlocked by progressing through the main Season of Blood questline. The exact way to unlock each power is usually listed in its description, often in small, gray italicized text.

When you decide to spend your hard-earned Potent Blood, it'll cost you 25 Potent Blood. You'll then get to choose from three randomly offered Vampiric Powers to unlock. If you already have one of the offered powers, you can instead spend the Potent Blood to upgrade one you already possess.