Divine Gifts are the core system of Season 11 in Diablo 4. They enhance your endgame activities and significantly increase your rewards.
With Season 11 in Diablo 4, Divine Gifts are introduced. This guide explains what Divine Gifts are, how to unlock them, which variants exist, and how to use them efficiently, based solely on in-game systems.
What are Divine Gifts in Diablo 4?
In Season 11, you encounter the angel Hadriel in Sanctuary. He grants you Divine Gifts, each directly tied to one of the four Lesser Evils:
- Duriel
- Andariel
- Azmodan
- Belial
Every Divine Gift consists of three core components:
- Reward Effect defines the additional rewards gained from a specific activity, such as increased gold, Obols, crafting materials, or upgrades.
- Corrupted Gift (outer ring) enhances the reward effect but increases difficulty through additional mechanics, debuffs, or hazards.
– You gain the reward bonus while dealing with a negative gameplay effect. - Purified Gift (inner ring) removes the negative effect of the Corrupted Gift, grants a positive gameplay bonus, and doubles the reward output.
– This is the optimal version of a Divine Gift and must be unlocked separately.
All unlocked Divine Gifts are managed in the dedicated “Divine Gifts” tab in your inventory. Each gift can be slotted either:
- inside the ring as a Purified Gift (bonus + double rewards, no penalty), or
- outside the ring as a Corrupted Gift (bonus + penalty).
Multiple Divine Gifts can be active simultaneously, provided you have available slots.
How to unlock Divine Gifts and their slots
Divine Gifts themselves and Purified Gift slots are unlocked separately. Here’s how both systems work.
Unlocking Divine Gifts
Each Lesser Evil provides a Corrupted Essence when defeated for the first time.
- Defeat the corresponding boss
- Duriel (Helltide)
- Andariel (Kurast Undercity)
- Azmodan (World Boss or summoning event in Hawezar)
- Belial (The Pit)
- Deliver the Corrupted Essence to Hadriel
- Hadriel appears in major cities, marked by a beam of light.
- Turning in the essence grants two Divine Gifts associated with that boss.
- Level up Divine Gifts
- Unlocked gifts gain experience by:
- defeating the associated boss again, or
- killing themed enemies in the related activity (for example maggots in Helltides for Duriel).
- Unlocked gifts gain experience by:
Each Divine Gift can be upgraded up to Rank 5, increasing its reward effect such as higher gold gains, more Obols, or improved rune rewards.
Unlocking Purified Gift slots
Corrupted slots (outer ring) are available from the start. Purified slots (inner ring) are unlocked through your seasonal progression via Divine Favor.
- Rank II – first Purified slot (Duriel)
- Rank IV – second Purified slot (Andariel)
- Rank VI – third Purified slot (Azmodan)
- Rank VIII – fourth Purified slot (Belial)
Divine Favor is earned by completing seasonal objectives, events, and dungeons. Higher ranks allow you to run more Divine Gifts in their purified form.
All Divine Gifts overview
The table below lists all eight Divine Gifts, their associated bosses, rewards, and effects.
Divine Gift
Associated Boss / Activity
Base Reward
Purified Gift (Inner Ring)
Corrupted Gift (Outer Ring)
Essence of Pain
Duriel – Helltide
Duriel’s Torments can drop socketable items
Every 20 seconds, hits briefly grant maximum Barrier
Duriel’s Torments appear more frequently and fully remove Barrier and Fortify
Essence of Misery
Duriel – Helltide
Maggots can drop Experience Orbs
Automatically refills one Healing Potion every 20 seconds
Maggots spawn from meteorites and drain 1 Healing Potion per hit
Essence of Agony
Andariel – Kurast Undercity
Obols gained from Undercity and Attunement activities
+30% Movement Speed
Lightning Siphons in the Undercity slow you by 70%
Essence of Screams
Andariel – Kurast Undercity
Increased salvage materials from Undercity runs
+20% All Resistances
Explosive Souls pull you in and create electrified ground that deals damage based on maximum Life
Essence of Sin
Azmodan – World Bosses / Open World
World Bosses drop additional activity keys
+20% Armor
You are permanently Vulnerable during World Boss fights
Essence of Hellfire
Azmodan – World Bosses / Open World
World Bosses drop keys for Hideout Bosses
10% chance to Stun enemies for 1 second with direct damage
Meteorites rain down on players during World Boss encounters
Essence of Lies
Belial – The Pit
Chance for an additional Glyph Upgrade upon completing a Pit
Gain Fortify equal to 1% of Maximum Life per second
Beams from Belial’s eyes deal damage equal to 10% of Maximum Life per second
Essence of Shadows
Belial – The Pit
Significantly increased Gold rewards from completed Pits
Become briefly Unstoppable every 12 seconds when affected by Crowd Control
Belial’s manifestations can Daze or Knock Back players
