Diablo 4 has just unveiled several new systems coming with Season 11, introducing the return of Angel Hadriel and the long-dormant Lesser Evils. This season, Hadriel descends upon Sanctuary to aid players in the eternal conflict, bestowing powerful Divine Gifts to help them battle against the growing corruption.
What Are Divine Gifts?
Divine Gifts are a new form of power players can earn and equip by confronting the Lesser Evils and completing endgame activities like Helltides. Many of these familiar events have been reworked under the influence of the Evils, increasing both challenge and reward.
Each Divine Gift is made up of three components:
- Reward – Provides bonuses or increased loot for specific activities.
- Purified Gift – Enhances the Reward effect and grants a beneficial buff.
- Corrupted Gift – Raises the challenge of the associated activity but offers higher risk-and-reward gameplay.
Equipping Divine Gifts doesn’t just empower your character—it changes the nature of the world around you. For instance, the Essence of Pain includes three slots:
- The Reward slot increases loot drops from Helltides.
- The Purified slot doubles that bonus and grants a boon, such as a Barrier that triggers when you’re injured.
- The Corrupted slot raises the stakes, summoning Duriel’s minions more frequently and allowing them to shatter your Barriers or Fortified Life.
The beauty of this system is in its balance: while Corrupted Gifts make the world deadlier, Purified Gifts not only remove those penalties but also add new blessings and double your rewards.
These Purified Gift slots are unlocked at the following Divine Favor ranks:
- Rank II: Duriel
- Rank IV: Andariel
- Rank VI: Azmodan
- Rank VIII: Belial
How to Obtain Corrupted Essence
Defeating a Lesser Evil for the first time rewards you with their Corrupted Essence. Returning this Essence to Hadriel unlocks two Divine Gifts associated with that demon. From there, you can continue to level up each Gift by slaying that Evil’s minions or confronting them again in later battles.
Here is a list of all of the Corrupted Essence you can expect to collect during Season 11, along with all of their Divine Gifts:
Essence of Pain
- Rewards: Pangs of Duriel can drop Socketables in Helltide, doubled while Purified.
- Rank Upgrades: Higher quality Runes and Gems drop.
- Purified Gift: Briefly gain maximum Barrier after becoming Injured, every 20 seconds.
- Corrupted Gift: Pangs of Duriel ambush you more often and have a 100% chance to shatter your Barriers or Fortified Life with their attacks.
Earned by battling Duriel in Helltide.
Essence of Squalor
- Rewards: Maggots in Helltide can drop Experience Globes, doubled while Purified.
- Rank Upgrades: More Experience Globes drop.
- Purified Gift: Refill a Healing Potion every 20 seconds.
- Corrupted Gift: Maggots spawn from falling meteors, and all maggot attacks will consume 1 of your Health Potions.
Earned by battling Duriel in Helltide.
Essence of Lies
- Rewards: Chance for an extra upgrade in the Pit, doubled while Purified.
- Rank Upgrades: Extra upgrade chance increases.
- Purified Gift: Fortify for 1% of your Maximum Life a second.
- Corrupted Gift: Belial’s Eyes are filled with malice and will focus you with beams that deal 10% of your Maximum Life a second.
Earned by battling Belial in the Pit.
Essence of Shadows
- Rewards: Vanquish the Pit to earn immense amounts of Gold, doubled while Purified.
- Rank Upgrades: Gold amount increases.
- Purified Gift: Briefly become Unstoppable when Crowd Controlled every 12 seconds.
- Corrupted Gift: Belial’s Apparitions are empowered and their attacks can Daze you for 3 seconds 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 huge amount of Activity Keys.
- Rank 5: More Compasses and Tributes drop across Sanctuary.
- Purified Gift: Gain 20% increased Armor.
- Corrupted Gift: You are Vulnerable while fighting World Bosses.
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 huge amount of Lair Boss Keys.
- Rank 5: More Lair Boss Keys drop across Sanctuary.
- Purified Gift: Your direct damage has a 10% chance to Stun enemies for 1 second.
- Corrupted Gift: Meteors rain down upon you while fighting World Bosses.
Earned by battling Azmodan in the Overworld.
Essence of Anguish
- Rewards: Vanquish the Undercity to earn Obols, doubled while Purified.
- Rank Upgrades: Obols amount increases.
- Purified Gift: Gain 30% Movement Speed.
- Corrupted Gift: Manifestations of Anguish lurk throughout the Undercity and attach lightning siphons to you that Slow you by 70% while you are close to them.
Earned by battling Andariel in the Undercity.
Essence of Screams
- Rewards: Vanish the Undercity to earn Salvage Materials, doubled while Purified.
- Rank Upgrades: Higher quality Salvage Materials drop.
- Purified Gift: Gain 20% increased Resistance.
- Corrupted Gift: Agonized Souls are enraged and will now form explosions that pull you inwards and generate electrified ground that deals 12% Maximum Life a second.
Earned by battling Andariel in the Undercity.
