Im completely new to Diablo, never played a single game before. Diablo 4 is downloading and I’ve searched the entirety of RUclips for a new-player-friendly guide and finally found it here. Thanks!
By the way i don't know if you know, but for everyone landing on this video a small tip. You don't need to reskill the entire tree to swap skills. Just get a skill point and invest it into the new skill you want and then you can sell part of the old skill and put it into the new one over and over until you got your skills you want (might save some money).
Bro. Nearly 50 minutes of your time and I can't say thank you enough. I played Diablo 3 for YEARS, paid for the Beta for D4 and thought I'd have it down. I was wrong. You have really helped me out with pretty much everything I wasn't sure of. Thank you very much. Keep up the good work :)
I loved D3 on PC/Console, but man.. Diablo 4 on console feels like a mental load 20x bigger than D3. So many variables, so many NPCs to use, so many quests and large maps. Any advice looking back since it looks like you’ve played for a year now?
The BEST Diablo IV beginner guide I have watched. I didn't feel overwhelmed. I haven't played a Diablo game in almost 20 years and I found this straight forward, easy to follow, and direct to the key points. You did a fantastic job on this guide! Definitely subscribing for more :)
Gear that has gems in it could be salvaged and your gems will be returned to your inventory for free. Only reason you want to pay to remove your gem is if you plan on replacing the current gem with an alternative. Otherwise if you are not using that gear anymore and don't need it but want that gem, jus salvage it and reclaim your gem for free.
A small tip to reduce the traveling back and forth is to put gems you find into socketed items to save inventory space. Then you can just aalvage the item and the gem is released. Or if you decide you want to use the item, removing gems is cheap.
But as you said & in another thread - if you salvage you get the gems back for free. So it only matters when you wanna keep the item *and* take the gem out 😊
@@markmatthews9102 coincidentally I tested this just last night on PC. When salvaging items with gems I was returned just under half, which tells me there is about a 50% chance of getting the gem back. It's also on a gem to gem, not item to item, basis as I had a two gem wep only return one.
That would be awesome, I keep going to the jeweler to take them out before I scrap. Thanks for saying something, I’m going to try it next time with a small gem just in case.
i’m jumping into the game this weekend and have been watching a bunch of videos to get me prepped so I don’t feel completely overwhelmed, and this was the most informative one I’ve found so far. A lot of the other videos are good, but gloss over a lot of the terminology so I still felt lost. I’m a casual gamer and this video was super easy to digest, and really helped break down the more complex elements so now I’m feeling fairly confident about getting a decent start. Cheers!
I just started playing (xbox Gamepass) and this is still the best beginners guide I found. All the others jump straight into high levels when a newbie like me don't even know what to keep, what to salvage, what to sell, when to upgrade... the very basics. This video was a great help! You made this very overwhelming game an enjoyable "new player experience". Thank you very much for your time! 🙂
Hey dude just wondering is diablo4 totally free to play after u subscribe to that x box plan ? Or it just like free trial where's after your diablo character got to level 20 , u will get the message of your free trial end and you need to buy the whole game ? Cause I got that message lol🙃
@@pastormosesmaloney1604 yea man. As you level up, the monsters level up as well. This means you never really feel like you're getting stronger. You can't go to early dungeons and tank the whe dungeon, because it's gonna be just as hard. Sucks.
@ebontis Your Section at 28:05, the one on gems has a major error: you get gems back for *free* when you salvage items so you should shove gems in every available socket while leveling. You're not going to keep them long so there's not much reason to worry about getting the best quality gem first or wasting gems on low level gear.
2:11 If you are new to a Diablo type ARPG game, yes, I'd recommend Tier I. But if you have even some experience with them, I'd recommend Veteran Tier II hands down. The delta of rewards is much greater than the risk/difficulty difference. Tier II is normal difficulty. Tier I is rank amateur.
Biggest one is being able to teleport to entrance of dungeon by clicking the door in the instance map. Took me way to long to figure that out... don't think the game ever says it.
It does tell you about this if you had selected the option for more help at the beginning of the game. You can also quickly leave a dungeon through the emote wheel
Thanks so much for putting this together! I've played all the previous Diablo games, but it's always best to gain a bit of insight before jumping in head first. I especially appreciate the World Tier 1 tip. I initially selected WT2, but you make a great point about TTK vs XP gained. Good looking out 😎👍
Great vid appreciate it as always.. One thing that I might have missed and might be helpful to others who like me did a DOH! moment.. Assign proper weapons to your Basic and Core skill.. I struggled for days just clearing trash mobs until i realize you can switch/assign weapons. ( I.E.) -- ON PC for me its " Y ".. i assigned 'Lunging strike' to my dual wielding weapons and "Hammer ofT Ancients" to my two handed mace and 'Death Blow' to a Sword.. Life become so much easier after that, basic skill hit so much faster generating fury so much quicker..... :)
I've played all diablo games and still hammering away on my lvl 100 barb and know everything about the game, despite already seeing this I watched it again just because I enjoy the way you explained everything, so even tho I wasn't gaining any further info on a video designed for that reason, I still just enjoyed watching again. You should make some lore videos or anything diablo related and I'd watch it for sure
Here's my tip: If you make a sorcerer, make it a female. I made a male and most of the gear is girly stuff. Dresses, frilly masks, low cut shirts obviously meant for cleavage. My poor sorc looks like the most flamboyant mage ever. Like he should be a pop star and go on tour with Katy Perry. And the worst part is I tried to make him look like me with my hair and beard so the whole time I'm staring at this imaginary version of myself in gothic drag. Wtf
I am sure someone may have said this but you can individually select items with gems to break them down. That automatically removes the gems back to inventory with no cost to it. You just can't do it marking as junk.
yeah, thanks Ebontis. I'm now level 30 and not even done Act 1, I think I'm gonna stop doing side missions and just stick with the main quest for the rest lol
Same here I just got the blessing from the temple of light to pass the underground lake. I was doing a ton of side quests running cellars and dungeons and basically clearing every area looking for Lilith statues
I did the same exact thing lol search for Lilith statues and did side missions and explored. Just finally did act 1 last story mission before I went to Donan and I'm lvl 43 lol. I really need to focus on the main mission.
As an experienced Diablo player, i thought i'd choose veteran with my necro playthrough and found it really hard, so i watched your vid and i totally agree with you, choosing the easy mode to finish the campaign 1st makes it quicker and easier and more fun tbh. I was also putting gems in my gear and not levelling it up for the pieces i really liked and it now makes a huge difference to do the exact opposite! Thanks for the tips :3
Man this has to be the most informative straight to the point, easy to follow and understand guide I have ever heard about this game. I'm so ready to play now.
Easiest way to make it through the campaign is to do a necro build and use your skeleton warriors and skeleton mages. I made it through the entire campaign without dying (tier 1) till I got to Lilith and fell of the cliff she destroys. I did not know about salvaging things from equipment at the blacksmith, I have been selling everything.
Idk if u will see this cause ur vid is over a year old but thank you for making this vid. As a newer diablo player it really helps to have a guide like this. Thanks brotha 💪🏼❤️
Thanks so much for this guide. As a new Diablo player I'm loving it but there is so much to take in it can be overwhelming. I've watched a few other guides but was still a bit confused. This guide hands down gives me everything I need to know to get started properly. I'm only level 7 but I'm going back in now armed with a ton of knowledge. Subscribed to the channel :))
I am under 30 right now and for low levels speaking of gyms I really like using a two handed weapon for my druid with two sockets and putting two crude topaz in there and getting +20% to basic skills because you’re hitting with basic skills constantly
yo quick question,hay many + skils can you add to an ability over its normal 5/5? some games like grim dawn let you put +10 so you end up with stuff like 15/5 does d4 have such a cap?
I tried on T1 at the beginning but it just felt a little too easy to me. I dunno, maybe it's not the most "efficient" way to do it, but I like T2 better.
You get the same loot in tier 1 and tier 2 for just a smidge more gold and xp, I feel like ya it's not that worth it that much. It's more challenging for the same reward basically.
Yeah I messed up and beat the main campaign day 1 at level 38 😅 I did die 20+ times in Act 6… I did mess around and found out. Now I am just grinding side quests, strong holds, alters and such. I love it. I think the path I took was good. A lot of my friends are level 40+ on Act II still. Which they don’t even have their mounts or anything.
i was thinking the same, salvaging gear with new aspects makes the aspect available at the Occultist. so as soon as you replace it you should salvage it
I've been playing on Veteran as a Druid. I feel like the easy mobs are still easy and the bosses that I have died on are bosses that I probably would have died to even on Adventurer. It seems D4 throws more packs at you than D3 (to me anyway) so you're fighting through packs every step you take it seems. All that +20% adds up.
Also it could be another bug or a glitch but I started the game on veteran and changed it to easy and tonight I noticed it was on veteran again and was wondering why it was so hard.. I know they nerfed sorcerer but DANG.... ima switch it back asap 😂 definitely NOT worth it
@29:30 you talk about removing gems from the sockets on a bow. I thought that if you salvaged it, it would remove the gems without having to pay for them? if you aren't going to use it again, you could salvage? I could be way wrong here. just asking. awesome video. thank you for this
Just because you didn't make it obvious, you can choose multiple skills from one section of the skill tree, you don't have to choose one from each of the six
Also a point he kinda missed. I don’t know the keybind on PC, but on console if you press left stick while in your inventory you get a breakdown of each stat and gear contribution, that was an awesome find. Also CONSOLE PLAYERS HAVE CHAT, YOU SHOULD CHECK IT AND USE IT. Press left or up on the D pad to open your quick menu wheel and open your chat. Need help? Ask chat. Someone else need to quest? Look at chat. I feel like no one knows about the in game chat. You can whisper people, open local chat, or even clan chat
This game is such a mental load when you start out. Diablo 3 was intuitive & flowed so well. Diablo 4 feels like I’m taking a PHD course with a million connecting variables. Any advice from you veterans? I need like basic yet quick overviews of what’s worth paying attention to and what’s not. As a veteran, what do you wish you played slower to enjoy more? I remember beating Diablo 3 so quickly and was disappointed that I didn’t roam around until 2nd/3rd play through etc.
Just start playing and the game will present things to you with a natural progression. You’re not expected to know everything right out of the gate. Honestly this video is good but it is overkill for someone starting out.
Question. When beating the game, do you start all over, with no gear or do you start over with all the equipment ? Ps i cant allow myself to play on easy. Its normal or hatder lol
Upon completing the campaign, you can't restart the campaign with the current character. You have three options: 1. Make a new character if you wish to replay the campaign. 2. Make a new character to play a different class. You will have the option to skip the campaign and immediately reach level 50. Make sure you play on a higher difficulty like Tier 2 or Tier 3 for better loot. 3. Continue to play as the current character that you initially completed the campaign with. Make sure you play on a higher difficulty like Tier 2 or Tier 3 for better loot. Tier 3 and 4 unlock Unique gear which is the highest tier gear.
Got myself set up as a necromancer... love my reapers so far haha nice playing alone while not getting beat down like im playing alone.. till I hit lvl 50 I'll stay in tier 1 then I'll bump up as I go.. as far as waypoints... I totally missed my first one had to run all the way back down... was worth it tho I missed the alters
I never ran out of veiled crystals so I upgraded everything to rank 3 and that's what I recommend. I didn't go past that until end game as the materials needed come from salvaging legendaries. But in end game you get lots from helltide to the point nothing becomes a problem anymore. Only adding sockets was longer to solve.
I too have never touched Diablo before and I decided to give this a shot. And I love it...but knew nothing, never been more out of my element in a game lol. So thank you so so much for putting this out. This really helped a lot. There is some really basic stuff that I could not figure out. Like I wanted to use both daggers and a bow. I started with my daggers, unlocked bow..couldn't use daggers anymore unless I swapped the skill. Had no idea how that worked. Still a ton I don't know but man this really helped thank you.
If your new to the game and you completed the campaign just recently and decided to make an Alternate Character i highly suggest to SKIP THE CAMPAIGN!!! It does not give you any xp the only xp your getting is from killing ads trust me I completed the campaign 4 times mainly because I was helping my friends complete it and the only xp I was getting was when i was completing Act 1 - Act 6 on my first time playing the campaign unless you really like the campaign and want to go through it and don't care about xp I would honestly do the campaign again it has an awesome story and Amazing cutscenes obviously lols
One addendum to what he said. The legendary gear saving is no longer needed. If you salvage your gear it will save the legendary power off it automatically. It even says so at bottom of item text now in a asterisk
I’ve been researching so much whether to buy and if so how to start and after countless videos lol I come across this video. THANK YOU. Excited to start the journey.. haven’t gamed in a decade and excited to get back into it. Was always a WoW player so I figure I’ll like this! I only have a console, so hopefully it’s still a good experience
+1 for not going Veteran off the bat. I'm a diablo vet and honestly this game is pretty damn tough at lower levels when you don't have a good set of skills. It was frustratingly hard leveling up on Veteran with my first character until at least 30 when I had a good assortment of abilities to deal with the various mobs.
Alao you can respec by refunding one skill point at a time instead of refunding the whole skill tree. This is a lot cheaper if you just want to change one or two skills for your build instead of every skill
For those of you not in-the-know. USE YOUR GEMS as you level. There is zero reason not to. If you are just out-dating your gear you will never need to spend the gold to take the gems out! Fun fact everybody should know: When you salvage your armor you get your gems back (so not only do you get your gems back, but you still get all your materials you were going to for zero gold!). Now that being said. Be mindful of putting them in legendary armor you don't want to use or break down if you are trying to save gold as a starter player!
@@Dave_ja_vu As of this moment, you can still do it (I went to test it once i read your comment). It tends to not break them down automatically with the single click button. You CAN , however, still break them down manually 1-by-1 by clicking on the hammer/anvil then clicking on the item to break it down. Still works. :)
Regarding loot, selling for gold vs scrapping - breaking down to ingredients for upgrades. I scrap all yellow items that don’t fit my build or look exceptional for another class. I sell the blue and ordinary gray items. Doing this I’m able to upgrade all my equipped yellow items to tier three. Wish I had seen this vid sooner, keep going with these please.
I'm new to turn base gaming, diablo 4 specifically. When watching the campaign pace section you said don't do every little side quest or dungeon, why is this? Do you play the game again but still keeping all the progress made?
My favorite aspect they haven't changed since Diablo 2 is the vendors selling items for amounts of gold you will NEVER acquire at a low level, and as you level up you have no need for said items in the vendor. Why even have them? Lol
New player here. EXCELLENT video. I'm going to literally watch this again and literally count how many times you say literally 😂😂😂. I appreciate the info! New sub.
Because I took an extended break before now and had two new characters I had to do a lot or rejogging my memory and respecing. I had to respec my Necromancer earlier because she was a complete mess. I have now fixed her up for a blood build which i'm enjoying and she is no longer a mess lol. I came to this video to help me with something I knew I was doing a bit wrong and you managed to point me in the right direction again, thankyou.
at 29:30 talking about not using gems. while i understand its not too big of a buff, and it costs alot to unsocket, once you find a better item, you're usually going to salvage the old item anyways (which gives back the gem). Only time you'd actually have to unsocket is if you put it in a legendary that you dont intent to scrap or sell. so while its not a big buff for low level gems, its still better than nothing, and technically will cost nothing as long as you dont use them on legendaries.
As someone who just started the game because of game pass finally getting it I totally wish I'd watched this video first.I'm still in act one and i'm level thirty😅 I appreciate the good advice well done
6 skill-slots is just not enough for Rogues. 1 is wasted on the Basic Skill and then you have Traps, Mobility, Imbuements that don't do much themselves. You can't skill for groups AND Bosses. That doesn't work! Now with lvl 52 i have found a perk that makes your rapid fire ricochet. That helps a lot, but it comes very late
I’m in the same boat but really want to pull the trigger on this game. It seems very complex for someone who’s just used to competitive shooters, but trying to not get too overwhelmed to the point I don’t wanna buy 😂 it’s really peaking my interest
Can someone PLEASE explain how imbuement works?? I just don't get it, are you supposed to apply it to a weapon? Or is it applied to an ability? Or is it an ability on its own?
NIce. One tip I think Blizzard should've just outright stated in-game: If you're a new player and just want to jump into the season to play with friends, you can Skip the Campaign, BUT if you haven't yet unlocked the mount (horse), go do that campaign quest BEFORE you click the Skip button. Otherwise, you're mates might be on horses while you're on foot. And there is no Unskip button. --- I played a bit of the campaign just to figure out mechanics and get some levels before joining my friends (got to level 12 or so), but then skipped the campaign to do the Season 2 content with them. Well, it sucked not having a horse. Had to create new character, played thru Acts 1, 2, 3 to get the mount quest (almost 2 weeks, 2-3 hrs each night). I think Blizzard should've made that clear up front for new players going into Season 2.
Fair point and each to their own but wow ur missing such a good storyline line, honestly it's so good but that's all opinion based I guess and it should give you a horse if ur gonna skip, otherwise ur fuked with no mount, so an oversight on their behalf, I think if they realised this they'd auto give you the mount because it's a stupid thing to do if someone plays out the scenario you experienced. Aside from that, I love the lore and the story and the book of lorath is fuking sweet.
@@davehoweth5368 Oh sure. I did actually enjoy doing the story through Acts 1 2 and 3. I may even go back someday to finish but I'm guessing one would need to start from the beginning again. I mainly just wanted to play Diablo with friends with very little spare time to do solo games anymore. But yeah thanks
@@simcoe8157 yeah, everyone has there own personal lives and limit time to play, it's defo an oversight from blizzard to let u skip the camp and then not give u the mount lol. Especially now the mount actually works it's a huge deal not having it.. Its a good point you make and should mention it on the devs channel. Probs won't listen, there's so many little daft things like that they need to sort.
Im completely new to Diablo, never played a single game before. Diablo 4 is downloading and I’ve searched the entirety of RUclips for a new-player-friendly guide and finally found it here. Thanks!
Welcome aboard!
You'll love the campaign. Take your time and complete every quest and side quest.
It's my first time too we can perhaps game together I tend to stream my gameplays
Git it because of gamepass, I didn’t like it. Played til level 20 and I deleted it off my console.
@@zinivix It's fun if you are a new player. Most of the complaints are from 1% of the endgame grinders.
By the way i don't know if you know, but for everyone landing on this video a small tip. You don't need to reskill the entire tree to swap skills. Just get a skill point and invest it into the new skill you want and then you can sell part of the old skill and put it into the new one over and over until you got your skills you want (might save some money).
Bro. Nearly 50 minutes of your time and I can't say thank you enough. I played Diablo 3 for YEARS, paid for the Beta for D4 and thought I'd have it down. I was wrong. You have really helped me out with pretty much everything I wasn't sure of. Thank you very much. Keep up the good work :)
Right?! Isn’t D4 so different than D3? I felt like I didn’t struggle at all in D3 but now? I’m dying constantly.
Lol 😂
I loved D3 on PC/Console, but man.. Diablo 4 on console feels like a mental load 20x bigger than D3. So many variables, so many NPCs to use, so many quests and large maps.
Any advice looking back since it looks like you’ve played for a year now?
@@mrtexican8302same, D3 was a freaking blast, but D4 is really making me work for it. Also the information load is wayyyyy bigger
The BEST Diablo IV beginner guide I have watched. I didn't feel overwhelmed. I haven't played a Diablo game in almost 20 years and I found this straight forward, easy to follow, and direct to the key points. You did a fantastic job on this guide! Definitely subscribing for more :)
Gear that has gems in it could be salvaged and your gems will be returned to your inventory for free. Only reason you want to pay to remove your gem is if you plan on replacing the current gem with an alternative. Otherwise if you are not using that gear anymore and don't need it but want that gem, jus salvage it and reclaim your gem for free.
Yeah excactly was about to say, you are missing out free stats.
A small tip to reduce the traveling back and forth is to put gems you find into socketed items to save inventory space. Then you can just aalvage the item and the gem is released. Or if you decide you want to use the item, removing gems is cheap.
Caveat - If you unsocket a lot of stuff the cost starts to add up. I realised I'd spent quite a lot of cash that way. FYI.
But as you said & in another thread - if you salvage you get the gems back for free. So it only matters when you wanna keep the item *and* take the gem out 😊
@@markmatthews9102but you don't get ALL the gems back.
@@shortbusbully ooh don't you?
@@markmatthews9102 coincidentally I tested this just last night on PC. When salvaging items with gems I was returned just under half, which tells me there is about a 50% chance of getting the gem back. It's also on a gem to gem, not item to item, basis as I had a two gem wep only return one.
I think you can scrap gear w/ gems in it to get them back free.
That would be awesome, I keep going to the jeweler to take them out before I scrap. Thanks for saying something, I’m going to try it next time with a small gem just in case.
yes you can
@1JBunny yep, just scrap them. Gems go onto your inventory
@@1JBunny oof 🤧
No you cant
i’m jumping into the game this weekend and have been watching a bunch of videos to get me prepped so I don’t feel completely overwhelmed, and this was the most informative one I’ve found so far. A lot of the other videos are good, but gloss over a lot of the terminology so I still felt lost. I’m a casual gamer and this video was super easy to digest, and really helped break down the more complex elements so now I’m feeling fairly confident about getting a decent start. Cheers!
Have fun! and glad to hear this one helped you out.
Any other videos you liked? I am at the “very overwhelmed” stage lol.
So much more info than D3
Tip: when using a ranged attack like puncture hold shift to stay stationary and prevent moving toward the target.
So much thanks! You just saved me from the most frustrating aspect of this game
no option on controller you know of?
@@reyc3ro Do you even controller...
@@reyc3ro Just dont press the joystick to move. Kinda painful, but it works with the auto targeting.
I just started playing (xbox Gamepass) and this is still the best beginners guide I found. All the others jump straight into high levels when a newbie like me don't even know what to keep, what to salvage, what to sell, when to upgrade... the very basics. This video was a great help! You made this very overwhelming game an enjoyable "new player experience".
Thank you very much for your time! 🙂
Hey dude just wondering is diablo4 totally free to play after u subscribe to that x box plan ? Or it just like free trial where's after your diablo character got to level 20 , u will get the message of your free trial end and you need to buy the whole game ? Cause I got that message lol🙃
@@syn9274 It's the full game through Game Pass.
free with xbox game pass it's how my friend plays
Very helpful. I’ve been doing every single side quest and it’s getting boring
you should focus more on getting to world tier 3 (finishing main campaign and clearing capstone dungeon). You'll be able to get better equipment there
I just started and I was the same. I generally do side quests to level up for main quests however with this game the quests level up also. WTF?
@@pastormosesmaloney1604 yea man. As you level up, the monsters level up as well. This means you never really feel like you're getting stronger. You can't go to early dungeons and tank the whe dungeon, because it's gonna be just as hard. Sucks.
@ebontis Your Section at 28:05, the one on gems has a major error: you get gems back for *free* when you salvage items so you should shove gems in every available socket while leveling. You're not going to keep them long so there's not much reason to worry about getting the best quality gem first or wasting gems on low level gear.
2:11 If you are new to a Diablo type ARPG game, yes, I'd recommend Tier I. But if you have even some experience with them, I'd recommend Veteran Tier II hands down. The delta of rewards is much greater than the risk/difficulty difference. Tier II is normal difficulty. Tier I is rank amateur.
Biggest one is being able to teleport to entrance of dungeon by clicking the door in the instance map. Took me way to long to figure that out... don't think the game ever says it.
Or map it to the quick menu ;)
It does tell you about this if you had selected the option for more help at the beginning of the game. You can also quickly leave a dungeon through the emote wheel
It does, but it's hard to notice
Thanks so much for putting this together! I've played all the previous Diablo games, but it's always best to gain a bit of insight before jumping in head first. I especially appreciate the World Tier 1 tip. I initially selected WT2, but you make a great point about TTK vs XP gained. Good looking out 😎👍
Great vid appreciate it as always.. One thing that I might have missed and might be helpful to others who like me did a DOH! moment.. Assign proper weapons to your Basic and Core skill.. I struggled for days just clearing trash mobs until i realize you can switch/assign weapons. ( I.E.) -- ON PC for me its " Y ".. i assigned 'Lunging strike' to my dual wielding weapons and "Hammer ofT Ancients" to my two handed mace and 'Death Blow' to a Sword.. Life become so much easier after that, basic skill hit so much faster generating fury so much quicker..... :)
The most detailed and easy to understand guide that ive watched. Did not even noticed this vid was almost an hour away.
Why are vendors so useless? I don't get it. Loving the game but doesn't make sense to me.
The only vender in diablo history who WAS useful was squirt lol. U gind your own loot, sell the rest
I've played all diablo games and still hammering away on my lvl 100 barb and know everything about the game, despite already seeing this I watched it again just because I enjoy the way you explained everything, so even tho I wasn't gaining any further info on a video designed for that reason, I still just enjoyed watching again. You should make some lore videos or anything diablo related and I'd watch it for sure
Here's my tip:
If you make a sorcerer, make it a female. I made a male and most of the gear is girly stuff. Dresses, frilly masks, low cut shirts obviously meant for cleavage. My poor sorc looks like the most flamboyant mage ever. Like he should be a pop star and go on tour with Katy Perry. And the worst part is I tried to make him look like me with my hair and beard so the whole time I'm staring at this imaginary version of myself in gothic drag. Wtf
Yea ..why I make a big burley Druid 🫡
I am sure someone may have said this but you can individually select items with gems to break them down. That automatically removes the gems back to inventory with no cost to it. You just can't do it marking as junk.
This has been fixed - you can now mark it as junk AND receive it back in your inventory.
yeah, thanks Ebontis. I'm now level 30 and not even done Act 1, I think I'm gonna stop doing side missions and just stick with the main quest for the rest lol
Same here I just got the blessing from the temple of light to pass the underground lake. I was doing a ton of side quests running cellars and dungeons and basically clearing every area looking for Lilith statues
I did the same exact thing lol search for Lilith statues and did side missions and explored. Just finally did act 1 last story mission before I went to Donan and I'm lvl 43 lol. I really need to focus on the main mission.
As an experienced Diablo player, i thought i'd choose veteran with my necro playthrough and found it really hard, so i watched your vid and i totally agree with you, choosing the easy mode to finish the campaign 1st makes it quicker and easier and more fun tbh. I was also putting gems in my gear and not levelling it up for the pieces i really liked and it now makes a huge difference to do the exact opposite! Thanks for the tips :3
I thought veteran was kinda hard at first until I unlocked most of my skill tree then it got a lot easier.
Necro is hard for you on tier 2? You're doing something wrong
@@shadyshane8125 🤡
Playing necro on veteran and it's way too easy, killed the first boss in about 8 seconds.
@@SYLXM simp
Man this has to be the most informative straight to the point, easy to follow and understand guide I have ever heard about this game. I'm so ready to play now.
Your tip on building the skills is going to save me a lot of time. Thank you. I was not understanding the layout.
just started playing diablo 4 , never played any other diablo games this has been very helpful thank you
Even as someone who played A TON of Diablo 3, this was a very helpful video! Thanks Ebontis! 💜
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Ebontis, seeing you do any guides for this is great. A nice bonus for us Destiny players that love your D2 guides 😊
Easiest way to make it through the campaign is to do a necro build and use your skeleton warriors and skeleton mages. I made it through the entire campaign without dying (tier 1) till I got to Lilith and fell of the cliff she destroys. I did not know about salvaging things from equipment at the blacksmith, I have been selling everything.
Idk if u will see this cause ur vid is over a year old but thank you for making this vid. As a newer diablo player it really helps to have a guide like this. Thanks brotha 💪🏼❤️
Happy to have helped even after this long. Appreciate the comment.
I was literally watching your vid rn playing Diablo cheers 🍻 @@Ebontis
Thanks so much for this guide. As a new Diablo player I'm loving it but there is so much to take in it can be overwhelming. I've watched a few other guides but was still a bit confused. This guide hands down gives me everything I need to know to get started properly. I'm only level 7 but I'm going back in now armed with a ton of knowledge. Subscribed to the channel :))
I am under 30 right now and for low levels speaking of gyms I really like using a two handed weapon for my druid with two sockets and putting two crude topaz in there and getting +20% to basic skills because you’re hitting with basic skills constantly
yo quick question,hay many + skils can you add to an ability over its normal 5/5? some games like grim dawn let you put +10 so you end up with stuff like 15/5 does d4 have such a cap?
I would say salvage all yellows and sell anything under. Gold is really useful to respec and stuff.
I tried on T1 at the beginning but it just felt a little too easy to me. I dunno, maybe it's not the most "efficient" way to do it, but I like T2 better.
I feel like if you’re gonna do tier 3 and 4 starting at tier 1 seems pointless.
You get the same loot in tier 1 and tier 2 for just a smidge more gold and xp, I feel like ya it's not that worth it that much. It's more challenging for the same reward basically.
@@Yevonite27 yeah but if you’re gonna do the end game stuff starting at 1 doesn’t make sense. It’s not that much harder
@@TheKniteOwl2686 you can get to tier 3 quicker and basically skip 2 if your goal is to get to the harder content after all.
I thought the same, but I play HC and met the butcher a few times. As beginning sorc, he's no picnic...
Yeah I messed up and beat the main campaign day 1 at level 38 😅 I did die 20+ times in Act 6… I did mess around and found out. Now I am just grinding side quests, strong holds, alters and such. I love it. I think the path I took was good. A lot of my friends are level 40+ on Act II still. Which they don’t even have their mounts or anything.
This me too! I just wanna beat the story and grab the mount before exploring. Walkin everywhere is not very fun.
Ive never played any diablo before, in fact ive never really played RPG games. Any baby step beginner guide is much, much, appreciated. Thanks!!😊😊😊
Glad I could help!
19:40 if you salvage it, the aspects can be used later at the (can’t remember the name) blacksmith or occultist.
i was thinking the same, salvaging gear with new aspects makes the aspect available at the Occultist. so as soon as you replace it you should salvage it
I've been playing on Veteran as a Druid. I feel like the easy mobs are still easy and the bosses that I have died on are bosses that I probably would have died to even on Adventurer. It seems D4 throws more packs at you than D3 (to me anyway) so you're fighting through packs every step you take it seems. All that +20% adds up.
Also it could be another bug or a glitch but I started the game on veteran and changed it to easy and tonight I noticed it was on veteran again and was wondering why it was so hard.. I know they nerfed sorcerer but DANG.... ima switch it back asap 😂 definitely NOT worth it
@29:30 you talk about removing gems from the sockets on a bow. I thought that if you salvaged it, it would remove the gems without having to pay for them? if you aren't going to use it again, you could salvage? I could be way wrong here. just asking. awesome video. thank you for this
Just because you didn't make it obvious, you can choose multiple skills from one section of the skill tree, you don't have to choose one from each of the six
If you are hardcore. Never enter a dungeon before you got a scroll of escape cause of The butcher
Also a point he kinda missed. I don’t know the keybind on PC, but on console if you press left stick while in your inventory you get a breakdown of each stat and gear contribution, that was an awesome find.
Also CONSOLE PLAYERS HAVE CHAT, YOU SHOULD CHECK IT AND USE IT. Press left or up on the D pad to open your quick menu wheel and open your chat. Need help? Ask chat. Someone else need to quest? Look at chat. I feel like no one knows about the in game chat. You can whisper people, open local chat, or even clan chat
This guide is perfect for anyone who hasn't played a video game before.
You can pet the dogs in town
..can't believe you left that out
How come you save the entire legendary item instead of extracting the aspect? I may have missed something here
This game is such a mental load when you start out.
Diablo 3 was intuitive & flowed so well. Diablo 4 feels like I’m taking a PHD course with a million connecting variables.
Any advice from you veterans?
I need like basic yet quick overviews of what’s worth paying attention to and what’s not.
As a veteran, what do you wish you played slower to enjoy more? I remember beating Diablo 3 so quickly and was disappointed that I didn’t roam around until 2nd/3rd play through etc.
Just start playing and the game will present things to you with a natural progression. You’re not expected to know everything right out of the gate. Honestly this video is good but it is overkill for someone starting out.
@@tony9146 that’s what I have been doing since & it’s much more enjoyable. Having a blast
Question. When beating the game, do you start all over, with no gear or do you start over with all the equipment ? Ps i cant allow myself to play on easy. Its normal or hatder lol
Upon completing the campaign, you can't restart the campaign with the current character. You have three options:
1. Make a new character if you wish to replay the campaign.
2. Make a new character to play a different class. You will have the option to skip the campaign and immediately reach level 50. Make sure you play on a higher difficulty like Tier 2 or Tier 3 for better loot.
3. Continue to play as the current character that you initially completed the campaign with. Make sure you play on a higher difficulty like Tier 2 or Tier 3 for better loot. Tier 3 and 4 unlock Unique gear which is the highest tier gear.
Got myself set up as a necromancer... love my reapers so far haha nice playing alone while not getting beat down like im playing alone.. till I hit lvl 50 I'll stay in tier 1 then I'll bump up as I go.. as far as waypoints... I totally missed my first one had to run all the way back down... was worth it tho I missed the alters
very helpful and easy to understand as a noob to these games, tried watching some other videos and just got overwhelmed so thank you!
I never ran out of veiled crystals so I upgraded everything to rank 3 and that's what I recommend. I didn't go past that until end game as the materials needed come from salvaging legendaries. But in end game you get lots from helltide to the point nothing becomes a problem anymore. Only adding sockets was longer to solve.
I recommend starting on tier 2. The items will make your journey more exciting
I played Diablo 3 extensively, so not exactly a beginner here, yet your video has some solid tips!! Thank you for this detailed tips. 5/5!
I play Diablo for the first time. Thanks for good explaining. My English is bad. Keep on the good work helps me a lot.
I too have never touched Diablo before and I decided to give this a shot. And I love it...but knew nothing, never been more out of my element in a game lol. So thank you so so much for putting this out. This really helped a lot. There is some really basic stuff that I could not figure out. Like I wanted to use both daggers and a bow. I started with my daggers, unlocked bow..couldn't use daggers anymore unless I swapped the skill. Had no idea how that worked. Still a ton I don't know but man this really helped thank you.
Just picked up D4 for $10 and I’m having a good time. Some of this was very helpful! Thanks!
If your new to the game and you completed the campaign just recently and decided to make an Alternate Character i highly suggest to SKIP THE CAMPAIGN!!! It does not give you any xp the only xp your getting is from killing ads trust me I completed the campaign 4 times mainly because I was helping my friends complete it and the only xp I was getting was when i was completing Act 1 - Act 6 on my first time playing the campaign unless you really like the campaign and want to go through it and don't care about xp I would honestly do the campaign again it has an awesome story and Amazing cutscenes obviously lols
Good stuff - very well done. Although I've run the cycle of all the Diablo's there were quite a few useful tips for an aged veteran like myself.
This has been the most helpful beginner guide I've found. Thank you!
One addendum to what he said. The legendary gear saving is no longer needed. If you salvage your gear it will save the legendary power off it automatically. It even says so at bottom of item text now in a asterisk
I’ve been researching so much whether to buy and if so how to start and after countless videos lol I come across this video. THANK YOU. Excited to start the journey.. haven’t gamed in a decade and excited to get back into it. Was always a WoW player so I figure I’ll like this! I only have a console, so hopefully it’s still a good experience
Shame you're a wow player but only have a console :( Runescape and OldSchool are available on mobile ;)
+1 for not going Veteran off the bat. I'm a diablo vet and honestly this game is pretty damn tough at lower levels when you don't have a good set of skills. It was frustratingly hard leveling up on Veteran with my first character until at least 30 when I had a good assortment of abilities to deal with the various mobs.
Alao you can respec by refunding one skill point at a time instead of refunding the whole skill tree. This is a lot cheaper if you just want to change one or two skills for your build instead of every skill
Is there a way to make your icon on map different color from all the other landmarks? Like a green arrow would be great for visibility.
For those of you not in-the-know. USE YOUR GEMS as you level. There is zero reason not to. If you are just out-dating your gear you will never need to spend the gold to take the gems out! Fun fact everybody should know: When you salvage your armor you get your gems back (so not only do you get your gems back, but you still get all your materials you were going to for zero gold!). Now that being said. Be mindful of putting them in legendary armor you don't want to use or break down if you are trying to save gold as a starter player!
Just a heads up, since the latest update the option to salvage gear with gems slotted is not available
@@Dave_ja_vu As of this moment, you can still do it (I went to test it once i read your comment). It tends to not break them down automatically with the single click button. You CAN , however, still break them down manually 1-by-1 by clicking on the hammer/anvil then clicking on the item to break it down. Still works. :)
@@thrice1084 maybe on pc, but on ps5 it didn't, doesn't give you the option to click it at all
Regarding loot, selling for gold vs scrapping - breaking down to ingredients for upgrades.
I scrap all yellow items that don’t fit my build or look exceptional for another class.
I sell the blue and ordinary gray items.
Doing this I’m able to upgrade all my equipped yellow items to tier three.
Wish I had seen this vid sooner, keep going with these please.
You get so much gold..just scrap everything lmao
@29:00 If you salvage items with gems in it, the gems will automatically be unsocketed for free =)
I'm new to turn base gaming, diablo 4 specifically. When watching the campaign pace section you said don't do every little side quest or dungeon, why is this? Do you play the game again but still keeping all the progress made?
Just got Diablo 4, my first Diablo game and this guide is perfect 👌🏼
20:49 so the aspects can move from piece to piece iv a necro 1 that gives me a. 5 6 summons setup. I wanna keep
Great video! I agree with the part of staying in Adventure mode. For some reason I'm not able to bring up the link for the maps d2guilds?
My favorite aspect they haven't changed since Diablo 2 is the vendors selling items for amounts of gold you will NEVER acquire at a low level, and as you level up you have no need for said items in the vendor.
Why even have them?
Lol
New player here. EXCELLENT video. I'm going to literally watch this again and literally count how many times you say literally 😂😂😂. I appreciate the info! New sub.
Haha, gotta love when you over use a word and even notice it yourself. Welcome to the party.
The pin option has been a huge time saver.
Solid video! I made a mistake in leveling… good to know re-spec isn’t the end of the world
Because I took an extended break before now and had two new characters I had to do a lot or rejogging my memory and respecing. I had to respec my Necromancer earlier because she was a complete mess. I have now fixed her up for a blood build which i'm enjoying and she is no longer a mess lol. I came to this video to help me with something I knew I was doing a bit wrong and you managed to point me in the right direction again, thankyou.
Exactly what I was looking for. Excellent communication style and easy to understand! Thank you!
at 29:30 talking about not using gems. while i understand its not too big of a buff, and it costs alot to unsocket, once you find a better item, you're usually going to salvage the old item anyways (which gives back the gem). Only time you'd actually have to unsocket is if you put it in a legendary that you dont intent to scrap or sell. so while its not a big buff for low level gems, its still better than nothing, and technically will cost nothing as long as you dont use them on legendaries.
A complete newbie to Diablo and started last night. Thank you for the video.
As someone who just started the game because of game pass finally getting it I totally wish I'd watched this video first.I'm still in act one and i'm level thirty😅 I appreciate the good advice well done
When you salvage an item at the blacksmith or pull the aspect off at the Occultist, you get your gems back for free.
Try not coughing into your mic or editing it out. Super loud while wearing earbuds.
6 skill-slots is just not enough for Rogues. 1 is wasted on the Basic Skill and then you have Traps, Mobility, Imbuements that don't do much themselves. You can't skill for groups AND Bosses. That doesn't work! Now with lvl 52 i have found a perk that makes your rapid fire ricochet. That helps a lot, but it comes very late
Thank you! I’ve been playing for a few hours before stumbling on this video and it was a tremendous help!
Thank you E, still trying to puzzle this in. But always nice to get some pointers❤
This is my first time playing any Diablo & this video really helped me!!!! Awesome video!!!!
Glad I could help!
My first RPG and man I’m loving it, was never able to get into WoW or anything similar
I’m in the same boat but really want to pull the trigger on this game. It seems very complex for someone who’s just used to competitive shooters, but trying to not get too overwhelmed to the point I don’t wanna buy 😂 it’s really peaking my interest
Your segment on upgrading gear was super helpful
I think socketing is good if youre like stuck on a boss. I play on tier 2 and they can make a big difference when youre stuck
What is the grey text under legendary items. I know the effects in Orange but do you upgrade them to get the skills.
One of the better beginner's guide videos I have seen. Thanks
Can someone PLEASE explain how imbuement works?? I just don't get it, are you supposed to apply it to a weapon? Or is it applied to an ability? Or is it an ability on its own?
NIce. One tip I think Blizzard should've just outright stated in-game: If you're a new player and just want to jump into the season to play with friends, you can Skip the Campaign, BUT if you haven't yet unlocked the mount (horse), go do that campaign quest BEFORE you click the Skip button. Otherwise, you're mates might be on horses while you're on foot. And there is no Unskip button. --- I played a bit of the campaign just to figure out mechanics and get some levels before joining my friends (got to level 12 or so), but then skipped the campaign to do the Season 2 content with them. Well, it sucked not having a horse. Had to create new character, played thru Acts 1, 2, 3 to get the mount quest (almost 2 weeks, 2-3 hrs each night). I think Blizzard should've made that clear up front for new players going into Season 2.
Fair point and each to their own but wow ur missing such a good storyline line, honestly it's so good but that's all opinion based I guess and it should give you a horse if ur gonna skip, otherwise ur fuked with no mount, so an oversight on their behalf, I think if they realised this they'd auto give you the mount because it's a stupid thing to do if someone plays out the scenario you experienced. Aside from that, I love the lore and the story and the book of lorath is fuking sweet.
@@davehoweth5368 Oh sure. I did actually enjoy doing the story through Acts 1 2 and 3. I may even go back someday to finish but I'm guessing one would need to start from the beginning again. I mainly just wanted to play Diablo with friends with very little spare time to do solo games anymore. But yeah thanks
@@simcoe8157 yeah, everyone has there own personal lives and limit time to play, it's defo an oversight from blizzard to let u skip the camp and then not give u the mount lol. Especially now the mount actually works it's a huge deal not having it.. Its a good point you make and should mention it on the devs channel. Probs won't listen, there's so many little daft things like that they need to sort.
Brilliant guide with nothing spoiled!
Thanks!
You are very welcome, and I greatly appreciate the generosity.
How do you bring up the chat & talk to other players?
Such a cool guy you remind me of someone I used to play with all the time great video ! Just started playing Diablo 4 lvl 40 and still on act one 😂😂
World tier 2 now says monster drop more items. So with this in mind, is it worth it over tier 1
Had to do a double take. Thought I clicked on a Destiny video. Awesome sauce to have you here Ebontis.
Great video! I really appreciate all this info and that you speak at a normal conversation pace (not speed talking). Cheers!
Glad it was helpful!
I was wondering what the difference between a season character and a realm character is. Does it mean that when the season ends I lose my character?