D3 Season 24 Ethereal Items

Overview and General Introduction

The Ethereal items are introduced as a Seasonal Theme mechanic in Season 24 to honor the release of the Diablo II: Resurrected remaster on September 23rd 2021. Ethereals in Flavour 24 are not reproducing the ethereal item mechanics from the venerated Diablo Two game, but present a supremely powerful item tier in their own correct, ane that is is a nod to the past in name but.

This guide goes over the mechanics of Ethereal items; if you are interested in learning about the possible strategies for their acquisition, check out our Ethereal farming guide.

The Ethereals in their current form are 21 signature weapons from Diablo'southward past, reimagined as (generally) BiS items for the duration of the Flavor. The irreversible durability loss mechanic that is associated with D2 ethereals will be emulated with the disappearance of the S24 ethereal items at season's finish. Collecting all 21 items will reward the patient player with a Feat of Strength, Ethereal Recollection, and will unlock the transmogrification options for these weapons for all futurity Seasons and non-seasonal adventures.

Ethereals in Flavour 24 are a unique, season-specific weapon type with unique art, assets and sounds that evoke their Diablo II appearances. To emphasize their unique appearance, Ethereals cannot be traded or transmogrified. Rolls-wise, Ethereals are able to roll from a subset of fixed item affixes, and volition besides include a random legendary weapon power and random Passive skill ability of the respective class. Upgrade-wise, they cannot be re-rolled at the Mystic, merely can be socketed via Ramaladni's Gift Ramaladni's Souvenir and augmented with Caldesann's Despair recipe for additional stats. A graphic symbol is only able to equip one Ethereal particular at a time.

There are iii Ethereals per class, with an average drop chance of one%, with minor variance between the classes; information technology is important to annotation that Ethereals are non a rarity tier like Ancients or Primals, and are subject to the regular drib table of items, with a lessened drop chance. Due to that fact you can abuse a low level farming strategy to force their drop, since lower level characters have a smaller pool of loot to draw from.

BARBARIAN

The Gramps
Gimmershred
Doombringer

CRUSADER

Astreon's Fe Ward
The Redeemer
Khalim'south Will

DEMON HUNTER

Buriza-Do Kyanon
Windforce
Doomslinger

MONK

Bartuc'south Cutting-Pharynx
Jade Talon
Shadow Killer

NECROMANCER

Blackbog's Sharp
Soul Harvest
Blackhand Cardinal

WITCH DOCTOR

Arioc's Needle
Ghostflame
The Gidbinn

WIZARD

Mang Song'due south Lesson
Wizardspike
The Oculus

Sadly non all classes benefit from Ethereals every bit, and certainly not all builds tin benefit from their being — i.e. Kill Demon Hunters rely on a melee weapon, and Demon Hunters do non have a melee Ethereal. With that being said, well-nigh builds do gain considerable power from the introduction of this item subtype, so most classes have a strong incentive to join the Ethereal chase!

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Ethereal Detail Mechanics

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Weapon Type Explained

Despite their naming conventions which follow the Diablo II counterparts, Season 24 Ethereals use weapon bases from the standard Diablo III arsenal enhanced with significant local modifiers. In practice, this means that a standard Diablo III weapon template (which defines the particular's minimum and maximum damage values, as well as its base attack speed and possible item affixes) has been modified with massive apartment harm affixes and attack speed modifiers that improve it across the usual item capabilities associated with that weapon base.

Ethereal Weapons practise not take a distinction between Primary and Secondary item affixes, much like Diablo Ii and Diablo 3 vanilla items. They too practice non abide by the rules that encapsulate most Diablo Iii items, including stat allocation (Ethereals are able to gyre traditionally non-weapon stats), stat ranges (Ethereals are able to scroll higher on certain stats), and even include new affixes birthday. We take included a rundown of the affixes that you tin meet on an Ethereal weapon.

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Increased Damage to Overall/Specific Class Skills

This is 1 of the strongest Ethereal weapon affixes, and is present on all of them in some form. It acts equally an contained damage multiplier to the character'due south weapon damage, and is reflected as such in the overall harm adding of the character sheet. This means information technology not only applies to the abilities of your graphic symbol, but likewise any damage dependent on the weapon impairment modifiers, such as Thorns.

The strength of this affix mostly depends on the weapon type, with 1-Handed Ethereal weapons having a +100% Damage to [X Class] Skills" affix, and Two-Handed Ethereal weapons sporting anywhere betwixt +150% (Demon Hunter's Buriza-Do Kyanon), to 200% (Barbarian's The Grandfather), to +300% damage (Wizard'south Mang Song'south Lesson) to make upwards for the off-hand stat loss.

Interestingly, some Ethereal weapons only enhance a single skill category — i.e., Witch Doctor's Ethereals all enhance particular skill clusters, with Arioc'due south Needle enhancing Decay Skills, Ghostflame enhancing Secondary Skills, and The Gidbinn enhancing Voodoo Skills. Another such weapon is Demon Hunters' Windforce, which enhances Archery skills.

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Boosted Harm per Paragon Level

This Ethereal weapon affix grows in strength alongside the character's Paragon levels, upwards to a Paragon 800 cap. It functions similarly to an Boilerplate Damage roll on jewelry, and its maximum damage value of 800 translates to a +400 Average Harm gyre. This affix is nowadays on The Grandad, Buriza-Do Kyanon, Windforce, and Arioc's Needle.

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Sequent Hits Increase Damage

This Ethereal weapon affix is reminiscent of the power of the Bane of the Stricken legendary gem, every bit it provides a stacking impairment multiplier against the showtime enemy hit by an attack with a proc coefficient, using an identical internal cooldown (0.nine/ApS) to the gem. Much like its gem counterpart, Ethereal weapons with this affix are best suited to solo Greater Rift progression and Rift Guardian Killer builds. This affix is present on Bartuc'due south Cut-Throat (Monk), Blackbog's Precipitous (Necromancer), and Wizardspike (Magician).

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Sequent Hits Increase Attack Speed

This Ethereal weapon affix is an additive Assault Speed vitrify that reaches upward to 30% in three% increments, lasting for 3 seconds and refresh-able with connected attacks. Every bit you lot can look, this is a powerful boon to Set on Speed-dependent builds and can profoundly ease reaching desirable IAS breakpoints. This affix is present on the Crusader's The Redeemer, the Monk'south Jade Talon, the Necromancer'south Soul Harvest, and the Witch Doctor's Ghostflame.

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Increased Damage to Monster Blazon

This Ethereal weapon braze is similar in upshot to Pig Sticker Squealer Sticker, Monster Hunter, Corrupted Ashbringer, and other items with that affix. It provides a divide damage multiplier against enemies from the respective monster category. In a Greater Rift with monster limerick that fall under that particular enemy blazon, this can be a decisive braze in the success of the clear. This braze is nowadays on the Crusader's The Redeemer (+Damage to Demons and Undead), the Necromancer'south Blackhand Primal (+Damage to Undead), and the Wizard'south Mang Song's Lesson (+Harm to Undead).

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Resource per Critical Hitting

This Ethereal weapon affix functions similarly to the Arcane Power on Crit affix on Magician hats, wands and sources, and obeys the same rules as APoC — nigh chiefly, its dependence on the proc coefficient of the skill used. The better the proc coefficient of the skill, the more resources you will regain. This affix is present on Jade Talon and Shadow Killer for Monks, and Ghostflame for Witch Doctors. It is likewise (technically) present on The Oculus, which has the traditional Arcane Ability on Crit stat.

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Increased Motion Speed

This Ethereal weapon affix either depends on killing an Elite pack (xxx% MS vitrify for 7 seconds, found on the Barbaric'south Gimmershred and DH'south Doomslinger), or picking upwardly a Health Globe (twoscore% MS buff for seven seconds, found on WD's The Gidbinn). This bonus goes over the 25% movement speed cap of characters and is a cracking boon to speed farming builds.

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Reduce Damage of Enemies Hit

This Ethereal weapon braze is a non-stacking (by itself or multiple sources) 25% debuff to the damage dealt past enemies afflicted by your attacks, with a 5-second elapsing. It tin can be a helpful addition to some Support character builds, which are meant to proceed their DPS teammates live. This braze is present on the Barbaric'southward Doombringer, the Monk's Shadow Killer, and the Wizard'due south The Oculus.

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Unique Ethereal Affixes

Some Ethereal weapons take brand new or unique affixes, of varying strength:

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Ethereal Legendary Particular Affixes

Ethereal weapons curl with a random weapon legendary power of the respective class, alongside a handful of cross-class, generically useful particular powers such as The Furnace, In-geom In-geom, and Messerschmidt's Reaver. Ethereal legendary powers do non depend on the blazon of weapon you wield, meaning you tin can go powers from One-Handed legendary weapons on a ii-handed Ethereal weapon, and vice versa. The legendary powers available to all seven classes are as follows:

Barbarian

One-Handed Weapons: Ambo'due south Pride, Echoing Fury, Fjord Cutter, In-geom, Oathkeeper, Remorseless.
Two-Handed Weapons: Bastion's Revered, Blade of the Tribes, Fury of the Vanished Peak, Messerschmidt'southward Reaver, Standoff, The Executioner, The Furnace, The Gavel of Judgment.

CRUSADER

1-Handed Weapons: Darklight, Gyrfalcon's Foote, In-geom, Johanna's Statement, Swiftmount.
Two-Handed Weapons: Akkhan's Leniency, Blade of Prophecy, Faithful Memory, Fate of the Cruel, Messerschmidt'due south Reaver, The Furnace, The Mortal Drama.
Shields/Crusader Shields: Akarat's Enkindling, Denial, Eberli Charo, Frydehr's Wrath, Guard of Johanna, Ivory Tower, Jekangbord, Shield of Fury.

DEMON HUNTER

I-Handed Weapons: Dawn, Echoing Fury, Fortress Ballista, Karlei's Betoken, Lord Greenstone'south Fan, Valla's Bequest.
Two-Handed Weapons: Manticore, Odyssey's End, Wojahnni Assaulter.
Quivers: Bombardier's Rucksack, Dead Man'southward Legacy, Holy Point Shot, Sin Seekers, The Ninth Cirri Satchel.

MONK

I-Handed Weapons: Echoing Fury, In-geom, Kyoshiro'south Blade, King of beasts'south Claw, Rabid Strike, The Fist of Az'Turrasq, Vengeful Wind, Won Khim Lau.
Ii-Handed Weapons: Balance, Flying Dragon, Incense Torch of the Yard Temple, Messerschmidt's Reaver, The Flow of Eternity.

NECROMANCER

WITCH Doctor

One-Handed Weapons: Echoing Fury, In-geom, Sacred Harvester, Scrimshaw, The Hairdresser, The Dagger of Darts.
Two-Handed Weapons: Staff of Chiroptera, The Furnace.
Mojos: Gazing Demise, Henri'due south Perquisition, Shukrani'due south Triumph, Spite, Ursua'due south Trodden Effigy, Vile Hive.

WIZARD

1-Handed Weapons: Aether Walker, Deathwish, Echoing Fury, Fragment of Destiny, In-geom, Serpent'southward Sparker, The Twisted Sword, Unstable Scepter, Wand of Woh, Wizardspike.
Two-Handed Weapons: Messerschmidt'southward Reaver, The Furnace, The M Vizier, Valthek's Rebuke.
Sources: Cosmic Strand, Etched Sigil, Orb of Space Depth, Triumvirate, Winter Flurry.

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Ethereal Class Passive Affixes

Ethereal weapons also scroll with an additional random form passive. While the Ethereal'due south other stats, particularly its random legendary power, are far more decisive of the quality and usability of your drop, a helpful 5th (or even sixth, if you are wearing a Hellfire Amulet of Strength Hellfire Amulet of Force!) passive is never unwelcome in a build. Some suggestions on what to look out for are:

Barbaric — You can always get whichever is missing from the non-essential damage passives like Weapons Principal, Brawler, or Berserker Rage. Alternatively, you can lean into survivability and take a cheat death from Fretfulness of Steel, or mitigation from Relentless or Tough every bit Nails. Extra movespeed from Pound of Flesh is also decent.
Crusader — Acme picks would be Holy Cause or Long Arm of the Law, as they provide almost universal usefulness across all Crusader builds. Survivability from Indestructible or sources of sustain like Wrathful, Vigilant, and Renewal are also decent. Lord Commander tin can be helpful for speed farming.
Demon Hunter — The class has a plethora of decently valuable damage passives, and then you can stack up with either Ambush, Archery, Single Out, or Steady Aim. Survivability and utility passives like Awareness, Tactical Advantage, or Perfectionist are likewise nifty.
Monk — You can add a smattering of damage to the build via situational passives similar Determination, Relentless Assault, Momentum, or Unity. Monks besides have some of the strongest defensive passives such as Harmony and its Sixth Sense analogue, the actively practical Resolve, or a apparently former cheat death with Virtually Death Experience.
Necromancer — You can well-nigh always count on Spreading Malediction to be a damage boost in a Necromancer build, but the form does not have many cross-build, generically useful passives. Other potential inclusions include the improved sustain from Life from Expiry, Draw Life, or Dark Reaping. Cheating death with Last Service is likewise decent.
Witch Dr. — Offense-wise, your best rolls would be either Gruesome Banquet or Confidence Ritual, since all WD builds can do good at least a footling from their generic increase. Y'all tin can always benefit from plain defensive passives similar Jungle Fortitude and Swampland Attunement, and Spirit Vessel is a staple inclusion in whatever progression build. Grave Injustice is another amazing utility tool to potentially get for free.
Wizard — The class can always do good from bolstering its defenses with Blur, Unwavering Will, or Dominance. The all-time utility gains would come from Illusionist or Galvanizing Ward. You lot tin besides luck out on your build using ane of the range-dependent harm boosts, Audacity or Power Hungry, or ane that benefits from both! More than generic harm boosts, like Elemental Exposure and Glass Cannon, tin can also be decent.