Diablo 4’s upcoming Season 16 brings new challenges, and some much-needed quality of life improvements. One of its most intriguing additions is Tyrael’s Boons, a new seasonal War Plans tree that gives players more control over how they farm materials and gear.
Some of these boons increase the amount of gold and materials players can find, while others help them find more Legendary items. Additional boons give players new ways to acquire and upgrade their gear. One path of the tree modifies Purveyor of Curiosities, while another adds a brand new merchant to the game who sells Class Archetype Caches for Forgotten Souls, something we have covered in more detail in this article.
Magic in the Metal
The top-right path of Tyrael’s Boons offers a few ways to get more out of your crafting materials. Its starting node, Trash for Treasure, reduces the cost of transmuting materials at the Alchemist by 30%, letting you get more Forgotten Souls out of your Veiled Crystals.
The most interesting boon on this path is its final unlock, Magic in the Metal, which could change how players approach Tempering throughout Season 16.
Selecting this boon adds the Greater Temper recipe to your Horadric Cube. Place an item that already has a Tempered Affix into the Cube, and the recipe instantly upgrades that affix to a Greater Affix.
If you’ve ever stood at the Blacksmith rerolling the same temper in hopes of landing a Greater Affix, you know how frustrating this process can be. Being able to keep the temper you want and guarantee the upgrade is a great addition to the game, and a welcome quality-of-life improvement.
Each use of the Greater Temper recipe costs 30 Scrolls of Restoration and 1,000 Obducite. That’s a hefty price by Season 15 standards, but this is where the second effect of the Boon comes in.
Whenever you salvage an Ancestral Unique item, you have a chance to receive a Scroll of Restoration. That may not add up to much early in the season, but once you reach higher Torment tiers and Ancestral Uniques become more common, this Boon should provide more than enough Scrolls to upgrade all of your Tempers.
I’m a big fan of how the Boon’s two effects work together, and I’m looking forward to seeing more features following that design.