Diablo 4: Horadric Spellcrafting Guide

What is Horadric Spellcrafting?

Horadric Spellcrafting is a new power mechanic introduced in Diablo 4 Items the latest Diablo 4 season. It lets you unlock, customize, and use powerful new spells obtained from Horadric Strongrooms and seasonal quests. These spells can enhance your gameplay with effects like meteor showers, explosive minions, and more-making leveling easier and helping shore up weak points in your endgame builds.

How to Unlock Horadric Spellcrafting

Progress through the seasonal questline "The Embers Yet Smolder."
Speak with Bryona in Cerrigar to start the quest chain.
After completing the initial quests, the Horadric Spellcrafting menu unlocks.
You can access it to the left of your inventory tab.

How Horadric Spellcrafting Works

Clear Horadric Strongrooms and complete seasonal quests to unlock spells and modifiers.
You can equip only one Horadric spell (called a Catalyst) at a time in your build.
Assign a spell by dragging it onto a skill hotbar slot. Using that skill will then also trigger the Horadric spell effect (subject to its cooldown).
The main skill itself doesn't enter cooldown when the Horadric spell triggers, only the Horadric spell effect cooldown applies.

Components of Horadric Spellcrafting

There are three core components to customize your Horadric spell:

1. Catalyst (Base Spell Effect)

The main spell effect you trigger.
There are 5 Catalysts to buy Diablo IV Items.
Only one Catalyst can be equipped at a time in your build.
When you use the skill linked to buy Diablo IV gold the Catalyst, the Horadric spell activates.