Diablo 4 Pulverize Druid build and best skills

Discover the best Pulverize Druid build in Diablo 4

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Want the best Pulverize Druid build in Diablo 4? The Pulverize Druid has long been one of the best builds in Diablo 4 , and this tanky bruiser continues to excel in Season 1 . While Patch 1.1.0 made endgame content far less survivable, the Pulverize Druid is still more than capable of clearing high-tier Nightmare Dungeons.

In this guide, we’ll break down how to make the best Diablo 4 Pulverize Druid build, covering the Skills, Spirit Boons, Aspects, Stats, Gems, and Malignant Hearts that you’ll need. It’s fully updated to reflect the changes made in Patch 1.1.0, but we’ll continue to update it as future patches arrive.

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Best Diablo 4 Pulverize Druid build

Our Diablo 4 Pulverize Druid build focuses on dealing huge damage and tanking through enemy crowds, ensuring that you’re able to soak up whatever the legions of Hell throw your way.

It’s one of the simpler builds that we’ve created, similar to the Whirlwind Barbarian in its ease of use, as you can just Trample into large crowds and spam Pulverize. This will also deal huge AoE damage if you get the Shockwave Aspect, so keep an eye out for this on Legendary drops at all times.

Best Diablo 4 Pulverize Druid build skills

Below, you’ll find a full list of all skills that you should get for our Diablo 4 Pulverize Druid build, in order:

Maul

Maul is your basic Generator, building Spirit and dealing a decent little chunk of damage. It won’t be your big damage dealer by any means, but the Enhanced Maul upgrade will also make it Fortify for 2% of your base Life. That’ll help you tank some hits while building Spirit, keeping you alive while you prepare to spam Pulverize.

Pulverize

Pulverize is the titular skill of this Druid build, shapeshifting you into a Werebear and slamming the ground for huge damage.

With upgrades, it’ll also guarantee your next Pulverize hit to be an Overpower attack while you remain Healthy and cause any enemies hit by the impact to deal 20% reduced damage for 4 seconds.

With the Aspect of the Ursine Horror equipped, Pulverize will also become an Earth skill and benefit from the Earth passives listed in the skill table above. Make sure to collect this Aspect from the Belfry Zakara dungeon in Hawezar as early as possible.

Earthen Bulwark

Earthen Bulwark is a key defensive skill, granting a barrier that absorbs 54% of your base Life in damage for 3 seconds.

The really important part comes from Enhanced Earthen Bulwark , though, which also grants you Unstoppable. This ends any Crowd Control effects impacting your character, so that you can escape pesky effects such as Stun or Immobilized and keep spamming Pulverize.

Debilitating Roar

Debilitating Roar is another defensive skill, shapeshifting you into a Werebear and letting out a loud roar that reduces the damage dealt by nearby enemies by 70% for 4 seconds.

With the Enhanced and Preserving upgrades, Debilitating Roar will also Fortify your character for 22% base Life and heal you for 4% of your max Life each second for its duration. That’s a whole lot of utility in one skill, making this an obvious pick for our Pulverize Druid build.

Trample

Trample is yet another Werebear skill, causing you to shift into your ursine form, become Unstoppable, and charge forward to deal huge damage to any enemies in your path. It’s a skill that can have a serious impact on large packs or single targets, such as Elites and Bosses, and the Enhanced upgrade will guarantee a further 150% bonus damage.

To help with the tankiness of this Pulverize Druid build, the Natural Trample upgrade will also grant 20% of your base Life as Fortify, so that you can soak up some more of those enemy hits after charging into a crowd.

Like Pulverize, Trample becomes an Earth skill to benefit from various passives in this build when you get the Aspect of the Trampled Earth. This is an Aspect that will drop on random pieces of Legendary Gear, so make sure to equip it if you find it.

Grizzly Rage

Grizzly Rage is your ultimate for this build, causing you to, once again, shapeshift into a Werebear. It offers a powerful array of buffs for 10 seconds, including 20% bonus damage, 20% Damage Reduction, and, with the Prime upgrade, Unstoppable. With the Supreme upgrade, you’ll also Fortify for 8% of your base Life per second.

If you’re unsure how to use these skills effectively, follow the attack pattern below:

1. Use Trample to charge into a group.
2. Use Debilitating Roar once in a pack of enemies.
3. Spam Pulverize until you’re out of Spirit.
4. Use Earthen Bulwark if you start taking serious damage (anywhere below half health).
5. Once out of Spirit, use Maul to quickly generate more and then switch back to Pulverize.
6. Use Grizzly Rage whenever it becomes available during combat, but especially against Elites and Bosses.

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Diablo 4 Pulverize Druid build: Best Spirit Boons

The Druid has access to a unique class mechanic called Spirit Boons in Diablo 4, offering a range of passives that you can equip for various boosts. There are four Spirit Boon “trees”, and you can select one passive from each tree. You’ll also be able to select a fifth Boon, from any tree that you prefer, after fully unlocking all four trees.

Below, you’ll find the best Spirit Boons for our Diablo 4 Pulverize Druid build:

• Wariness : Take 10% reduced damage from Elites.
• Iron Feather : Gain 10% maximum Life.
• Bolster : Fortify for 10% of your maximum Life when you use a defensive skill.
• Masochistic : Critical Strikes with shapeshifting skills heal you for 3% maximum Life.
• Calamity : Extend the duration of ultimate skills by 25%.

Diablo 4 Pulverize Druid build: Best Aspects

In Diablo 4, you will get Legendary Aspects on random Legendary Gear and as a reward for completing Side Dungeons around Sanctuary. Legendary Aspects are the thing that gives Legendary items their Legendary effects, and they often synergise incredibly well with specific builds to give you huge power boosts.

Below, you’ll find the Aspects that we’d recommend using for this Diablo 4 Pulverize Druid build:

• Harlequin Crest (Unique Helmet - random drop): Gain 10-20% Damage Reduction. In addition, gain 4 ranks to all skills.
• Aspect of Disobedience (Halls of the Damned - Kehjistan): You gain 0.25-0.5% increased armor for 4 seconds when you deal any form of damage, stacking up to 25-50%.
• Aspect of the Rampaging Werebeast (Endless Gates - Hawezar): The duration of Grizzly Rage is increased by 1-5 seconds. In addition, Critical Strikes while Grizzly Rage is active increase your Critical Strike Damage by 10% for the duration.
• Aspect of Mending Stones (Sealed Archives - Dry Steppes): The duration of Earthen Bulwark is increased by 6 seconds. In addition, killing an enemy with Earth skills replenishes some of your active Earthen Bulwark’s Barrier.
• Aspect of Quicksand (Ferals’ Den - Scosglen): Damage from Earth skills Slow enemies hit by 25-50% for 5 seconds.
• Aspect of the Ursine Horror (Belfry Zakara - Hawezar): Pulverize is now an Earth skill. After casting Pulverize, tectonic spikes continue to deal damage over 2 seconds.
• Aspect of the Trampled Earth (Legendary - random drop): Trample now summons 6 Landslide pillars of earth during its duration that deal 70-80% normal damage. Trample is now a Nature Magic and Earth skill.
• Shockwave Aspect (Legendary - random drop): Pulverize creates a shockwave that travels forward, dealing 60-100% of its damage to targets in the path.
• Balanced Aspect (Legendary - random drop): Increase your Maximum Spirit by 30-50 and Spirit Generation by 20% while Grizzly Rage is active.
• Mangled Aspect (Immortal Emanation - Fractured Peaks): When you are struck as a Werebear, you have a 20-30% chance to gain 1 Spirit.

Diablo 4 Pulverize Druid build: Best Stats

Gear that you find throughout Diablo 4 will also have random stats that grant passive bonuses, known as Affixes. These Affixes will further bolster your build, allowing you to target certain stats that’ll synergise with your skills and playstyle.

Below, you’ll find the Stats that you should hunt for with this Diablo 4 Pulverize Druid build:

• Damage while Werebear
• Damage with Earth
• Overpower damage
• Damage Reduction while Fortified
• Fortify
• Willpower (increases skill damage and Overpower damage)
• Intelligence (increases Spirit Generation)

While it is expensive, you are able to reroll Affixes on Gear by visiting the Occultist. However, you must wait until World Tier 3 to do so, as it requires Fiend Roses that only spawn during Helltides.

It also becomes quite expensive after the first attempt on a specific piece of Gear, so we’d recommend waiting until you have late-game Gear with more longevity. Otherwise, you might find that you dump resources into a reroll for a piece of Gear and then immediately swap it out for something better.

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Diablo 4 Pulverize Druid build: Best Gems

Gear also often comes with Gem Sockets in Diablo 4, into which you can place Gems for more passive bonuses. These are similar to the Affixes that can appear on Gear, but are pre-determined boosts rather than randomly-rolled stats.

In Weapons, you should use Rubies to increase your Overpower damage, as Pulverize will frequently trigger Overpower attacks.

In Armor, we’d recommend using Sapphires to increase your Damage Reduction while Fortified. Many of the skills in this build will Fortify you for a percentage of your max Life, so using Sapphires will take advantage of that and help you tank even more hits.

Diablo 4 Pulverize Druid build: Best Malignant Hearts

Malignant Hearts are a new item that you can get in Diablo 4 Season 1, and they grant powerful bonuses for every class. The Druid has many strong Malignant Hearts available to them, which can greatly enhance this Pulverize build.

Below, you’ll find the best Malignant Hearts for the Pulverize Druid:

• The Unconstrained Beast : When you are hit with a Stun, Freeze or Knock Down effect, there is a 40-60% chance to automatically activate Grizzly Rage for 3 seconds.
• Revenge : 10-20% of incoming damage is instead suppressed. When you use a Defensive, Subterfuge, or a Macabre skill, all suppressed damage is amplified by 250% and explodes, dealing up to 1360-2040 Fire damage to nearby enemies.
• Prudent Heart : You become Immune for 2-4 seconds after you lose more than 20% Life in a single hit. This effect can only occur once every 110 seconds.

That wraps up our Diablo 4 Pulverize Druid build guide. If you’d like to try out some other classes, take a look at our Diablo 4 Bone Necromancer build , Corpse Explosion Necromancer build , Bleed Barbarian build , Twisting Blades Rogue build , Lightning Sorcerer build , and Fire Sorcerer build guides.

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All 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints and where to get them

These areas have the highest chance of giving you Blueprints

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Looking for more Arc Raiders Blueprints? It’s a special day when you find a Blueprint, as they’re among the most valuable items in Arc Raiders. If you find a Blueprint that you haven’t already found, then you must make sure you hold onto it at all costs, because Blueprints are the key to one of the most important and powerful systems of meta-progression in the game.

This guide aims to be the very best guide on Blueprints you can find, starting with a primer on what exactly they are and how they work in Arc Raiders, before delving into exactly where to get Blueprints and the very best farming spots for you to take in your search.

We’ll also go over how to get Blueprints from other unlikely activities, such as destroying Surveyors and completing specific quests. And you’ll also find the full list of all 75 Blueprints in Arc Raiders on this page (including the newest Blueprints added with the Cold Snap update , such as the Deadline Blueprint and Firework Box Blueprint), giving you all the information you need to expand your own crafting repertoire.

In this guide:

• What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?
• Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes
• Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders Blueprints obtained from quests Blueprints obtained from Trials Best Blueprint farming locations

What are Blueprints in Arc Raiders?

Blueprints in Arc Raiders are special items which, if you manage to extract with them, you can expend to permanently unlock a new crafting recipe in your Workshop. If you manage to extract from a raid with an Anvil Blueprint, for example, you can unlock the ability to craft your very own Anvil Pistol, as many times as you like (as long as you have the crafting materials).

To use a Blueprint, simply open your Inventory while in the lobby, then right-click on the Blueprint and click “Learn And Consume” . This will permanently unlock the recipe for that item in your Workshop. As of the Stella Montis update, there are allegedly 75 different Blueprints to unlock - although only 68 are confirmed to be in the game so far. You can see all the Blueprints you’ve found and unlocked by going to the Workshop menu, and hitting “R” to bring up the Blueprint screen.

It’s possible to find duplicates of past Blueprints you’ve already unlocked. If you find these, then you can either sell them, or - if you like to play with friends - you can take it into a match and gift it to your friend so they can unlock that recipe for themselves. Another option is to keep hold of them until the time comes to donate them to the Expedition.

Full Blueprint list: All crafting recipes

Below is the full list of all the Blueprints that are currently available to find in Arc Raiders, and the crafting recipe required for each item:

Note: The missing Blueprints in this list likely have not actually been added to the game at the time of writing, because none of the playerbase has managed to find any of them. As they are added to the game, I will update this page with the most relevant information so you know exactly how to get all 75 Arc Raiders Blueprints.

Where to find Blueprints in Arc Raiders

Below is a list of all containers, modifiers, and events which maximise your chances of finding Blueprints:

• Certain quests reward you with specific Blueprints .
• Completing Trials has a high chance of offering Blueprints as rewards.
• Surveyors have a decent chance of dropping Blueprints on death.
• High loot value areas tend to have a greater chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Night Raids and Storms may increase rare Blueprint spawn chances in containers.
• Containers with higher numbers of items may have a higher tendency to spawn Blueprints. As a result, Blue Gate (which has many “large” containers containing multiple items) may give you a higher chance of spawning Blueprints.
• Raider containers (Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, Medical Bags, Grenade Tubes) have increased Blueprint drop rates. As a result, the Uncovered Caches event gives you a high chance of finding Blueprints.
• Security Lockers have a higher than average chance of containing Blueprints.
• Certain Blueprints only seem to spawn under specific circumstances: Tempest Blueprint only spawns during Night Raid events. Vulcano Blueprint only spawns during Hidden Bunker events. Jupiter and Equaliser Blueprints only spawn during Harvester events.

Raider Caches, Weapon Boxes, and other raider-oriented container types have a good chance of offering Blueprints. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints have a very low chance of spawning in any container in Arc Raiders, around 1-2% on average. However, there is a higher chance of finding Blueprints in particular container types. Specifically, you can find more Blueprints in Raider containers and security lockers.

Beyond this, if you’re looking for Blueprints you should focus on regions of the map which are marked as having particularly high-value loot. Areas such as the Control Tower in Dam Battlegrounds, the Arrival and Departure Buildings in Spaceport, and Pilgrim’s Peak in Blue Gate all have a better-than-average chance of spawning Blueprints somewhere amongst all their containers. Night Raids and Electromagnetic Storm events also increase the drop chances of certain Blueprints .

In addition to these containers, you can often loot Blueprints from destroyed Surveyors - the largest of the rolling ball ARC. Surveyors are more commonly found on the later maps - Spaceport and Blue Gate - and if one spawns in your match, you’ll likely see it by the blue laser beam that it casts into the sky while “surveying”.

Surveyors are quite well-armoured and will very speedily run away from you once it notices you, but if you can take one down then make sure you loot all its parts for a chance of obtaining certain unusual Blueprints.

Blueprints obtained from quests

One way in which you can get Blueprints is by completing certain quests for the vendors in Speranza. Some quests will reward you with a specific item Blueprint upon completion, so as long as you work through all the quests in Arc Raiders, you are guaranteed those Blueprints.

Here is the full list of all Blueprints you can get from quest rewards:

• Trigger Nade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Sparks Fly”.
• Lure Grenade Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Greasing Her Palms”.
• Burletta Blueprint: Rewarded after completing “Industrial Espionage”.
• Hullcracker Blueprint (and Launcher Ammo Blueprint): Rewarded after completing “The Major’s Footlocker”.

Alas, that’s only 4 Blueprints out of a total of 75 to unlock, so for the vast majority you will need to find them yourself during a raid. If you’re intent on farming Blueprints, then it’s best to equip yourself with cheap gear in case you lose it, but don’t use a free loadout because then you won’t get a safe pocket to stash any new Blueprint you find. No pain in Arc Raiders is sharper than failing to extract with a new Blueprint you’ve been after for a dozen hours already.

One of the best ways to get Blueprints is by hitting three stars on all five Trials every week. |Image credit:Rock Paper Shotgun/Embark Studios

Blueprints obtained from Trials

One of the very best ways to get Blueprints is as rewards for completing Trials in Arc Raiders. Trials are unlocked from Level 15 onwards, and allow you to earn rewards by focusing on certain tasks over the course of several raids. For example, one Trial might task you with dealing damage to Hornets, while another might challenge you to loot Supply Drops.

Trials refresh on a weekly basis, with a new week bringing five new Trials. Each Trial can offer up to three rewards after passing certain score milestones, and it’s possible to receive very high level loot from these reward crates - including Blueprints. So if you want to unlock as many Blueprints as possible, you should make a point of completing as many Trials as possible each week.

Best Blueprint farming locations

The very best way to get Blueprints is to frequent specific areas of the maps which combine high-tier loot pools with the right types of containers to search. Here are my recommendations for where to find Blueprints on every map, so you can always keep the search going for new crafting recipes to unlock.

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Dam Battlegrounds

The best places to farm Blueprints on Dam Battlegrounds are the Control Tower, Power Generation Complex, Ruby Residence, and Pale Apartments . The first two regions, despite only being marked on the map as mid-tier loot, contain a phenomenal number of containers to loot. The Control Tower can also contain a couple of high-tier Security Lockers - though of course, you’ll need to have unlocked the Security Breach skill at the end of the Survival tree.

There’s also a lot of reporting amongst the playerbase that the Residential areas in the top-left of the map - Pale Apartments and Ruby Residence - give you a comparatively strong chance of finding Blueprints. Considering their size, there’s a high density of containers to loot in both locations, and they also have the benefit of being fairly out of the way. So you’re more likely to have all the containers to yourself.

Buried City

The best Blueprint farming locations on Buried City are the Santa Maria Houses, Grandioso Apartments, Town Hall, and the various buildings of the New District . Grandioso Apartments has a lower number of containers than the rest, but a high chance of spawning weapon cases - which have good Blueprint drop rates. The others are high-tier loot areas, with plenty of lootable containers - including Security Lockers.

Spaceport

The best places to find Blueprints on Spaceport are the Arrival and Departure Buildings, as well as Control Tower A6 and the Launch Towers . All these areas are labelled as high-value loot regions, and many of them are also very handily connected to one another by the Spaceport wall, which you can use to quickly run from one area to the next. At the tops of most of these buildings you’ll find at least one Security Locker, so this is an excellent farming route for players looking to find Blueprints.

The downside to looting Blueprints on Spaceport is that all these areas are hotly contested, particularly in Duos and Squads. You’ll need to be very focused and fast in order to complete the full farming route.

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Blue Gate

Blue Gate tends to have a good chance of dropping Blueprints, potentially because it generally has a high number of containers which can hold lots of items; so there’s a higher chance of a Blueprint spawning in each container. In my experience, the best Blueprint farming spots on Blue Gate are Pilgrim’s Peak, Raider’s Refuge, the Ancient Fort, and the Underground Complex beneath the Warehouse .

All of these areas contain a wealth of containers to loot. Raider’s Refuge has less to loot, but the majority of the containers in and around the Refuge are raider containers, which have a high chance of containing Blueprints - particularly during major events.

Stella Montis

On the whole, Stella Montis seems to have a very low drop rate for Blueprints (though a high chance of dropping other high-tier loot). If you do want to try farming Blueprints on this map, the best places to find Blueprints in Stella Montis are Medical Research, Assembly Workshop, and the Business Center . These areas have the highest density of containers to loot on the map.

In addition to this, the Western Tunnel has a few different Security Lockers to loot, so while there’s very little to loot elsewhere in this area of the map, it’s worth hitting those Security Lockers if you spawn there at the start of a match.

That wraps up this primer on how to get all the Blueprints in Arc Raiders as quickly as possible. With the Expedition system constantly resetting a large number of players’ Blueprints, it’s more important than ever to have the most up-to-date information on where to find all these Blueprints.

While you’re here, be sure to check out our Arc Raiders best guns tier list , as well as our primers on the best skills to unlock and all the different Field Depot locations on every map.

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