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Why is Hex of Whispers not working in Diablo 4 season 7?

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Players are downright confused about what is happening with the Hex of Whispers power in the latest season of Diablo IV. First, it was added to the game and now it is not working. Why is the Hex of Whispers not working in season 7? Let’s find out what’s going on and what you can do to fix it.

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Why is Hex of Whispers not working?

This new Witchcraft power that made its debut just a few weeks ago, launched along with the original Season 7 drop, has been indeed deactivated. With the 2.0.1 hotfix, released the day after the launch of the new Season, on January 22, Blizzard confirmed that the power has been removed because it is “causing stability issues”. Naturally, the development team is working to bring it back and fix any of the issues it was causing.

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Apparently, some players are understandably confused because the ability can still be unlocked, but it cannot be used once it is in the characters’ possession. While this can indeed be cause for confusion, it is confirmed that the ability remains deactivated, and, currently, there is no news on when it is expected to come back. So it is not a bug or a server issue, if you have purchased or unlocked the ability and now can’t use it, it is because has been temporarily removed by Blizzard for causing game-breaking issues that they are working to fix.

Luckily, the patch notes did not say anything about the power being removed, so you need not worry about having wasted your money or your time, the ability will be brought back. As stated in the hotfix patch notes, a fix will be deployed “as soon as we can.” We will update this guide as soon as we have news from Blizzard on a possible release date.

What is Hex of Whispers?

Hex of Whispers is part of the new witchcraft powers that debuted in the new Season 7 update of Diablo IV. Any enemy afflicted with the Hex of Whispers will be dealt a certain amount of shadow damage the next time damage is dealt. Aft🔜er dealing damage to one enemy, the power will transfer its effects to another enemy up to a maxim🍸um of 6 times. Hex of Whispers can only be applied once every 5 seconds.

To unlock the Hex of Whispers power, once it is back in the game, you will need to upgrade the Growth and Decay Altar, located near the Tree of Whispers. This is mainly done by progressing through the Season of the Witchcraft questline, as you wi𒉰ll raise favor with the Coven by completing quests. Once you have reached level four, you are free to unlock this power, it will cost 25 Restless Rot just like all the other powers at the Growth & Decay altar.


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