In Diablo 4’s first expansion Vessel of Hatred DLC, the addition of Spiritborn has added a lot of game experience too many players - not only can you experience a completely different build from before but also can experience the effects of different Uniques. Among all Uniques of Spiritborn Class, the most important and the best is Rod of Kepeleke.

Rod of Kepeleke is not only the best weapon for Spiritborn in the DLC but also a symbol of Spiritborn’s control over natural forces. Of course, like many Uniques in the base game, you will go through an arduous process to get it, and you also need to do some preparation.

So before you start exploring it, please read this guide, because here will introduce you how to farm this Rod of Kepeleke in this new expansion, as well as some effects and affixes it currently has. Without further ado, let’s start our exploration!

Main Method

As one of Ancestral weapons, Rod of Kepeleke will appear in the loot dropped by two Uber Bosses, Echo of Andariel and Echo of Duriel. But it should be noted that it will only appear when you fight Tormented variants of these two bosses, and the lower difficulty bosses will not reward you with this Rod of Kepeleke. Next, let’s approach these two bosses together.

Echo Of Andariel

You need to carry the two Sandscorched Shackles and two Pincushioned Dolls obtained from Lord Zir and Beast In The Ice to Hanged Man’s Hall in Kehjistan, and then place all the summoning materials on the summoning altar. At this time, Echo of Andariel will appear and fight you.

After the battle, you can find a lot of Diablo 4 Gold and Rod of Kepeleke, which can be used to enhance your build, as well as other Uniques in the loot.

Echo of Duriel

Similarly, you need to take a Mucus-Slick Egg and a Shard of Agony obtained from Echo of Varshan and Grigoire Galvanic Saint to Gaping Crevasse in Gea Kul. Then place these after the summoning altar, and after defeating Echo of Duriel, you can get Rod of Kepeleke.

Here I need to remind you that the drop rate of this Rod of Kepeleke has not been officially announced yet, but it should not be too high. So the way you want to get it quickly is to collect more summoning materials and repeat the operation of defeating the boss multiple times.

Other Methods

In addition to the above methods, there are other ways to get Rod of Kepeleke. But it should be noted that the success rate of these methods will be much lower than defeating Uber Bosses, and it is only limited to when you don’t have time to farm those summoning materials, so please be mentally prepared.

You can find Rod of Kepeleke in high-level loot chests from defeating Gathering Legions or World Bosses, and there is also a chance to get it from chests rewarded for the successful run of a Nightmare Dungeon.

Or you can try Helltide Events, which will give you some Cinders, which can be used to open chests in this event that may contain Rod of Kepeleke. If you don’t want to go through the above grind, you can also use Purveyor of Curiosity to obtain it in the shop of the vendor.

Effects Of Rod Of Kepeleke

As mentioned above, Rod of Kepeleke is a Spiritborn-exclusive Ancestral weapon, so it focuses on enhancing Spiritborn’s Core Skills - converting them into Basic Skills, making them freely castable and available at any time.

The power of Rod of Kepeleke comes from its synergy with Vigor in your build. When you cast the weapons skills at maximum Vigor, Core Skills consume all Vigor and charge up the ultimate move with maximum damage. On subsequent attacks, each point of Vigor consumed increases Critical Strike Damage by 1%-3%.

These effects make it a powerful weapon in any Spiritborn build focused on maximizing damage and resource management, and will become more useful as you progress through the game.

However, there is a drawback, which causes the damage caused by Core Skills to decrease based on their Vigor consumption gradually, up to 30%. You may need to rely on other Diablo 4 Items to make up for this shortcoming.

In addition, the fixed affix effect of Rod of Kepeleke is also very powerful. It can increase your Block Chance by 45%, which is very important for the defensive stacking in Spiritborn build. It can also increase Chance for Core Skills to Hit Twice by 26%-35%, which indirectly puts the entire build in an advantageous state.

The above are some methods to obtain and detailed explanations of the effects of Rod of Kepeleke, the exclusive weapon of Spiritborn in Vessel of Hatred DLC, the first expansion of Diablo 4. I hope this guide can help you better obtain this powerful weapon and help you better build the best Spiritborn build. I wish you a happy game!