Diablo 4 Aspects Imprinting And Extracting Explained

We’ve tested these for hours – as you can get a sense of in our Diablo 4 review – to find the right combinations. Aspects can be powerful tools for making the best builds for all Diablo 4 classes in both early and endgame activities throughout Diablo 4. Hunting these down will be quite a task to build up a good collection, but it’s worth the effort. We’ve got the lowdown on how to get Aspects and some of the best Aspects to extract for both general use and specific classes.

Diablo 4 Aspects list

Here are the best Diablo 4 Aspects:

What are Diablo 4 Aspects?

Diablo 4 Aspects apply a special effect on equipment, buffing damage, class abilities, or passive effects. You can equip these on any rare or legendary quality item by visiting the Occultist in town. Aspects are broken up into specific categories depending on what they do. These categories include offensive, defensive, resource (your class-specific energy), utility, and mobility. You can only imprint specific legendary Aspects on specific gear, though.

Offensive Aspects

Gloves One-handed weapons Two-handed weapons Rings Amulets

Defensive Aspects

Helms Chests Pants Shields Amulets

Resource Aspects

Helms Rings Amulets

Utility Aspects

Helms Chests Boots Gloves Amulets

Mobility Aspects

Boots Amulets

How to find a Diablo 4 Codex of Power

You can find a Codex of Power after completing a dungeon in the open world during the main story. When you finish the Diablo 4 dungeon, you will gain a new Aspect for your Codex that you can use back in town at the Occultist. Here you need to spend Veiled Crystals and gold to equip an Aspect using the Codex of Power.
After choosing which Aspect to equip for a specific piece of gear, you can then commit the changes. As you complete more dungeons in the world, you will gain more Aspects to choose from at the Occultist.

How to extract a Diablo 4 Aspect

To extract an Aspect in Diablo 4, simply drag and drop the equipment from your inventory at the Occultist and pay gold. The Occultist will extract the Aspect, allowing you to store it for later use. If you come across an Aspect on a piece of equipment you don’t like, or it’s not meant for your class, you can extract it at the Occultist in a major town using the Codex of Power. However, remember that Aspects stored in the Codex of Power will always be their lowest possible percentage that they buff something. For example, if you have an Aspect with a range of 15-30% chance to deal thorns damage, the value at the Occultist will always default to only 15%.

How to imprint a Diablo 4 Aspect

To imprint an Aspect in Diablo 4, drag the item you want to enhance to the Occultist. You can imprint an aspect from the Codex or Power or sacrifice an inventory item.  You can imprint Aspects onto rare or legendary gear at the Occultist. You can also improve the rarity level of a rare item into a legendary one if you imprint an Aspect on a rare-grade piece of equipment. Keep in mind that imprinting an Aspect on a legendary item will overwrite the current Aspect, and any imprinted items are bound to your character, making the equipment unsellable for Gold. That said, you can still salvage the item at the Blacksmith for crafting resources.
Once you’ve chosen the Aspect to be imprinted, commit the changes by hitting the Imprint Aspect button at the bottom of the window. Pay the fee and materials needed to complete the imprint, and you are done.
Now that you know all there is to know about imprinting, extracting, and the best Aspects in Diablo 4, why not brush up on the loot you can find in the game or check out the best Diablo 4 builds we’ve discovered and those according to the Diablo 4 development team.