How To Use The Codex Of Power In Diablo 4 – Aspects, Imprinting, & Extracting

01.11.2023 - 22:15 / gamepur.com

Diablo 4 has a lot of ways to help players create and refine their builds into characters of their own, including the Aspects and Codex of Powers, which provide powerful effects and upgrades to strengthen your character.

There are hundreds of Aspects and a few different ways to use and find these powerful passive abilities, so we’ve compiled all the information you’ll need on how to use the Codex of Power, Imprinting, and Extracting so you can be at your demon slaying best.

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What is the Codex of Power?

The Codex of Power is the player’s catalog of unlocked Legendary Aspects, which add passive effects and modifiers to your character and their abilities. This could include more survivability or altering an ability with some extra effect like additional shots or an AOE effect, and can be applied to your gear, with some being class agnostic and others being for specific classes.

You unlock the Codex and the ability to imprint and extract these Aspects at level 25 or when you earn a Codex of Power Aspect, which is done by completing a dungeon for the first time. This will then add the Aspect to your Codex, which can then be applied to gear whenever you visit the Occultist.

This catalog of Aspects applies to all your characters on a realm, so for example, if you have two seasonal characters, you do not need to redo all the dungeons on the new seasonal character to get the Aspects; they will already be unlocked.

To see what Aspects you have in your Codex of Power, you can check your collections tab, and this will show you all your unlocked Aspects, as well as details on where to unlock ones you are missing.

It’s worth noting the Codex of Power doesn’t include every Aspect in the game, as some can only be found from dropped gear you loot while playing the game and be extracted to use later, which will be covered in the next part of this guide.

How to Imprint and Extract Aspects

Now you know what the Codex of Power is and how to unlock Aspects, it’s time to learn how to put them to use. For starters, you will need to visit the Occultist, which can be found in every major town and is denoted by the runic-style symbol on your minimap. When you speak to them, both your inventory and the Aspects store will open, and from here, you can get to work placing and using your Aspects.

Imprinting Aspects

Imprinting is where you place an Aspect into your gear and apply its effect to your character. You can do this to Rare or higher gear, and by applying an Aspect to Rare gear, it will become Legendary.

To imprint an Aspect, you will follow these steps:

1. Select the piece of gear from your inventory that you want to add an Aspect to.
2. Choose the Aspect you want to apply from