How to get Path of the Emissary in Diablo 4, and its Unique effects

Path of the Emissary is one of the newest additions to Diablo 4’s vast collection of Unique gear. It is tied directly to the Spiritborn Class, which can be accessed through the Vessel of Hatred expansion. These Boots’ ability revolves around positioning, aggressive gameplay, and buffing Core Skills, making the item a viable option for Spiritborn builds that are based around Core Skill mechanics.

In this guide, we will break down how you can get the Path of the Emissary in Diablo 4 and how its Unique effect works.

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Diablo 4: What is the Path of the Emissary?

Path of the Emissary invokes a random core skill that's related to the primary Spirit Hall of your build (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

Path of the Emissary is a pair of Unique Ancestral Boots that are built specifically for the Spiritborn class.

The Unique item focuses on the mobility of the Spiritborn, rather than cooldown or regular skill casts, making it especially effective for builds that rely on high mobility and constant repositioning.

Affixes of the Path of the Emissary

The Path of Emissary Unique Boots grant multiple powerful affixes, all of which greatly increase the Spiritborn class’s mobility in combat and enhance the Core Skill’s damage output.

• +30.0% Movement Speed (implicit)
• +16.0 - 25.0% Movement Speed (up to +37.5% with mastercrafting)
• +155.0 - 200.0% Core Damage (up to +300.0% with mastercrafting)
• +26.5–40.0% Impairment Reduction (up to +60.0% with mastercrafting)
• +1–2 Ranks to Core Skills (up to +3 with mastercrafting)

With the Boots rolling with two movement speed stats, it becomes easier for the Unique effect to trigger more often. Core Skills get buffed significantly from both increased damage and rank, making the Unique trigger more potent, on top of which the Spiritborn is less susceptible to impairment effects from enemies.

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Unique effect of Path of the Emissary

• Every (4.0 - 12.0) meters you move, invoke a base Core Skill from your primary Spirit Hall.

The Unique effect of Path of the Emissary is what makes these new Unique Boots special. So long as you keep moving, the Boots will trigger a Core Skill that's tied to your primary Spirit Hall, turning mobility into a damage mechanic.

Since the item invokes a Core Skill by moving a certain distance, it synergizes well with builds designed around such skills and mobility, making it a perfect match for most Spiritborn builds’ high-speed combat loop.

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How to get Path of the Emissary in Diablo 4

Like most other Spiritborn uniques, Path of the Emissary can be acquired from multiple sources in Diablo 4, but some have a higher chance to drop the Unique Boots than others.

Boss farming: Lord Zir

Lord Zir of Diablo 4 is a powerful endgame boss that drops several Unique items, including Path of the Emissary (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

Currently, only Lord Zir drops Path of the Emissary more frequently than most other sources in Diablo 4. You can encounter this boss in any Torment difficulty in the Ancient’s Seat dungeon in the Gale Valley region of the Fractured Peaks.

Upon defeating Lord Zir, you have a chance to get the Path of the Emissary Unique Boots from his hoard. To open his hoard, you will need to gather 12x Exquisite Blood, which can be found in:

• Blood Maiden in the Helltides (guaranteed drop source)
• Legion events
• Kurast Undercity (Tribute of Titans is necessary)

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Random loot sources

You can get Path of the Emissary from random enemies and loot chests. This chance increases with difficulty and is thus the highest in Torment difficulties. However, since it's RNG-based, this farming approach is not the most efficient for Path of the Emissary or any other Unique.

Also read: Diablo 4: How and when to Sanctify Items

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World events and dungeons

Random enemies and world events in Diablo 4 have a higher chance of dropping a Unique item in higher difficulties (Image via Blizzard Entertainment)

World Events like Helltides, Legion Events, and World Boss encounters have a significantly higher chance of yielding Unique items like Path of the Emissary.

Among these, Helltides have the highest chance of dropping Unique items. Helltide events take place every hour, where you need to collect Aberrant Cinders and use them to open gear chests. Focus on opening Tortured Gift of Protection and Tortured Gift of Mystery chests, as they can drop Unique armor pieces like Path of the Emissary.

Nightmare Dungeons also have a high chance of yielding Unique items due to their high density of regular and elite enemies in Diablo 4.

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Gamble using Murmuring Obols

You can acquire a ton of Murmuring Obols while adventuring across Sanctuary. These can be used to gamble for armor pieces at the Purveyor of Curiosities in Diablo 4. This method is viable but unreliable for farming Unique items, as the rarity of items varies between Magic and Unique.

Also read: D4: 5 best Rogue builds to try in Season 11

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The Path of the Emissary Unique item is one that relies on mobility to trigger its Unique effect, so not every build can utilize it properly. Tanky builds that have low mobility can use it, but they won't be able to trigger the effect often. Meanwhile, builds with high mobility can use it to unleash massive bursts of damage from the Boots' Core Skill triggers. So, if you want to evolve your agile Spiritborn further, Path of the Emissary is a fantastic gear choice for Diablo 4's endgame.

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Check out our other guides related to the game:

• Evade Spiritborn build guide
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• 6 most nerfed builds in D4 Season 11
• D4: Best Rogue leveling build in Season 11
• D4: Best Barrage Rogue build guide
• D4 Season 11: Best Spiritborn leveling builds tier list

Edited by Niladri Roy