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Boulder – Druid Build Guide for Diablo 4 (Season 10)

Be the avalanche that buries your foes!

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Build Introduction

Unleash an Avalanche to bury your enemies! Hurl Boulders at your foes, obliterating those that stand in your path. The BoulderBoulder Druid build uses the Unique Item Dolmen StoneDolmen Stone and Aspect of Metamorphic StoneAspect of Metamorphic Stone in combination to let your Boulders do massive damage in a large area around you.

This guide covers everything necessary to get started on your BoulderBoulder adventure, including Skill Tree points, Paragon, Gearing, and Seasonal updates.

Just starting on your druid adventure? Check our Druid Leveling Guide for options on how to level, and swap to this one at Level 60.

This video shows only the base build interactions and does not include Seasonal Powers.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Strengths
  • Mobile gameplay
  • Excels at both AoE and Bossing
Weaknesses
  • Resource hungry build
  • Heavy gearing investment

Build Requirements

The following Unique Items and Legendary Aspects are required for build functionality to get started on the Boulder Druid:

Required Uniques
Required Aspects

Get more info on the Unique items supporting this build in the Unique Items section.

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Gearing, Gems, and RunesParagon Board
Rotation and PlaystyleSeason Updates

Skill Bar and Skill Tree Points

Skill Bar for Boulder Druid
Petrify Petrify Hurricane Hurricane Cyclone Armor Cyclone Armor Earthen Bulwark Earthen Bulwark Claw Claw Boulder Boulder

Boulder can also be played as a CataclysmCataclysm build! This trades off some top-end multipliers for easier gameplay without worrying about Spirit Management and can be the better option while still gearing up. Check the Variant Play section for adjustments.

If you are missing skill points, complete Renown events in each zone. See how these Skills play in the Rotation and Gameplay section.


Druid Class Mechanic – Spirit Boons

Druids unlock powerful Spirit Boon passives, giving offerings to the animal spirits to receive their Blessing. Once fully unlocked, activate the final Boon by Spirit Bonding with one of the four animal spirits to take two passives from that row.

Boon NameAnimalEffect
Gift of the StagDeerGain 30 Maximum Spirit. Gain 10 Spirit Per Second.
Swooping AttackEagleGain 20% Attack Speed.
Avian WrathEagleGain 40% Critical Strike Damage.
EnergizeWolfLucky Hit: Dealing damage has up to a 15% chance to fully restore your Spirit.
Obsidian SlamSnakeEvery 6th attack cast will cause your next Earth Skill to Overpower.

Make sure to check the Build Mechanics sections on Spirit Management and Hurricane Management to fine-tune making the build work for the gear level and progression of your character.

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Gear, Stats, Gems, and Runes

The following are the recommended Legendary Aspects, Gear Affixes, Gems, and Elixirs for the Boulder Druid.

Seasonal Players, please check out our Season 10 Mechanics Section for information on Chaos Armors and ideal Chaos Armor setups.

Legendary Aspects

Gear Slots with multiple options are listed in recommended priority. Any slot with an Optional Mythic Unique or Unique Item will include a valid alternative legendary power to use while still leveling and gearing. Combine these with the right stat priorities.

SlotAspectUnique/Legendary Power
2 Handed PolearmAspect of RetaliationAspect of RetaliationYour Core Skills deal up to 35-75% increased damage based on your amount of Fortify.
HeadUnique
Vasily's PrayerVasily’s Prayer
Juggernaut's AspectJuggernaut’s Aspect
Your Earth Skills are now also Werebear skills and Fortify you for 2-5% of your Maximum Health.
ChestMythic Shroud of False DeathShroud of False DeathUnique
Insatiable FuryInsatiable Fury
If you haven’t attacked in the last 2 seconds, gain Stealth and 40% Movement Speed.
GlovesAspect of Metamorphic StoneAspect of Metamorphic StoneBoulder is now a Core Skill and costs 40 Spirit to cast dealing 90-130% of normal damage.
PantsUnique –
Tibault's WillTibault’s Will
You deal 10-20% increased damage while Unstoppable and for 5 seconds after. When you become Unstoppable, gain 50 of your Primary Resource.
BootsStormshifter's AspectStormshifter’s AspectWhile Hurricane is active, gain +5 Ranks to your Shapeshifting Skills.
AmuletRequired Unique –
Dolmen StoneDolmen Stone
Casting Boulder while Hurricane is active will cause your boulders to rotate around you, up to a maximum of 10 boulders. Each rotating boulder increases their damage by 20-40%
Ring 1Aspect of the Changeling's DebtAspect of the Changeling’s DebtYou deal 25-65% increased damage while hitting a Poisoned enemy as a Werebear or a Crowd Controlled enemy as a Werewolf.
Ring 2Mythic Ring of Starless SkiesRing of Starless Skies Unique
Hunter's ZenithHunter’s Zenith
Accelerating AspectAccelerating Aspect
Spending your Primary Resource reduces the Resource cost of your Skills and increases your damage by 10% for 3 seconds, up to 50%.

To see how this build compares to the other builds on our site, you can check out our build tier lists.

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Stat Priority and Tempering Affixes

Each line of affixes is listed in order of importance, and some alternatives are given. The bolded affixes are the most important targets for Masterworking upgrades.  Check the Tempering guide and Masterworking guide for more details about these topics.

SlotGearing AffixesTempering Affixes
2 Handed Polearm – Legendary AspectWillpower
Max Life
Resource Cost Reduction
Critical Strike Damage
Earth AugmentsEarth Augments – Chance for BoulderBoulder Projectiles To Deal Double Damage
Earth FinesseEarth Finesse – Earth Critical Strike Chance
Helm – Unique
Vasily's PrayerVasily’s Prayer
Willpower%
Maximum Life
Armor
Ranks to Defensive PostureDefensive Posture
Chest – MythicShroud of False DeathShroud of False DeathAll Stats
Maximum Life
Damage on Next Attack After Entering Stealth
Resource Generation
Chest- Unique
Insatiable FuryInsatiable Fury
Maximum Life
Werebear Overpower
Ursine Strength’s Bonuses
Ranks to Iron FurIron Fur
Gloves – Legendary AspectCritical Strike Chance
Attack Speed
Ranks to Core Skills
Willpower
Earth FinesseEarth Finesse – Earth Critical Strike Chance
Nature Magic InnovationNature Magic Innovation – Hurricane Duration
Pants – Unique
Tibault's WillTibault’s Will
All Stats
Maximum Life
Maximum Resource
Damage Reduction While Unstoppable
Pants – Legendary AspectMax Life
Willpower
Armor
Resistance to All Elements
Dodge Chance
Worldly EnduranceWorldly Endurance – Total Armor%
Nature Magic InnovationNature Magic Innovation – Hurricane Duration
Boots – Legendary AspectMovement Speed
Ranks to BoulderBoulder
Max Life
Willpower
Spirit Per Second
Druid MotionDruid Motion – Movement Speed
Worldly FortuneWorldly Fortune – Lucky Hit chance
Amulet – Required Unique
Dolmen StoneDolmen Stone
Movement Speed while HurricaneHurricane is active
Nature Magic Cooldown Reduction
Ranks to Wrath Skills
Ranks to Crushing EarthCrushing Earth
Ring – Mythic
Ring of Starless SkiesRing of Starless Skies
Attack Speed
Critical Strike Chance
Lucky Hit Chance
Ranks in Core Skills
Ring – Unique
Hunter's ZenithHunter’s Zenith
Willpower
Ranks to Predatory InstinctPredatory Instinct
Ranks to QuickshiftQuickshift
Ranks to Heightened SensesHeightened Senses
Ring – Legendary AspectAttack Speed
Critical Strike Chance
Max Life
Willpower
Earth FinesseEarth Finesse – Earth Critical Strike Chance
Druid InvigorationDruid Invigoration – Wrath Skills restore Resource
  • Nature Magic Cooldown Reduction is the most important affix to roll high and target for Greater Affix and Mastercraft. It will help the most in maintaining HurricaneHurricane.
  • Armor cap is 1000 for up to 85% Physical Damage Reduction. This is generally reached with either one Armor Gear Affix and one Total Armor% Temper, a well-rolled Vasily's PrayerVasily’s Prayer, or using a Juggernaut's AspectJuggernaut’s Aspect.

After gearing, look at progression systems like Paragon next.

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Uniques and Mythic Uniques

These Unique Items are recommended or optional for the Boulder Druid

  • (Required) Dolmen StoneDolmen Stone causes BoulderBoulder to rotate around the player while HurricaneHurricane is active. It is required for this playstyle. Boulders caught in the Hurricane will do less knockback.
  • Tibault's WillTibault’s Will is a reliable source of Spirit and damage boost while Unstoppable. The stats are favorable for the build.
  • (Optional Playstyle) Airidah's Inexorable WillAiridah’s Inexorable Will can be a high quality of life option to grip enemies while doing speedfarming or trivial content. Mastercraft the Willpower%. This can be combined with the YomYom Rune for even more grips.
  • (Optional Playstyle) Mjölnic RyngMjölnic Ryng can enable a CataclysmCataclysm playstyle for easier Spirit Management or smoother play, especially while still gearing up. Mastercraft ranks in Endless TempestEndless Tempest.

Mythic Unique Items

The Boulder Druid can benefit from the following Mythic Unique items:

  • Shroud of False DeathShroud of False Death gives +1 to all Skill Passives. This includes strong additions to Damage multipliers, Damage Reductions, Fortify Generation, and Quality of Life increases like longer HurricaneHurricane.

Check our Unique Item Target-farming guide for information on where to find everything you need.

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Gems and Runewords

The following are the recommended Gem and Runeword setups for the Boulder Druid.

Gems

Weapon GemsArmor GemsJewelry Gems
Grand EmeraldGrand Emerald for Critical Strike DamageGrand SapphireGrand Sapphire for WillpowerGrand DiamondGrand Diamond for resistance to all elements

Runewords

Use these Runeword combinations for the Boulder Druid, placed in the 2 Handed Weapon and into one Armor slot.

Runeword CombinationRuneword Effects
Igni XanIgniIgni – Gain Offering: 25. Stores offering every 0.3 seconds. Cast a non-Basic Skill to gain the stored offering.
XanXan – Requires: 300 Offering. Your next attack will cause your hits to be a guaranteed Critical Strike and Overpower for 0.35 seconds. Overflow: Increased Duration
Bac YomBacBac – Gain Offering: 50. Travel 5 Meters.
YomYom – Requires: 500 Offering. Overflow: Increase Stun Duration. Cooldown: 5 seconds
Invoke the Druid’s Petrify Skill, Stunning enemies, restoring Primary Resource.

Runewords use a conditional Rune of Ritual to generate Offering. The Offering is consumed by the Rune of Invocation to trigger its effect. Runes replace Gems in gear with two sockets. Up to two sets of Runeword Pairs can be placed at a time.

XanXan will provide even more Overpowers for our Boulders. YomYom will give periodic casts of PetrifyPetrify, stunning enemies, restoring resources, and applying a Critical Strike Damage Taken debuff.

Other combinations can also work well; adjust to the content you are running. These can include:

  • Resource Management – PocPoc LumLum, in combination, can give a strong Spirit Refund while still gearing and leveling.
  • Farm – YomYom can be combined with Airidah's Inexorable WillAiridah’s Inexorable Will during farm to make gathering easy.
  • Push – QaxQax is a periodic damage multiplier, but Spirit management will need to be solid to use.
  • Early Gearing – While leveling and gearing before legendary Runes become accessible, many Magic and Rare runewords, such as GarGar for Critical Strike Chance, will be viable.

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Paragon Board

The following are the preferred Glyphs, Boards, and pathing recommended for making the most of the Boulder Druid.

The road to max Paragon is long. The above Paragon tabs show the following.

  • The BASE SETUP tab spends 50 fewer points than the max 328 points, taking a stricter pathing to take almost all Legendary, Rare, and Magic Nodes, and activates all Glyph Nodes with their secondary effects.
  • The FULL SETUP tab completes the paragon board in its final form, filling in the rest of the board to get the rest of the Magic and Rare Nodes, as well as giving additional additive bonuses, especially within the Glyph areas.

Glyphs have two significant breakpoint increases. At level 15, the glyph grows in radius and gains a special effect. At level 46, the glyph grows to its max radius and gains a strong conditional damage multiplier.

Glyphs are placed as if they are at least level 15+ in radius. Total Boards placed are now limited to a max of 5; the Starter Board and four Class Boards. Rotate boards as necessary.

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Season 10 Mechanics

Chaos Perks

Chaos Perks are the latest flavor of seasonal power, offering a selection of one Unique and three other powers of any combination. Perks are acquired from Seasonal Reputation or from Bartuc in Infernal Hordes. Here is the recommended setup for the Boulder Druid.

PowerDescription
Brawn Over BrainsBrawn Over BrainsGain the following:
100-200% Maximum Life
+50-100% Healing Received
75-125% Overpower Damage
However, your Maximum Resistances are reduced by 25%, and your damage reduction from Armor is capped at 60%.
Purge the InfectedPurge the InfectedYour Core Skills also apply 100-200% of their Base damage as Poisoning over 4 seconds. Dealing direct damage to a Poisoned enemy spends 5 Spirit to be a guaranteed Critical Strike that deals 30-60% increase damage.
OverabundanceOverabundanceEvery 100 Spirit you generate above your Maximum increases your damage by 50-100% for 5 seconds. This bonus stacks up to 3 times, but does not refresh.
Wild TransformationsWild TransformationsShapeshifting into a new form uses a free Skill and grants an additional bonus for 5 seconds:
Werewolf uses Blood Howl, 10-20%[x] Critical Strike Damage
Werebear uses Debilitating Roar, 10-20% Damage Reduction
Human uses Cyclone Armor, 10-20%[x] Attack Speed

If playing a CataclysmCataclysm playstyle with Mjölnic RyngMjölnic Ryng, exchange Wild TransformationsWild Transformations for Power SiphonPower Siphon.

Chaos Armors

Chaos Armors are a selection of generic and class Unique Items that can drop as empowered versions in any Armor Slot besides their native slot. For example, a ChaoticFists of FateFists of Fate could drop as a helm, chest, pants, and boots. These items open many possibilities, but have a very large pool of items with low drop rates and are untradable, meaning a perfect setup may take a while, and many combinations will be effective in the meantime.

The best Chaos Armor for the Boulder Druid is Dolmen StoneDolmen Stone, maxing the Unique Affix and opening up the Amulet Slot.

The following is a recommended Chaotic setup for the Boulder Druid. Recommended Masterworks will be in Bold.

SlotAspectGearing AffixesTempering Affixes
2 Handed MaceAspect of RetaliationAspect of Retaliation
IgniIgni XanXan
Willpower
Max Life
Resource Cost Reduction
Critical Strike Damage
Earth AugmentsEarth Augments – Chance for BoulderBoulder Projectiles To Deal Double Damage
Earth FinesseEarth Finesse – Earth Damage
HelmFists of Fate (Helm)Fists of Fate (Helm)
BacBac YomYom
Lucky Hit Chance
Critical Strike Chance
Attack Speed
Lucky Hit: Chance to make enemies Vulnerable
ChestAiridah's Inexorable Will (Chest Armor)Airidah’s Inexorable Will (Chest Armor)
(Replace with Shroud of False DeathShroud of False Death
Willpower
Damage to Close Enemies
Lucky Hit Chance
Ultimate Skill Cooldown Reduction
GlovesBanished Lord's Talisman (Gloves)Banished Lord’s Talisman (Gloves)Maximum Life
Overpower Damage
Attack Speed
Ranks to Core Skills
PantsVasily's Prayer (Pants)Vasily’s Prayer (Pants)Willpower%
Maximum Life
Armor
Ranks to Defensive PostureDefensive Posture
BootsDolmen StoneDolmen Stone (Boots)Movement Speed while HurricaneHurricane is active
Nature Magic Cooldown Reduction
Ranks to Wrath Skills
Ranks to Crushing EarthCrushing Earth
Druid MotionDruid Motion – Movement Speed
Worldly FortuneWorldly Fortune – Lucky Hit chance
AmuletAspect of the Changeling's DebtAspect of the Changeling’s DebtWillpower%
Ranks to EnvenomEnvenom
Ranks to QuickshiftQuickshift
Ranks to Toxic ClawsToxic Claws
Natural MotionNatural Motion – Movement Speed
Nature Magic InnovationNature Magic InnovationHurricaneHurricane Duration
RingRing – Unique
Hunter's ZenithHunter’s Zenith
(Replace with Ring of Starless SkiesRing of Starless Skies)
Willpower
Ranks to Predatory InstinctPredatory Instinct
Ranks to QuickshiftQuickshift
Ranks to Heightened SensesHeightened Senses
RingAspect of Metamorphic StoneAspect of Metamorphic StoneAttack Speed
Max Life
Willpower
Earth FinesseEarth Finesse – Earth Damage
Druid InvigorationDruid Invigoration – Wrath Skills restore Resource

Other Chaotic Considerations

  • Use Song of the MountainSong of the Mountain if you are not armor-capped.
  • Farm Airidah's Inexorable WillAiridah’s Inexorable Will with YomYom can be an acceptable setup. Yom will also help keep Overabundance capped.
  • Purge the Infected is fantastic for the tidy multiplier and guaranteed Critical Strikes. If you are struggling on Spirit to maintain Overabundance, swap this out for something like Crazy Brew until Spirit Generation is good.
  • It may be worth keeping Tibault's WillTibault’s Will in very high push for the high Damage Reduction while Unstoppable. Vasily's PrayerVasily’s Prayer would stay on the helm in that case.
  • Make sure to keep at least one temper for HurricaneHurricane Duration active for the smoothness of play.
  • If playing a CataclysmCataclysm playstyle, a Mjölnic Ryng (Pants)Mjölnic Ryng (Pants) can be swapped in.

Mercenaries

Once unlocked, Mercenaries are followers that aid the Player in combat. A main mercenary is chosen to fight alongside you, granting strong buffs or perks, and a secondary Mercenary is chosen to periodically Reinforce you under a chosen Opportunity condition.

The following Mercenary options are recommended for the Boulder Druid:

Main Mercenary – Varyana, the Berserker

Reinforcement – Raheir, the Shieldbearer

Hysteria and Bloodlust will both give strong Attack Speed bonuses.

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Build Mechanics

Rotation and Playstyle

  1. Maintain Werewolf buffs like Toxic ClawsToxic Claws, bonus Poison damage with ClawClaw.
  2. Maintain HurricaneHurricane.
  3. Cast PetrifyPetrify against gathered enemies to Stun, Restore Spirit, and apply a Critical Strike Damage debuff.
  4. Innate Cyclone ArmorInnate Cyclone Armor applies damage taken debuffs to enemies. This knock can be disruptive, so take care where it is used.
  5. Cast BoulderBoulders, pushing against your priority enemies as they are knocked back. Up to 10 Boulders can be maintained at a time.
  6. Restore Spirit with PetrifyPetrify and Earthen BulwarkEarthen Bulwark with Tibault's WillTibault’s Will.
  7. As needed, filler attack with ClawClaw.

Use Earthen BulwarkEarthen Bulwark as necessary for Barrier, Fortify, and Unstoppable.

ClawClaw and other Skills that change your Form do not need to hit enemies to gain the Shapeshifting benefits. It can often be beneficial to keybind and tap Force Hold to be able to cast in place.

Skills, Support, and Synergies

This build has lots of moving parts that come together to make a powerful storm of abilities.

BoulderBoulder is our high-damage main Skill. When HurricaneHurricane is active, Dolmen StoneDolmen Stone causes the Boulders will revolve around the player. Aspect of Metamorphic StoneAspect of Metamorphic Stone turns Boulder into a Core Skill, removes the cooldown, and adds a Spirit Cost to the skill. Keep several of these rotating around you at a time, and refresh them as they run out. Up to ten BoulderBoulder can be maintained at a time, with a damage multiplier from Dolmen StoneDolmen Stone for each active Boulder.

BoulderBoulder is a Nature Magic Skill, and the Earth Tags will be included in anything that asks for Nature, such as DefianceDefiance. While Boulders usually do physical damage, with Savage BoulderSavage Boulder, the boulders become Poison Damage and also apply Poisoned Condition, which makes checks like EnvenomEnvenom easy to maintain.

Supporting Skills

ClawClaw is a filler Basic Attack that can help maintain Werewolf buffs like Heightened SensesHeightened Senses, Toxic ClawsToxic Claws. Primal ShredPrimal Shred is an alternative option for when doing speedfarming, as long as your Spirit Management is sufficient.

Earthen BulwarkEarthen Bulwark is a defensive tool for Barrier and Unstoppable.

Innate Cyclone ArmorInnate Cyclone Armor gives a small defensive passive, and the active use applies Vulnerable, Slow, and a small damage taken debuff on enemies.

There are several Shapeshifting buffs that are maintained throughout the fight. QuickshiftQuickshift, Heightened SensesHeightened Senses. They are easily maintained with ClawClaw and BoulderBoulder.

Ultimate Skill and Key Passive

The Ultimate Skill for Boulder is PetrifyPetrify. This Stuns, Restores Spirit, and applies a Critical Strike Damage debuff to enemies.

Ursine StrengthUrsine Strength grants damage, Overpower multiplier, and Max Life. We have a high volume of Overpower attacks thanks to XanXan and Obsidian Slam Spirit Boon.

Variant PlayGrizzly RageGrizzly Rage and Nature's FuryNature’s Fury is a potential combination usable with the build. Nature’s Fury will upkeep Hurricane while you get to stay in Werebear form. We gain nice perks like permanent Unstoppable and higher total Werebear uptime for multipliers like Survival InstinctsSurvival Instincts. To play into this style:

Variant Play

Cataclysm Ultimate

While PetrifyPetrify is the default Ultimate for this build, CataclysmCataclysm can be a strong option, especially while still gearing, to easily manage Spirit. To adjust to a Cataclysm playstyle:

Spirit Management

Boulder can be a Spirit Hungry build. We have several ways we manage Spirit.

  • Gift of the Stag Spirit Boon for Spirit and Spirit Per Second.
  • Energize Spirit Boon to periodically restore Spirit.
  • Tibault's WillTibault’s Will for periodic Spirit when gaining Unstoppable from Earthen BulwarkEarthen Bulwark.
  • Casts of PetrifyPetrify Restore Spirit.
  • Gear Affixes like Spirit Cost Reduction on Weapon.
  • The Druid InvigorationDruid Invigoration – Wrath Skills restore Spirit is actually huge.
  • Ring of Starless SkiesRing of Starless Skies grants up to 5 stacks of 10% Spirit Cost Reduction.

If this is not sufficient while leveling and gearing, consider using any of the following.

  • Use a CataclysmCataclysm setup that includes Mjölnic RyngMjölnic Ryng.
  • Use Aspect of the UmbralAspect of the Umbral or Starlight AspectStarlight Aspect for Spirit.
  • Mercenary – Use Raheir’s Iron Wolf’s Call Iconic Passive for periodic free casts of BoulderBoulder.
  • Remove points in Wild ImpulsesWild Impulses, placing them in AbundanceAbundance, and Use ClawClaw as an attack to build Spirit.
  • Adjust Gear affixes: Resource Cost Reduction on Weapon, and Resource Generation on Rings. Spirit on Kill on weapon, or Spirit Per Second on Helm, Chest, or Boots can all be useful.
  • Use Runeword setup PocPoc LumLum for Spirit Refunds.

Hurricane Maintenance

For the Boulder Druid to play smoothly, Hurricane should have a longer duration than its cooldown. If Hurricane Uptime is not complete, any spinning BoulderBoulder will shoot out from the relative direction and be lost, spilling all the meatballs from the plate, making a mess, and the Boulder count will restart back at zero next Hurricane. This is a significant issue for maintaining gameplay momentum. There are a number of ways that we extend the duration and reduce the cooldown. Sources include:

  • The Nature Magic Cooldown Reduction on Dolmen StoneDolmen Stone is a large source for Hurricane Cooldown Reductions. Getting these Mastercrafted and Greater Affixed is significant.
  • Hurricane Duration Utility Tempers on Gloves, Pants, or Boots can make the Hurricane duration longer than necessary.
  • Ranks in Endless TempestEndless Tempest extend duration. If you need more ranks, take Skill Points from ProvocationProvocation.
  • Any Cooldown Reduction on gear.

Elixirs, Incense, and Health Potions

The Alchemist offers helpful consumables at the cost of foraged materials found throughout Sanctuary.

  • Craft the highest available Elixir of Advantage IIElixir of Advantage II for Attack Speed and Lucky Hit bonuses.
  • One of each Incense Category can be used, for a total of three active Incenses at a time. In priority:
  • Upgrade your Potion as you level, increasing the instant healing of the potion!

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Season 10 Updates

The Temper change from Chance to Cast extra boulders to Boulders dealing double damage will mean a bit more maintenance, but some more top-end damage. Several strong Chaos Armor options will let Boulder do some good damage this season, but since we want to make room for the Chaos Armors, we have swapped from Wildheart HungerWildheart Hunger and Bestial RampageBestial Rampage to Ursine StrengthUrsine Strength.

The following list details the important changes in the Season 10 Patch Updates that are specific to the Boulder Druid. For general Season 10 information, check out our Season 10 Hub.

Itemization:

  • Earth AugmentsEarth Augments
    • Previous: Chance for Boulder to Cast twice.
    • Now: Chance for Boulder to deal Double Damage.
  • Earth and SkyEarth and Sky Damage bonus increased from 10% to 18%.

Skills and Stats:

  • N/A

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Changelog

  • 21 September, 2025: Updated for Patch 2.4 and Season 10. Seasonal Players, please note that the Season 10 Mechanics section has setups that include the seasonal Chaos Armors.
  • 27 June, 2025: Updated for Patch 2.3 Season 9. Changed from a Cataclysm build to Petrify. Changes to Skill Tree, Paragon, Gearing, and Spirit Boons.
  • 30 April, 2025: Changed build to Savage BoulderSavage Boulder. Adjustments to Skill Points and Paragon nodes to account for the change.
  • 24 April, 2025: Updated to the new unified format for Season 8 Patch 2.2 changes.
  • 19 January, 2025: Updated for Season 7 and Patch 2.1 updates. A two-tab paragon board is introduced.
  • 15 October, 2024: Updated for the new onsite Paragon Tool.
  • 28 September, 2024: Updated for Season 6. Changes to Paragon, Skill Tree, Skill Bar, and recommended Uniques.
  • 7 August, 2024: Significant rework of the main build due to season 5 bugs. Cataclysm Boulder changed to the main build, and Nature’s Fury Shred Boulder retired for now.
  • 2 August, 2024: Updated Guide for changes with Patch 1.5.0 and Season of the Infernal Horde. Shepherd Boulder variant removed. Cataclysm Boulder variant added.
  • 17 June, 2024: Updated for mid-season patch 1.4.3. Updates to Spirit Boons, Gear Affixes, and Paragon Board for better total damage.
  • 15 May, 2024: Small changes in gear affixes to adjust for season launch changes from PTR.
  • 5 May, 2024: Guide reworked for the significant 1.4.0 changes to gearing and for season 4 speculative changes. Format changed to frontload basic build information and offer extra information and options afterwards.
  • 10 March, 2024: Guide created, fully replacing the previous guide.
    • Ownership transferred.
    • Adjusted Gear, Skills, and Paragon sections to hit defensive stats targets and improve overall damage output.
    • Improved readability, explanations, and options.
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