- Warlocks don't rely on spell slots and instead cast spells by paying a fixed amount of health depending on the spell. Health management will play a bigger role for this class than for others.
- Any health spent to cast spells will leave behind Recoverable Health, allowing for restoration via Resting, Bandages, or a friendly Bard.
- Torture Mastery will heal you when dealing damage with Curse of Pain and Power of Sacrifice, and will benefit from Magical Healing on your gear.
- Power of Sacrifice can be used as a party buff or as a damage-dealer. Be wary that granting enemies additional Strength will give them more max HP as well, mitigating some damage dealt.
- Blow of Corruption is very powerful in both PvP and PvE. In PvP, it can be used to prevent enemies from burst-healing.
- Phantomize will protect you from most sources of damage, however floor traps, AoE spells (Holy Strike, Fireball, Lightning Strike), Zombie poison clouds, and any linger DoTs will still hurt you.
- If Hellfire is cast again whilst the Warlock's first Hellfire effect is still active, the first Hellfire will be deleted after the second one has finished casting.
2024/02/03 Early Access Patch #3
- Soul Collector stacks up to 10 times instead of 6
- A new Warlock skill has been added: Blood Pact
- A new Warlock spell has been added: Spell Predation.
- Warlock's Demon Armor now has a -50% spellcasting speed penalty instead of other penalties.
2024/01/24 Early Access Hotfix #29
- Warlock can now use Spell Memory II
- Warlocks can now use the Heater Shield.
- Warlock's Demon Armor has been changed from -75% reduction in magic healing bonus to a -50% reduction. The perk also reduces Will by -50%.
2023/11/30 Early Access Hotfix #22
- Warlocks now start with a Falchion and Crystal Ball as default weapons.
- Warlock's ‘Power of Sacrifice’ spell also increases Vigor by 15.
- Warlock's ‘Bloodstained Blade’ spell’s weapon damage increase improved from 5 → 7.
- Warlock's ‘Bolt of Darkness’ spell damage increased from 15 → 20.
- Warlock's ‘Curse of Weakness’ spell's reduction of all attributes improved from -20% → -25%.
- Warlock's ‘Ray of Darkness’ spell damage per second increased from 6 to 12.
- Warlock's ‘Soul Collector’ perk’s dark magic damage increase per stack increased from 5% → 10%.
- Warlock's ‘Antimagic' perk’s magic resistance improved from 15% → 25%
2023/11/09 Early Access Hotfix #20
- Warlock's Evil Eye cost changed from 3 → 1.
- Warlock's Hellfire cost changed from 10 → 4.
- Warlock's Life Drain cost changed from 5 → 4.
- Warlock's Curse of Pain cost changed from 5 → 3.
- Warlock's Ray of Darkness cost changed from 5 → 4.
- Warlock's Ray of Darkness damage per second changed from 7 → 6.
- Warlock's Ray of Darkness damage tick cycle changed from 0.2s → 0.1s.
- Warlock's Ray of Darkness attribute ratio bonus changed from 0.5 → 1.0.
- Bloodstained Blade self-damage scaling 100% --> 0%
2023/11/03 Early Access Hotfix #19
- The cost of all spells used by the Warlock has been reduced.
- Warlock's Torture Mastery now doubles the cost of the spell.
2023/10/26 Early Access Hotfix #18
- Blow of Corruption's duration after activation has been reduced from 12 → 8 seconds.
- Blow of Corruption’s additional magic damage reduced from 20 → 15.
2023/10/05 Early Access Hotfix #15
- Warlock's Torture Mastery healing's Attribute Ratio Bonus has been changed from 50% → 25%.
- Warlock's Eldritch Shield's magic damage absorption changed from 40 → 25, dark magic damage bonus changed from 40% → 20%, and cost changed from 5 → 10.
- Warlock's Hydra cost changed from 15 → 20.
- Warlock's Ray of Darness's dark magic damage has been changed from 3 → 7, and the cost has been changed from 5 → 10.
2023/09/26 Early Access Patch #1"
- Torture Mastery now only heals from DoT damage dealt by Curse of Pain or Power of Sacrifice, and no longer works with other Magical Damage sources.
- Curse of Pain, Curse of Weakness, and Power of Sacrifice cost changed to 5 HP.
- Hellfire cost changed to 10 HP.
- Warlock's Curse of Pain now has a slightly more generous aim.
- 2 new perks have been added to Warlocks: Curse Mastery, Vampirism.
- 8 new spells have been added to Warlocks: Bolt of Darkness, Evil Eye, Bloodstained Blade, Flame Walker, Life Drain, Ray of Darkness, Eldritch Shield, Summon Hydra.
2023/08/28 Early Access Wipe 1
- Many spells' Attribute Bonus Ratio returned to 100%.
- Curse of Pain:
- Direct: 100%
- DoT: 50%
- Torture Mastery Heal: 50%
2023/08/14 Early Access Hotfix #3
- Cast time on Curse of Pain and Power of Sacrifice buffed from 1.25s to 1s.
2023/08/07 Early Access Launch
- Warlock Added
2023/07/11 Warlock First Look