The Footfalls of the Waning World are Unique boots introduced in the Lord of Hatred expansion (Season 13). Designed exclusively for the Warlock class, these boots are the premier mobility engine for Shadow-based and Abyss summoner builds. By converting the standard Evade into a specialized traversal skill, they allow the Warlock to maintain constant positioning advantages while actively fueling their cooldown loops.
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Footfalls of the Waning World: Unique Effect and Rolls
The core utility of these boots is the total replacement of the Evade mechanic, turning a defensive dash into a tactical teleport that resets through class-specific combat loops.
Unique Effect
Your Evade is now Nether Step, and your Evade Cooldown is reduced by [0.6 – 1.0] seconds whenever you lose or consume Shadowform stacks.
By linking mobility to the consumption of Shadowform stacks, Warlocks can achieve near-permanent uptime on Nether Step. In high-tier content, this allows you to bypass ground hazards and reposition for optimal Dread Claws or Profane Sentinel placement without interrupting your damage rotation.
Desired Stats and Greater Affixes (GA) To maximize the "infinite teleport" potential, you should aim for specific Greater Affixes that decrease your internal timers and increase your r esource generation.
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Attacks Reduce Evade Cooldown: This is the highest priority for Greater Affixes. When combined with the unique effect, a GA roll here allows even a few basic attacks to fully reset your Nether Step, making you virtually untouchable.
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Attack Speed: Faster attacks lead to faster Shadowform generation and faster Evade resets, smoothing out the entire gameplay loop.
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Movement Speed: While Nether Step provides instant travel, raw movement speed is still essential for positioning between cooldowns and clearing speed in Helltides.
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Desired Masterworking: Attacks Reduce Evade Cooldown and Movement Speed.
How to Get the Footfalls of the Waning World
Targeted Boss Farming (Astaroth)
The most reliable way to target-farm the Footfalls of the Waning World is by defeating Astaroth. To face this boss in Season 13, you must follow a specific progression path:
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Find a Strongroom Sigil: Obtain a Nightmare Sigil with the Horadric Strongroom modifier.
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Acquire an Escalation Sigil: Clear the Strongroom to loot an Escalation Nightmare Sigil.
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Defeat Astaroth: Use the Escalation Sigil to enter a chained dungeon. Slay Astaroth and the Amalgam of Rage on the final floor. He has the highest weighted probability to drop this specific Unique.
The "De-Affix" Crafting Method (Horadric Cube)
Because the Footfalls of the Waning World are a high-value Warlock unique, you can "yolo" craft them using the Horadric Cube to bypass RNG:
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Obtain a Base: Acquire a blue (Magic) or white (Common) Ancestral pair of Boots. These are found as world drops or by gambling Murmuring Obols at the Purveyor of Curiosities.
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Remove Affixes: Use the Cube to strip any existing stats until you have a base white Ancestral item.
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Upgrade to Unique: Use the "Upgrade to Unique" recipe. This requires Enhanced Primordial Dust (dropped by high-Torment Elites) and standard Primordial Dust. This forces the game to roll a Unique from the Warlock boot pool.
General Torment Farming
The Footfalls of the Waning World can also be found in all endgame activities. The drop rate for this unique item increases significantly as you move into higher Torment difficulties. Priority activities include:
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Helltides: High density and Mystery Chests offer multiple opportunities for Ancestral drops.
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Infernal Hordes: The Spoils of Equipment at the end of a run provide a concentrated source of items.
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Nightmare Dungeons: Completion rewards and Elite packs are reliable sources for Unique gear.
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Kurast Undercity: A specialized dungeon for targeted loot drops.
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The Pit: Pushing higher tiers in the Pit increases the frequency of Ancestral Unique rewards.
