Diablo 4 Season 1 will launch July 20, Blizzard revealed in a brand new livestream that additionally included a bunch of recent particulars concerning the upcoming content material replace.
Titled Season of the Malignant, the brand new seasonal content material will convey with it a brand-new quest line that includes “new faces and new enemies, new powers, the primary Season Journey, and the primary Battle Pass.” It takes place after the occasions of the primary marketing campaign and introduces a brand new character in Cormand, an ex-priest from the Cathedral of Light who’s making an attempt to cease the unfold of the Malignant.
Season of the Malignant incorporates a “harmful new menace” within the type of Malignant Monsters spreading all through Sanctuary. Any elite monster will be capable of spawn as a Malignant Monster with further powers. Malignant Monsters will be defeated by drawing out their corruption and trapping their Malignant Hearts, which might then be inserted into rings and amulets.
A brand new menace is corrupting Sanctuary ?#DiabloIV Season of the Malignant is coming July twentieth.
Will you be prepared? pic.twitter.com/bJYo5f1xyB
— Diablo (@Diablo) July 6, 2023
To battle the creatures, Blizzard says Season of the Malignant will embody new builds which can be “stupidly highly effective” because of the brand new Malignant powers. Blizzard additionally hinted as a brand new boss monster, new legendary gadgets, new distinctive gadgets, and extra. The new gadgets will not be season unique, Blizzard says, and can seem within the Eternal Realm too.
Players will be capable of leap into seasonal realms and begin a brand new character from Level 1, although some options will solely be accessible after beating the primary marketing campaign. The new “Season Journey” will happen over seven chapters, with every chapter that includes a number of aims that may be accomplished for rewards like Favor, which can be utilized to open up rewards within the Diablo 4 battle move. According to Blizzard, the battle move features a free tier the place everybody can earn seasonal boosts with a view to speed up progress. The paid tier additionally contains unique cosmetics.
Blizzard has beforehand confirmed that Diablo 4 will proceed evolving and increasing “for years to return.” This contains two confirmed expansions in addition to a strong roadmap. The Season of the Malignant patch will drop on July 18, with new gadgets and stability modifications accessible on Eternal Realm from that point.
Diablo 4 launched final month to vital acclaim, with our reviewer writing, “Diablo 4 is a surprising sequel with close to good endgame and development design that makes it completely excruciating to place down.”
For extra, hold a watch out on our ever-evolving map of Sanctuary, which is able to assist you to get by Diablo 4’s myriad quest.
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