Take a look at the best ways to prepare for Diablo 4's Season of the Malignant.
By Jason Rodriguez on
The first season of Diablo 4, Season of the Malignant, is set to go live on July 20. As such, that means creating a new character and progressing once more just to see the new content. However, given that a few facets will be retained from the base game you may have already played for dozens or hundreds of hours, it's also a good idea to be ready for a fresh playthrough. Here are the things you should do to prepare for Diablo 4's Season of the Malignant.
Diablo 4's Season of the Malignant promises additional content, including new legendaries and uniques, as well as a battle pass with several cosmetics. You'll also experience the season's activities involving a new quest line, and battle Malignant Monsters to claim their Malignant Hearts. Still, you do need to make a new character, although a few facets carry over.
The information was previously confirmed by Diablo 4's associate game director Joseph Piepiora. Basically, completing the campaign allows you to skip it on your new characters (or «alts»). This includes those that you create in Season of the Malignant.
This helps out immensely, since the seasonal quest line takes place after you've beaten the story. Also, while you're no longer able to do main quests, your leveling grind will mostly focus on dungeons and events.
No, you complete it one time on your account and then you can choose to skip the campaign on every new character you make. You can just start at level 1 in Kyovashad if you like and immediately begin engaging with season features.
On July 18, two days before the season starts, Diablo 4 will have a patch. From that point onwards, you'll want to log on at
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