Diablo 4 Could Get World Tier 5 And Higher Gem Ranks In The Future, Datamine Suggests

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Diablo IV could receive a new max difficulty in the future, as a dataminer has discovered evidence of a World Tier V in the game's files.

Currently, World Tier IV is Diablo IV's highest difficulty, intended for players level 70-100. Monsters are at their most challenging at this world tier and overcome 40% of a player's resistances, but also reward more experience and gold. Players are also more likely to find build-defining Unique items in World Tier IV.

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But it seems like World Tier IV might not always be the game's top-difficulty. DatamineARPG, who runs a Ko-fi dedicated to datamining for clues about future content in games like Diablo Immortal and Diablo IV, has discovered files that make it pretty clear that a World Tier V was, or potentially still is, in the works. Official World Tier V artwork does exist in the game's files, though it could still be a placeholder image. There's also evidence of a marker that may be pointing towards a capstone dungeon in Fractured Peaks needed to unlock World Tier V.

Unfortunately, that's about all there is to go on, and it's currently unclear what benefits and challenges playing on World Tier V could potentially bring. However, there are some other interesting tidbits turned up by DatamineARPG, including evidence of three new ranks of gemstones. While rank six doesn't have a name, it seems rank seven and rank eight gemstones will be called «magnificent» and «perfect» respectively, though those names are still subject to change. There's