Diablo 4: How To Get Smoldering Ashes And What To Do With Them In Season 1

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The first season of Diablo 4 has introduced Smoldering Ashes, a special item used to gain powerful passive bonuses.

By James Carr on

Diablo 4 Season 1 has arrived, bringing the first big content update to the dungeon crawler. Season 1 features new quests, seasonal objectives, and Malignant Hearts, a new item that is socketed like gems but provides more unique and powerful bonuses. In addition to all of the new contents and items, there is also a new system for boosting your seasonal character called Smoldering Ashes. This new currency can be used to gain passive boosts for the rest of the season.

Smoldering Ashes aren't an in-game drop, but instead tied to battle pass progression. There are 20 Smoldering Ashes spread out across the 90 battle pass tiers. All Smoldering Ashes are free-tier rewards and do not require you to purchase the battle pass. The battle pass is progressed by earning favor, which is awarded by killing monsters, completing quests, and completing objectives with a seasonal character. Favor is also awarded for completing seasonal objectives.

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Each Smoldering Ash has a character level requirement to use, with the first one locked at level 40, so you will need to progress your character level as well.

There are five different bonuses to pick from, with each one offering four tiers to upgrade, likely meaning that there is exactly enough Smoldering Ashes to max out each bonus.

As for the best bonuses to pick early on, there are two that