Diablo 4’s season 3 patch adds a customizable robot friend

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Diablo 4’s first season of 2024 is here: Season of the Construct.

This season is all about evil, demonic robots and promises some new features we haven’t seen yet in Diablo 4. But, like all seasons, season 3 also brings some exciting changes to the game as a whole, in addition to new content.

Here’s a look at the patch notes for Diablo 4 season 3, which will hit the live game on Tuesday, Jan. 23.

Season of the Construct sees the resurrection of some ancient robots who plague Sanctuary in a variety of new activities. There are Vaults, which are elaborate dungeons filled with traps. If you’re able to get in and avoid taking damage, you’ll receive bonus loot at the end. Then there are the Arcane Tremors, a new outdoor activity where you can chase down and beat up a bunch of possessed machines.

To help you in your quest, you’ll get the Seneschal, a little robot companion who follows you around and does your bidding. You can upgrade this little guy with powerful weapons and tools, making it more and more powerful as the season continues.

In addition to the new content, there’s also some big quality of life updates in Diablo 4 season 3. One of those updates is for Helltides. Instead of taking an hour-long break between Helltides — the way it’s been sinceDiablo 4 launched last year — Helltides will now be available nearly all the time. Helltides will operate like normal, then there will be a brief five minute break to reset the zone, causing a new Helltide will appear somewhere else.

Diablo may have started as a point-and-click game, butDiablo 3’s introduction of controller support changed how players were able to move around the world of Sanctuary. Diablo 4 launched with controller support for console and PC, but now it’s also getting WASD keyboard support for those that prefer not to plug in a controller or just don’t have one available.

This new control option should help PC-only players fine-tune their movement a bit better.

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