Diablo 4 Season 1 Developer Update Summary
The Diablo 4 Developer Update is complete. The development team discussed the Seasonal Mechanic, Seasonal Questline, and other changes coming to Diablo 4 in Season 1! Diablo 4 News Hub Diablo 4 Guide Hub You can learn more by reading the official Diablo 4 Season 1 blog here!
Season of the Malignant Releases July 20th! The Seasonal Patch will become available to download on July 18th. The Seasonal Questline will be revolved around helping a Priest of the Cathedral of Light to stop the spread of this Corruption.There will also be a new Boss, new Legendary Aspects, and new Unique items associated with Season 1. Hellitide and Nightmare Dungeon rewards will be increased. Seasonal Mechanic — Malignant Hearts Malignant Hearts will drop from Elite enemies with the Malignant affix.
This Malignant Heart can be socketed into Infested jewelry, similar to gems. There will be 32 new Malignant powers associated with these Malignant Hearts. Malignant Tunnels are new areas throughout Sanctuary where players will be able to target-farm specific Malignant Hearts.
Season Journey Codex of Power Aspects will be unlocked through completing Objectives within the Season Journey. Players will be able to choose how to progress the Season Journey, through a variety of in-game activities. Many Objectives can be completed through Campaign progression, however, the Malignant Seasonal Mechanic will only become available to players after they have completed the Campaign on one character.
Battle Pass All cosmetics earned on the Battle Pass will be able to be used by all classes. The 27 Free Tiers of the Battle Pass will include cosmetics as well as Smoldering Ash which can be used to activate Season Blessings. The paid version of the Battle Pass.
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