Diablo 4 Season 2 - Season of Blood Developer Update Livestream Summary

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The Diablo 4 Season of Blood Developer Update Livestream has ended. Check out our summary below for the most interesting content, features, and quality-of-life changes coming to Diablo 4 Season 2.

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New Endgame Bosses

• Bosses will be unlocked by completing specific endgame content.
• Each boss has a specific loot table, giving players the ability to target-farm specific items.
• New endgame bosses will persist through to future Seasons.
• Certain bosses will require specific resistance gear in order to defeat them.
• The final Uber boss, Duriel, will have a chance to drop Uber Unique items.

Vampiric Powers

• Players will be able to collect up to 22 class-agnostic Vampiric Powers.
• Armor pieces will drop with three different types of Pacts, which will activate these Vampiric Powers.
• Players will be able to Cleanse and Inject Vampiric Powers from armor.
• Vampiric Powers can be unlocked and upgraded by collecting the Seasons's currency — Potent Blood.

Blood Harvest

• A new open-world event similar to Helltide.
• Blood Harvest will be available starting at level 1 and will rotate between open-world zones.
• Currecny earned during Blood Harvest will stay with the player, even after the event ends.
• Will not replace Helltides.

Item Changes

• Gems will no longer drop, players will automatically receive Gem Shard materials, which can be used to craft Gems.
• Overall Enchantment costs have been reduced.
• Crafting materials will drop in place of low-quality gear.
• Normal and Magic items will no longer drop in World Tier III.
• Only Ancestral items will drop in World Tier IV.

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