Diablo 4 Will Let You Skip Its Campaign (After Your First Playthrough)

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The feature sounds similar to Diablo 3's Adventure Mode, though there are still details that have yet to be clarified.

By Cameron Koch on

Diablo IV will include a campaign-skip feature for players who have completed the game's main storyline at least once, Blizzard has confirmed.

Eagle-eyed fans spotted the «skip campaign» button as part of a new "Your class your way" trailer. Blizzard global community development director Adam Fletcher took to Twitter and clarified that players will need to have completed the campaign on one character before having the ability to «skip» the campaign on subsequent characters.

The new Diablo 4 video just dropped and there is a skip campaign button that was showcased! Thank you for respecting my time @Diablo pic.twitter.com/OJGPONQ6Qb

Diablo III eventually introduced a similar system, called Adventure Mode, where players didn't need to complete the story and instead could level up via completing bounties and defeating monsters in the game's world. It's currently unclear what options players who skip the campaign in Diablo IV will have when it comes to leveling up, as bounties, Helltides, and Nightmare dungeons in Diablo IV have been described as endgame activities for level 50+ characters.

Presumably, players can focus on completing normal dungeons or tackling the various side quests littered throughout Sanctuary to level up, but whether going that route is faster or easier than simply playing through the campaign another time isn't known. In previous interviews, Blizzard stated that Diablo IV's main campaign will take around 35 hours to complete.

Players will get one more chance to take Diablo IV for a spin ahead of launch as part of its Server Slam weekend May 12-14. That will be the final