As one of the centerpieces of character and account progression, Diablo IV's Renown took inspiration from World of Warcraft's Renown system. Our Diablo IV Renown Overview highlights everything we know about the system based on last December's PR Preview playtest, including activities and their exact Renown rewards and rewards earned after reaching certain Renown thresholds.
Diablo IV Renown Overview Here is what our Diablo team had to say about the Renown system in their «First Impressions» article after playing Blizzard's Preview build last year:
Not a lot of systems were active in the Press Preview Build due to its level limitations, unfortunately. However, one of Diablo IV’s core pillars, the Renown systems, was fully available.Similar to World of Warcraft, you can earn Renown by completing different activities or discovering side areas and optional quests. Each zone has five Renown tiers, each rewarding players with gold and experience.
Additionally, players can get Skill points, Paragon points, or additional potion charges. Collecting Renown feels very natural and “on the side”, not least because Diablo IV’s World Map does a tremendous job of showing players points of interest to visit and things to do that will reward Renown.
By the way: Skill and Paragon points earned through the Renown system will be available to all of your future characters. The starting experience with a second or third character was vastly different and even more fun because you were able to go deeper into the Skill Tree much earlier..
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