Players will only be able to progress the game's seasonal battle pass by creating and playing a new seasonal character. Players will need to have completed the campaign on either an Eternal Realm character or on a seasonal character to unlock the seasonal questline and begin engaging with the new seasonal Malignant mechanics.īlizzard additionally clarified how Diablo IV's seasons will work. Season 1 will additionally introduce a seasonal questline that Blizzard has described as a 'side story' to Diablo IV's main storyline. Blizzard said players will want a combination of all Caged Heart color types, which will create new ways for players to customize their builds.

A rarer version of a Caged Heart will be eligible to be socketed into any of the three color sockets. These powers come in Caged Hearts of three different colors and will need to be placed in gear with a matching color socket in order to be used. There are a total of 32 new Malignant powers players will be able to choose from.

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