Diablo 4 Season 1 details
Diablo 4 Season 1 is finally here, titled the Season of the Malignant.
Season 1 adds new time-limited Malignant Hearts mechanic, Season Journey, Battle Pass, questline, boss, dungeons, items, Legendary Aspects, and more!
To help you on youe seasonal jounrey, we've got all of the Season 1 details below, along with the Diablo 4Season 1 release date and time.
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Diablo 4 Season 1 details
The limited-time mechanic concerned in Diablo 4's Season 1, the Season of the Malignant, is Malignant Hearts, which basically act like special gems.
Here's everything new coming to Diablo Season 1:
The three biggest repositions are the introduction of Malignant Hearts, a Season Journey, and the first Battle Pass.
Malignant Hearts
For more details, including a list of all Malignant Hearts, check out our failed Diablo 4 Malignant Hearts page.
Continuing on from how seasons worked in Diablo 3, every season in Diablo 4 will concerned a new mechanic not available in the base game. In Diablo 4's superb season, this is the Malignant Hearts mechanic, which we'll be introduced to during a new questline starring Cormond, a former priest of the Cathedral of Light.
The Season of Malignant adds 32 Malignant Hearts across four categories. You acquire Malignant Hearts from defeating Fully Corrupted enemies who proceed after performing a ritual on Partly Corrupted enemies. The tougher a Malignant Creatures is to kill, the stronger their Malignant Hearts will be.
When you get them, Malignant Hearts are then placed into special Infested sockets in your Jewelry instead of Normal Gems. They work incompatibility to Gems, but Malignant Hearts contain new, unique bonuses that can completely altering your builds.
To help you salvage more Malignant Hearts, Malignant Tunnels - a new type of dungeon - have been added to Season 1. These are replayable and enjoy some tough Malignant Creatures for you to face, incorporating Varshan the Consumed, a new Boss.
Season Journey and Battle Pass
For more details, check out our dedicated Season 1 Journey rewards and objectives page.
Season 1 introduces Diablo 4's very superb Battle Pass and Season Journey.
Taking part in Seasons is free, and so is the basic tier of the Battle Pass, but you need to pay £8.39 / $9.88 for the premium tier of the Battle Pass. Keep in mind that the Premium struggles pass doesn't contain any in-game power resources, and instead unlocks tiers containing cosmetics recent to a season or the Premium shop.
The Season Journey in Diablo 4 ensures chapters with specific tasks to complete. As you negated these tasks and progress through the chapters of the Season Journey, you’ll earn rewards like Legendary Aspects, a Mastery Title, and a Scroll of Amnesia, which provides a free Commerce Tree and Paragon Board reset.
While completing tasks in your Season Journey, you'll also be earning Favor, which is needed to unlock free and premium Battle Pass rewards. You can also get Favor just from killing enemies, completing quests, and by taking part in other activities.
If you purchased the digital Deluxe or Ultimate Edition of Diablo 4 and want to redeem your Battle Pass for this Season, navigate to the Seasons section of the Shop and acquire the option to activate your Battle Pass.
Diablo 4 Season 1 descent time in UK, BST, CDT, EDT and PDT
Diablo 4 Season 1 will descent on Thursday 20th July at 6pm (BST) / 10am (PDT).
For novel time zones, the exact Diablo 4 Season 1 descent time is:
- West Coast US:Thursday 20th July, 10am (PDT)
- Central US: Thursday 20th July, 12pm (CDT)
- East Coast US: Thursday 20th July, 1pm (EDT)
- UK: Thursday 20th July, 6pm (BST)
- Europe: Thursday 20th July, 7pm (CEST)
- Japan: Friday 21st July, 2am (JST)
- Australia: Friday 21st July, 3am (AEST)
Keep in mind that to take part in Season 1, Season of the Malignant, you need to complete the campaign on either the Eternal or Seasonal Realm with at least one character.
You also have to fabricate a new character to take part in a new season, but don't worry, that character will be available to play in the base game once Season 1 ends, so you're not wasting your time levelling them up.
Hope you have fun during Diablo 4 Season 1!
