On October 18th (Korean time), Diablo IV’s next season, ‘Season of Blood’, will arrive armed with a variety of new content. There is a lot of newly introduced content, such as new chain quests, the power of the vampire, and 5 types of end-game bosses, and through the upcoming 1.2.0 patch, various convenience updates such as mounts, prestige, nightmare dungeons, and quick experience gain will be provided. Applies.
Blizzard Entertainment revealed this information through a developer livestream held this morning, and Joe Shely (game director), Joseph Piepiora (associate game director), and Antonio Antonio Watson, associate game designer, took the time to personally introduce new content.
With the start of this Bloody Season, Diablo IV will also be available on the Steam platform. Cross-play and progress sharing are supported on all platforms, including the existing Battle.net, Xbox Series To play Diablo IV on Steam, first purchase Diablo IV on the Steam platform and link it to your Battle.net account. You can use various Steam features, such as in-Steam achievements, friends list, and in-game friend invitation options, and you can add Diablo IV to your wish list on the Diablo IV Steam page.
When the Season of Blood begins, you can experience the following major in-game content and convenience features.
Introduction to Season of Blood
– Players will battle the vampires threatening Sanctuary alongside Vampire Hunter Erys, voiced in the English version by actress and film producer Gemma Chan. Throughout your journey, you will gain access to the power of a vampire, allowing you to fight like a vampire using a variety of powerful dark techniques. You can also gain vampire power through a new resource called Filled Blood and oath armor containing three types of oaths.
– With the arrival of the vampire Lord Zir, new monsters also appear. You must defeat Blood Seekers, corrupted enemies that look and act similar to the player character and use corrupted class skills.
– In the Blood Harvest season event, you have a high chance of obtaining filled blood and oath armor. Through this event, you will face hordes of vampires and blood seekers that appear throughout the sanctuary.
– When the ongoing ‘Evil Seed Season’ ends, all season characters will be moved to the Eternal Realm, and all items in the Evil Seed Season character storage will be transferred to the newly added eject-only storage tab in the Eternal Realm.
– You will also challenge a total of 5 types of end-game bosses, including the Beast in the Ice, Evil Master, Echo of Barshan, Echo of Duriel, and Griguar, Saint of Currents.
Convenience updates
– New players will be able to skip the campaign, so they can use the season content right away after completing the prelude. With this, you can enjoy it with your friends when the new season begins.
– Prestige rewards once obtained in the Eternal Realm or Seasonal Realm remain the same for several seasons and characters thereafter. Previously acquired prestige rewards such as skill points, potion capacity, maximum amount of silver held, and conqueror points will all be maintained at the start of this season. Unique rewards earned through prestige can also be maintained with new characters created in the same game type. Hardcore prestige rewards are tied to an account so that other hardcore characters can also use them, while non-hardcore characters receive rewards tied to that character type.
– Compared to the Seed of Evil season, the speed of gaining experience and reaching level 100 is about 40% faster.
– In the case of nightmare dungeons, the ability to teleport inside the dungeon is added, monster density increases, NPC companions’ health increases, and the need to go back the way you came is reduced.
– The end-game experience is greatly improved. You can repeatedly farm various rewards, including rare unique items, by defeating the 5 newly added or returning end-game bosses. In this case, the probability of obtaining unique and rare unique items increases significantly. As part of these improvements, the probability of Legion events occurring and outdoor bosses appearing will also increase.
– In addition, various item and inventory management elements have been adjusted, such as gems being changed to crafting materials, reducing the frequency of inventory filling, and reducing unnecessary returns to town. In Hardcore Mode, if a connection problem occurs during battle, the Scroll of Escape is consumed and the character can be teleported to a safe location without losing progress.
– The speed of the vehicle increases, it moves more nimbly, and the ability to rush through obstacles is added.
– In addition, numerous updates are coming, including village updates, event and monster density improvements, elemental resistance and status abnormality changes, and UI and UX features.
A summary of the developer livestream and more details to come in Season of Blood can also be found on the blog. All information about Diablo IV can be found on the official website, and related materials can be found on Gamespress.
