While it’s a tad disheartening for those new to Diablo to hear that they’ll need to essentially start again, don’t forget that you can skip to the end of campaign content providing you’ve at least beaten it once. Existing Diablo 4 characters don’t get wiped, of course, but only new ones created after the new season’s start can be used to advance through the Seasonal Journey (featuring new stories, questlines, et al) and unlock tiers of the battle pass.

“Playing campaign with seasonal character (if you so desire or need to finish) will also progress the season journey and battle pass.”Īlthough this is how Diablo games have functioned in the past, many new players voiced their frustration in the same Twitter thread. “To take part in the seasonal questline, mechanics, season journey and battle pass, you will need to create a new seasonal character,” he said. Much to the surprise of Diablo newcomers, general manager for the series Rod Fergusson recently took to Twitter to announce that players who want to take part in Diablo 4 Season 1 will need to create a new character. Diablo 4 Season 1: why do I need to create a new character? Every new season will bring with it its own battle pass, bringing new cosmetic awards every three months. Every season will come with its own 100-tier battle pass, some of which won’t require a purchase to unlock.

Piepora was hesitant to call each seasonal update an ‘expansion’ but did reveal that the game’s post-launch quarterly updates will see the introduction of fresh storylines and new mechanics, in addition to certain parts of the map resetting (more on that later). In an interview for Game Informer’s cover story back in April (as picked up by GameSpot ) associate game director Joe Piepiora revealed that they will last a total of three months, meaning Diablo 4 is expected to have a total of four seasons per year. Diablo 4 Treasure Goblin glitch will be resolved before season 1, says Activision Blizzard Diablo 4 Season 1: how long is it set to last?įirst things first, we’ve known for a while now just how long seasons in Diablo 4 are set to last.

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