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Unlike with World of Warcraft, Diablo 4's revealed roadmap is a bit more loose. Players have a good idea of when certain updates are coming, but far less has been revealed compared to WoW or WoW Classic. As more information is made available throughout 2024, though, we’ll update this article so you’re always armed with the latest, up-to-date information.
The focus is on the major updates so you know when and what to expect from Diablo 4 in 2024. As Blizzard Entertainment has sorted this into concrete months, unlike with World of Warcraft, the formatting is slightly different here.
January 2024 brings Season 3 and more to Diablo 4
1) Season 3 begins in January 2024
Diablo 4’s Season 3 is scheduled to begin in January 2024, though a hard date has not been confirmed as of this writing. Blizzard confirmed recently that the release date for Season 3 of Diablo 4 will be on January 23, 2024, at 10 am PST.
Diablo 4’s third season now has a name: Season of the Construct. Ancient forces now threaten Sanctuary, and players will journey alongside their Seneschal Companion, as they explore Kehjistan. The focus of the story this time is around the secrets of Zoltun Kulle, and his legacy. The Loom is an ancient piece of technology designed by Zoltun Kulle and Ayuzhan of Caldeum - and as one might expect, it’s being used for evil.
Ayuzhan will lead the player through a new style of dungeon, the Vaults, as they both hunt down the demon Malphas and try to stop him and his powerful constructs from taking over Sanctuary. However, you have a construct of your own to aid you in battle - that’s what the Seneschal Companion is.
Players will use Governing and Tuning Stones found in the Vaults, and elsewhere, to augment their mechanical companion. The Governing Stones determine what attacks they can use, and Tuning Stones augment those for further utility. As of this writing, there are 12 Governing Stones and 27 Tuning Stones of different rarities.
Vaults are new dungeon types that house elemental hazards, created by Zoltun Kulle and Ayuzhan. This season also officially introduces the Construct monster family. There are quite a few elemental variants of these in the new Vaults. These dungeons use a new item: Pearls of Warding. These Pearls drop from defeating Elite Constructs and are used to gain higher-value items in Vault runs.
Converting these will grant players Zoltun’s Warding, a blessing that grants access to the wonderful riches in these new dungeons. However, the buff diminishes stack by stack if you are caught in the Hazards of the Vaults.
2) January 2024 will add The Gauntlet, Leaderboards, and Hall of Ancients
As for what you can expect from Diablo 4 in 2024, The Gauntlet promises to be an exciting addition and possibly one of the biggest updates. It is a fixed seed, non-linear dungeon. What that means is that each run will be the same, and it will be up to players to use their skills to get the best times and highest scores.
You can increase your score via Proofs of Might, which drops from fallen foes. There will be a new Gauntlet each week, and the top 1,000 players will be on the leaderboards. The following boards are available:
- Solo Barbarian
- Solo Druid
- Solo Necromancer
- Solo Rogue
- Solo Sorcerer
- Two-player party
- Three-player party
- Four-player party
The Hall of Ancients will also be a permanent leaderboard that shows the top 10 players from each week in every season forever. Only the best and bravest will make it to that board.
3) Diablo 4 players to receive important miscellaneous updates to gameplay in January
While we don’t know what the Diablo 4 end-game content will be, fans can look forward to more of it in Season 3. Helltides will also be more accessible in Season 3; they’ll now last for 55 minutes, with only a five-minute downtime between events. This should allow players to grind through Helltides much easier.
There will also be other reliable 925 item power drops in Season 3 - other than what’s already found on Uber Duriel. Not much is known about this yet. More information will be available before the season launches.
There are several quality-of-life changes confirmed for Season of the Construct as well. In addition to the extended duration of Helltides, players will finally have access to WASD movement on their keyboards, if that’s how they prefer to play the game.
In addition, there will be an extra Stash Tab added to the game. You can access it in any capital city, though it must be purchased with gold. The price is, at this time, unknown.
There have been other miscellaneous updates added, such as reallocating points on the skill tree, UI improvements when trading gold, increased rates to earning items needed to summon the Beast in the Ice, and many more. The full patch notes for Season of the Construct also have a reveal date: These will become available on January 19, 2024.
April 2024 heralds the arrival of Season 4 to Diablo 4
If you want to know what to expect from Diablo 4 in 2024, as it pertains to Season 4, almost nothing is available at this time. We do know that the developer plans on updating itemization, so players will have an easier time “finding and evaluating items that they actually want to keep.”
Affixes will be clearer, and there will be some major changes to item modification in the future. Naturally, there will be more endgame content. Fans of Diablo 4 will have to wait until it’s closer to Season 4 to learn more.
Diablo 4’s expansion, Vessel of Hatred to arrive in Late 2024
Unfortunately, the Vessel of Hatred is still very much a mystery. We do know it takes up where the base Diablo 4 storyline left off and will have players visiting some familiar places - such as Travincal and Kurast. We also know that a new class will debut - something never before seen in the Diablo universe.
According to Diablo General Manager Rod Fergusson, a major announcement is scheduled for Summer 2024.
Miscellaneous updates with no confirmed release date
There are a wealth of changes coming to Diablo 4 that, honestly, have no confirmed date or timeline. We know that there will be changes to the Codex of Power.
They want to move the Aspect crystals from the inventory into the Codex of Power, but it won’t be available until after Season 3.
There will also be more permanent endgame content for players at various stages of progression. The example given by the developer was - “more content after entering World Tier 4 and more pinnacle endgame content”.
One of the most popular updates coming to the game has to be Loadouts, and Loot Filters. Loadouts will allow players to save and switch builds, but there is no planned date for these yet.
Loot Filters for Diablo 4 are also being discussed. The developer feels that there are many ways to do it and wants it to be done right.
More Social Features are also coming to the game. Things like a group finder are being discussed, and there’s an entire team of developers working on better social content for the game.
Diablo’s future is still very much a mystery. As more content is revealed, we will update this accordingly so you know all the major updates and features coming to the game in 2024.
