The next Diablo IV Season, Season of Blood will be launching on 18th October with a variety of new content as well as tons of Quality of Life updates.

Additionally, the launch of the new season also marks Diablo IV being able to play on Steam, and will include cross-play and cross-save across all platforms.

Players who wish to traverse to Sanctuary on Steam will first need to purchase the game on that platform and then connect Diablo IV to a Battle.net account.

Season of Blood

• Players will team up with Vampire Hunter Erys, voiced by actress and film producer Gemma Chan to take on brand-new threats to Sanctuary. Players can harness Vampiric Powers which provide a variety of dark, powerful skills along with a new resource called Potent Blood, and the required matching Pact Armour.
• Take on corrupted enemies called Blood Seekers who look and behave like player characters and use tainted class skills led by the vampire Lord Zir.
• The Blood Harvest Season Event will bring in the highest chance of receiving Potent Blood and Pact Armour drops.
• Once Season of the Malignant ends, all Seasonal characters will transfer to the Eternal Realm and all items in that Season of the Malignant character’s stash will go into a new Withdraw Only Stash tab in the Eternal Realm.
• Five endgame bosses will be available to challenge in the forms of The Beast in the Ice, Dark Master, Varshan, Echo of Duriel, and Grigoire, The Galvanic Saint.

Quality of Life Updates

• New players can now Skip the Campaign and jump into seasonal content immediately after finishing the Prologue, so they can join their friends when the season launches.
• Renown rewards you earn either in the eternal or seasonal realm, now carry over from season to season.
• Gain XP and reach Level 100 approximately 40% faster compared to Season of the Malignant.
• Improvements to Nightmare Dungeons include teleportation to the interior of the dungeon, increased monster density, more durable NPC companions, and reduced backtracking.
• Endgame experience has been enhanced with the introduction of the Boss ladder, as players will be able to target farm the new and returning 5 Endgame bosses for Uniques and Uber Uniques which drop at a much higher rate. Legion Events and World Bosses will spawn more frequently, among other end-game improvements.
•  Item and inventory management adjustments, such as making Gems a crafting material, reduced overburdening inventories and causing unnecessary trips into town, and preventing players from losing their progress on a Hardcore character from connectivity issues via changes to Scrolls of Escape.
• Mounts now move faster, are more agile, and have the ability to charge through blockades.
• And much more, including updates to towns, improvements to Events and monster density, changes to Elemental resistances and status effects, and UI and UX features.

For more information on the Season of Blood update, do check out the official blogpost here.