On December 3rd, the PTR for Season 7 of Diablo 4 starts, and you can test everything from day one. For the first time, you can also try seasonal content there. We summarize the content from the patch notes for the PTR patch 2.1.
When does the PTR start? The PTR (Public Test Realm) for Season 7 is said to start on December 3, 2024, according to Blizzard. We expect a download around 7:00 PM. All players on Battle.net will then have until December 10 to check out the new content. For the first time, seasonal features from the season are also integrated. Previously, players only saw these with the start of the new season.
All content that you can view on the public test server will be available from day one. On the PTR for Season 6, it was different – certain content only arrived during the testing week in Diablo 4, making the testing period shorter.
“We are seeing some server crashes due to the boost NPC and its interactions with multiple players of the Paragon levels. We will block the functionality of the NPC (Mrak) in the coming hour. It will be reactivated tomorrow morning with fixes. This is not an ideal start for our PTR of Season 7. We apologize for this, but we want to ensure that players can enter without interruption while we fix Mrak’s issues.”
Update November 27th: Blizzard has released the patch notes for patch 2.1 for the PTR today. We will add the detailed English patch notes on the second page of the article. Once they are available in German, we will adjust the article again. A small warning: the patch notes are very extensive.
The PTR is intended for the community to test new content and gather feedback. On the PTR for Season 6, players could test the new difficulty levels – which were revised afterwards.
Learn more about the difficulty levels in Diablo 4 in the video:
Witchcraft powers and occult gems
What you can test on the PTR: With Season 7, new features come to the base game, but also seasonal content. You will receive the content and the boost for your character from the “PTR Boost NPC”. The following content is according to Blizzard available from day one on the PTR:
- Any boosts for base content:
- Choose level 50 or level 60 for your character
- A fully revealed map (including waypoints and strongholds)
- Class mechanics
- All difficulty levels
- Upgraded healing potion
- All aspects in the Codex of Power and leveled Paragon glyphs
- Legendary items for various classes and builds, all uniques
- All hardening recipes and the ability to use completion
- Mats, gold, and obols
- The new armor chamber where you can save, rename, and switch builds. This is a feature that players have been demanding since the release of Diablo 4.
- All powers of witchcraft, which basically represent the mechanics in Season 7. The powers of witchcraft remind of the Witch Doctor from Diablo 3 in terms of individual skills. With the Piranhado skill, you summon a “Piranhado” that draws enemies towards it and causes damage. And “Vengeful Spirit” spawns a servant that draws damage and causes shadow damage.
- New seasonal enemies, the “Head-Malicious”. There are specific bounty tasks related to the opponents, but also boss variants of them. If you defeat the bosses, you will receive their heads, which you can exchange for the seasonal occult gems.
- The occult gems are seasonal, socketable items that you receive from the “Whispering Tree” – on the PTR the boost NPC equips you with them. The gems grant you additional affixes and complement the powers of witchcraft. Each occult gem provides 160 armor and 8% resistance to all damage types.
- There will also be changes to the “Whispering Tree”, which should also be available on the PTR. The city will be redesigned, merchants will be added, and the waypoint will be moved, allowing players to reach the tree faster. There will also be “Ravens of the Tree” on the map where you can drop off your gifts, so you won’t have to constantly go back to the tree. Additionally, there will be new chests with “bequeathed” items, which dropped less often in certain variants in Season 6 than the super-rare Mythic Uniques.
- 8 new uniques and 3 new runes (the latter if you have Vessel of Hatred).
On the PTR, you have the opportunity to check out the new weapon chamber. Diablo 3 already had this function, and players have been demanding it in Diablo 4 almost since release. The feature enables a quick switch between different builds, which is especially practical in the endgame. In October 2024, it was said that the feature was in development. In the last “Campfire Chat” livestream, developers announced that the armor chamber is actually coming in Season 7 in Diablo 4.
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