In this level guide for Season 20 in Diablo 3, we show you how to quickly level up to level 70. We explain the individual steps and why a Challenge Rift is worthwhile.
What are we showing here? In this article, you will learn how to effectively level your characters. After deciding on a class, the big goal in Season 20 of Diablo 3 is to quickly reach level 70. Because that’s when the fun really begins.
Everything you need to know about the start of Season 20 in Diablo 3.
With this guide, we are less focused on beginners who are playing Diablo 3 for the first time. Rather, we are addressing experienced players and returning players who have spent some hours playing Diablo 3 in the past.
Quick leveling in Season 20 of Diablo 3
During the last seasons of D3, the leveling methods have hardly changed. We recommend starting with a Challenge Portal and Kanai’s Cube. We explain the tactics here.
Start with a Challenge Portal
The preparation: To start with Season 20, you first need to create a seasonal character. Make sure to check “Seasonal Hero” so that the character is eligible for Season 20. Are you still unsure which class to choose? Then ask the Wheel of Fate at this point.
Enter the game with the character and exit straight back to the menu. Now, start the Challenge Portal in the game settings and complete it. It is especially important that you select your seasonal character before starting the Challenge Portal.
Note: This is only possible if you have completed a Greater Nephalem Rift in Diablo 3 before. If you haven’t done this with your account yet, you can skip this step.
What does the portal provide? You take this step to collect the reward. This consists of bounty materials (15 of each), 35 Death Breath, 475 Blood Shards, crafting materials, and 4.6 million gold. This makes leveling easier for you.
What’s next?
- Now start a new game in adventure mode at the difficulty level “Master”
- Once there, open the bag you received as a reward for completing the Challenge Portal
- Equip the Templar’s weapon (or another companion’s weapon)
- Optional – Complete a boss bounty. Maghda, Zoltun Kull, Belial, or the Skeleton King are particularly suitable. If one of these bosses has a bounty, you should complete it – it provides strong items for you. If there is no bounty, skip this step
- Now go to Act 3 and unlock Kanai’s Cube (important if you have completed the Challenge Portal) – This is how you unlock Kanai’s Cube in Diablo 3
Getting important items: After unlocking Kanai’s Cube, go to town and fully upgrade the Blacksmith. At his place, you will now craft a level 70 weapon or armor. You will enhance the item in Kanai’s Cube to a legendary item and extract its power to unlock it passively. This way, you can use the passive power of the level 70 weapon already at level 1.
You just need to hope that the right piece turns out when upgrading the weapon or armor.
Reddit user Rattlez explains from which level you should exchange Blood Shards with Kadala or upgrade an item in the Cube to obtain a strong legendary property for leveling and how great the chances are for that.
| Class | Blood Shards | Cube Upgrade |
| Barbarian | Bracers (lvl 1) | Powerful 1H Weapon – 6/8 Powerful 2H Weapon – 3/6 |
| Crusader | Shield / Bracers (lvl 1) | 2H Mace – 6/8 1H Mace – 4/7 |
| DH | Bracers (lvl 1) | Dagger – 2/2 |
| Monk | Shoes / Bracers (lvl 1) | Fist Weapon – 8/12 Daibo – 4/8 |
| Necromancer | Gloves (lvl 1) – Rings = risky | 2H Scythe – 4/4 |
| Witch Doctor | Mojo (lvl 1), Voodoo Mask (lvl 34) | Ceremonial Knife – 8/12 |
| Wizard | Source (lvl 33) – Rings (lvl 28) = risky | 1H Wand – 6/10 |
The Demon Hunter and Necromancer both have a 100% chance to acquire a strong ability.
Depending on your chosen class, certain items are available for you to exchange at level 1 with Kadala in the town. You received Blood Shards from the reward bag. You can find out which items drop for you at what level on D3planner.com
Level 1-24
Through the preparation shown above, you may now start with a strong buff in Season 20. By unlocking Kanai’s Cube, you may have already leveled up as you cleared mobs on the way there. Now the “real” leveling begins.
Depending on your playstyle, you will either level up with Massacre bonuses in the Halls of Agony on levels 1-3 or focus on completing Nephalem Rifts. For solo players, Massacre bonuses are ideal. In groups, these are best until level 30 and then switch to normal Nephalem Rifts.
You will continue leveling with Massacre bonuses or Nephalem Rifts until level 24.
- Every 8-10 levels you can visit the Blacksmith and try to craft a better weapon
- Regularly check in with the vendors in town. They might sell you rings or amulets with the affix “+ Damage”. These are great for leveling
- If you loot a head item with a socket, you should best put a red gem in there, which will give you more experience points. If you have weapons with sockets, red gems are also good here. They directly provide more damage.
Level 24 – 40
Now you should adjust your difficulty. Mobs should die quickly, but not too quickly. With 1 to 3 hits, the trash mobs should die. If you feel that this is too easy, increase the difficulty.
Leveling is now best done in Nephalem Rifts.
- Solo players just need to make sure to clear them quickly
- Group players assign one player to close the portal after the Rift boss dies – then they join the other players to continue killing mobs in the remaining 30 seconds
If you reach level 40, fully train the Mystic.
- Now craft a yellow 2H weapon for level 70 at the Blacksmith. Make as many as needed until one of the secondary bonuses with %-affix occurs (% chance to freeze, stun, etc.).
- If you have such a weapon with this affix, go to the Mystic and reroll the other secondary bonus. The goal is a level reduction that comes as close to 30 levels as possible.
- As soon as you can equip the weapon, then raise the difficulty. Start on Torment 6 and then slowly adjust down. This immense damage of the weapon should push you far ahead.
If everything goes according to plan for you, you are now really powerful. Because you have a level 70 weapon already at level 40 and also a legendary property in Kanai’s Cube and, depending on your class, equipment from Kadala.
Level 40 – 70
If you can already equip the level 70 weapon, you now start the Nephalem Rifts at a high Torment level. Otherwise, continue doing these at a lower difficulty until you can equip the weapon.
You will grind through the Nephalem Rifts on Torment 3 to 6 until reaching level 70. Keep in mind that in the higher levels the difficulty might need to be reduced again because the enemies hit hard there.
What’s next? Once you have reached level 70, the season really begins for most players. Now complete Haedrig’s season journey and grab Haedrig’s gifts as a reward. These are the sets you receive as gifts in Season 20.
What build should one play? Initially, the build largely depends on what items you find while leveling or shortly thereafter. It’s worth working towards strong builds if you want to make progress in Greater Nephalem Rifts.
In our tier list for Season 20 of Diablo 3, we show you the three strongest builds for each class.
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