Blizzard has announced when Season 23 of Diablo 3 will start. Additionally, the contents of the new patch 2.7.0 have been revealed.
When does Season 23 start? The new season begins on April 2 at 5 PM. This is Good Friday. The console versions for PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch should launch on April 3 at 2:00 AM, according to previous seasons.
Update from April 2: Find here all info about Season 23 in Diablo 3 that you need to know for the start. We will provide you with a tier list, a level guide, and more articles about the new season.
Continuing with the original article:
We explain what to expect in the new season and patch 2.7.0. It features the biggest changes in years.
The Season Theme
The new Season 23 of the hack and slay stands under the motto “The Disciples of Sanctuary.” A revision of the follower system accompanies this.
In the new season, it is possible to equip your followers with up to 14 different item slots. These include:
- Follower Relic
- Head
- Shoulders
- Body
- Hands
- Wrists
- Waist
- 2x Finger
- Neck
- Legs
- Feet
- Main Hand
- Off-Hand
Also new is the feature of channeling for the followers. This allows you to benefit from the set bonuses of your followers.
These are the new cosmetic rewards
These are the new rewards: If you complete the journey in Season 23, you will receive two new cosmetic rewards. These are the “Companion Lacuni” and the “Portrait Frame Battle Block”.
These rewards are also included: As already known from Season 22 of the action RPG, you can also earn some rewards from previous seasons. These include items from Season 11:
- Emerald Snake
- Pants and Boots of the exclusive set of the Conqueror
- Treasure Goblin Portrait Frame
Haedrig’s Gift – These are the starter sets
What is Haedrig’s Gift? By completing stages of the season journey, you can receive parts of a new class set by defeating certain boss enemies. It should be noted that you must open all gifts of each stage with the same hero to obtain a complete set.
These are the sets: Season 23 offers you the following sets:
- Monk – Raiment of the Thousand Storms
- Demon Hunter – Unholy Essence
- Crusader – Roland’s Legacy
- Wizard – Tal Rasha’s Elements
- Barbarian – Wrath of the Wastes
- Witch Doctor – Helltooth Mantle
- Necromancer – Rathmas Bones
Diablo 3: Patch 2.7 Patch Notes – What’s inside?
When will the patch be released? The update will be deployed on March 30. However, the bonuses for the new season will only be received upon its start. The patch finally makes Diablo 3 more attractive for solo players.
Item Changes
- Teleportation – The animation speed of the skill has been adjusted.
- Land of the Dead – The skill rune Empowerment now removes all resource costs.
- Rathmas Shield – The passive skill now has a cooldown of 60 sec.
Buffs and Nerfs: With patch 2.7.0, the following adjustments are made to the items of Diablo 3:
- Rathmas Bones (2 pieces): Each time your permanent minions deal damage, the cooldown of ‘Army of the Dead’ is reduced by 0.5 seconds. Your skeleton warriors appear faster, and your reanimated minions have no limited lifespan.
- Rathmas Bones (4 pieces): Your minions no longer take damage. For each hit your minions make, you gain a damage reduction of 1 % for 15 seconds. Stackable up to 75 times.
- Rathmas Bones (6 pieces): Each active permanent minion increases the damage of ‘Army of the Dead’ and ‘Bone Spirit’ by 500 %, up to a maximum of 9000 %.
- Defiler’s Greaves: For each second ‘Bone Spirit’ is active, the damage of the skill increases by 400–500 %. Additionally, enemies are frozen upon impact. Maximum 5 sec.
- C’Lena’s Bonds: Increases the damage of ‘Army of the Dead’ by 75–100 %. This bonus is doubled against targets commanded by ‘Skeletons’.
- Firebird’s Glory (2 pieces): ‘Disintegration’ ignites enemies, dealing 3000 % weapon damage per second until they die. If you die, a meteor falls from the sky, reviving you. This effect has a cooldown of 60 seconds.
- Firebird’s Glory (4 pieces): Casting ‘Disintegration’ generates stacks of ‘Burning’. Each stack reduces the cooldown of ‘Teleportation’ by 2 %. Stackable up to 50 times. Reduces your damage taken by 80 % while stacks of ‘Burning’ are active.
- Firebird’s Glory (6 pieces): You deal 2000 % more damage as long as a target is ignited. If you hit an ignited enemy with a non-channeling fire spell, they take burn damage multiplied by the stacks of ‘Burning’.
- Terror’s Gears (6 pieces): Your primary skills deal 15,000 % more damage.
- Ninth Quiver of Cirri: ‘Hungry Arrow’ guarantees to pierce targets and deals 450–600 % more damage, but only up to 4 times.
- Gazing Demise: Increases the damage of ‘Spirit Barrage’ by 100–150 %. ‘Spirit Barrage’ receives the effect of the rune ‘Phantasma’, which lasts twice as long. Increases the attack speed of the phantoms from ‘Spirit Guardian’.
- Blackthornes Jousting Mail: A minor property has been replaced with a random elemental damage affix.
Update for Class Set Portals
- To accommodate the redesign of the Necromancer set Rathmas Bones, the objective of “Reanimate 100 Corpses” has been changed to “Awaken 100 Skeleton Mages.”
What do you think of the changes and new features of Season 22? Is there something you are particularly looking forward to?
An expert from Diablo 3 explains how your solo farming improves starting in Season 23.
