In Blizzard Hack’n Slay Diablo 3 Season 5 is coming soon. Blizzard presents the changes in summary: This is how the next season will be.
Season 5 for PC is expected to start in mid-January. In the past weeks, much has already been learned about the upcoming Patch 2.4. How does Diablo 3 change with Season 5?
Haedrig’s Gift instead of seasonal legendary items
There are no more “seasonal legendary items,” but instead the gift package “Haedrig’s Gift.” From Chapter 3 onward, you will be rewarded with one of these packages for achieving certain goals in the season journey. It contains two pieces from one of your class sets.
You will receive 3 times 2 pieces from a set that changes by season, and in the end, you will have a complete 6-piece class set for sure. But be careful: This is only available once per season – you should open the 3 gifts with the character you want the set for, and only at max level.
The removal of “seasonal items” does not mean that no new ones will come: Plenty are planned. However, they will no longer be season-exclusive.
In Season 5, these class sets are available through Haedrig’s Gift:
- Barbarian: Might of the Earth
- Crusader: Thorns of the Invoker
- Demon Hunter: Mantle of the Shadow
- Monk: Garb of the Zookeeper
- Witch Doctor: Raiment of the Jade Harvest
- Wizard: Splendor of the Firebird
New achievements
In Season 5 of Diablo 3, some achievements will be newly introduced or old ones will return. Through the “new set dungeons“, there will be achievements like “Game, Set, and Match” where you have to complete 8 different set portals. The “set dungeons” are a new feature. You can only enter them if you wear the corresponding set.
New cosmetic rewards
Those who complete the season journey can look forward to the Willow Man pet as a cosmetic reward. Additionally, there are exclusive portrait frames and parts of the transmog set “The Conqueror.”
The Reincarnation
A new feature is introduced with Season 5 – the “Reincarnation.” With this, you can transform a non-seasonal hero into a “season character.” Not much happens during this: The character will be downgraded to level 1, and their equipment will be sent to the other non-seasonal characters. So you won’t gain any real advantages from the feature.
Will seasons come to Xbox One and PS as well?
No, Blizzard has now denied that. Xbox One and Playstation 4 will not receive seasons. Diablo 3 is played more in isolation on consoles, and seasons do not fit in with that.
In the past, there was at least some consideration of bringing it to consoles.
