On October 8, Season 6 of Diablo 4 starts, and at the same time the first expansion “Vessel of Hatred” is released. We summarize here on MeinMMO which contents are available for free and which you need to pay for.
With Season 6 and Vessel of Hatred, Diablo 4 gets a ton of new features. Some of these you can only use if you purchase an edition of the expansion, others are available to all players. The update will also completely change core mechanics in Diablo 4 that will apply to all players.
Below we list the contents that you will receive for free in October and the contents for which you need to acquire Vessel of Hatred. Since the release is just around the corner in two weeks, there may be some features added here and there – such as new dungeons or items. We will update the article accordingly.
New contents that you get for free
What contents do I get for free? If you already own an edition of Diablo 4 on PC or your console, you will gain access to various new contents with Season 6 and Vessel of Hatred. There will also be some adjustments to the base game. Diablo chief Rod Fergusson said: What Season 4 was for loot, Season 6 is for progress.
Which seasonal features will come into the game with Season 6 is still unclear. Blizzard has not yet revealed the season theme. If you played the PTR and paid close attention, you might have already seen it.
These contents are available to all players of Diablo 4:
- Adjusted progression system with level 60 as max level and separate Paragon and character levels
- New difficulty system with four standard difficulty levels and four torment levels. The world levels are being overhauled after criticism
- New skills and Paragon boards for all classes
- Changed features from the Pit and the Nightmare Dungeons
- In the Pit, you unlock difficulty levels and level your glyphs; in the Nightmare Dungeons, you receive materials needed for Masterworking (completion)
- Adjusted items – “holy” items are being removed, “legacy” items always drop with an item power of 800 from “Torment 1”
- Changed Masterworking, for which you only need Obsidian and can only complete “legacy” items up to 12 times, all other items up to 4 times
- Group finder for all kinds of endgame activities
- New and changed gems
- The ability to mark a waypoint as a favorite
Contents that you can only get with a purchase of “Vessel of Hatred”
For which contents do I have to pay? In addition to the contents that you get “for free” – that is, if you already own Diablo 4 – there is also content that you can only access if you purchase the expansion:
- The new region Nahantu
- Dungeons, strongholds, cellars, events etc., that are located in Nahantu
- A continuation of the campaign
- The new class Spiritborn (Spiritborn)
- Runewords
- Mercenaries that fight by your side
- The coop dungeon, the “Dark Citadel”
- The timed dungeon with multiple phases, the “Undercity of Kurast”
To unlock the “Skip” feature for the campaign of Vessel of Hatred, you must first complete the campaign. Some players reacted annoyed, others said: It makes sense.
At the beginning of September, many players were able to test some new features already on the PTR. During the testing phase, there was some criticism: The test for the 1st expansion is over, but many players are dissatisfied with what they have already seen.
This doesn’t have to mean anything, as Blizzard has been paying attention for several months to implement player feedback as satisfactorily as possible. In a livestream, the developers want to share more about the upcoming update on October 2.
