Diablo 4 wants to give players a long-term motivation to play the action RPG with the seasons. However, if you want to see the new content of a season, you have to create a new character every three months.
What are the seasons about?
- Seasons are major content updates that come with new content like quests, monsters, and tasks, as well as a new battle pass per season.
- The seasons and the battle pass each run for 3 months. Additionally, there should be 4 seasons per year.
- The start of season 1 is currently expected around mid or late July.
It has been known since a developer livestream in May 2023 that you must create a new seasonal character each season to play the seasonal content – this was criticized among others by the streamer Asmongold.
Moreover, there were concerns that the battle pass could also be tied to the seasonal character. Now, the head of Diablo 4 has addressed the concern that the battle pass could be tied to the seasonal character.
Is the battle pass tied to the seasonal character? Yes, as Diablo head Rod Fergusson confirmed in response to the question from gaming journalist Paul Tassi, players must also create a new seasonal character if they want to complete the battle pass.
Yes, to participate in the seasonal quest line, the mechanics, the season journey, and the battle pass, you must create a new seasonal character. If you play the campaign with a seasonal character (if you want or still need to finish the story), the season journey and the battle pass will also continue.
Rod Fergusson via Twitter
For you, this means: Even if you do not want to play the new seasonal content but only want to unlock items like cosmetic items in the battle pass, you have to start a new character – in the worst case every three months if you want to carry over every battle pass.
You do not have to replay the campaign again.
If you want to prepare to level up a new character every season, we have some tips for you on MeinMMO on how to level up quickly:
