Diablo IV’s director of product management, Kegan Clark, confirmed to Kotaku that tier skips will normally cost $2 each, and that the special cosmetic in each season’s Accelerated Battle Pass bundle can’t be acquired separately.īattle passes are free but include extra rewards if you pay to unlock them.īut wait, there’s more! To dig into the nitty gritty of battle passes for a second, premium rank-up rewards will contain cosmetics while the free track offers a resource called Smoldering Ashes. You’ll also get a battle pass exclusive emote that hasn’t been revealed yet. Finally, a third battle pass, called the Accelerated Battle Pass, will cost $25 and let you skip the first 20 levels instead of grinding them. The premium battle pass will be $10 and have a new reward for each level. A regular one will be free and contain 27 rewards spread across 100 levels.

Speaking of battle passes, there will be three. Read More: Diablo IV’s Beta Has Us Kinda Obsessed With Hell Completing each chapter will earn seasonal rewards like crafting materials, Legendary Aspects used to upgrade the Codex of Power, a post-game skill tree, and Favor, a special type of XP that ranks up the seasonal battle pass. It will consist of chapters with lists of objectives. The core of this grind will be what Blizzard’s calling the “Season Journey,” a gothic-looking report card where you track your progress. Notably, as with Diablo 3, you’ll have to take on seasonal content from scratch each time with a brand new level 1 character.

There will be battle passes, cosmetic shops, and even seasonal challenges that can be completed to speed up progress.

The Season Journey will be the main guide for seasonal content. A screenshot shows the Season Journey menu.

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