Master Demonology with the Warlock

A brooding force has arrived in Sanctuary. The Bloodied Jewel major update brings Diablo Immortal’s 10th class: the Warlock. Bend demons to your will, sacrifice your life and soul for untold power. Survive the twisted streets of Lut Gholein, brave terrifying new Helliquary bosses, and earn three new powerful Legendary Gems.

As with previous content updates, there will be server maintenance starting on June 16, 2026 from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. PDT for Oceania, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe servers, and on June 17, 2026 from 1 a.m. — 3 a.m. PDT for servers in the Americas. After the maintenance has concluded, all items mentioned below will be live specific dates for any features going live afterward are provided below.

Codex

Seek the Forbidden as the Warlock

New Zone: Lut Gholein

Updates to the Helliquary Gauntlet

Carve through Limited-Time Events

Gear and Gem Changes

Paragon

Class Balance Changes

Game Updates

Seek the Forbidden as the Warlock

Vizjerei summoners brought darkness to Sanctuary when they conjured demons from the Burning Hells to serve and empower them. For that offense, the Vizjerei were stripped of their titles, forbidden to practice demonology, and branded as the vilest humans alive following the Mage Clan Wars.

But the Mage Clan Wars were a long time ago, and Sanctuary’s memory is as short as the lives of its people.

Though the Vizjerei no longer practice demonology, select writings survived confiscation by the Viz-Jaq’Taar assassins. In this current, frightful age, lists of demons’ true names and old clan practices are being discovered by hedge mages and upstarts. Those who wield the forbidden powers of demonology share the Vizjerei tolerance for risk and have earned the contemptible name “Warlock.”

The Warlock is Diablo Immortal’s 10th class – a summoner of demons, master of portals, and wielder of Hell’s dark power. With Diablo’s 30th Anniversary and the arrival of Patch 5.0, that power is in your hands! For more information, read our Deep Dive into the Warlock class.

Warlock-Exclusive Events

Event Times: All three Warlock-only events run from June 17 - July 6, 3:00 a.m.

Power’s Price: Warlock Origin Quest

Experience the origin of the partnership between the Warlock and the Soulgorger.

Forbidden Trials: Warlock Trial Race

The Warlock release will feature a Warlock-exclusive speedrun version of the Mad King’s Breach dungeon where the top players in Leaderboard can earn exclusive rewards.

Hellbent Chase: Demonbinder’s Plane

Enter a unique Fractured Plane to experience the new Warlock class and complete levels to progress. You will be randomly assigned one of four Level 60 builds before entering.

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New Zone: Lut Gholein

Known as the “Jewel of the Desert,” the port city of Lut Gholein has been overrun by demons in thrall to Andariel, Maiden of Anguish.

The new Common Ward subzone will take you inside part of the captured city that includes new demonic adversaries, bounties, and wanted monsters. Take a fresh look at this classic Diablo locale as it is devastated by an implacable and sadistic adversary. With the release of the new main questline, you’ll be able to explore and fight enemies in the docks, gutters, abandoned taverns, and ruined homes of Lut Gholein, while other parts of the city remain sequestered … for now.

Removing Future Main Quest Barriers

To let everyone experience the latest story as soon as possible, the unlock requirements for the Lut Gholein main quest will be adjusted after this update. All adventurers who reach Paragon Level 90 can begin the Lut Gholein main quest directly without completing the prerequisite story. At the same time, the game will support freely switching between the old and new main storylines, allowing adventurers to choose their own pace of progression.

Rules

• Unlock requirement: Adventurers who reach Paragon Level 90 can accept and experience the Lut Gholein main quest directly from the quest panel, without being restricted by progress in earlier main story chapters.
• Progress switching: Adventurers can switch freely between the earlier main storyline and the Lut Gholein main quest at any time. After switching, your current main quest progress will be automatically paused and saved, and you can resume it whenever you switch back.
• Existing story experience: Adventurers who are already progressing through the Lut Gholein main quest, or who prefer to follow the story in chronological order, will not be affected by this update and can continue their journey as planned.

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Updates to the Helliquary Gauntlet

With the addition of new Inferno difficulties and Helliquary bosses, the Helliquary Gauntlet is being updated to expand the challenge and rewards.

Defeating Helliquary Gauntlets for Inferno XIII, XIV and XV will reward you with the Seekers of Riddergrove - Sunrise Weapon, Armor, and Portal respectively. In addition to these base rewards for all difficulties (Demonic Remains, Set Items, Legendary Gear, and Experience), Inferno XV Gauntlet now has 3 Legendary Crests.

We are expanding the leaderboards for the Helliquary Gauntlet to include new Cross-Server rankings across entire regions. Players familiar with the Bout of Realms Cross Server can see how these regions are broken down globally. The original server-first achievements and rewards will remain unchanged, while the new regional rankings will provide additional recognition for players who rise to the challenge and secure a place among the best in their region.

To further highlight these milestone victories, we have also added special first-clear broadcast announcements and new reward notifications, ensuring that hard-earned achievements receive the visibility and recognition they deserve. This new prestige leaderboard is additional to our Helliquary Gauntlet Leaderboard so players will be able to tab between their server and the cross-region rankings on the same menu page.

New Helliquary Bosses: The Pitbound

The sands within the Aranoch Desert have shifted, revealing ancient evils within: the Pitbound.

Though the Vizjerei are now distant echoes, the Hellspawn they summoned from the Burning Hells still remain in Sanctuary. These demons have lurked within the rocky dunes for centuries, feasting upon any inhabitants, travelers, and drifters unfortunate enough to lose their way within the sands.

Gulakht, Night Clan Trickster

The Vizjerei of old tortured and experimented on many creatures, including Gulakht.

After the Mage Clan Wars led to the condemnation of Vizjerei demon-summoning, the Khazra was abandoned and left to rot. Since then, this Khazra has learned to hone ancient magic for itself, though at a great cost. By carving runes into its own flesh and painting the floor with its own blood, Gulakht has achieved complete dominion over its own prison.

Shackled Maw, Primordial Soulgorger

One of the first Soulgorgers, Shackled Maw, was summoned by ancient Vizjerei and studied for decades. At first, they believed they could exploit its insatiable appetite for both human and demon flesh to their advantage. However, the mages eventually lost their ability to control the Hellspawn, so they locked away the demon in a buried prison with its brethren. While Shackled Maw has curbed its hunger on the other imprisoned demons, it now seeks vengeance on its tormenters: the human race.

Yradus the False Seer

The Claw Vipers of Aranoch have long venerated their ancient god, a powerful yet mysterious being seemingly capable of harnessing the might of the sun and winds. During the day, Yradus collects offerings from its followers. But at night, anyone who witnesses its true demonic form is quickly drowned by the sands.

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Major Update Events

Warlock Exclusive events are listed in the Warlock section of this article.

Earn Champions’ Commendations in the Bloodied Jewel Event

Event Times: June 17 – July 6, 3:00 a.m.

Lut Gholein has fallen. Its streets are silent, save for demon patrols hunting for hidden survivors. What became of the Sultan and the adventurers who call this place home? Who will deliver the city from its new ruler?

During the event, accept tasks that will reward Champions' Commendations. Use that currency to purchase event rewards. Once you reach the weekly cap of 1200 Champions' Commendations, tasks will no longer give Champion's Commendations when completed.

Rewards claimable with Champions' Commendations:

• 3000 Gold
• 100 Scrap Materials
• 10 Enchanted Dust
• Legendary Equipment
• Telluric Pearl
• Legendary Crest (bound)

Bout of Realms - Challenge of Equals, Season 2

Event Times:

• Preview Period: June 15 – 16
• Registration: June 17 – 21
• Tournament Period: June 22 – 26
• Results Announcement: June 27 – 30

Challenge of Equals returns with updated progression, new systems, and many quality-of-life improvements based on player feedback from Season 1.

The Warlock class will not be eligible for participation in Season 2. If you currently use Warlock, you will be prompted to adopt an eligible build from another class before entering the event. This restriction is intended to preserve competitive balance while we gather additional data following the class release.

Updated Character Progression

• Character progression has been refreshed to reflect the latest game version.
• New Difficulty tiers are now included.
• New Paragon Trees are now supported.
• The normalized progression system remains in place to ensure fair competition across all participants.

Team Management Improvements

To address feedback regarding roster management and player availability, several new team features have been added:

• Teams may now recruit additional players after registration if roster spots remain open.
• Teams may invite a temporary substitute player when they are unable to field a full roster for a match.
• New team voting tools allow members to remove inactive participants when necessary.
• Players removed from a team may rejoin their original team or continue participating with another eligible team.

Master Build Improvements

Several improvements have been made to the Master Build system:

• Players can now select Master Builds from different classes.
• Teams may field up to three players using the same class.
• Players can choose to enter the competition using their own build configuration, which will then be normalized by the event rules.
• Opponents will continue to see the class associated with the selected Master Build during matches.

Beacon of Hope Phantom Market

Event Times: June 17 – July 17, 2026 3:00 a.m.

Celebrate the incredible power that fuels Valor, Wisdom, and Justic. Participate in the Phantom Market and earn cosmetics themed on Auriel, the Archangel of Hope.

Challenge Rift Season 19

Event Times: Starts June 17, 2026

The Challenge Rift level cap has been increased from 800 to 850. New levels 801–850 are now available, with levels 831–850 serving as the season's highest-difficulty tiers.

To help more adventurers progress through existing content, the Combat Rating and damage requirements for Season 18's high-difficulty levels (781–800) have been reduced.

As with previous seasons, the first player on each server to clear the final Challenge Rift level will earn an exclusive avatar frame, which remains available until the start of Season 20.

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Gear and Gem Changes

Three New Legendary Gems

Three new powerful Legendary Gems will debut with The Bloodied Jewel update. Claim one gem, Hellbound Desire, for free for a limited time!

Interminus Stone

While moving, your damage and Evasion rating is increased.

Resonance Gems: Heartstone, Defiant Soul

The Jolted Eye

Your Critical Hits call down a lightning blast that Shocks nearby enemies, dealing damage every second for a few seconds. Additionally, your damage is increased for each nearby Shocked enemy, stacking. Lightning blast cannot occur more than once every 6 seconds.

Resonance Gems: Ca'arsen's Invigoration, Bloody Reach, Volatility Shard

Hellbound Desire

The power of the demonic soul shard surge through you, increasing your damage done and Movement Speed. When dealing damage to enemies you embed Soul Shard Fragments into their flesh for a few seconds that causes them to take increased damage from you, stacking with each additional attack. Soul Shard Fragments also reduce the duration of beneficial effects enemies gain. Each enemy cannot be afflicted by new Soul Shard Fragments more often than once every 20 seconds.

Resonance Gems: Mercy's Harvest, Specter Glass, Igneous Scorn, Echoing Shade, Void Spark

Gem Events

Claim Hellbound Desire Free for a Limited Time

Event Times: June 17 – July 7, 2026 3 a.m.

As part of the anniversary event, we will be giving a free SSR of the new Legendary Gem Hellbound Desire. It will have a dedicated free purchase option on the webstore where users can go to claim it. Once claimed on Battle.net, users can find it in their in-game shop. Limit 1 per account.

Try Max-Level Hellbound Desire for Free

Event Times: June 17 – July 29, 2026 02:59 a.m.

Experience a max-level 5-star gem for free! During the event, players can visit the Gem Skill Trial activity at the Market to obtain the buff effect of a Rank 10, 5-star Hellbound Desire.

The gem buff can be activated once during the event and lasts for 1 hour; it is effective only in designated areas such as Wild dungeons and Elder Rifts.

Gem Surge Event

Event Period: June 17 – July 28, 2026 02:59 a.m.

During this event, Surge Sigils can be used to upgrade the quality of specific Legendary Gems to 5 Stars.

Gem Drop Pool Updates

New Legendary Gem Drop Pool Event

Event Times: After maintenance on June 17, 2026 – July 29, 2026 02:59 a.m.

Following this maintenance, a new Legendary Gem drop pool will be available in Elder Rifts. When a Legendary Gem with a maximum star rating of five drops, there is a 50% chance it will be a Hellbound Desire.

Standard Drop Pool Update

Event Period: After maintenance on June 17, 2026

Following this maintenance, Hellbound Desire, The Jolted Eye, and Interminus Stone will be added to the standard drop pool. Once the New Legendary Gem Drop Pool event concludes, the Legendary Gem ranking lowest in the standard drop pool, based on overall equip rates and the number of times they have been crafted in Rifts, will be removed from that pool.

New Ancient Legendary Equipment

With the introduction of Inferno XIII, XIV, and XV, five new Shoulder-slot Ancient Legendary items have been added.

Existing Chest-slot Ancient Legendary items will continue to be available in Inferno XIII–XV. Ancient Legendary items can now only be acquired and crafted from Inferno XIII and above.

Inferno X–XII will no longer drop Ancient Legendary items, and Ancient Legendary crafting materials from lower difficulties can be converted into Mythic Crystals used for enchanting Ancient Legendary equipment.

The acquisition and crafting methods remain largely unchanged. Once players reach Paragon 1500 and unlock Inferno XIII, they can obtain Ancient Legendary crafting materials through Helliquary Bosses, Daily Activity Chests, and Daily Dungeon Rewards. Collecting 100 materials allows players to craft an Ancient Legendary item at the Blacksmith.

Ancient Legendary items also have a very small chance to drop directly from select activities, including Helliquary Bosses, Terror Rifts, Oblivion Pillars, Erreban and other endgame content available at Inferno XIII and above.

Addition, Ancient Legendary items with an Item Level of 1500 or higher now support Enchantment Reversion. After replacing a Magic Attribute through enchanting, players may revert the item back to its previous Magic Attribute if desired.

Looking ahead, we plan to continue expanding Ancient Legendary equipment into additional gear slots. However, whenever a new slot is introduced, the oldest slot will be retired, ensuring that no more than two Ancient Legendary gear slots are active at any given time.

5.0 Legendary Equipment

Wizard

• Many-Mouthed Lamp (Off-Hand): Arcane Wind also increases your Primary Attack Speed by 13% for 2 seconds when it hits, up to a maximum of 39%.
• Fleeting Agitator (Legs): Arcane Wind deals 1.6% increased damage for every 1% increased Movement Speed, up to a maximum of 48% increased damage.
• Ashen Certainty (Shoulders): Scorch also causes enemies it hits to take 28.5% increased damage from Primary Attacks for 3 seconds.
• Skyhold Crosier (Main Hand): Arcane Wind now empowers you, during which your Movement Speed is increased and your Primary Attack launches tornadoes, dealing wind damage and knocking enemies back.
• Inclement Alchemy (Head): Scorch now targets an enemy to launch an orb of fire and lightning that bounces between enemies, exploding on impact and applying both Burn and Shock.
• Fulgurous Medium (Chest): Lightning Nova now conjures an orb that follows you, firing lightning at nearby enemies as you move that will chain if they hit a Shocked enemy.

Barbarian

• Welded Vigor (Legs): Chained Spear heals 8% of your maximum Life when it hits an enemy. Cannot trigger more than once every 2 seconds.
• Frenzied Crown (Head): Furious Charge also increases Critical Hit Chance by 19% for 3 seconds.
• Flurry Flumes (Shoulders): Whirlwind generates 1.8 energy for every 1 yard you move.
• Steel Omen (Main Hand): Whirlwind now makes you immune to knockback effects and gradually increases your Movement Speed while you channel a spinning attack that rapidly damages all nearby enemies.
• Iron Heave (Off-Hand): Hammer of the Ancients now throws a spinning hammer that returns to you, damaging enemies and knocking them back. Hitting enemies with a hammer on its return reduces the skill's cooldown.
• Bindings of Demolishment (Chest): Chained Spear now throws a spinning blade that returns to you, damaging enemies and shattering their armor so they take more damage from you. Hitting enemies with a blade on its return reduces the skill's cooldown.

Monk

• Twin Fangs (Main Hand): Wave Strike damage increases by 16% with each hit to the same enemy within 3 seconds, up to a maximum of 48%.
• Ruinous Serenity (Head): Shield of Zen also increases your Primary Attack Speed by 28.5% for 3 seconds.
• Echoing Cacophony (Shoulders): Mystic Strike also increases your Primary Attack damage by 28.5% for 3 seconds.
• Dreaded Reunion (Off-Hand): Wave Strike now empowers you, surrounding you with lightning orbs that are fired by your Primary Attacks, damaging enemies in their path before stopping where they land. Orbs return to you after a delay, damaging enemies in their path again.
• Winds of Fate (Chest): Cyclone Strike now leaps to a target location, pulling in nearby enemies and conjuring a storm that continuously damages enemies and inflicts Shock.
• Unending Cycle (Legs): Mystic Strike now empowers you, during which your Primary Attack Speed is increased, and each Primary Attack conjures a mystic spirit to mimic the attack.

Demon Hunter

• Fractured Vilifier (Main Hand): Smoke Screen also shatters enemy armor, increasing your Critical Hit Chance against them by 7.6% for 3 seconds, up to a maximum of 22.8%.
• Suffering’s Claimant (Chest): Strafe deals 28.5% increased damage to enemies suffering from a continuous damage effect.
• Travel by Night (Shoulders): Shadowsight also increases your Movement Speed by 48% while active.
• Toxin Holsters (Legs): Smoke Screen now throws a toxic canister at a target location, damaging, Blinding, and preventing enemies from using Dash skills. Landing several Primary Attacks against affected enemies will trigger additional damage.
• Coronal Obscura (Head): Shadowsight now causes you to enter stealth, gaining Invisibility and accumulating Shadowhunt stacks. Attacking will remove invisibility and increase your Primary Attack Speed and Primary Attack Damage based on your Shadowhunt stacks.
• Covert Equalizer (Off-Hand): Strafe now empowers your Primary Attacks to fire poison beams from a large crossbow at multiple enemies, damaging them and applying stacks of Poison.

Crusader

• Defiler’s Repose (Main Hand): The next Punish within 6 seconds of a successful block Stuns an enemy for 3.2 seconds. Cannot Stun the same enemy this way more than once every 6 seconds.
• Heart of Conviction (Off-Hand): Hardened Senses Block Chance increased to 19%.
• Sullied Votive (Shoulders): While Conjuration of Light is active, successful blocks heal you for 3.2% of your maximum Life, triggering no more than once every 0.5 seconds.
• Faith Splint (Chest): Conjuration of Light now grants you a shield that reduces damage taken and increases Block Chance. Successfully blocking while the shield is active will trigger a counterattack of holy light.
• Forced Abjuration (Legs): Shield Charge now swipes with your shield, damaging enemies in front of you, knocking them back and Slowing them, with each hit increasing this skill's damage for a short duration. Successfully blocking reduces this skill's cooldown.
• Anointed in Blood (Head): Consecration now conjures a holy circle of retribution that periodically bursts, dealing more damage depending on the damage you take between bursts.

Necromancer

• Watchful Eyes (Off-Hand): Bone Spear Critical Hits generate 2 corpses. Cannot trigger more than once per attack.
• Collector’s Grace (Legs): Bone Armor also reduces damage taken by 21% while active.
• Finder’s Keepers (Head): Command Golem's damage increases by 13% for 3 seconds when an enemy dies near your Golem, up to a maximum of 39%.
• Cryptreaper (Main Hand): Command Golem now summons a Spiked Golem who gains damage reduction and heals whenever a nearby enemy dies. Every third golem attack erupts spikes from the ground, knocking enemies airborne.
• Alligatus Morte (Chest): Bone Armor now targets you or an ally, surrounding them with plates of bone that counterattack with spikes when an enemy attacks.
• Collateral Damage (Shoulders): Corpse Explosion now targets one of your summons, consuming corpses to grant them an aura of soulfire that damages and Slows enemies. The size and damage of the Soulfire aura increases based on the number of corpses consumed.

Blood Knight

• Tightening Noose (Main Hand): Tendrils of Blood also prevents the use of Dash skills for 2.9 seconds when hitting an enemy. Cannot affect the same enemy more than once every 6 seconds.
• Screeching Flight (Legs): Swarm of Bats also increases your Movement Speed by 60% for 1.9 second.
• Spirecrown (Head): Wave of Blood also has Life Drain, healing you for 19% of the damage it deals.
• Involuntary Transfusion (Off-Hand): Wave of Blood is now toggled on or off, and while active it conjures a blood pool to follow you that consumes your Life to damage nearby enemies and drain their Life. When you reach certain thresholds of healing from Life Drain, the size and damage of the blood pool increases.
• Cage of Thorns (Chest): Tendrils of Blood now empowers you, during which damaging an enemy multiple times links them to you, continuously damaging them and draining their Life and Movement Speed.
• Violent Dissociation (Shoulders): Swarm of Bats now calls bats to orbit you briefly before they seek out enemies and explode, dealing damage that also has Life Drain.

Tempest

• Wavestrider’s Ringmail (Chest): For 3 seconds after using Cascade, conjure a Zephyr every 3 yards you move.
• Legacy’s Breath (Legs): When Zephyr Surge consumes a Zephyr, it increases your Critical Hit Chance by 7% for 3 seconds, up to a maximum of 21%.
• Kingdom Unto One (Shoulders): Consuming a Zephyr increases Critical Hit Damage by 16% for 3 seconds, up to a maximum of 48%.
• Keenbitter (Main Hand): Squall now slashes enemies all around you with blades, and if airborne enemies are hit they are knocked airborne again, allowing this skill to be used once more for a short period.
• Dirk of the Drifting Mob (Off-Hand): Zephyr Surge now consumes all Zephyrs to slash at all nearby enemies, conjuring new Zephyrs with each slash, and slamming airborne enemies into the ground with the final slash, Stunning them. You cannot be targeted while performing this attack.
• Rearing Fathoms (Head): Cascade now slams the ground to create a pool of water that grants you invisibility and increases your Movement Speed. Attacking or using a skill within the pool reveals you and causes a beast to emerge, knocking enemies airborne and shattering their armor.

Druid

• Imp Binds (Chest): While a Werewolf, your damage is increased by 10% for each nearby Bleeding enemy, up to a maximum of 30%.
• Bloodied Prey (Legs): When Rend and Tear (Werewolf) hits a Bleeding enemy, it deals additional damage that is increased if the enemy has lost at least 90% of their Life. The same enemy can take this additional damage up to 3 times every 2 seconds.
• Scalp Splitter (Main Hand): Werewolf now unleashes a brutal roar as you transform into a blood-crazed werewolf, causing nearby enemies to Bleed. While a blood-crazed werewolf, your Critical Hits cause enemies to Bleed and damaging Bleeding enemies heals you.
• Hide Scraper (Off-Hand): Rend and Tear (Werewolf) now slashes enemies in front of you with a bloodthirsty claw, restoring a charge if you hit a Bleeding enemy. You are immune to knockback and loss of control while performing this attack.
• Coven’s Crest (Head): Lunge (Werewolf) now teleports to a target location, slashing with your claws to make enemies Bleed. If an enemy is already Bleeding, it takes increased damage and is Feared.
• Half-Seed Shell (Shoulders): Howl (Werewolf) now empowers you with a scent for blood, increasing your Movement Speed and your Critical Hit Chance against Bleeding enemies. Damaging a Bleeding enemy will extend the duration.

New Set: Houlga’s Hunger

This Set tells a tale about a survivor of the fall of Sescheron, left with nothing but her meager existence, a few other starving survivors, and the cold corpses of her lost comrades. She is filled with loss, rage, and hunger, but there is almost nothing left to sate that hunger besides a forbidden delicacy that only the most mad and desperate might consider.

Set Properties

2-Piece: Taking damage rends your flesh, causing you to take additional damage equal to 0.5% of your current Life every 0.5 seconds for 5 seconds, but it also increases your Critical Hit Chance by 18%. Cannot occur more than once every 10 seconds.

4-Piece: Taking damage grants you Hunger, stacking up to 10 times. Upon reaching max stacks you feed, gaining Regret, healing yourself for 8% of your maximum Life and increasing your Critical Hit Damage by 36% for 5 seconds. Regret cannot occur more often than once every 10 seconds.

6-Piece: Hunger can now stack up to 15 times before you can feed, but its effects are increased by 50%.  While Regret is active, if you gain 10 more stacks of Hunger you gain Bloody Satisfaction, increasing your Attack and Movement Speed by 40% for 12 seconds. Cannot occur more than once every 40 seconds.

Set Pieces

• New Dawn (Gloves)
• Visions of Home (Boots)
• Rotten Temptations (Belt)
• Haunting and Hunting (Amulet)
• Sweet Malice (Ring)
• Guilty Pleasure (Ring)
• Blazing Gaze (Bracelet)
• Meat and Hunger (Bracelet)

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Paragon

New Levels, New Difficulties

Server Paragon Level will jump to Paragon 1500 and we are introducing 3 new difficulty levels, Inferno XIII, XIV and XV.

Adventurers below the Paragon level of 1500 will enjoy an experience bonus for leveling up.

• Paragon 0–1,099: +1,500% Experience, plus 3 additional Paragon Levels per level gained
• Paragon 1,100–1,199: +1,500% Experience, plus 2 additional Paragon Levels per level gained
• Paragon 1,200–1,299: +1,500% Experience, plus 1 additional Paragon Level per level gained
• Paragon 1,300–1,399: +1,500% Experience
• Paragon 1,400–1,449: +800% Experience
• Paragon 1,450–1,499: Scaling bonus experience up to Server Paragon 1,500

New Legendary Paragon Skills

We are adding four new Legendary Paragon Skills that become available at Paragon 1500. Each of these skills requires 80 Paragon Points to unlock.

Whirling Flames

Firestorm generates a Whirling Flame that rushes forward from your position, damaging, Burning and knocking back enemies in its path. When Wildfire is triggered it unleashes 3 Whirling Flames. Enemies struck by multiple Whirling Flames will take 50% reduced damage from subsequent hits. Whirling Flames cannot trigger more often than once every 15 seconds.

Elusive Strides

When you take damage, your Movement Speed is increased by 3% for 2 seconds, stacking up to 5 times. Upon reaching max stacks you gain immunity to the next total loss of control effect you receive. Cannot occur more often than once every 20 seconds.

Concentrated Aggression

When using a Channeled Skill, gain a shield for 4 seconds. While active, your Channeling Speed is increased by 20%. Cannot occur more often than once every 15 seconds.

Overpowering Blows

When you deal Damage to an enemy exceeding 15% of their maximum Life, you deal a second blow. If their Life is below 50%, you also Stun them for a few seconds. Cannot occur more often than once every 20 seconds against the same enemy.

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Class Balance Changes

Barbarian

Bonegyre (Hammer of the Ancients): Orbiting hammer now causes knockback (cannot occur more than often than once every 6 seconds) and grants you 15% damage reduction on hit for 1.5 seconds, stacking 3 times.

Armory Clutch (Cleave): Reduced the distance you move with empowered Primary Attacks from 1.5 to 1 yard and reduced the attack range approximately 20 ~ 25%.

Crusader

Steely Detachment (Shield Charge): Shield Wall damage reduction increased from 20% to 35% and knockback duration increased from 0.5 to 0.8 seconds.

Concordance Axis (Spinning Shield): Orbiting shields no longer cause knockback and instead reduce the damage enemies deal to you by 35% for 3 seconds.

Tempest

Scudding Verge (Rolling Surf): Spinning attack now resolves faster, from 1.8 to 1.2 seconds, but total damage remains consistent. Cooldown reduced from 15 to 12 seconds. Knives now drop in a tighter radius, making it easier to pick them up.

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Game Updates

Legendary Essence Pool Update

Effective Date: After maintenance on June 17, 2026

To improve the efficiency of acquiring Legendary Essences, several underused Legendary Essences will be removed from the active drop pool.

For each removed Legendary Essence you have collected, you will receive 25 Loyalty Bonus Points, up to a maximum of 900 Loyalty Bonus Points.

Existing Legendary items containing removed Essences will become Legacy Equipment. Legacy Equipment can still be equipped and inherited as normal. Removed Essence effects will no longer be active.

Set Item Pool Update

To improve acquisition efficiency and make each drop more meaningful, we are streamlining the Set Item drop pool. Beginning June 17, 2026, the following Set Items will be removed from the active drop pool:

• Windloft Perfection
• Skybreaker's Bolt
• Prayer for Endwinter
• Wildfire Imperative
• Existing Equipment

Prior to July 15, these Set Items will continue to function normally.

• Existing Set Items will become Legacy Equipment after the update.
• Attributes and Magic Affixes on Legacy Equipment will remain unchanged.
• Removed Set Bonuses will no longer be active.

To commemorate the first round of drop pool streamlining, all adventurers will receive 3 Legendary Crest via in-game mail.

Dungeon Set Item Distribution Updates

To support the Set Item pool streamlining, dungeon Set Item drop tables have been updated. Some Set Item pieces have been reassigned to new dungeon locations, while other Set Items have been removed from the active drop pool as described above.

Overall, Set Item drop rates remain unchanged. With fewer Set Item types competing within each dungeon loot pool, adventurers should find it significantly easier to target and acquire the Set Items they are looking for.

Updated Set Item acquisition locations can be viewed in-game after the update.

Equipment Experience Improvements

Enhanced Magic (Blue) and Rare (Yellow) Items

Magic (Blue) and Rare (Yellow) items dropped in Inferno 13 and higher difficulties will receive the following enhancements:

• Significantly increased base attributes.
• Upgrade caps increased:
  • Primary-slot equipment can now be upgraded up to +30 (same as Legendary gears).
  • Secondary-slot equipment can now be upgraded up to +25 (same as Set items).
• Can inherit extracted Legendary Essences.

Legendary Item Attribute Rule Adjustments

For Legendary gear of 2+2 and 3+2 quality dropped at Paragon 1,500 or above, Combat Rating values will no longer be fixed when items are of the same item level. Instead, Combat Rating will roll within a random range.

After this change, the following outcomes are possible among items of the same item level:

• A 2+1 quality item may have a higher Combat Rating than a 2+2 quality item.
• A 2+2 quality item may have a higher Combat Rating than a 3+2 quality item.

Challenge Dungeon Modifiers

We're making some updates to Challenge Dungeon modifiers to improve the play experience. Sacrificial Power will no longer appear in Challenge Dungeons; this will be replaced with Desperate Might.

Desperate Might: Player damage will increase by 7.5% for every 10% Life lost; enemy damage increases by 15% for every 20% of their Life lost.

Three existing Challenge Dungeon modifiers have also been revised:

• Explosive Reaction: Maximum number of enemies explosive reaction spreads to has been lowered to 4 from 6. Explosions will deal up to 20% of the target’s health in damage. number of simultaneous explosions a player may be hit by has been reduced to 3 from 6.
• Chains: A 2.5 second delay has been added from when the chains spawn before they take effect. Damage is applied once every 2 seconds instead of every second. slow decays with distance. slow has been reduced to 40% from 50%.
• Electric: Players will only take damage from at most 1 source (for example, if 4 players are in the dungeon and 2 are positive and 2 are negative, a positive player standing next to both negative players will only take damage from one of them). Status duration has been reduced, and statuses have a 3- second delay before either dealing damage or buffing players (players who are both positive buff one another).

Optimizing Clan and Faction Management

Several system optimizations are being introduced to reduce management complexity for Immortal factions and improve Immortal leaders’ quality of life. Kion's Ordeal will now support automatic activation, allowing leaders and officers to configure event settings in advance, including difficulty, participation requirements, preparation phase duration, and event scheduling. This change reduces the need for manual event setup and coordination.

Batch selection functionality will be added to faction and clan management tools to simplify operations involving multiple members. Immortal leaders will be able to easily switch large numbers of members to Elite status. The faction switching process has also been adjusted, enabling future Immortal leaders to send invitations immediately after the Challenge of the Immortal concludes, alongside improvements.

In addition, the Impact Mark distribution process has been updated with a table-based interface and improvements to both pre-allocation and allocation workflows, providing clearer visibility into mark distribution.

Battleground Improvements

We’re adding the following Quality of Life improvements to the Battleground:

• Direct Battleground access through the new Party & PvP menu, eliminating the need to travel to the Battleground NPC.
• Battleground-related Battle Pass quests now provide quicker access to PvP activities.
• A PvP quest filter in the Battle Pass for easier navigation.
• Return to your original location after leaving a Battleground match instead of being teleported to the Battleground NPC.

Changes to Fabled Wisps

We're making several changes to Fabled Wisps to help players progress through newer Difficulties more easily. These changes make older Fabled Wisps more useful and give players additional ways to convert materials from lower Difficulties into materials needed for higher Difficulties.

• Inferno 13–15 now each have their own Fabled Wisp.
• Fabled Wisps from Inferno 7–9 have been converted into Universal Fabled Wisps.
• Fabled Wisps from Inferno 10–12 remain unchanged.
• Lower-Difficulty Fabled Wisps can be exchanged for the next Difficulty's Fabled Wisp at a 7:1 ratio.

Hero’s Journey Reset

Hero's Journey Chapters 1-6 will be reset and players will begin at chapter 1 again. All Players will have new Chapters to complete.

Only Chapters 1-4 will be available at the onset; Chapters 5-6 will be released at a later date.

A new desert-themed Player Frame will be awarded when you finish Chapter 4.

Chaos Convoy Gift of Corvus Selection Button

We’ve added a dedicated button to the Chaos Convoy so you can view which Cards of Corvus you’ve already selected.

May your demons be ever obedient.
-The Diablo Immortal Team

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