Expansion Details and Warlock Class Reveal

The Warlock is the next class coming to Diablo IV! It will release alongside the Lord of Hatred expansion on April 28th with more information to follow via a livestream on March 5th. Check out this and other expansion features, such as the Skovos region and new and reworked endgame systems, revealed during today’s 30th anniversary spotlight!

At the height of their dark mastery, the Warlock stands poised to wield the minions of hell against their overlords. Wreathed in chains and flames, this dark prince is not in a phase—they are the physical embodiment of devilish vengeance.

As the Paladin represents light and purity, Warlocks are their dark counterpart – anti-heroes harnessing the power of the Burning Hells.

While little is known about this new Wanderer, more will be revealed on a livestream on March 5th.

Skovos is steeped in the history of Sanctuary’s progenitors. You’ll see the Blessed Mother and Heavenly Father carved into the marble structures of Temis, the capital city. Temis is the bustling epicenter of Skovos. Marble edifices, eerie elegance, vibrant craftsmanship, and rich textures all blend to create a hauntingly stunning landscape.

Temis is designed as the ideal Endgame hub for Diablo IV. Once the Lord of Hatred campaign concludes, it becomes a streamlined space to house everything you’ll want to discover.

Warplans and Echoing Hatred

War Plans puts you in control, adding new depth to the endgame experience. Create a playlist of up to five activities based on the experience you want and the rewards you seek, drawing from six endgame modes:

Setup the activity order for War Plans and play through them seamlessly in a single chain. As you play through War Plans, you’ll earn progression towards a unique activity tree for all endgame activities, including Whispers of the Dead.

Echoing Hatred is a new, hyper rare event that allows you to challenge yourself against the most powerful of Mephisto’s legions. Should you find an incredibly rare Trace of Echoes from a loot drop, you’ll gain access to the Echoing Hatred event.

Descend into the Echoing Hatred and face infinite waves of enemies and escalating difficulty. Each run will feel different, with randomized monsters that force you to adapt your build and tactics as the heat increases. For example, waves can spawn a variety of bosses and several of them can spawn at a time.

To explain this, we’ll use the Sorcerer’s Hydra skill. Currently, skill trees only boosts Burning damage or ramp up Critical Strike potential. With the upcoming skill tree changes, you’ll be able to change attack speed, trigger explosions, or cause the flames to continually burn in a close area-of-effect. This fundamentally shifts the skills functionality, opening up a much broader range of possibilities.

Additionally, you’ll be able to augment these Hydras and turn them into Frost Hydras which would interact with other Frost abilities. The new skill options are a sandbox to explore every possibility as you hone in on your intended build.

There are over 40 reworked choices and 80 additional options. Lord of Hatred expansion owners will have an additional 20 transformative bonus Skill variants, adding even more options.

The Talisman marks the introduction of powerful Charms and Set Bonuses with Lord of Hatred. Once you unlock the Talisman through the Lord of Hatred campaign, Charms enhancing your character will begin dropping in game. For a Charm to become active, it must be placed within your Talisman. Charms drop in all rarities, but the Set Charms have the greatest potential. Equipping multiple Charms from the same set will unlock additional Set Bonuses.

Making its debut in Diablo IV, the Horadric Cube will be critical to your chase for endgame glory, creating new opportunities to shape your journey and pursue tantalizing rewards.

For example, with the Horadric Cube you’ll be able to transmute a random Affix onto any Common, Magic, Rare or Legendary Item, upgrading its rarity as you go – or reverse the process and remove any unwanted Affixes. Upgrade any common item you find, converting it into a Unique of the same type.

While teased that there is “more to announce soon,” the key Quality of Life feature highlighted in the Spotlight are long-awaited Loot Filters!

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