Raise the Stakes, or Face Your Exile

Greetings, Adventurer! Prepare yourself for a new update that brings powerful new Legendary Affixes for every class, the debut of Auto-Battle, PvP and Battleground enhancements, and a wave of system improvements across Sanctuary.

As with previous content updates, there will be server maintenance starting on April 28, from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. PDT for Oceania, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe servers, and on April 29, 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

New Legendary Affixes

Auto-Battle Comes to Diablo Immortal

Open Captain Selection

Cross Region Battlegrounds Expansion SEA/Japan/Korea/Oceania

Challenge Rift: Season 18

Enhancing the Competitiveness: Rite of Exile

Battle Pass 52: Cycle of the Path of Ancestry

Legendary Drop Pool Refresh

PvP Damage Reduction Change

Partial Upgrades now use Telluric Pearls for Collab gems

Additional Improvements

New Legendary Affixes

Note: Displayed values can possibly change before release.

These items drop in Inferno XII difficulty and above.

Wizard

Stormweaver (Main Hand):

• Arcane Wind now conjures a storm that follows you, Shocking nearby enemies and generating tornadoes that knock enemies toward the center of the storm.

Frigid Chrysalis (Off-Hand):

• Ice Armor now entombs you in ice, granting a massive absorb shield. While entombed, you cannot move or use certain skills, are immune to knockback and loss of control, and continuously damage and Chill nearby enemies.

Audacious Stratagem (Chest):

• Lightning Nova now grants a shield that absorbs damage and continuously Shocks nearby enemies, dealing damage that gradually increases with successive hits.

Siegebringers (Legs):

• Arcane Wind damage is increased by 25% after standing still for more than 1 second.

Chaotic Gambit (Head):

• Teleport also increases skill damage dealt and received by 20% for 3 seconds.

Winterthorn Shawl (Shoulders):

• Ice Armor also increases your Critical Hit Chance by 3% each time you are attacked, which stacks up to 4 times.

Barbarian

Limb Severer (Main Hand):

• Hammer of the Ancients also heals you for 5% of your maximum Life when hitting a Bleeding enemy. Cannot trigger more than once every 2 seconds.

Ancestor's Call (Off-Hand):

• Hammer of the Ancients now summons a Spirit of the Ancients to attack nearby enemies and unleash a weakening shout whenever you use Demoralize, reducing the damage dealt by enemies. Using Hammer of the Ancients again while the Spirit is active will cause it to rush to a target location.

Infinite Succession (Chest):

• Chained Spear now targets an ally, linking you to them and granting damage reduction that increases when you are closer together. Whenever one takes damage, the other unleashes a roaring burst, damaging nearby enemies. Using the skill again will pull you to your linked ally.

Ravager's Walk (Legs):

• Chained Spear also causes enemies it hits to Bleed for 2 seconds.

Gilded Hunter (Head):

• Demoralize now unleashes a battle roar that damages nearby enemies and heals nearby allies. Taking damage reduces the roar's cooldown.

Hunt's Claim (Shoulders):

• Wrath of the Berserker also reduces the damage you and nearby allies take by 15% for 3 seconds.

Monk

Be at Peace (Main Hand):

• Shield of Zen now conjures a field of flames that follows you, Burning nearby enemies while granting you immunity to knockback and increasing your Critical Hit Chance against Burning enemies.

Expectant Juncture (Off-Hand):

• Mystic Strike can be used while affected by Silence, total loss of control, or knockback, removing the associated harmful effect. Cannot occur more than once every 6 seconds.

Ceaseless Flutter (Chest):

• Flying Dragon now empowers you with wind, increasing your Movement Speed the farther you move and unleashing bursts of damaging wind every few yards you travel.

Fitful Draft (Legs):

• Mystic Strike now generates energy as you move, which is consumed to dash forward like a gust of wind, damaging enemies in your path. The distance and damage of the dash is increased based on your Movement Speed.

Nimblemind (Head):

• Shield of Zen also increases your damage by 3% for every 10% increased Movement Speed you have, up to a maximum of 15% increased damage at 50% increased Movement Speed.

Brush Throe (Shoulders):

• Wave of Light now empowers you, causing you to unleash a damaging burst of light when you contact an enemy, increasing in damage as your Movement Speed increases.

Demon Hunter

Sahptev Adaptability (Main Hand):

• Impale now empowers you, causing your Primary Attacks to shatter on hit, dealing additional damage to nearby enemies and applying Blade Fragment Marks, which cause those affected to take increased damage from your Primary Attacks.

Inna's Providence (Off-Hand):

• Sentry also reduces the damage you take by 10% while you are near it.

Harried Flight (Chest):

• Vengeance now empowers you, increasing your Attack Speed and causing your Primary Attacks to release shadowy bursts when they hit, dealing additional damage and Slowing enemies. However, your Movement Speed is greatly reduced during this time.

Raven's Home (Legs):

• Vengeance also increases your Primary Attack damage by 15% for 3 seconds.

Falconer's Crest (Head):

• Sentry now deploys a rope tower at a target location, and using the skill again while the tower is active will pull you to it, increasing your Movement Speed. The pull can be activated while affected by Silence, total loss of control, or knockback.

Nest's Safety (Shoulders):

• Rain of Vengeance now empowers you, increasing your attack range and causing your Primary Attacks to launch a rain of arrows at a target's location, damaging enemies within the area. However, your Movement Speed is greatly reduced during this time.

Crusader

Reckoner of the Ray (Main Hand):

• Spinning Shield damage is increased based on the total amount of absorb shield value you have active. For every 1% of your maximum Life as shield value, damage is increased by 1%, up to a maximum of 30%.

Concordance Axis (Off-Hand):

• Spinning Shield now conjures multiple shields to orbit you, dealing damage to enemies and knocking them back. The number of shields is dependent upon your absorb shield value when cast.

Vigor's Gleam (Chest):

• Conjuration of Light now grants you a shield that also converts a portion of the damage you deal into additional absorb value.

Steely Detachment (Legs):

• Shield Charge now causes you to raise a shield wall and move forward, damaging enemies and knocking them back. The size and damage of the shield wall is dependent upon your absorb shield value when cast.

Plumebuck (Head):

• When Shield Charge deals damage you also gain an absorb shield equal to 8% of your maximum Life for 2 seconds, increasing up to 24% of your maximum Life. Cannot trigger more than once every 2 seconds.

Poor Pasture (Shoulders):

• Conjuration of Light also radiates an aura for 5 seconds that reduces the damage of enemies within by 10%.

Necromancer

Haunted Guillotine (Main Hand):

• Wraith Form also causes you to radiate an aura of vulnerability for 3 seconds, increasing the damage nearby enemies take by 10%.

Magnate of Decline (Off-Hand):

• Bone Spirits now conjures a withering field that follows you, continuously damaging enemies within and applying stacks of Decay, which reduce the damage they deal and eventually Stun them.

Estranged Patron (Chest):

• Bone Armor now conjures a warding circle that follows you, granting allies within a shield that provides immunity to total loss of control and knockback.

Doll Legs (Legs):

• Wraith Form now targets an ally, transforming you into a wraith as you inhabit and follow them, granting them beneficial effects. During this time you cannot move independently nor use certain skills, but you cannot be targeted. Using Wraith Form again removes you from your ally.

Odious Intent (Head):

• Grim Scythe also prevents the use of Dash Skills for 2 seconds when hitting an enemy. This cannot occur more than once every 6 seconds to the same enemy.

Motley Epaulettes (Shoulders):

• Bone Armor also removes 1 random harmful effect from each nearby ally when used.

Blood Knight

Evershifting Scales (Main Hand):

• Whirling Strike is now a two-strike combo that first consumes Life to perform a wide frontal sweep, followed by an overhead strike that knocks enemies airborne and heals you.

Repulsive Ampoule (Off-Hand):

• Abomination also increases your Critical Hit Chance by 38% for 3 seconds.

Bloody Revelry (Chest):

• Sanguinate also increases healing received by 50% for 3 seconds.

Stalking Shadows (Legs):

• Sanguinate now consumes Life to dash forward, damaging enemies in your path and granting you increased damage on your next skill, which will also heal you when it hits.

Precarious Wager (Head):

• Whirling Strike consumes 5% of your current Life, increasing its Critical Hit Chance by 25%. If it deals a Critical Hit, you heal for 5% of your maximum Life. This heal can only trigger once per skill use.

Brutish Nature (Shoulders):

• Abomination now generates energy when you lose Life, which is consumed to briefly transform and attack with a series of advancing claw strikes. This series of attacks cause knockback and heal you, and you are immune to loss of control and knockback and take reduced damage while performing these attacks.

Tempest

Scudding Verge (Main Hand):

• Rolling Surf now causes you to spin and hurl a barrage of throwing knives in all directions. Some of these knives will drop to the ground after being thrown and can be picked up to reduce this skill's cooldown. The dropped knives are also treated as Zephyrs for the purpose of some skills.

Vivid Afterthought (Off-Hand):

• When a Zephyr expires, your Skill damage increases by 5% for 3 seconds, stacking up to 3 times. (Affects Mist-Touched passive skill)

Brineborne Harbinger (Chest):

• Flowing Strike now teleports you to a target location, damaging nearby enemies and conjuring Zephyrs based on the number of enemy players hit.

Port of Call (Legs):

• Tidal Rush now targets a Zephyr for you to dash towards, damaging enemies along your path and at the target's location and increasing the damage of your next skill other than Tidal Rush.

Balmy Albatross (Head):

• Tidal Rush also grants you a shield that absorbs damage for 3 seconds, stacking up to 3 times.

Sealed Thatch (Shoulders):

• Flowing Strike also prevents the use of Dash Skills for 2 seconds when hitting an enemy. Cannot occur more than once every 6 seconds to the same enemy.

Druid

Invincible Arc (Main Hand):

• Werebear now transforms you into a Stone Bear, granting you immunity to all loss of control effects and an absorb shield based on Primal Power consumed, but at the cost of reduced Movement Speed.

Shatterfist (Off-Hand):

• Crush (Werebear) now empowers your Werebear Primary Attack, changing it to a leaping stomp that causes rocks to emerge from the earth a deal damage. Attack Speed improvements instead increase the damage of this Primary Attack.

Breastplate of Striding (Chest):

• While a Werebear, you gain 15% damage reduction while you have an active absorb shield.

Plummet-Wool (Legs):

• Crush (Werebear) also increases your Primary Attack Speed by 60% for 3 seconds, but this effect is removed if you become affected by total loss of control or knockback effects.

Triumph Wings (Head):

• Bound (Werebear) now leaps to a target location, smashing the ground and causing a circle of rocks to emerge, knocking enemies toward the center of the rocks. Your Primary Attacks used within the rock circle cause shockwaves that damage nearby enemies.

Lifeless Reminder (Shoulders):

• Bound (Werebear) also reduces enemy Movement Speed by 30% and prevents the use of Dash Skills for 2 seconds. Cannot disable Dash Skills this way more than once every 6 seconds to the same enemy.

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Auto-Battle Comes to Diablo Immortal

This new gameplay feature can now be accessed within the "Blessing of Legends" (Blessing UI on the left side of the screen.) Enabling Auto-Battle allows your character to be automatically controlled at your current location, causing you to roam around the nearby area and fight enemies automatically.

The overall combat functionality of this feature is deliberately less efficient than a player actively farming themselves and intended to provide more casual players with access to some additional farming methods to help continue progress. Some builds might be significantly less efficient than playing the class yourself, so determining what build you want to use with Auto-Battle can have an impact on your efficiency as well.

While this feature is aimed at helping more casual players, everyone can find some use for this system. There are some additional settings, such as Enabling Auto Health Potion usage as well as a Life Threshold to trigger when the Health Potion is used, available in the Settings menu under the Controller section.

Auto-Battle can be enabled for up to 1 hour at a time and at most you have 24 total hours of time available per week, but keep in mind your character will not automatically salvage your equipment when your bags are full.

• Auto-Battle can be enabled inside the same popup as Blessing of Legends.
• Auto-Battle unlocks at level 60.

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Open Captain Selection

To improve team balance and give players more control over team composition, Captain Selection is now available in Battleground.

How It Works

When all matched players are Legend rank or above, there is a chance to trigger a Legendary Duel.

In this phase, the two highest-rated players become captains.

Captains take turns selecting their teammates in a draft format.

Draft Rules

1. Each captain selects 3 teammates.
2. The draft follows a structured pick order.
3. Each selection has a 15-second time limit.
4. If a captain does not make a selection in time, the system will assign a player automatically.
5. The remaining players will be assigned by the system.

Additional Notes

During Legendary Duel, player stats are not compressed, and all players gain additional damage reduction.

Players who leave during the selection phase will be treated as refusing the match and may receive penalties.

This feature is available in Battleground Classic mode (Assault).

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Cross Region Battlegrounds Expansion SEA/Japan/Korea/Oceania

SEA/Japan/Korea/Oceania regions will now be combined for battleground matchmaking and have availability opened further.

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Challenge Rift: Season 18

Challenge Rift Season 18 will run from May 4-June 17. 50 new floors have been added, ending in Floor 800 at 61,759 CR.

Floors 731 to 750 will be lowered, with Floor 731 going down to 58,018 CR and scaling up to 59,968 at Level 750.

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Enhancing the Competitiveness: Rite of Exile

The latest update to Diablo Immortal focuses on strengthening the competitive integrity of the Cycle of Strife.

We are challenging the Immortals more by creating a hidden matching system in the Rite of Exile, Immortal leaders can uncover the hidden matches through scouting points that are earned from their weekly duties.

Scouting is guaranteed to uncover the Shadow clans who are in those match orders, but scout points are earned through weekly duties and participation from the Immortals.

To increase tension and competitiveness, the number of Rite of Exile victories required in Week 7 is reduced from 4 to 3. These changes should open the door for more teams to prove they can become Immortal.

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Battle Pass 52: Cycle of the Path of Ancestry

The Cycle of the Path of Ancestry Battle Pass will go live on 5/7 with an exclusive Legendary Gem and other resources. Purchasing battle pass for 3 consecutive months will unlock the empowered cosmetics for multiple classes of your choice.

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Legendary Drop Pool Refresh

Legendary Gem Drop Pool will refresh on 4/29, where players can choose a designated Legendary Gem for 50% drop chance upon obtaining a Legendary Gem of the same rarity.

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PvP Damage Reduction Change

Battlegrounds, Assault and Convoy, as well as Tower War are receiving an increase to damage reduction. The damage reduction is being increased to provide an overall increase of 15% damage reduction compared to the current live experience.

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Partial Upgrades now use Telluric Pearls for Collab Gems

2-Star Legendary Gems that are part of crossover events, like the recently released gem The Crucible, can now use Telluric Pearls during the Progressive Upgrade process.

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Additional Improvements

• A new teleport station has been added to Bilefen Island near the Namari Temple.
• A new "Vibrant" visual filter option added to Graphics Settings.
  • Settings → Graphics → Visual Style
• Reduced visual clutter from certain skill effects.
• Fixed an issue where side-quest items could not be destroyed.

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