Season 38: Ethereal Memory - Preview

Season 38 will begin on March 27, at 5PM (PDT/CET/KST). Read on to learn more about the season theme.

Seasonal Journey

Season 38: Ethereal Memory

Season Cosmetic Rewards

Season Journey Rewards

Seasonal Conquest

Haedrig's Gift

Season 38: Ethereal Memory

As the Nephalem reflect on Sanctuary's history, instruments of power from a bygone era resurface. These ethereal memories will grant those persistent enough to search for them unimaginable power. Legends of the past will manifest once more in the present, and you must decide how to best use these gifts-for ethereal power is fugacious by nature, and will soon return to being no more than a myth.

Season 38 features Ethereals, a weapon-type that players will be able to acquire and hunt for in their upcoming seasonal journey. Ethereals will roll a powerful set of affixes, a random Class Weapon Legendary Power and a random Class Passive Power. Ethereals will have unique icons, names, item types, and sounds originally found in Diablo II. For additional details on Ethereals, check out the list below:

• Ethereals are account bound and can only be dropped by monsters, chests, and destructibles, but do not require your character to be Level 70 in order to drop. Ethereals cannot be acquired through Kanai's Cube or from Kadala.
• Ethereal rarity drop rate is set between Ancient and Primal items.
• There are 3 unique Ethereals per class. Each Ethereal has fixed affixes and rolls one random Legendary Weapon power and one random Class Passive Skill.
• Only one Ethereal can be equipped at a time.
• Ethereals ignore item durability loss.
• Legendary Powers and Class Passive Skills rolled on Ethereals do not stack with the same power equipped through Kanai's Cube, Items or Skills.
• Ethereals cannot be Enchanted, Transmogrified, Dyed, Reforged, or traded.
• Ethereals can be augmented.
• Collecting all 21 Ethereals during the season will reward players with the Feat of Strength, Ethereal Recollection. Players who accomplish this will have all Ethereal transmogrify options available for future seasonal and non-seasonal play.
• Ethereals only drop in Seasonal play and will not transfer to your non-seasonal character when the season ends.

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Season Cosmetic Rewards

Beginning with Season 17, we began reintroducing previous rewards to make them available to players who may have missed them the first time around. For Season 38, this means awards originally available from Season 14 and Season 26 are returning. In addition to the Boots and Pants slots of the exclusive Conqueror Set, a series of portrait frames themed around the enigmatic Tal Rasha will be available. For the nephalem hero who wants to embody the spirit of Justice, a pennant dedicated to everyone's favorite archangel will also be available. Just remember-you cannot judge Justice itself!

However, we know it's nice to have something new to aim for if you've participated in previous Seasons. We're continuing to provide new End of Journey rewards as introduced in Season 17, with two new cosmetic ones for those who complete the entirety of the Season journey. Endure The Fall of the Nephalem and complete the Season 26 Guardian Journey to earn the Rakkis' Remembrance portrait and the Toothsome Trooper pet.

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Season Journey Rewards

If you've been playing the past few Seasons diligently and reached Conqueror in the Season Journey each time, you've accrued a few extra stash tabs. Players who have not yet earned a total of five stash tabs via the Season Journey can still unlock an additional one by completing the following tasks at the Conqueror tier:

• Guardian of Sanctuary: Finish a level 70 Nephalem Rift on Torment XIII difficulty within five minutes.
• A Little More: Reach Greater Rift Level 60 Solo.
• Money Ain't a Thang: Slay Greed on Torment XIII difficulty. Treasure Goblins outside of Nephalem Rifts will sometimes open portals to Greed's domain, The Vault.
• Just Lose It: Kill the Butcher at level 70 in Torment XIII in under 30 seconds
• Cubic Reconfiguration: Use Kanai's Cube to reforge a Legendary item.
• Power Amplification: Use Kanai's Cube to augment an Ancient Legendary item with a level 50+ gem.
• Gem of My Life: Level three Legendary Gems to level 55.
• All I Do is Win: Complete 2 Conquests this Season.

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Seasonal Conquest

Speaking of Conquests, we're rotating those, too! Returning for the Season of Greed is Avarice and Avarita, where every gold piece you find will count! Speed Demon and Need for Speed will ask you to kick it into full gear in your Nephalem Rift runs. On a Good Day and I Can't Stop will congratulate high ranking Legendary Gems. Finally, for the solo crowd, Divinity and Lionhearted will ask you to climb Greater Rift heights by your lonesome, while Years of War and Dynasty challenge your game mastery of at least six classes.

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Haedrig's Gift

Finally, just as before, you'll get a shiny new Class Set courtesy of Haedrig's Gift for completing certain chapters in the Season Journey. We've listed the available Sets below. For those new to Seasons, here's how it works:

Completing Chapters 2, 3, and 4 of the Season Journey will reward you with three Haedrig's Gifts. Each Gift contains a few pieces from one of your Class Sets. Players can only unlock one Class Set in this manner per Season across Hardcore and Non-Hardcore, so choose wisely!

The set you will receive depends on the Class of the character you're playing when you open each Haedrig's Gift. To collect a full Class Set, you'll need to open all three on the same character.

Here are the sets granted by Haedrig's Gift in Season 38:

• Barbarian: The Legacy of Raekor
• Crusader: Armor of Akkhan
• Demon Hunter: Embodiment of the Marauder
• Monk: Inna's Reach
• Necromancer: Pestilence Master's Shroud
• Witch Doctor: Zunimassa's Haunt
• Wizard: Delsere's Magnum Opus

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