There’s more to Vessel of Hatred than just a new class and mercenaries.
On October 8, 2024, Diablo 4 will launch the Vessel of Hatred add-on and the Season of Hatred Rising, which now has its own name. In an extensive livestream, the developers gave a deeper insight into the new content and the details that will change due to the PTR.
We have the most important details for you 2.5 hours summarized.
Changes based on PTR feedback
We list the most important changes compared to the PTR for you:
- Players can choose the fourth difficulty level (Remorseful) from level 1
- Non-Ancestral Legendary Items can reach level 8 upon completion and receive two hardenings
- Ancestral Unique Items have a three times higher drop chance
- Damage bonuses for abilities from the primary attribute have been reduced to Season 5 levels
- Additive and multiplicative damage from Legendary Glyphs has been reduced
- All content is available from Qual 1
- Rare and Magic Nodes have been heavily buffed
- The Council Boss of the Infernal Hordes always drops unique items, the loot scales with the torment level
- Increased drop chances for Ancestral Items in Nightmare Dungeons and Whispers
- Nightmare dungeons give experience upon completion
- Fortresses only give 1.25 levels instead of 2
- All non-Legendary items are automatically dismantled starting from Torment 1
- 2 Magnificent Sparks can be crafted into an Ancient Mythical Unique item with the right set of runes
- Scattered Prisms are no longer required for bases
Of course stuck in the patch notes numerous specific changes to all classes based on data and feedback from the test server.
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New details about the Season of Hatred Rising
There are new zone events when an area is filled with Mephisto’s hatred. A Realmwalker appears in the area and brings monsters with it via a portal on its back. He’s basically a world boss wandering through the zone.
After defeating the boss, players can go through the portal into a new form of dungeon in the so-called Seething Realm go. There are gates where you have to choose different levels with different rewards.
The Realmwalker is a new seasonal event.
Depending on which level they have chosen, players will receive loot among other things Seething Opals. These give a buff for 30 minutes, which grants, for example, more items, more gold and the like, as well as always 15 percent more experience. This buff works independently of anodizing.
The new faction is them Zakarum and offer a similar reputation reward loop as the new factions in the previous seasons.
New information about Vessel of Hatred
The new time attack dungeon, the Kurast Undercity, can be accessed via Tribute be changed. By using it, the dungeons become more difficult, but also offer more rewards.
A tribute also lets you in Complete an agreement. You can receive special upgrades in exchange for gold or materials if the run is successful. For example, an agreement can guarantee you a skill affix for an item.
This is what the tributes for the Kurast Lower City look like.
Additionally, new details about the co-op experience have been added in the form of the Dark citadel betrayed. Players who complete all three dungeons of the citadel can qualify as weekly reward Pick up ancestral items.
Additionally, coins are earned in the citadel, which can be used against various Elixirs, incense and scrolls be exchanged.
These rewards can be found in the Citadel, among other places.
In addition to a more detailed introduction to the mercenaries, an additional function of the NPC companions was shown. Any mercenary can be called briefly as reinforcements and is linked to one of your skills. This reinforcement is also available to you in a group.
The mercenaries can not only accompany you, but also serve as temporary reinforcement.
In the Q&A that followed, a few community questions were answered. It is possible to play as an addon owner with players who only have the main game. The Vessel of Hatred campaign can be skipped after completing it for the first time with additional characters. The Dark Citadel can still be completed if a player leaves the group.
