Highlights
- Diablo 3 Season 32: Ethereal Memory starts July 12, featuring new Ethereal weapons and rewards.
- Season 32 brings new challenges, cosmetic rewards, and Haedrig's Gifts for players to enjoy.
- Diablo 4 Season 6 and its Vessel of Hatred expansion are set to launch later this year, ensuring that fans have plenty of content to enjoy in two different Diablo titles.
Blizzard announced that Diablo 3 Season 32: Ethereal Memory will start on July 12. Alongside the date, Blizzard outlined the Season's themes, rewards, conquest, and bosses. Diablo 3 has received continual support from Blizzard since its release in 2012, even with Diablo 4 being out for over a year now. This trend is set to continue, as fans of Diablo 3 will be able to enjoy Season 32 soon, which is bringing in a slew of new content, keeping the 12-year-old game fresh.
Diablo 3 was released in 2012 to critical praise, with Blizzard continually supporting the game since its release, making it better and better with each Season. Though the game was initially criticized by fans for its disappointing loot system, poor character development, and underwhelming visuals, following Diablo 3's two expansions and 31 Seasons, the game's reception has greatly turned around.
Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred Sets Up the Return of One Gear Type from Diablo 3
With Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred set to feature a handful of new gameplay additions, one type of gear from Diablo 3 should see a return.
Diablo 3 Season 32's theme is Ethereal Memory. Ethereal weapons were first introduced in Season 24, having powerful affixes attached to them, making them stronger than average weapons. Players this Season will focus on hunting for and acquiring Ethereal weapons, which can be gotten via monsters, chests, and destructibles. Their rarity drop rate is set between Ancient and Primal items with there being three unique Ethereals per class. If players collect all 21 Ethereals this Season, they will be rewarded with a Feat of Strength called Ethereal Recollection, unlocking all Ethereal transmogrify options for future seasonal and non-seasonal play.
Everything Coming to Diablo 3 in Season 32
Ethereal Memory
- 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.
Season Journey Rewards
- Guardian of Sanctuary: Finish a level 70 Nephalem Rift on Torment XIII difficulty within 5 minutes.
- Gem of My Life: Level three Legendary Gems to level 55.
- All I Do is Win: Complete 2 Conquests this Season.
- Warm Thoughts: Kill Izual at Level 70 in under 15 seconds on Torment XIII difficulty.
- 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.
- Take U There: Reach Greater Rift Level 60 Solo. Greater Rift keystones can be obtained from any Nephalem Rift guardian.
- Power Amplification: Use Kanai’s Cube to augment an Ancient Legendary item with a level 50+ gem.
- Cubic Reconfiguration: Use Kanai’s Cube to reforge a Legendary item.
Haedrig's Gifts
- Barbarian – Immortal King’s Call
- Crusader – Seeker of the Light
- Demon Hunter – Natalya’s Vengeance
- Monk – Uliana’s Stratagem
- Necromancer – Trag’Oul’s Avatar
- Witch Doctor – Spirit of Arachyr
- Wizard – Vyr’s Amazing Arcana
Diablo 2 is the fan favorite game in the series, so Blizzard has chosen to make the 21 new Ethereal weapons iconic items from that game. In addition to Ethereal weapons, Season 32 brings in two cosmetic rewards. The Teganze Warrior Portrait Frame and Bat pet will be available to players who complete the entirety of the Season Journey. Players will also earn an additional stash tab by finishing the Season in the conqueror tier.
The Conquests for this Season will consist of picking any Cursed Chest event that requires killing monsters and defeating over 350 or more at Level 70 on Torment X or higher for Curses/Stars Align, reaching Greater Rift level 75 for Divinity/Lionhearted, eliminating 16 bosses at Level 70 and Torment X in under twenty minutes for Boss Mode/Worlds Apart, mastering multiple class sets for Years of War/Dynasty, and challenging one's tactical understanding of Set Dungeons Masters for Masters of the Universe/Masters of Sets. Finally, new Haedrig's Gifts will be added this Season, with each class receiving a few pieces from their class set.
Players will be able to start their journey into Diablo 3 Season 32 on July 12. Then later this year, Diablo 4 Season 6 will launch on October 8 alongside its Vessel of Hatred expansion.
