Blizzard has announced Diablo 4's next season, the Season of Blood, which is arriving on October 17! Here's what we've learned:

  • The stash can be searched and filtered!
  • A new questline is being added to uncover vampiric powers.
  • There will be 5 additional endgame bosses.
  • We will be able to better target specific Unique and Uber Unique items.
  • Gems are getting better management - no more inventory space taken up. Huzzah!
  • Renown Rewards: Paragon Points, Skill Points, Potion Charges, and Obol capacity upgrades all move with you to future seasons.
  • Vulnerable, Overpower, Critical Strike Damage and also Elemental Resistance are receiving changes.

It looks like Diablo 4 is heading in the right direction with their quality of life updates, which is great to see. The move of Renown's Paragon Points, Skill Points, Potion Charges, and Obol capacity to carry over each season is a nice added touch, which makes the seasonal interruption of needing to start a new character quite a bit easier on the less than hardcore crowd - seasonal characters being a surprising complaint when Diablo 4 first rolled out. Read on for Blizzard's full blog on the season.

Quote From Blizzard

A fanged threat emerges from the shadows in our second Season, Wanderer. At Gamescom: Opening Night Live, the Diablo IV development team announced Season of Blood will begin on October 17.

At the behest of their dark master, a newly turned army of ravenous vampires has set their sights on Sanctuary. The master’s sinister plot remains a shrouded mystery but their pursuit for the blood of innocents has caused an uproar. You must learn to hunt the hunter—your fate depends on it.

Season of Blood will introduce a new Questline for you to uncover, Vampiric Powers to wield against their originators, 5 additional endgame bosses with the ability to target specific Unique and Uber Unique items as a drop, and more.

Additionally, we will introduce some community-requested quality-of-life updates with Season of Blood:

  • More efficient Inventory management for Gems.
  • Paragon Points, Skill Points, Potion Charges, and Obol capacity upgrades will now carry over into a new Season once achieved with an Eternal or previous Seasonal Realm character.
  • Changes to the functionality of status effects such as Vulnerable, Overpower, Critical Strike Damage and also Elemental Resistances.

The updates in the above bullet and the ability to target specific Unique and Ultra Unique items as a drop will be available in both Seasonal and Eternal Realms.

Watch the trailer below to meet Erys, a vampire hunter who stalks these blood leeches throughout Sanctuary, voiced by actress and producer Gemma Chan.