We've got official confirmation from Grinding Gear Games about what lies ahead for Affliction when the league ends.

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We're in the final month of the Affliction League and you may be wondering what will happen when the league ends.

Currently we don't have plans on making the Affliction mechanic a part of the core game. Here's what you can expect when the league ends on PC at Mar 26, 2024 5:00 PM (EDT) (this is displayed in your local time). :

  • All of your progress will migrate to the respective parent league of your characters, Affliction League will migrate to Standard League for example.
  • All of your Tinctures and Charms will be deleted.
  • Existing Itemised Corpses in Standard will not be deleted, nor are any Spectres from these corpses. However, those Itemised Corpses won't be obtainable in the next league.
  • Your Wildwood Ascendancies will no longer exist.
  • Existing Wildwood Rucksacks will become 'remove only' inventories with items in them only removable in towns and hideouts.
  • All Affliction exclusive uniques will be added to the core drop pool, except for That Which Was Taken (this change will happen in 3.24).

If you have any Affliction challenges to complete, you still have a couple of weeks to do so.