With Diablo 4 being released for over a month now, players are anticipating the start of Diablo 4 Season 1. When exactly does the “Season of the Malignant” begin for players?
Season Start Date/Time
The good news is that players won’t have to wait too much longer as Diablo 4 Season 1 (Season of the Malignant) will start on July 20 at 1 PM ET, 10 AM PDT, 12 PM CT, and 6 PM GMT. Depending on if there are delays or how long the maintenance for the new Season is, the following times are subject to change.
Battle Pass Cost
Along with the release of the new Season comes the Season 1 battle pass. Similar to other titles that also feature a battle pass system, the Diablo 4 Season 1 battle pass has three different methods for players to progress throughout the pass.
Free Track (Free for all players)
- Contains 27 tier rewards
Premium Track (1,000 Platinum/$9.88)
- Contains 90 tier rewards
Accelerated Track (2,800 Platinum/$24.99)
- Contains 90 tier rewards
- Contains a special cosmetic item
- Provides 20-tier skips
Battle Pass Explained
The Season 1 battle pass contains a single reward track that grants players both free and premium rewards meaning if you purchase the premium track, you’ll receive two items instead of one. Each Season will have different limited-time items and will never be the same as before. The battle pass will last for 3 months and should take players around 75 hours to finish the entire pass.
Fresh Start Required For The New Season
As the new Season starts, your character has to follow suit. In order to access the new season, players are required to make a new seasonal character as their character in the Eternal realm cannot progress in seasonal content. According to Diablo’s General Manager at Blizzard, Rod Fergusson on Twitter, playing the campaign with your seasonal character will also progress the battle pass and Season 1 journey.
Battle Pass Rewards
The amount of rewards that you’ll receive as you progress through the battle pass all depends on whether you purchase the Premium Track. While all the items included in the battle pass haven’t been fully revealed, the following is known so far.
Free Track Rewards
- Cosmetics
- Emblems
- Emotes
- Smoldering Ashes
- Titles
Premium Track Rewards
- Coldiron Armor Set for each class (Base + Awoken versions)
- Warded Mustang Mount (Base + Awoken versions)
- Coldiron Barding Mount Armor (Base + Awoken versions)
- “On the Warpath” Emote (Included with Accelerated Battle Pass)
- Platinum
- Cosmetics
- Emblems
- Emotes
- Smoldering Ashes
- Titles
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