The latest season of Diablo 4 has arrived, bringing fresh content and a new battle pass. Season 5, known as the Season of the Infernal Hordes, introduces new seasonal story quests and a new activity. The Infernal Hordes, inspired by Vampire Survivors, challenge players to survive endless waves of monsters, earning loot and gold. Surviving the hordes and defeating enough enemies to collect a significant amount of Aether allows players to open multiple tiers of chests for additional materials and rewards.

Diablo 4 Season 5 comes with new uniques for all classes

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Season of the Infernal Hordes brings 15 brand new Unique items, adding opportunities for new builds across all classes. Here are the new Uniques available in Season 5:

All classes

• Crown of Lucion – Helm: Each time you use a Skill with a Resource Cost, gain 5-15% increased damage, and Resource Cost is increased by 30% for 4 seconds, stacking up to 5 times.
• Endurant Faith – Gloves: When you would be damaged for at least 40% of your Maximum Life at once, it is instead distributed over the next 2 seconds and reduced by 10-30%.
• Shard of Verathiel – 1 Handed Sword: Basic Skills deal 50-200% increased damage but additionally cost 25 Primary Resource.
• Rakanoth’s Wake – Boots: When you cast a Skill with a Cooldown, you explode, dealing Fire damage.
• Locran’s Talisman – Amulet: Your skills gain 0.10-0.40% Critical Strike Chance bonus per point of Primary Resource you have, up to 10-40%. Each point of Primary Resource above 100 grants 0.2% Critical Strike Damage instead.

Barbarian

• Unbroken Chain – Amulet: Casting Steel Grasp reduces Iron Maelstrom’s Cooldown by 3.3-10.0 seconds. Enemies damaged by Iron Maelstrom deal 10-30% less damage for 6 seconds.
• The Third Blade – 1 Handed Sword: Your Weapon Mastery Skills are now also Core Skills that have no Cooldowns but cost Fury, dealing 50-70% of normal damage. Their Fury costs are reduced by 5 for any additional Charges the Skill would have had.

Druid

• The Basilisk – Staff: When you first hit an enemy with an Earth Skill, Petrify them for 3 seconds. Petrifying an enemy additionally deals 4412-26472 Physical Damage.
• Mjolnic Ryng: While Cataclysm is active, you gain unlimited Spirit and deal 40-100% increased damage.

Necromancer

• The Mortacrux – Dagger: When consuming a Corpse, there is a 10-30% chance to also create a decaying Skeletal Simulacrum that seeks enemies but cannot attack. When it dies, it explodes for 5,514 Shadow damage. This effect is treated as a Macabre Skill.
• Path of Trag’oul: Bone Prison traps a larger area and fires 10-30 Bone Splinters at enemies trapped within. Increase your Maximum Essence by 2 for 10 seconds each time these Bone Splinters hit an enemy.

Diablo 4 season of the Infernal Hordes battle pass details and rewards

As you complete the new seasonal activity and various questlines, you will earn battle pass XP. Diablo 4 battle passes feature 90 tiers of rewards, with about a third available for free. The rest of the rewards are part of the premium battle pass, which costs approximately $10. There is also an accelerated version of the battle pass that unlocks the first 20 tiers automatically, costing around $25. Key premium items include the Awoken Archenemy Armor Sets and the Awoken Aetheric Steed Mount.

Game adjustments and improvements in Infernal Hordes

Season 5 also brings adjustments to the game’s flow. Players will experience increased XP gain in the early levels, helping them reach the late-game faster. Additionally, Uber Uniques have been renamed to Mythic Uniques and are now a distinct purple color when they drop, making them easier to identify.

Below are the highlights of what to expect from the Diablo 4 Season 5 battle pass:

• New story quests
• Infernal Hordes activity
• 15 new Unique items
• Enhanced early-level XP gain
• Renamed and color-coded Mythic Uniques
• Awoken Archenemy Armor Sets
• Awoken Aetheric Steed Mount

With the new content and updates, Diablo 4 Season 5 promises an exciting and rewarding experience for players.