Diablo 4 reveals new season: Season of Infernal Chaos
- KP
- Sep 19
- 6 min read
Updated: Oct 10
New Reliquary rewards, rework of Infernal Hordes, and Chaos Armor
The new season for Diablo 4, Season of the Infernal Chaos, starts on Tuesday, September 23. Before the release of this new season, the development team sat down for their Developer Livestream on Tuesday, September 16, to go over what players can expect in the new season and what they learned during the Public Test Realm (PTR).
The new season will bring permanent updates to eternal and season realms in the Infernal Hordes with chaos waves and Bartuc, Lord of Chaos, who will also be an all-new boss fight that players have to master.
Storyline
The storyline for the new season will take place after disturbing events in Ked Bardu. There you will meet the assassin Shyan who is part of the order Viz-Jaq'taar which eliminate demon-corrupted mages. This order was created after the Mage Clan Wars, which was a brutal conflict that happened in Sanctuary's past. Viz-Jaq'taar now seek out the source of Chaos Rifts across Sanctuary.
When playing the new season, you can start the questline Sands of Chaos in Ked Bardu and speak to the distraught villager to join the hunt. You must make a Seasonal character to play this new season during character creation.
Infernal Hordes
One area of the new season will have players jumping back into the Infernal Hordes. There will be several added features to the Infernal Hordes: Chaos Waves, the Fell Council, and Bartuc.
Chaos Waves
When you enter the Infernal Hordes, you will have to defeat a specific number of waves to get to the end, to either defeat the Fell Council or Bartuc. These Chaos Waves will have Chaos Offerings that will appear between the waves and allow players to transform a standard wave into a volatile crucible of randomized encounters. These waves will have increased difficulty, and then you'll be rewarded more Aether, which is spent at the end of the run to open up chests with specific rewards.
These Chaos Waves will have players either dodge deadly projectiles from Chas Rifts, slay a rampaging Hellwyrm, or hunt down Aether Goblins.
The developers say they reworked the Infernal Offerings, which are revealed after each wave. The rework includes additional balancing and makes sure the offerings feel valid as choices.
Bartuc, Lord of Chaos
After completing the waves during the Infernal Hordes, players will have a choice to fight against the Fell Council or take up the Lord of Chaos, Bartuc.
If you don't choose Bartuc, you'll take on the Fell Council, which has seen some improvements. One of the members of the council will be promoted to the designated Council Speaker and have enhanced abilities.
However, if you choose to take on Bartuc, your party will need to spend Aether. The person who selects Bartuc decides for the party.
During the fight, Bartuc will summon Chaos portals to shoot projectiles and deploy an arsenal to kill you. In the fight, there are teleport pads that you can use strategically. After defeating Bartuc, rewards will appear on the ground, and you won't have to spend any additional Aether.
Chaos Armor
With the new season comes a new armor type that players can find across Sanctuary. Chaos Armor will appear in the following item slots: helm, chest, gloves, pants, and boots.
The image above shows the unique Fists of Fate and how you can find it as a Chaos Unique Chest Armor. The differences are shown in green text. The original unique states "your attacks randomly deal 1% to 300%", but the Chaos Armor states "your attacks randomly deal 1% to 360%". However, players can't equip the same Unique item between Chaos and standard. Below is a list of general and class-based Chaos Uniques players can find during the season.
General Uniques | Banished Lord's Talisman Crown of Lucion Endurant Faith Fists of Fate Godslayer Crown Locran's Talisman Mother's Embrace Paingorger's Gauntlets X'fal's Corroded Signet |
Barbarian | Battle Trance Gohr's Devastating Grips Hooves of the Mountain God Mantle of Mountain's Fury Overkill Rage of Horrogath Ring of Red Furor Sabre of Tsasgal (New Unique) Tuskhelm of Joritz the Mighty Ugly Bastard Helm Unbroken Chain Ramaladni's Magnum Opus |
Druid | Airidah's Inexorable Will Earthbreaker Fleshrender Greatstaff of the Crone Hunter's Zenith Kilt of Blackwing (New Unique) Malefic Crescent Mjolnic Ring Rotting Lightbringer Tempest Roar The Basilisk Vasily's Prayer Dolmen Stone |
Necromancer | Black River Bloodless Scream Deathless Visage Deathspeaker's Pendant Ebonpiercer Gospel of the Devotee (New Unique) Lidless Wall Orphan Maker Ring of Mendeln Ring of the Sacrilegious Soul The Hand of Naz The Mortacrux The Unmaker Mutilator Plate |
Rogue | Beastfall Boots Condemnation Cowl of the Nameless Deathmask of Nirmitruq Grasp of Shadow Orphan Maker (New Unique) Pitfighter's Gull Saboteur's Signet Scoundrel's Leathers Shroud of Khanduras Skyhunter Word of Hakan Scoundrel's Kiss |
Sorcerer | Axial Conduit Blue Rose Esadora's Overflowing Cameo Flamescar Fractured Winterglass Galvanic Azurite (New Unique) Ophidian Iris Raiment of the Infinite Staff of Endless Rage Staff of Lam Esen Starfall Coronet Vox Omnium Esu's Heirloom |
Spiritborn | Balazan's Maxtlatl Band of First Breath Harmony of Ebewaka Hesha e Kesungi (New Unique) Jacinth Shell Loyalty's Mantle Peacemonger's Signet Ring of the Midday Hunt Rod of Kepleke Sustained War-Crozier Sepazontec Wushe Nak Pa Sunbird's Gorget |
Information courtesy: Blizzard
Chaos Rifts
Throughout Sanctuary, there will be strange portals with crackling energy that will appear. These rifts will appear in the Helltide and Nightmare Dungeons. Players will need to defeat demons and seal the rift. This will gain players seasonal reputation and Infernal Warp that can be used to level up your Chaos Perks.
Chaos Perks
Chaos Perks is magic that players will wield while playing the new season. There are four different rarities to these Perks: Magic, Rare, Legendary, and Unique. Magic, Rare, and Legendary twist and empower your skills and Unique Perks reshape your build.
Players will be able to equip three non-Unique perks at once and one Unique Perk. Players will be able to upgrade Chaos Perks by collecting Infernal Warp.
Magic
Invigorating Attacks
Accelerating Chaos
Unstable Power
Rare
Erupting Chaos
Power Siphon
Alternating Alterations
Legendary
Marred Guard
Chaotic Cooldown
Crazy Brew
Unique
Chaos Unleashed
Brawn over Brains
A Beast Concerned
Season Rewards and Drops
Twitch Drop
Between September 23, at 10 a.m. to September 26, at 10 a.m. PDT, players can earn the Hewer's Halberd Polearm cosmetic.
This Twitch drop is in celebration of the start of the new season. Watch two hours of Diablo 4 content to earn the cosmetic for the Barbarian.
Season of Infernal Chaos Reliquary
There will be an all-new Battle Pass Reliquary with new items for players to get their hands on. In the Battle Pass Reliquary, players can get the Feathermane Mount, Feathermane's Barding, and the Dark Horseman's Door Town Portal.
In the Deluxe Battle Pass, which is worth 2,800 Platinum, will let players get their hands on:
The Red Griffin armor set
Wings of the Red Griffin Back Trophy
Angiris the Brave Pet
Access to the Weapons, Beast, and Armor Reliquaries
Rewards from the Season Journey
Throughout the season, players will progress through the Season Journey. After completing Chapter 6, players will earn Pandora the Fox as a pet.
On top of Pandora, there will also be Smoldering Ashes, which can be used for Seasonal Blessings. Below are the types of urns players will see in this season.
Urn of Reputation: Boosts Viz-Jaq'taar Veneration earned
Urn of Blazing Infernal: Chance to drop additional Infernal Compass
Urn of Chaos Armor: Chance to drop a Chaos Armor from Greater Infernal Caches
Urn of Sustain: Boosts the duration of powers stolen
Urn of Chaos Nightmares: Chance to drop an additional Nightmare Dungeon Sigil from Helltide Chest
Season of Infernal Chaos starts Tuesday, September 23.
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