Malignant Hearts and SocketsĪfter completion of the ritual, you’ll be award a Malignant Heart, which come in four varieties. If you’re carrying the new Cage of Binding Item, you can perform a ritual to capture these Malignant Hearts, allowing them to be socketed into gear.

These powerful Elites will drop a Malignant Heart on death. Malignant ElitesĪfter completion of the Campaign, all Elite Monsters will have a chance to spawn as Malignant Elites. They didn’t go too deep into the story itself beyond the trailer shown on stream, but we’ll have further details to come for the Season 1 launch on July 20. The seasonal story is accessible during and after the campaign and follows the story of Kormand, an ex-priest from the Church of Light as he investigates the corruption spreading through Sanctuary. This season comes with a handful of new mechanics that can shape new build opportunities and new gameplay experiences. The theme of this season is “Corruption”. Diablo 4 will patch prior to this date on July 18th, adding this content to become active on the Season stat date. The devs very extensively covered Season 1, as well as things to expect from Seasons and how they will work.

Season 1 “Season of the Malignant” Details

This article covers everything mentioned in the Livestream. The July 2023 Diablo Developer Livestream was a huge deep dive into Diablo 4 Season 1 as well as the Seasonal structure as a whole.

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