Season 3 Guide (Season of the Construct)

Season 3 (Season of Construct) for Diablo 4 (D4) has finally been released as of January 23, 2024. Check out our guide about all the new updates, gameplay mechanics, and content features in Diablo 4's Season of Construct.

Season 3 Beginner's Guide

How to Start Season 3
Plan Out Class and Build Progression Clear the Seasonal Questline as Soon as Possible Unlock and Upgrade the Seneschal Early Grind Arcane Tremors for XP and Seasonal Materials Clear Season Journey Objectives Run Vaults to Upgrade Your Seneschal Stones Finish Up Renown and Waypoint Unlocks
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Plan Out Class and Build Progression

Since Seasons revolve around getting from 0 to 100 while engaging in the new Season 3 mechanics, it will be in your best interest to plan ahead especially with the much slower progression pace of Season 3.

To make sure you're prepped for the endgame loop in WT3 and WT4, start farming upgrade materials, unlocking map waypoints, and securing required codex aspects before you hit level 50.

Season 3 Leveling Guide

Clear the Seasonal Questline as Soon as Possible

Unlike in Season 2, the new Season will gate mechanics like the new Vaults behind Seasonal Questline progress. When first starting, make sure to prioritize finishing the questline to unlock the full range of available activities in Season of the Construct.

The current questline is very short. Skipping through dialogue should allow you to complete it in under two hours. It will be even quicker if you're using an optimized leveling build for Season 3.

Season 3 Questline Walkthrough

Unlock and Upgrade the Seneschal Early

The Seneschal is a pet you get during the Season 3 questline. Make sure to unlock it early to quickly learn about its strengths and weaknesses ahead of the lengthy grind to upgrade its Governing and Tuning Stone attachments.

How to Unlock and Upgrade Your Seneschal

Grind Arcane Tremors for XP and Seasonal Materials

Arcane Tremors are Season 3's version of Blood Harvests. Defeat Constructs and disable Obelisks within the play area to farm Shattered Stone and Elemental Cores that allow you to challenge the Heralds of Malphas.

Heralds of Malphas will drop Governing Stones and Pearls of Warding once defeated. These are needed to upgrade your Seneschal and access Vault reward chests later on, so make sure to farm and hoard them for the endgame push.

Arcane Tremors Guide and Rewards

Clear Season Journey Objectives

Season 3 Journey rewards will grant you a collection of brand new Legendary Aspects as well as an assortment of Governing and Tuning Stones. Make sure to complete these objectives to get much needed power spikes on your journey to level 100.

Season 3 Journey Guide and Rewards

Run Vaults to Upgrade Your Seneschal Stones

Vaults are the primary method for upgrading Seneschal Stones. Once you have a decent speed farming build and enough Pearls of Warding, head over to a Vault and run it all the way to the end to get the Tuning Stone rewards at the end.

Note: In order to unlock all of the chests in the reward room, you will need a full stack of Zoltun's Warding. These stacks are acquired by offering Pearls of Warding to Zoltun's Statue at the start of each vault.

Vaults and How to Unlock Them

Finish Up Renown and Waypoint Unlocks

If you haven't already, make sure to finish up your Renown grind and Waypoint unlocks before hitting endgame. Since both of these activities become tedious at WT4, it is best to complete them before your build starts hitting its stride at level 50+.

Renown System Guide and Rewards

All Season 3 Guides

For more info regarding Season 3 and its different activities, check out the full list of Game8's guides for Diablo 4 Season of the Construct, below!

Season 3 Release Time and End Date

Runs from January 23, 2024 to April 16, 2024

Ours shows April 17 because we're located in Japan!

Season 3 officially launched last January 23, 2024 at 10 AM PST, and is slated to run for 3 months. The season officially ends on April 16, 2024.

Alongside the new season is a new balance patch - Update 1.3.0. Most notable amongst the changes are the addition of new uniques, new aspects, and sweeping class balance changes to make more builds viable in Season 3.

Update 1.3 Patch Notes and Summary

Time Zones and Release Times

Season 3 New Features and Mechanics

New Seasonal Questline

With the new Seasonal Questline, you will learn about the mystical runestones alongside a new character named Ayuzhan of Caldeum, and explore the vault of Zoltun Kulle to harness the ancient power of Seneschal Constructs.

Season 3 Questline Walkthrough

New Seneschal Construct Pet

In Season 3, you will be able to adventure alongside a pet companion called the Seneschal Construct. This mechanical spider ally will assist you in eliminating enemies as you unravel the mysteries of the Seasonal Questline.

You can further improve the Seneschal Construct companion by giving it new skills in the form of Governing Stones, and buffing said skills by attaching Tuning Stones that modify their effects.

Seneschal Companion Guide

Arcane Tremors Season Event

The Arcane Tremors are new seasonal events scattered across the map of Sanctuary. Explore these zones to farm seasonal materials such as Shattered Stone, Elemental Cores, Pearls of Warding, and even additional Governing Stones.

Arcane Tremors Explained

New Nightmare Vault Dungeons

Season 3 also introduces a brand new dungeons called Vaults. Plagued with hazards and traps, these special dungeons require the player to slay enemies while watching their footing inside the Vault.

Avoid enough traps to preserve your Zoltun's Warding stacks and you'll be able to unlock special Wardwoven Chests at the end of the Vault which contain upgrade materials for your Seneschal.

Vaults and How to Unlock Them

New Battle Pass and Season Journey Rewards

Similar to the previous season, a new set of rewards for both the Season Journey and Season Battle Pass will be introduced. In the Battle Pass, it consists of 90 tiers (28 free and 62 premium) which contain new Cosmetics, Portals, Mounts, and much more! You will need to purchase the premium version to unlock the rewards from the premium tiers.

As for the Season Journey, you will be rewarded with new Seasonal Aspects as you progress through the seven chapters, which will be removed by the end of the season.

Upcoming Season 3 Content

Hall of the Ancients Permanent Leaderboard

The Hall of Ancients is a permanent leaderboard that will cement the legacy of the best players from each weekly leaderboard. This feature is slated to drop mid-season similar to how the Abattoir of Zir launched for Season 2.

The Gauntlet Weekly Challenge Dungeon

The Gauntlet is a new weekly challenge dungeon introduced in Diablo 4 (Season 3). It is a non-linear dungeon with fixed enemies and affixes that you can participate in once you reach World Tier 4. This dungeon does not require players to be level 100, and you can also bring your friends to play the Gauntlet as a party.

Much like the Hall of Ancients Permanent Leaderboard, the Gauntlet and its Weekly Leaderboard are slated to drop mid-season.

Weekly Gauntlet Dungeon Challenge Guide

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