Diablo 4's Season 5 or Season of the Infernal Hordes has been released on August 6 2024. Read on to know all the details regarding the release of the Infernal Hordes Season 5 update and all other content that will get added to the game.

Diablo 4 Season 5 Release Time and End Date

Releases on August 6, 2024

The Infernal Horde update has been released on August 6, 2024 and will last until October 8. The release time for each region varies. Refer to the table below to know Season 5's release time based on your time zone.

Season 5 Updates and New Content

New Feature: Infernal Horde

The Infernal Horde is a new upcoming feature for season 5 and the Eternal Realm. The Infernal Hordes is a new activity that allows you to slay waves of enemies and earn BUrning Aether to unlock better rewards from the new game mode.

Completing each wave allows you to get Boons and Banes that can affect the next waves by making them more difficult at the tradeoff of more rewards.

Infernal Horde Guide and How to Unlock

New Main Quest: The Eyes of the Enemy

One of the updates that comes with the Infernal Horde update is a new main questline. The events of the new quest will occur after the end of the game's current Main Quest and defeating Lilith.

To access the questline, head over to Hawezar in World Tier III and investigate a disturbance in the area. This is also the prerequisite condition to unlocking the new Infernal Horde feature in the game.

New Uniques

The game will also include new Unique gear for all the classes in the game. These new gear also have a higher chance of dropping from the new Infernal Horde update so if you wish to obtain the new gear in Season 5, farming enemies in the Infernal Horde will be highly recommended.

New Legendary Aspects

New Tempering Recipes

Quality of Life Updates

There will also be several quality-of-life updates to how the game will tackle several mechanics of the game. Aside from Endgame boss updates, they are also adding more class-weapon compatibility as well as rewards from loots that you can obtain from Treasure Goblins, and Tormented Bosses!

Content Type	Updates
Endgame Bosses	・Resetting the dungeon is no longer required. Simply access the altar once again after defeating an Endgame boss to resummon it by consuming the materials needed to summon them! ・Varshan will now only require Malignant Hearts. Previous body part materials have been removed from the game. ・Endgame bosses' gold drops are also increased.
Beast in Ice	・No longer requires a sigil to summon. Additionally, Beast in Ice's dungeon now functions as a normal dungeon. ・Dungeon size has also been reduced which allows players to reach Beast in Ice much easier.
Helltide and Whispers	・Whisper Bounty completion time has been reduced. 10 Grim Favors can now be obtained much more easily during Helltides. ・Threat from Helltide now also scales monster HP. ・Baneful Heart drop rate reduced but the chances of Baneful Heart dropping get increased every time you don't get one from a Tortured Gift has been increased and resets to base value (13%) after every drop.
Loot Rewards	・Resplendent Spark from Tormented Bosses can now be earned separately on Hardcore and non-hardcore characters. ・Resplendent Sparks and Scattered Prisms are no longer automatically picked up and appear on the lost item stash if forgotten to be picked up. ・Uniques and Mythic (Uber) Uniques can now be obtained from Whisper Caches, Purveyor of Curiosities, and Tortured Gifts in Helltide. ・Mythic Unique drop rates have been increased through non-boss drop locations.
Treasure Goblins	・Now drops 1-3 Legendaries and 2-6 Rares. The more Legendary you obtain, the fewer rare drops, and vice versa. ・ Now drops 1-2 elixirs as well as other crafting materials (Ore, Herbs, Leather, and Gem Fragments) ・Gold drop increased (World Tier 1 = 40k, World Tier 4 Level 100 = 150K) ・World Tier 3 and 4 goblins now drops Forgotten Souls. ・Has a chance (10%/20%/30%) of dropping 1-2 Scattered Prisims in World Tier 1 and 2/ World Tier 3/ World Tier 4 respectively.
Weapons	・More classes can now use different weapon types. The affixes of weapons have also been changed to be able to cater to more classes.

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