Season 5 Guide (Season of the Infernal Hordes)

Season 5: Season of the Infernal Hordes for Diablo 4 (D4) is set to release on August 6, 2024. Check out our guide about the new update, gameplay mechanics, and how to prepare for Diablo 4's new Season of the Infernal Horde.

Season 5 Beginner's Guide

How to Progress Through Season 5
Plan Your Build and Prepare Early Complete the New Seasonal Questline Complete Hellbreach Dungeons Participate in Helltides Complete Strongholds Progress Your Season Journey Level Up Your Glyphs Gather Materials From The Pit Push for Higher Difficulty Content

Plan Your Build and Prepare Early

Make sure to prepare for the endgame by farming Upgrade Materials and acquiring all the Codex Aspects you need for your build to ensure a smooth leveling experience as soon as you unlock WT3 and WT4.

Additionally, since The Pit from Season 4 will carry over to the new season, immediately farm for Tempering Manuals as soon as they are available to access Tempering and Masterworking, which help your character progression in Season 5.

Season 5 Leveling Guide
Barbarian		Druid		Sorcerer
Rogue			Necromancer

Complete the New Seasonal Questline

For Season 5, there will be a new Seasonal Questline available as soon as you unlock World Tier 3. This questline follows the story of two new NPCs in Hawezar, Locran and Istel. Completing this new questline will help you unlock the Infernal Hordes.

Season 5 Questline Walkthrough

Complete Hellbreach Dungeons

As soon as you unlock the Hellbreach dungeon from the Seasonal Questline, start farming it immediately to progress Mother's Gifts. This feature offers plenty of useful rewards to help you grow stronger as you prepare for World Tier 3.

Hellbreach Dungeon Guide and Locations

Participate in Helltides

Just like in Season 4, Helltide will immediately be available in World Tiers 1 and 2. For Season 5, your main activity for leveling should be participating in the Helltide Events to acquire better gear and farm Legendary Aspects as you level up.

Helltide Event Guide

Complete Strongholds

Make sure to finish up your Strongholds unlocks before going to World Tier 3. Since some dungeons and legion events are locked behind strongholds, it is highly recommended to finish them early to make your leveling grind much faster.

All Stronghold Locations and Map

Progress Your Season Journey

Make sure that you're also progressing your Season Journey as you level up your character, since some of the challenges must be completed while you're still in World Tier 3.

It is recommended to complete them as soon as possible before advancing to World Tier 4 to avoid backtracking later. Additionally, the reward caches you receive are extremely valuable, as the boss materials they contain are essential for farming the uniques you will need for endgame.

How to Complete Season 5 Journey and Rewards

Level Up Your Glyphs

Upon reaching World Tier 4, immediately begin running Nightmare Dungeons to level up the Glyphs you'll be using on your Paragon Board. Having multiple high-level Glyphs can significantly boost your clear speed, especially when you start running The Pit.

Nightmare Dungeon Tier List for XP and Glyphs

Gather Materials From The Pit

Once you've raised the level of the Glyphs on your Paragon Board, you can begin farming the materials needed to start Masterworking your equipment in The Pit. This will further strengthen your character, enabling you to push for higher tiers in Infernal Hordes and Nightmare Dungeons.

Masterworking Guide and How to Unlock

Push for Higher Difficulty Content

Now that you’ve reached the endgame, you can start pushing for higher-tier in The Pit or the Infernal Horde and upgrade your Infernal Compasses with Abyssal Scrolls. Be aware that each tier of this dungeon significantly increases the strength of the enemies, making it extremely difficult to finish if you are underprepared. However, the rewards at higher tiers are substantially better.

In addition, you can also challenge Uber Lilith in the Echo of Hatred, battle the Tormented versions of the Uber Bosses, or test your strength in the Gauntlet.

Infernal Horde Guide and How to Unlock

Season 5 Release Time and End Date

Live as of August 6, 2024 Until October 8, 2024

Season 5 has officially launched last August 6, 2024, alongside the new season is a new balance patch - Update 1.5.0. This patch is set to bring in new aspects, new uniques, and numerous class balance changes, along with a new game mode called the Infernal Horde.

Season 5 Release Date and All New Features

Season 5 New Features and Mechanics

New Infernal Hordes Content

Season 5 introduces a new endgame content called the Infernal Horde. This new content is a roguelike dungeon where you must clear waves of enemies and choose from various buffs, each with negative effects that persist as long as you are inside the Infernal Horde.

As you defeat enemies in this dungeon, you will earn a new currency called Burning Aether. This currency can be spent at the end of the Infernal Horde to open chests that contains various rewards.

Infernal Horde Guide and How to Unlock

New Unique Items

In Season 5, a new set of Unique Items will be released, with one for each class. Prepare your characters for the endgame, as these new Uniques have a higher drop rate in the new Infernal Horde content.

List of Unique Items

Tempering Recipes and Aspects Changes

There will be new Legendary Aspects and Tempering Recipes introduced at the start of Season 5. This update allows players to explore new ways to approach and create builds for endgame content.

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