Season 6 Guide (Season of Hatred Rising)

Season 6: Season of Hatred Rising for Diablo 4 (D4) is set to release on October 8, 2024. Check out our guide about the new update, gameplay mechanics, and how to prepare for Diablo 4's new Season of Hatred Rising.

Season 6 Beginner's Guide

How to Progress Through Season 6
Start Leveling and Plan Your Build Complete the New Seasonal Questline Defeat Realmwalkers in the Hatred Rising Event Progress Your Season Journey and Battle Pass Progress Vessel of Hatred Content Participate in Previous Content

Start Leveling and Plan Your Build

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 progress.

Season 6 Leveling Guides
Barbarian		Druid		Sorcerer
Rogue		Necromancer		Spiritborn

Complete the New Seasonal Questline

For Season 6, there will be a new Seasonal Questline available as soon as you enter the game. This questline starts in Zarbinzet where you need to talk to Crusader Damond, one of the few remaining Zakarum Remnants. Completing this new questline will help you unlock the Seething Realm.

Season 6 Questline Walkthrough

Defeat Realmwalkers in the Hatred Rising Event

Realmwalkers are a new type of colossal enemy that was introduced in Season 6. Defeating them will reward you with Zakarum Remnant reputation points and the portal to the Seething Realm.

These things spawn during Hatred Rising events and take awhile to defeat due to its invulnerability so its best to prepare yourself before taking on Realmwalkers.

Realmwalker Boss Guide

Complete Seething Realm Dungeons

As of Season 6, the new Hatred Rising event will be available across the map, spawning in 15 minute intervals. Make sure to participate in these as killing a Realmwalker provides access to the Seething Realm, a new dungeon that can drop Seething Opals as rewards.

These Seething Opals provide a 15% increase to experience gain so try to farm and use these often for leveling.

Seething Realm Guide and Best Realm Gate Bonuses

Progress Your Season Journey and Battle Pass

Make sure that you're also progressing your Season Journey and Season Battle Pass as you level up your character, since some of the challenges must be completed in certain difficulties. Make sure to pick a Season Blessing using the Smoldering Ashes obtained from the Battle Pass so you recieve maximum benefits from your runs.

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 6 Journey and Rewards

Progress Vessel of Hatred Content

If you have purchased the Vessel of Hatred DLC, make sure to start doing its content such as the Kurast Undercity and Dark Citadel once you have built your character. These types of content are only exlcusive to the Vessel of Hatred expansion.

Vessel of Hatred Guide and All Expansion Content

Start Unlocking Mercenaries

For the Vessel of Hatred DLC, you can start unlocking Mercenaries during the Vessel of Hatred Campaign which provides a companion who can help you in battle.

Mercenary Guide and List of All Mercenaries

Participate in Previous Content

Some previous content are still viable for leveling and farming uniques such as Helltides, Infernal Hordes, and Strongholds. Make sure to start crafting higher tier Gems since these require a good amount of Gem Fragments and Gold, level up your Glyphs, and unlock Torment difficulties from The Pit as well.

Season 6 Release Time and End Date

Live as of October 8, 2024 until January 22, 2025

Season 6 has officially launched last October 8, 2024 and will end on January 22, 2025, alongside the new season is the new expansion Vessel of Hatred DLC. This patch is set to bring in new aspects, new uniques, and numerous class balance changes, along with a new zone event called the Hatred Rising.

Vessel of Hatred Guide and All Expansion Content

Season 6 New Features and Mechanics

List of New Features and Mechanics
Hatred Rising Region Event Seething Realm Dungeon The Zakarum Remnants Seasonal Questline New Skills for All Classes New Unique Items and Aspects Tempering Recipes and Aspects Changes Paragon System Changes Item Quality Rework

Hatred Rising Region Event

Season 6 introduces a new endgame content called Hatred Rising, a region event that spawns a Realmwalker. Defeating it will also spawn a portal that leads to the Seething Realm dungeon, another new content that features new rewards.

Taking on Realmwalkers

In order to defeat a Realmwalker, you have to kill the hollow mobs nearby to whittle down its health. Eventually, the Realmwalker will reach its destination and spawn 3 Hatred Spires. Destroy all 3 spires so you can start damaging its health directly and ultimately defeat the Realmwalker.

Realmwalker Boss Guide

Seething Realm Dungeon

The Seething Realm can be entered through a portal that spawns after defeating a Realmwalker. This content is a new type of dungeon that features 5 Seething Opal elixirs as rewards that can be used for increasing your experience gain by 15% and applying various buffs.

Seething Realm Guide and Best Realm Gate Bonuses

The Zakarum Remnants Seasonal Questline

As for the seasonal questline, Season 6 introduces the Zakarum Remnants which can be found at the start of the season. Killing hollow enemies, doing Hatred Rising events, and using Seething Opal elixirs are one of the best ways to increase your reputation and claim even more rewards.

New Skills for All Classes

For those wondering about any class updates, Season 6 also introduces one new active and passive skill for each class which further expands your class builds. Make sure to keep these skills in mind whenever you are making a new build for your chosen class.

List of All Skills

New Unique Items and Aspects

In Season 6, a new set of Unique Items and Aspects will be released, with one for each class. Prepare your characters for the endgame, as these new items can be acquired in the new Seething Realm content.

Tempering Recipes and Aspects Changes

There will be new Legendary Aspects and Tempering Recipes introduced at the start of Season 6. This update allows players to explore new ways to approach and create builds for endgame content.

Paragon System Changes

Starting in Season 6, the Paragon system will have huge changes as the progression of gaining Paragon Points has been revamp together with huge changes to the Paragon Board and Glyphs. Read up on our Paragon Guide to make full use of your endgame builds!

Paragon System Explained

Item Quality Rework

As of Season 6, Sacred items no longer exist in the game, while Ancestral items start dropping from Torment 1 difficulty and will always drop at Item Power 800. These new systemic changes allow for new characters to create builds and reach the endgame faster.

Ancestral Items Guide

Diablo 4 Related Guides

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