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Diablo 4's first season has given us a ton of information about how seasons will work in this iteration of Sanctuary. Instead of replaying the campaign infinitely, players will be given additional content in the form of Season Quest Lines. Season of the Malignant, Diablo's first season, will introduce a new boss, Aspects, and Unique Items.
To get access to all this shiny new content, players need to participate in the Season Quests and Objectives, but how? Keep reading for everything you need to know about starting your Season Journey in Diablo 4 and how long you can expect to play before completing it.
Updated by Abigail Angell on August 1st, 2023: The Season of the Malignant has had many unexpected realities for players, partially due to secrecy on the part of the developers until it went live on July 20th. To keep this article comprehensive & accurate, we've revised it with all the details about Seasonal Quests post-launch.
How To Access Season Content
To access Season Content, players need to meet a couple of prerequisite criteria.
- Create a character on the Seasonal Realm (selected during character creation)
- Have finished the campaign (either on an Eternal Character that you logged in with after July 18th or on the Seasonal Character)
Once you meet those conditions, you'll be able to start the new content in the Seasonal Realm. Make sure to maximize your Renown before you start, as much of it will carry over!
Where To Find Diablo 4: Season Of The Malignants Quests & Objectives
The main NPC for this quest line will be Cormand, an ex-priest of the Cathedral of Light. However, the first quest is picked up from a townsperson named Vystan next to the Kyovashad Waypoint. If you lose track of where to go, the quest will show up in your Journal, where you can track it to highlight the quest marker on the map.
Outside the new quest line, there are also Season Objectives, which earn you experience, gold, and Favor. These are found in the Season Tab, which will show up on the escape screen along with the Map, Clan, and Shop pages.
All Season Of The Malignant Objectives
There are a total of Seven Chapters of the Seasonal Journey, each with 8–13 Objectives. In contrast to the multitude of Seasonal Objectives, there are only a handful of Quests in the Seasonal Story. Several of these are gated behind checkmarks in the Seasonal Journey, however, so the time commitment will still be substantial.
Season Journey
|
Name |
Objective |
Chapter |
|---|---|---|
|
The Hangsman's Garden |
Collect 15 Gallowvine |
Chapter 1 |
|
Heart of Corruption |
Find 1 Malignant Heart |
Chapter 1 |
|
Den of Evil |
Complete any Dungeon |
Chapter 1 |
|
Trouble in the Wilds |
Complete a World Event |
Chapter 1 |
|
Into the Frozen Dark |
Complete 3 Dungeons in Fractured Peaks |
Chapter 1 |
|
What Lurks Below |
Complete a Cellar |
Chapter 1 |
|
Kind Stranger |
Complete 5 Priority or Side Quests |
Chapter 1 |
|
Keeper of the Keys |
Buy a Whispering Key from the Purveyor of Curiosities |
Chapter 1 |
|
Waste Not |
Salvage 10 items at the Blacksmith |
Chapter 1 |
|
Undertaker |
Complete 10 Cellars |
Chapter 2 |
|
Stopping the Spread |
Find 3 Malignant Hearts |
Chapter 2 |
|
Ruins Reclaimed |
Conquer a Stronghold |
Chapter 2 |
|
Gemcutter |
Craft a Chipped Gem at the Jeweler |
Chapter 2 |
|
A Torch in the Depths |
Complete 5 Malignant Tunnels |
Chapter 2 |
|
Baptized in Blood |
Reach level 25 |
Chapter 2 |
|
Vivisector |
Collect 15 Demon Hearts (Kill Demons or do Cellars) |
Chapter 2 |
|
A Warrior of Taste |
Change your gear's appearance at the Wardrobe |
Chapter 2 |
|
Lightning the Way |
Interact with 10 Waypoints |
Chapter 2 |
|
Spit and Polish |
Upgrade 2 items to 1 star at the Blacksmith or Jeweler |
Chapter 2 |
|
Finer Clarity |
Upgrade your potion to Minor at the Alchemist |
Chapter 2 |
|
Shards of the Fiends |
Collect 5 Scattered Prism (Drop from World Bosses & Treasure Goblins) |
Chapter 3 |
|
Risk and Reward |
Buy 5 items from the Purveyor of Curiosities |
Chapter 3 |
|
Champion of the Lost |
Conquer 5 Strongholds |
Chapter 3 |
|
Touching the Eternal |
Unlock 4 Codex of Power Aspects |
Chapter 3 |
|
A Master at Work |
Complete 5 World Events with Mastery |
Chapter 3 |
|
Hunter's Whisper |
Complete 10 Whispers |
Chapter 3 |
|
Wonders Distilled |
Craft 5 Elixirs at the Alchemist |
Chapter 3 |
|
Transfer of Power |
Imprint an Aspect at the Occultist |
Chapter 3 |
|
Grim Reward |
Obtain 10 Caches from the Tree of Whispers |
Chapter 3 |
|
Corruption Cleansed |
Complete 5 Malignant Tunnels |
Chapter 3 |
|
Exceptional Potency |
Upgrade your Potion to Moderate at the Alchemist |
Chapter 3 |
|
Steel from Iron |
Upgrade 2 items to 2 stars at the Blacksmith or Jeweler |
Chapter 3 |
|
Purging the Plague |
Use a Wrathful Malignant Invoker in Malignant Tunnels |
Chapter 3 |
|
Heartrender |
Find 10 Malignant Hearts |
Chapter 4 |
|
A World Apart |
Change the World Tier |
Chapter 4 |
|
Quelled Hatred |
Purify 1,000 Seeds of Hatred in Hostile Areas |
Chapter 4 |
|
The Stuff of Legends |
Collect 5 Coiling Wards by salvaging Legendary Armor |
Chapter 4 |
|
Gifts of the Ancient |
Unlock 15 Codex of Power Aspects |
Chapter 4 |
|
The Father's Gate |
Complete the Cathedral of Light Capstone Dungeon |
Chapter 4 |
|
Miracles of Alchemy |
Craft 10 Elixirs at the Alchemist |
Chapter 4 |
|
Legacy of Sanctuary |
Equip a Legendary Item in every slot |
Chapter 4 |
|
A Legend at the Forge |
Upgrade 1 item to 3 stars at the Blacksmith or Jeweler |
Chapter 4 |
|
A Trial of Mighty Corpses |
Kill 100 Elite Monsters |
Chapter 4 |
|
Hardened by Battle |
Reach level 50 |
Chapter 4 |
|
Benevolent Wanderer |
Complete 25 Priority or Side Quests |
Chapter 4 |
|
Wrath's Beating Heart |
Acquire a Wrathful Malignant Heart |
Chapter 5 |
|
The Depths of Fear |
Complete 5 Nightmare Dungeons |
Chapter 5 |
|
A Boon in the Tide |
Open 1 Tortured Gift of any type during Helltide |
Chapter 5 |
|
Keymaster |
Craft 2 Nightmare Sigils at the Occultist |
Chapter 5 |
|
Cut the First Ear |
Kill another player in PVP |
Chapter 5 |
|
Prophecy Manifest |
Open 1 Tortured Gift of Mysteries during Helltide |
Chapter 5 |
|
Scourge of the Malignant |
Complete 15 Malignant Tunnels |
Chapter 5 |
|
Lingering Wrath |
Defeat the Echo of Varshan after completing the seasonal storyline |
Chapter 5 |
|
The Pargon's Path |
Unlock 15 Paragon Nodes |
Chapter 5 |
|
Restored Glory |
Upgrade 2 items to 4 stars at the Blacksmith or Jeweler |
Chapter 5 |
|
Exceeded Potential |
Upgrade a Paragon Glyph to Rank 4 |
Chapter 5 |
|
Lilith's Undoing |
Purify 5,000 Seeds of Hatred in Hostile Areas |
Chapter 6 |
|
Threshold of Damnation |
Complete the Fallen Temple Capstone Dungeon |
Chapter 6 |
|
Wrath's Vengeance |
Defeat the Echo of Varshan on World Tier 3 Difficulty |
Chapter 6 |
|
Ancestral Artisan |
Upgrade 3 items to 5 stars at the Blacksmith or Jeweler |
Chapter 6 |
|
Reaching for Greatness |
Upgrade a Paragon Glyph to Rank20 |
Chapter 6 |
|
The Gathering Fires |
Acquire 1,000 Cinders in Helltide |
Chapter 6 |
|
Crown to Foot |
Imprint 15 Aspects at the Occultist |
Chapter 6 |
|
No Mere Mortal |
Unlock a Legendary Paragon nodes |
Chapter 6 |
|
Tempered by Hellfire |
Reach level 75 |
Chapter 6 |
|
Pilgrimage of Nightmares |
Complete a Tier 15 Nightmare Dungeon |
Chapter 6 |
|
A Friend Brought Low |
Kill a World Boss on World Tier 3 Difficulty |
Chapter 6 |
|
Mephisto's Bane |
Purify 10,000 Seeds of Hatred in Hostile Areas |
Chapter 7 |
|
Heads of the Snake |
Kill 5 Helltide Commanders during Helltide |
Chapter 7 |
|
The Spoils of Hell |
Open 3 Tortured Gift of Mysteries during Helltide |
Chapter 7 |
|
Shattered Fiends |
Kill 15 World Bosses |
Chapter 7 |
|
Blessed Mother Departed |
Kill Echo of Lilith on World Tier 4 Difficulty |
Chapter 7 |
|
Wrath's Dying Breath |
Kill Echo of Varshan on World Tier 4 Difficulty |
Chapter 7 |
|
Anointed Immortal |
Reach level 100 |
Chapter 7 |
|
Lord of Nightmares |
Complete a Tier 43 Nightmare Dungeon |
Chapter 7 |
Seasonal Questline
- Burning Within
- A Plague of Hatred
- Holding Back The Flood
- Answers In The Ashes
- A Prayer For Salvation
- Hope's Guardian
- Ruins of The Faith
- The Cold Hard Truth
- A Merciful Fate
How Long To Beat Diablo 4: Season Of The Malignant?
The Season Journey in Diablo 4 is broken into Seven total Chapters, each with 8–10 objectives. However, you don't need to complete every single objective in a chapter - we know that you'll only need to complete seven of nine for Chapter One. Because these objectives vary in difficulty and time requirement, there is no specific answer to how long you should expect this to take. As for the Battle Pass, developers say this will take players around 80 hours to complete.