Players will embark on their Season Journey to discover and upgrade demonic Soul Shards based on the seven Lords of Hell. In Season 25, players can embrace evil by infusing themselves with the essences of the Lords of Hell. Lastly, Soul Shards and Hellforge Embers only drop in Seasonal play, and will not transfer to your non-seasonal character when the season ends.ĭeveloper’s Note: With the upcoming 25th Anniversary of the Diablo Franchise, we wanted players to delve into the darker side of the Nephalem’s past. You may only equip one Prime Evil Soul Shard and one Lesser Evil Soul Shard at a time. Soul Shards cannot be traded, but can be salvaged or utilized in Caldesann’s Despair.
Soul Shards and Hellforge Embers can drop from anywhere in Sanctuary, but Soul Shards have a higher chance to drop from Bosses. Each Soul Shard can be upgraded three times using a new seasonal-exclusive consumable, the Hellforge Ember. One of 3 Prime Evil Soul Shards can be equipped into Helms and one of 4 Lesser Evil Soul Shards can be equipped into Weapons. Nephalem can find 7 unique Soul Shards, based on the Lords of Hell, which give players demonic new powers. New Season Theme: Season 25 introduces a new type of socketable item called Soul Shards. How did the changes make you feel? Was there something “off” that you noticed? Did something seem wrong or insufficient? Suggestions are always welcome but identifying the issues themselves is most important.
Try to break things! Just tell us when you do so we can make sure that the patch launch is as smooth as possible.Having these available after you import your character can make any necessary PTR farming much faster! Prior to the start of PTR, consider stocking up on items like Puzzle Rings and Bovine Bardiches.What you like best, what you think may still need adjustment, and what you’d want to see in the future (even if that may be beyond the scope of this patch) are all good questions to ask yourself. For example, if you’re primarily a Wizard player, consider what changes impact the Wizard specifically.
Whether you’re a PTR veteran or newcomer, we thought we’d pass along a few tips to get you started. So that we can efficiently review your posts, feedback should be provided in the PTR Feedback forum while bug reports should be provided in the PTR Bug Report forum.Īs with our previous PTRs, this testing period is short, so it’s best to hit the ground running. New Season Theme Testing: We’re looking to gather feedback on the seasonal theme content featuring Soul Shards.Class and Balance Changes: To ensure that the most significant class changes receive an ample amount of attention, we’d love for you to focus testing and feedback on the set changes to the Witch Doctor, Barbarian, Necromancer, Wizard and Demon Hunter.
You can also buy new gear for testing from the special PTR vendor, Djank Mi’em, who will exchange Blood Shards for class-specific bags full of Legendary items that we’d love for you to test!