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After the next update of Diablo III, Season 26 will begin on April 15 at 5 p.m. (Beijing time)! Read on to learn more about the season theme and the new balance changes in the 2.7.3 patch. We expect this update to be released on April 13.
New season theme
Heroes who have been defeated in the eternal struggle against evil need help! The astute Nephilim will listen to the petrified screams of the dead and find himself in harmony with the last moments of suffering of the dead. Will these Nephilims heed the atonement whispers of the fallen heroes and survive their nightmare of echoes? Or will they be trapped forever and become yet another fallen Nephilim? Time will tell...
In Season 26, we introduced Echo nightmares. This is the first season theme to introduce new activities to the game. In Echoing Nightmare, players experience intense, intense, and increasingly challenging activities that will prolong their time in battle as long as possible. We take inspiration from O'Reck's warning: "Many Nephilim have stood where you are now, but almost no one has managed to overcome these trials." Echoing Nightmares will explore what happened to those unsuccessful Nephilim.
Season Decoration Rewards
Since Season 17, we've started reintroducing previous rewards to give players who pass by them at their first event a chance to earn them. In season 26, it's the turn of the rewards that should have come from Season 14 to return to the game. In addition to the exclusive boots and pants railing of the Conqueror set, a series of avatar frames themed after the mysterious Ta Lasha will also be openly available. For naifer heroes who want to embody the spirit of justice, the pennant dedicated to everyone's favorite archangel will also be openly accessible. But remember – you can't judge justice itself!
However, we also understand that players who have already participated in previous seasons will want to have some new goals in this season. With the return of Season 17's Season Journey Rewards, we're also ready to introduce a new Season Journey Rewards. By completing the entire season journey, players will receive two new styling rewards. Survive in "The Fall of Nephilim" and complete the Guardian Tour of Season 26 to get Rakkis' Memento Avatar and Good Tooth Soldier Pet.
Season Journey Rewards
If a player has been playing the game diligently for the past few years and reaches the Conqueror level each time they make their season journey, they will accumulate some additional storage slots. Players who haven't earned 5 slot slots through the Season Journey can still unlock an extra slot by completing the following missions at conqueror level:
Note: The above translation comes from the official website of the foreign service, the reward for the national service player when completing the season conquest is the platinum coin, and the platinum coin can also be used to purchase the storage box.
Complete a torture XIII secret realm in 5 minutes
Complete the 60th floor of the Great Secret Realm in single-player mode
Kill the Greedy Demon on the difficulty of torturing XIII
Kill the butcher in 30 seconds on torture XIII difficulty
Reforge a legendary or set item
Enhance an ancient item with at least 50 Legendary Gems
Raises three Legendary Gems to level 55
Complete two conquests
Season conquest
Speaking of conquest, we're rotating these too! The Season of Greed returns to the Scrooge and miser, where every piece of gold you find counts! Speed Demon and Need for Speed will require you to go all out in the Nephilim Secret Realm. The Beauty Stone Carving and Playing Stone Addiction will celebrate the higher ranked players with legendary gems. Finally, for players who prefer single-player mode, those such as Shinsuke and Lionheart will require you to climb the upper echelons of the Great Secret Realm on your own, while the Fire Attribute and Attribute Domination will challenge your proficiency in at least six classes.
Heydrieg's gift
Finally, as before, after completing certain chapters of the season journey, you can get a brand new Class Set from Heydrig's gift. We have listed the available bundles below. Here's a few words to players who have just participated in the season:
Completing chapters 2, 3 and 4 of the season's journey will reward you with 3 Heydrieg gifts. Each gift contains several parts from one of the player's class sets. In each season, whether in Expert mode or non-Expert mode, players can only unlock one Class Set in this way, so choose wisely!
When opening each Henderigo gift, the set items obtained depend on the player's class of the character they are playing. To collect a complete set of class suits, you need to open all three gifts with the same character.
Here's what Hedrig's gift for Season 26:
Barbarian: Reco's heirloom armor
Holy Army: Akhan's armor
Demon Hunter: The incarnation of the Predator
Martial Monk: Yin Na's true words
Necromancer: The Shroud of the Messenger of the Necromancer
Witch Doctor: The Soul of Zunimasa
The Magician: Delsini's masterpiece
Below are the details of the upcoming Diablo III 2.7.3 patch
season
Season 26 introduces Echoing Nightmare, an optional and rewarding endgame challenge where players will fight in the memories of Nephilim who fell into the Great Secret Realm. Today's Nephilim must hold their ground until they are inevitably outnumbered or defeated. Players must collect a petrified scream from the defeated Grand Secret Guard to enter the Echo Nightmare. Recreating a petrified scream in Kanai's Box will summon a portal that allows the player to enter and face the horrors of Nephil's past.
Season theme details
Only Season Characters can collect Petrified Screams and enter Echo Nightmares.
In multiplayer, opening an Echo Nightmare requires only one player to reinvent a petrified scream.
As with Boss Wars, all players in multiplayer games must accept hints to enter.
In Echoing Nightmare, the difficulty increases as the player progresses in the encounter. Players can make quick progress by quickly defeating monsters.
Upon completing an Echo Nightmare, players receive the following rewards: Experience, Legendary Items, Blood Rock Shards, Gems, and a new Legendary Gem atonement Whisper.
Atonement Whisper is a Legendary Gem designed to enhance Ancient Legendary items. It drops based on the player's pre-ranking performance in Echo Nightmare.
PTR 2nd Edition Update
Rare monsters now spawn in Echo Nightmare.
Now the meteorite will fall from the sky.
Hell Rifts will now appear, spawning a large number of fallen insanes.
Secret Guard will now spawn.
Monster spawn frequency increased.
Updated the explosion of the Shadow Clone to better match the effect range.
The exit timer is increased to 60 seconds.
Based on the number of levels completed, the level that the Atonement Whisper may drop is increased to 125.
Monsters that echo in Nightmares are no longer frozen, stuned, frozen, or repelled.
Fixed a bug that caused the shock tower to deal less damage than expected.
What to update after the end of the PTR (this shall be the case for conflicts)
Monsters in Echoing Nightmare no longer drop coins, items, and life balls.
Adjusted the damage caused by the Fallen Maniacs and Meteorites to make them more deadly.
Adjusts molten slurry damage to physical damage from meteorites and fallen insanes.
Adjusted the difficulty of more than 100 floors.
The shield tower was replaced with an acceleration tower.
Adjusted the experience of the Reverberation Nightmare Reward to match the Grand Secret Realm Return Reward.
Lowers the Echo Nightmare Shutdown timer to 30 seconds.
Makes Echo Nightmare unplayable in games below level 70.
Adjusted the chance of the Great Secret Guardian dropping a petrified scream.
Great Secret Realm Update
We want to elevate the Great Secret Experience with quality of life updates, balance changes, and addressing community feedback. We reviewed all the maps and monsters that appeared in the Great Secret Realm and redesigned the overall probabilities to ensure that players spend more time on their favorite content. Get more dry goods!
O'Reck's Dream: The Great Secret Realm has a small chance of brushing out O'Reck's dream. These Dream Editions have a well-crafted list of map and monster combinations.
3 new maps have been added to the Great Secret Map Pool and 2 maps have been removed.
New: Misery Wilderness, Desolate Desert and ThornGrass Cemetery
Removed: Kaltim's sewers and hidden waterways
Adjusted the probability of the Great Secret Map.
Adjusted the probability of the Great Secret Monster Group.
The following monsters have been adjusted in the Great Secret Realm to provide more progression and experience.
Blazing Guardian
Sidder Guardian
Frost Guardian
Poison Guardian
Lightning Guard
Blood Clan Gunners
Dark Moon Clan Piercer
Moon Clan Piercer
Blood Clan piercing hands
Frost Clan Piercer
Hell Wizard
Vicious witch
Players can talk to Orek to close the ongoing Grand Secret Realm. This option is only available in single player.
This further increases the progress provided by some monsters in the Great Secret Realm.
In addition, the progress provided by fallen shamans, fallen wizards, fallen prophets, and fallen fire mages has been increased.
Updated the visual effects when entering Orek's Dream.
Updated the illustrations of Auerek's Dreams to make it more obvious.
goods
barbarian
Lacco 4 pieces (reinforced)
Original: Rampage gains the effect of each rune and increases the damage it deals by 1000%.
Now: Rampage gives each rune an effect and deals 1000% more damage. For every 1% you lose health, your Elder Spear damage increases by 2%
Six Pieces of Leco (Redone)
Original: Each use of Rampage Increases the damage of your next Rage Consumption Attack by 5500%. The effect is overlaid. Each Rage Consumption Attack devours up to 5 layers of stacked effects.
Now: Each time you use a rampage or weapon throw, it will increase the damage of your next Elder Spear by 5500% and cause it to shoot multiple spears from the target it hits. This effect stacks, devouring up to 5 layers of stacking effects each time the Elder Spear is cast.
Developer Review: We have remade Reko's Heirloom Armor to give the set its own niche. Combining The Charge's dream of Recco's heirloom armor with the ranged skills of the Barbarians, we thought it was natural.
Skula's Salvation (Enhanced)
Original: Increases spear of the Elder - Damage from throwing boulders by 100%. Damage increases (120-150)% when your boulder throw hits 5 or fewer enemies.
Now: Increases the damage of the Elder Spear by 150-200%. If your Elder Spear - Throwing Boulder hits 5 or fewer enemies, the damage is increased by 100%.
The Law of Arrit (Enhanced)
Original: Weapon Fly generates up to (15-20) bonus rage (based on the distance of the hit enemy), which is maximized when the hit enemy is 20 yards or more away from you.
Now: Weapon throws and Spear of The Elder increase damage by 150-200%.
Weapon throws generate up to 50 bonus rage based on the distance it hits an enemy. Generate rage that can exceed the character's rage limit by 200 points.
The Ancient Spear returns up to 50 rage based on the distance it hits an enemy. And reset the character's anger cap to the base maximum.
Note: The second edition returns Rage to 25 points, and the final version is enhanced to 50 points
300 Spears (Reinforced)
Original: Weapon Throw and Elder Spear damage increased (45-60%).
Now: Weapon Throw and Elder Spear damage increased (150-200%). 200% increased attack speed for weapon throwing
Developer Review: We've added an additional weapon flying buff to give players more build options when using the remake Ofe Legacy Armor set. We've also updated the Law of Arrit to allow players to reach a higher level of Rage.
Holy Army
Sorcerer's Thorns - Six Pieces (Enhanced)
Original: Penalty and Blazing Slash attack speed increased by 100% and dealt 67,500% damage to the first enemy you hit.
Now: Penalty and Blazing Slash attack speed increased by 100% and deal damage equivalent to 67,500% of your Thorn Damage.
Novad's Enthusiasm (Weakened)
Original: Damage is increased by 400% during and after the Use of the Warhorse Charge and within 5 seconds after its end.
Now: During the use of the Warhorse Charge and within 5 seconds after its end, the damage it deals is increased by 200%.
Developer Review: Novad's enthusiasm far outweighs many sets. We wanted to weaken its power, but we improved the role of the sorcerer's thorn as compensation.
Warrior monks
Duster wrist binding (weakening)
Original: Enemies hit by your hurricane are increased by 150% to 200% of the damage from your phantom body for 5 seconds. This bonus has 5x effect on the Fire Phantom.
Now: Enemies hit by your hurricane are increased by 150% to 200% of the damage from your phantom body for 5 seconds. (Fire Phantom Body Injury Removal)
Developer Review: We are happy with Yin Na's Mantra Martial Monk gameplay, but the Fire Phase build performance is too prominent, so we removed the Fire Phase Phantom Buff of the Duster's wrist.
skill
All illusions generated by Yin Na's Mantra 6-piece buff now refresh their duration with each attack.
Phantom Body Trick - Fire Illusion: The Mini Phantom now has the ability to ignore collisions.
Phantom Body Tips - Earth Phase Phantom Body:
The speed of the boulders of the Earth Phase Illusion has increased. No matter how many monsters there are on the screen, the boulder will always follow the player.
Boulders of the Earth Phase Illusion will not be slowed down by projection inhibition.
Bug fixes
Makes it impossible for the player to adjust the difficulty when the Echo Nightmare is activated.
Fixed a bug where the Treasure Hoarder's favor allowed Echo Nightmare to drop coins.
Fixed a bug where the illustrations of Orek's Dreams would sometimes deviate to misty wastelands and festering forests when entering levels other than level 1.
Fixed a bug that caused O'Reck's Dream Opening visuals to show incoherence.