Outside of running into Malignant enemies in the open world, you can also target farm in the new Malignant Tunnels - a new themed style of dungeons with concentrated numbers of Malignant Monsters. More challenging Malignant Enemies will drop more powerful Hearts.

There are 32 Malignant Hearts to chase, split into four categories (colours).

Jewellery now comes with Infested Sockets that accept these new not-Gems. If you defeat that overpowered version, you earn a Malignant Heart that you place into your Jewellery. After performing the necessary ritual, the Partly Corrupted enemy respawns as Fully Corrupted - a much more difficult variant. You capture them using the Cage of Binding (an item you get as part of the questline).

When you slay a Partly Corrupted enemy, they drop a Malignant Heart. This ties into the new mechanics of Season of the Malignant. The new season introduces Cormond, a former Cathedral priest who helps you use these hearts to your advantage.Īs part of the new new questline, you'll learn about this new blight, and make use of the Malignant Hearts in powerful new ways. The key to their malignancy is their Malignant Heart, which you will be able to capture. Though Lilith is defeated, her evil lingers, and it's responsible for a new threat: Malignant Monsters.Ī Malignant Monster is an enraged version of existing enemies, and they're rampant across Sanctuary. This time, the story kicks off following the end of the main campaign. The new season is called Season of the Malignant, and it will arrive in-game on July 20 across all platforms.Įach new Diablo 4 season, beginning with Season of the Malignant, is going to launch with new narrative content, including quests. As part of today's big Diablo livestream, Blizzard revealed a whole lot about Season 1 of Diablo 4.

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