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AsDiablo 4gears up to celebrate its second anniversary this month, Blizzard has confirmed that a dedicated in-game event is on the way. While specific details are still under wraps, thisDiablo 4event should come with new themed rewards to celebrate Blizzard’s ARPG as it enters its third year.
Diablo 4launched in June 2023, taking players back to Sanctuary and introducing, for the first time in the franchise, a large open world players can discover together in online multiplayer. In June 2024,Diablo 4launched a themed event to celebrate its first anniversary. This time-limited event offered bonuses like increased Treasure Goblin spawns and free cosmetic elements, as well as the return of Mother’s Blessing, granting players experience and gold boosts.Diablo 4’s first-anniversary event lasted from June 6 to June 20, leaving players to wonder what Blizzard has up its sleeve for its ARPG’s second anniversary.
Adam Fletcher,Diablo’s director of social and content marketing, recently confirmed that there will be a second-anniversary event forDiablo 4. Fletcher also mentioned that players will get access to a free Reliquary as part of the festivities. Introduced with therelease ofDiablo 4Season 8, Reliquaries give players more ways to earn cosmetic items as they defeat monsters throughout Sanctuary. This new free Reliquary linked to the release ofDiablo 4’s second-anniversary event should bring themed rewards for players to collect, although exact details remain scarce. According to Fletcher, more information aboutDiablo 4’s second-anniversary event will be announced in the coming days.
Diablo 4’s Second-Anniversary Event to Feature Free Reliquary
This newDiablo 4event should introduce more content for players to discover, addressing a regular complaint from the community. Players regularly raise concerns regarding thelack of content inDiablo 4and its aggressive monetization practices. With a new event and a free Reliquary to help collect cosmetic elements, Blizzard may have heard the community’s feedback and will hopefully continue to provide regular free content updates to its ARPG.
This anniversary tease follows recent updates aboutDiablo 4Season 9 endgame content. Players can discover new endgame dungeons titled Escalating Nightmares, putting them in a chain of three Nightmare Dungeons with stacking affixes, increasing the difficulty as players progress. At the end of the three dungeons, players will face the Exalted version of Astaroth. The launch ofDiablo 4Season 9 and the second-anniversary event should bring more content for players to discover in the upcoming weeks, hopefully leading to more content updates throughoutDiablo 4’s third year.
