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Latest news, patches and season updates for Diablo 3.

Season 39 'Shades of the Nephalem': Your Shadow Fights With You
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Season 39 'Shades of the Nephalem': Your Shadow Fights With You

Season 39 has been running since June 26, 2026. Every shrine summons a shadow clone of your class — and Kanai's Cube gains a fourth slot.

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Season 38 'Ethereal Memory': A Look Back at the Ethereal Weapons
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Season 38 'Ethereal Memory': A Look Back at the Ethereal Weapons

Season 38 ran from March 27 to June 21, 2026 and brought back the Ethereal Diablo II weapons — rare, account-bound legendaries with a random power and passive.

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The Darkening of Tristram Returned in January 2026
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The Darkening of Tristram Returned in January 2026

The annual Diablo anniversary event ran from January 1 to February 1, 2026 — with the RetroVision cathedral, the Dark Lord and exclusive loot.

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2025 Recap: Seasons 35, 36 and 37 at a Glance
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2025 Recap: Seasons 35, 36 and 37 at a Glance

Killstreak rush, demonic Soul Shards and boundless cube freedom: the 2025 Diablo 3 year in detail.

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Season 37 'The Forbidden Archives': Kanai's Cube Without Category Limits
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Season 37 'The Forbidden Archives': Kanai's Cube Without Category Limits

Season 37 started on December 5, 2025 and lifted the category restriction on all three cube slots for its duration.

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Diablo III Is Included in Game Pass
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Diablo III Is Included in Game Pass

Since April 2025, Diablo III including the 'Reaper of Souls' expansion has been part of the Game Pass line-up.

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Seasons 31 & 32: Forbidden Archives and Ethereal Memory Return
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Seasons 31 & 32: Forbidden Archives and Ethereal Memory Return

Two of the most beloved season themes return in 2024 and show what Diablo's maintenance mode looks like

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Season 30 'The Lords of Hell': The Soul Shards Return
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Season 30 'The Lords of Hell': The Soul Shards Return

How Season 30 brought back the Soul Shards from Season 25 and kicked off the new theme rotation

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Season 29 'Visions of Enmity': Red Portals Into Hell's Chaos
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Season 29 'Visions of Enmity': Red Portals Into Hell's Chaos

How Diablo 3's simplest season theme became one of its most beloved – red portals, unstable hell visions, and two quiet structural revolutions.

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Season 28 'Rites of Sanctuary': The Altar of Rites Changes Everything
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Season 28 'Rites of Sanctuary': The Altar of Rites Changes Everything

How Patch 2.7.4's Altar of Rites permanently reshaped Diablo 3's seasonal progression

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Patch 2.7.3 & Season 27: Angelic Crucibles
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Patch 2.7.3 & Season 27: Angelic Crucibles

Season 27 "Light's Calling" lets the Angelic Crucible turn any Legendary into a flawless, build-defining Sanctified item.

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Patch 2.7.2 & Season 26: Echoing Nightmare
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Patch 2.7.2 & Season 26: Echoing Nightmare

How Season 26's Echoing Nightmare became Diablo 3's first permanent seasonal feature

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Patch 2.7.1 & Season 25: Soul Shards
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Patch 2.7.1 & Season 25: Soul Shards

Soul Shards, Hellforge Embers and the corruption gamble: how Patch 2.7.1 shaped arguably the most beloved late-era Diablo 3 season.

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Patch 2.7.0 & Season 24: Ethereal Memory & Follower Rework
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Patch 2.7.0 & Season 24: Ethereal Memory & Follower Rework

How patches 2.7.0 and 2.7.1, with ethereal weapons and the follower rework, turned Season 24 into a nostalgia and meta highlight.

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Patch 2.6.8 & Season 20: Season of the Forbidden Archives
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Patch 2.6.8 & Season 20: Season of the Forbidden Archives

How Season 20's three unrestricted Cube slots permanently changed Diablo 3 build crafting

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Season 16: The Season of Grandeur - Ring of Royal Grandeur for All
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Season 16: The Season of Grandeur - Ring of Royal Grandeur for All

How Season 16 and a free Ring of Royal Grandeur for everyone reshaped Diablo 3 build crafting forever

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Patch 2.6.4: Set Reworks & Season of the Forbidden Archives
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Patch 2.6.4: Set Reworks & Season of the Forbidden Archives

How Patch 2.6.4 revived Diablo 3's build diversity with massive set buffs and a free Grandeur ring

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Diablo III: Eternal Collection Arrives on Nintendo Switch
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Diablo III: Eternal Collection Arrives on Nintendo Switch

How Diablo 3 went portable on November 2, 2018 - with full Switch power, four-player co-op, and exclusive Zelda content.

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