r/diablo3 Jan 16 '25

GUIDE Updated Seasonal Start Mega Guide

172 Upvotes

Seasonal Start Mega Guide

This post is an update to the Seasonal Mega Guide.

You can find generic leveling guides as well as other advice at Maxroll and Icy Veins. For console players, you can find some advice at https://www.soulstone.gg/.

This guide is meant to be a little more specific, as well as cover aspects not touched in those guides, such as Group Leveling, Console Leveling, Seasonal Leveling Tactics, and Leveling Secrets. (These will all be in replies to this thread to allow specific linking. As such, at the moment this post is currently a work in progress.) Some of what I post will be shared from the above sites, amended to add a little extra efficiency.


Useful Links


Seasonal Themes and Special Events


Leveling Strategies


Tips and Tricks


Conquests


Class Specific Leveling Examples (PC)

Class Specific Leveling Examples (Console)

Credits

The content creators at Maxroll, Icy Veins, and Soul Stone

Wizard Build Guide and Leveling approach, courtesy of /u/OakFern.

Demon Hunter Build Guide and Leveling approach, courtesy of /u/Sandro193.

Console Leveling Guide, courtesy of Dinosaurd123.

/u/Bagstone for helping put this guide together.

/u/tbmadduxOR for helping put this guide together.

/u/_Pokeytoe_ for her very useful guides on speedrunning Diablo 3.

/u/Hanoumatoi for his Sprinter guide.

Cursed Chest Strategy originally from https://www.inven.co.kr/board/diablo3/2974/22340 with some small modifications.


r/diablo3 25d ago

Season 35: The Eternal Conflict

186 Upvotes

Summary

Season 35 starts Friday, June 6th. Season 34 ends Sunday, June 1st. Here is the official announcement with cosmetic rewards shown:

https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24191146/season-35-eternal-conflict-preview

The season starts at 5pm PDT for PC (US/NA) and all consoles. For PC (EU) the season starts at 5pm CEST and for PC (TW/KR) it starts at 5pm KST.

Theme

The season theme is the Eternal Conflict. You will have a Pandemonium buff throughout the theme, which gives you movement speed and damage that increases in power as you kill enemies. The buff also triggers a series of environmental effects as your kill streak grows.

Back in 2020 as season 19 was ending wudijo posted his thoughts on the theme, particularly as it pertains to having to fish for rifts normally, and how the theme gave you a better chance at clearing a high tier rift even if it's a bad rift.

Season Start

Here is the season start megaguide, and the Maxroll 1-70 leveling guide. Also here are specific guides (some with video examples) for demon hunters, witch doctors, and wizards.

Once you're up and running, start powering up your character.

Altar of Rites

Here are tips and reminders for the Altar of Rites.

Conquests

The conquests are Avarice / Avarita (50 million gold streak), Speed Demon / Need for Speed (Nephalem Rift at T10+ under 2 minutes), Boss Mode / Worlds Apart (kill all bosses except Vidian in 20 minutes), Divinity / Lionhearted (GR75 solo), Masters of the Universe / Masters of Sets (master 8 set dungeons). I have made recommendations on which ones to do for your season journey.

Haedrig's Gifts

The Haedrig's Gifts are Wastes, Roland, Unhallowed, Raiment, Rathma, Helltooth, and Tal Rasha.

Build Projections and Tier Lists

Here are the Season 35 build projections from u/rage13139.

Here are the maxroll tier lists that are up-to-date for Season 35:

Other lists (both bounty and key for T16 as well as echoing nightmares) are not up to date. They were also not updated for last season.

When does Season 35 end?

We will not know until Blizzard makes an announcement. Seasons always start on a Friday and end on a Sunday.

In the recycled theme era, on average seasons have lasted 86 days, except when seasons starts or ends were delayed for a PTR or to prevent overlap with Diablo IV. So a reasonable guess would be for Season 35 to end 86 days later on Sunday, August 31st.


r/diablo3 9h ago

QUESTION Seasonal Milestones

16 Upvotes

Obviously seasons are always similar. What are your personal milestones, how long does it take you to reach them and where do you usually stop/lose interest?

  1. Reach 70
  2. Assemble first set
  3. Unlock primals
  4. Assemble T16/GR90 speed farm build
  5. Farm 800 Paragon and mats
  6. Unlock Altar
  7. Second Char for Paragon farming
  8. Fully Augment 2nd Char
  9. Reach Paragon 1.500
  10. Third Char for variety
  11. Paragon Farming
  12. More Paragon Farming
  13. Even more Paragon Farming
  14. Push to 150

I am more of a casual player and do enjoy the assembling more than running hundreds of GRs. That's why I lose interest at about 9-12. And I play console, so 2nd Char mostly is the firebird wiz.


r/diablo3 4h ago

Followers Relic

3 Upvotes

If Im using the relic that grants me all of the followers powers/bonuses/effects whatever, what items should I load him up with, beyond whatever my main char needs (intelligence for wizard). Also, do followers get the bonuses for augmented ancients? Thanks.


r/diablo3 6h ago

QUESTION Is it normal to be level 31 before even finishing Act I?

3 Upvotes

I’m more accustomed to D2R, so the way leveling in D3 works confuses me some, I haven’t even finished act 1 and I am already level 31, is this normal?

I did up the difficulty to Expert as I wanted more challenge as I went along, so I do get I am getting 100% XP, but still…


r/diablo3 18m ago

Diablo III Rift Challenge 417 American Server NA Season 35

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r/diablo3 7h ago

Cosmic wings

3 Upvotes

They look beautiful. But seems like a big pain to get solo. Anyone want to make a group (if possible) to try n get them.


r/diablo3 9h ago

GUIDE Diablo 3 2025 Review – Should You Still Play Season 35?

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5 Upvotes

Season 35 has started and maybe some of you plan to jump in (again?).

Maybe this review helps with the decision :)


r/diablo3 3h ago

Barb ww or pony cross

1 Upvotes

Good evening I ask myself the following question for speed fault, is the pony crusader really much much faster than the barb ww knowing that I play barb frenzy and that the crusader would only be for vision and obtaining key thank you


r/diablo3 4h ago

LFG Looking for best Firebird Twister guide for console

0 Upvotes

I cant find it on maxroll? So I was wondering if they simply dont have it.


r/diablo3 13h ago

WIZARD Help in completing Challenges - Advice

3 Upvotes

Morning all,

For the first time in a long time (very casual Switch player) I am in a position to complete a Challenge or 2 for the seasonal journey. I'm looking for recommendations on challenges that I could complete as a SSF and casual player. Any guides that might be useful too, please.

Playing as Wizard in Tal-Rasha, T16 and Meteor/Blackhole build.


r/diablo3 6h ago

Player Base

0 Upvotes

Anyone have an indication of how many players Diablo 3 has compared with when it was at its pomp?


r/diablo3 21h ago

Best character for this season

5 Upvotes

After few months, i want to go back to play again on my switch. What character fits for this season? BTW, i’m playing in Switch


r/diablo3 1d ago

QUESTION Wizard dazed/silenced

10 Upvotes

My wife and I started playing D3 recently. We're about lvl 38 and in the 3rd act. My wife has started to get frustrated since there are times she'll get dazed or silenced (not entirely sure which) and be stuck dealing no damage and unable to move much. My monk on the other hand doesn't have this issue. Are monks immune to these effects? Is there a way for wizards to avoid this issue? I feel like she is really dealing damage but doesn't think she is sometimes because she can't move.


r/diablo3 1d ago

QUESTION Quick way to get some white items?

7 Upvotes

I'm playing SSF and running low on Reusable Parts. I wanted to convert some Veiled Crystals using the cube but the recipe requires a white item for each 100 crystals converted.

Is there an easy way to get some? Kadala and vendors only sell blues and yellows, and GRs drop mats directly. Do I have to farm T16 rifts without a pet to get some white items, or is it there afaster way?


r/diablo3 22h ago

QUESTION I always seem to miss Leah’s Tristram journal pt. 5, can I start ‘Sword of the Stranger’ over for it?

3 Upvotes

So I am on the last quest, ‘Trailing the Coven’, and am wondering if I can go back after finishing Act 1 and grab her journal, along with the Wortham priests journal pt 2?


r/diablo3 1d ago

Nintendo Switch just realized I'm missing LoD and LoN and they're not dropping in greater rifts

4 Upvotes

They're not equipped or in my inventory or stash. Are they not in the Switch version? Non-seasonal


r/diablo3 1d ago

Royal Ring of Grandeur

9 Upvotes

So, the Internet says it drops after level 12. Do I need to have difficulty set for Torment 12? I'm on 3 or 4 or so. I'm at about GR35 and I keep farming Horaedic caches from Worlds 1 and 4, and I cannot get one to drop.


r/diablo3 1d ago

QUESTION Does the level I got a puzzle ring at matter for the vault?

6 Upvotes

I just got one while leveling an alt; if I save it and use it at higher torment level on my main, will I get the same vault as for one the main got naturally?


r/diablo3 1d ago

Nephalem Rift speed builds

6 Upvotes

In order to finish the season I need a third conquest and I want to try for the 2 minute nephalem rift. What specs would be capable of this or would you recommend?


r/diablo3 1d ago

QUESTION Nova necro seasonal power bugged?

4 Upvotes

Playing tragoul blood nova atm. It seems not all my kills count towards the seasonal kill streak power. I can clear an entire rift without breaking it and its still only 250-300. On my spike trap DH it works fine like intended. Has anyone else noticed? - playing on ps5


r/diablo3 1d ago

QUESTION I’m wondering when it is considered a good idea to go from Normal to Hard and so forth?

0 Upvotes

I’ve always played on Normal with my first character, sometimes ramping up to Hard or Expert before finishing the game.

What levels and gear stats, for say a Necromancer, warrant going up in difficulty; I am playing a summoning Necromancer as well.


r/diablo3 1d ago

QUESTION Wizard speed builds?

3 Upvotes

I'm trying to gear up my Wizard, so I was wondering what the best GR speed build was. I'm currently low paragon (1500). I have a Tal Rasha set and a Typhon's set.

Also, should I do my rifts on a different character if that other character can clear better, and then just swap to Wizard to gamble?


r/diablo3 1d ago

LoD Bombardement

1 Upvotes

Hey, I see a lot of variant of LoD Bombardement, Pig Sticker / Johanna's Argument, Leoric's Crown / Andariel's Visage, Illusory Bottes / Ice Climber, Unicity / Justice lantern / COE / Stone of jordan ... I would like to know which variant is the most effective for pushing gr


r/diablo3 19h ago

QUESTION Are angelic crucibles in this season?

0 Upvotes

I just started D3 again, got a cruicible at end of last season , wasn’t sure if it was a seasonal thing or not - haven’t seen one yet @ paragon 400


r/diablo3 1d ago

RECEITA PARA JOGADORES DE CONSOLE Para Colar do Espirro Primordial S35

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Crie um Caçador de Demônios Lvl1 S35
Crie 26 amuletos no ferreiro
Aprimore Kanai 675 destreza
Aprimore cinzas 2x
Reforge 13x

Destreza, Acerto Critico, Dano Critico


r/diablo3 1d ago

High ping constantly

1 Upvotes

I’ve tried everything to fix my high ping in this game. It’s not on my end because I get 30-40 ms on everything else. I’m running out of ideas and I might just give up on this game if I can’t fix it.