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Diablo IV Season 14 Launches June 30 as Blizzard Reworks Mythic Uniques

The studio kept two guaranteed Unique stats and added deterministic Mythic crafting to protect item identity while expanding build flexibility.

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Overview

  • Blizzard will launch Season 14, Season of Death Awakening, on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. PDT with patch 3.1.0 and pre-download beginning June 25 for Battle.net, PlayStation, and Xbox.
  • After a week of PTR testing and heavy player pushback, Blizzard revised its loot plan into Mythic Uniques 3.0 so any Unique can be converted into a Mythic via deterministic crafting while retaining two guaranteed affixes.
  • Crafted Mythic Uniques return a same-slot item and grant boosted Unique powers and maxed rolls, players may equip only one crafted Mythic at a time while naturally dropped Mythics remain unlimited.
  • Season gameplay adds open-world Ruptures that spawn Realmwalkers, Deathtoll Chambers that drop Superior Lair Keys for a seasonal Lair Boss hoard, and permanent competitive features as the Tower and leaderboards graduate from beta and SSF becomes a toggled, permanent mode.
  • Launch promotions and QoL changes include a free Warlock trial from June 30 to July 7 with progress carryover, an Overwatch cosmetics Reliquary, synced War Plan boards for parties, higher Obol and Gold caps, and a refreshed seasonal rewards track.