Wanderers, Diablo 4 Season 11 is less than 11 months away! Are you ready? Because of significant changes to itemization, the addition of The Tower endgame mechanic, and a brand-new item upgrade system called Sanctification, you may not be able to gain an advantage with the same builds and playstyles as last season.
To get ahead in Season 11 and dominate the new Tower leaderboards faster, you need to prepare now. Here are a few things you can do now to help you transition smoothly to Season 11.
Complete The Campaign
First, completing the campaign before Season 11 begins is crucial, as this will unlock the ability to skip campaigns for all future season characters and give you a head start by automatically carrying over some progress. This includes your mount, all unlocked Altars of Lilith and their corresponding renown, and a fully unlocked map, allowing you to jump straight into the season content.
Once any character completes the campaign, all future season characters can skip the entire story. Your mount is immediately usable on your new season character, saving you time completing related quests.
Furthermore, progress on all discovered Altars of Lilith is retained. While these statues no longer provide permanent stat bonuses in Season 11, the extra experience and rewards gained from unlocking them are a significant part of significantly boosting your character's strength early in the season.
More importantly, if you complete the campaign, you don't need to start exploring the map from scratch, as the areas you've discovered will automatically unlock for your new season character. You can immediately skip the campaign and jump directly into season mode, allowing you to start farming the new The Tower endgame content much faster.
Find The Right Team On Discord
For the next tip, we recommend joining a Discord server, a great way to prepare for the new season. If you're used to playing solo and have sworn never to play with others again, joining a Discord server will definitely change your mind.
The changes to XP gain and monster difficulty in Season 11 make group farming much more advantageous, especially for Nightmare Dungeons and Helltides. Don't you envy other groups who always seem to work together to accumulate tons of XP and loot?
On Discord, you'll always find like-minded companions. Sign up in a group now and dominate Sanctuary with your new team at the start of the new season. You can share gear, experience, and learn about all the new mechanics coming in Season 11.
Choosing The Right Leveling Guide
Next, finding the right leveling guide is crucial to maximizing your leveling efficiency in Diablo 4 Season 11. These guides pre-plan your skill points, gear, and activity progression, minimizing wait times and confusion.
This is especially important with the new Season Rank system, which replaces Renown, requires players to focus on milestone missions, and skill points may change, slowing down initial leveling.
Choosing the right guides in advance can help you efficiently handle these changes and focus on the most effective character build and objectives from the start, allowing you to reach the late game faster. Following the guides minimizes waiting time caused by aimless wandering or repeatedly resetting skill points, allowing you to experience endgame content as soon as possible.
Transferring Your Seasonal Items
This tip is about what happens to your character when transitioning from Season 10 to Season 11. If you're new, this is your first season, and you create a seasonal character as soon as you join the game.
Diablo 4 is divided into two distinct realms: Seasonal Realm and Eternal Realm. Eternal Realm doesn't have any seasonal content; it's just the base game without the flashy Chaos Armor, Perks, endgame content, etc., but they are always present.
Several things happen when you first log in and transition from one season to the next. First and foremost, all your Diablo 4 items will not carry over to the next season, including your hard-earned gear, gold, materials, boss materials, armor, gems, and runes. However, everything will be transferred from your Seasonal server to your Eternal server. So, your gold will continue to accumulate over time.
But please note that all your gear from the current season will be transferred to a Withdraw Only tab. Once you retrieve these items or empty this inventory at the end of the season, this tab will disappear and be replaced by all new content.
Therefore, if you want to keep your gear, such as some Mythic items you acquired in Season 10, and keep them on your permanent character, you must log in to your character from the previous season and retrieve them from Withdraw Only tab.
Finally, we want to emphasize: enjoy the game! New seasons always generate a variety of discussions, both positive and negative. But regardless of the scale of the discussion, don't rush to make any definitive judgments. It's best to wait until the season officially begins before making any decisions. Because PTR doesn't fully reflect the actual situation of the season.
Therefore, make your own decisions, enjoy the game, and don't start with terrible expectations, lest you ruin your season experience from the outset. Have a great day!
