Diablo IV is an action role-playing game developed by Blizzard Entertainment. This work is the sequel to the series of games Diablo 3. Here are all the things you should know about Diablo 4.

When Will Diablo 4 Beta Start?

There are two open betas taking place over two different weekends:

1. Early Access: March 17-19

2. Open Beta: March 24-26

The March 17th through 19th open beta is only available for people who pre-order Diablo is only available for people who pre-order Diablo 4. For those players who don't know whether to buy the game, you can wait until March 24, because on that day, the open beta is available to everyone.

The open beta will kick off at 9 AM PT / noon ET and run until the ending date at noon PT / 3 PM ET.

Which Platforms Support Diablo 4 Beta?

Blizzard is rolling the Diablo IV beta out to a wide variety of platforms, as you'll be able to play on PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, and Xbox One.

What Are The PC Specs For Diablo 4 Beta?

Below are the minimum and recommended PC specs for the open beta. Please note that these specifications may change after the official release of Diablo 4.

1. Minimum

OS: 64-bit Windows 10

GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon R9 280

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500L or AMD FX-8100

Memory: 8GB RAM

DirectX: Version 12

Storage: SSD with 45GB free

Internet: Broadband connection

2. Recommended

OS: 64-bit Windows 10

GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 370

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K or AMD R3-1300X

Memory: 16GB RAM

DirectX: Version 12

Storage: SSD with 45GB free

Internet: Broadband connection

What’s The Release Time Of Diablo 4?

Diablo 4 will officially meet players on June 6, 2023. If you pre-order the ultimate or digital deluxe editions, you'll get access to the game four days early on June 2.

What Are The Prices Of The Different Editions Of Diablo 4?

• Diablo 4 Standard Edition Price - $69.99
• Diablo 4 Digital Deluxe Edition Price - $89.99
• Diablo 4 Ultimate Edition Price - $99.99

What Are The Features Of Diablo 4?

*One of the most massive changes coming to Diablo 4 is that Armor will also reduce magic damage taken, a role that was reserved for resistances in past diablo games. Just recently we learned that armor will provide 50% of its reduction to magic damage as well as it’s regular reduction to physical damage.

The amount of armor items provide is directly correlated to a new system called Item Power. Item power will be shown on the item to represent it’s power. Think Item Level like in WoW. Higher Item Power = Higher Armor provided, and the higher level the monsters you slay, the higher item power the items they drop, and therefore more armor.

Monsters will also have this same armor, which is new to Diablo games, and scale with their level. Of course the developers are being careful to ensure the player’s power outscales the monster’s armor, so that the game doesn’t get too difficult as you progress.

*There will be no Runes nor Runewords in Diablo 4 at launch! During Blizzcon 2019 Runes and Runewords were displayed like the rune Amn and the rune Ko as well as what appears to be an affix that rune combination creates it appears - which is different from Diablo 2 - but developers have stated that they will not be in the game at launch, and plan to include them later on in a post-launch patch.

This news, like the absence of set items is a bit disappointing because runewords are so much fun. I imagine it’s hard to implement runewords since they were done so well in Diablo 2, but also wanting to improve upon it maybe by listing the runeword recipes in-game, and balancing the runeword items with other items can certainly be challenging.

*Open world maps will be preset, not randomized like in Diablo 2. However, dungeons will be randomized using Blizzard’s Dungeon Level Random Generator from Diablo 3 which will feature over 140 fully randomized unique dungeons which will be instanced for just you and or your party.

To make dungeon crawling more seamless, going from one level to the next will not require any loading screens! This is exciting! Within dungeons you can even encounter random events, and can affect what happens in future dungeons. Also, you can farm a specific item slot of gear, for example gloves, within specific dungeons, which will change regularly, giving you direction when trying to farm gear.

The world will be larger than ever before, with regions 10-20 times larger than any region in prior Diablo games.

*What’s also cool is that we’ll be exploring areas of Sanctuary that are mostly never before seen other than the area around Caldeum, which we saw in Diablo 3. By comparison you can see how much of the world of Sanctuary we saw in Diablo 1, Diablo 2, Diablo 3, and what the playable area will be in Diablo 4.

Dynamic weather (with day/night cycles) will affect the environment, monsters, and the player visually. Certain class skills will change weather temporarily.

There will be 6 total zones within Diablo 4: Fractured Peaks, Scosglen, Dry Steppes, Kehjistan, Hawezar, and no Diablo game would be complete without Hell. Blizzard has also stated that more zones could be added post-launch.

The open world will constantly have events you can encounter, from escorts to defending key areas from attackers, and even world bosses. There will also be player vs player dedicated zones, which are called the Fields of Hatred!

Is Diablo 4 The Killer Of Path of Exile?

A lot of people have been wondering whether Diablo 4 is going to be the POE killer. Although I don’t think Diablo 4 is the killer, I feel that Path of Exile will be more or less influenced by Diablo 4.

Path of Exile and Diablo are games of the same style, and it is not too much to say that Path of Exile is a reference to the Diablo series. Although many players who like the dark style have come into contact with Path of Exile, but compared with Diablo, it is more hard-core. Perhaps the reason for this is mainly because it is an online game.

The emergence of Path of Exile 2 can be called the biggest rival of Diablo 4, but I don’t think so. If we say that as a look at the Diablo series of games, Path of Exile 2 will never be comparable to the Diablo orthodoxy. Mainly I think it is the following points.

The reason why Path of Exile cannot surpass the Diablo series is not because the game is not good, but because it is more stringent in the content of the game. In terms of equipment, because it is an online game, the appearance rate of top-quality equipment is very rare, so it needs to be traded between players. And trading means that players will have a serious gap between rich and poor. And the players of Diablo series are enough to support themselves just by constantly farming maps and fighting monsters to upgrade. If you can’t have enough weapons or armors in the game, but rely on equipment sales, then the fun of the game will be lost a lot.

In the content of Path of Exile, there is another point that players are quite concerned about. It is the fairly complex passive tree. Players cannot modify the so-called passive tree as they wish. This means that you need to spend a lot of POE Currency to improve yourself. Of course, it is very normal for online games to top up money.

But if you want to play Diablo 4, in addition to recharging in the game, you also need to buy the game and Diablo 4 Gold directly. In this regard, Path of Exile seems to be more conscientious. But the more changes in the passive tree, the more players need to modify, and there is no upper limit for recharging.

The professional characteristics of Path of Exile are not obvious. Although Path of Exile 2 contains 19 subdivided classes, since the skills come from the relationship between keystones, different classes can use the same skills. This makes many players who like specific classes completely unable to appreciate the characteristics of their own classes. Although the professional skills will be different in the later stage, but the early stage will be quite boring and not refreshing enough.

Overall, Path of Exile 2 may be a good online game, but if you compare it with Diablo 4, then it is the wrong object.

We're going to talk about the most important things you should do right now in Diablo 4's Early Access Beta.

Level Up Faster

From the start, just like in the previous Diablo games, you should pick the higher Veteran difficulty for the extra 20% increase XP gain and 15% more Diablo 4 Gold drops from enemies.

The difference in difficulty from Adventure is barely noticeable, but you'll get to level up with your characters a lot faster. If you somehow chose the other, you don't even need to restart. Just head over to the World Tier Statue right here in the main town and change it from there once more.

Also, keep in mind that teaming up with others and forming parties with players offers another five percent extra XP gain on top of that, so it's worth it to play with your friends or with random players.

Don't Skip Class Specializations

The second most important thing you should do right away is to unlock your class specialization as soon as it becomes available. This starts as early as level 7 via a class specific quest. That will appear in the Priority Quest section of the journal between the main and the side missions.

Each class has a different specialization, which unlocks the possibility to further expand upon your character's mechanics and develop your builds to the next level.

For example, Rogue has access to both combo points and the inner side at level 7 and 20, respectively. Meanwhile, Mage gets extra enchantment slots to turn some of its active spells into powerful auto cast.

The quests involving these are rather short and once you're done with them, you will get some powerful effects that will change your character completely.

Unlock Legendary Aspects

Another thing that really brings your powers to the next level is the Codex of Power by unlocking legendary aspects. You do so by completing these dungeons and you will notice that each one of them will list special aspects for each of the classes.

To better consult these for your current class, you can also do this directly from the Collections tab and then pin its source onto the map to better reveal where you can get it from.

Do keep in mind, however, that many of these aspects are required from other maps while the demo restricts us to the starting zone of the Fractured Peaks. So, if you cannot get it because it's too far away, just focus on the ones in the Fractured Peaks.

Once you do get to unlock a few of these, you will need to visit the Occultist in the main town, which will let you place these powerful buffs on your gear pieces.

However, this process requires a special crafting mat called Veiled Crystals that you can only get by salvaging rare and above quality items.

Another tip over here is instead of selling these items early on, rather than salvage them at any blacksmith. Once you get at least 12 Veiled Crystals and buy Diablo IV Gold, you can imbue a piece of gear with that legendary aspect on it to gain its power.

But in this process, if you apply an aspect on a yellow piece, for example, you also get to turn that item from rare into a legendary quality. So, this can be a viable way of getting a full legendary set for your character if you have to be unlucky with the drop so far.

Finally, in this category, there's also the inventory aspect. These are completely separate from the Codex of Power and actually come randomly on gear.

Oftentimes, you might get a legendary item with one of these powerful effects that can actually fit for all classes, as they tend to fit a more general role. But there's also more specialized ones for specific classes.

That's why in this case, instead of selling or salvaging these items. Even if you get duplicates, try to extract that first before doing anything with the item itself. In this case, you can transfer that on a different piece of gear should you find it and this also gets stored in a special aspect section in the character's inventory for later use.

Complete Regional Progress

Another thing that helps a ton leveling up and gaining new skill points faster is not forgetting to claim the region progress. If you head over into the map menu and press W on the keyboard or the equivalent on the controller, this brings up the track for the Fractured Peaks.

Now, in the final game, all regions will have one and they will all provide wonderful rewards from extra XP, Diablo 4 Gold for sale, skill points, potions and later on even Paragon points.

To complete them, you just need to check the requirements in the two columns below. These usually involve discovering the map unlocking waypoints, completing a number of side quests and generally just playing through the game. And you don't even actually have to complete all of them, you just need to meet the point requirements for the next tier.

For example, the third tier requires 400 Renown, and each objective provides a certain value of Renown from 5 to 100. So, you could easily complete just three strongholds that give 100 Renown each or complete Side Quests for 20 points and so on.

But since we'll be doing a lot of these anyway early on, you'll get the starting two tiers quite easily. It's only the third, fourth and fifth one that might get a little more troublesome, which is why I recommend completing all the side quests that you find.

Open World Events Are Great

I really like doing the open world events every time I see them popping up. Which you will as they are indicated with the orange markers or circles on the map when you get close to them and are a significant source of XP as well as loot.

Compared to many other encounters and even more so dungeons, they are much quicker at dropping a bunch of rares and decently enough legendaries as well once you get at least a level 20 with the character, but are worth doing nonetheless even way before that simply because it helps to progress a lot faster.

There are different types of events that generally shuffle between a handful of scenarios. But for the one involving the pillar, I'm going to focus a bit more since I see a lot of people ignoring the main mechanics.

So in this one, you actually have to stay inside of the circle rooms surrounding the main pillar so that you can fill the pillar slowly with the blood magic that you see progressing on the ground.

Once that happens and you defeat the enemies at the end of it, you're going to get a loot shower chest that gives you a ton of items.

Don't Miss Treasure Goblins

Just like in the previous Diablo games, do not miss on the treasure Goblins. These guys can be really inconspicuous. But what makes them easy to notice is the huge backpack, the loot and the goal that drops from it and the fact that they tend to run away from you once you get too close.

So, make sure that if you spot one of these, always pursue them and try to take them down. Once you do, they'll again drop a bunch of loot and money that can come in quite handy. That's why it's recommended to use gap closing abilities like the Shadow Step or Teleport in conjunction with attacks that slow their movements to make this encounter a lot easier.

Other Character Upgrades

Meanwhile, let's talk about some of the other vendors in Kyovashad that can prove quite useful.

Do not skip the Veroka, the Alchemist, as she will buff your potions, healing power, and healing over time if you bring her some of these special plans.

Luckily, many side missions provide packages filled with these plans and as long as you just complete a few of them, you should have plenty enough for all the upgrades needed available until Level 25 in this beta.

I know this might sound a bit obvious, but you are not stuck with your current looks and should definitely check out the Wardrobe function too in Kyovashad, specifically because once you acquire at least a few gear sets, you can go ahead and transmog your current items to look like any of the unlocked pieces that you might have liked previously, even to the point of changing completely the color scheme that you have the selection from right there at the bottom.

There are roughly 15 to 20 distinct sets for all classes, so it's worth pursuing them and eventually making your characters stand out from the rest.

Gear Upgrading & Gem Slots

Finally, another aspect that lets you further amplify your build is slotting in gems on your gear. You'll notice that different pieces get affected by gems in different ways for armor, weapons and jewelry likewise.

For example, Skulls are excellent on weapons as they provide heal on kill should you require a lot more survivability, but they are pretty decent on jewelry as well for the tremendous boost to armor that they give. As Emeralds play a huge role for Rogue, you need something with more critical hits. And for Topaz, you need something with spell casters that require spell damage and so on.

While slotting in gems can be done at any point for extracting gems or even more so upgrading them, you will need to check out the jewelry also back in Kyovashad.

And I recommend always promoting the lower grade rocks into the ones of higher quality, especially once you got at least three of each of the same level. You will notice that these will get some nice buffs that will make them a lot stronger.