Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (2024)

Last updated on Feb 22, 2023 at 09:00by Deadset

Season 28 introduces a form of character progression called the Altar ofRites. Home to power thought to be extinct from Sanctuary, the Altar ofRites will bestow powers upon worthy Nephalem... after a sacrifice isoffered.

1.

Diablo 3 Patch 2.7.5 / Season 28 Best Builds and Change Analysis

Patch 2.7.5 for Diablo 3 entered PTR testing phase on Tuesday, January 31stand lasted for seven days, showcasing all the new changes to Diablo 3. Thiscontent hub article will guide you through the most important changes in thepatch and will show you the best, strongest builds to take into the new Season28.

1.1.

Diablo Season 27 End Date

The ending date for Diablo 3's Season 27 is February19th 2023 at 5pm PDT (NA servers), 5pm CEST (EU servers), and 5pm KST (Asianservers).

1.2.

Diablo Season 28 Start Date

Patch 2.7.5 will be applied to onNon-Seasonal servers on February 24th, and Season 28 will start on February24th 2023 at 5pm PDT (NA servers), 5pm CEST (EU servers), and 5pm KST(Asian servers).

The Public Test Realm usually runs for a period of two weeks (shortened tojust one for Season 28 specifically!), with periods of scheduled maintenanceand possible hotfixes, minor patches, and server outages. Should you decide toparticipate in the PTR, you can expect the following alterations to the normalstate of the game:

  • There will be PTR-specific buffs that will assist with accelerated testingof changes. Legendary drop rate is increased, Experience gain is boosted, andBlood Shards (currency used for gambling) are doubled. Additionally, there is aPTR-only vendor, Djank Mi'em, who will exchange Blood Shards for class-specificbags full of Legendary items, greatly increasing the pace at which you acquireany and all items you may need for testing.
  • There will be a test run of the new Season 28 theme, along with all of itsseason-specific items and gameplay alterations.

2.

Season 28 Theme: Rites of Sanctuary — All You Need To Know

Season 28 introduces a new type of Season-specific character progressionsystem, called the Altar of Rites. Beyond the quick overview below, wealso have a massive Altar of Rites Effects and Mechanics article, where we goin-depth over the effects of this seasonal addition. If you are interested inthe particulars of these bonuses and how they can affect your build, delveright in!

Rites of Sanctuary Effects and Mechanics

The Rites of Sanctuary theme has the following traits:

  • The Altar is accessible from level 1.
  • To unlock a Seal or a Potion, you must gather the materials listed in theAltar of Rites menu and sacrifice them. Note that, in order to unlock a Seal,the Seal preceding it must first be unlocked. This does not apply to the "+30%Damage" Seal, the "Crowd Control Immunity" Seal, and the "Gain Passability"Seal, because of how they're positioned within the Altar (they have multiplepowers connected to them, and any one of them will suffice).
  • Unlocking a power (both Seals and Legendary Potion Powers) is a permanent,non-reversible choice.
  • While your choices are permanent, over time you will be able to unlock allof the Altar's powers and won't be locked off from any potential upgrades. Theywill simply cost more.
  • Once unlocked, the Altar's powers are shared between all the characters youcreate in Season 28.

3.

Seal and Legendary Potion Powers

Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (1)

The list below contains the rewards from the individual tier of the Altar ofRites. To see where each node lies on the tree, refer to the screenshotabove.

  • A: "Your Kill Streak timer duration and reward bonus aredoubled."
  • B: "Pools of Reflection last for the entire Season and are notremoved by death."
  • C: "Items have no level requirement."
  • D: "+200 Damage."
  • E: "+25% Missile Damage Reduction."
  • F: "+25% Movement Speed (Uncapped)."
  • G: "Increase damage against elites by 15%."
  • H: "Picking up Health Globes grants a shield for 5% of yourmaximum health for 7 seconds. Max stacks 5."
  • I: "+25% Melee Damage Reduction."
  • J: "Increases your highest elemental skill damage bonus by10%."
  • K: "Increase damage against elites by 20%."
  • L: "+20% Damage."
  • M: "Double the amount of Death's Breaths that drop."
  • N: "Critical hits grant resource: Mana: 15, Hatred: 5, Wrath: 5,Arcane Power: 3, Fury: 3, Spirit: 5, Essence: 5".
  • O: "Double the amount of Bounty Caches that drop from completingbounties."
  • P: "Progress orbs from Nephalem and Greater Rifts areautomatically picked up within 60 yards."
  • Q: "Reduces the damage taken from elites by 25%."
  • R: "+30% Damage."
  • S: "Gain immunity to crowd-controlling effects."
  • T: "Gain passability."
  • U: "Pets pick up Death's Breath."
  • V: "Elite packs drop one additional progress orb."
  • W: "Increase damage done to Bosses by 25%."
  • X: "Pets pick up and salvage common, magic, and rareitems."
  • Y: "Increase your chance to Dodge by 15%."
  • Z: "Double the chance to find a legendary item purchased fromKadala."
  • Potion AA: "When you drink your health potion, you manifest oneof three runic circles on the ground that grant increased damage, increasedcooldown reduction, or increased resource cost reduction."
  • Potion AB: "When you drink your health potion, all enemieswithin 25 yards deal 25% less damage."
  • Potion AC: "When you drink your health potion, gain a randomshrine or the Dimensional Power pylon effect."
  • Effect AD: "When a primal item drops, a second random primalitem drops as well."

4.

Costs to Unlock a Seal or Legendary Potion Power

The list below contains the costs of upgrading each individual tier of theAltar of Rites.

5.

Reward for unlocking all Seals and Potions

After you unlock all 26 Seals and three Potions, you will receive a newcosmetic set of "wings" — Diablo's back spikes.

Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (40)

6.

Primordial Ashes

Primordial Ashes have been added in Patch 2.7.5 / Season 28 as a newresource material, used exclusively in the Primal recipe in Kanai's Cube (aswell as the Legendary Potion Power unlocks, but that's only for the duration ofSeason 28). Primordial Ashes are obtained by salvaging items of Primalquality (red bordered), which only become available after finishing a soloGreater Rift level 70. Each Primal item salvages into 55 PrimordialAshes.

The Primal Item recipe in Kanai's Cube allows you to upgrade any non-craftedLegendary item to a Primal Item for 100 Primordial Ashes. Only oneupgraded Primal Item may be worn at a time and upgraded Primal Items do notretain the properties of the Legendary Item that was used. New affixes arerolled for all upgraded Primal Items.

7.

Monk Skill Changes

Monks are the sole class with skill changes in this patch. They all revolvearound the generator-based, Raiment set-reliant build. Unfortunately, the setit*elf is not revised to a state that makes it competitive with other Monkoptions.

  • Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (41) Combination Strike: Each Spirit Generator you use increases thedamage of your other Spirit Generators by 100% for 10 seconds. (Up from 10%and 3 seconds, respectively)
  • Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (42) Crippling Wave: Every third hit also dazes enemies within 11 yards,slowing their movement speed by 30% and attack speed by 20% for 10 seconds.(Up from 3 seconds)
  • Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (43) Concussion Rune: Enemies hit by deal 20% lessdamage for 10 seconds. (Up from 3 seconds)
  • Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (44) Breaking Wave Rune: Enemies hit by Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (45) Crippling Wave take 10%additional damage from all attacks for 10 seconds. (Up from 3seconds)
  • Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (46) Deadly Reach Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (47) Foresight Rune: Every third hit also increases thedamage of all of your attacks by 15% for 10 seconds. (Up from 3seconds)
  • Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (48) Way of the Hundred Fists Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (49) Assimilation Rune: Each enemy hit with thethird hit increases your damage by 5% for 10 seconds. (Up from 3seconds)

8.

Item Changes

Patch 2.7.5 made a bunch of changes to class sets and legendary items, mostnotably reworking the Natalya set for Demon Hunters, as well as updating Barb'sHorded of the Ninety Savages set, DH's Unhallowed Essence set, Monk's Patternsof Justice and Raiment of a Thousand Storms sets, the Necro's Masquerade of theBurning Carnival set, and the Wizard's Typhon's Veil set.

8.1.

Barbarian

  • Horde of the Ninety Savages (6-piece bonus): Frenzy deals 2,000%increased damage per stack. (Up from 1,000%)

8.2.

Demon Hunter

  • Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (50) Chanon Bolter: Your Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (51) Spike Traps lure enemies to them and deal150-200% increased damage. Enemies may be taunted once every 10 seconds.(Changed from "Spike Traps lure enemies to them. Enemies may be tauntedonce every 12-16 seconds.")
  • Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (52) The Demon's Demise: Each blast from Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (53) Spike Trap will damage allenemies again after 1 second and deals 150-200% increased damage. (Changedfrom "The blast from Spike Trap will damage all enemies again after onesecond.")
  • Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (54) Natalya's Slayer: Increases Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (55) Spike Trap Damage by 10 -15%.(Changed from "Increases Rain of Vengeance Damage by 20-25%.")
  • Natalya's Vengeance (2-piece bonus): Hitting an enemy summons aSeason 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (56) Spike Trap if it is on your action bar. Each Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (57) Spike Trapdetonation restores 1 Discipline. (Changed from "Reduce the cooldown ofRain of Vengeance by 4 seconds when you hit with a Hatred-generating attack orHatred-spending attack.")
  • Natalya's Vengeance (4-piece bonus): Laying a Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (58) Spike Trapgrants 60% damage reduction. The duration of this bonus is always equal to thenumber of already laid traps in seconds. (Changed from "Rain of Vengeancedeals 100% increased damage.")
  • Natalya's Vengeance (6-piece bonus): Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (59) Spike Traps deal 10,000%increased damage, and each consecutive blast from the detonation chain reactionwill deal 10% more damage than the previous blast. (Changed from "Aftercasting Rain of Vengeance, deal 14,000% increased damage and take 60% reduceddamage for 10 seconds.")
  • The Shadow's Mantle (2-piece bonus): While equipped with a meleeweapon, the damage of your Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (60) Bolas, Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (61) Chakram, Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (62) Fan of Knives,and Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (63) Impale is increased by 6,000%. (Changed from "While equippedwith a melee weapon, all damage is increased by 6,000%.")
  • Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (64) Trag'Oul Coils: Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (65) Spike Traps gain the Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (66) Scatter Rune, aredeployed twice as fast, and deal 150-200% increased damage. (Changed from"Spike Traps gain the Impaling Spines Rune and are deployed twice asfast.")
  • Unhallowed Essence (6-piece bonus): Hatred generators,Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (67) Vengeance attacks, and Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (68) Multishot deal 1700% increased damageper point of discipline the Demon Hunter currently has. (Up from350%)

8.3.

Monk

  • Patterns of Justice (6-piece bonus): Hitting withSeason 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (69) Tempest Rush while Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (70) Sweeping Wind is active increases the size ofSeason 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (71) Sweeping Wind as well and increases all damage dealt by 20,000%. (Upfrom 15,000%)
  • Raiment of Thousand Storms (4-piece bonus): Dashing Strike spends 25Spirit but refunds a Charge when it does. (Down from 75)

8.4.

Necromancer

  • Masquerade of the Burning Carnival (6-piece bonus):Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (72) Bone Spear deals 9,000% increased damage. Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (73) Simulacrums gaintriple this bonus. (Up from 6,000% and no Simulacrum bonuses)

8.5.

Wizard

  • The Typhon's Veil (6-piece-bonus): Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3 (74) Hydras deal 4,000%increased damage for each Hydra head alive. (Up from 2,000%)

9.

Changelog

  • 22 Feb. 2023: Guide added.

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FAQs

Season 28 Compendium for Diablo 3? ›

Season 28 introduces a form of character progression called the Altar of Rites. Home to power thought to be extinct from Sanctuary, the Altar of Rites will bestow powers upon worthy Nephalem... after a sacrifice is offered.

What is the progression for season 28 Diablo 3? ›

Season 28 Theme: Altar of Rites

Season 28 brings a brand new progression feature called the Altar of Rites that grants tremendous powers to your entire account in exchange for sacrifices. It requires you to farm Bounties, kill the Ubers, craft the Staff of Herding, and more.

Is season 28 of Diablo 3 over? ›

Update on 9/10: Season 28 has ended. Stay tuned for updates and details on Season 29 here. Update on 8/28: Season 28 will be ending on September 10 at 5pm PDT.

What is the season 28 bonus in Diablo 3? ›

Diablo 3 season 28 rewards. You'll earn Diablo 3 season 28 journey rewards and cosmetics as you make your way through the challenges. These include a new pet and portrait frame, an addtional stash tab, new conquests, and class sets.

What's new in season 29 of Diablo 3? ›

Season 29 introduces the new theme Visions of Enmity. Curious portals known as Diabolical Fissures have sprung up across Sanctuary's wilderness, and entering them triggers both dangerous memories from your past, and even more dangerous emissaries of Hell to slaughter.

How long does it take to get to 100 in Diablo 3? ›

When focusing on the main objectives, Diablo III is about 18 Hours in length. If you're a gamer that strives to see all aspects of the game, you are likely to spend around 161 Hours to obtain 100% completion.

How long will Diablo 3 be supported? ›

After 11 years since Diablo III's release, Blizzard has revealed that it will no longer be providing content support for the game starting from Season 30. Blizzard announced that following Season 30, Diablo III will see a repeat of previous seasons in a conversation with Wowhead.

Will Diablo 3 seasons continue after Diablo 4? ›

After a decade of seasonal, live-ish content for Diablo 3, season 29 will be the last official new season for the game. After that, while there will still be seasons, season 30 and beyond will be mixing and matching cosmetics from older seasons, and no actual new seasons will be developed from there.

What is the Diablo 3 season 28 theme? ›

Rites of Sanctuary (S28)

For Season 28, Rites of Sanctuary, we're travelling deep into the mysterious ruins of the Festering Woods. Amid a hunting expedition, citizens hailing from New Tristram stumbled across an ominous Altar carved from an archaic material bearing cryptic markings.

What is the new pet in Diablo 3 season 28? ›

Taennin the Tiny is a non-combat pet in Diablo III. She is a reward for completing Season 28.

What happens to stash after season Diablo 3? ›

Items that are currently equipped on a hero or in its inventory will stay on that hero as it moves to a non-Seasonal game mode. Items that are in your Seasonal stash will be sent through the in-game mail system to your non-Seasonal heroes.

What is Haedrig's gift season 28? ›

Haedrig's Gift in Season 28

Completing Chapters II, III, and IV of the Seasonal Journey will each reward 2 pieces of the 6-piece class set described below. Remember that you can only get Haedrig's Gift on one character per season, so choose wisely!

Will Diablo 3 Season 28 end? ›

Diablo 3: End of Season 28 and Start of Season 29

Season 28 of Diablo 3 will conclude on August 20, 2023, with one more season to follow. Season 29's official start date is yet to be confirmed, but it's expected to commence on September 15, 2023.

What to do after 70 Diablo 3 season? ›

Several steps can be taken to gear yourself up in preparation to tackle Torment 1 difficulty.
  1. If you have not killed Malthael on Campaign Mode yet, do so now. ...
  2. Level Up your Blacksmith and Enchantress first. ...
  3. Level 70 Rare Items (Yellow) can provide significant upgrades immediately. ...
  4. Complete Bounties and Rifts.

Will Diablo 4 have sets? ›

One iconic feature of the Diablo franchise is not returning to Diablo 4, as Blizzard Entertainment reveals that item sets will only make their way to the hack-and-slash sequel in a post-launch update.

How to check season progress in Diablo 3? ›

To find the Season Journey click the progress tab on the Main Menu screen or click the Map Icon in the upper right of your interface while in game. This can only be completed once per region, per Season but the array of rewards that come with it are well worth your time.

What happens when a new season starts in Diablo 3? ›

Seasons are a game mode of Diablo III in which players periodically start and progress fresh characters within a set time period, usually 10 to 20 weeks long. New Seasons are major events associated with new content, rewards, and patches.

What is the drop rate for primal ancients in Diablo 3 Season 28? ›

When you complete high GR solo for the first time and unlock Primals, one of the items dropped by the Rift Guardian is guaranteed to be a Primal. After that every level 70 Legendary or Set item you obtain from any sources (drops, chests, gambling, crafting, Cube recipes) has a 0.25% chance to be a Primal.

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