Diablo 4 Season 10: Everything You Need to Know

Season 10 Updates

The Season of Infernal Chaos will bring new content and systems to Diablo 4, such as:

• Chaos Armor: Build around seasonal uniques placed in non-traditional gear slots.
• Chaos Perks: Seasonal powers to customize your character.
• Chaos Rifts: A seasonal activity found in Helltides and Nightmare Dungeons, offering extra rewards, reputation, and currency.
• Infernal Hordes Updates: Permanent changes to this endgame system with rebalanced offerings, new Chaos Offers, and a new final boss with greater rewards.

Season 10 Start Date

Season 10: Season of Infernal Chaos launches September 23rd, 2025, at 10:00 am PST / 07:00 pm CET.
If you are a new player, check out our guide on seasons and how to create your seasonal character:

Look at our Season Checklist for interesting tips and tricks on how to approach the start of a new season:

New With Season 10

The Season of Infernal Chaos features a new questline, new Chaos Perks and Chaos Amor, as well as Chaos Rifts and changes to Infernal Hordes, of course with a new set of Reliquaries.

Seasonal Questline: Sands of Chaos

After dark events in Ked Bardu, you join the assassin Shyan of the Viz-Jaq’taar, an order sworn to hunt demon-corrupted mages. Together you uncover the rise of new Chaos Rifts, a plot tied to the Fell Council, and the return of Bartuc, Lord of Chaos, under Mephisto’s shadow.

To begin the Sands of Chaos seasonal questline:

• Complete the main campaign of Diablo IV.
• Create a new character in the Seasonal Realm.
• Head to Ked Bardu in the Seasonal Realm and speak with the distraught villager.

Completing the questline will help you gather the seasonal currency Infernal Warp, reputation, and unlock the reputation track rewards.

Chaos Rifts

Strange portals of energy have appeared across Sanctuary, unleashing demons from the Burning Hells. Chaos Rifts spawn in Helltides and Nightmare Dungeons, rewarding Infernal Warp, seasonal reputation, loot, and Chaos Armor. Rare Mythic Chaos Rifts appear in Torment and will reward you with Chaos Armor.

Chaos also infects Nightmare Dungeons, spawning rifts filled with monsters and offering Fleeting Hordes Compasses.

Check out our full guide here:

Chaos Perks

Chaos has arrived in Sanctuary, giving your abilities new effects. Chaos Perks change how your skills work, with four rarities: Magic, Rare, Legendary, and Unique. Magic, Rare, and Legendary Perks boost skills, while Unique Perks can change your whole build. You can equip three non-Unique Perks and one Unique, including class-specific ones. These is a total of 16 choices per class.

Unlock Perks through the Seasonal Reputation board, defeat Bartuc in Torment I or higher for Unique Perks, and upgrade them with Infernal Warp, the seasonal currency.

Check out the complete Chaos Perks guide here:

Chaos Armor

Chaos Armor is a new type of Unique item that gives existing Uniques a stronger, twisted version in different item slots. They can appear on Helm, Chest, Gloves, Pants, and Boots, but never in their original slot. Chaos Armor comes with more powerful affixes, always at maximum roll with an additional 20% on top, and includes at least one Greater Affix. You cannot equip the same Unique as both a Chaos Armor and a standard Unique. However, Chaos Armor is offering new ways to build and boost your damage.

Read more in our Chaos Armor guide:

Infernal Hordes and Bartuc

Bartuc’s return has intensified the Infernal Hordes, introducing Chaos Waves, and new ways to challenge players. Chaos Waves randomly transform standard waves into chaotic, high-difficulty encounters. These waves vary from dodging projectiles to hunting erratic Aether Goblins, rewarding far more Aether for those who survive.

Infernal Offerings have been rebalanced. For early-level players, Fleeting Hordes offer a shorter four-wave version with limited offerings and two Fell Council members at the end, letting you earn Aether and rewards before tackling Torment difficulty.

At the end of a run, you can face the Fell Council or take on Bartuc, Lord of Chaos for the chance to receive Chaos Armor.

Want to make it out alive? Catch up on all the changes in our full Boss guide:

New Uniques and Aspects

Season 10 also brings new Uniques. This gives you a great opportunity to test new builds and find new synergies. Especially now that you can easily swap loadouts with the Armory. Please check our guide to see all the new items here:

Additionally, for more information on how to farm Uniques from bosses, we recommend visiting our respective guide below.

Other Season 10 Changes

Here are some additional changes worth mentioning:

• New Nightmare Dungeon Affix for Chaos Rifts.
• Nightmare Dungeons keys will show you directly in your bags if they are part of a Whisper.
• Lair Boss invulnerability changes: When fighting bosses, you will not be able to trigger their invulnerability phase within the first 10 seconds. Bosses will have a shield that can be blasted down for players who overpower the boss.
• Adjustments to skills, passives, paragon glyphs, and balancing for gear.

Seasonal Rewards

Season 10 Battle Pass – Reliquaries

Season 10: Season of Infernal Chaos comes with new Reliquaries!

Reliquaries work like mini battle passes, but with way more freedom. Instead of being locked into a single track, you only unlock what you actually want. Each Reliquary costs Platinum, so if you are not into a specific theme, you can skip it entirely. No more wasting rewards on cosmetics you will never use.

There are four main Reliquaries this season:

• Infernal Chaos – Free for everyone. Includes Feathermane Mount, Feathermane’s Barding, and the Dark Horseman’s Door Town , weapon skins, gear cosmetics, and even some Platinum.
• Weapons – 200 Platinum. Packed with weapon skins for all classes.
• Beasts – 500 Platinum. Focused on mounts and pets.
• Armor – 800 Platinum. Loaded with armor sets for every class.

If you want it all, there is a bundle for 1,000 Platinum that unlocks the three premium Reliquaries in one go. You have more questions? Read our full guide on how the system works.

You can gain Favor tokens by playing the game, slaying monsters, and completing quests. Each Reliquary will offer you a piece of the Red Griffin armor set as bonus once you complete it.

You can also buy the Deluxe Battle Pass Bundle for 2,800 Platinum, which will give you access to:

• The Red Griffin armor set, immediate unlock for each Class
• Wings of the Red Griffin Back Trophy (with reactove effects)
• Angiris the Brave Pet
• Access to the Weapons, Beasts, and Armor Reliquaries

Season Journey

Just like in Diablo 3 and other similar ARPGs, seasons in Diablo 4 follow a familiar structure. Progress through chapters, fulfill various objectives, and unlock rewards to advance the season story. The ultimate goal is to complete all 7 chapters to unlock every reward. For guidance on which objectives to prioritize in order to successfully complete the Season Journey, check out our recommendations by clicking the link below!

The Season 10 Journey will reward players with a new pet, Pandora the Fox, a Resplendent Spark, and a set of gear optimized for one specific build per class.

Season Blessings and Smoldering Ashes

Another big reward from the season journey chapter objectives is Smoldering Ashes, a special currency used to unlock and boost Season Blessings. Furthermore, these blessings remain active for all your characters throughout the whole season. While the Season Blessings are shown below, you can have a more in-depth look at our comprehensive guide for more insights on Season Blessings by clicking on the following link:

Here are the Season Blessings coming with Season 10: Infernal Chaos:

• Urn of Reputation: Boosts the amount of Viz-Jaq’taar Veneration earned from all sources.
• Urn of Blazing Infernal: Chance to drop additional Infernal Compass that is guaranteed to be a Wave 10.
• Urn of Chaos Armor: Chance to drop a Chaos Armor from Greater Infernal Caches.
• Urn of Sustain: Boosts the duration of powers stolen from Chaos Monster Families (The powers stolen from Chaos Monster Families refers to the shrine-like buff granted form slaying Chaos Monster Brutes.)
• Urn of Chaos Nightmares: Chance to drop an additional Nightmare Dungeon Sigil from Helltide Chest that is guaranteed to have a “Chaos Rift” affix.

Seasonal Tips & Tricks

Diablo 4: Season 10, the Season of Infernal Chaos, introduces Infernal Hordes upgrades as well as Chaos Rifts, Perks and Armor, giving you the opportunity to improve and vary your builds and gameplay. If you are a seasoned veteran or a newcomer to the game, here are a few tips and tricks to help you make the most of this season.

• Chaos Perks and Chaos Armor: Make sure to check out your build guides and refer to the best Chaors Perks for your main skill, as well as the Chaos Amor that will fit and synergize with your gameplay.
• Infernal Hordes: Run through the rebalanced Infernal Hordes and start with Fleeting Hordes while leveling. In torment difficulty, make sure to trigger the special Chaos Waves to gain more Aether and end your run with fighting Bartuc to unlock your class’ Unique Chaos Perk and the chance to win Chaos Armor.
• Nightmare Dungeons: Run dungeons, and pay attention to Chaos Rifts and Strongroom portals. Complete the challenges to get the rewards, and potentially an Escalating Sigil. Escalating Nightmares is a great way to challenge yourself in endgame on the torment difficulty of your choice.
• Tempering and Masterworking are useful ways to make your gear even more powerful and complementary to your build. Adding Tempers to your items can boost your character power immensely, especially early on!
• Lair Bosses: Once you are max level, increase your difficulty to Torment and fight the Lair Bosses. They will reward you with Unique loot to complete your builds, and seasonal currency to use to upgrade your seasonal power.
• Infernal Hordes and The Pit are excellent replayable endgame content for greater gear and Masterworking materials.
• As with the previous seasons, it is likely that several builds will emerge as strong contenders for Season 10, each excelling in specific areas. Check out our respective Tier Lists for a closer look at which builds are exceptionally strong this time around.
  • Diablo 4 Build Tier Lists

If you are unsure of what to tackle during a new season, have a look at our suggested season checklist.