Diablo 4 Season 5 Is Getting A Vampire Survivors-Inspired Game Mode
Diablo 4 Season 5 will introduce a new Vampire Survivors-inspired roguelite game mode on August 6 where players will face off against waves of enemies while selecting “boons and banes” between each wave.
In the latest Diablo 4 Campfire Chat, Blizzard revealed players are going back to Hell for Season 5, where the new Infernal Hordes activity will take place. The mode is focused on delivering a density of monsters, Blizzard said, where players will battle against huge waves of enemies. Between waves, players will select a boon and a bane that will persist for the rest of the run, with boons granting players powerful buffs while banes will grant negative effects. Surviving enough waves will culminate in a boss encounter against members of The Fel Council, resurrected versions of enemies players may remember from Diablo 2.
Blizzard is promising some pretty lucrative rewards for Infernal Hordes, which will be accessible starting in World Tier 3 and will have a total of eight difficulties to choose from. Over the course of a run, players will earn a currency used to unlock rewards from various chests at the end. In addition to new Unique items that will be earnable only from the activity, players will be able to open a chest that has a 100% chance to drop an item with one Greater Affix.