Diablo 3: Season 28 is not far off as Season 27 has an end date

February 10, 2023

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The closer Diablo 4 comes, the longer the seasons of Diablo 3 last. With Season 27, Blizzard is already breaking its record, after all, the season already lasts over 20 weeks. Soon the long hike will be over, because we now know when we can most likely expect Season 28. And not only that, the season theme was also revealed in a blog entry. Particularly exciting: a kind of new skilltree for passive skills will be introduced.

We are collecting all known info around Season 28 of Diablo 3 in this article and will update the article regularly as new information becomes available.

Start times: When do we start?

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When does Season 28 start?

For a long time people were wondering when Season 28 would really start. After all, the current season has already lasted longer than all the previous ones. In the meantime, the start of Season 28 can be predicted quite well, even if Blizzard has still not given a concrete start date.
However, it was at least announced when the season will start its test run on the test server. According to this, you will be able to test the new patch and the new theme for the first time on 31 January 2023

When does it really start and when does Season 28 end?

According to the blog entry, this test phase will last for one week. After that, the season will officially start, which traditionally always happens on a Friday. However, it has now been announced () that Season 27 will remain active until 19 February The already extremely long season will therefore be a whole lot longer.

Since Season 28 won”t start until Season 27 is over, we don”t expect it to start until the end of February. The most likely date is currently as follows:

February 24, 2023

However, should the patch revisions take longer after the PT impressions, March 3 would also be conceivable.

When does Season 28 end?

This can”t be said reliably anymore, because Blizzard extends seasons in Diablo 3 quite regularly. Normally it should last about four months, but usually a season lasts about 18 to 20 weeks now. So expect Season 28 to come to an end between June and July 2023.

It may well be that Diablo 3 will fittingly end the Season in June, just before the release of Diablo 4.

What is the season theme?

Diablo 3”s new season theme is called Rites of Sanctuary and it actually sounds very, very exciting. After all, it basically introduces a new talent tree. To be more precise, it is an altar in the Festering Woods. You can visit this altar with your Nephalem and unlock new bonuses, provided you make an appropriate sacrifice.

This altar of rites has a total of 26 seals and three legendary potion powers that you can unlock gradually. Once an ability has been unlocked, it will be active for the entire season and will affect all of your characters. The skill tree shows that you can choose many paths:

These bonuses unlock the seals:

A	Your killstreak timers will last longer and rewards will be doubled.
B	Fountains of Reflection bonuses are in effect for the entire season and are not removed by your demise.
C	Items no longer have a level limit.
D	You deal +200 damage.
E	You take 25% less damage from bullets.
F	Your speed increases by 25 percent (unlimited).
G	Damage against elite monsters is increased by 15 percent.
H	Healing Orbs give you a shield that stays for seven seconds and absorbs 5 percent of your maximum life. Can stack a maximum of five times.
I	You take 25% less damage from melee attacks.
J	Your highest elemental skill damage is increased by 10 percent.
K	Damage against elite monsters is increased by 20 percent.
L	You do +10 percent damage.
M	Double your Breath of Death drops.
N	Critical Hit generate: 15 mana, 5 hate, 5 anger, 3 arcane power, 3 rage, 5 mind power and 5 essence.
O	Bounties cast twice as many bounty dice.
P	Progress orbs from Nephale Portals and Great Nephale Portals are automatically collected.
Q	Elite monsters do 25 percent less damage.
R	You deal +15 percent more damage.
S	You are immune to crowd control effects.
T	You can run through enemies.
U	Pets collect breath of death.
V	Elite groups drop an extra progress ball.
W	You do 25 percent more damage to bosses.
X	Pets collect and recycle common, magical and rare items.
Y	You increase the chance to dodge by 15 percent.
Z	You double the chance of finding a legendary item purchased from Kadala.
Potion AA	When you drink a healing potion, a rune circle manifests on the ground, allowing you to deal more damage, reduce cooldowns or lower resource costs.
Potion AB	When you drink a healing potion, all enemies within 25 yards do 25% less damage.
Potion AC	When you drink a healing potion, you get a random shrine or pylon effect.
AD	When an archaic item drops, a second archaic item will also drop.

How to unlock the skills?

(The Wings of Terror are your reward for making thousands of sacrifices at the altar.)

The exact costs are in the following table:

1	10 Recyclable parts
2	1 Flawless Diamond (or better), 15 Arcane Dust, 20 Recyclable Parts
3	1 Large Portal Key, 10 Breath of Death
4	Some class specific set helmet
5	20 Forgotten Souls, 10 Runes of Khandura, 10 Nightshade from Caldeum, 10 Tapestry from Arreat , 10 Corrupted Angel Flesh, 10 Holy Water from Westmark
6	1 Leoric”s Regret, 1 Vial of Rot, 1 Idol of Terror, 1 Heart of Evil
7	Wrap of the Soul Harvester
8	30 Forgotten Souls
9	1,100 Blood Shards
10	1 Flawless Royal Ruby, 20 Breath of Death, Ring of Royal Splendour
11	1 Flawless Royal Samarag, 30 Runes of Khandura, 30 Nightshade of Caldeum, 30 Tapestry of Arreat, 30 Corrupted Angel Flesh, 30 Holy Water of Westmark
12	20 Great Portal Key 1 Ramaladni”s Gift
13	1,300 Blood Shards
14	Strangled Scream
15	Challenge Portal Bag
16	250 Forgotten Souls
17	1,400 Blood Shards
18	Old Hellfire Amulet
19	Tormenting Questions
20	Old Wicker Ring, 50 Runes of Khandura, 50 Nightshade from Caldeum, 50 Tapestry from Arreat, 50 Corrupted Angel Flesh, 50 Holy Water from Westmark
21	500 Breath of Death, 300 Forgotten Soul
22	1,500 Blood Shard
23	Whispers of Repentance Rank 125
24	Some improved ancient weapon
25	Shepherd”s staff
26	1,600 Blood Shard
Potion 1	55 Primordial Ashes
Potion 2	110 Primordial Ashes
Potion 3	165 Primordial Ashes

Primordial Ashes is a brand new resource that you can sacrifice at the altar. You can use archaic items at the blacksmith and get 55 Primordial Ashes for them. You can also use the ashes to try out a new recipe in Kanai”s cube.

Which sets will be given away?

As with every season, you will be given a set for your character as part of your seasonal journey in Season 28, called the Gift of Haedrig. Since these sets rotate in a fixed order, we know which sets it is this time:

(Click Here to See complete patch notes of patch 2.7.5.)

Diablo 3: Season 28 is not far off as Season 27 has an end date

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Start times: When do we start?

When does Season 28 start?

When does it really start and when does Season 28 end?

When does Season 28 end?

What is the season theme?

These bonuses unlock the seals:

How to unlock the skills?

Which sets will be given away?

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