When is Diablo 3 Season 25? Season 24 end, theme, and more
Wondering whenDiablo3 Season 25 begins? Here’s everything we know about Season 24’s end date and this season’s theme.
Despite Blizzard’s Diablo 2 Remastergetting off to a pretty rocky start, the franchise’sthird installment, Diablo 3, remains as popular as ever.

Entering Season 25 just in time for Christmas, thefocal point of this chapter of the Diablo story are the all-new Soul Shards, which will allow players to upgrade their items like never before.
However, when does Diablo 3 Season 25 start? And when is Season 24’s end date? Here’s everything we know about the new update.

When does Diablo 3 Season 24 end?
Blizzard have confirmed that Diablo 3 Season 24 will end onDecember 5, 2021.
This means players may only have a few more weeks to farm this season’s Ethereal Weapons – a feature that is supposed to be constrained to Season 24. Despite fans claiming the enchanted items gave the game “new life,” we’ll have to wait and see if Blizzard adds them as permanent features.

⚔️ Hunt down the Ethereals you desire before they are lost to Darkness.
🛡 Diablo III’s Season 24 ends on December 5th.pic.twitter.com/iJ73YWpODs

— Diablo (@Diablo)August 25, 2025
Here’s when Season 24 ends by region:
When does Diablo 3 Season 25 start?
Diablo 3 Season 25 is set to begin onDecember 10, 2021.
Here’s when Season 25 starts by region:
Diablo 3 Season 25: Theme
Season 25 is aptly entitled “The Lords of Hell,” and will revolve around the new socketable items, the Soul Shards. These can be fitted into your items to give your character access to a new set of demonic powers inspired by the Prime Evils themselves.
Helmetscan be equipped with one of thethree prime evil shards, whereas weapons can be upgraded with one of thefour lesser evil shards. Each shard can be upgraded a total ofthreetimes using the season-exclusive Hellforge Ember.

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All of the shards are random drops, but you’re more likely to net them by defeating the game’s bosses – so get ready to take down Diablo’s minions once more!
Writing that “with the upcoming 25th Anniversary of the Diablo Franchise, we wanted players to delve into the darker side of the Nephalem’s past,” Blizzard notes that “in Season 25, players can embrace evil by infusing themselves with the essences of the Lords of Hell… By embodying a Prime and Lesser Evil, players will inflict new forms of pain and suffering on the demons of Sanctuary. We can’t wait for players to get their hands on Soul Shards to start unlocking their true power.”
Diablo 3 Season 25: All rewards
Cosmetic Rewards
Season 25 of Diablo 3 will reintroduce previous rewards from Season 13 for players who missed out on them the first time around.
These rewards include:
There will also be brand new cosmetic rewards for those complete the entirety of the new Season journey.
Journey Rewards
For the players who haven’t yet earned a total of five stash tabs will be able to unlock an extra one by finishing these tasks at the Conqueror tier:
Seasonal Conquests
In Diablo 3 Season 25, the following conquests from previous season will also be making a return:
Haedrig’s Gift
Last not but not least, you’ll also be able to obtain brand new class sets thanks to Haedrig’s Gift.
The available sets are as follows:
So that’s everything we know about Diablo 3 Season 25 so far! Be sure to check back as further updates emerge, but in the meantime stay awhile and read all of ourDiablo newsand guides:
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