Blizzard Entertainment Inc.
05/11/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/11/2026 07:18
Prepare to fight in a Battle from Beyond the Stars
The Swarm descends upon Sanctuary in a crossover unlike any before.
From May 13 - June 10, the Battle for Beyond ignites, reshaping the battlefield with Zerg infestation, Protoss incursions, and Terran warfare. Face new threats, earn exclusive rewards, and harness the destructive power of the Swarm.
As with previous content updates, there will be server maintenance starting on May 12, from 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. PDT for Oceania, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Europe servers, and on May 13, from 1 a.m. - 3 a.m. PDT for servers in the Americas. After the maintenance has concluded, all items mentioned below will be live-specific dates for any features going live afterward are provided below.
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Aeon of Stars and Koprulu Arsenal
Dark Ascension: Face the Tal'Darim
Harness the Swarm with Baneboil
Increasing Battlegrounds Rewards
Combat Rating & Progression Adjustments
Aeon of Stars and Koprulu Arsenal
Log in during the event to instantly claim:
- A StarCraft-themed Avatar Frame
- Baneboil (2-Star Legendary Gem)
- A Kerrigan-inspired Weapon Transmog
By engaging in daily activities, defeating monsters, or challenging limited time dungeons, players earn points to advance progress in the Koprulu Arsenal event.
- Upon reaching milestones, you'll unlock a wide array of rewards, including:
- A StarCraft-themed Portal and Stickers
- Additional Kerrigan-inspired Weapon Transmogs
- Legendary and Set Items
The Aeon of Stars and Koprulu Arsenal events features four weeks of reward cycles, with additional milestone rewards granting Bound Empowered Immortal Keys and Immortal Keys.
Dark Ascension: Face the Tal'Darim
The Protoss arrive in force. During the Aeon of Stars event, players can face off two iconic units from StarCraft in a special limited-time Boss Fight!
Challenge the Tal'darim Templar and the Ascended Archon in a limited-time dungeon encounter featuring devastating psionic abilities and precision combat mechanics.
Join with up to four adventurers to clash with legendary RTS units reimagined for action RPG combat.
Entry requires challenge tickets, with special tasks awaiting those who dare stand against the Tal'Darim's shadowed might.
Infested Rifts
The Swarm corrupts Elder Rifts.
Enter rifts affected by a special affix that introduces Zerg enemies and a boss encounter with a Feral Hydralisk.
Players will also be granted the special ability of a Psionic Storm while in the rift. This special ability will place a field on the ground at random that will deal damage to enemies within.
Players can collect exclusive legendary weapons by completing the special Elder Rift. These items will have special affixes that cannot be transferred. If the item is destroyed, you will not be able to obtain the essence.
Battle for the Beyond
Engage in faction-driven warfare.
In this special version of the Conqueror mode, players will find special faction themed shrines across the map. Activating these shrines grants powerful combat orbs, each tied to a specific StarCraft faction:
- Stim Pack (Terran): Increases Attack Speed and Movement Speed by 30% for 8 seconds.
- Poison (Zerg): For a limited time, all attacks fire poison projectiles that apply a damage over time effect.
- Shields (Protoss): Grants a protective shield that lasts for a limited duration or until it absorbs a set amount of damage.
Only orbs matching the faction you selected before the match will drop during gameplay.
Conqueror will also feature weekly faction-based leaderboards, with players choosing their faction prior to each match and competing for ranking within that faction.
Permanent Update:
All players will have access to all eight gear slots. Players who have not yet unlocked the final two slots will have default gear automatically equipped in those slots.
Harness the Swarm with Baneboil
Dealing damage conjures three Banelings who roll towards enemies and explode, covering nearby enemies in acid for 2 seconds that deals damage equal to 10% of your base damage per second and increases the damage affected enemies take from you by 35%. Cannot conjure Banelings more than once every 6 seconds. You also deal 6% increased damage to enemies suffering a continual damage effect.
Channel the Queen of Blades
Ascend as Kerrigan reborn. Claim the power and presence of the Queen of Blades, commanding the Swarm with deadly precision through the limited-time Swarm Monarch Phantom Market cosmetic set.
StarCraft Crossover Familiars
Collect two new Familiar skins inspired by the StarCraft universe:
Immortal (Protoss)
A symbol of unwavering resolve. Fallen Protoss warriors live on within powerful warframes, continuing their eternal battle.
Zergling (Zerg)
Relentless and ferocious. When equipped, allows portable skills to be used without cooldown, enabling continuous combat pressure.
Sky's Veil
A shifting veil descends across Sanctuary, calling adventurers to prove their strength across a series of evolving challenges. Throughout the event, complete featured activities to earn progress and advance along a dedicated rewards track, unlocking a variety of valuable rewards along the way.
Participate in rotating limited-time activities to accumulate event progress and claim rewards through the Sky's Veil tracker. Each week introduces a new challenge, encouraging players to adapt and conquer different forms of chaos across Sanctuary.
Weekly Featured Activities
The following modes will rotate throughout the event, each contributing to your progress:
- May 13 - May 20: Survivor's Bane
- May 20 - May 27: Trial of the Hordes
- May 27 - June 3: Fractured Plane
- June 3 - June 10: Wild Brawl
Earn progress by engaging in these activities while they are active to maximize your rewards before the veil lifts.
Versatile Rings
Versatile Rings will become a permanent improvement to Ring Drops and no longer just a limited time event.
Following this update, all 3+2 and 3+3 quality Rings obtained through any means will feature a versatile socket, allowing Gems of any color to be socketed into them. The versatile socket is only available on newly acquired qualifying Rings.
Increasing Battlegrounds Rewards
We want to ensure that you feel that the time you're spending in Battlegrounds feels just as rewarding as the time you spend the open world of Diablo Immortal, so we're making an adjustment to the rewards!
We're increasing the rewards across the board by roughly 50-100% in some areas, like Gold and Gear Portions, adding Normal Gems (1 per run) to BG Participation, and giving a slight increase to the drop rate of more valuable gear.
Your first 3 Runs will still be the most rewarding, with a step down after those 3 runs, but both prize pools are getting a buff. Normal Gems earned in Battleground share the same cap as 4-Player Activities.
Monster Family Commanders
Monster Families stick together. Now, when you're facing an enemy pack made up of one monster family, there is a chance to spawn a commander who will organize their underlings to protect and attack in formation.
You'll need to take out the underlings before you're able to take on the Commander!
Combat Rating & Progression Adjustments
We're making changes intended to reduce system complexity and provide a more streamlined path to increasing power as you progress through Sanctuary.
- The Ancestral Tableau system has been removed.
- Defense of Cyrangar and Purge the Depths no longer grant Activity Points.
- Set Item Upgrades no longer grant Combat Rating.
- The Helliquary Upgrade system has been removed. Helliquary no longer provides Seeker Rating. All invested materials will be refunded.
- Players can access the Helliquary Reforge System without needing to fully max out levels.
- Demonic Remains no longer grant Combat Rating, but all other stats remain unchanged.
- Seeker's Path no longer grants Voidblood Slag and will now reward upgrade materials instead.
- When Paragon Level increases, players will now directly gain Combat Rating, Seeker Rating, and primary attributes.
- All stats, including Combat Rating previously tied to these systems, will now scale automatically with paragon Level progression.
- After the update, your actual Combat Rating will not be lower than before: the system will automatically compare the old and new values and apply the higher one.
Set Item Drop Rules Revision
After this update, at Hell 1 difficulty, players can obtain and craft all 16 set items.
The drop rate for each individual set item remains unchanged before and after the adjustment. However, now that all difficulties have the same amount of set items in their drop pool, the overall set item drop rate for lower difficulties is being increased to match the drop rate of higher difficulties.
Feature Updates
All Legendary gear reward selection screens have been updated with a Battle Pass-style layout featuring enhanced labels for easier comparison between owned and unowned items, and an added class selection dropdown.
The Cosmetics Backpack has been improved to make browsing and managing your collection more intuitive.
Quality-of-life improvements have been added for Ephemeral Treasure interactions. Players are now redirected directly to the Treasure activation screen after seasonal purchase. Tooltips now highlight other treasures within the same set. Reactivated Ephemeral Treasures now feature a distinct visual glow in the Inventory.
The Realm of Damnation and select previous main quest content now support Hell and Inferno Difficulty.
A new onboarding experience has been added to help players enter Battlegrounds more easily. At Level 46, first-time participation grants a Battleground Intro Quest. This Covers core rules, objectives, and flow of combat.
Bout of Realms Returns
The next Bout of Realms Tournament is coming soon! Registration takes place between May 27th and 31st, points matches will take place between June 1st and 6th, and the finals will take place between June 8th and 14th. Keep an eye out for more details coming next week!
Looking for the latest round of hotfixes and bug fixes implemented for Diablo Immortal? Check here for all-platform fixes-updated on Tuesdays.
- The Diablo Immortal Team
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