Diablo 4 will change forever in Season 4, but you don’t have to wait to try it

Season 4 brings huge new changes to Diablo 4 in May, but you can access the Diablo 4 PTR right now and test them out.

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Diablo 4 Season 4 will be seismic shift in the game as we know it. With sweeping itemization changes and intricate crafting systems, Bllizzard is completely overhauling the endgame. This isn’t a change the developers are taking lightly, astodaylaunched the Public Test Realm (PTR) for PC players to fully test what Blizzard has in store.Everything from the new loot stats, Tempering and Masterwork systems, and the new Helltide mechanics all detailed in the latest Campfire Chat are available right now to play for 8 whole days. All this along with pages upon pages of class balancing changes are implemented as per thePatch 1.4.0.

How do I access Diablo 4 PTR?

You’ll need to own Diablo 4 or have Xbox Game Pass and be using a PC to access the Diablo 4 PTR. It’s not currently available for console users.

If you are an Xbox Game Pass player on PC, you can access the PTR through the Xbox app and follow the same steps above.

Can I skip the campaign in Diablo 4 PTR?

Community Manager Adam Fletcher put out a forum post earlier to let us know that unfortunately in the PTR ‘Skip Campaign’ is not functioning, but you’ll only have to play through the Prologue.Once you reach Kyovoshad, there is an NPC by the waypoint who will give you the option to skip to level 100 and bypass the campaign. You’ll want to do this to test all of the new endgame content. The devs are working on a client patch to fix this later.There will be boosting options to enable testers to test everything fully.

All of these materials are available per character, so you are encouraged to create different characters and classes to fully test the build. Nothing from the PTR will be carried over to your main game.

What can I test in the Diablo 4 PTR?

Diablo 4 Patch 1.4.0 will be the most colossal change to Diablo 4 as we know it so far,  with itemization reworks, new crafting systems, class balancing and even the ability to zoom out. All of the changes were detailed in the lastDiablo 4 Campfire Chatbut to summarize, you can expect:

All of this, and more can be seen in thePatch 1.4.0 notesand the only thing we won’t be able to test is the actual Season 4 theme which hasn’t been announced yet. The changes you get to play today will apply to both Seasonal and Eternal Realms and are aimed at improving the whole game for all players, not just seasonal.

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Known current PTR issues

There have already been some issuesaddressed by the developersat the start of the PTR that you’ll need to be aware of, and these do not need to be notified to the developer team.Tempering

Masterworking

Helltides

The Pit

Codex of Power

General issues

How to provide feedback on Diablo 4 PTR

Diablo 4’s first ever PTR is only live for 8 days, but boosting your character instantly to 100 means you can get through a bulk of the content straight away and feedback the results to Blizzard. Player feedback will be instrumental to crafting the final version of the changes which go live to PC and console on May 14.You can use the in game feedback tool to report issues and constructive feedback to the developers. Press the ESC key to access the ‘Report a bug’ menu, and use the dropdown filter to select the ‘in-game feedback tool’. Alternatively,join the official Diablo 4 forumsand provide feedback there.

Jen is a News Writer for Windows Central, focused on all things gaming and Microsoft. Anything slaying monsters with magical weapons will get a thumbs up such as Dark Souls, Dragon Age, Diablo, and Monster Hunter. When not playing games, she’ll be watching a horror or trash reality TV show, she hasn’t decided which of those categories the Kardashians fit into. You can follow Jen on Twitter@Jenbox360for more Diablo fangirling and general moaning about British weather.