Join the fight for Sanctuary in Diablo IV — the ultimate action-RPG with endless evil to slaughter, nightmarish dungeons, and legendary loot.
Difficulty Modes
2 modes · 8 tiersProgressive tiers with a scaling ladder, plus standalone modes. Each is catalogued by exactly what it does to your save.
StandardBase8 tiers · click a tier
Tier
XP
Gold
Player Armor
Resistances
Normal
+0%
+0%
—
—
Hard
+75%
+75%
—
—
Expert
+125%
+125%
—
—
Penitent
+175%
+175%
—
—
Torment I
+300%
+300%
-250
-25%
Torment II
+400%
+400%
-500
-50%
Torment III
+500%
+500%
-750
-75%
Torment IV
+600%
+600%
-1000
-100%
Torment IVBase · softcore
unlock: available_from_startMechanics
▪ Enemy Scaling — full
▪ Meta Progression — full
Modifiers · Torment IV
Experience+600%
Gold drop+600%
Player Armor-1000
Resistances-100%
Tier rules · apply from Torment I
▪ Automatic Salvage Torment I+ — Common, Magic and Rare equipment is automatically salvaged.
▪ Loot Quality Boost per Torment tier — Increased chance for Legendary, Unique and Mythic Unique items per Torment tier.
▪ Ancestral Items Torment I+ — Ancestral-quality items become available and scale per Torment tier.
▪ Chaos Armor Torment I+ — Chaos Armor can be found throughout Sanctuary.
Hardcorepermadeathtype: variant · is_hardcore: true
difficulty 9/10community 9.1
Death type
Character Deletion
Scope
Character
Persistence
Permanent
A character over level 10 is sent to the Hall of Fallen Heroes on death — permanently removed, with all inventory and equipped gear lost. Account-wide stash, Paragon and unlocks are retained.
Mechanics
▪ Permadeath — enabled
▪ Meta Progression — limited
▪ Enemy Scaling — full
Modifiers
▪ Scroll of Escape — rule · player · one-time
Derived genre:Roguelite-adjacentpermadeath + metaprogression ≠ none
Quick facts
DeveloperBlizzard Entertainment
Released2023-06-06
PlatformsPC · PS5 · PS4
Languages14
Metacritic86
User score2.6
ReviewsGenerally Favorable86% · 15k
Requires
Battle.netsoftware
Blizzard's launcher and online platform for games like Overwatch, Diablo, and World of Warcraft.
security: Minor breaches in the past; generally high security standards and two-factor authentication support.
Features
ControllerFull
Always onlineYes
MicrotransactionsYes
Split screenNo
LANNo
VRNo
HDRNo
SubscriptionNo
Community difficulty
Simple2
Easy10
Just Right82
Tough10
Unforgiving2
Play time
< 1 Hour2
~12 Hours2
~20 Hours8
~40 Hours11
~60 Hours13
>= 80 Hours52
Completion status
Tried It4
Played It13
Halfway12
Beat It59
Conquered It15
Community rating spread
Unplayable4
Bad4
Poor7
Playable7
Fair15
Good29
Great27
Outstanding15
Flawless10
Min. requirements
OS Windows 10 64-bit
CPU Intel Core i5-2500K / AMD FX-8350
GPU Nvidia GTX 660 / AMD Radeon R9 280
RAM 8 GB RAM
HDD 90 GB