Blizzard confirmed during today’s developer update that the Tower, Diablo 4’s new leaderboard challenge, will not be available when Season 11 starts. Instead, the mode is coming with the mid-season patch as the first step of a long-term feature rollout.
The Tower Launches as a Beta Feature
During the livestream, Blizzard described the Tower as a Beta feature. This is the first version of the system, and they want it to grow over multiple seasons based on player feedback. The goal is to tune the rules, enemy layouts, pacing, and rewards together with the community instead of locking the mode in too early.
This also means players should expect regular adjustments once the Tower is live.
Tower and Pit Are Too Similar for Now
The developers mentioned that the Tower and the Pit currently share too many similarities. Both are timed, both are combat-focused, and both push players upward through scaling difficulty. Blizzard wants the two systems to feel more distinct in the future.
They also stated that the Pit itself still needs changes, so both endgame paths will continue to evolve over time.
Coming Mid-Season, Not on Day One
Season 11 will launch without the Tower. Players will level, push their builds, and run the Pit as usual, but the Tower will only unlock once the mid-season update arrives. Leaderboards will begin at the same time.
Blizzard will share more details closer to release, but for now, the official message is that the Tower is coming, just not on day one, and this first version is only the beginning.
How the Tower Unlocks Once It Arrives
When the mid-season patch releases, you can unlock the Tower by completing Rank 2 of your Season Rank. The entrance is found at the Obelisk in Cerrigar, and you can run it at any difficulty you have already opened through the Pit.
Lastly, Blizzard also pointed out a few changes they made after PTR testing, including removing some problematic bosses and letting the Tower unlock new difficulty tiers on its own:
Ascend the Tower and Leaderboards (Beta)
Since the PTR, we’ve made the change that The Tower can now unlock Difficulty Tiers on its own. Additionally, we’re removing a few bosses which have problematic behavior. Specifically, the Vampire boss wraith, and the Fallen Shaman Boss Sower of Decay.
For more details on Tower gameplay, you can read more here.
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