With the arrival of Diablo 4’s Season 8: Belial’s Return, you now get to experience another Seasonal Questline and face new challenges.
As always, the difficulty of the game will affect the different rewards that you will get, with higher tiers providing better loot.
To sum things up and keep you up to date with the different difficulty settings, we have prepared a summary of all the difficulty settings for Season 8.
All Season 8 Difficulties and Level Details
Normal
Gather your strength. (For new and returning players)
- This is the standard Diablo IV experience
Hard
Hell has awoken. (For experienced Diablo players)
- Monster kills grant 75% more Experience
- Monsters drop 75% more Gold
Expert
The hordes amass (For skilled Diablo IV players that have acquired several Legendary items)
- Monster kills grant 125% more Experience
- Monsters drop 125% more Gold
Penitent
Repent your sins. (For players that have mastered Diablo IV and have acquired several legendary items that have been enhanced by Tempering.
- Monster kills grant 175% more Experience.
- Monsters drop 175% more Gold
Torment I
Test your mettle. (For characters with the highest level of skill and equipment enhanced by Tempering and Masterworking)
- At the start of Diablo IV’s Endgame, new activities and items become available.
- Monster kills grant 300% more Gold and Experience
- Common, Magic and Rare equipment is automatically salvaged
- Ancestral quality items become available
- Unveiler’s Oath reputation and Spectral Ash earned is increased
- Your Armor is reduced by 250 and Resistances by 25%
Torment II
The fires burn hotter. (For the most skilled and powerful wanderers of Sanctuary)
- Monster kills grant 400% more Gold and Experience
- Increased Legendary, Unique, and Mythic Unique items per Torment tier
- Unveiler’s Oath reputation and Spectral Ash earned is increased further
- Your Armor is reduced by 500 and Resistance by 50%
Torment III
Abandon all hope. (For the most skilled and powerful wanderers of Sanctuary)
- Monster kills grant 500% more Gold and Experience
- Increased Legendary, Unique, and Mythic Unique items per Torment tier
- Unveiler’s Oath reputation and Spectral Ash earned is increased further
- Your Armor is reduced by 750 and Resistance by 75%
Torment VI
The abyss stares back. (For the most skilled and powerful wanderers of Sanctuary)
- Monster kills grant 600% more Gold and Experience
- Increased Legendary, Unique, and Mythic Unique items per Torment tier
- Unveiler’s Oath reputation and Spectral Ash earned is increased further
- Your Armor is reduced by 1000 and Resistance by 100%
How To Change Difficulty?
To change the difficulty, head to any of the statues that are marked on your map with the “Select Difficulty” icon.
One of the most popular places to do this would be in Kyovoshad but there are other places as well such as in Cerrigar or the Kurast Bazaar.
Verdict
When starting, it is often recommended to be on Normal or Hard so that you can quickly progress and gain some levels to become stronger before moving up.
For those who can handle higher difficulties, resorting to them early on will allow you to progress a bit faster and get better gear but this can later be difficult if you are not ready.
Hitting at least Torment I as soon as possible is the best thing to do as everything exciting in the game often begins from this point.
