Just in time for the Lunar New Year, Blizzard has revealed the Diablo 4 Lunar Awakening event, which kicks off Feb. 6 on all platforms. Read on for the event details, new cosmetics and more.
Diablo 4 Lunar Awakening Event Details:
Start: Feb. 6, 2024 at 10 am PT/1 pm ET/2 am HKT
Ends: Feb. 20, 2024 at 10 am PT/1 pm ET/2 am HKT
- A new hub is located in the Northern section of Ked Bardu, where you will meet Ying-Yue, the leader of the Lunar Night Market, and redeem your Ancestor’s Favor reputation for extravagant Lunar Renewal-themed rewards.
- Lunar Shrines are located throughout Sanctuary in both dungeons and the overworld. Activate them and slay monsters to earn Ancestor’s Favor reputation.
- Lunar Shrines function similarly to typical Shrines but with added bonus effects. Enemies will also spawn immediately after activating the Lunar Shrine.
- Nightmare Dungeon sigils can have an Ancestor’s Favor dungeon affix, which guarantees only Lunar Shrines will spawn for that dungeon. You will also receive a 10% bonus Glyph XP once the Dungeon is complete.
- You can earn a total of 10 Ancestor’s Favor reputation levels and unlock six different Lunar-themed rewards.
LUNAR SHRINES AND ANCESTORS FAVOR
Lunar Shrines are coursing with a mysterious and immense power. Celebrators of the Lunar Awakening believe this power to be the returning spirits of our ancestors, adorned to mark the special occasion. During the Lunar Awakening, some Shrines have been replaced with Lunar Shrines, with an updated appearance to match the festivities! Lunar Shrines function similarly to typical Shrines; but they have been augmented for an extra punch to celebrate this festive event.
Lunar Shrines provide an exciting bonus effect on top of their regular Shrine power, the Lunar Shrine effects are listed below.
Augmented Lunar Shrine Effects:
- Artillery Shrine – Casts have a chance to summon a holy bomb.
- Blast Wave Shrine – Each explosion summons a cluster bombardment.
- Channeling Shrine- Increased attack speed and chance to reset cooldowns.
- Conduit Shrine – Summon frequent, powerful, shocking strikes.
- Greed Shrine – Chance to summon a Treasure Goblin. While the Shrine is active, 25 kills summons a Treasure Goblin, and 50 kills summons a second.
- Lethal Shrine – Chance to instantly execute a struck monster, causing Fear on surrounding monsters. Note: this includes Elites, but excludes Bosses and other Players.
- Protection Shrine – You reflect all incoming damage. Damage reflected scales with Level and World Tier.
On top of these powerfully amplified effects, Miserly spirits spawn immediately when a Lunar Shrine is activated, allowing you to immediately capitalize on the Shrines’ specific gameplay augmentation.
Diablo 4 Lunar Awakening Rewards:
There are 10 Ancestor’s Favor reputation levels in total to earn, and 6 different Lunar themed cosmetic rewards to unlock. Lunar Awakening themed garments will also be available in Tejal’s shop, materializing to adorn your wanderer in threads befitting this joyous occasion.
Chances are, this new event will be initiated by a title update, and once it’s live, we’ll be sure to let our readers know. Speaking of which, in case you didn’t know, a client-side patch was released for Diablo 4 last week.