Diablo Immortal Previews Tomorrow's Packed Major Update, The Writhing Wilds

The Writhing Wilds, Diablo Immortal’s next major update, drops tomorrow and this is a packed one with a new main quest and zone, the first-ever new Battlegrounds map, new crafting system, Familiar improvements, and much more.

The update will go live by tomorrow in all regions, with downtime beginning tonight. When it's live, The Writhing Wilds main quest will introduce you to the Sharval Wilds, a new zone plagued by a mysterious disturbance. Nothing new for Diablo adventurers, as you’ll get to find out just what’s going on. A new enemy, Fey, are hungry nature spirits that have been carrying people off in the woods. The woods have also been acting strange, with reports of twisting and warping within. Team up with druids and witches, the forest’s guardians, to figure out what's going on and try to help Sharval’s people before they look elsewhere.

The update also introduces a new 8v8 Battlegrounds map, Battleground Convoy. Designed as a symmetrical arena, it’s intended to be more balanced. In three five-minute max rounds, two teams will have to carry a Zealous Idol from their starting zone into the enemy's starting zone. Disrupt your enemy and protect your idol, and decide if the Guardians in the center are worth the risk to defeat for the bonus they give your team. The new map will be available from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. server time in the original Battleground map will be available from 9:00 p.m. to midnight.

A new system lets you gather ore to give you more power to customize powerful gear crafting. Gather or and you can craft legendary items with at least two attributes and two affixes, with one Class-Specific Magic Attribute. With an additional resource, you can choose what that Class-Specific Magic Attribute is. To top it off, the team has added five of those attributes for each class, for 13 options.

The update will also bring a new Phantom Market,  a new limited time event,  Omens of Plenty, returning events, including an overhauled Fractured Plane, and new Legendary Gems. Familiars get some needed overhauls to make them more useful and even more viable in PvP. 

This is a big update with a lot of changes, including tweaks to features, in addition to overhauled and updated events. There are also balance changes, and class items. Full details, including launch dates for all features, are in the update preview.