Smoldering Ashes No Longer Level Locked in Diablo 4 Season 6

Diablo IV Posted 2024/10/06 at 2:00 PM by Jezartroz

Patch 2.0.1/2.0.2 Vessel of Hatred Notes

How Smoldering Ashes are acquired has been updated

We’ve removed the character level requirement on those tiers and implemented a new system where Smoldering Ashes can only be unlocked with Earned Favor.
Earned Favor is all the Favor you earn in-game by killing monsters, completing quests, and engaging with the Season Journey.

It does not include Favor awarded for anything outside of playing the game (tier skips).

Developer’s Note: These changes to Smoldering Ashes continue to ensure those who use Tier Skips cannot gain access to the benefits of Smoldering Ashes any sooner than players who don’t. You will also be able to claim and use Smoldering Ashes as soon as you’ve earned enough Favor—no more waiting around for your character to reach the level requirement. There’s a new icon on the Battle Pass reward track that displays your Earned Favor progress, so you’ll know exactly how far you are from unlocking your next Smoldering Ashes.

Comment by SilverDragon234Good change.Comment by JoshmaulAbout bloody time.Comment by martin4444It's whatever. I always put the Exp bonus things after everything else is filled in anyway. I hate the new faster leveling system. Now for leveling alts I feel a bit different, that can be a bit faster but at that point the battle pass is already filled in 100% and max exp bonus awarded so that happens naturally anyway.Comment by DetambleEveryone who knows the game, and reads the headline but does NOT read the article, would think that this means PTW is enabled. Wowhead, could you please do better? A better, non-misleading headline would be, "Smoldering Ashes Require Earned Favor to unlock instead of Levels in Diablo 4 Season 6" or maybe "New system for unlocking Smoldering Ashes unveiled in Diablo 4 Season 6".

Sorry if this comes off as combative. But so many gamers who don't play the game already think that the tier skips are pay to win, even though they never have been. Blizzard did such a bad job explaining/designing it, and I don't want the community to make it even worse.