The wave-based Infernal Hordes endgame activity was introduced with Season 5 and it was a big hit! Players flocked to it and it soon became the only place to get some really great rewards, completely overshadowing the Pit. Blizzard are making some drastic changes to the activity in Season 6 and Vessel of Hatred, so let’s take a look.
Infernal Compass Changes
Compasses can no longer be crafted and will only appear in Torment difficulties. You’ll need to be level 60 and clear various Pit level requirements to access the 4 Torment difficulties, starting with 20 for T1. The new Compasses are rare drops from the 4 hardest difficulties in the game. They are meant to be more rewarding but not quite so frequent, since they’re no longer the core activity of the season. So, no more inventory spam!
The difficulty of the activity is now purely based on the difficulty you’re playing on as well. Revives have also been revised and are now permanently set to 4 for all Infernal Hordes runs. Meanwhile, the number of waves of a horde will be randomly determined on each Compass drop.
Less Chest Headaches and Better Loot
The end-of-run chests have undergone significant changes, with some of them even being removed! The Equipment and Item chests are no more, as they were no longer necessary. The tedium of some of the chests has also been removed, as Materials chests now also consume all Aether, just like the Gold ones, granting greater rewards the more Aether is put in.
Greater Chest of Equipment is now much more expensive, costing 200 Aether (from 60). However, it will also be much more rewarding! It has a guaranteed Ancestral Legendary! And don’t forget, the new Ancestrals always have one guaranteed Greater Affix and are always maximum item level (800).
Other Important Loot
One of the key items added to the loot list for Infernal Hordes is the new Scroll of Restoration. It replenishes an item’s Tempering charges. Another change to the loot system is that the Council now drops guaranteed Legendary items with Infernal Hordes affixes.
That’s about it for the changes coming on Tuesday! So get ready to gear up for Torment and get some Compass drops, as the Hordes are looking to be more rewarding than ever!
