Blizzard today announced further changes coming to Delves in Season 2:
- Curio upgrades have been revamped and obtaining a curio upgrade will now always advance a curio’s rank by 1 regardless of the completed Delves tier. It will no longer be possible to obtain a Rank 4 curio without having obtained its’ previous rank.
- Two new treasure chests have been added to Delves. Defeating the Underpin’s minions will spawn a Nemesis Strongbox in the Treasure Room. This chest can be upgraded.
- Players are now guaranteed to receive a Delver’s Bounty after completing enough Delves, but the cap is 1 per week per character.
- The following changes were made to gearing:
- T6 Bountiful Delves will reward Veteran 2/8 gear.
- T8+ Bountiful Delves will reward Champion 2/8 gear.
- Tier 8 Great Vault slot awards Hero 1/7 gear.
- A T11 Bountiful Delve Treasure Room contains a Gilded Stash that can be looted 3 times a week per character, for 7 Giulded Crests.
- Brann’s level cap has been raised to 80. Brann will retain his levels transitioning into Season 2.
Today, we have several Season 2 updates to Delves:
- To make curio collecting a more longform and hopefully engaging experience, obtaining a curio upgrade will always advance a curio’s rank by 1 regardless of the completed Delves tier. It will no longer be possible to obtain a Rank 4 curio without having obtained its’ previous ranks in order. Players will still need to best higher Delve tiers to unlock higher curio ranks. To help balance this, curio upgrades can now also be obtained from a Delve’s Heavy Trunk, and using a Restored Coffer Key on a Bountiful Coffer guarantees a curio to drop.
- Players will now be guaranteed to earn a Delver’s Bounty after completing enough Delves, however only one Delver’s Bounty can be earned per character per week.
- Two new treasure chests have been added to delves.
- The Underpin’s powerful underlings can be found inside tier 4 Delves and above. Defeating a group of these enemies will spawn a new chest, the Nemesis Strongbox, at the end of the Delve. Each subsequent underlings group slain will upgrade the chest by 1 rank. Its rewards depend on how many underling groups you’ve defeated (up to 4), with higher Delve tiers housing a larger number of underling groups.
- A tier 11 bountiful Delve treasure room now contains a Gilded Stash that can be looted 3 times a week per-character, for 7 Gilded Crests. This should help give players a way to continue progressing their power beyond the limits that were setup during Season 1.
- To smooth out item-level progression and grant more opportunities for players to gain power beyond the tier 8 Delve item level cap, we’ve made the following changes:
- Item Levels
- Tier 6 Bountiful Coffers will now reward Veteran 2/8 equipment.
- Tier 8 and above Bountiful Coffers will now reward Champion 2/8 equipment.
- A Tier 8 Great Vault slot will now reward Hero 1/6 equipment.
- Crest Quantities:
- The number of Crests earned from Tier 4 Delves and above has been increased.
- Delve Tiers 9 and above now grant an increasing number of Runed Crests, up to 13 per tier 11 Delve completed if you fully upgrade the Nemesis Strongbox.
- Delver’s Bounties now grant an increased number of Crests, up to 10 Gilded Crests for completing a tier 11 Delve.
- Item Levels
- We’re increasing Brann’s level cap from 60 to 80, and increasing leveling speed throughout earlier levels. Your Brann will retain his Season 1 level going into season 2.
For more changes being made to Brann and Delves, see the development notes here.
We look forward to your feedback!
