Diablo 4 Will Have a Pinnacle Boss for Its Endgame

Blizzard Entertainment has heard its players' cries.

The popular video game developer recently mentioned that Diablo 4 would have a proper endgame; it wouldn't be an endless video game for players anymore.

Blizzard has Diablo 4 set for release on June 6 for the PC, PlayStations 4 and 5, the Xbox One, and the Xbox Series X|S.

Diablo 4 Endgame Details

Diablo 3 players are familiar with its endgame content, which involves going through various repeatable activities that make it playable forever or for as long as its servers hold. According to Screen Rant, these activities include bounties, also known as a player's dailies, Nephalem Rifts that lets players slay all manner of monstrosities for loot, and seasons, which have players use a level 1 character with no equipment to obtain pets, cosmetics, and armor sets.

Despite the rewards these activities provide, Diablo 3 players have grown tired of the grind since it isn't good endgame content - it can last forever, and sometimes the loot just isn't worth the effort anymore when their characters are too overpowered to go up against anything.

Blizzard heard players' complaints about Diablo 3's endgame content, and it seems they did listen to them. According to Joe Piepiora in his interview with GamesRadar, Diablo 4 "is not intended to be played forever," and players will get to enjoy the content that lets them push themselves and see how far they can take their build instead of "trying to reach some endless grind of rewards as time goes on beyond level 10."

Once players finish the campaign, unlock the capstone dungeon, finished the capstone dungeon to unlock the next world tier difficulty setting, and the ones after that, players will eventually face Diablo 4's actual final boss, per PC Gamer.

Piepora said that players with characters at level 100 could face a pinnacle boss encounter that provides players with an "extraordinarily challenging" fight, giving them an ultimate goal to end their playthrough on a satisfying high note. He also mentioned that the game expects players to have mastered everything that is to know about their character, like their class, build, and have maximized everything they could possibly think about before facing its de facto final boss.

Diablo 4 Details

Diablo 4 will have three starting classes for players to choose from, will all three offering a level of customization in terms of their physical appearances: the barbarian, sorceress, and druid. Barbarians focus more on strength and vitality to dish out attacks and take them, while sorceresses use their intelligence to cast magic-based attacks and spells.

Meanwhile, the druid class, a returning class from Diablo 2 and its expansion, has the ability to change from being a human to being werewolf or werebear forms. He can also cast earth- and storm-based spells.

The game will revolve around an open-world map made up of five distinct regions - Kehjistan, Hawezar, Scosglen, The Fractured Peaks, and the Dry Steppes.

Last but not least is the game's plot: instead of going up against one of the Prime Evils or all three of them, Diablo 4 has players go up against the mother of all creation in Sanctuary: Lilith.