Diablo III Season 39: Shades of the Nephalem Notes (20th Jun

Season 39 kicks off June 26, and Blizzard's bringing back the shadow clone mechanic that first appeared in Season 22. Activate a Shrine or Pylon and you'll spawn a class-specific shadow that fights alongside you for a minute, scaling to your character's power. It's a fun way to add flexibility to builds without breaking the bank on gear swaps.

The bigger structural change is Kanai's Cube getting a fourth slot. You can't stack it with the first three, but it opens up build variety, especially for players who've been tight on cube choices. Cosmetically, Season 15's Conqueror Set returns alongside new pets and portrait frames, and if you haven't hit five stash tabs yet, the Conqueror tier rewards include one more.

The Conquest rotation brings back Sprinter (campaign speedrun), Avarice (gold streak), Boss Mode, The Thrill (no set items), and Masters of the Universe (Set Dungeons). Look for the full breakdown of which class sets Haedrig's Gift will hand out below.

Sanctuary needs you to answer its call for aid in Season 39: Shades of the Nephalem. Starting on June 26 at 5 p.m. PDT/CET/KST, Nephalem can harness the power of the Shades of the Nephalem theme, which first debuted with Season 22. For an in-depth look at what’s coming, take a gander below.

Seasonal Journey

Season Theme

Season Cosmetic Rewards

Season Journey Rewards

Seasonal Conquest

Haedrig’s Gift

Season Theme

The shadows, they are moving, and they seem… animated. Like they have a will of their own. Whatever this trickery is, perhaps you can use it to your advantage. Let’s see what the demons say when you fight side by side with your own shadow!

Shadows of the Past: Activating a Shrine/Pylon will spawn in a shadow clone of your class, who will come with a randomly chosen 1 of 3 predetermined builds. This clone's power will scale with your character and will last for 1 minute (unless your character dies). See this article for the shadow clone variations that can spawn when activating.

Kanai’s Cube: Kanai’s Cube will have a fourth slot this season. This fourth slot will have the choices of the first 3 slots but will not stack with any of them, providing additional flexibility to your build.

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Season Cosmetic Rewards

For Season 39, this means awards originally available from Season 15 are returning. In addition to the Chest and Glove slots of the exclusive Conqueror Set, a series of portrait frames themed around the struggle of the Eternal Conflict will be available. For the eager cosmetic pet collectors, Belphegor is keen to keep a grip on your coin as it accompanies you on your adventures across Sanctuary!

As in past seasons, two new End of Journey cosmetic rewards will be obtainable during Season 39. Stand hand-in-hand against demonic threats with the Corvus Cadaverous pet and emphasize your cerebral nature with the Laurels of Knowledge portrait.

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Season Journey Rewards

If you’ve been diligently slaying demons for the past few Seasons and reached Conqueror in the Season Journey each time, you’ve surely accrued a few extra stash tabs by now. But players who have not yet earned a total of five stash tabs via the Season Journey can still unlock an additional one by completing the following tasks at the Conqueror tier:

Finish a level 70 Nephalem Rift on Torment XIII difficulty within five minutes.
Level three Legendary Gems to level 55.
Complete two Conquests this Season.
Kill Malthael at level 70 in one minute and 30 seconds on Torment XIII difficulty.
Slay Greed on Torment XIII difficulty.
Reach Greater Rift level 60 Solo.
Use Kanai’s Cube to augment an Ancient Legendary item with a level 50+ gem.
Use Kanai’s Cube to reforge a Legendary item.

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Seasonal Conquest

Speaking of Conquests, we’re rotating those, too! Returning for Season 39 is Sprinter/Speed Racer, where you’re challenged to complete all of Diablo III’s campaign from Act I to Act V at level 70 in under one hour! Next, we have Avarice/Avaritia, where all that glitters is gold—that is, if you can complete a 50 million gold streak outside of The Vault or its Inner Sanctum. Boss Mode/Worlds Apart is a different kind of race; destroy all the bosses in Diablo III at max level on Torment X before your 20-minute timer ends! A fan-favorite for those who enjoy unconventional builds, The Thrill/Superhuman requires completion of a Greater Rift level 45 to be completed Solo, but without any Set items equipped. Finally, Masters of the Universe/Masters of Sets stretches your class set knowledge by requiring a Mastery Rank completion of eight different Set Dungeons; get ready to start collecting!

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Haedrig’s Gift

Finally, the Class Sets available for completing certain chapters in the Season Journey courtesy of Haedrig’s Gift have rotated once more. We’ve listed the available Sets below. For those new to Seasons, here’s how it works:

Completing Chapters 2, 3, and 4 of the Season Journey will reward you with three of Haedrig’s Gifts. Each Gift contains a few pieces from one of your Class Sets. Players can only unlock one Class Set in this manner per Season across Hardcore and Non-Hardcore, so choose wisely!

The set you will receive depends on the Class of the character you’re playing when you open each Haedrig’s Gift. To collect a full Class Set, you’ll need to open all three on the same character.

Here are the sets granted by Haedrig’s Gift in Season 39: