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Season of the Malignant has brought with it Diablo 4's first Battle Pass. As with most other live-service games, players can progress their Battle Pass reward track by completing a series of challenges tailored for the current season.
Increasing your Battle Pass rank will require you to complete your Season Journey, a progression system that rewards you with new Legendary Aspects, reward caches, and Battle Pass Favor as you complete each chapter. This guide will explain how the Seasonal Journey system works, its rewards, and showcase every challenge tied to all seven chapters in Season of the Malignant's Battle Pass.
What Are Seasonal Journey Challenges?
The Seasonal Journey is Diablo 4's take on a Battle Pass challenge system. Similar to games like Fortnite and Destiny 2, Diablo 4's Battle Pass has a companion challenge system that provides additional rewards when completed, speeding up the leveling process by giving you Battle Pass progress (called Favor), Legendary Aspects, and reward caches. The Seasonal Journey and its related rewards are completely free; you do not need to own the Battle Pass to access this system.
Each cache of rewards is locked behind seven different challenge sets, referred to as "Chapters" in the Battle Pass UI. Each chapter contains a set number of challenges. You only need to complete a set number of them to progress. For example, the first chapter has nine available challenges. Completing seven of the challenges will progress you to the next chapter, rewarding you with a small bundle of goods as well.
Challenges Are Retroactive
Progress made towards locked chapter challenges is retroactive. For example, if you collect three Malignant Hearts for a C2 challenge while on C1, you'll receive credit for collecting three hearts the second you finish the first chapter. Retroactive progress only applies to seasonal characters; Eternal Realm characters cannot access the Season Journey.
Accessing Your Seasonal Journey
You can view the Seasonal Journey through the Battle Pass menu. Head to the "Season" tab and select the "Seasonal Journey" ribbon on the left-hand side of your screen. This will present all challenges tied to the given season, categorized by chapter. You can view your current chapter progress, individual challenge rewards, later chapters, and chapter reward caches.
Chapter One Challenges
The first chapter contains nine objectives, all of which award Smaller Favor when completed. You must complete seven challenges from this chapter to progress.
Name | Objective | Reward |
|---|---|---|
The Hangman's Garden | Collect 15 Gallowvine, found nearly anywhere. | Smaller Favor |
Heart Of Corruption | Collect a Malignant Heart, available after completing or skipping the campaign. | Smaller Favor |
Den Of Evil | Complete any Dungeon found on your map. | Smaller Favor |
Trouble In The Wilds | Complete a World Event found on your map. | Smaller Favor |
Into The Frozen Dark | Complete 3 Dungeons in Fractured Peaks. | Smaller Favor |
What Lurks Below | Complete a Cellar in any region. | Smaller Favor |
Kind Stranger | Complete 5 quests of any type. | Smaller Favor |
Keeper Of The Keys | Purchase a Whispering Key from the Purveyor of Curiosities. | Smaller Favor |
Waste Not | Salvage 10 normal items at the Blacksmith. | Smaller Favor |
Chapter Two Challenges
Chapter two has 11 challenges in total, nine of which must be completed to reach the next chapter.
Name | Objective | Reward |
|---|---|---|
Undertaker | Complete 10 Cellars | Smaller Favor |
Stopping The Spread | Collect 3 Malignant Hearts, available after completing or skipping the campaign. | Smaller Favor |
Ruins Reclaimed | Conquer a Stronghold. | Smaller Favor |
Gemcutter | Craft any Chipped gem at the Jeweler. | Smaller Favor |
A Torch In The Depths | Compete 5 Malignant Tunnels, available after completing or skipping the campaign. | Smaller Favor |
Baptized In Blood | Reach level 25. | Smaller Favor |
Vivisector | Collect 15 Demon Hearts, found from killing Demons or in Cellars. | Smaller Favor |
A Warrior Of Taste | Change your gear's appearance 5 times at any Wardrobe. | Smaller Favor |
Lighting The Way | Activate 10 Waypoints throughout Sanctuary. | Smaller Favor |
Spit And Polish | Upgrade 2 items to T1 quality at the Blacksmith or Jeweler. | Smaller Favor |
Finer Clarity | Upgrade your potion to Minor at the Alchemist. | Smaller Favor |
Chapter Three Challenges
You'll need to complete ten out of 13 objectives to get past chapter three and receive your chapter rewards. Some of these challenges require you to complete Grim Favors for the Tree of Whispers, an endgame vendor that becomes available near the end of the campaign. Those that skipped the campaign can complete Whispers right after character creation.
Name | Objective | Reward |
|---|---|---|
Shards Of The Fiends | Collect 5 Scattered Prisms, found from killing World Bosses or Treasure Goblins. | Smaller Favor |
Risk And Reward | Buy 5 items from the Purveyor of Curiosities. | Smaller Favor |
Champion Of The Lost | Conquer 5 Strongholds. | Smaller Favor |
Touching The Eternal | Unlock 4 Aspects in the Codex of Power by completing Dungeons. | Smaller Favor |
A Master At Work | Complete 5 World Events with Mastery. | Smaller Favor |
Hunter's Whisper | Complete 10 Whispers for the Tree of Whispers, available after reaching a certain point in the campaign. | Smaller Favor |
Wonders Distilled | Craft 5 Elixers of any type at the Alchemist. | Smaller Favor |
Transfer Of Power | Imprint an Aspect at the Occultist. | Smaller Favor |
Grim Reward | Obtain 10 caches from the Tree of Whispers. | Smaller Favor |
Corruption Cleansed | Complete 5 Malignant Tunnels. | Smaller Favor |
Exceptional Potency | Upgrade your potion to Moderate at the Alchemist. | Smaller Favor |
Steel From Iron | Upgrade two items to T2 quality at the Blacksmith or Jeweler. | Smaller Favor |
Purging The Plague | Use a Wrathful Malignant Invoker in a Malignant Tunnel. | Smaller Favor |
Chapter Four Challenges
The fourth chapter in the Seasonal Journey requires you to complete 9 of 12 objectives to reach the next set of challenges. Some of the challenges in this chapter require you to reach level 50 and complete the Cathedral of Light capstone dungeon. The latter requires campaign completion to access.
Name | Objective | Reward |
|---|---|---|
Heartrender | Collect 10 Malignant Hearts, available after completing or skipping the campaign. | Smaller Favor |
A World Apart | Change your World Tier at the Inarius statue in Kyovashad. | Smaller Favor |
Quelled Hatred | Purify 1,000 Seeds of Hatred in PvP regions. | Smaller Favor |
The Stuff Of Legends | Collect 5 Coiling Wards, found by salvaging Legendary armor. | Smaller Favor |
Gift Of The Ancients | Unlock 15 Aspects in the Codex of Power. | Smaller Favor |
The Father's Gate | Complete the Cathedral of Light capstone dungeon. | Smaller Favor |
Miracles Of Alchemy | Craft 10 Elixers at the Alchemist. | Smaller Favor |
Legacy Of Sanctuary | Equip a Legendary item in every slot. | Smaller Favor |
A Legend At The Forge | Upgrade an item to T4 quality at the Blacksmith or Jeweler. | Smaller Favor |
A Trail Of Mighty Corpses | Kill 100 Elite monsters. Malignant variants count. | Smaller Favor |
Hardened By Battle | Reach level 50. | Smaller Favor |
Benevolent Wanderer | Complete 25 quests. | Smaller Favor |
Slayer Challenges
The Slayer series of challenges is tuned around World Tier 3 characters, requiring you to complete Helltide events, clear Nightmare Dungeons, and participate in other endgame activities. Since these challenges are generally harder than previous chapters, all challenges now award a greater sum of Favor.
A total of nine challenges must be completed to reach the next tier. Slayer has 11 challenges in total.
Name | Objective | Reward |
|---|---|---|
Wrath's Beating Heart | Acquire a Wrathful Malignant Heart. | Favor |
The Depths Of Fear | Complete 5 Nightmare Dungeons. | Favor |
A Boon In The Tide | Open a Tortured Gift chest during any Helltide event | Favor |
Keymaster | Craft 2 Nightmare Sigils at the Occultist. | Favor |
Cut The First Ear | Kill another player in PvP. | Favor |
Prophecy Manifest | Open a Tortured Gift of Mysteries chest during any Helltide event. | Favor |
Scourge Of The Malignant | Complete 15 Malignant Tunnels. | Favor |
Lingering Wrath | Defeat the Echo of Varshan after completing the seasonal storyline. | Favor |
The Paragon's Path | Unlock 15 Paragon nodes after reaching level 50. | Favor |
Restored Glory | Upgrade 2 items to T4 quality at a Blacksmith or Jeweler. | Favor |
Exceeded Potential | Improve a Pagraon Glyph to level 4 by completing Nightmare Dungeons. | Favor |
Champion Challenges
The Champion series of challenges requires you to further upgrade your character and push into the later stages of World Tier 3 and the start of World Tier 4. You must complete nine challenges out of 11 total to unlock the final set of objectives.
Name | Objective | Reward |
|---|---|---|
Lilith's Undoing | Purify 5,000 Seeds of Hatred in PvP zones. | Favor |
Threshold Of Damnation | Complete the Fallen Temple capstone dungeon. | Favor |
Wrath's Vengeance | Defeat the Echo of Varshan on World Tier 3 difficulty. | Favor |
Ancestral Artisan | Upgrade 3 items to T5 quality at the Blacksmith or Jeweler. | Favor |
Reaching For Greatness | Improve a Paragon Glyph to level 20. | Favor |
The Gathering Fires | Acquire 1,000 Cinders during a Helltide event on World Tier 3 difficulty. | Favor |
Crown To Foot | Imprint 10 Aspects at the Occultist. | Favor |
No Mere Mortal | Unlock a Legendary Paragon node after reaching level 50. | Favor |
Tempered By Hellfire | Reach level 75. | Favor |
Pilgrimage Of Nightmares | Complete a T15 Nightmare Dungeon. | Favor |
A Friend Brought Low | Kill a world boss on World Tier 3 difficulty. | Favor |
Destroyer Challenges
Destroyer is the final set of Battle Pass challenges for Season of the Malignant, consisting of eight difficult objectives. You must complete six challenges to receive the Destroyer chapter rewards. These challenges are designed around endgame characters at the highest World Tier.
Name | Objective | Reward |
|---|---|---|
Mephisto's Bane | Purify 5,000 Seeds of Hatred in PvP zones. | Favor |
Heads Of The Snake | Kill 5 Helltide Commanders during the Helltide. | Favor |
The Spoils Of Hell | Open 3 Tortured Gifts of Mysteries during the Helltide. | Favor |
Shattered Fiends | Kill 15 World Bosses on World Tier 4 difficulty. | Favor |
Blessed Mother Departed | Kill the Echo of Lilith in the Archives of Issalia on World Tier 4 difficulty. | Favor |
Wrath's Dying Breath | Defeat the Echo of Varshan on World Tier 4 difficulty. | Favor |
Annointed Immortal | Reach level 100. | Favor |
Lord Of Nightmares | Complete a T43 Nightmare Dungeon. | Favor |