Diablo 4 could quickly let gamers wield one of the crucial iconic weapons from Blizzard’s Warcraft universe, in keeping with a latest datamine.
The Diablo 4 Season 5 public take a look at realm is now playable, giving gamers an opportunity to check out a brand new Vampire Suvivors-inspired roguelite mode in addition to quite a lot of class adjustments and new Distinctive and Legendary objects. A brand new PTR construct means dataminers have already been onerous at work, and the parents at Wowhead have found two new weapon fashions with the sport’s Season 5 recordsdata that can look acquainted to followers of Blizzard’s different fantasy universe.
The weapon in query is none apart from Frostmourne, the legendary runeblade wielded by Arthas, the villainous Lich King in Blizzard’s traditional RTS Warcraft 3 and within the MMORPG World of Warcraft. Two fashions for Frostmourne might be discovered within the Diablo 4 Season 5 PTR, with one mannequin sporting a silver blade and crossguard decoration, whereas the opposite options the blade and decoration in black.
What, precisely, these weapon fashions are for continues to be unclear. Wowhead moreover datamined all the brand new Distinctive objects coming as a part of Season 5 and Frostmourne isn’t amongst them. Blizzard beforehand provided Frostmourne as a mount decoration, in addition to the Lich King’s helmet, the Helm of Domination, and his horse, Invincible. The objects had been provided collectively as a $25 cosmetic bundle. This look of Frostmourne is totally different, nonetheless, as it’s a weapon mannequin and never a mount decoration, which means it might be used as a weapon or weapon look for Diablo 4’s sword-wielding lessons.
It is value noting that Frostmourne showing as a wieldable weapon in Diablo 4 would hardly be the primary time Blizzard’s two fantasy universes have crossed over. Blizzard has provided Diablo-themed mounts in WoW prior to now, and to have fun the launch of Diablo 4 final yr, WoW held a Treasure Goblin occasion the place gamers may earn quite a lot of varied Diablo-themed cosmetics. In Diablo 3, gamers had been even capable of wield Thunderfury, Blessed Blade of the Windseeker, one other Legendary WoW weapon.
Whether or not Frostmourne will turn out to be usable in Diablo 4 with Season 5 or is deliberate for the longer term continues to be unknown, but it surely does appear value noting that WoW is celebrating its twentieth anniversary later this yr, with Blizzard little question planning some particular occasions in its video games to have fun the event. Given Frostmourne’s soul-devouring nature, the weapon would definitely be proper at residence at the hours of darkness Diablo universe had been it to be included as a part of some WoW crossover occasion, however followers must look ahead to extra info earlier than studying what the weapon’s true objective will finally be.
Diablo 4 Season 5 will probably be bringing some huge adjustments to Distinctive objects, which have felt uncared for and fewer highly effective following the buffs made to Legendary objects within the sport’s well-received Season 4 Loot Reborn replace. Season 5 will probably be shorter than earlier seasons, however will start on August 6 and final till the discharge of Diablo 4’s first enlargement, Vessel of Hatred, in October.