Huge bosses in the open world
World bosses are a new concept in Diablo 4 -- bosses that randomly spawn in the open world and require many players to take down. They're so large in size that the camera has to pan out to fit them on the screen [1]:
"The world boss Ashava is one activity you might participate in. It's the first time we've been able to bring many people together to bring down a single boss. It's so big, we need to pull the camera out a bit. "Joe Shely · Diablo IV Game Director ·
Three world bosses at launch
In June 2022, Blizzard unveiled that the game will ship with three world bosses:
- Ashava: The Pestilent
- Avarice: The Gold Cursed
- Still unknown world boss
We expect Blizzard will add more world bosses in future expansions and seasons.
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No partying up required
If you come across a random world boss spawn (it's unknown how frequent of an occurrence this is), you're prompted to join the event. Upon doing so, you'll see other players joining in the fight. Parying with the other players isn't required, and everyone participating will get rewarded with loot and experience.
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Blizzard teased that world bosses may have different challenge modes [2] associated with them. For example, one mode might mandate that characters of only a certain class or mix of classes can fight the world boss:
"Because we have things like the world boss, I can easily imagine -- what if there's a more difficult version of it where you have to go in and play with an arranged party. It's also something we're discussing."
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Sources
| Article | Source | Date | |
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| 1. | IGN interviews Blizzard's Joe Shely and Rod Fergusson | IGN | |
| 2. | Rhykker interviewing David Kim at 2019 BlizzCon | Rhykker |
Changelog
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