Diablo 4’s public test activities will begin at 1:00 a.m. GMT on March 25 and last until 4:00 a.m. on the 28th (public test); while pre-order players can get a sneak preview from March 18 to March 20 (internal test).
During the public beta, all players will be able to participate in the Beta test (three more days for pre-order players), which will be available on PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 platforms, and the game supports cross-platform online and cross-platform progress sharing.
- Pre-launch Beta Test: Thursday, March 16, early morning
- Public Beta Pre-Load: Thursday, March 23rd at midnight
* Players who have already downloaded the Preliminary Beta Preload do not need to download the Public Beta file again.
Currently, Diablo 4 is available for pre-order at a price of NTD 2,219 (currently about RMB 499) for the normal version, NTD 2,819 (currently about RMB 634) for the digital deluxe version, and NTD 3,119 (currently about RMB 702) for the ultimate version.
On March 25 at 2am, a live community tour will also be held. Check out the game developers’ tips and tricks, and experience what’s in the public Beta test together.
The Diablo IV public beta requires a minimum NVIDIA GTX 660 or AMD R9 280 graphics card and 45GB of free space on the SSD. Minimum system requirements and recommended configurations are as follows.
PC version of the minimum system requirements (1080p native quality / 720p resolution / low quality settings / 30FPS)
- Operating system: Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD FX-8100
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon R9 280
- DirectX: Version 12
- Hard Drive Space: 45 GB of free space (SSD)
Recommended system requirements for PC version (1080p quality, Medium setting / 60 FPS)
- Operating system: Windows 10 (64-bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K or AMD R3-1300X
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or AMD Radeon RX 470
- DirectX: Version 12
- Hard Drive Space: 45 GB of free space (SSD)
During the beta and pre-launch period, players will be able to experience the full plot and gameplay of Diablo 4’s Prologue and Chapter 1, as well as freely explore the first area, Shattered Peak Ridge, climb mountains and slay demons to their heart’s content.
It should be noted that the public test does not represent the final quality of the game and may encounter various problems, which will be dealt with by Blizzard after the public test.
Only three professions will be available in the beta, barbarian, thief and wizard, and druid and necromancer will be available in the beta. Each Battle.net account can create a maximum of 10 characters, all character information will be deleted after the end of the test, but to achieve some of the goals can get some rewards, and eventually in the official release to collect.
The rewards are as follows.
・Initial Casualty title: Use a character to reach Chiovasha.
・Early Farseer title: Use a character to reach level 20 to obtain it.
・Beta Wolf Backpack Shaped Item: Use a character to reach level 20 to obtain it.
