Diablo Immortalis getting a Druid class, Blizzard and NetEease have announced. The game’s ninth playable class is planned to debut inDiablo Immortalin early July 2025.
TheDruid class dates back toDiablo 2, which introduced the shapeshifting warrior to Blizzard’s long-running hack-and-slash RPG series. While someDiablo 3classes shared thematic and functional similarities, the Druid didn’t return to the franchise until the 2023Diablo 4.
The Druid is now set to reachDiablo Immortal, with Blizzard and NetEase officiallyannouncingthe game’s latest class with a cinematic reveal trailer on June 25. Its launch is scheduled for next Thursday, July 3.Diablo Immortal’s take on the Druid will serve as a primal reimagining of the classic archetype. This version of the shapeshifter hails from Sharval Wilds, a “dark, spooky, dense-canopied high forest with some very classically Gothic and Gaelic fantasy elements,“Diablo Immortalsenior narrative designer Ryan Quinn told Game Rant.
Reflecting natural disaster motifs like wildfires and earthquakes, the Druid’s gameplay identity revolves around elemental upheaval and overall volatility. While different in many ways, it still retains some familiar features of theDiablo 4rendition of Druid, including animal companions, shapeshifting, and elemental casting. The biggest novelties arrive with new forms and a more agile combat style designed for form-swapping. Werebear, Stag Charge, and Raven Swarm aim to make the class feel uniquely aggressive and thoroughly unpredictable.
While Blizzard expects single-form builds to be aviable way of playingDiablo Immortalas a Druid, the class is primarily designed to reward players who adapt mid-battle, strongly encouraging form swapping. The Sharval Wilds Druid also stays true to the archetype’s roots, wielding fire magic and summoning companions. The nostalgic Oak Sage ability returns in this version of the class, reimagined as a more active and thematically integrated part of the Druid’s toolkit.
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The upcoming arrival ofDiablo Immortal’s ninth class is part of the game’s 2025 “Epoch of Madness” roadmap. Another major update, The First and Last King, is scheduled to debut in the second half of 2025. While Blizzard remains tight-lipped on specifics, the update’s title suggests it will continue the central theme of Epoch of Madness: the power vacuum left in the wake of the December 2024 boss battle introduced in the Shattered Sanctuary update.
