Diablo 4 Is Celebrating Its Birthday With Goblins, XP, And Free Cosmetics

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Diablo 4 is celebrating three years of demon slaying with increased XP rewards, the return of the game's March of the Goblins event, and daily free cosmetics, but players won't have long to take advantage of them.

From June 2-9, players will enjoy the Mother's Blessing XP buff, granting increased multiplicative XP in both the game's seasonal and Eternal realms. That will also be the same day the game's March of the Goblins event returns, heralding increased treasure goblin sightings and a reputation board that can be progressed by slaying them for even more rewards.

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It's a nice way to supercharge the back half of Diablo 4's current season, as players need increasingly more gold and XP to max out their characters in the endgame. But developer Blizzard is sweetening the deal even further with five days of free premium cosmetics that can be claimed from the Diablo 4 in-game shop. Below is the full schedule.

June 1: Blood Raven's Talon (One-handed Sword)
June 2: King Kanai's Last Stand (Shield)
June 3: Nangari Wounder (Dagger)
June 4: Overlord's Odium (Two-handed Axe)
June 5: Flamefinger's Claws (Glaive)

Diablo 4's second expansion, Lord of Hatred, released in April, making it the first game in Blizzard's long-running ARPG franchise to receive more than a single expansion. Lord of Hatred brought major changes to Diablo 4's endgame with the addition of War Plans, reimagined itemization with the addition of the Horadric Cube, overhauled class skill trees, a revamped difficulty system, and two new classes, the Paladin and Warlock.

The result is an expansion that in many ways makes Diablo 4 feel like an entirely new game, even if Blizzard has admitted its constant changes make the game "hard for players to keep up with."

The meta of Diablo 4 continues to shift in the weeks following Lord of Hatred's launch, with a seemingly inconspicuous bug fix resulting in a new way to make players basically immortal. Meanwhile, the discovery of Mythic Unique Charms has upended what a "perfect" build looks like for those lucky enough to be able to find one.