When does Diablo 3 Season 32 end? Wield your Ethereal Weapons until October 20!

Welcome (back) to Diablo 3 Season 32: Season of Ethereal Memory! We are fully in the maintenance cycle of D3 seasons, with the return of the Season 24 theme —Ethereal Memory, resurrecting beloved weapons from Diablo 2. And while the return of beloved themes is lovely, it’s still a seasonal theme and not a permanent change. So when do we say goodbye to these overpowered goodies? As announced on the official site, Diablo 3 Season 32 will end on Sunday, October 20, 2024.

The Diablo team set expectations for future Seasons in its Season 29 preview post. Past Diablo 3 Season lengths varied widely: Season 2’s two-month runtime felt like a blip, but Season 28 went down as the record holder for the longest run at 28 weeks and two days (0r about seven months). In maintenance mode, the D3 seasons will rotate roughly every three months while recycling past seasonal themes. Time started ticking down with the Diablo 3 patch 2.7.8 PTR, but there was a potential conundrum for the next season’s launch.

The quarterly rotation began with Season 30’s 12-week (and two-day) runtime, with five days between 30’s end and 31’s start; this pattern was repeated for Season 31. This cadence fits beautifully within their three-month estimate and gives the Diablo team a solid gap to rotate seasonal themes. Unfortunately, this also slapped the next D3 season right at the launch of Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred. With the two-week extension, we will have some breathing room. It does put the start of the two seasons — October 8 for D4 S6 and Oct 25 for D3 S33 — closer together than we’ve seen thus far, but they won’t be in active competition for players in the same week now.

Season 32 has a few more days of playtime ahead to complete the season’s journey and hit those leaderboards. You have until Sunday, October 20, to complete your remaining tasks. See you in Sanctuary!

Originally published September 6, 2024. Updated October 16, 2024.