Following the positive reception that the major patch for Diablo 4 received last week, everyone is eagerly anticipating the game's next major event. That will, of course, be the beginning of the first season when it airs. Blizzard has indicated that we should anticipate it to begin sometime in the middle to late part of July; however, we should have a more definitive date by the end of this week. This coming Thursday, July 6, Blizzard will be hosting a massive Diablo livestream that will feature both Diablo Immortal as well as Diablo 4. The Diablo 4 segment will come up later in the show, and it will officially introduce the theme of Diablo 4's first season, as well as its release date and all of the larger quality of life updates that will be launching along with it. After delivering all of the information, Associate Game Director Joseph Piepiora and Lead Game Producer Timothy Ismay will then take a few questions from the audience in the form of comments and queries. The livestream of the developer update will begin at 11 a. m. PT, 2 p. m. ET, and 7 p. m. BST. You will, as always, be able to watch it on both the official Diablo channel on Twitch (which is embedded below), as well as on YouTube.

Your Ancestral items in Diablo 4 are the most powerful pieces of equipment you can obtain by killing elite enemies and exploring dungeons located all over Sanctuary

• An Ancestral Unique helmet, for example, is typically a great deal better than a Sacred Unique helmet; however, the quality of an item is always determined by random number generation in addition to whether or not you get good affix rolls

• If you are new to the endgame of Diablo 4, your Paragon Board and Glyphs are extremely important for getting stronger and being able to handle the ever-increasing difficulty of Nightmare Dungeons

• Having said that, I will now explain how one can acquire Diablo 4 Ancestral items as well as the reasons why these items are so beneficial

• How to obtain items from the AncestorsIt is necessary to be in the Torment world tier in order to acquire Ancestral items

• This means that you have to first reach level 50 and complete the capstone dungeon in Kyovoshad's main cathedral before you will be able to change your world tier to Nightmare

• If you do not meet these requirements, you will not be able to change your world tier

After this, you will need to finish the capstone dungeon located in the Dry Steppes and associated with the Fallen Temple. This is a level 70 dungeon, and it will be extremely challenging for you to complete it if you are below that level. Nevertheless, if you have a party helping you or a decent build—for example, I completed it at level 60—you should have no problem accomplishing this goal. After you have finished everything, return to the World Tier Statue in the center square of Kyovoshad and change it from Nightmare to Torment. This enables Ancestral items to have a chance of dropping from the world. You can obtain them by defeating elites, opening chests, completing dungeons, or participating in events; you also have the option of purchasing them from the Purveyor of Curiosities in exchange for Murmuring Obols. If you do manage to get into the Torment world tier before you reach level 70, you should be aware that it will be quite difficult to kill elites and complete the events and dungeons that you need to in order to obtain these items because you will still be under leveled. This is something that you should take into consideration. What exactly are these "Ancient items"?

Ancestral gear is an affix that can be applied to any of the normal gear rarity levels, just like Sacred items do. For example, you can have an Ancestral Rare amulet, or even an Ancestral Unique amulet. The most important distinction is that Ancestral items are superior to Sacred items, as they have the potential to roll even higher statistics and have a higher overall item power. Ancestral items frequently roll over the highest item power breakpoint, which is currently set at 725. This indicates that the statistics they currently possess are the best possible versions of those statistics, plus a few additional points that can be gained through item upgrades. Because of this, utilizing Ancestral items is typically going to result in the best possible build for you. When you are sorting through the loot you obtained from the dungeon, you should definitely check for particularly good Ancestral rolls and keep those for yourself. Since Ancestral items aren't exactly hard to come by, once you begin playing properly on the Torment world tier and beginning to do Nightmare Dungeons above the tier 20 level, you will obtain a great deal of them. It is also important to note that you can easily recognize them because their item icons have a white glow at the very top of the icon.