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Diablo 4<\/a>’s Rebirth system, per Blizzard’s official Season of Hell’s Legacy overview, lets you convert an existing Eternal character into a fresh Seasonal one instead of rolling a new hero every three months, and Shared War Plans lets that character’s reputation grind help your other saves instead of starting from zero each time, per the same overview. Both features shipped as permanent account systems in patch 3.2.1 alongside Season 15, Season of Hell’s Legacy, which went live on September 15, 2026. Each part gets its own section below: what Rebirth keeps and destroys, how the War Plans partitions work, and the one Hardcore rule that decides whether a dead character’s reputation survives into Eternal.<\/p>\n Update, 23 October 2026:<\/strong> Blizzard has announced the 3.3.0 PTR for Season 16, which adds three new layers on top of War Plans. They have their own section further down and stay test content until Season 16 goes live.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" TL;DR<\/p>\n Rebirth converts a character from the Eternal realm into the Seasonal realm, transferring it to Season 15 and resetting its level back to 1 <\/span>. Instead of creating a brand-new Seasonal character from scratch, you pick an existing Eternal character to continue its story for the season <\/span>. Blizzard also tracks a running tally of hours played across every Rebirth that character goes through, so the time cost of repeated Rebirths is at least visible on the character sheet even without a published average <\/span>.<\/p>\n The Rebirth conversion sits alongside the rest of Season 15’s launch package \u2014 the Prime Evil Soul Splinters, the returning Legacy Uniques, and the new Horadric Cube<\/a> reroll recipes all shipped in the same 3.2.1 build. If you’re still deciding which of the season’s systems to touch first, the Season 15 Splinters of Evil guide<\/a> covers the reputation-and-power layer Rebirth doesn’t touch.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"table","headers":[{"header_text":"Carries over"},{"header_text":"Does not carry over"}],"rows":[{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Class, name, appearance, and Normal\/Hardcore state "},{"cell_text":"Character level \u2014 resets to 1 "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Cosmetic ensembles: transmogs, pigments, mounts and accessories, pets, portals, headstones "},{"cell_text":"Any gear or items left equipped or in personal inventory \u2014 destroyed unless moved first "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"A running hours-played tally across that character's Rebirths "},{"cell_text":"Whether Paragon points\/boards or Renown carry over \u2014 not stated by Blizzard "}]}],"size":"small"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Step-by-Step: Using Rebirth Without Losing Your Gear","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"\n If the character isn’t empty, the game simply won’t let the conversion happen \u2014 this is a hard block, not a suggestion <\/span>. Readers coming from an older character who also want the broader pre-season housekeeping \u2014 stash space, Season Journey resets, and so on \u2014 can check the Season 15 prep checklist<\/a> for the rest of that list.<\/p>\n Warning<\/p>\n Rebirth is one-directional for planning purposes. Nothing in Blizzard’s overview or the 3.2.1 patch notes describes a way to convert a Rebirthed character back to Eternal before the season ends, so treat the conversion as permanent until stated otherwise <\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"steps","intro":"Do these in order before you confirm Rebirth.","steps":[{"title":"Empty the character's stash-bound inventory first","description":"Move every item you want to keep off the character and into your Eternal stash before touching Rebirth.","image":""},{"title":"Clear equipped slots too","description":"Rebirth checks both personal inventory and equipped gear; anything still worn counts against you.","image":""},{"title":"Open the Rebirth option and select the Eternal character","description":"Pick the existing hero you want to send into Season 15 instead of rolling a new one.","image":""},{"title":"Read the warning before confirming","description":"Blizzard shows a prompt stating that any retained items will be lost on Rebirth, with an option to remove or destroy them instead.","image":""},{"title":"Confirm the conversion","description":"The character moves to the Seasonal realm at level 1, keeping its class, name, appearance, and Normal\/Hardcore state.","image":""}]},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Shared War Plans: How Reputation Splits Across Your Account","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":6821,"caption":"Illustration: three linked sigils sharing one thread of light.","alt":"Three glowing floor sigils of the same design connected by a single line of light on cracked stone."},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" Shared War Plans is the other permanent system arriving with Season of Hell’s Legacy. Reputation points earned by one character now carry over to any alt on the same account that matches that character across three separate categories <\/span>. Each character still keeps its own planner for spending those shared points, similar to how shared skill points or Paragon points already work, so sharing progress doesn’t force every alt into the same build <\/span>.<\/p>\n Blizzard’s own example makes the boundary concrete: a Seasonal Non-Hardcore Non-SSF character shares War Plans progress with another Seasonal Non-Hardcore Non-SSF character, but does not share with a Seasonal Non-Hardcore SSF character, because the ruleset partition doesn’t match <\/span>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"table","headers":[{"header_text":"Partition"},{"header_text":"Split"},{"header_text":"What it means"}],"rows":[{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Realm"},{"cell_text":"Eternal \/ Seasonal"},{"cell_text":"A Seasonal character's points don't automatically apply to an Eternal one, and vice versa, until the season ends "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Mode"},{"cell_text":"Non-Hardcore \/ Hardcore"},{"cell_text":"Hardcore and non-Hardcore characters never share War Plans progress with each other "}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Ruleset"},{"cell_text":"Normal \/ Solo-Self-Found"},{"cell_text":"A standard character and an SSF character do not share, even if everything else matches "}]}],"size":"small"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"What Happens to Season 14 War Plans Progress on September 15","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" For anyone returning to characters that were active before the season changeover, War Plans progress from Season 14 characters carried over to Eternal when the season changed on September 15 <\/span>. All accumulated reputation points earned on characters within the same partition add together into the corresponding Eternal characters, rather than replacing one another <\/span>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"The Hardcore Storage Character Rule","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":6822,"caption":"Illustration: one flame endures, one brazier goes cold.","alt":"One lit brazier beside one cold, ash-filled brazier in a foggy stone hall."},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" Hardcore introduces one condition that changes the plan above. Only the War Plans progress of characters that are living at the end of a season transfers \u2014 a dead Hardcore character’s accumulated points are not picked up at the changeover <\/span>.<\/p>\n Nothing extra to do. A living Hardcore character’s War Plans points transfer to Eternal on their own at season end, the same way Season 14’s did on September 15 <\/span>.<\/p>\n From Season 15 onward, moving a dead Hardcore character’s War Plans progress into Eternal requires one other living Hardcore character in that same partition to go through the seasonal changeover \u2014 Blizzard states plainly, “It can even be a level 1 ‘storage’ Hardcore character”<\/strong> <\/span>. Once that living character moves to Eternal, it deposits the accumulated points into the account’s Eternal Hardcore War Plans progress <\/span>.<\/p>\n Tip<\/p>\n If you play Hardcore and expect to lose characters mid-season, keeping one throwaway level 1 Hardcore character alive in the same partition is the only documented way to protect a dead character’s War Plans reputation through the next changeover <\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Season 16 PTR: War Plans Tactics, Tyrael's Boons and Horadric Items","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" Blizzard’s 3.3.0 PTR overview<\/a> opens a Public Test Realm for Season 16 from 27 October, 10:00 PDT, to 3 November, 10:00 PST. The build is PC only and installs from the game version menu in Battle.net; PC Game Pass players reach it through Battle.net from the Xbox app. Seasonal features need a new Seasonal test character. On the test realm the vendor Mrak, who stands by the main Waypoint of each major city, can unlock and max War Plans (with 20 Marks of Wisdom and 3 Marks of El’druin) and max Tyrael’s Boons, so the new trees can be tried at once.<\/p>\n Everything in this section is test content. Blizzard will adjust it from PTR feedback, and the post does not give a Season 16 start date. It also says some Season of Hell’s Legacy features will continue into Season 16 but are left off the PTR; which ones is due to be announced the week after the post. The PTR post does not mention Rebirth or Shared War Plans.<\/p>\n Tactics is a new meta-progression tree for War Plans, on both Seasonal and Eternal. Finishing War Plans activities earns points, and you put them into nodes that raise the odds of the activities and rewards you want:<\/p>\n How many Tactics points you can earn in total is not stated.<\/p>\n Turning in a finished War Plan now also pays a new currency, Marks of Wisdom. Respeccing nodes, both in the Tactics tree and in each activity’s own tree, costs Marks of Wisdom rather than gold. On the PTR you can hold at most 20; a cap for the live game is not stated.<\/p>\n From Season 16, each season gets its own themed War Plans tree, and this one is called Tyrael’s Boons. It mixes seasonal perks, such as extra Seasonal reputation or currency, with general ones, such as cheaper Obols at the Purveyor of Curiosities. Every Seasonal player gets it, with or without the Lord of Hatred expansion. The tree holds up to 132 points, which Blizzard says buys up to 4 of the 6 selections spread over its four paths:<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"table","headers":[{"header_text":"Path"},{"header_text":"What it changes"}],"rows":[{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Curious Addition"},{"cell_text":"Purveyor of Curiosities: second-item odds, new item types or quality"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Merchant of Mystery"},{"cell_text":"Adds a Torment-difficulty cache merchant; better Ancestral Cache odds"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Scent of Gold"},{"cell_text":"More gold and XP; more materials or richer drops; Legendary odds"}]},{"cells":[{"cell_text":"Trash for Treasure"},{"cell_text":"Cheaper Alchemist transmutes; more Obducite; ends in Greater Temper"}]}],"size":"small"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" The last step of Trash for Treasure adds a Horadric Cube recipe, Greater Temper: for 30 Scrolls of Restoration and 1,000 Obducite it turns an item’s Tempered Affix into a Greater Affix. Taking points back out of Tyrael’s Boons costs 5,000,000 gold per point. Seasonal Blessings stay next to the tree but become fixed, with the same five Blessings every season.<\/p>\n Horadric Items are new Legendaries that arrive with the Death Cult of Ullo Sar, and the PTR vendor lists them as Seasonal items. Each Horadric affix belongs to one Talisman set and works differently by slot:<\/p>\n The Corrupted Reaper from Season of Death Awakening comes back with a partner: the Fractured Reaper merges her abilities with the Corrupted Reaper’s for a two-boss Lair fight. Its loot is teased but not listed. The post also names reworked Infernal Hordes and Pit activities; details are not given. The patch notes move Helltides to a fixed schedule, starting on the hour in base-game zones and on the half hour in expansion zones, and Aberrant Cinders no longer reset between Helltides.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"What Blizzard Hasn't Said About Rebirth","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" A few practical questions aren’t answered in the official overview or the 3.2.1 patch notes: how many times a single character can use Rebirth per season, whether Paragon points, Paragon boards, or Renown carry over with the conversion, whether a Rebirthed character can be converted back to Eternal before the season ends, and whether the level 1 restart comes with any catch-up XP mechanic <\/span>. A couple of community guides have filled in guesses here \u2014 one speculates Blizzard may cap Rebirths per season, and another states outright that Paragon points do not carry over \u2014 but neither claim comes from Blizzard’s own text, so treat them as unconfirmed rather than settled <\/span>. Whatever the answer turns out to be, the level 1 restart means walking back through the leveling arc that gets a character to endgame Paragon progression, the same climb covered in the guide to where power comes from after level 70<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"title","heading":"Our Take: Is Rebirth Worth Using on Your Main","tag":"h2"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" Our Take<\/p>\n Rebirth is a convenience feature, not a shortcut \u2014 you still pay the full level 1 climb, just on a character whose name and look you already like.<\/p>\n The value is mostly in not losing an identity you’ve built cosmetically, and Shared War Plans is the part that actually saves time, since a second or third character no longer starts that reputation grind from nothing. The parts Blizzard hasn’t confirmed \u2014 Paragon carry-over chief among them \u2014 are exactly the ones that would change whether Rebirth is worth doing on a character you’d rather just retire.<\/p>\n The Season 16 PTR points the same way: Tactics and Marks of Wisdom are about steering War Plans toward the runs and rewards you actually want. Until Blizzard dates the season, treat them as a test build, not a plan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":" This table separates what the studio has confirmed from what comes out of press previews, and what is still just circulating. Each claim below is tied to the post and the game version it describes.<\/p>\n\n
If your Hardcore character survives the season<\/h3>\n
If your Hardcore character is already dead<\/h3>\n
War Plans Tactics<\/h3>\n
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Marks of Wisdom<\/h3>\n
Tyrael’s Boons: the seasonal War Plans tree<\/h3>\n
Horadric Items and Talisman sets<\/h3>\n
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Lair Boss, Infernal Hordes, Pit and Helltides<\/h3>\n
Sources and Confidence<\/h2>\n
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\n \nClaim<\/th>\n Where it comes from<\/th>\n Status<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n Rebirth converts an Eternal character to Seasonal and resets it to level 1<\/td>\n Blizzard (Season of Hell’s Legacy overview)<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Shared War Plans splits reputation across three account partitions<\/td>\n Blizzard (Season of Hell’s Legacy overview)<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n A living Hardcore character, even level 1, can carry a dead one’s War Plans points to Eternal<\/td>\n Blizzard (Season of Hell’s Legacy overview)<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 3.2.1 shipped as Build #73552 on September 15, 2026<\/td>\n Blizzard (Season of Hell’s Legacy overview)<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n Season 16 PTR (3.3.0) runs 27 October to 3 November 2026 and previews War Plans Tactics, Marks of Wisdom, Tyrael’s Boons and Horadric Items; Season 16 start date not stated<\/td>\n Blizzard (3.3.0 PTR overview)<\/a><\/td>\n Official<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n A per-season Rebirth limit is not confirmed; a community guide speculates one may exist<\/td>\n rpgstash.com (community guide)<\/a><\/td>\n Not yet verified by us<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n A community guide claims Paragon points and boards do not carry over through Rebirth<\/td>\n timesaver.gg (community guide)<\/a><\/td>\n Not yet verified by us<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"faq","items":[{"question":"Does Rebirth delete my gear automatically?","answer":"Only if you leave it on the character. Blizzard shows a warning before you confirm Rebirth stating any retained items will be lost, with an option to remove or destroy them, and the game blocks the action entirely until equipped and inventory slots are empty."},{"question":"Do I keep my mounts and pets after Rebirth?","answer":"Cosmetic preferences saved as part of an ensemble \u2014 including transmogs, pigments, mounts and accessories, pets, portals, and headstones \u2014 can transfer with Rebirth."},{"question":"Will my Seasonal character share War Plans with my Eternal one?","answer":"Not automatically. Eternal and Seasonal are one of the three partitions that must match for War Plans to share, so an Eternal and a Seasonal character don't pool reputation until the season ends and progress carries over."},{"question":"What happens to a dead Hardcore character's War Plans points?","answer":"They don't transfer on their own. Only living Hardcore characters at season end carry their War Plans progress to Eternal, though keeping one other living Hardcore character \u2014 even a level 1 \"storage\" character \u2014 in the same partition through the changeover will deposit the dead character's accumulated points into Eternal instead."},{"question":"Is there a limit to how many times I can use Rebirth?","answer":"Not stated in Blizzard's Season of Hell's Legacy overview or the 3.2.1 patch notes. A community guide speculates a cap may exist, per rpgstash.com, not verified in the official post."},{"question":"When does Season 16 start, and what is on its PTR?","answer":"Blizzard has not given a Season 16 start date. Its 3.3.0 PTR, open on PC until 3 November, previews War Plans Tactics, Marks of Wisdom, the Tyrael's Boons tree and Horadric Items, and any of it may change before launch."}]}],"bottom":[{"acf_fc_layout":"more_articles","heading":"","posts":[],"count":10},{"acf_fc_layout":"chat","heading":""}],"meta_description":"Diablo 4 Rebirth and Shared War Plans in Season 15, plus the Season 16 PTR: War Plans Tactics, Marks of Wisdom, Tyrael's Boons, Horadric Items."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6820"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7910,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6820\/revisions\/7910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6820"},{"taxonomy":"blog_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neonsect.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/blog_tag?post=6820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}