Midwinter Blight

What is Midwinter Blight?

Midwinter Blight is a Seasonal event added to Diablo 4 during Season 2: Season of Blood. This event is expected to be an annual event over the winter holidays.

When does Midwinter Blight Start?

The first Midwinter Blight starts on 12 December 2023

When Does Midwinter Blight end?

The event will end on 2 January.

What happens during Midwinter Blight

Fractured Peaks Midwinter Blight

This event is focused on the Fractured Peaks zone only in Diablo 4. The zone is enveloped by a storm and a deep winter darkness.

Players battle new monsters and discover sinister snowmen called Frigid Husks which have been constructed by Blightfiends.

The Blightfiends service their leader a Khazra boss called the Red Cloaked Horror.

Disrupt enough or these Frigid Husks and the new Red Cloaked Horror boss becomes annoyed and can be summoned by players.

The Red Cloaked Horror has a chance to spawn when you complete the Mastery for the Blighted Revelry event. This is found randlomy on the zone.

Frigid Husks
Blightfiends
Red Cloaked Horror

Questline

Midwinter Square

The event features a questline which is started by talking to an NPC called Gileon, a wandering bard, in Kyovoshad. Players can find Gillian and the Totem of Midwinter at the Midwinter Square.

Materials

There are three diffferent materials which are part of the Midwinter Blight.

Blighted Fragments - Farmed from Blightfiends.
Lost Heirlooms - Aquired from Frigid Husks.
Red-Cloaked Trophy - Acquired from the Red Cloaked Horror.

All these are acquired from the purple zone in Fractured Peaks.

Gileon's Brew

These materials can be crafted into Midwinter Proofs at the crafting bench in Midwinter Square.

Crafting Proofs raises your Tribute Tier in Midwinter. The square will change visually and give you further rewards such as Gem fragments, Armor, and Gileon's Brew.

Gileon's Brew is a special Elixir that increases Maximum Life, Lucky Hit Chance, and Experience Gained by 15%. It can be purchased from Gileon or found in Midwinter caches.

Aspect

There is a Midwinter Aspect called Shard of Dawn. The Aspect increases Attack Speed and Movement Speed for 12 seconds.

Note that when empowered by the Midwinter Ward, killing an enemy reduces rhe coodown by one second.

Titles

When the Red Cloaked Horror is slain, a new title of Frigid Reveler is available.

Cosmetic Rewards

Players are rewarded when destroying the Frigid Husks on the form of a resource which can be returned to the Totem of Midwinter at Midwinter Square which will allow players to progress through this Seasonal journey.

New cosmetic rewards are available to players. There are 14 different cosmetics in total and all are free.

There are five different backpacks, one for each class in the game.
Weapon Skins
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Midwinter Blight Cosmetics - Backpacks

Midwinter Blight Cosmetics - Weapon Skins

Currency and Materials

Name	Type	Description	Found in
Blighted Fragment	Event Material	Found in Fractured Peaks during the Midwinter Blight. Recovered from Blightfiend corpses.	Midwinter Blight.
Midwinter Proof	Currency	Use these to purchase Midwinter rewards from Gileon at the Midwinter Square in Kyovoshad.	Midwinter Blight.
Lost Heirloom	Magical Event Material	Found in Fractured Peaks during the Midwinter Blight The last vestige of a victim lost to the Midwinter Blight.	Midwinter Blight.
Red-Cloaked Trophy	Rare Event Material	Found in Fractured Peaks during the Midwinter Blight. Recovered from bloodied corpse of the Red-Cloaked Horror.	Midwinter Blight.

Rewards

	Name	Type	Description	Found in	Cost
	Aegis of Thorri	Cosmetic Shield	Reward from Gileon in Fractured Peaks during the Midwinter Blight.	Midwinter Blight.	20 Midwinter Proof.
	Capric Fetish	Cosmetic	Reward from Gileon in Fractured Peaks during the Midwinter Blight.	Midwinter Blight.	20 Midwinter Proof.
	Domino of the Long Night Moon	Back Trophy	Reward from Gileon in Fractured Peaks during the Midwinter Blight.	Midwinter Blight.	50 Midwinter Proof.
	Midwinter Beacon	Cosmetic Focus	Reward from Gileon in Fractured Peaks during the Midwinter Blight.	Midwinter Blight.	20 Midwinter Proof.
	Midwinter Catapult	Cosmetic Crossbow	Reward from Gileon in Fractured Peaks during the Midwinter Blight.	Midwinter Blight.	20 Midwinter Proof.
	Midwinter Dirk	Cosmetic	Reward from Gileon in Fractured Peaks during the Midwinter Blight.	Midwinter Blight.	20 Midwinter Proof.
	Midwinter Staff	Cosmetic Staff	Reward from Gileon in Fractured Peaks during the Midwinter Blight.	Midwinter Blight.	20 Midwinter Proof.
	Midwinter Talwaar	Cosmetic Sword	Reward from Gileon in Fractured Peaks during the Midwinter Blight.	Midwinter Blight.	20 Midwinter Proof.
	Midwinter Tomahawk	Cosmetic	Reward from Gileon in Fractured Peaks during the Midwinter Blight.	Midwinter Blight.	20 Midwinter Proof.
	Midwinter Dirk	Cosmetic	Reward from Gileon in Fractured Peaks during the Midwinter Blight.	Midwinter Blight.	20 Midwinter Proof.
	Masque of the Long Night Moon	Back Trophy	Reward from Gileon in Fractured Peaks during the Midwinter Blight.	Midwinter Blight.	50 Midwinter Proof.
	Periapt of the Long Night Moon	Back Trophy	Reward from Gileon in Fractured Peaks during the Midwinter Blight.	Midwinter Blight.	50 Midwinter Proof.
	Veil of the Long Night Moon	Back Trophy	Reward from Gileon in Fractured Peaks during the Midwinter Blight.	Midwinter Blight.	50 Midwinter Proof.
	Zemi of the Long Night Moon	Back Trophy	Reward from Gileon in Fractured Peaks during the Midwinter Blight.	Midwinter Blight.	50 Midwinter Proof.
	Midwinter Spoils	Currency	A cache containing a collection of valuable rewards such as Armor, Gem Fragments, and a potential dose of Gileon's Brew. The people of Kyovashad thank you and, with this, make a request: Continue to stave off the Blight.	Midwinter Blight.	9 Midwinter Proof
This item has been removed from Diablo 4.	Gileon's Brew	Magic Elixir	Increases Maximum Life and Lucky Hit Chance by 15% and Experience gained by span class="range">15% for span class="range">30 minutes. You may only have one Elixir active at a time,	Midwinter Blight.	1 Midwinter Proof
	Midwinter Purse	Magic Midwinter Cache	A cache containing a bounty of Gold as a testament to your triumph over the Midwinter Blight. The gold shimmers against the lights of the Midwinter Square.	Midwinter Blight.	1 Midwinter Proof

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