That's All, FolksDiablo 4 players who own Vessel of Hatred will be getting exclusive content in future seasons, but the bonus may not be as big as you thinkAs Diablo 4 seasons continue to roll out, anyone who forked out for the Vessel of Hatred expansion will continue seeing exclusive benefits. News by Sherif Saed Contributing Editor Published on Nov. 25, 2024 You may have missed this in the midst of all the exciting content coming to Diablo 4 with Season 7 - the PTR for which starts next week, but Blizzard does have bonuses planned for Vessel of Hatred owners.This goes for Season 7, which kicks off in late January, as well as future seasons. Assuming the developer isnt hiding any last-minute surprises, however, the bonus is, well, not that big of a deal in the grand scheme of things.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. This trend actually started with Season of Hatred Rising, Diablo 4s currently-active season. Diablo 4 introduced the concept of Runewords with the start of that season, but the feature was (and remains) only available to players who own Vessel of Hatred.The concept of Runes isnt entirely new to Diablo, of course. Like a few things in Diablo 4, it was borrowed from Diablo 2. Runewords are socketable gems that require a condition to be met for their effects to be triggered. Many of the few that currently exist in the game allow certain previously class-exclusive skills to be activated by other classes.Now that Season 7s whole deal has been revealed, we know that more Runewords (and Runes) will be introduced to the loot pool. Once again, theyre going to be exclusive to owners of Vessel of Hatred.This obviously isnt accidental. Indeed, Diablo boss Rod Fergusson told Polygon that the plan is to continue offering bonuses of this nature to anyone who bought the expansion. Fergusson didnt directly reference Runewords in the interview, so its possible more rewards are on the way, though I dont imagine Blizzard would want to widen the gap between owners and non-owners of the expansion.The bigger reason one would want to buy Vessel of Hatred, of course, should be whats actually included in the expansion, such as the (currently meta-breaking) Spiritborn class, the new explorable zone, the game's first raid, and of course all the narrative content.Blizzard will very likely host one last livestream prior to the launch of Season 7 to clarify any remaining details, but dont count on much being kept under wraps. The patch 2.1 PTR will, for the first time, also include seasonal content.