Diablo 4: Renown explained for Season 2

❘ Updated: 2023-12-29T13:09:20

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Renown is a rewards system in Diablo 4 that allows players to buff their character. Here’s how Renown works in Season 2 of Diablo 4.

Renown is a points system in Diablo 4 which incentivizes exploring and staking your claim on each of Sanctuary’s five zones: Fractured Peaks, Scosglen, Dry Steppes, Kehjistan, and Hawezar. Through completing various activities and quests in each of these regions, you can accumulate points to unlock rewards for your character which helps them become more powerful.

Most Renown in Diablo 4 Season 2 can be unlocked simply by working your way through the game‘s story, side quests, and various other activities, such as discovering new areas. Below, we’ve provided a breakdown of how you can unlock more renown in the game – and how much renown certain tasks net you.

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What are Diablo 4 Renown rewards?

There are 5 Renown reward tiers to hit in each zone, you can earn Renown by completing quests and other tasks. The number of Renown points required to reach the next tier increases each time, but the value of each reward is as follows:

	Renown points increase	Renown points requirement (total)	Renown rewards granted
Tier 1 Renown	+200	200	Bonus XP, 3000 gold, +1 Skill Point
Tier 2 Renown	+300	500	Bonus XP, 10000 gold, +1 Potion Capacity
Tier 3 Renown	+400	900	Bonus XP, 25000 gold, +1 Skill Point
Tier 4 Renown (Can only be achieved in World Tier 3+)	+500	1400	Bonus XP, 60000 gold, +80 Obols Capacity
Tier 5 Renown (Can only be achieved in World Tier 3+)	+600	2000	Bonus XP, 150000 gold, +4 Paragon Points

How to earn Renown in Diablo 4

There are six kinds of activities you can complete in order to earn Renown. A more passive action like discovering an area is worth only 5 Renown, whereas clearing a side dungeon is worth 30 Renown.

Strongholds are worth considerably more Renown points than other dungeon types in the region, as Strongholds are filled with stronger, higher-level enemies.

	Renown value
Areas discovered	5 Renown
Altars of Lilith	10 Renown
Waypoints	20 Renown
Side quests	30 Renown
Side dungeons	40 Renown
Strongholds	100 Renown

Each region has its own areas, waypoints, and altars to be discovered, as well as its own side quests, optional dungeons, and Strongholds to conquer.

The number of each of these activities varies from zone to zone, with Strongholds being the exception to this rule, as each region has three Strongholds each.

	Fractured Peaks	Scosglen	Dry Steppes	Kehjistan	Hawezar
Areas	77	70	51	54	56
Altars of Lilith	28	34	33	31	34
Waypoints	7	8	8	6	6
Side quests	35	47	38	44	49
Side dungeons	23	25	21	23	23
Strongholds	3	3	3	3	3

Does Renown carry across to Diablo 4 Season 2?

Yes, Diablo 4 Season 2 has made Renown rewards account-wide. This means that once a player reaches max Renown on a character, even a non-seasonal character, all rewards are automatically unlocked and available for all future characters. Some Renown-based rewards must be completed per character, but the ones that matter the most, such as the 10 extra levels will only need to be unlocked once.

For example, if you’ve already unlocked the map and found all the Altars of Lilith before, during, or after Season 1, this Renown will carry over into Season 2. Players who’ve already completed the campaign will also be given the option to skip it, keeping all the Renown earned from that first playthrough.

When you start a new seasonal character, the Renown you’ve unlocked in your previous character will be transferred. As will any rewards you unlocked, for example. If you unlocked the 10 extra level-ups from completing the Renown challenges in your main character, your new seasonal character will also have those 10 levels to use.

Season 2 has also made it easier for Hardcore characters, if a player unlocks some Renown rewards, but dies, losing their character, all Renown will be saved and passed to the next character.

So, that’s everything you need to know about Renown in Diablo 4 Season 2. For more Diablo 4 content, check out some more of our Diablo 4 guides below: