Diablo 4 to be released in China "sterile" - blood, bones and more will be removed

For release in the Chinese market, some parts of the game had to be changed.

It was recently announced that Diablo 4 will soon be launched in China, and now information has begun to arrive about the features of the regional version of the game.

In China, Diablo 4 is very different from the one presented in the West. Blizzard has removed various elements from the game:

Skulls have disappeared, for example, for the skill icon they were replaced with "golden masks".

Was / Became

Wandering Death consists of bones, and this mob's head is a skull, and in the Chinese version of Diablo 4, the enemy model is a cluster of stones resembling a humanoid in shape:

There is also no blood, instead Chinese players will see a cloud of dust.

The release of Diablo 4 in China is scheduled for December 12, 2025. The starting version will be 2.4.2 (Season 10); players who have moved from Western servers are promised gifts.