Every Diablo Expansion, Ranked By How Long They Take To Beat

Every Diablo is an almost endless hole of content even from the base package. The developers do not stop there, though. In addition to updates, each game is also treated to content expansions, adding new chunks of story to the main adventure. These expansions usually come paired with radical changes to the game’s systems, often acting as a refresh.

Those purely interested in the campaigns will be more interested in finding out the lenghts of these expansions. None of them rival the length of a base Diablo campaign, but they generally offer enough gameplay to justify a purchase even just for one playthrough.

5 Diablo 3: Rise Of The Necromancer

0 Hours, New Class

• Rise of the Necromancer release date: June 27, 2017

Rise of the Necromancer feels like as much of an expansion as any other. It even cost money. However, people need a proper warning that there is no new campaign in this expansion. It adds the Necromancer class and several features that change up the gameplay, but there is no new story content to be found.

Diablo 3 is old enough that players can buy the whole bundle for the price of a single full game or even less. At the time of its release, people were torn on whether it was worth it to pony up the cash just for a new class. To be fair, the Necromancer is at least a lot of fun to control. It is still a fun class to use Diablo 4, too.

4 Diablo: Hellfire

Four And A Half Hours

Systems

Released

November 30, 1996

Developer

Blizzard North, Climax Group

Publisher(s)

Blizzard Entertainment , Ubisoft

• Hellfire release date: November 24, 1997

Hellfire is a unique expansion in that its content does not affect as much of the main game as the other expansions for future games did. It was also handled by Synergistic Software and not by Blizzard. Multiplayer is not as easily integrated into the adventure as the main story, though LAN is still possible.

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This probably is not as big a concern for modern gamers since Diablo is not as active as the newer games or even Diablo 2. Though the shortest of the expansions with an actual campaign, Hellfire still adds some elements that affect the main story. There is a new class and also new items. New enemies also show up, but only in the dungeons specifically made for Hellfire.

3 Diablo 4: Vessel Of Hatred

Eight And A Half Hours

Diablo 4 was a return to the morose atmosphere of the second game. Some fans considered Diablo 3’s aesthetic a little too bright for their tastes. The expansion continues with the oppressive atmosphere and art that would look right at home on a heavy metal album cover. Few names are more metal than Vessel of Hatred, after all.

The expansion brings with it a relatively meaty campaign and a new landmass to explore that is directly connected to the currently existing open-world environment. Even if players do not purchase it, there is a lot of new content to explore in the update that comes with it, including a whole new class. Those who do buy it are treated to eight and a half hours of gameplay picking up where Diablo 4’s story left off.

2 Diablo 3: Reaper Of Souls

Nine And A Half Hours

• Reaper of Souls release date: March 25, 2014

Diablo 3 had a rocky launch, compounded by the maligned always-online requirement. The Reaper of Souls expansion was more of a refresh than the other expansions on this list, massively overhauling almost every system in the game to make Diablo 3 a smoother experience.

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Loot, difficulty, and leveling were all tweaked, making Diablo 3 a more beloved game because of it. The expansion itself is considered a highlight of the whole Diablo 3 package. The main game is still a fun time, but Reaper of Souls more than lives up to the Diablo name.

1 Diablo 2: Lord Of Destruction

19 1/2 Hours

• Lord of Destruction release date: June 27, 2001

As great as the debut is, Diablo 2 is when the series became one of the most renowned names in gaming. The game is still beloved to this day and some see its less forgiving sensibilities as a plus over its sequels. While it is not an easy game today on the normal and harder difficulties, it was way harder back before the Lord of Destruction expansion came out.

This new content, which came out almost exactly a year after the main game in 2001, brought with it heavy gameplay rebalancing along with new features to make the overall gameplay more interesting. It also added two more classes to the mix for players to use. At more than 19 hours to beat, Lord of Destruction is longer than a large handful of full games, making the extra purchase more than worthwhile.

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