The Season Journey is where all of Season 14’s gameplay power lives. In the Season of Death Awakening, the main Season Rank chain runs nine ranks, and you can only reach the next rank after finishing the one before it. Each step names a specific dungeon, boss, or difficulty gate, and clearing it pays out a fixed bundle of Skill Points, Paragon Points, materials, and cosmetics.
Quick answer: Complete each listed objective in order to unlock the next rank. Finishing the full chain earns up to 12 Skill Points, 42 Paragon Points, 7 Resplendent Sparks, and 5 Mythic Unique caches, all for free.
How Season Rank progression works in Season 14
The main track is strictly sequential. Each objective unlocks the rank above it, so you cannot jump ahead. The early ranks send you into named dungeons at set monster levels and difficulties, and the later ranks switch to boss kills at rising Torment tiers. The chain ends with a bonus rank that asks you to finish 10 optional objectives or challenges from a separate list of more than 20.
Everything here is account-wide and free for anyone who owns the game. None of these rewards sit behind Platinum or the Battle Pass Reliquaries, which are cosmetic only.
All main Season Rank tasks and rewards
| Objective | Rewards |
|---|---|
| Complete Vault of the Crucible (Monster Lv. 30 – Hard) in the Scouring Sands of Kehjistan | 2 Skill Points; Undying Player Title; Light Player Title; Archetype Cache; Experience Tome; 1 Smoldering Ashes |
| Complete Hellish Descent (Monster Lv. 60 – Penitent) in the Dismal Foothills of Hawezar | 2 Skill Points; It Comes for all of us (Emblem); Archetype Cache; Experience Tome; Lair Key; Artificer’s Obelisk; 1 Smoldering Ashes |
| Complete Enclave of Darkness (Tier 12 – Torment I) in the Westering Lowlands of Scosglen | 2 Skill Points; 4 Paragon Points; Season Rank Laurel (Title); Archetype Cache; Mythic Unique Journey Cache; Experience Tome; 100 Forgotten Souls; 1 Smoldering Ashes; Lair Key Ring |
| Complete Den of the Apostate (Tier 18 – Torment II) in the Southern Expanse of Kehjistan | 1 Skill Point; 4 Paragon Points; Remains of the Reaper (Mount Trophy); Archetype Cache; Experience Tome; 200 Forgotten Souls; 2 Smoldering Ashes; Greater Lair Key Ring |
| Defeat any Lair Boss in Torment IV or higher | 4 Paragon Points; Chunky Buddy (Emblem); Mystery Greater Archetype Cache; Ancient Memory (Exp); 400 Forgotten Souls; 2 Smoldering Ashes; Superior Lair Key Ring |
| Defeat any Greater Lair Boss in Torment VI or higher | 1 Resplendent Spark; 4 Paragon Points; Greystone (Pet); Mystery Greater Archetype Cache; Ancient Memory; 800 Forgotten Souls; 2 Smoldering Ashes |
| Defeat the Echo of Lilith, Mother of Mankind, in Torment VIII or higher | 4 Paragon Points; Gilded Season Rank Laurel (Title); Crux of the False Prophet; Mythic Unique Journey Cache; Atavistic Echo (Exp); 1 Neathiron; 1600 Forgotten Souls; 1600 Obducite |
| Defeat the Echo of Mephisto in Torment X | Laurel of Hatred (Title); 1 Resplendent Spark; Mythic Unique Journey Cache; Fulfilled Player Title; Prophecy Player Title; 2 Neathiron; 3200 Forgotten Souls; 10 Volatile Primordial Dust; 2 Enhanced Primordial Dust; 3200 Obducite |
| Complete 10 of the listed bonus Objectives or Challenges (from the 20+ option list) | Gilded Laurel of Hatred; 3 Resplendent Sparks; Mythic Unique Journey Cache; Mystery Ancestral Archetype Cache; Ancestral Nahantu Cache; Ancestral Skovos Cache; 4 Neathiron; 6400 Forgotten Souls; 25 Volatile Primordial Dust; 5 Enhanced Primordial Dust; 6400 Obducite |
Note: The Mythic Unique Journey Caches hand out class-specific Mythic Uniques, which feed the new Mythic Uniques 3.0 crafting loop. The Resplendent Sparks and Neathiron are also used when building higher-end gear, so these later ranks are the ones worth pushing for if you are chasing endgame items.
Total power rewards from the Season Journey
Adding up the whole track, the Season Journey pays out the season’s real character strength. These totals include the main rank chain plus the wider Season Journey objectives.
| Reward | Total available |
|---|---|
| Skill Points | Up to 12 |
| Paragon Points | Up to 42 |
| Resplendent Sparks | Up to 7 |
| Mythic Unique Caches | 5 |
| Pets and Mount Trophies | Greystone pet; Remains of the Reaper Mount Trophy |
| Titles and laurels | Multiple titles plus special title laurels |
| Materials | Masterworking mats, Forgotten Souls, Obducite, Runes, Sigils, Talisman Charms, Seals, Lair Boss Keys, and Neathiron |
Spend Smoldering Ashes on Season Blessings early
Several ranks award Smoldering Ashes, which you spend on account-wide Season Blessings. These are not cosmetic. They boost your farming for the rest of the season, so activate them as soon as you can rather than saving them.
| Urn (Blessing) | Effect |
|---|---|
| Urn of Death Awakening | Boosts Glints of Hope reputation earned from all sources |
| Urn of Reclamation | Raises the chance of rare materials from salvaging |
| Urn of Masterworking | Raises the chance to drop additional Obducite |
| Urn of Glyphs | Grants a chance for an extra upgrade when improving glyphs |
| Urn of Ancestral Whispers | Boosts the chance for an Ancestral Cache when turning in Whispers |
The Urn of Death Awakening is usually the strongest early pick, since more Glints of Hope means faster reputation, which feeds Pandemonium Fragments and Mythic crafting. After that, the Urn of Masterworking is the most broadly useful for gearing.
How to confirm a rank unlocked
When you finish an objective, the Season Journey menu marks that rank complete and opens the next rank in the chain. Its rewards land in your inventory or claim queue right away. If the next rank is still locked, the current objective has not registered as complete, most often because the run was on a lower difficulty or tier than the requirement states.
The difficulty gates are strict. Boss kills for the later ranks must be done at the exact Torment tier named, and the Echo of Mephisto rank specifically requires Torment X. Roughly 15% of the wider Season Journey objectives also require the Lord of Hatred expansion, so free-edition players will not be able to finish every single one.
The bonus objectives sitting alongside the main chain are worth the detour. They tend to be easier than the ranked bosses and layer on extra cosmetics, materials, and caches across the season, so work them in whenever they line up with what you are already farming.
