Diablo Immortal fans estimate fully levelling a class could cost six times more than previously thought

Diablo Immortal's Skarn holds a gem above his head
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It could cost $300,000 - $600,000 🌜to max out a single Diablo Immortal character -much more than the $110,000 figure that initially did the rounds following the action-RPG's launch. 

Following Diablo Immortal's release earlier this month, t♚hat fully upgrading a character could cost $110,000 worth of gems. The idea is that each character needs six five-out-of-five gems, which is around $16,000 a gem on av🐻erage.

, slapping a five-out-of-five gem levelled up to ten on a piece of gear above rank six allows you to awaken that item. 

What happens when you awaken a gem? You get five additional slots around it that take even more legendary gems that need to be levelled up to ten. That means you need 36 five-star gems 🅠to maximise a character rather than six. On top of that, you'll need to purchase a𒊎 Dawning Echo for 1,000 eternal orbs from a vendor if you want to awaken a gem, which costs roughly another $30 each.

Fans have frequently discussed the cost of acquiring a five-out-of-five star gem since Diablo Immortal was released. Alongside the previous examples, you've got who have used binomial probability calculators to determ🧸ine your average spend on a five-out-five-star gem. 

Since you can see the odds of getting a particular gem in-game when doing Rifts, one fan has even made a spen🌄d . For what it's worth, it cost me ✱$37,250 in simulation currency to get six five-out-of-five gems and $159,250 to get 36. 

As founder Andrew Diღce points out on , it's tricky to pin an exact estimate on getting all the 🗹perfect gems you need due to the element of luck. Taking the most agreed-upon estimates for six gems, however, puts the figure between $50,000 - $100,000. Getting the 36 five-out-of-five gems you need means multiplying that by six, giving us the new estimation of $300,000 - $600,000. 

As Dice points out, that's barely scratching the surface. Y🎉ou're naturally looking at spending more if you want to level up additional characters or if you're looking for a 🐻particular gem. 

We've reach❀ed out to Blizzard for comment and will update this story if we hear back.

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Iain Harris
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