Fractured Plane

For the quest of the same name, see The Fractured Plane (Quest).

"In a place like Sanctuary, even those with the utmost mental fortitude can find themselves lost to the unrelenting darkness spread by the Burning Hells. Broken. Shattered. Trapped in the deepest recesses of their mind—entering the Fractured Plane is the only way forward."

- Event description^(src)

Event artwork

The Fractured Plane is a recurring seasonal event in Diablo Immortal.

Lore

"The Fractured Plane may be a reflection of your mind, but...for many, there is no greater hell."

- The Curator^(src)

The Fractured Plane is a "shattered reflection of the mind." While the Plane appears to be a very real place, it is implied that it appears differently to all those who enter it. Some minds are crushed by such an act.

At least two individuals are known to have entered the Plane. The first was Zoltun Kulle, who entered it through the magic of the Sumina Glass. Centuries later, this process was repeated by the Shard-seeker, with the aid of Deckard Cain and the Curator. Cain advised them that while entering the Plane carried risk, it could aid them in their fight against Diablo. Eventually, they were able to unshackle their mind from the realm.

Gameplay

Fractured Plane consists of a 12-floor gauntlet that players enter without their usual gear, gems, and skills. Instead, they are provided with a set of pre-selected skills. As players progress, they earn Chaos Coins. Unstable Legendary Items drop, and the items received complement the skills the player is given. When the session ends, all the collected gear will vanish.

Each floor of the Fractured Plane consists of various rooms linked by bridges. Players must beat the current room and then step on one of the circles at the end of a bridge to activate the room on the other side. It is possible to complete all rooms on a floor this way, but the player is free to move on to the next floor after completing the final room that contains a portal.

The rooms can be of the following types:

• Monster room: the most common type, may contain regular, Elite and/or Rare Elite monsters. After defeating the monsters, an equipment rack appears with a choice of 2 random pieces of equipment or an amount of Chaos Coins.
• Cursed Chest room: contains a chest in the middle with a Chaos Coin counter. Once the chest is touched, the counter starts to go down and various monsters spawn. The player must kill the monsters as quickly as possible. Once all of them are killed, the chest drops the remaining Chaos Coins as well as a Legendary Gem essence that provides a buff for the remainder of the run.
• Chaotic Altar room: contains an altar in the middle. Touching the altar gives the player a choice between 3 buffs, which may include regular buffs such as increased damage and dodge chance, to powerful ones such as set item bonuses.
• Treasure Goblin room: contains numerous Treasure Goblins that run away once they are attacked. The player must quickly chase them down and kill them before they can portal away. Each Goblin killed drops a large amount of Chaos Coins.
• Merchant room: appears as the first room of every floor after the first one. Contains a merchant that sells items and Fortune upgrades for Chaos Coins. Fortune upgrades increase the rating of equipment found in the Fractured Plane and cost an increasing number of Chaos Coins every level, with the maximum being level 10. The four random pieces of equipment can be re-rolled for 30 Chaos Coins. Additionally the room contains a healing spring that heals the player for some Chaos Coins. This is the only source of healing apart from rarely-dropped Healing Orbs.
• Boss room: the only room (besides the merchant room) on every 3rd floor. Contains one of the Rift Guardians. On floors before the last, defeating the boss spawns a Chaotic Altar, granting a choice between 3 buffs.

One of the rooms is designated as the final room that spawns a portal to the next floor on completion. Warping to the next floor converts all unequipped items into Chaos Coins.

Chaotic Chests containing random gear can be obtained by completing floors 4, 8 and 12.

If players make it to the last floor without dying more than five times, they receive a reward. Out of all the Legendary items encountered during the run, players can select six, and out of those six, players will receive one of them at random.

History

Fractured Plane was introduced in Season 13. Before the September 21 2023 update, the number of floors was 15 instead of 12, Challenge Rooms had a lower chance of appearing, and Chaotic Chests could only be obtained once.

Crimson Plane

"Every Blood Knight must accept their days roaming Sanctuary with sentience are numbered. While Fernam’s ritual will suppress their physical transition into an unholy abomination for a time, the battle to stay human is also fought mentally. Two halves of a troubled mind exist in conflict. Entering the Crimson Plane may be the only way to retain harmony."

- Event description^(src)

With the release of the Blood Knight class, a version of Fractured Plane called the Crimson Plane was active, between July 13–August 2, 2023. During this version of the event, the player's build was that of a Blood Knight instead of one for their current class.

Darkling Plane

"After witnessing adventurers under mental duress, trapped in the deepest recesses of their mind, some of Sanctuary’s Familiars ventured into the new Darkling Plane to rescue them."

- Event description^(src)

On the launch of the Splintered Souls update, a version of Fractured Plane called The Darkling Plane was active, between Dec 14-28 2023. During this version of the event, a random familiar was selected for use every time the player started the Fractured Plane.

The Deluged Plane

On the launch of the Unending Storm update, a version of Fractured Plane called The Deluged Plane was active, between May 23 and June 13, 2024. During this version of the event, the player's build was that of a Tempest instead of one for their current class.

Development

The Fractured Plane was originally a limited-time event. It was introduced in 2022, and ran again from January 16, 3:00 a.m.–February 6, 2:59 a.m. server time.

The event was created to invite players to try new skills and Legendary items that they might not typically use. The developers wanted to provide players with an opportunity to start from scratch to see how well they can play their class no matter the circumstances.

Trivia

This section contains facts and trivia relevant to this article.

• That the Fractured Plane is randomized via gameplay could be considered a form of synergy with the game's lore. As the Fractured Plane appears differently to all who access it, similarly, its layout is different for each player.
• The lore implies, but never actually states that the Fractured Plane is not a physical realm, but a mental one.

References

Locations in the Diablo universe

Astral Realm • Burning Hells • Deluged Plane • Ether • Fractured Plane • High Heavens • Limbo • Mirrored World • Nephalem Rifts • Obliterated Realm • Pandemonium • Realm of the Banished • Realm of Shadow • Realms of Fate • Spirit Realm • Void • Wastelands

Sanctuary — Ancients' Cradle • Aranoch • Bakuli Jungle • Bilefen (Valostre, defunct) • Cold Isles (Pelghain, defunct) • Dreadlands • Dry Steppes • Eastern Steppes • Fractured Peaks • Greyhollow Island • Hawezar • Ivgorod (defunct) • Kehjistan (defunct) • Marshland • Nahantu • Samauren Empire (defunct) • Scosglen • Shassar Sea (Fahiran Empire, defunct) • Shimmering Tropic • Skovos Isles • Stormpoint • Uie • Western Kingdoms (Entsteig • Khanduras • Westmarch) • Wojahn • Xiansai
Related — Towns