With a surprise last-minute announcement, Blizzard has made Smoldering Ashes and the new Iris the Cat available earlier in the Diablo 4 Season 8 Seasonal Journey. With the changes to Smoldering Ashes and the Seasonal Journey coming with Season 8, some of these rewards were locked behind the final leg of the Seasonal Journey, which would require players to finish all objectives before obtaining a large portion of Ash.
