Diablo IV

Bug Fixes

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where the Wings of the Damned and Wings of the Faith items showed a mismatched outline when the Additional Player Highlight setting was enabled.
• Various stability and performance improvements.

Game Updates

Infernal Hordes

• Your Mounts and Pets will now be displayed on the loading screen.
• The chests in Hellbreach Dungeons now has a channel to avoid accidentally clicking the chest.
• The Frenzied and Mindcage titles will be granted to every player upon their first monster kill after Patch 1.5.2 goes live. This is to remedy issues with acquiring the title in Season of Loot Reborn.
• The Season Journey task to defeat Helltide Commanders has been reduced from 20 to 5.

Bug Fixes

User Experience and User Interface

• Fixed an issue where the Threat Level for Helltide would briefly reset reset when hitting a higher Threat Level.
• Fixed an issue where the 5 minute warning for Helltide didn't appear.
• Fixed an issue where the entrance to the Infernal Hordes referred to Infernal Compass Affixes as Dungeon Affixes.
• Fixed an issue where the Enchanting values preview would be inaccurate when enchanting a Masterworked item.
• Fixed an issue where Inventory sorting was inconsistent in some cases.
• Fixed an issue where the pips indicating Masterworking progress on an item did not display in the Masterworking preview window.
• Fixed an issue where saved Ensembles in the Wardrobe could malfunction when swapping between Ensembles with an Off-Hand and a Two-Handed weapon equipped.
• Fixed an issue where the mini-boss Aether Fiends were named Aether Lords.
• Fixed an issue where intersecting paths between party members could become difficult to see.

Quests and Dungeons

• Fixed an issue where the reinforced door during the Of Lambs and Wolves quest could not be opened.
• Fixed an issue where Istel did not appear inside the dungeon if the player entered before dialogue was finished during the Seething Mountain quest.
• Fixed an issue where Pangs of Duriel wouldn't disappear if a player died while they were spawning, which could block progression.

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue where higher ranks of Hydra did not have the blue flame effect.
• Fixed an issue where other players didn't properly see the visual effects of Frost Nova.
• Fixed an issue where Shadow Clones with the Imitated Imbuement aspect equipped did not cast Basic Imbued skills when using the Coldclip aspect.
• Fixed an issue where Poison Trap's damage over time could sometimes fail to trigger.
• Fixed an issue where killing the Blood Maiden after a Helltide ended would reward cinders that could be carried over to the next Helltide.
• Fixed an issue where Attack Speed would decrease during certain scenarios in Local Co-op.
• Fixed an issue where casting animations could play twice for the other player in Local Co-op.
• Fixed an issue where Two-Handed Axes acquired through the Purveyor of Curiosities would always be Legendary.
• Fixed an issue where Unique items could not be acquired from the Purveyor of Curiosities.
• Fixed an issue where the Stealth affix granted by Blood Howl to Waxing Gibbous could not be upgraded through Masterworking.
• Fixed an issue where opening the Spoils of Gold chest in Infernal Hordes with high amounts of Aether could cause instability.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where Helltide weather effects did not consistently appear.
• Various stability and performance improvements.

Game Updates

Infernal Hordes

• The Spoils of Gold chest is now reuseable.
• The sound effects that play when picking up Burning Aether have been updated to be more prominent.
• The Following Infernal Offerings have been updated to increase their rewards:
  • The Exalted Elite: Burning Aether amount increased from +1 to +2.
  • The Surging Elite: Burning Aether amount increased from +1 to +2.
  • The Unstoppable Elite: Burning Aether amount increased from +1 to +2.
  • The Burning Rain: end of wave Burning Aether increased from 1-3 to 3-9.

User Interface and User Experience

• Trade chat is now separated by World Tier.
• Players will now be notified when there is a new patch update available.
• Party Leaders can now promote another Party member to be the new Leader.
• Newly created characters are now always placed at the top of the character list.
• Clan Name can now be changed.

Miscellaneous

• All players will receive a cache of Legendary items with guaranteed Greater Affixes, to make up for the issue seen with patch 1.5.0 where players were not getting items with guaranteed Greater Affixes from multiple sources.
• The Alchemist Control Tempering affix for Rogue has been re-enabled with the following adjustments:
  • The Flurry Size affix has been removed from Rogue Innovation and put into Alchemist Control.
  • The Ranks of Trick Attacks affix has been removed from Alchemist Control.
• Extra visual effects have been added to the projectile trail for Corpse Bows to make it easier to track the projectile's origin.

Bug Fixes

Accessibility

• Fixed an issue where a non-functional setting for Read on Hover was present.
• Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader announced Roman Numerals as letters.

User Interface and User Experience

• Fixed an issue where character stats were inaccurate in town when certain items were equipped.
• Fixed an issue where the tooltip for Infernal Compasses had two instances of "Compass Affixes".
• Fixed an issue where the name for Echo of Varshan displayed as Tormented Echo of Varshan.
• Fixed an issue where an error could display when comparing an Ancestral Mythic Unique Item.
• Fixed an issue where the Whisper icon for defeating the Blood Maiden overlapped the icon for the Accursed Ritual on the map.
• Fixed an issue where the Icons for Infernal Offerings were inconsistent between the minimap and the world map within the Infernal Hordes.
• Fixed an issue where Treasure Goblins in Helltide could leave behind a portal indefinitely.
• Fixed an issue where the visual effect for poison could remain indefinitely on enemy corpses if they were killed while poisoned.
• Fixed an issue where Thorns granted by the Thorns while Fortified Tempering Affix did not display in character stats.
• Fixed an issue where players using a Controller would be sent to the Equipment inventory tab when using an Abyssal scroll.
• Fixed an issue where the minimap was not accurate in certain Infernal Hordes instances.

Gameplay

Infernal Hordes

• Fixed an issue where Hellborne did not spawn as frequently as intended when the Hellfire Infernal Offering was active.
• Fixed an issue where the Stalking Devil Infernal Offering pedestal could appear again after being interacted with.
• Fixed an issue where the Withered Wanderer Infernal Offering reduction to All Resistances did not actually reduce resistance.
• Fixed an issue where Treasure Goblins spawned during an Infernal Hordes encounter could become indefinitely unkillable, preventing wave progression.
• Fixed an issue in local co-op play where one player could collect the other player's Burning Aether after that player died. Finders keepers!

Quests and Dungeons

• Fixed an issue where the player could respawn on the other side of the objective while protecting Locran during the To The Edge of the Abyss quest.
• Fixed an issue where monsters could endlessly spawn during the Seething Mountain quest.
• Fixed an issue where the Istel Tornado encounter during The Rising Hells quest could persist indefinitely.
• Fixed an issue where progression in the Sins of the Willing quest could be blocked if the player died during the ritual.
• Fixed an issue where the second Spider Caller monster in Sirocco Caverns could fail to spawn, preventing progression.
• Fixed an issue where Stormbane's Wrath didn't deal damage. (Not so wrathful after all.)
• Fixed an issue where the Aspect of Inevitable Fate could appear on Chest armor through a Seasonal Questline reward.

General

• Fixed an issue where the Tormented Echo version of the Beast in the Ice dropped the same amount of Pincushioned Dolls as the normal version.
• Fixed an issue where the visual effects for Death Trap and Concealment were not properly visible for other players.
• Fixed an issue where higher Ranks of Firewall did not have the blue flame effect.
• Fixed an issue where Dungeon whispers did not appear in the Scouring Sands zone.
• Fixed an issue where multiple Shade Totems could be spawned by swapping weapons when using the Umbracrux.
• Fixed an issue where Baneful Hearts could be lost when using Accursed Altars after Helltide ended.
• Fixed an issue where a small number of affixes couldn't roll as a Greater Affix, such as the Blood Orbs restore essence affix on Blood Artisan's Cuirass.
• Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck when interacting with the World Tier statue in Kyovashad and using a Town Portal at the same time.
• Fixed an issue where the Leave Dungeon ability couldn't be used to leave Cellars.
• Fixed an issue where Echo of Lilith sometimes couldn't be Staggered during the first phase of the encounter.
• Fixed an issue where Echo of Lilith could remain in the air indefinitely if Staggered immediately after landing.
• Fixed an issue where Echo of Lilith would not progress to the second stage of the encounter in certain circumstances.
• Fixed an issue where Summoned Lightning Spear would not consume stacks of Crackling Energy or grant the damage increase bonus.
• Fixed an issue where certain affixes were not affected by Masterworking for the following Unique Items.
  • The Oculus
  • Blue Rose
  • Storm's Companion
• Fixed an issue where the player couldn’t interact with various objects.
• Fixed an issue where Blood Howl did not grant Stealth when Waxing Gibbous was equipped.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where the corpses of Duriel and Grigoire did not despawn soon after dying.
• Various UI, visual, stability, and performance improvements.

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Game Update

• The sale price of Boss summoning materials has been increased. Examples:
  • Blackened Femur, Gurgling Head, and Trembling Hand sell price increased from 20,000 Gold to 50,000.
  • Stygian Stone sale price increased from 70,000 Gold to 150,000.
• Tempering manual drop rates have been improved to be more consistent.
• Elixirs’ general drop rate has been reduced.
• Tempered affixes on items now have an icon associated to the Tempering category, instead of the same icon for all Tempered affixes.

Bug Fixes

Accessibility

• Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader didn't function properly when interacting with collapsible menus.

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue where boss summoning materials could be lost if transferred to a newly created character.
• Fixed an issue where the Tortured Gift of Amulets in Helltide didn't grant as many items as intended.
• Fixed an issue where a Helltide ambush from a Threat Level increase could spawn within the Iron Wolves encampment.
• Fixed an issue where players could get stuck in place if the World Tier statue was interacted with while using a Town Portal.
• Fixed an issue where the Bold Chieftain's Aspect did not grant cooldown reduction for Druid's Debilitating Roar or Blood Howl.
• Fixed an issue where progression in Garan Hold could be blocked if Keeper Xor'lim was killed too quickly.
• Fixed an issue where progression in Sunken Library could be blocked if the Head Librarian spawned behind a locked door.
• Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck behind certain Tortured Gift chests.
• Fixed an issue where the tempering affix to increase the duration of the Damage Reduction granted by Reap also increased the cooldown for how often Reap could form a corpse.
• Fixed an issue where the Tempering affix for increasing Corpse Tendrils' Crowd Control Duration instead caused the skill to take longer to pull in enemies.
• Fixed an issue where Bone Prisons created by Yen's Blessing would persist indefinitely.
• Fixed an issue where Firebolts going near but not through Firewall would still split into 3 when using Flameweaver.
• Fixed an issue where Venous Mote altars could sometimes not be interacted with to complete the Whisper.
• Fixed an issue where changing mount armor could reset your Spur count.
• Fixed an issue where some of the Drowned Sea Hag’s attacks were harder to see in dark environments.
• Fixed an issue where the following Aspects were not dealing as much damage as intended:
  • Dust Devil's Aspect
  • Aspect of Surprise
  • Trickster's Aspect
  • Aspect of Artful Initiative
  • Vengeful Aspect
  • Aspect of the Arrow Storms
• Fixed an issue where Stormbane's Wrath could teleport to the player during its cast in a Nightmare Dungeon, instantly killing the player.

User Interface and User Experience

• Fixed an issue where the Tempered title was used for 2 different title rewards. A new title, Frenzied, has been added as the reward for completing Tier 59 of the Battle Pass.
• Fixed an issue where the bottom of the Journal could not be interacted with if too many quests were active at the same time.
• Fixed an issue where the Exceptional Gloves appearance got renamed to Superior Gloves.
• Fixed an issue where the toggle for comparing stats would reset after logging out.
• Fixed an issue where interacting with the Pit Obelisk also opened the inventory.
• Fixed an issue where the icon for an available potion upgrade was only visible when near an Alchemist.
• Fixed an issue where the Gauntlet Score screen could malfunction if you scored lower and didn't rank up.
• Fixed an issue where the Barbarian's Weapon Expertise icons were all using the same image.
• Fixed an issue where score updates on the Leaderboard could take longer than intended.
• Fixed an issue where when completing a Gauntlet dungeon, only the achieved rank would be displayed and would not include an earned Seal.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where the impact sound effects for Hellborne Disciple meteors while fighting the Blood Maiden were louder than intended.
• Fixed an issue where multi-colored lights would display in front of a Druid's head when transforming.(Ack! One too many forest mushrooms.)
• Fixed an issue where audio could stop playing for a variety reasons.
• Fixed an issue where Interactable objects in Helltide could disappear and then reappear after Helltide ended.
• Various performance, stability, visual, and UI improvements.

Game Updates

Developer’s Note: We greatly appreciate everyone’s excitement since the launch of Season 4 and are very happy with the state of the game. The changes in this patch are aimed at buffing classes and builds that are not performing as well as their counterparts. We are also slightly reducing the difficulty of the Pit to ensure that most builds are able to get to Tier 60 to get their final tier of Masterworking materials.

Balance Updates

General

Healing Potions

• Minor Healing Potion
  • Initial healing increased by 50%.
• Light, and Moderate Healing Potions
  • Initial healing increased by 100%.
• Strong, Greater, Major, and Superior Healing Potions
  • Initial healing increased by 200%.

Legendary Aspects

• Aspect of the Protector
  • Barrier Cooldown reduced from 30 to 20 seconds.

Ancestral Unique Items

• Andariel’s Visage
  • Poison nova now spawns on the enemy instead of the player.
  • Poison nova damage increased by 50%.
• Doombringer
  • Shadow explosion damage increased by 100%.
• Ring of Starless Skies
  • Maximum stacks of Resource Cost Reduction and bonus Damage increased from 4 to 5.
  • This increases the maximum amount of Resource Cost Reduction and bonus Damage from 40%[x] to 50%[x].
• Tyrael’s Might
  • Divine barrage damage increased by 100%.

Paragon

• Stat requirements for non-main stats reduced from 90 to 60 per Paragon Board.

Developer’s Note: A classes main stat is the one that increases the damage of all of their skills. For example, Sorcerers main stat is Intelligence, so this change affects their Rare Paragon Nodes that have threshold bonuses for Dexterity and Willpower. The stat requirements to activate any Rare Node increases for each additional Paragon Board you progress through. Some of these nodes that require non-main stats were harder to activate than intended. This change makes it easier to activate these nodes, especially on later Paragon Boards.

Barbarian

Skills

• Whirlwind
  • Damage increased by 15%.
• Violent Whirlwind
  • Damage bonus increased from 30%[x] to 35%[x].
• Call of the Ancients
  • Korlic's leap damage increased by 12.5%.
  • Talic's whirlwind damage increased by 20%.
  • Madawc's upheaval damage increased by 13%.
  • Prime Call of the Ancients
    • Damage bonus increased from 20%[x] to 25%[x].
• Frenzy
  • Damage increased by 8%.
• Flay
  • Bleeding damage over time increased by 8%.
  • Enhanced Flay
    • Vulnerable duration increased from 3 to 5 seconds.
  • Battle Flay
    • Bleed damage bonus increased from 10%[x] to 15%[x].
  • Combat Flay
    • Maximum stack amount increased from 4 to 5.
    • Damage Reduction increased from 3% to 4%.
    • Buff duration increased from 3 to 6 seconds.

Passives

• Pressure Point
  • Previous – Lucky Hit: Your Core Skills have up to a 10% chance to make enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.
  • Now – Lucky Hit: Your Core and Weapon Mastery Skills have up to a 10% chance to make enemies Vulnerable for 2 seconds.
• Tough as Nails
  • Additional Thorns as Bleeding damage increased from 10% to 15%.

Key Passives

• Walking Arsenal
  • Damage per unique source of weapon damage increased from 10%[x] to 12%[x].

Legendary Aspects

• Aspect Of Tempering Blows
  • Weapon swaps to activate the effect are reduced from 6 to 5.
• Slaking Aspect
  • Previous – Lucky Hit: You have up to a 45-60% chance to gain 20 Fury when Rend deals direct damage to at least one Bleeding enemy.
  • Now – Lucky Hit: You have up to a 45-60% chance to gain 20 Fury when a Core Skill deals direct damage to at least one Bleeding enemy. Your Maximum Fury is increased by 5-20.
• Dust Devil's Aspect
  • Whirlwind Dust Devil damage increased by 100%.
• Aspect of the Relentless Armsmaster
  • Before – Gain 35-65% increased Fury Generation while all bonuses from the Walking Arsenal Key Passive are active.
  • Now – Gain 35-65% increased Fury Generation and 15% reduced Fury cost to your Skills while all bonuses from the Walking Arsenal Key Passive are active.

Unique Items

• Gohr's Devestating Grips
  • Whirlwind explosion damage increased from 25-35% of Base damage to 40-50%.
• Ancients' Oath
  • Damage increased from 30-50%[x] to 40-60%[x].

Druid

Spirit Boons

• Gift of the Stag
  • Maximum Spirit Increased from 20 to 40.
• Prickleskin
  • Thorns amount increased by 100%.
• Advantageous Beast
  • Previous - Reduce the duration of Control Impairing Effects by 15%.
  • Now - Gain 15%[+] Movement Speed and 15%[+] Impairment Reduction.
• Scythe Talons
  • Critical Strike Chance increased from 5%[+] to 10%[+].
• Iron Feather
  • Maximum Life increased from 14%[x] to 20%[x].
• Swooping Attacks
  • Attack Speed increased from 10%[+] to 15%[+].
• Energize
  • Spirit restored increased from 20 to 30.
• Bolster
  • Fortify amount increased from 15% to 25% of your Maximum Life.
• Obsidian Slam
  • Kills required for guaranteed Overpower reduced from 20 to 10.

Skills

• Rabies
  • Poisoning damage increased by 25%.
• Pulverize
  • Damage increased by 76%.
  • Raging Pulverize
    • Previous - Enemies Overpowered by Pulverize are Stunned for 3 seconds.
    • Now - Pulverize deals 30%[x] increased Overpower Damage. Enemies Overpowered by Pulverize are Stunned for 3 seconds.

Passives

• Nature's Fury
  • Chance to trigger a free Skill of the opposite category increased from 30% to 35%.
• Perfect Storm
  • Damage bonus increased from 20%[x] to 30%[x].
• Nature's Reach
  • Damage to Distant Enemies increased from 3/6/9%[x] to 5/10/15%[x].
• Toxic Claws
  • Poisoning amount increased from 8/15/23% to 12/24/36% of the Skill's Base damage.
• Quickshift
  • Maximum damage bonus increased from 6/12/18%[x] to 8/16/24%[x].
• Defensive Posture
  • Previous - Increases the amount of Fortify you gain from all sources by 5/10/15%[+].
  • Now - Increases the amount of Fortify you gain from all sources by 5/10/15%[+] and you gain 3/6/9% Damage Reduction while Fortified.
• Mending
  • Previous - While in Werebear form, you receive 6/12/18%[+] additional Healing from all sources.
  • Now - While in Werebear form, you receive 6/12/18%[+] additional Healing from all sources and gain 4/8/12%[x] increased Maximum Life.
• Provocation
  • Time in Werebear form required for Overpower reduced from 24/20/16 to 20/16/12 seconds.

Legendary Aspects

• Aspect of Trampled Earth
  • Landslide damage increased from 50-80%[x] to 70-100%[x] of normal damage.
• Subterranean Aspect
  • Damage bonus increased from 10-25%[x] to 15-30%[x].
• Aspect of the Alpha
  • Werewolf Companion damage increased from 85-115%[x] to 100-130%[x].
• Unsatiated Aspect
  • Shred damage when cast above 50 Spirit increased from 10-25% to 20-35%.

Paragon

• Constricting Tendrils Legendary Node
  • Damage increased from 120% to 150%.
• Dominate Glyph
  • Damage bonus after an Overpower increased from 12%[x] to 15%[x].

Necromancer

Book of the Dead

• Skirmishers Sacrifice Upgrade
  • Critical Strike Chance bonus increased from 5%[+] to 10%[+].
• Defenders Sacrifice Upgrade
  • Resistance to All Elements increased from 20%[+] to 25%[+].
• Reapers Sacrifice Upgrade
  • Shadow Damage increased from 15%[x] to 20%[x].
• Shadow Mages Sacrifice Upgrade
  • Maximum Essence increased from 15 to 20.
  • Now also increases Essence Generation by 20%.
• Cold Mages Sacrifice Upgrade
  • Damage to Vulnerable enemies increased from 15%[x] to 20%[x].
• Bone Mages Sacrifice Upgrade
  • Overpower Damage increased from 25%[x] to 30%[x].
• Bone Golem Sacrifice Upgrade
  • Attack Speed bonus increased from 10%[+] to 15%[+].
• Blood Golem Sacrifice Upgrade
  • Maximum Life bonus increased from 10%[x] to 15%[x].
• Iron Golem Sacrifice Upgrade
  • Critical Strike Damage bonus increased from 30%[x] to 35%[x].

Paragon

• Blood Begets Blood Legendary Node
  • Maximum damage increased from 15%[x] to 30%[x].
• Blood-drinker Glyph
  • Fortify bonus increased from 7% to 10% of your Maximum Life.
• Desecration Glyph
  • Shadow damage bonus increased from 15%[x] to 20%[x].
• Gravekeeper Glyph
  • Damage bonus increased from 2%[x] to 3%[x], up to a maximum from 12%[x] to 18%[x] for every Close Corpse.

Legendary Aspects

• Sacrificial Aspect
  • Sacrifice bonus increased from 10-25%[x] to 35-50%[x].
• Shielding Storm Aspect
  • Previous - Each time that Bone Storm damages an enemy, gain a Barrier equal to 1-6% of your Base Life for 10 seconds.
  • Now - Each time that Bone Storm damages an enemy, gain a Barrier equal to 1-6% of your Maximum Life for 10 seconds.

Rogue

Skills

• Twisting Blades
  • Initial damage increased by 20%.
  • Return damage increased by 20%.
• Flurry
  • Damage increased by ~25%.

Passives

• Exposure
  • Lucky Hit no longer requires direct damage to proc, and will now also work on Damage Over Time effects.
• Sturdy
  • Damage Reduction increased from 4/8/12% to 6/12/18%.
• Mending Obscurity
  • Previous - While Stealthed, you Heal for 4/8/12% Maximum Life per second.
  • Now - When entering Sealth and every second while Stealthed, you Heal for 5/10/15% of your Maximum Life.

Paragon

• Versatility Glyph
  • Non-Basic and Non-Core skill damage increased from 15%[x] to 25%[x].
• Fluidity Glyph
  • Previous - When you cast an Agility Skill, you gain 9%[x] increased Energy Regeneration for 6 seconds.
  • Now - When you cast an Agility Skill, you deal 10%[x] increased damage and gain 15%[x] increased Energy Regeneration for 6 seconds.
• Explosive Glyph
  • Damage Reduction increased from 10%[x] to 15%[x].
• Diminish Glyph
  • Damage Reduction increased from 10% to 15%.

Legendary Aspects

• Bladedancer’s Aspect
  • Damage increased from 30-60%[x] to 50-80%[x].
• Aspect of Artful Initiative
  • Energy required to drop Grenades reduced from 100 to 75.
  • Grenade damage increased by 50%.
• Aspect of Surprise
  • Grenade damage increased by 200%.
  • When using Shadow Step, Grenades now drop at the location the player teleports to instead of where they teleported from.

Developer’s Note: This only changes where the Grenades drop when using Shadow Step, and not Evade.

• Trickster’s Aspect
  • Grenade damage increased by 50%.
• Enshrouding Aspect
  • Time required for a Dark Shroud reduced from 3 to 2 seconds.
• Umbrous Aspect
  • Previous - Lucky Hit: Critical Strikes with Marksman Skills have up to 45-60% chance to grant a free Dark Shroud shadow.
  • Now - Lucky Hit: Critical Strikes have up to 45-60% chance to grant a free Dark Shroud shadow.
• Aspect of Arrow Storms
  • Arrow Storm damage increased by 30%.
  • Bonus damage dealt by all Arrow Storms increased from 25-35%[x] to 30-40%[x].
• Vengeful Aspect
  • Arrow Storm damage increased by 30%.

Unique Items

• Eyes in the Dark
  • Previous - Death Trap deals 50-70%[x] increased damage. Unless it hits a Boss of Player, Death Trap will continue to re-arm itself until it kills an enemy.
  • Now - Death Trap deals 50-90%[x] increased damage and will re-arm itself a second time.
• Saboteur’s Signet
  • Grenade damage increased by 50%.

Sorcerer

Skills

• Ice Armor
  • Barrier amount increased from 30% of Base Life to 25% of Maximum Life.
• Shimmering Teleport
  • Duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds.
• Incinerate
  • Damage Reduction increased from 15% to 20%.

Passives

• Potent Warding
  • Maximum Resistance increased from 1/2/3% to 2/4/6%.
  • Adjusted functionality: No longer excludes Basic Skill casts.
• Glass Cannon
  • Additional damage taken reduced from 3/6/9%[x] to 2/4/6%[x].
• Align the Elements
  • Persistence duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds.
• Conduction
  • Movement Speed increased from 3/6/9%[+] to 4/8/12%[+].
  • Duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds.
• Electrocution
  • Reduced enemy damage dealt increased from 5/10/15%[x] to 6/12/18%[x].
• Warmth
  • Healing per Nearby Burning enemy increased from .3/.6/.9% to .5/1/1.5%.
  • Healing per Nearby Burning Boss enemy increased from .6/1.2/1.8% to 2/4/6%.
• Inner Flames
  • Bonus damage while Healthy increased from 3/6/9%[x] to 4/8/12%[x].
• Overflowing Energy
  • Cooldown Reduction for hitting Elite enemies increased from .25 to .35 seconds.
• Avalanche
  • Bonus damage increased from 45%[x] to 60%[x].
• Combustion
  • Bonus damage per unique source of Burning increased from 2%[x] to 4%[x].
• Esu's Ferocity
  • Critical Strike Chance increased from 5%[+] to 10%[+].
• Shatter
  • Bonus damage increased from 25%[x] to 30%[x].
• Vyr's Mastery
  • Bonus damage increased from 15%[x] to 20%[x].
  • Bonus damage after a Critical Strike increased from 20%[x] to 25%[x].

Legendary Aspects

• Aspect of Concentration
  • Damage Reduction increased from 10-20% to 15-25%.
• Aspect of Unbroken Tether
  • Additional Chain Lightning chains increased from 4 to 5.
• Aspect of Overwhelming Currents
  • Chance to cast an additional Shock Skill increased from 15-30% to 25%-40%.
• Mage-Lord's Aspect
  • Previous - Vyr's Mastery grants 6-9% Damage Reduction for each Close enemy, up to 18-27%.
  • Now - Vyr's Mastery grants 6-9% Damage Reduction, tripled while fighting a Close enemy.
• Aspect of Shattered Stars
  • Meteorites damage increased from 20-35%[x] to 30-45%[x].
• Aspect of Frozen Memories
  • Additional casts increased from 1 to 2.
• Battle Caster’s Aspect
  • Maximum stacks increased from 3 to 5.

Unique Items

• Flamescar
  • Embers damage increased by ~35%.
• Esadora's Overflowing Cameo
  • Damage increased for every 100 Intelligence increased from 50%[x] to 60%[x].
• Staff of Endless Rage
  • Bonus damage increased from 40-60%[x] to 50-70%[x].
• Gloves of the Illuminator
  • Damage penalty reduced from 35-25%[x] to 30-20%[x].

End-Game

• Health and damage levels have been reduced in the Pit. The adjustment is most significant as players approach tier 60, so more players can fully participate in Masterworking.

Developer’s Note: We're adjusting the pit so more players can enjoy a smoother end game progression experience.

• All Tormented bosses have had their health reduced by 30%. This includes Blood Boils from Tormented Echo of Lilith.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Holy Bolts Elixir's damage was scaling unintentionally high when it was triggered from pets such as Necromancer's Minions.

Developer’s Note: Holy Bolts Elixir now deals a percentage of your weapon damage rather than percentage of the enemy's health. This change is intended to reduce its effectiveness against the toughest enemies in higher tiers of the Pit, but will still be really valuable for players throughout the whole game. We made this change alongside a reduction to the health of enemies in the Pit so players who are delving deep into the Pit aren't heavily affected.

• Fixed an issue where casting Boulders with Dolmen Stone would cause it to not cast at all. Boulders now have a limit of 10 but their damage is increased by 10% for each boulder.
• Fixed an issue Rapid Fire with Scoundrel's Kiss equipped couldn't properly hit close targets and could sometimes fire projectiles behind the player. This also increases the radius of the explosions by 25%.
• Fixed an issue where Pets were being counted as minions in various cases.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where some mounts went missing from the stable master's interface.
• Stability and performance improvements.

Note that exact timing for this Patch is to be determined. We will share updates once we have them.

Game Updates

The Pit

• The chance to receive a Stygian Stone on completion of the Pit has been increased.
  • Examples:
    • Tier 1: 5%
    • Tier 40: 10%
    • Tier 100: 18%
    • Tier 200: 30%
• We have made the following adjustments to bosses in The Pit.
  • Adjusted the damage of boss powers and boss affixes to be more in-line with the difficulty of the dungeon leading up to the fight.
  • Reduced the frequency of boss affixes so they don't overlap.
  • The Tomb Lord Bone Wall boss affix now starts appearing from Pit tier 1.
    • Slightly reduced ability cooldown.
  • The Blood Bishop triple Shadow Line boss affix now starts appearing from Pit Tier 31.
    • Moderately increased cooldown.
  • Reduced the Airidah Wind Vortex boss affix to last 6 seconds, down from 8 seconds.
• The selection for Pit Tier will now default to last completed Tier instead of highest available Tier.

General

• Tempering Manuals on the ground now have their tooltip name reduced to start with "Manual" to quickly distinguish what the item is.
• Duplicate or obsolete Tempering Manuals, manuals the player has already unlocked or has a higher rarity version of, will no longer drop.
• Completing the Capstone Dungeon will now grant a Nightmare Dungeon Sigil.

Bug Fixes

Accessibility

• Fixed multiple issues where the Screen Reader did not function properly for certain parts of the Tempering and Masterworking menus.
• Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader did not announce the description for the Pit Obelisk.
• Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader did not announce the tooltip for Viewing possible affixes.
• Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader did not identify required World Tier values in crafting material tooltips.

User Experience and User Interface

• Fixed an issue where linking certain Items in chat wouldn't display properly.
• Fixed an issue where the Gauntlet score screen would display "You Have Ranked Up!" regardless of whether or not the player actually ranked up.
• Fixed an issue where known Tempering Recipes of the same type were counting towards the total of all learned recipes, which could cause the total number of known recipes displayed to be more than the maximum.
• Fixed an issue where the Reset Masterwork ranks window could not be closed with the Escape key.
• Fixed an issue where the Greater Affix icon did not display in the trade window.
• Fixed an issue where the number displayed for Thorns inherited by Minions was much higher than it actually was.
• Fixed an issue where Withdraw-Only items from the Seasonal migration Stash could randomly appear directly into the player's Inventory.
• Fixed an issue where icons for Greater Affixes and Masterworking did not appear when inspecting another player.
• Fixed an issue where Controller navigation was inconsistent in the Stable menu.
• Fixed an issue where additional monsters spawned during Boss encounters in The Pit would display as red dots on the minimap similar to monsters marked as objectives.
• Fixed an issue where the effect denoting active Helltide in the map could malfunction if the player was in a dungeon when a new Helltide began.

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue where the player's character could become invisible and uncontrollable in rare circumstances while Bloodmarked and Mounted.
• Fixed an issue where the Cursed Chest event in Domhainne Tunnels could fail to complete if the last enemy was killed right as the timer expired.
• Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck in the death screen if they were killed with 0 revives left in a Nightmare Dungeon while in a party.
• Fixed an issue where the Mastery objective for the Rupture Dungeon Event could not be achieved.
• Fixed an issue where triggers of the Elemental Surge Tempering affix could unintentionally break Stealth.
• Fixed an issue where spawn points for the Blood Maiden were sometimes further away than intended.
• Fixed an issue where you couldn’t interact with the Pit Obelisk after Resetting Dungeons.
• Fixed an issue where Rare spawn monsters could still drop crafting materials, such as crushed beast bones and grave dust.
• Fixed an issue where the Druid’s Bloodhowl did not benefit from the Bold Chieftain's Aspect when combined with Nighthowler's Aspect.
• Fixed an issue where the visual effect for Upheaval when used with the Hellhammer did not match the damage's area of effect.
• Fixed an issue where the Spider Caller could not spawn in Sirocco Caverns, which would block progression.
• Fixed an issue where certain affixes were scaling in unintended ways.

  Developer’s Note: This change means the following affixes will now scale properly. For almost all of these, the issue applies only to the duration of the affix. Duration wasn't meant to scale, but it incorrectly scaled with upgrades through Masterworking. Any changes beyond that will be listed below.

  • Unique Affixes
    • Scoundrel's Kiss - +X% Attack Speed for 4 Seconds After Dodging an Attack.
    • Blood Artisan's Cuirass - +X% Damage for 4 Seconds After Picking up a Blood Orb.
    • Fists of Fate - Lucky Hit: Up to a 10% Chance to Gain X% Damage for 4 Seconds. (Both the Duration and Lucky Hit Chance are affected here).
    • The Grandfather - Ignores Durability Loss. This Affix can now no longer roll as a Greater Affix or be Upgraded via Masterworking.

  Developer’s Note: For the Grandfather specifically, any existing Grandfathers that had a Greater Affix or Masterworking roll consumed by the Indestructible Affix will be re-rolled.

  • Legacy Affixes
    • +X% Damage for 4 Seconds After Killing an Elite.
    • +X% Damage for 4 Seconds After Dodging an Attack.
  • Non-Legacy Version (e.g. Esu's Heirloom, Natural Motion Tempering Affix) - +X% Movement Speed for 4 Seconds After Killing an Elite.
  • Lucky Hit: Up to a X% Chance to Make Enemies Vulnerable for 2 Seconds.
• Fixed an issue where resetting Masterworking on an item would not function properly if the item had been reset and the player logged out soon after.
• Fixed an issue where Grigoire couldn't drop Twin Strikes.
• Fixed an issue where targeted Unique items dropped from bosses (e.g. Fleshrender from Lord Zir or Ebonpiercer from Grigoire) couldn't drop with Greater affixes.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where players lost Resplendent Sparks upon seasonal migration.

Developer’s Note: Players that lost Resplendent Sparks will have them restored when logging into an Eternal Character.

• Fixed an issue where Barbarian could not craft Gurgling Heads at the Alchemist.
• Fixed an issue where the rotating Fire beams during the Echo of Andariel fight could be invisible if VFX quality was set to low.
• Various stability, visual, and performance fixes.

Game Updates

• The Enchanting window now explicitly informs you that you can't re-roll into a Greater Affix.
• Hellborne enemies in Helltide now deal additional fire damage with their attacks.
• Masterworking materials can now be directly transmuted instead of requiring the opening of a Materials Cache to receive them.
• Once Masterworking is unlocked by one character, it is now always accessible on all characters across realms.
• The Gold cost of Masterworking has been reduced.
  • Examples:
    • Ranks 1-4: Unchanged
    • Rank 5: reduced from 450,000 to 400,000
    • Rank 8: reduced from 1,000,000 to 800,000
    • Rank 12: reduced from 10,000,000 to 2,500,000

Developer’s Note: We want to make the main push for Masterworking to be focused on the acquisition of materials, and less focused on needing the Gold. We want to avoid the possibility of having the materials available, but needing to take extra time to collect the Gold.

• The Armor cap is now displayed in the tooltip when hovering over Armor in character stats.
• The surge damage from Sorcerer's Enhanced Charged bolts has been increased from 30% to 45%.

Developer’s Note: We investigated an issue where the surge from Enhanced Charged Bolts was happening too frequently when enemies were tightly stacked together, which caused performance issues. We also found that the surge damage was doing less damage than intended while the Piercing Static aspect was equipped. While fixing those two issues (see bug fixes below), it was decided that a 50% buff to the surge damage would compensate for reducing how often it procs when enemies are stacked together.

• The drop rates for Scattered Prisms have been increased from multiple sources.
  • Treasure goblins now drop Scattered Prisms more often.
    • 15% Chance in World Tiers I and II
    • 25% Chance in World Tier III
    • 30% Chance in World Tier IV
  • World Bosses now always drop Scattered Prisms, and the amount they drop increases by World Tier.
    • World Tiers I and II: 1 Scattered Prism
    • World Tier III: 2 Scattered Prisms
    • World Tier IV: 3 Scattered Prisms
  • The Butcher will always drop a Scattered Prism on defeat.
• Reworked item stat comparisons to be more intuitive when the same stat appears on an item multiple times, which most often occurs with tempered items.

Developer’s Note: Previously, if you compared an item’s stats and it had a value appear twice (such as Cooldown Reduction,) it would display those two different values individually. We have now updated this to combine those individual values to only display one value, making it easier to compare stats across items.

• The Whisper bounty requirements for defeating Hellborne has been reduced from defeating 3 to defeating 1.

Developer’s Note: We've made this change to compensate for a bug fix that can be seen further down in the patch notes.

Bug Fixes

Accessibility

• Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader did not properly announce supported item slot categories for Aspects in the Codex of Power.
• Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader did not properly differentiate between locked and unlocked Tempering recipes.

User Interface and User Experience

• Fixed an issue where Bloodmarked players could not send party invites to each other.
• Fixed an issue where trading Gold to a player at the Gold cap would exit the trade without any feedback to the player.
• Fixed multiple instances where Skill tooltips did not update after being affected by Sorcerer Enchantment effects or new affixes introduced with Tempering.
• Fixed an issue where the tooltip for Tempering re-rolls was inconsistent.
• Fixed an issue where the preview and comparison tooltip values for Tempered Amulets and Two-Handed weapons were inaccurate.
• Fixed an issue where the way interacting with Tempering recipes was inconsistent between Keyboard and Mouse play and Controller play.
• Fixed an issue where the Masterworking menu could become locked when switching World Tiers.
• Fixed an issue where the icons for denoting levels of Masterworking on an item were inconsistent.
• Fixed an issue where the Progress section on the Trials screen would fail to update when a new Class completes the Gauntlet for the first time on the same account.
• Fixed an issue where several skills newly labeled as Core Skills, such as Kick and Firewall, would not come up when searching for Core Skills in the Skill tree.
• Fixed an issue where saving changes in the Wardrobe by switching tabs would not reflect the changes.
• Fixed an issue where Soudeh's dialogue was missing a line after defeating the Blood Maiden.
• Fixed an issue where the visual size of Stun Grenades did not increase with the actual effect's size when using the Tempered Affix that increases their size.
• Fixed an issue where the Greater Affix icon on an item overlapped with socketed Gems.
• Fixed an issue where item stat comparisons were incorrect when one of the items involved in the comparison had two different sources of the same item stat. Now, multiple sources of the same stat will be condensed into a single value for item comparison purposes.
• Fixed an issue where the tooltip for Veiled Crystals could be seen in the Replace Affix menu when enchanting an item.
• Fixed an issue where stacks of Baneful Hearts did not display as multiple when on the ground.
• Fixed an issue where a popup would mistakenly state that a new Pit tier had been unlocked when it had not actually unlocked.
• Fixed an issue where the penalty timer applied to Mastery for dying in the Pit would still display even after the Mastery timer had expired.
• Fixed an issue where tier 130 for The Pit in the Artificer's list was incorrectly labeled as 131.
• Fixed an issue where Helltide Chests in World Tiers I and II took 3 seconds to open instead of 1.5 seconds.
• Fixed an issue where Objective markers did not display on the map when the Confront Doomsayers whisper was active.
• Fixed an issue where the button to start the Gauntlet did not display that it is unavailable during the rotation blackout period when it rotates each week.
• Various miscellaneous fixes and quality-of-life improvements for the Tempering, Masterworking, and Codex of Power menus.
• [PC Only] Fixed issues with NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation, a setting available to players with NVIDIA 4000 series graphics cards, which was temporarily disabled due to stability issues. These issues have been fixed, and the setting has been re-enabled.

Gameplay

Helltide

• Fixed an issue where Hellborne enemies that despawned after Player death would drop loot.
• Fixed an issue where Helltide Zealots could spawn underground.
• Fixed an issue where Screaming Hell Veins could be looted multiple times when in a party.
• Fixed an issue where Aberrant Cinders did not reset when logging back in to an active Helltide with a character that previously had Cinders.
• Fixed an issue where the damaging effect from Spires of Corruption did not match the visual effect.
• Fixed an issue where Trembling Mass enemies could infinitely respawn.
• Fixed an issue where enemies during the Waves of Darkness could engage and chase nearby Iron Wolves, which made earning mastery for the Event more difficult.
• Fixed an issue where Hellborne Disciples spawned during a Blood Maiden Encounter counted towards the Cull Hellborne Whisper Objective.

Developer’s Note: The Hellborne Disciples that spawn while fighting the Blood Maiden do not count as Hellborne in other contexts, such as the fact they do not drop loot like normal Hellborne. This change is to ensure these enemies are treated consistently.

• Fixed an issue where Threat progress could become permanently locked if the player exited Helltide while Threat was near zero.
• Fixed an issue where Hellworms could sometimes leave behind invisible walls after disappearing.

The Pit

• Fixed an issue where Orb beams from the Den Mother could damage players before they had been released.
• Fixed an issue where you could only interact with the Pit Obelisk if you had Rune Shards in your inventory.
• Fixed an issue where Runeshards could drop in World Tier III Nightmare Dungeons and from the Seething Abomination in the Fields of Hatred.

Skills and Class Mechanics

• Fixed an issue where the surge damage from Enhanced Charged Bolts was exploding too often on enemies that were stacked together (as noted previously in Game Updates).
• Fixed an issue where the surge damage from Enhanced Charged Bolts was doing less damage than intended when using the Piercing Static Aspect.
• Fixed an issue where the Druid Spirit Boon Overload's damage was Physical Damage instead of Lightning damage.
• Fixed an issue where the Aspect of the Alpha did not properly mark the Wolves skill as a Werewolf skill in-game.
• Fixed an issue where Boulders orbiting the player from the Dolmen Stone Amulet could stop doing so indefinitely when destroyed by projectile-destroying entities, such as Suppressor Fields or monster-spawned walls.
• Fixed an issue where Rapid Fire used with the Scoundrel's Kiss Unique Ring had a further range than intended, allowing enemies to be damaged and defeated off-screen.

General

• Fixed an issue where walls spawned by Elites with the Waller Affix could be destroyed by other monsters coming into contact with them. Hell’s Legions care little when it comes to morality, but they do not mess around with keeping Walls up to code.
• Fixed an issue where the Head Librarian in the Sunken Library could spawn behind the locked door, which would block progression.
• Fixed an issue where items dropped in the Cathedral of Light had a higher level requirement than they should.
• Fixed an issue where End Game bosses, i.e. Uber Duriel, could still drop gear that was lower than Rare quality.
• Fixed an issue where End Game bosses were dealing more damage than intended in certain scenarios.
• Fixed an issue where a Shrine could reset after you take a teleport out of a dungeon and then re-enter.
• Fixed an issue where Cooldown Reduction granted by the following Tempering affixes was less for higher tier recipes.
  • Defensive
    • Frost Cage
    • Nature Magic Wall
    • Barbarian Strategy
  • Utility
    • Alchemist Control
    • Daze Control
  • Resource
    • Companion Efficiency
    • Weapon Mastery Efficiency
    • Subterfuge Efficiency
  • Fixed the debuff from the Beast in Ice boss fight persisting after death and stacking unintentionally.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where the Blood Maiden’s Mantle Trophy cosmetic dropped by the Blood Maiden didn't function properly.
• Fixed an issue where the Leave Dungeon animation would play but the actual portal would stop if the portal was started while moving.
• Fixed an issue where Andariel's rotating laser was invisible when VFX quality was set to low.
• Fixed an issue where taking a Town Portal right after killing the Blood Maiden during the Voice of the Night quest could block quest progression.
• Fixed an issue where some Legacy items had their affixes re-rolled during Seasonal migration.

Developer’s Note: The intention of the change is that all stats on items should either be completely restored to what they were, or get the maximum stats if the previous values were unavailable.

• Fixed an issue where killing Echo of Lilith did not reward a Resplendent Spark.

Developer’s Note: Anyone who has killed Echo of Lilith in any season will receive a Resplendent Spark this season. In future seasons, you will have to defeat her again to get one. This implementation is to retroactively reward players who have defeated Echo of Lilith this season, but did not receive a Resplendent Spark. For players that have yet to defeat Echo of Lilith this season, defeating her will still grant you a Resplendent Spark.

• Various UI, visual, audio, stability, and performance improvements.

Game Updates

• The Enchanting window now explicitly informs you that you can't re-roll into a Greater Affix.
• Hellborne enemies in Helltide now deal additional fire damage with their attacks.
• Masterworking materials can now be directly transmuted instead of requiring the opening of a Materials Cache to receive them.
• Once Masterworking is unlocked by one character, it is now always accessible on all characters across realms.
• The Gold cost of Masterworking has been reduced.
  • Examples:
    • Ranks 1-4: Unchanged
    • Rank 5: reduced from 450,000 to 400,000
    • Rank 8: reduced from 1,000,000 to 800,000
    • Rank 12: reduced from 10,000,000 to 2,500,000

Developer’s Note: We want to make the main push for Masterworking to be focused on the acquisition of materials, and less focused on needing the Gold. We want to avoid the possibility of having the materials available, but needing to take extra time to collect the Gold.

• The Armor cap is now displayed in the tooltip when hovering over Armor in character stats.
• The surge damage from Sorcerer's Enhanced Charged bolts has been increased from 30% to 45%.

Developer’s Note: We investigated an issue where the surge from Enhanced Charged Bolts was happening too frequently when enemies were tightly stacked together, which caused performance issues. We also found that the surge damage was doing less damage than intended while the Piercing Static aspect was equipped. While fixing those two issues (see bug fixes below), it was decided that a 50% buff to the surge damage would compensate for reducing how often it procs when enemies are stacked together.

• The drop rates for Scattered Prisms have been increased from multiple sources.
  • Treasure goblins now drop Scattered Prisms more often.
    • 15% Chance in World Tiers I and II
    • 25% Chance in World Tier III
    • 30% Chance in World Tier IV
  • World Bosses now always drop Scattered Prisms, and the amount they drop increases by World Tier.
    • World Tiers I and II: 1 Scattered Prism
    • World Tier III: 2 Scattered Prisms
    • World Tier IV: 3 Scattered Prisms
  • The Butcher will always drop a Scattered Prism on defeat.
• Reworked item stat comparisons to be more intuitive when the same stat appears on an item multiple times, which most often occurs with tempered items.

Developer’s Note: Previously, if you compared an item’s stats and it had a value appear twice (such as Cooldown Reduction,) it would display those two different values individually. We have now updated this to combine those individual values to only display one value, making it easier to compare stats across items.

• The Whisper bounty requirements for defeating Hellborne has been reduced from defeating 3 to defeating 1.

Developer’s Note: We've made this change to compensate for a bug fix that can be seen further down in the patch notes.

Bug Fixes

Accessibility

• Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader did not properly announce supported item slot categories for Aspects in the Codex of Power.
• Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader did not properly differentiate between locked and unlocked Tempering recipes.

User Interface and User Experience

• Fixed an issue where Bloodmarked players could not send party invites to each other.
• Fixed an issue where trading Gold to a player at the Gold cap would exit the trade without any feedback to the player.
• Fixed multiple instances where Skill tooltips did not update after being affected by Sorcerer Enchantment effects or new affixes introduced with Tempering.
• Fixed an issue where the tooltip for Tempering re-rolls was inconsistent.
• Fixed an issue where the preview and comparison tooltip values for Tempered Amulets and Two-Handed weapons were inaccurate.
• Fixed an issue where the way interacting with Tempering recipes was inconsistent between Keyboard and Mouse play and Controller play.
• Fixed an issue where the Masterworking menu could become locked when switching World Tiers.
• Fixed an issue where the icons for denoting levels of Masterworking on an item were inconsistent.
• Fixed an issue where the Progress section on the Trials screen would fail to update when a new Class completes the Gauntlet for the first time on the same account.
• Fixed an issue where several skills newly labeled as Core Skills, such as Kick and Firewall, would not come up when searching for Core Skills in the Skill tree.
• Fixed an issue where saving changes in the Wardrobe by switching tabs would not reflect the changes.
• Fixed an issue where Soudeh's dialogue was missing a line after defeating the Blood Maiden.
• Fixed an issue where the visual size of Stun Grenades did not increase with the actual effect's size when using the Tempered Affix that increases their size.
• Fixed an issue where the Greater Affix icon on an item overlapped with socketed Gems.
• Fixed an issue where item stat comparisons were incorrect when one of the items involved in the comparison had two different sources of the same item stat. Now, multiple sources of the same stat will be condensed into a single value for item comparison purposes.
• Fixed an issue where the tooltip for Veiled Crystals could be seen in the Replace Affix menu when enchanting an item.
• Fixed an issue where stacks of Baneful Hearts did not display as multiple when on the ground.
• Fixed an issue where a popup would mistakenly state that a new Pit tier had been unlocked when it had not actually unlocked.
• Fixed an issue where the penalty timer applied to Mastery for dying in the Pit would still display even after the Mastery timer had expired.
• Fixed an issue where tier 130 for The Pit in the Artificer's list was incorrectly labeled as 131.
• Fixed an issue where Helltide Chests in World Tiers I and II took 3 seconds to open instead of 1.5 seconds.
• Fixed an issue where Objective markers did not display on the map when the Confront Doomsayers whisper was active.
• Fixed an issue where the button to start the Gauntlet did not display that it is unavailable during the rotation blackout period when it rotates each week.
• Various miscellaneous fixes and quality-of-life improvements for the Tempering, Masterworking, and Codex of Power menus.
• [PC Only] Fixed issues with NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation, a setting available to players with NVIDIA 4000 series graphics cards, which was temporarily disabled due to stability issues. These issues have been fixed, and the setting has been re-enabled.

Gameplay

Helltide

• Fixed an issue where Hellborne enemies that despawned after Player death would drop loot.
• Fixed an issue where Helltide Zealots could spawn underground.
• Fixed an issue where Screaming Hell Veins could be looted multiple times when in a party.
• Fixed an issue where Aberrant Cinders did not reset when logging back in to an active Helltide with a character that previously had Cinders.
• Fixed an issue where the damaging effect from Spires of Corruption did not match the visual effect.
• Fixed an issue where Trembling Mass enemies could infinitely respawn.
• Fixed an issue where enemies during the Waves of Darkness could engage and chase nearby Iron Wolves, which made earning mastery for the Event more difficult.
• Fixed an issue where Hellborne Disciples spawned during a Blood Maiden Encounter counted towards the Cull Hellborne Whisper Objective.

Developer’s Note: The Hellborne Disciples that spawn while fighting the Blood Maiden do not count as Hellborne in other contexts, such as the fact they do not drop loot like normal Hellborne. This change is to ensure these enemies are treated consistently.

• Fixed an issue where Threat progress could become permanently locked if the player exited Helltide while Threat was near zero.
• Fixed an issue where Hellworms could sometimes leave behind invisible walls after disappearing.

The Pit

• Fixed an issue where Orb beams from the Den Mother could damage players before they had been released.
• Fixed an issue where you could only interact with the Pit Obelisk if you had Rune Shards in your inventory.
• Fixed an issue where Runeshards could drop in World Tier III Nightmare Dungeons and from the Seething Abomination in the Fields of Hatred.

Skills and Class Mechanics

• Fixed an issue where the surge damage from Enhanced Charged Bolts was exploding too often on enemies that were stacked together (as noted previously in Game Updates).
• Fixed an issue where the surge damage from Enhanced Charged Bolts was doing less damage than intended when using the Piercing Static Aspect.
• Fixed an issue where the Druid Spirit Boon Overload's damage was Physical Damage instead of Lightning damage.
• Fixed an issue where the Aspect of the Alpha did not properly mark the Wolves skill as a Werewolf skill in-game.
• Fixed an issue where Boulders orbiting the player from the Dolmen Stone Amulet could stop doing so indefinitely when destroyed by projectile-destroying entities, such as Suppressor Fields or monster-spawned walls.
• Fixed an issue where Rapid Fire used with the Scoundrel's Kiss Unique Ring had a further range than intended, allowing enemies to be damaged and defeated off-screen.

General

• Fixed an issue where walls spawned by Elites with the Waller Affix could be destroyed by other monsters coming into contact with them. Hell’s Legions care little when it comes to morality, but they do not mess around with keeping Walls up to code.
• Fixed an issue where the Head Librarian in the Sunken Library could spawn behind the locked door, which would block progression.
• Fixed an issue where items dropped in the Cathedral of Light had a higher level requirement than they should.
• Fixed an issue where End Game bosses, i.e. Uber Duriel, could still drop gear that was lower than Rare quality.
• Fixed an issue where End Game bosses were dealing more damage than intended in certain scenarios.
• Fixed an issue where a Shrine could reset after you take a teleport out of a dungeon and then re-enter.
• Fixed an issue where Cooldown Reduction granted by the following Tempering affixes was less for higher tier recipes.
  • Defensive
    • Frost Cage
    • Nature Magic Wall
    • Barbarian Strategy
  • Utility
    • Alchemist Control
    • Daze Control
  • Resource
    • Companion Efficiency
    • Weapon Mastery Efficiency
    • Subterfuge Efficiency
  • Fixed the debuff from the Beast in Ice boss fight persisting after death and stacking unintentionally.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where the Blood Maiden’s Mantle Trophy cosmetic dropped by the Blood Maiden didn't function properly.
• Fixed an issue where the Leave Dungeon animation would play but the actual portal would stop if the portal was started while moving.
• Fixed an issue where Andariel's rotating laser was invisible when VFX quality was set to low.
• Fixed an issue where taking a Town Portal right after killing the Blood Maiden during the Voice of the Night quest could block quest progression.
• Fixed an issue where some Legacy items had their affixes re-rolled during Seasonal migration.

Developer’s Note: The intention of the change is that all stats on items should either be completely restored to what they were, or get the maximum stats if the previous values were unavailable.

• Fixed an issue where killing Echo of Lilith did not reward a Resplendent Spark.

Developer’s Note: Anyone who has killed Echo of Lilith in any season will receive a Resplendent Spark this season. In future seasons, you will have to defeat her again to get one. This implementation is to retroactively reward players who have defeated Echo of Lilith this season, but did not receive a Resplendent Spark. For players that have yet to defeat Echo of Lilith this season, defeating her will still grant you a Resplendent Spark.

• Various UI, visual, audio, stability, and performance improvements.