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Diablo III patch 2.3.0 is now live in the Americas for PC! Check out the full patch notes below to learn all about the latest changes.
Important: Please note that you will not be prompted to download patch 2.3.0 until the patch is live in your home region. If you are logging in from a European or Asian client, you will need to wait for this patch to release in that region before it can be installed. Additionally, if your home region is in the Americas, you will be unable to log into Europe or Asia using Global Play after patch 2.3.0 is live until those regions have also patched.
Diablo III Patch 2.3.0 - v2.3.0.33174
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PATCH FEATURES
New Feature: The Ruins of Sescheron
The frozen wasteland that is the Ruins of Sescheron are now open for exploration! Filled with new enemies, traps, and environmental hazards, you'll be able to explore the region and learn more about what befell the barbarians of Mount Arreat. Explore the Immortal Throne and obtain the ultimate treasure: Kanai's Cube.
To learn more about The Ruins of Sescheron, click here.
New Feature: Kanai's Cube
Kanai's Cube is a new artisan that offers a slew of new recipes to fully customize your items and catalogue your Legendary powers. Several recipes are available to players immediately upon acquiring Kanai's Cube:
- Extract Legendary Power: Destroy an item to add its Legendary power to your catalogue of collected powers. Once a power has been extracted, it can be equipped to your character without the need to equip the item. Players may have one Weapon, one Armor, and one Jewelry power equipped at a time. Players may only equip powers from items that their characters can normally equip and use.
- Reforge a Legendary Item: Completely re-rolls a Legendary item as though it had dropped for the first time. This includes any powers that may have been previously enchanted on the item. Note that reforged items may re-roll as either Ancient or non-Ancient, so reforge at your own discretion!
- Upgrade Rare Item: Upgrades the quality of a level 70 Rare item to Legendary. This item will roll as a randomized Legendary that shares that item's equipment type.
- Convert Set Item: Converts a Set item to a randomized piece of gear from the same Set. For example, if you convert a pair of Asheara's Finders, you could get Asheara's Custodian, Asheara's Pace, or Asheara's Ward in return.
- Remove Level Requirement: Removes the level requirement from an item, allowing it to be equipped by a character of any level.
- Convert Gems: Converts 9 of any color gem to 9 of any other color.
- Convert Crafting Materials: Converts 100 normal, magic, or rare Crafting Materials to 100 of another type of non-legendary Crafting Material
To aquire Kanai's Cube, visit Zoltun Kulle in New Tristram, Hidden Camp, Bastion's Keep Stronghold, or The Survivor's Enclave in Adventure Mode. He'll be quite pleased to guide you on your way.
To learn more about Kanai's Cube, click here.
New Feature: Season Journey
Each player approaches a new Season a little differently and we wanted to celebrate individual player successes. Beginning in Season 4, you'll be able to track your personal progress through the Season Journey interface.
A player's Season Journey is divided into chapters, each with their own descriptive goals and achievements. The further you advance in your Season Journey, the more difficult the milestones become and you'll find there are challenges for every level of player. Completing the highest level Tiers will unlock new portrait frame rewards to celebrate your accomplishments.
This feature will be available once Season 4 begins. To learn more about Season Journey, click here.
GENERAL
- Torment VII-X difficulty levels have been added to the game
- Experience gained, including all sources of Bonus Experience, is now averaged across all players in a party that are eligible to receive experience
- Crowd control resistance cap has been increased from 65% to 95%
- This now applies to immobilize effects as well
- Non-elite monsters can now benefit from crowd control resistance
- All monsters other than bosses, Rift Guardians, or certain large monsters (like Mallet Lords) are now vulnerable to knockback effects
- Knockback effects are now subject to crowd control resistance rules and monsters will become immune to knockback at 65% resistance
- All hard crowd control effects (e.g. blind, charm, fear, knockback, stun) now automatically apply 20% crowd control resistance regardless of the duration
- Lantern Oil and Barrel Stack traps can now deal damage and stun or knockback enemies
- Vendors now only sell Magic amulets and rings
- Gems that drop below level 61 have been condensed into 5 tiers
- The values of these remaining early gems have been adjusted so they feel more powerful
- Increased the amount of Experience required for Paragon Levels 2500 and up
CLASSES
- Several skills can now be assigned to Left Mouse Button:
- Barbarian
- Battle Rage
- Ignore Pain
- Sprint
- Threatening Shout
- War Cry
- Wrath of the Berserker
- Crusader
- Akarat's Champion
- Iron Skin
- Provoke
- Demon Hunter
- Companion
- Preparation
- Monk
- Blinding Flash
- Breath of Heaven
- Epiphany
- Mystic Ally
- Serenity
- Witch Doctor
- Hex
- Horrify
- Wizard
- Diamond Skin
- Energy Armor
- Familiar
- Ice Armor
- Magic Weapon
- Storm Armor
- Barbarian
- Thorns damage is now increased by 100% of your primary stat damage bonus
- Area Damage can now be triggered by pet attacks
- Many pets have received adjustments to their collision so that they more closely match their model
- Barbarian
- Active Skills
- Battle Rage
- Skill Rune - Ferocity
- Has been redesigned
- Now increases movement speed by 10%
- Has been redesigned
- Skill Rune - Swords to Ploughshares
- Now also heals your pets
- Skill Rune - Ferocity
- Cleave
- Skill Rune - Scattering Blast
- Now knocks enemies up into the air instead of back 10 yards
- Enemies that land no longer knock other enemies back
- Skill Rune - Scattering Blast
- Frenzy
- Skill Rune - Vanguard
- Now grants 5% movement speed per stack of Frenzy
- Skill Rune - Vanguard
- Leap
- Now breaks roots when cast
- Threatening Shout
- Skill Rune - Falter
- Has been redesigned
- Enemies take 25% increased damage from all sources for 6 seconds
- Has been redesigned
- Skill Rune - Falter
- War Cry
- Skill Rune - Veteran's Warning
- Dodge chance bonus increased from 15% to 30%
- Skill Rune - Veteran's Warning
- Battle Rage
- Passive Skills
- No Escape
- Damage bonus increased from 20% to 30%
- Minimum distance reduced from 20 to 15 yards
- These bonuses now also apply to Avalanche
- Relentless
- Resource Cost Reduction granted reduced from 75% to 50%
- Now doubles your Life per Fury Spent while active
- No Escape
- Active Skills
- Crusader
- Active Skills
- Blessed Hammer
- Skill Rune - Icebound Hammer
- Damage increased from 380% to 460% weapon damage
- Chance to explode increased from 10% to 35%
- Freeze duration reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second
- Icebound Hammer now goes away when it explodes
- Skill Rune - Icebound Hammer
- Falling Sword
- Maximum cast range has been increased
- This ability will now begin its cooldown after its effects expire
- You will now arrive at your targeted location sooner after casting Falling Sword
- You can now cast again sooner after casting Falling Sword
- Judgment
- Skill Rune - Conversion
- Has been removed
- Replaced with:
- Debilitate
- Enemies in the judged area deal 40% reduced damage for 6 seconds
- Debilitate
- Skill Rune - Conversion
- Blessed Hammer
- Active Skills
- Demon Hunter
- Active Skills
- Spike Trap
- Initial arming time reduced from 2 to 1.5 seconds
- Re-arming time reduced from 2 to .5 seconds
- You should now feel less of a delay when casting Spike Trap
- Skill Rune - Echoing Blast
- Damage increased from 420% to 575% weapon damage
- Enemies hit are now Frozen for 3 seconds
- Frozen enemies take 20% increased damage
- Skill Rune - Lightning Rod
- Trigger range increased from 8 to 10 yards
- Lighting now arcs from any triggered trap to any armed traps within 75 yards
- All enemies hit take 880% weapon damage over 10 hits
- Skill Rune - Long Fuse
- Now deals all damage in a single explosion for 930% weapon damage
- Enemies hit will now be Stunned for 2 seconds
- Skill Rune - Scatter
- Re-arming time reduced from 2 to .5 seconds
- Skill Rune - Sticky Trap
- Damage increased from 800% to 915% weapon damage
- Arming time reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second
- Range reduced from 16 to 12 yards
- Spike Trap
- Passive Skills
- Hot Pursuit
- Duration increased from 2 to 4 seconds
- Leech
- New Passive Skill
- Gain 18,705 Life on Hit
- Heal amount increased by 75% of your Life per Kill
- Available at level 60
- New Passive Skill
- Numbing Traps
- Duration increased from 3 to 5 seconds
- Hot Pursuit
- Active Skills
- Monk
- Active Skills
- Dashing Strike
- Now breaks roots when cast
- Exploding Palm
- Skill Rune - Essence Burn
- The DoT effect applied by the on death explosion now stacks
- Skill Rune - Essence Burn
- Seven-Sided Strike
- You can now cast again sooner after casting Seven-Sided Strike
- This ability will now begin its cooldown after its effects expire
- Tempest Rush
- Attack speed will no longer cause Tempest Rush to attack faster; instead the resource cost and damage will scale with attack speed
- Skill Rune - Flurry
- The weapon damage bonus granted now scales with attack speed
- Damage bonus per stack reduced to 90% weapon damage
- Dashing Strike
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that prevented Deadly Reach - Strike From Beyond from reducing the Spirit cost of Dashing Strike with the Raiment of a Thousand Storms (4) Set Bonus
- Fixed an issue that casued Wave of Light - Explosive Light when enhanced by Tzo Krin's Gaze to be cast at the incorrect location when casting it further than 60 yards away
- Fixed an issue that prevented Exploding Palm - Essence Burn from applying its on-death explosion DoT
- Fixed an issue that prevented the bonus damage from Fist of Az'Turrasq from being applied to Exploding Palm - Essence Burn's on-death explosion DoT damage
- Active Skills
- Witch Doctor
- Active Skills
- Acid Cloud
- You can now cast again sooner after casting Acid Cloud
- Skill Rune - Corpse Bomb
- Damage increased from 525% to 700% weapon damage
- Skill Rune - Lob Blob Bomb
- Damage from individual blobs can now stack
- Big Bad Voodoo
- Pets no longer gain double the benefit of the 20% attack speed bonus
- Skill Rune - Ghost Trance
- Now reduces damage taken by 20%
- Corpse Spiders
- Now benefits from the +Pet Damage affix
- Skill Rune - Blazing Spiders
- Spiders now return 3 Mana on hit
- Skill Rune - Widowmakers
- Now increases the total damage to 700% weapon damage
- Firebats
- Damage increased from 425% to 475% weapon damage
- Initial Mana cost has been removed
- Channeling Mana cost has been increased from 70 to 125 Mana
- Skill Rune - Cloud of Bats
- Damage radius increased from 8 to 12 yards
- Reduced the channeling duration required to reach maximum damage
- Skill Rune - Hungry Bats
- Damage increased from 635% to 750% weapon damage per bat
- Skill Rune - Plague Bats
- Final damage increased from 638% to 720% weapon damage
- Reduced the channeling duration required to reach maximum damage
- Skill Rune - Vampire Bats
- Damage type changed from Fire to Physical
- Firebomb
- Skill Rune - Ghost Bomb
- Damage type changed from Fire to Cold
- Skill Rune - Ghost Bomb
- Grasp of the Dead
- Damage increased from 560% to 760% weapon damage
- Skill Rune - Desperate Grasp
- Cooldown reduced from 6 to 4 seconds
- Skill Rune - Grasping Eels
- Damage increased from 880% to 1360% weapon damage
- Skill Rune - Unbreakable Grasp
- Now also removes the Mana cost
- Hex
- Now has an animation and summons the Shaman or Toad at your cursor location
- The summoned Shaman now stands in the location where it was summoned
- Summoned Shamans' cast range increased from 25 to 50 yards
- Damage bonus increased from 10% to 15%
- Skill Rune - Angry Chicken
- Damage type changed from Physical to Poison
- You now break destructible objects while transformed
- Skill Rune - Hedge Magic
- Damage type changed from Physical to Cold
- Skill Rune - Jinx
- Damage bonus increased from 10% to 30%
- Damage type changed from Physical to Poison
- Skill Rune - Toad of Hugeness
- Has been redesigned
- Every second for 5 seconds, the toad pulls in the farthest enemy within 45 yards, swallows him for 0.5 seconds, then spits him back out, leaving the enemy with a debuff that deals 750% weapon damage over 5 seconds and increases damage taken by 25%
- Has been redesigned
- Skill Rune - Unstable Form
- Weapon damage increased from 135% to 500%
- Locust Swarm
- Skill Rune - Cloud of Insects
- Has been redesigned
- Enemies affected deal 25% reduced damage
- Has been redesigned
- Skill Rune - Cloud of Insects
- Mass Confusion
- Skill Rune - Devolution
- Chance to summon a Zombie Dog increased from 30% to 100%
- Skill Rune - Mass Hallucination
- Weapon damage increased from 195% to 400%
- Skill Rune - Mass Hysteria
- Maximum number of enemies Stunned increased from 6 to 10
- Skill Rune - Unstable Realm
- Cooldown reduced from 45 to 30 seconds
- Skill Rune - Devolution
- Plague of Toads
- Skill Rune - Piercing Toads
- Damage type changed from Poison to Physical
- Skill Rune - Toad Affinity
- Damage type changed from Poison to Cold
- Skill Rune - Piercing Toads
- Soul Harvest
- Gaining additional Soul Harvest stacks will no longer remove all existing stacks and will instead be added to them. Any new stacks over 5 will replace the stack with the shortest remaining duration.
- Skill Rune - Soul to Waste
- Has been redesigned
- Now grants 5% Movement Speed per stack
- Has been redesigned
- Wall of Zombies
- Has been removed
- Replaced with:
- Wall of Death
- Raise a wall of Zombies 28 yards wide from the ground that blocks enemies and attacks them for 1000% weapon damage as Physical over 6 seconds
- The damage area has been increased to more closely match the visual
- You can now cast again sooner after casting Wall of Death
- Skill Rune - Communing with Spirits
- Summon a 15 yard radius spectral ring that deals 1200% weapon damage as Cold over 6 seconds, Chills all enemies who walk through by 60%, and reduces their damage done by 25%
- Skill Rune - Fire Wall
- Summon a fire wall 40 yards wide for 8 seconds that burns enemies who walk through, dealing 1100% weapon damage as Fire over 4 seconds
- Skill Rune - Wall of Zombies
- Increase the width of the wall of Zombies to 50 yards and knock all enemies back behind the wall
- Skill Rune - Ring of Poison
- Summon a 15 yard radius ring for 5 seconds that poisons nearby enemies, causing them to take 1200% weapon damage as Poison over 8 seconds
- Skill Rune - Surrounded by Death
- Raises a circle of zombies from the ground that traps and attacks nearby enemies for 1000% weapon damage as physical over 4 seconds
- Wall of Death
- Zombie Charger
- Casting animation has been slightly sped up
- You can now cast again sooner after casting Zombie Charger
- Skill Rune - Explosive Beast
- Explosion damage increased from 532% to 680% weapon damage
- Explosion radius increased from 9 to 12 yards
- Skill Rune - Lumbering Cold
- Damage increased from 196% to 280% weapon damage
- Skill Rune - Pile On
- Damage increased from 800% to 880% weapon damage
- Skill Rune - Undeath
- Damage increased from 360% to 480% weapon damage
- Skill Rune - Zombie Bears
- Damage increased from 392% to 520% weapon damage
- Acid Cloud
- Passive Skills
- Bad Medicine
- Damage reduction increased from 20% to 25%
- Duration increased from 3 to 5 seconds
- Blood Ritual
- Mana costs taken from Life increased from 10% to 20%
- Confidence Ritual
- New Passive Skill
- You deal 25% additional damage to enemies within 20 yards
- New Passive Skill
- Fierce Loyalty
- Half of the 30% Movement Speed bonus is now granted while you have a Zombie Dog, Gargantuan, or Fetish following you, even if they are in combat
- Fetish Sycophants
- Fetishes now benefit from +Fetish Army bonus damage
- Physical Attunement
- Has been removed
- Replaced with:
- Swampland Attunement
- Grants you and your pets 120 resistance to Physical, Poison, Fire, and Cold per enemy within 20 yards
- Swampland Attunement
- Spiritual Attunement
- Mana regeneration increased from 1% to 2% per second
- Spirit Vessel
- Heal amount increased from 15% to 50%
- Cooldown reduced from 90 to 60 seconds
- Vision Quest
- Mana regeneration bonus increased from 30% to 40%
- Bad Medicine
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that prevented Guargantuan - Big Stinker, and Restless Giant from being affected by Short Man's Finger
- Fixed an issue that prevented reapplication of Haunt - Poisoned Spirit from applying the +20% damage taken buff
- Fixed an issue that prevented Fetishes summoned by The Gidbinn from counting towards the Zunimassa's Haunt (4) Set Bonus
- Fixed an issue that caused each Firebats - Hungry Bats bat to deal half the listed damage
- Active Skills
- Wizard
- Active Skills
- Archon
- Now breaks Crowd Control effects when cast
- Arcane Strike knockback effect has been removed
- Arcane Blast cooldown has been removed
- Skill Rune - Slow Time
- Now also causes your Arcane Blast and Arcane Strike abilities to Freeze enemies for 1 second
- Archon
- Passive Skills
- Audacity
- Damage bonus increased from 15% to 30%
- Unstable Anomaly
- Has been redesigned
- When you receive fatal damage, you instead gain a shield equal to 400% of your maximum Life for 5 seconds and release a shockwave that knocks enemies back and Stuns them for 3 seconds.
- This effect may occur once every 60 seconds
- Has been redesigned
- Audacity
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that prevented Ray of Frost from dealing damage to Burrowing Leapers after they have burrowed
- FIxed an issue that prevented the Arcane Orb - Spark bonus Lighting damage from being applied to Slow Time and Archon Slow Time that were enhanced by the Delsere's Magnum Opus (4) Set Bonus
- Fixed an issue that prevented Aether Walker and Cosmic Strand from working with Archon Teleport
- Fixed an issue that prevented Crown of the Primus from working with Archon Slow Time
- Fixed an issue that prevented the Delsere's Magnum Opus (4) Set Bonus from working with Archon Slow Time
- Fixed an issue that caused non-offensive spells to consume the Wave of Force - Arcane Attunement buff
- Fixed an issue that prevented Hydra - Arcane Hydra from benefitting from the Wave of Force - Arcane Attunement buff
- Fixed an issue that prevented Archon Disintegration Wave from updating its refresh rate while channeling when your attack speed changed
- Active Skills
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that prevented Area Damage from benefitting from several sources of bonus damage
- Fixed an issue causing many pets to regenerate less Life per Second than intended
ITEMS
- Cooldown Reduction and Resource Cost Reduction can now roll on normal Shields
- Azurewrath
- Aura damage increased from 30-40% to 500-650% weapon damage per second
- Aura now also affects Demons
- Now knocks enemies into the air instead of knocking them back
- Fulminator
- Lightning rod damage increased from 167-222% to 444-555% weapon damage per second
- Now rolls with a guaranteed primary stat instead of Attack Speed
- Hellfire Amulet
- Now rolls with a guaranteed socket
- Stone of Jordan
- Once again rolls with +Maximum Resource as a secondary stat for all classes
- Thorns of the Invoker
- This set now only drops for Crusaders
- Class-Specific Items
- Barbarian
- Bracers of Destruction
- New Legendary Bracers
- Seismic Slam deals 300-400% increased damage to the first 5 enemies it hits
- New Legendary Bracers
- Bracers of the First Men
- New Legendary Bracers
- Hammer of the Ancients attacks 50% faster and deals 150-200% increased damage
- New Legendary Bracers
- Fjord Cutter
- Chilling aura proc chance increased from 20-30% to 100%
- Fury of the Ancients
- New Legendary Shoulders
- Call of the Ancients gains the effect of the Ancients' Fury rune
- New Legendary Shoulders
- Immortal King's Call
- (6) Set Bonus
- Damage bonus increased from 100% to 250%
- (6) Set Bonus
- Pride of Cassius
- Now also extends the duration of Ignore Pain - Mob Rule
- Remorseless
- No longer summons an Ancient if you already have 3 active
- Bracers of Destruction
- Crusader
- Gabriel's Vambraces
- New Legendary Bracers
- When your Blessed Hammer hits 3 or less enemies 75-100% of its Wrath cost is refunded
- New Legendary Bracers
- Guard of Johanna
- New Legendary Crusader Shield
- Blessed Hammer damage is increased by 200-250% for the first 3 enemies it hits
- New Legendary Crusader Shield
- Johanna's Argument
- New Legendary Flail
- Increases the attack speed of Blessed Hammer by 100%
- New Legendary Flail
- Seeker of the Light
- New Set
- (2) Set Bonus
- Every use of Blessed Hammer that hits an enemy reduces the cooldown of Falling Sword and Provoke by 1 second
- (4) Set Bonus
- You take 50% less damage for 8 seconds after landing with Falling Sword
- (6) Set Bonus
- Increases the damage of Blessed Hammer by 750% and Falling Sword by 500%
- (2) Set Bonus
- New Set
- Gabriel's Vambraces
- Demon Hunter
- Hunter's Wrath
- New Legendary Belt
- Your primary skills attack 30% faster and deal 45-60% increased damage
- New Legendary Belt
- Wraps of Clarity
- New Legendary Bracers
- Your Hatred generators reduce your damage taken by 30-35% for 5 seconds
- New Legendary Bracers
- Yang's Recurve
- New Legendary Bow
- Multishot attacks 50% faster
- Rolls with +40-50% Resource Cost Reduction
- New Legendary Bow
- Hunter's Wrath
- Monk
- Binding of the Lost
- New Legendary Belt
- Each hit with Seven-Sided Strike grants 3-3.5% damage reduction for 7 seconds
- New Legendary Belt
- Shenlong's Spirit
- (2) Set Bonus
- The damage of your Spirit Generators is increased by 1.5% for each point of Spirit you have
- When reaching maximum Spirit, all damage is increased by 100%, but you no longer passively regenerate Spirit and 65 Spirit is drained every second until you run out of Spirit
- (2) Set Bonus
- Uliana's Strategem
- New Set
- (2) Set Bonus
- Every third hit of your Spirit Generators applies Exploding Palm
- (4) Set Bonus
- Your Seven-Sided Strike deals its total damage with each hit
- (6) Set Bonus
- Your Seven-Sided Strike detonates your Exploding Palm
- (2) Set Bonus
- New Set
- Binding of the Lost
- Witch Doctor
- Carnevil
- The damage of darts fired by Fetishes is now increased by 250%
- The number of Fetishes that fire darts when you do is now limited to 5
- Coils of the First Spider
- New Legendary Bracers
- While channeling Firebats, gain 60000-80000 Life per Hit
- Gain 30% damage reduction while channeling Firebats
- New Legendary Bracers
- Deadly Rebirth
- Now rolls with +45-60% Grasp of the Dead damage
- This item has temporarily been prevented from dropping and should once again be allowed to drop in a future patch
- Carnevil
- The Grin Reaper
- Mimics' skill damage now gains bonuses from your items
- Removed the cooldown on mimics' Acid Cloud and Zombie Charger skills
- Mimics can now cast Wall of Death
- Increased cast range of mimics' skills
- Helltooth Harness
- Has been redesigned
- (2) Set Bonus
- Enemies hit by any skill listed in the (6) Set Bonus are afflicted by Necrosis becoming Slowed and taking 1500% weapon damage every second for 10 seconds
- Necrosis causes afflicted enemies to take 20% increased damage from all sources
- (4) Set Bonus
- After applying Necrosis to an enemy, you take 50% reduced damage for 10 seconds
- (6) Set Bonus
- After casting wall of Death you gain 900% increased damage to your primary skills, Acid Cloud, Firebats, Gargantuan, Grasp of the Dead, Piranhas, Wall of Death, Zombie Charger, and Zombie Dogs for 15 seconds
- (2) Set Bonus
- Has been redesigned
- Jeram's Bracers
- New Legendary Bracers
- Wall of Death can be cast up to twice again within 2 seconds before the cooldown begins
- Increases the attack speed of Wall of Death by 30%
- Note: This will not be reflected in the item's tooltip
- New Legendary Bracers
- Manajuma's Way
- Has been redesigned
- (2) Set Bonus
- Your Hex - Angry Chicken explosion damage is increased by 200% and slain enemies trigger an additional explosion
- Your Hex - Angry Chicken now lasts 15 seconds and movement speed as a chicken is increased by an additional 100%
- (2) Set Bonus
- Has been redesigned
- Spirit of Arachyr
- New Set
- (2) Set Bonus
- Summon a permanent Spider Queen who leaves behind webs that deal 800% weapon damage per second over 5 seconds and slows enemies. The Spider Queen is commanded to move to where you cast your Corpse Spiders.
- (4) Set Bonus
- Hex gains the effect of the Toad of Hugeness rune. While Toad of Hugeness is active, you take 40% reduced damage. After Toad of Hugeness finishes his meal, you will heal for 10% of your maximum Life per second for 10 seconds.
- (6) Set Bonus
- The damage of your creature skills is increased by 800%. Creature skills are Corpse Spiders, Firebats, Hex, Locust Swarm, Piranhas, and Plague of Toads.
- (2) Set Bonus
- New Set
- The Spider Queen's Grasp
- Now rolls with +45-60% Corpse Spider damage
- SuWong Diviner
- New Legendary Staff
- Acid Cloud gains the effect of the Lob Blob Bomb rune
- Rolls with +75-100% Acid Cloud damage
- New Legendary Staff
- Zunimassa's Haunt
- Has been redesigned
- (2) Set Bonus
- Now also reduces the cooldown of Fetish Army by 80%
- (2) Set Bonus
- Has been redesigned
- Barbarian
- Wizard
- Chantodo's Resolve
- Has been redesigned
- (2) Set Bonus
- Every second while in Archon form you expel a Wave of Destruction, dealing 350% weapon damage to enemies within 30 yards
- Every time you hit with an attack while not in Archon form, 350% weapon damage is added to the Wave of Destruction, stacking up to 20 times
- (2) Set Bonus
- Has been redesigned
- Vyr's Amazing Arcana
- Has been redesigned
- (2) Set Bonus
- Archon gains the effect of every rune
- (4) Set Bonus
- Archon stacks also increase your Attack Speed, Armor and resistances by 1%
- (6) Set Bonus
- You also gain Archon stacks when you hit with an Archon ability
- (2) Set Bonus
- Has been redesigned
- Chantodo's Resolve
- Several existing class-specific Legendary items have been updated to include a unique Legendary power
- Note: Existing items will not be affected by the following changes. Only new versions of the items will roll with the added Legendary power.
- Barbarian
- Arreat's Law
- Legendary power added
- Weapon Throw generates up to 15-20 additional Fury based on how far the enemy hit is. Maximum benefit when the enemy hit is 20 or more yards away.
- Legendary power added
- Arreat's Law
- Demon Hunter
- Izzuccob
- Has been removed
- Replaced with Valla's Bequest
- Legendary power added
- Strafe now pierces
- Note: Demolition will only pierce once
- Strafe now pierces
- Izzuccob
- Witch Doctor
- Scrimshaw
- Legendary Power added
- Reduces the Mana cost of Zombie Charger by 40-50%
- Rolls with 60-80% increased Zombie Charger damage
- Legendary Power added
- Scrimshaw
- Wizard
- The Swami
- Legendary Power added
- The bonuses from Archon stacks now last for 15-20 seconds after Archon expires
- Legendary Power added
- The Swami
- New Seasonal Legendary Items
- Note: The following Seasonal items will be not be available to PC players until Season 4 begins and will be available exclusively to Seasonal characters until the conclusion of Season 4
- Bane of the Stricken
- New Legendary Gem
- Each attack you make against an enemy increases the damage it takes from your attacks by 0.8%
- Damage bonus is increased by 0.01% per rank
- Gain 25% increased damage against Rift Guardians and bosses at rank 25
- New Legendary Gem
- Barbarian
- Dishonored Legacy
- New Mighty Weapon
- Cleave deals up to 300-400% increased damage based on percentage of missing Fury
- New Mighty Weapon
- Dishonored Legacy
- Crusader
- Sacred Harness
- New Legendary Belt
- Judgment - Debilitate is cast at your landing location when casting Falling Sword
- New Legendary Belt
- Sacred Harness
- Demon Hunter
- The Demon's Demise
- New Legendary Hand Crossbow
- Spike Trap - Sticky Trap spreads to nearby enemies when it explodes
- New Legendary Hand Crossbow
- The Demon's Demise
- Monk
- Lion's Claw
- New Legendary Fist Weapon
- Seven-Sided Strike performs an additional 7 strikes
- New Legendary Fist Weapon
- Lion's Claw
- Witch Doctor
- Henri's Perquisition
- New Mojo
- The first time an enemy deals damage to you, reduce that damage by 60-80% and Charm the enemy for 3 seconds
- New Mojo
- Henri's Perquisition
- Wizard
- Fazula's Improbable Chain
- New Legendary Belt
- You automatically start with 15-20 Archon stacks when entering Archon form
- New Legendary Belt
- Fazula's Improbable Chain
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that prevented the Firebird's Finery (4) Set Bonus from being triggered by Slow Time and Archon Slow Time that were enhanced by the Delsere's Magnum Opus (4) Set Bonus
- Fixed an issue that prevented additional rays of Heaven's Fury - Thou Shalt Not Pass with a Fate of the Fell equipped from stopping enemies who try to pass over the ground touched by the rays
- Fixed an issue that prevented Dashing Strike, when enhanced by the Raiment of a Thousand Storms (4) Set Bonus from activating the resource spender portion of the Bastions of Will set bonus
- Fixed an issue that prevented Dead Man's Legacy from affecting Multishot when cast by Marauder's Sentries
- Fixed an issue that could sometimes prevent Fist of Az'Turrasq from rolling with a primary stat
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Stonesinger has been removed from the You're not the Boss of Me achievement
ADVENTURE MODE
- Bounties
- There will now only be 1 bonus act per game
- Completing a bonus act will now award an extra cache with that awards gold, bloodshards, and crafting materials
- Upon completing the bonus act a new bonus act will be activated
- The starting bonus act now changes every hour
- Horadric Caches and bonus caches now contain an act specific crafting material
- Horadric Caches now contain two guaranteed Legendary or Set recipes (if available at your level range)
- Individual bounties no longer award Blood Shards, they are now contained in the bonus cache
- Horadric Caches now contain gold
- Time until the helpful locator ping for an objective shows up has been reduced from 5 minutes to 1 minute
- Second floor bounties will now show 15 remaining enemies instead of 5
- No longer award rift keys
- Nephalem Rifts
- Conduit Pylon
- Duration has been increased from 15 to 30 seconds in Greater Rifts
- Conduit now deals damage based on your current difficulty level or Greater Rift tier
- Conduit now deals reduced damage to bosses and Rift Guardians
- Nephalem Rifts no longer require Keystones
- The Realm of Trials has been removed from the game
- Generic Greater Rift Keystones now drop and can drop at any difficulty level
- Greater Rift tiers are now selected via a dropdown menu
- The maximum rift tier that can be selected is:
- Your previous best, or one tier higher than the highest Greater Rift you have successfully completed
- The maximum rift tier that can be selected is:
- The amount of progress required to complete a Nephalem Rift or Greater Rift has been increased
- The amount of progress granted by progress globes in Nephalem and Greater Rifts has been increased
- The option to upgrade a keystone upon successful completion of a Greater Rift has been removed
- You may now only upgrade Legendary Gems if you complete a Greater Rift before time expires
- Monster damage in Greater Rifts above tier 25 has been significantly reduced
- The number of Blood Shards dropped in Greater Rifts above tier 42 has been increased
- The number of guaranteed Legendary items dropped in Greater Rifts starting at tier 50 has been increased
- Conduit Pylon
- Keywardens now drop Infernal Machines instead of keys; existing keys will be converted into their corresponding machine types upon login
- Infernal machines only drop for players who are in the same area
- Infernal Machine crafting recipes have been removed from the game
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that prevented players who were in a game where a Greater Rift was in progress, but were not participating in the rift from changing their skills
- Fixed an issue that could sometimes prevent The Hell Portals bounty from being completed
CRAFTING
- Low level crafting materials have been removed from the game
- Crafting costs and crafting material drop rates have been adjusted to have more parity between the different materials
- Blacksmith
- Magic and Rare recipes no longer drop
- Additional Magic and Rare recipes have been added to fill in gaps while leveling
- Additional level 70 Rare items have been added
- A new filter option has been added that displays items relevant to your level and class
- Crafted Legendary and Set items no longer require a Legendary crafting material
- Level 70 crafted Legendary and Set items now require act-specific crafting materials instead of a Forgotten Soul
- Crafting costs have been standardized across slots
- Cain's Memory and Cain's Insight now have more relevant affixes
MONSTERS
- Jailer
- Damaged has been reduced by 50%
- Duration increased from 1 second to 1.5-2.5 seconds
- The cooldown between monsters in the same pack casting Jailer has been greatly increased
- Poison Enchanted
- Monsters in the same pack now have a shared cooldown on casting this ability
- Monsters now only cast 1 poison bomb at once
- Individual monster cooldown has been slightly reduced
- Reflects Damage
- Now has a warning visual for a short time before dealing damage
- Now reflects damage of the same type that was dealt
- Now has a very short internal cooldown
- Damage inflicted has been increased
- Only one monster in a pack can reflect damage at a time
- Monsters can no longer reflect damage while afflicted by a Witch Doctor's Hex
- Champion packs with the Waller affix can no longer summon a wall within 3 yards of another wall
- The experience and rift progress granted by several monsters has been adjusted to be more inline with the difficulty required to kill them
- Fire Chains damage radius has been decreased to more closely match the visual effect
- Armor Scavenger
- Armor mechanic has been redesigned
- Damage has been slightly increased
- Health has been slightly reduced
- Burrow time has been slightly increased
- Corrupted Angels can no longer dash over terrain that cannot be walked on
- Winged Assassins and Executioners can now be killed while casting and recovering from their leap attacks, but cannot be killed while in midair
- Winged Assassins, Urzael, and Executioners no longer deal damage if they are killed during their leap attacks
- Rockworm
- Now spawn in a burrowed state
- Must wait a minimum of 4 seconds after surfacing before they may burrow again
- Sand Sharks must wait a minimum of 4 seconds after surfacing before they may burrow again
- Rift Guardians
- Most monsters are no longer allowed to shoot projectiles at targets in melee range
- Monsters that shoot projectiles will now always aim them at a player, but projectiles can still collide with pets
- Some monsters maximum ranges have been reduced to make sure they can no longer shoot players from off screen
- Monsters that use ranged attacks will now make more of an effort to get to a range where they can use them
- Monsters that charge now target random players
- Monsters that run away now only do so when approached by players and can now do so less frequently
- Rift Guardian health has been significantly lowered
- Eskandiel
- Wave attack range has been increased
- Wave attack now has a longer animation before it is cast
- Orlash
- Clones may no longer change direction while using their breath attack
- Orlash will now summon three clones starting at 50% Life
- Clones duration has been increased
- Clones will now use their breath attack as soon as they are summoned
- Melee attack damage has been slightly reduced
- Greatly reduced the damage radius of Orlash's breath attack
- Raiziel
- Electrified affix has been removed
- Lighting storm strikes now create a charged bolt
- Lighting storm now strikes more times per cast
- Can no longer have two lightning storms active at once
- Can now cast lightning storms more frequently when below 75% health
- The lightning storm ground visual now persists for the entire duration of the attack
- Sand Shaper
- Cyclone duration has been reduced
- Cyclone damage radius has been decreased
- Will now summon Cyclones at random distances from himself
- Stonesinger
- Can no longer spawn
- Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue that caused Eskandiel's wave attack to hit players standing behind him at very close range
- Fixed an issue that prevented Wasp projectiles fired by Elite Sand Wasps from dealing more damage
- Fixed an issue that prevented Tethrys' ground AoE from dealing reduced damage to pets
- Fixed an issue that prevented Orlash's breath attack from dealing reduced damage to pets
- Fixed an issue that could sometimes prevent Corrupted Angels' dash attack from damaging players
- Fixed an issue that caused the damage from Arcane Sentry to be very slightly out of sync with its visual effect
USER INTERFACE
- Right clicking a player on a Leaderboard and selecting view hero details will now display a snapshot of the character at the time of the entry
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Sanctuary’s heroes and villains continue to invade the Nexus, and we’re celebrating their arrival with wondrous rewards you can earn by playing each game!
Immediately following the next Heroes patch, any player with a Diablo III license on their Battle.net account will receive the Diablo Hero in Heroes of the Storm for free. Simply log in to Heroes of the Storm to claim the Lord of Terror and start unleashing hell on your foes. Don’t wait though— this offer ends at 10:00 a.m. PDT on September 8!
The cross-universe rewards don’t end there. Diablo III players who reach level 12 in Heroes of the Storm will also receive a unique pennant and portrait frame in Diablo III for PC and Mac. In addition, reaching level 70 with a Seasonal Hero in Season 4 and beyond gives you the shadowy Malthael’s Phantom mount in Heroes of the Storm!
All of these goodies can be yours, nephalem—but are you brave enough to take on both Sanctuary and the Nexus? There’s only one way to find out! We’ll see you in the Nextuary (see what we did there?).
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Patch 2.3.0 is currently on the Public Test Realm, and there are a slew of new items are available to play with. Here’s your first look at some of the awesome new loot coming soon with the release of Patch 2.3.0!
New and Updated Sets
We’ve added three new sets and updated two old ones! In Patch 2.3.0, you’ll be able to adorn your Crusader in the Seeker of the Light set, and unleash limitless Blessed Hammers upon your enemies after descending upon them with Falling Sword. The gods strike through your Monk’s Seven Sided Strike with Uliana’s Stratagem while turning your enemies into living weapons with Exploding Palm. The Spirit of Arachyr will let your Witch Doctor unleash the frightening potential of Hex and Corpse Spiders as they ensnare and poison those who stand before you.
Some of the older sets have been updated as well! For instance, you can revisit the Witch Doctor’s Helltooth Harness set to subjugate your foes with debilitating necrosis, or wield the unbridled power of Archon when your Wizard dons Vyr’s Amazing Arcana.
New and Updated Legendary Items
Patch 2.3.0 will also have new and updated Legendary items to help slay your enemies with brutal precision. Here is but a taste of what’s to come!
Last, but not least, join us in Season 4 to find exclusive Seasonal Legendary items! We’ve got a handful incoming, including (but not limited to) one item for each class as well as a new Legendary Gem.
These items and more are on their way in Patch 2.3.0, but you can test them right now by joining us on the PTR!
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Patch 2.3.0 is headed your way soon, loaded with cool new features for Diablo III. Among all the excitement over what’s ahead for the game, we’ve seen many players ask important questions about what they should expect in Season 4, which we’ll be addressing in the following guide.
As before, those who play in Season 4 will have access to Season-exclusive Legendary items, cosmetic rewards and transmogrification effects. We’ll highlight these below, plus the GLOOOORIOUS new Season Journey interface. Ready or not, it’s time to see what’s in store for you in Season 4!
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Season Journey Interface
Your journey through Sanctuary is unique, nephalem. In order to better celebrate your accomplishments, as well as guide newcomers through Sanctuary and help players compare their progress from one Season to the next, we’ve added the Season Journey.
This helpful tool is easily found on the main menu screen in Patch 2.3.0 when a Seasonal hero is selected, and helps you track and plan your Season progress easily. Upon opening the interface, you’ll find the game’s challenges categorized into Chapters and Tiers separated by degrees of difficulty.
Chapters include challenges designed to be within reach of most players, and should you finish all of them in Season 4, you’ll be awarded a brand new cosmetic pet and portrait. Meanwhile, Tiers represent a true test of your mettle, and grant you exclusive portrait frames upon completion, perfect for showcasing your Seasonal accomplishments.
New Legendary Items
Season 4 also brings exciting new Season-exclusive Legendary items for you to enjoy. These include the Legendary Gem, Bane of the Stricken, along with class-specific items like Dishonored Legacy and Sacred Harness. We won’t spoil the surprise of finding them all, but we’ve included a few of these below, including the purr-fectly crafted new Witch Doctor mojo—Henri’s Perquisition.
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New Conquests and Achievements
Conquests have returned in Season 4, and include a mix of challenges both updated and new. Among these are On A Good Day / I Can’t Stop and Boss Mode / Worlds Apart, both of which now reflect the brand-new Torment X difficulty. We’ve also upped the ante on Divinity / Lionhearted, which are achieved when you reach solo Greater Rift 60. Finally, for the true theorycrafters among you, we’ve added the intriguing new challenge The Thrill / Superhuman, which requires you to reach Greater Rift 40 without benefiting from Class Set item bonuses. As with Conquests in past Seasons, you’ll be able to see how well you completed these epic feats compared with other players on the Leaderboards.
If you’ve somehow managed to chew through these and find yourself hungry for even more challenges, we’ve also added several Achievements requiring you to complete certain objectives when facing bosses. Can you kill The Savage Behemoth and The Undying One within 5 seconds of each other in the Realm of Turmoil? Now, you’ll be able to prove it!
New Cosmetic Rewards
For those who missed out on the Conqueror’s transmogrification set from past Seasons, you’ll have a shot at obtaining a few pieces once more. The head and shoulder parts from this set will be available in Season 4 to those who reach level 70 with at least one Seasonal hero.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: When does Season 4 start?
A: Season 4 begins August 28 at 5 p.m. PDT in North America, 5 p.m. CEST in Europe, and 5 p.m. KST in Asia.
Q: How long will Season 4 last?
A: While we don’t have a specific timeframe to share for Season 4, we anticipate that it will be at least three months long.
Q: When are the Leaderboards being wiped for Season 3?
A: Leaderboards will be cleared once the Season comes to a close. Though the leaderboards are eventually cleared, they will be preserved both in-game and here on our website if you wish to review your Season 3 accomplishments.
Q: When are the non-Seasonal Leaderboards being wiped?
A: Non-Seasonal Leaderboards are tied to what we call “Eras.” We currently anticipate the next wipe to coincide with the transition to Season 4, although this may not be the case for future Seasons.
Q: Will Seasons be coming to console?
A: Some features on console are best designed for that platform, and the same is true for the PC version of the game. A large part of the fun of Seasons is the entire community rerolling heroes together at the same time. Because the offline and disconnected nature of console does not support this style of play, we do not currently have plans to implement Seasons on console.
Are You Ready?
There’s so much to look forward to in Season 4, and we can’t wait to see what you’ll achieve. With brand new Set items and Kanai’s Cube to shake up the game, this may be our best Season yet!
Have you already picked the build you’ll be using in Season 4, or are you planning to see what you can achieve using an old favorite? How far will you go in your Season Journey, and how much power will you wield by the time the Season ends? Share your plans below—and best of luck in the new Season!
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Patch 2.3.0 brings a huge number of changes to Diablo III. From new features to an entirely new zone, there is plenty to discover for the first time. However, we’re not stopping there. We also have some quality of life and system changes coming to Adventure Mode, designed to make both leveling and maximum level play more smooth and streamlined experiences.
Crafterpiece Theater
Let’s start with the basics: crafting. Crafted items have fallen into a strange place where they feel too expensive to craft and, aside from a few select pieces, often not worth the effort. We’re aiming to fix that in Patch 2.3.0.
First off, we’ve removed an entire tier of crafting materials, including Common Debris, Exquisite Essences, Iridescent Tears, Demonic Essences, and Fiery Brimstones. This leaves one remaining tier of crafting materials, making items salvaged at any level always useful.
We’ve also trimmed the fat away from the list of crafting recipes for both the Blacksmith and the Jeweler. There is now a much smaller pool of recipes at each artisan level, and while there should still be a good mix of different types of gear to craft, each unlocked level should feel like a meaningful stepping stone that’s worth the crafting materials you spend. Disparities in crafting material abundance have been evened out, both in terms of how often they drop and how often you’ll require them for crafting: no more 72 Arcane Dust bracer recipes!
Crafting costs in general have been reduced across the board, especially for gear that’s intended for use while leveling or to help you gear up when first hitting level 70. Crafted Legendaries, for example, no longer require Forgotten Souls to craft (though they also no longer provide Forgotten Souls when salvaged). Instead, they will now require new Act-specific crafting materials that can be obtained at any level by completing bounties. This should make these items feel like a viable option for starting out whether you’re a new player or starting a new Season.
Bountiful Bounties
In addition to adding a new zone with its own new bounties to tackle, the rewards gained from bounties have been revised. Nephalem Rifts no longer require Rift Fragments to enter, so we needed to change the incentive behind completing bounties. In addition to being the only way to obtain the new Act-specific crafting materials used with Kanai’s Cube, we’ve shifted the reward from bounties to focus on being the primary source for gold and crafting materials. It’s also a great way to complete your crafting recipe collection as each cache guarantees at least two crafting recipe drops if you are missing any. If you want to craft a bunch of stuff, bounties are now the place to go to get started!
Bonus bounties are bound to be beneficial.
We’ve also changed up the bonus Act mechanic. You’ll find there is now only one bonus Act active in a game at a time. Each player in a game who completes the active bonus Act will receive a Bonus Cache, stuffed to the brim with crafting goodies. Once the bonus Act has been completed, it will automatically rotate to a new Act, eliminating the need to start a new game to receive this benefit. Rather than navigating game menus, we want you to spend more time doing what matters: fighting the good fight and destroying demons.
Rifting It Forward
Nephalem and Greater Rifts both have a huge number of changes coming intended to draw a clearer line between the two. Nephalem Rifts are aimed at being a more relaxed version of a loot run while Greater Rifts are where you go to strut your stuff and push the limits of your nephalem heroes.
Let’s start with the biggest change that you asked for: the Realm of Trials has been removed from the game. To accommodate this huge change, we’ve reduced the number of Greater Rift keys down to a single, universal type. These new keys are used at the Nephalem Obelisk to enter any level Greater Rift, up to one higher than the highest level you have previously completed (though if you totally crush a Greater Rift, you can still move up to 3 ranks at a time). In addition, we’ve removed Rift Fragments from the game. Nephalem Rifts are now open to players of all levels and difficulty, requiring no special key to access.
Greater Rift tiers are even labeled with their approximate difficulty equivalent.
Greater Rift keys are now able to drop from Rift Guardians at any difficulty level, including Normal through Torment I. This chance scales up to 100% at Torment VI and there is an additional scaling chance for a second key to drop in the new Torment VII-X difficulty levels. Greater Rift keys are now only usable for one level and can no longer be upgraded. Instead, when you successfully complete a Greater Rift, you’ll automatically get the Legendary Gem upgrade screen. Please note you will no longer get the gem upgrade screen if you fail to complete a Greater Rift. Our concern is that players might tackle a Greater Rift well beyond their ability just for a chance at upgrading. This experience would feel sluggish and miserable and isn’t something we want to incentivize.
There have been several other balance changes made to Rifts, including tweaks to Rift Guardian mechanics, enemy health, and the progress meter to even out the amount of time you spend clearing regular enemies versus fighting the Guardian. For more information, we recommend checking out the full PTR patch notes or simply giving the PTR itself a go!
Infernal Machinations
Last but certainly not least, the Infernal Machine event is getting a few minor but meaningful tweaks. The largest piece of feedback we’ve heard regarding the Hellfire Amulet and its counterpart Ring is that these items often felt too gated by multiple levels of luck. The time investment was high and, even after dedicating that amount of time, the payoff wasn’t guaranteed.
While we still want the Hellfire items to be an investment, we’ve slimmed down the process to make it less time intensive to complete. To start, there is no longer a need to craft Hellfire Machines; the recipes have been removed from the game and each Keywarden now has a chance to drop an appropriate Infernal machine. The chance for an Infernal Machine to drop remains the same, though now appropriately continues to scale into Torment VII-X.
We're cutting out that middle man, Haedrig. His interest rates were terrible anyway.
In addition, the Hellfire Amulet is now guaranteed to roll with a socket. This removes a layer of luck to acquiring that perfect complement to your gear and should, overall, make the time invested into crafting one of these items feel well spent.
Less Mode, More Adventure!
Adventure Mode has been an extremely popular addition to Diablo III. You love spending time there, and we want that experience to continue being fresh, rewarding, and fun. These changes are currently live on PTR for testing, and we’d love to hear your thoughts on them.
Which change are you most looking forward to? Have you given any of these changes a try? What did you think? Let us know in the comments and we hope you’re looking forward to Patch 2.3.0 as much as we are!