Patch:Season 5

Season 5 Ascension - June 24th 2022

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Patch Notes Document (reddit thread) GENERAL CHANGES Maps now have Players 5 Loot (increased from players 3) We have a new trade site coming that we will be aiming to launch by week 2 All active skills are now available on left click Monsters will now apply decrepify at the proper -physical resist value (in season 5 decrepify will reduce physical resist by -10%) Loot dropped over the edge by flying monsters will now spawn on the nearest ground location Healing NPCs now remove chill Targeting monsters has been improved. If you name lock a monster and it dies you will continue to attack instead of your character stopping all actions The settings tab should now allow you to set a keybind to the experience tracker Disabled cubing quest items with runes or jewels Act 1 mercenaries can now use arrows and bolts Fixed crushing blow applying to bosses below 65% We've added “uber ancients” a new farming boss that can be unlocked by getting a sigil from each tier of map and combining them in a Relic of the Ancients. This fight will be more casual friendly and upon death the ancients will drop a random pile of loot giving you a break from the regular aoe farming grind! (fixed - added names of sigils) Sigil of Madawc (from T1 maps) Sigil of Talic (from T2 maps) Sigil of Korlic (from T3 maps) Mercenaries can no longer proc summon skills (this prevents crashes) Area level now shows at the top right of the screen beside the area name A DPS meter has been added to the game (type .dps in game to enable / disable, upon re enabling will start a fresh dps parse) Fixed a bug that was causing summons to benefit from monster map modifiers Monsters that die from chaos sanctuary seals will no longer drop loot Added a new act 5 mercenary that casts battle orders, battle cry and uses whirlwind Saving anya in hell will now reward the player with a random white tier 1 map Move only can no longer name lock and will always target the ground Improved auto gold pickup (this only works with gold that is not filtered) Lootfilters can now have multiple versions called "Filter Levels" with different strictness levels or other variations (fixed - wasn't mentioned) FILTLVL is a new condition for differentiating filter levels %TIER-X% is a new keyword (X is 0-9) for specifying at which filter levels text notifications should be active, with them disabled at higher levels - (if it's not used, %TIER-9% is assumed) Note: Minimap icons are not disabled, so for filter levels 1-9, items can now be shown with map icons only (no text notifications) Shared stash has been added with 9 shared stash tabs and 1 personal page (shared stash is disabled on single player to prevent any issues with plugy users) Player and mercenary resistances now cap at 90 down from 95 Ranged attacks now have a 50% leech penalty Quick cast has been added to the game (you can set quick cast and non quick cast keys at the same time by using the primary keybind for quick cast and secondary keybind for regular) All missile skills now properly benefit from skill attack rating bonuses A new skill bar has been added to the game in the settings menu (this can be used to monitor other keybinds or cooldowns) Buff timers have been added to the game (you can enable the duration numbers to always show through the settings menu) Added a new ultra rare item called “vial of lightsong” (1:7.5m chance to drop) that can drop anywhere and turns an item ethereal (item code: llmv) Added a new ultra rare item called “lilith's mirror” that can drop anywhere and duplicates it, adding a “mirrored” (brightwhite) tag to the new item and “mirrored”(black) to existing (mirrored items can never be modified again even with hel + tp recipe) 1:25m chance to drop (item code: llmr) Added a new rare item “skeleton key” that can drop anywhere and can be used as an unlimited-use key (1:5m chance to drop) Added a new crafting material called “larzuk's puzzlepiece” which functions the same as larzuk's puzzlebox but can only be used on normal, magic, rare and crafted items (roughly the rarity of a mal rune) Top three diablo clone / rathma killers of each class and top three 99s of each class reward glows will now be automatic and toggled on / off through the settings menu The BH settings menu has been overhauled to be cleaner and contain additional information Having more than one item in your cube and using a worldstone shard will no longer result in the others being destroyed Having two identical items in a cube during a recipe will no longer result in the second identical item being consumed Larzuk's puzzlebox is no longer consumed when used with throwing weapons Cloak of shadows will no longer crash the game at ancients Mausoleum and crypt density increased by 9% There is now a gamble refresh button (fixed - wasn't mentioned) The following zones have had their area levels increased in hell mode Tristram increased to 82 Forgotten tower level 3 increased to 84 Forgotten tower level 2 increased to 83 Forgotten tower level 1 increased to 82 Halls of the dead level 2 increased to 82 Canyon of the magi increased to 80 The following areas are now level 85 areas in hell mode Forgotten tower level 5 Forgotten tower level 4 Claw viper temple level 1 Claw viper temple level 2 Disused fane Ruined temple Forgotten reliquary Plains of despair Sewers level 1 (act 3) The hole level 1 The hole level 2 Maggot lair level 1 The crypt The burial grounds Halls of the dead level 3 PVP CHANGES Recharge charges recharge 200% faster in pvp arenas (for example blink on enigma) Life replenish is now capped at +30 in pvp arenas Oak sage no longer provides life replenish in pvp arenas MAP CHANGES Added 3 new maps - Royal Crypts (item code: t15), Shadows of Westmarch (item code:t26) and the Sanatorium (item code:t14) Add 1 new dungeon - Sanctuary of Sin (item code:T43) Maps now require level 80 to enter (increased from 75) Maps now require hell ancients quest completion to enter Map events have a new automap icon and a text message displays when they spawn Fixed a bug related to monsters deal +X% of physical damage as additional damage map mods (this was resulting in blood bringers doing absurd amounts of damage with these mods) Tier 3 maps now drop tier 1 maps T1-T3 map drop weights have been modified so you'll find more equal amounts of each tier of map Reduced the health of tier 1 monsters by roughly 20% and tier 2 by roughly 10% The shadow of mendeln map event has been reworked to have a constant flow of undead instead of being wave based Treasure fallen have had their move speed and health reduced The butcher event is now disabled The dark wanderer event will no longer sometimes spawn no monsters Added a new event "Spire of Darkness" this event presents a dark obelisk that when activated turns the entire zone turns pitch black. As you explore the zone you will encounter shadows leaving the darkness which have a chance to drop uber keys on death The lost temple map layout has been updated and increased in size Dungeon bosses will now have a 5% chance to drop a horadrim scarab Dungeon monsters now have 75% curse reduction The plains of torment map has been updated UBER CHANGES Shrines will now be removed upon entering rathma or diablo clone arenas Minions and mercs die when entering rathma / mendeln or diablo clone arenas Uber Tristram Keys have been reverted back to their original drop rates and organs back to 100% drop rates Uber diablo, uber baal and uber mephisto have had their magic and physical resists reduced by 10 Uber diablo, uber baal and uber mephisto have had their fire, lightning, cold and poison resists reduced by 20 Rathma Rathma ingredients are now roughly 8x more common Ancient Bone Fragments are no longer spawnable (fixed - wasn't mentioned) Prime evil soul has been removed from the rathma recipe Tainted worldstone shards can now brick annis again at a ⅕ chance Rathma has had unique tp and id books added at 1/50 chance to drop (can drop alongside rathma specific uniques). These items can be used in recipes that would normally require a tp scroll, tp book, id scroll or id book with unlimited use (fixed - added names of tomes) Horadrim Navigator is a tp book with unlimited quantity Horadrim Almanac is an id book with unlimited quantity which id's all items at once similar to cain) Rathma specific unique items rarity increased to 1/200 A few modifications have been made to the Rathma fight Rathma is no longer undead Rathma and Mendeln chance to block has been increased from 15% to 30% Rathma and mendeln have 10% reduced health in stage 1 and stage 2 Rathma and mendelns ai delay in stage 3 has been reduced to match stage 1 and stage 2 of the fight Rathma and mendeln magic resist reduced from 45 to 35 Voidknight chance to block increased from 29% to 50% Voidknight in stage 3 now have 12% more health Voidknight now grant 250% more experience Voidknight in stage 1 have had their fire and lightning resist reduced from 99/99 to 75/75 Voidknight in stage 2 have had their fire and lightning resist reduced from 90/90 to 75/75 Voidknight in all stages magic resistance reduced from 60 to 50% Voidknight poison resist reduced from 30 to 20% Voidknight can no longer deal critical strikes Voidknight damage has been adjusted Conjured soul block chance increased from 16 to 31% Conjured souls lightning and fire resist reduced from 99 to 75 Conjured souls poison resist reduced from 30 to 20 Conjured souls magic resist reduced from 60 to 50 Sanguine bearers now grant 1000 experience Sanguine bearers now have a 90% leech reduction Sanguine bearers magic resistance reduced from 45 to 25 Mendeln slime nova damage reduced by 9% Diablo Clone Diablo clone materials are now roughly twice as common A few modifications to the Diablo Clone fight have been made Diablo clones minions now have much faster run speed Cold chills during the fight now last much longer from all source Reduced the damage of diablo clones firestorm by roughly 6.5% Diablo clones health has been reduced by 10% Diablo clones minions now provide 750% more experience Diablo clone is now invulnerable while his minions are alive Diablo clones nova should now reach the edge of the arena CLASS CHANGES Amazon Reduced multiple shot penalty from 50% per pierce (ex. 100%>50%>25%>12.5%>etc) to 20% flat reduction per pierce capping at 20% minimum (ex 100%>80%>60%>40%>20%>20%>etc) Multiple shot range increased by 8% Strafe damage per level increased from 14% to 15% Strafe missile speed reduced by 25% (to help prevent some missile desync) Strafe missile range increased by 33% (this results in roughly the same total range due to the missile speed loss) Strafe now has penetrate as a synergy at 10% damage per level Charged strike now fires 3 bolts at level 1 instead of 2 bolts Dodge and evade now have a 4 frame cooldown after mitigating an attack Evade movement speed bonus changed from a diminishing return scaling capping at 45% to gaining an additional 2% per level capping at 65% Evade level 1 movement speed bonus increased from 10% to 15% Slow movement movement speed reduction per level increased from 1% to 2% Slow movement missile speed reduction level 1-16 scaling increased from 1% per level to 2% Slow movement radius cap increased from 12 yards to 16 Slow movement radius now increases by .6 per level Slow movement base duration increased from 5 seconds to 10 seconds Slow movement now gains .2 seconds duration per level Inner sight radius cap increased from 18 yards to 20 Inner sight level 1 -1% to enemy attack rating increased to -10% Decoy missile range increased by 10% Decoy ai delay reduced by 20% (will now attempt actions more often) Decoy duration increased from 15 seconds to 30 seconds Decoy synergies increased from 8% to 10% Decoy level 1 mana cost reduced from 10 to 5 Valkyrie run speed increased by 10% Valkyrie base power strike level increased from 1 to 5 Valkyrie dexterity per level increased from 12 to 20 Valkyrie strength per level increased from 20 to 25 Valkyrie decoy synergy increased from 20 strength per level to 25 Valkyrie power strike nova synergy increased from 10% to 20% Valkyrie pierce synergy increased from -1% enemy lightning resist per level to -2% per level Jab damage per level reduced from 18% to 14% Fire arrow level 8-16 scaling increased from 6-10 to 7-12 Fire arrow level 16-22 scaling increased from 16-20 to 20-24 Fire arrow level 22-28 scaling reduced from 36-40 to 35-39 Fire arrow level 28+ scaling reduced from 56-60 to 50-54 Fire arrow synergies increased from 24% to 26% Ice arrow is now affected by pierce Ice arrow velocity reduced by 12.5% Ice arrow magic arrow synergy reduced from 20% to 16% Ice arrow cold arrow synergy reduced from 14% to 10% Ice arrow freezing arrow synergy reduced from 14% to 10% Lightning bolt now deals full weapon damage up from 3/4 Assassin Martials arts attacks now maintain their third charge and allow you to use a finisher to cast all three stages at once Cobra strike, claws of thunder, blades of ice, fists of fire and phoenix strike charges now last 5 minutes Tiger strike attack rating per level increased from +10% to +15% Dragon talon attack rating per level increased from +15% to 25% Dragon flight attack rating per level increased from 10% to 15% Cobra strike attack rating per level increased from +8% to 14% Claws of thunder attack rating per level increased from +8% to 12% Blades of ice attack rating per level increased from +4% to 10% Phoenix strike attack rating per level increased from +4% to 10% Phoenix strike chain lightning base damage increased from 1-40 to 1-60 Phoenix strike level 1-8 chain lightning scaling increased from 0-20 to 0-40 Phoenix strike level 8-16 chain lightning scaling increased from 0-40 to 0-70 Phoenix strike level 16-22 chain lightning scaling increased from 0-60 to 0-100 Phoenix strike level 22-28 chain lightning scaling increased from 0-80 to 0-130 Phoenix strike level 28+ chain lightning scaling increased from 0-100 to 0-160 Phoenix strike meteor fire duration reduced from 55 frames to 25 Phoenix strike meteor level 1-8 scaling increased from 5-5 to 5-6 Phoenix strike meteor level 8-16 scaling reduced from 10-10 to 8-9 Phoenix strike meteor level 16-22 scaling reduced from 16-17 to 11-12 Phoenix strike meteor level 22-28 scaling reduced from 22-24 to 14-15 Phoenix strike meteor level 28+ scaling reduced from 30-32 to 17-18 Venom cobra strike synergy increased from 6% to 8% Shock web level 8-16 scaling increased from 1-8 to 1-10 Shock web level 16-22 scaling increased from 1-14 to 1-16 Shock web level 22-28 scaling increased from 1-20 to 1-22 Shock web level 28+ scaling increased from 1-26 to 1-28 Claw and dagger mastery +10% enhanced damage per level increased to +12% Sentry traps no longer benefit from elemental pierce (they still benefit from +% elemental damage) (fixed - only applies to sentries, not Fire Blast or Shock Web) Wake of fire range increased by 17.5% Wake of fire fires 8 shots reduced to 5 Wake of fire base mana cost reduced from 8 to 5 Wake of fire mana cost now increased by .25 per level Wake of Fire level 16-22 scaling increased from 12-16 to 13-16 Wake of Fire level 22-28 scaling increased from 20-24 to 22-26 Wake of Fire level 28+ scaling increased from 28-32 to 31-36 Charged bolt sentry death sentry synergy has been removed Charged bolt sentry synergies have been increased from 6% to 8% Charged bolt sentry shock web synergy removed Charged bolt sentry now has fire blast as a synergy Charged bolt sentry base mana cost reduced from 6 to 4 Charged bolt sentry mana cost now increased by .25 per level Charged bolt sentry level 8-16 scaling increased from 0-9 to 0-10 Charged bolt sentry level 16-22 scaling increased from 0-12 to 0-13 Charged bolt sentry level 22-28 scaling increased from 0-14 to 0-16 Charged bolt sentry level 28+ scaling increased from 0-16 to 0-19 Lightning sentry shock web synergy removed Lightning sentry now has fire blast as a synergy Lightning sentry fires 12 shots reduced to 5 Lightning sentry base mana cost reduced from 20 to 8 Lightning sentry mana cost now increased by .25 per level Lightning sentry level 8-16 scaling increased from 0-20 to 0-21 Lightning sentry level 16-22 scaling increased from 0-25 to 0-27 Lightning sentry level 22-28 scaling increased from 0-30 to 0-33 Lightning sentry level 28+ scaling increased from 0-35 to 0-39 Chain lightning sentry shock web synergy removed Chain lightning sentry now has fire blast as a synergy Chain lightning sentry fires 12 shots reduced to 5 Chain lightning sentry base mana cost reduced from 20 to 8 Chain lightning sentry mana cost now increased by .25 per level Chain lightning sentry level 16-22 scaling increased from 0-17 to 0-18 Chain lightning sentry level 22-28 scaling increased from 0-23 to 0-26 Chain lightning sentry level 28+ scaling increased from 0-30 to 0-36 Death sentry fires 5 times increased to 10 Death sentry synergy increased from 6% to 8% Death sentry charged bolt sentry synergy removed Death sentry now has fire blast as a synergy Death sentry base mana cost reduced from 20 to 8 Death sentry mana cost now increased by .25 per level Death sentry level 1-8 scaling increased from 1-2 to 3-4 Death sentry level 8-16 scaling increased from 3-4 to 5-6 Death sentry level 16-22 scaling increased from 5-6 to 7-8 Death sentry level 22-28 scaling increased from 7-8 to 9-10 Death sentry level 28+ scaling increased from 9-10 to 11-12 Wake of Inferno death sentry synergy removed Wake of Inferno synergies increased from 6% to 10% Wake of Inferno base mana cost reduced from 20 to 8 Wake of Inferno mana cost now increased by .25 per level Wake of Inferno base damage increased from 40-100 to 60-100 Wake of Inferno level 1-8 scaling increased from 32-36 to 34-40 Wake of Inferno level 8-16 scaling increased from 38-42 to 68-80 Wake of Inferno level 16-22 scaling increased from 44-48 to 102-120 Wake of Inferno level 22-28 scaling increased from 50-54 to 136-160 Wake of Inferno level 28+ scaling increased from 56-60 to 170-200 Shadow warrior base health in normal increased from 376 to 600 Shadow warrior base health in nightmare increased from 376 to 800 Shadow warrior base health in hell increased from 376 to 1000 Shadow warrior health per level reduced from 15% to 5% Shadow warrior all resist scaling has been changed from +4 all resist per level capping at 75 to a diminishing return scaling from 5 to 90 (its all resist scaling now matches shadow master) Shadow master base health in normal increased from 376 to 600 Shadow master base health in nightmare increased from 376 to 800 Shadow master base health in hell increased from 376 to 1000 Shadow master health per level reduced from 15% to 5% Burst of speed base movement speed increased from 10% to 20% Burst of speed level 8-16 movement speed bonus reduced from 2% to 1% Burst of speed base duration increased from 2 minutes to 5 minutes Burst of speed duration scaling reduced from 12 seconds per level to 5 seconds Fade base duration increased from 2 minutes to 5 minutes Fade duration scaling reduced from 12 seconds per level to 5 seconds Blade shield duration now increases by 5 seconds per level Blade shield now has the ranged leech penalty (50% reduced leech) Blade sentinel synergies reduced from 12% to 8% Blade sentinel base mana cost reduced from 7 to 4 Blade sentinel mana cost per level reduced from 1 to .5 Blade sentinel now attacks every 5 frames instead of every 15 Blade sentinel now always paths to your mouse location and no longer has its pathing blocked by monsters Blade fury now splits into multiple projectiles when colliding with a wall Blade fury synergies reduced from 8% to 6% Psychic hammer now gains an additional bounce every 10 soft levels instead of capping at 3 Psychic hammer bounce distance increased by 20% Weapon block now has a 4 frame cooldown after mitigating an attack A new assassin skill has been added called Blade Dance. This skill is only found on chaos runeword and functions the exact same as whirlwind with the exception that it attacks every 4 frames instead of every 5 like whirlwind (The original whirlwind oskill has been removed) (whirlwind now attacks 1 frame slower while dual wielding) Fists of fire rework has been reworked Stage 1: explosion + ground fire Stage 2: fire nova Stage 3: casts 3 meteors in a line with delays between each other that leave ground fire Barbarian General mastery now applies to daggers Battle cry duration reduced from 12 seconds + 0.4 seconds per level to 5 seconds at all levels Battle cry now caps at -30% to enemy defense from -65% Combat reflexes life per level reduced from 20 to 10 Combat reflexes life per level now scales from soft points instead of hard points Combat reflexes no longer provides 4% faster hit recovery at level 1 Combat reflexes +1% faster hit recovery per level has been changed to +2% faster hit recovery per base point Bash berserk synergy has been replaced with concentrate Taunt duration now increases by .25 seconds every base level Increased speed now gives 2% increased attack speed per base level Berserk now caps at 30% physical pierce Berserk physical pierce per level reduced from 2% to 1% Double swing synergies increased from 12% to 16% Double swing level 1 damage bonus increased from 18% to 20% Stun level 1-16 duration scaling increased by 100% Stun now deals ¼ weapon damage from 100% Stun now properly targets monster without name locking Stun can no longer be used in wolf form Shouts defense per level increased from 8% to 10% Find item now has find potion as a synergy at 1% per level Find items 5-60% find item diminishing returns scaling reduced to 0-50% Natural resistance 0-80% all resistance diminishing return scaling reduced to 0-75% Concentrates damage per level increased from 14% to 16% Concentrates bash synergy increased from 8% to 12% Double throw damage per level increased from 6% to 8% Double throw synergy damage per level increased from 5% to 6% Frenzy synergies increased from 10% to 14% Frenzy damage per level increased from 16% to 18% Frenzy level 1 damage bonus increased from 14% to 20% Whirlwind no longer attempts to do a normal attack when out of mana Whirlwind no longer attacks in place during a namelock and will now whirlwind back and forth through the monster Whirlwind damage per level reduced from 5% to 4% Whirlwind base enhanced damage bonus reduced from 35% to 30% Whirlwind now attacks 20% slower when dual wielding (6 frames during dual wielding compared to 5 when using a two handed weapon) Leap level 1 mana cost reduced from 20 to 5 Leap mana cost per level reduced from 1 to .5 Leap range increased from a diminishing return scaling of 10-30 to 20-40 Leap travel speed increased by 33% Druid Dire wolves now have melee splash Dire wolves base run speed increased by 10% Summon Dire wolf werebear -6% damage synergy removed Summon Dire wolf will now display its proper defense values Spirit wolves now have melee splash Spirit wolves base run speed increased by 10% Summon Spirit wolf werebear -9% damage synergy removed Summon Spirit wolf will now display its proper defense values Summon Grizzly bear werewolf -12% damage synergy removed Feral rage now grants 2% increased melee splash radius per charge up to 20% Fury enhanced damage per level reduced from 18% to 15% Werewolf enhanced damage per level reduced from 12% to 10% Werebear enhanced damage per level reduced from 15% to 12% Werebear form now grants 10% + 1% per level chance to be uninterruptible when struck Heart of wolverine can no longer be targeted by monsters or take damage Oak sage can no longer be targeted by monsters or take damage Oak sage level 1 health bonus reduced from 65 to 50 Oak sage level 1-8 scaling reduced from 20 to 12 Oak sage level 8-16 scaling reduced from 20 to 14 Oak sage level 16-22 scaling reduced from 20 to 16 Oak sage level 22-28 scaling reduced from 20 to 18 Spirit of barbs can no longer be targeted by monsters or take damage Spirit of barbs level 16-22 damage per level increased from 28 to 32 Spirit of barbs level 22-28 damage per level increased from 44 to 48 Firestorm starting projectile amount increased from 2 to 3 Firestorm base damage reduced from 3-6 to 2-4 Firestorm missile velocity increased by 50% Firestorm no longer gains 10% missile velocity per level Firestorm range reduced by 20% Firestorm range now increased by .5% per level These changes result in firestorm traveling further late game Fire claws firestorm range increased by 35% Rabies attack rating per level increased from 6% to 15% Cyclone armor now gains 3 absorb per energy Cyclone armor base absorb reduced from 65 to 15 (this is offset by druids 20 energy base which results in a total of 75) Cyclone armor absorb level 1-8 scaling reduced from 20 to 16 Cyclone armor absorb level 8-16 scaling reduced from 20 to 17 Cyclone armor absorb level 16-22 scaling reduced from 20 to 18 Cyclone armor absorb level 22-28 scaling reduced from 20 to 19 Cyclone armor absorb level 28+ scaling reduced from 20 to 20 Shock wave range increased by 13% Shock wave missile speed increased by 16% Poison creeper ai delay reduced by 20% Poison creeper now attacks poison immune monsters (this allows it to apply its negative poison resist debuff which can break poison immunities) Poison creeper can no longer be targeted by monsters or take damage Solar creeper ai delay reduced by 20% Solar creeper will now consume corpses even if the player is at full life Solar creeper can now be summoned at the same time as carrion vine Solar creeper can no longer be targeted by monsters or take damage Carrion vine ai delay reduced by 20% Carrion vine will now consume corpses even if the player is at full mana Carrion vine can now be summoned at the same time solar creeper Carrion vine can no longer be targeted by monsters or take damage Arctic blast hurricane synergy reduced from 25% to 24% Arctic blast cyclone armor synergy increased from 20% to 24% Arctic blast twister synergy increased from 20% to 24% Arctic blast tornado synergy increased from 20% to 24% Arctic blast level 1-8 scaling increased by 15% Arctic blast level 8-16 scaling increased by 66% Arctic blast level 16-22 scaling increased by 82% Arctic blast level 22-28 scaling increased by 54% Arctic blast level 28+ scaling increased by 55% Hurricane twister synergy removed Hurricane arctic blast synergy increased from 8% to 12% Hurricane tornado synergy increased from 8% to 12% Armageddon fissure synergy removed Armageddon molten boulder synergy increased from 8% to 12% Armageddon volcano synergy increased from 8% to 12% Fissure level 16-22 scaling reduced from 16-18 to 12-14 Fissure level 22-28 scaling reduced from 20-24 to 20-22 Fissure level 28+ scaling increased from 24-30 to 32-34 Necromancer Reduce corpse explosion max radius from 14 yards to 10 Life tap duration now caps at 20 seconds Life tap base mana cost increased from 4 to 5 Confuse now lasts 5 seconds at all levels Confuse no longer removes other curses if you're able to apply two curses Confuse base mana cost reduced from 6.5 to 4 Attract no longer removes other curses if you're able to apply two curses Poison nova level 1-8 scaling increased from 5-5 per level to 7-7 per level Poison nova level 8-16 scaling increased from 7-7 per level to 8-8 per level Poison nova level 16-22 scaling reduced from 10-10 per level to 9-9 per level Poison nova level 22-28 scaling reduced from 12-12 per level to 10-10 per level Poison nova level 28+ scaling reduced from 12-12 per level to 10-10 per level Poison nova synergies reduced from 15% to 14% Poison strike attack rating base increased from 30% to 50% Poison strike attack rating per level increased from 20% to 30% Poison strike poison pierce cap increased from -30% to -40% Poison strike level 16-22 scaling increased from 10-10 to 12-12 Poison strike level 22-28 scaling increased from 18-18 to 20-20 Poison strike level 28+ scaling increased from 26-26 to 28-28 Desecrate level 1-8 scaling increased from 3-3 to 4-4 Desecrate level 8-16 scaling increased from 12-12 to 14-14 Desecrate poison cloud hitbox increased by 50% Blood warp level requirement increased from 18 to 24 Blood warp now has blood golem has a prerequisite Blood warp minimum life cost will now cap at level 30 when the cooldown can no longer be reduced Decrepify movespeed reduction now scales at 1% per soft point instead of 1% per hard Decrepify now reduces enemy physical resist by 10% Decrepify base mana cost reduced from 11 to 5 Lower resist base mana cost reduced from 10 to 5 Dim vision base mana cost reduced from 6 to 4 Iron Maiden base mana cost reduced from 5 to 4 Terror base mana cost reduced from 6.5 to 4 Bone armor now gains 3 damage absorb per energy Bone armor level 8-16 scaling increased from 10 to 11 Bone armor level 16-22 scaling increased from 10 to 12 Bone armor level 22-28 scaling increased from 10 to 13 Bone armor level 28+ scaling increased from 10 to 14 Weaken now reduces the target's defense by 10% + 2% per level (caps at -60% target defense) Dark pact now only removes 1 curse each cast Dark pact no longer removes a curse if there is only 1 curse on the monster Dark pact is no longer limited at dealing damage equal to 3 curses Dark pact now deals an additional 10% damage for each curse on the target Dark pact's base explosion radius has been reduced and it now gains additional 33% base radius for each curse on the target Dark pact base damage reduced from 4-5 to 3-4 Dark pact level 1-8 scaling reduced from 3-4 to 2-3 Dark pact level 8-16 scaling reduced from 4-6 to 3-5 Dark pact level 16-22 scaling reduced from 5-7 to 4-6 Dark pact level 22-28 scaling reduced from 7-9 to 6-8 Dark pact level 28+ scaling increased from 8-10 to 9-11 Raise skeleton warrior base mana cost reduced from 6 to 4 Raise skeleton warrior mana cost per level reduced from 1 to .5 Raise skeleton warrior health bonus per level reduced from +50% to +15% Raise skeletal mage base mana cost reduced from 8 to 6 Raise skeletal mage mana cost per level reduced from 1 to .5 Raise skeleton archer base mana cost reduced from 8 to 6 Raise skeleton archer mana cost per level reduced from 1 to .5 Fire golem scaling has been completely reworked and they now have their own version of holy fire aura Fire golems no longer benefit from elemental pierce (they still benefit from +% elemental damage) Revives will now receive 1/10 effect from enchant from ¼ Paladin Fist of the heavens synergies reduced from 12% to 10% Fist of the heavens no longer attempts to do a normal attack when out of mana Holy bolt synergies increased from 8% to 9% Holy bolt level 8-16 scaling increased from 3-5 to 5-7 Holy bolt level 16-22 scaling increased from 9-11 to 12-14 Holy bolt level 22-28 scaling increased from 15-17 to 19-21 Holy bolt level 28+ scaling increased from 21-23 to 26-28 Holy light no longer has a cooldown at any level Holy light light level 1 mana cost increased from 8 to 10 Holy light prayer synergy reduced from 10 per level to 5-10 Prayer level 8-16 life per level increased from 2 to 3 Prayer level 22-28 life per level increased from 4 to 5 Prayer level 28+ life per level increased from 2 to 5 Prayer now costs 1 mana every 2 seconds Prayer mana cost now increases by .5 per level Auras can now be put on left click (if you have two auras active it will only provide bonuses from the aura on your right click) Holy shield no longer attempts to do a normal attack when out of mana Charge no longer attempts to do a normal attack when out of mana Holy nova prayer magic damage synergy removed Holy nova fist of the heavens magic damage synergy increased from 8% to 15% Holy nova holy bolt magic damage synergy increased from 12% to 15% Vengeance has been reworked and now chains its aoe explosion onto nearby enemies Sorceress Fire wall warmth synergy replaced with blaze Fire wall inferno synergy removed Fire wall base damage increased from 15-20 to 40-65 Fire wall level 1-8 scaling increased from 7-7 to 15-15 Fire wall level 8-16 scaling increased from 9-9 to 16-16 Fire wall level 16-22 scaling increased from 11-11 to 17-17 Fire wall level 22-28 scaling increased from 13-13 to 18-18 Fire wall level 28+ scaling increased from 15-15 to 19-19 Meteor fire wall synergy replaced with blaze Meteor synergies reduced from 10% to 6% Meteor impact explosion radius increased by 25% Meteor level 1 mana cost reduced from 17 to 10 Meteor fire duration reduced from 50 frames to 40 Meteor level 1 physical and fire base damage increased from 20-25 to 25-30 (50-60 total) Meteor fire damage level 1-8 scaling increased from 4-6 to 7-9 Meteor fire damage level 8-16 scaling increased from 4-6 to 10-12 Meteor fire damage level 16-22 scaling increased from 5-7 to 13-15 Meteor fire damage level 22-28 scaling increased from 6-8 to 15-18 Meteor fire damage level 28+ scaling increased from 7-9 to 17-21 Fire bolt mana cost now increases by .25 per level Fire bolt synergies reduced from 20% to 18% Fire bolt level 1-8 scaling reduced from 5-6 to 4-6 Fire bolt level 8-16 scaling increased from 13-15 to 16-18 Fire bolt level 16-22 scaling increased from 20-37 to 30-32 Fire bolt level 22-28 scaling changed from 40-55 to 46-48 Fire bolt level 28+ scaling increased from 30-37 to 46-48 Fire ball mana cost per level reduced from .5 to .25 Fire ball synergies reduced from 16% to 15% Fire balls level 28+ scaling increased from 33-35 to 38-40 Combustion level 1 damage reduced from 24-56 to 24-48 Combustion level 1-8 scaling reduced from 13-15 to 12-14 per level Combustion level 8-16 scaling reduced from 23-25 to 16-18 per level Combustion level 16-22 scaling reduced from 26-28 to 20-22 per level Combustion level 22-28 scaling reduced from 28-30 to 24-26 per level Combustion level 28+ scaling reduced from 33-35 to 28-30 per level Ice barrage missile speed increased by 22% Ice barrage range increased by roughly 10% Ice barrage level 1-8 scaling increased from 4-5 to 5-6 Ice barrage level 8-16 scaling increased from 7-8 to 9-10 Ice barrage level 16-22 scaling reduced from 14-15 to 13-14 Ice barrage level 22-28 scaling increased from 15-16 to 17-18 Ice barrage level 28+ scaling increased from 16-17 to 21-22 Ice blast freeze duration now scales with levels Glacial spike damage synergies increased from 5% to 8% Glacial spike ice barrage synergy removed Energy shield now properly requires level 30 Blizzard glacial spike synergy has been replaced with ice blast Frozen orbs ice blast synergy has been replaced with frost nova Teleport now once again uses its original cast frames (no longer uses lightning cast frames) Teleport damage reduction debuff now starts at -65% from -50% Teleport debuff will now reduce damage at proper values Hydra and lesser hydra no longer benefit from elemental pierce Lesser hydra duration reduced from 6 seconds to 5 seconds Lesser hydra level 22-28 scaling increased from 32-34 to 34-36 Lesser hydra level 28+ scaling reduced from 40-42 to 34-36 Hydra duration reduced from 6 seconds to 5 seconds Blaze now gains .2 seconds per level Blaze duration cap increased from 3 seconds to 8 Blaze warmth synergy removed Blaze fire wall synergy increased from 3% to 6% Cold enchant attack rating bonus per level increased from 5% to 10% Cold enchants level 22-28 scaling increased from 35-37 to 36-38 Cold enchants level 28+ scaling increased from 52-54 to 54-56 Cold enchant duration now lasts 5 minutes at all levels Enchant Fires level 22-28 scaling increased from 30-32 to 32-34 Enchant Fires level 28+ scaling increased from 42-44 to 46-48 Enchant Fires duration now lasts 5 minutes at all levels Blizzard level 1-8 scaling reduced from 6-8 to 5-7 per level Blizzard level 8-16 scaling reduced from 8-10 to 6-8 per level Blizzard level 16-22 scaling reduced from 10-12 to 8-10 per level Blizzard level 22-28 scaling reduced from 12-14 to 11-13 per level Blizzard level 28+ scaling increased from 14-16 to 15-17 per level ITEM CHANGES GENERAL ITEM CHANGES Reduced superior repair cost increase Ethereal enhanced damage and enhanced defense bonus has been reduced from 50% to 25% Elite melee weapons +25% base damage Elite amazon throwing weapons +25% base damage Elite bows +10% base damage Exceptional melee weapons +15% base damage Exceptional amazon throwing weapons +15% base damage Exceptional bows +5% base damage Chance to cast on casting mod added Increased the strength of elemental damage charms and normalized all elements Increased +% elemental large charms from 1-3% to 2-4% +% Ele dmg scaling large charm scaling increased from 1-1 to 2-2 / 1-2 to 2-3 / 2-3 to 3-4 Rares now roll minimum 4 affixes at 45+, 5 at 65+ and 6 at 85+ Rare jewels now always roll 4 affixes Rare items can now be used in crafting recipes Physical pierce is now a local stat Lower resist wands will now roll with level 15 lower resist (80 charges) Life tap wand charges reduced from level 6 to level 1 Telekinesis charges affix (vanilla) re-enabled for rings (fixed - wasn't mentioned) Light plated boots kick damage increased from 8-16 to 8-18 Chain Boots kick damage increased from 6-12 to 6-14 Heavy boots kick damage increased from 4-10 to 4-12 War boots kick damage increased from 39-80 to 45-90 Battle boots kick damage increased from 37-64 to 42-84 Mesh Boots kick damage increased from 23-52 to 35-78 Sharkskin boots kick damage increased from 28-50 to 32-72 Demonhide boots kick damage increased from 26-46 to 30-64 Myrmidon greaves kick damage increased from 83-149 to 83 to 155 Mirrored boots kick damage increasd from 50-145 to 69-147 Boneweave boots kick damage increased from 69-118 to 80-125 Scarabshell Boots kick damage increased from 60-110 to 70-110 Wyrmhide boots kick damage increased from 65-100 to 75-100 The odds of rolling a staff mod have been changed from Staff mod amount (old): 10% -> 3 mods 20% -> 2 mods 40% -> 1 mod 30% -> no mods Staff Mod Level (old): 10% -> +3 30% -> +2 60% -> +1 The new staff mod odds have been changed to Staff mod amount (new): 20% -> 3 mods 30% -> 2 mods 40% -> 1 mod 10% -> no mods Staff Mod Level (new): 25% -> +3 35% -> +2 40% -> +1 RUNEWORD CHANGES Added the new D2R 2.4 Runewords Unbending Will Wisdom Obsession Flickering Flame Mist Runeword Weapons Zenith can now be made in any bows instead of amazon specific Zenith can now be made in spears and polearms Infinity in a staff has had its 50% chance to cast level 20 lightning on kill changed to 15% chance to cast level 20 lightning on casting (the polearm / spear runeword goes unchanged) Infinity in a staff has had its level 3 cyclone armor oskill replaced with 2% chance to cast level 15 cyclone armor on casting Doom runeword in staves 5% chance to cast level 28 molten boulder on striking changed to 10% chance to cast level 28 molten boulder on casting Doom runeword in axes/hammers/polearms/spears/swords 5% chance to cast level 18 molten boulder increased to 10% chance to cast level 28 molten boulder on striking Lawbringer 20% chance to cast level 15 amplify damage on striking reverted back to its original 20% chance to cast level 15 decrepify on striking Crescent moon -5 to -15% to enemy lightning resistance increased to -10 to -15% Venom +2-3 to poison strike increased to +6 Venom -10% to -30% to enemy poison resistance increased to -20% to -30% Oath +8 to heart of wolverine reverted back to its original level 16 heart of wolverine (20 charges) Rift 20% chance to cast level 21 tornado on striking increased to 20% chance to cast level 25 tornado Rift 16% chance to cast level 21 frozen orb on striking attack increased to level 25 frozen orb Call to arms +1-6 to battle orders increased to +2-6 Call to arms battle cry levels reduced from 1-4 to 1-3 Grief +200-240 to +260-300 damage increased to +220-240 to +280-300 damage Wind made in a staff 18% chance to cast level 25 tornado on striking replaced with 18% chance to cast level 29 tornado on casting Wind made in a staff 18% chance to cast level 25 twister on striking replaced with 18% chance to cast level 29 twister on casting Wind made in a staff 5% chance to cast level 9 cyclone armor when stuck replaced with 5% chance to cast level 9 cylcone armor on casting Wind in a weapon 18% chance to cast level 25 twister on striking replaced with 18% chance to cast level 29 twister on striking Wind enhanced damage reduced from 420-480% to 350-400% Famine -10 to -20% to enemy fire resistance reduced to -10 to -15% Famine -10 to -20% to enemy lightning resistance reduced to -10 to -15% Famine -10 to -20% to enemy cold resistance reduced to -10 to -15% Famine adds 150-300 fire damage reduced to 125-250 Famine adds 151-350 lightning damage reduced to 101-275 Famine adds 150-300 cold damage reduced to 100-225 Famine indestructible removed Last wish +350-400% enhanced damage reverted back to its original 330-375% Last wish 10% chance to cast level 18 life tap reduced to level 11 Unending will has had its name changed to dominion (this is to avoid confusion with the new unbending will runeword) Unending will (dominion) +30 poison resist replaced with +2 to necromancer skills Unending will (dominion) +2 additional golems reduced to +1 Phoenix runeword in weapons 20% chance to cast level 22 fire ball on striking changed to 20% chance to cast level 25 fire ball on striking Phoenix runeword in a staff 20% chance to cast level 22 fire ball on striking changed to 20% chance to cast level 25 fire ball on casting Chaos runeword +5 to whirlwind removed Chaos runeword now has +2 to Blade Dance (Blade dance is a new assassin specific whirlwind) (blade dance attacks at 4 frames when wielding one weapon and 5 frames when dual wielding) Brand amplify damage proc increased from level 20 to 31 Wrath amplify damage proc increased from level 18 to 31 Plague runeword 20% chance to cast level 12 lower resist when struck increased to 20% chance to cast level 35 Added Neophyte runeword Level 23 requirement Can be made in orbs, claws, scepters, clubs and staves (gains +10% faster cast rate in a staff) Added Rampage Runeword Level 29 requirement Can be made in spears, polearms and staves Runeword Chests Myth +1-3 to mana after each kill increased to +3-4 Treachery 35% chance to cast level 25 psychic hammer when struck replaced with 15% chance to cast level 21 mind blast when struck Enlightenment 5% chance to cast level 15 fire ball on striking replaced with 10% chance to cast level 18 fire ball on casting Rain 5% chance to cast level 15 twister on striking increased to 10% chance to cast level 20 twister on striking Rain +1-2 to druid skill levels increased to +2 Rain +1 to summoning skills (druid only) removed Rain 5% chance to cast level 15 cyclone armor when struck increased to 8% Dragon runewords additional hydra tooltip has been improved for more clarity (previously read as 3 additional hydras due to each hydra head counting as 1) Runeword Helms Ferocity 8% chance to cast level 10 taunt on striking increased to 12% chance to cast level 10 taunt on striking Runeword Shields Phoenix runeword in a shield 20% chance to cast level 22 fire ball on striking changed to 20% chance to cast level 25 fire ball on striking Exile 25% chance to cast level 18 amplify damage on striking changed to 25% chance to cast level 18 decrepify on striking Dragon runewords additional hydra tooltip has been improved for more clarity (previously read as 3 additional hydras due to each hydra head counting as 1) UNIQUE CHANGES New Items have been added that drop in any 85 zone Zerae's Resolve Ursa's Nightmare Martyrdom Akarat's Devotion Purgatory Raekor's Virtue Stalker's Cull Brimstone Rain Odium Merman's Sprocket Occultist Amazon Bows Blood raven's charge +2-3 to bow and crossbow skills increased to +3-4 Blood raven's charge +3-4 to fire arrow reduced to +2-3 Lycanders aim +200-250% enhanced damage increased to +225-275% Amazon Spears Lycander's Flank now has +10% Physical Damage Reduction Assassin Claws Firelizard's talons +1-2 to martial arts (assassin only) increased to +2 Firelizard's talons +30-60 fire resist reduced to +30-50 Aidan's Scar +3-4 to shadow disciplines (assassin only) increased to +4 Shadow killer +2-4 to shadow discipline (assassin only) increased to +3-4 Shadow killer +6-12 to mana after each kill reduced to +4-8 Sorceress Orbs Tempest +70-115 to mana increased to +100-145 Axes Deathspade now has 10% deadly strike Bladebone adds 16-24 fire damage removed Bladebone now has a 40% chance to cast level 8 teeth on striking Skull splitter now has 15% crushing blow The chieftain +100% enhanced damage increased to +150-180% Brainhew +90-120% enhanced damage increased to +170-200% Coldkill +15% to maximum cold resist reduced to +10% Pompeii's wrath 8% chance to cast level 22 molten boulder on striking increased to 8% chance to cast level 28 Guardian naga 5% chance to cast level 25 poison nova on striking increased to 10% Warlord's trust now has +10-20% physical damage reduction Warlord's trust +10 to all resist increased to +10-20 (varies) Boneslayer blade +20% increased attack speed increased to +40% Boneslayer blade 50% chance to cast level 20 holy bolt when struck increased to level 30 Rune master +30% increased attack speed increased to +40% Hellslayer +20% increased attack speed increased to +40% Hellslayer 20% chance to cast level 30 fire ball increased to 25% to cast level 30 fire ball Messerschmidt's reaver +15 to all attributes increased to +20 Executioner's justice 50% chance to cast level 18 amplify damage replaced with 50% chance to cast level 25 decrepify Lacerator amplify damage levels increased from 16 to 31 Polearms The Reaper's toll amplify damage levels increased from 16 to 31 Bows Witherstring fires magic arrows level 3 increased to level 6 Raven claw fires explosive arrows or bolts level 1 increased to level 3 Stormstrike +120-160% enhanced damage increased to +140-170% Blastbark +90-150% enhanced damage increased to +120-150% Skystrike 20% chance to cast level 8 meteor on striking increased to 30% Kuko shakaku +3 to immolation arrow changed to +2-3 (varies) Endlesshail 15% chance to cast level 12 blizzard on striking increased to 25% Witchwild string 14% chance to cast level 18 amplify damage increased to level 31 Cliffkiller 60% increased attack speed increased to 80% Goldstrike arch 200-300% damage to undead increased to 250-300% Goldstrike arch 200-300% damage to demons increased to 250-300% Widowmaker +150-350% damage increased to 275-350% Eaglehorn +40-60 dexterity increased to +60-100 Eaglehorn no longer has a 2% chance to cast howl on striking Eaglehorn now has a 12% chance to cast level 30 summon raven on striking Eaglehorn now has +10 to ravens (oskill) Eaglehorn now has “Your Ravens deal an additional 500 cold damage” Crossbows Ichorsting +50 poison damage over 3 seconds increased to 100 damage over 3 seconds Doomslinger 35% chance to cast level 12 fire ball on striking increased to 45% Doomslinger +1 to amazon skills increased to +1-2 Doomslinger +15-40 to life increased to +30-40 Pus spitter 28% chance to cast level 18 lower resist on striking increased to level 35 Demon machine 12% chance to cast level 18 multiple shot changed to 8% chance to cast level 24 multiple shot Gut siphon 8% chance to cast level 36 desecrate increased to 12% chance Daggers Heart carver now properly rolls 5-7 to grim ward, find item and find potion Ghostflame +30% increased attack speed increased to +50% Fleshripper +200-300% enhanced damage increased to +225-300% Maces Stone crusher -10 to -15 to enemy physical resist reduced to -5 to -8 (fixed - upper range wasn't included) Stone crusher enhanced damage reduced from 280-320 to 180-220 Stone crusher -50 to monster defense on hit reduced to -20 Stone crusher crushing blow reduced from 40% to 20% Stone crusher +20-30 strength reduced +10-20 strength Stone crusher +10-30 damage removed The cranium basher 10% chance to cast level 30 amplify damage increased to level 33 Earth shifter level 14 volcano (30 charges) replaced with 12% chance to cast level 28 volcano on casting Schaefer's hammer adds 50-200 lightning damage increased to adds 50-450 lightning damage Schaefer's hammer 20% chance to cast level 10 static field on striking increased to 20% chance to cast level 25 static field on striking Stormlash 15% chance to cast level 10 static field on striking increased to 15% chance to cast level 25 static field on striking Horizon's tornado +30% faster cast rate increased to +35% The Gavel of pain 15% chance to cast level 16 amplify damage on striking changed to 12% chance to cast level 31 amplify damage on striking Bloodtree stump +3-5 life after each hit has been removed Bloodtree stump now has +3 to leap attack Moonfall 10% chance to cast level 26 meteor on striking increased to 12% chance to cast level 26 meteor on striking Fleshrender +30% increased attack speed increased to +40% Dark clan crusher +30-40% increased attack speed now always roll +40% Dark clan crusher +195% enhanced damaged changed to +180-240% The General's Tan Do Li Ga adds 1 to 30-40 damage increased to adds 10 to 30-40 damage Swords The grandfather enhanced damage reduced from 200-250% to 180-240% The grandfather repairs 1 durability in 4 seconds has been removed Hadriel's hand adds 500-850 fire damage reduced to 400-750 Azurewrath adds 250-500 magic damage reduced to 200-250 Azurewrath level 10-13 sanctuary aura increased to level 20-23 sanctuary aura Lightsabre 5% chance to cast level 14-20 chain lightning on attack increased to level 28 Swordguard now has +40% faster block rate Todesfaelle flamme 2% chance to cast level 16 combustion on attack increased to 4% Todesfaelle flamme 10% chance to cast level 20 fire ball on attack increased to 15% Todesfaelle flamme level 20 fire wall (20 charges) replaced with 2% chance to cast level 20 fire wall on attack Todesfaelle flamme now has +20% increased attack speed Cloudcrack 12% chance to cast level 21 fists of heavens on striking increased to 20% Cloudcrack +4-6 to offensive auras increased to +5-6 Cloudcrack +4-6 to defensive auras increased to +5-6 The vile husk 18% chance to cast level 18 amplify damage increased to level 31 Bing sz wang now has 40% increased attack speed Headstriker +1.5% deadly strike per level reduced to +1% Headstriker now has +20% increased attack speed Headstriker +150% enhanced damage increased to +150-200% Ginther's rift +150-200% enhanced damage increased to +150-250% Ripsaw now has +30% increased attack speed Blacktongue now has +30% increased attack speed Shadowfang now has +20% increased attack speed Staves Bane Ash +4-6 fire damage removed Bane ash now has 20% chance to cast level 8 fire bolt on casting Bane ash +2 to warmth (sorceress only) removed Bane ash +5 to fire bolt (sorceress only) reduced to +3 Bane ash now rolls +1-2 to fire skills Serpent lord +2-3 to cyclone armor (druiid only) replaced with 5% chance to cast level 3 cyclone armor on cast Serpent lord +3-4 to arctic blast (druid only) removed Serpent lord +10% faster cast rate increased to 20% Serpent lord now has a 30% chance to cast level 15 firestorm on casting Spire of lazarus +1 to sorceress skills removed Spire of lazarus now has +2-3 to all skills (varies) Spire of lazarus +2-3 to chain lightning (sorceress only) (varies) reduced to +2 Spire of lazarus +2-3 to lightning (sorceress only) (varies) reduced to +2 Spire of lazarus +3 to static field removed Spire of lazarus now has a 30% chance to cast level 15 static field on casting Spire of lazarus 1-28 lightning damage increased to 1-280 Spire of lazarus +75 lightning resist now rolls +50-75 Spire of lazarus +43% regenerate mana changed to +35-45% (varies) The salamander +1-2 to lesser hydra (sorceress only) removed The salamander now has a 20% chance to cast level 14 lesser hydra on casting The salamander +1-2 to fire ball (sorceress only) increased to +2 The salamander +1 to fire wall (sorceress only) increased to +2-3 The salamander +2-3 to warmth (sorceress only) reduced to +2 The iron jang bong +2 to sorceress skills removed The iron jang bong now has +2 to all skills The iron jang bong +2 to nova (sorceress only) removed The iron jang bong +2 to blaze (sorceress only) removed The iron jang bong +3 to frost nova (sorceress only) removed The iron jang bong now has a 15% chance to cast level 20 nova on casting The iron jang bong now has a 15% chance to cast level 24 frost nova on casting The iron jang bong now has a 15% chance to cast level 24 blaze on casting Razorswitch +1 to all skills now rolls +1-2 all skills (varies) Chromatic ire now has a 18% chance to cast level 26 slow movement on casting Chromatic ire +3 to sorceress skills removed Chromatic ire now has +3 to all skills Chromatic ire +1 to cold / fire / light mastery increased to +1-2 cold / fire / light mastery (varies) Chromatic ire +20-40 all resist increased to +25-40 all resist Warpspear no longer has +3 to sorceress skills Warpspear now has +3 to all skills Warpspear +1-2 to glacial spike (sorceress only) removed Warpspear +1-2 to ice barrage increased to +2-3 to ice barrage Warpspear now has a 25% chance to cast level 10 glacial spike on casting Skull collector now has a 5% chance to cast level 14 bone armor on casting Skull collector +1-2 to necromancer skills now always rolls +2 to necromancer skills Ondal's wisdom now has a 20% chance to cast level 20 inner sight on casting Ondal's wisdom +2-4 all skills increased to +3-4 all skills Mang song's lesson -20 to -30% to fire resist reduced to -10 to -20% Mang song's lesson -20 to -30% to cold resist reduced to -10 to -20% Mang song's lesson -20 to -30% to lightning resist reduced to -10 to -20% Mang song's lesson now has a 16% chance to cast level 20 lower resist on casting Shields Darkforce spawn 6-12% chance to reanimate as hell spawn changed to 5% chance to reanimate as oblivion knight Boneflame +2-3 to necromancer skills increased to +3 Sankekur's fall +2-4 to mana after each kill replaced with +2-4 to life after each kill Medusa's gaze +1-2 to cold skills increased to +2 Medusa's gaze 10% chance to cast level 7 lower resist chance to level 14 Head hunter's glory 16% chance to cast level 15 amplify damage on attack reworked to 12% chance to cast level 31 amplify damage on attack Spike thorn adds 30-60 damage increased to adds 40-65 damage Spike thorn attacker takes damage (28 per character level) increased to (30 per character level) Radament's sphere now has +240 poison damage over 2 seconds Lance guard +20-35% deadly strike increased to +25-35% Lance guard attackers take damage of 147-247 increased to 165-265 Helms Halaberd's reign will now display as black on the character model Wolfhowl no longer has +3-6 feral rage oskill Demonhorn's edge attackers take damage of 855-977 increased to 900-1050 Overlord's helm -20% to -25% to enemy physical resistance reduced to -15% to -20% Crown of ages 50-75% reduced curse duration reduced to 50% Veil of steel +30-60% enhanced damage increased to +40-80% Giant skull +30-60% enhanced damage increased to +40-80% Steel shade +1-2 to all skills increased to +2 Steel shade +30% faster block rate reduced to +20% Steel shade +30% increased chance to block reduced to +20% Wormskull +40 poison damage over 2 seconds increased to +60 poison damage over 2 seconds Belts Thundergod's vigor +2 to lightning bolt removed Thundergod's vigor +2 to lightning fury removed Thundergod's vigor +1 to lightning skills increased to +2 Thundergod's vigor +5-10 lightning absorb removed Arachnid mesh +10-20% faster cast rate increased to +15-20% Snowclash +20-35 cold resist increased to +30-45 Gloves Soul drainers -5% to -8% to enemy physical resist reduced to -5% Soul drainers +2-4% to mana steal increased to +2-5% Soul drainers +2-4% to life steal increased to +2-5% Hellmouth -5 to -15% to enemy fire resistance reduced to -5% to -10% Hellmouth attacker takes damage of 200-350 increased to 250-400 Magefist now once again only roll +fire skills Boots Infernostride 10% chance to cast level 16 blaze when struck increased to 15% chance to cast level 16 blaze Chests The gladiator's bane attackers takes damage of 320-640 increased to 350-700 Crow caw 35-50% enhanced damage increased to 40-80% Venom ward +15% to maximum poison resist reduced to +10% Venom ward +45-90% poison resist reduced to +45-75% Amulets Metalgrid attack takes damage of 700-900 increased to 750-1000 Metalgrid now has +2 to golem mastery oskill The rising sun -6% to -12% to enemy fire resistance reduced to -5% to -10% Atma's scarab 10% chance to cast level 5 amplify damage increased to 8% chance to cast level 15 amplify damage The third eye 10% chance to cast level 25 bone nova when struck changed to 8% chance to cast level 25 bone nova on casting Rings Wisp projector +1-3 to heart of wolverine changed reverted back to level 5 heart of wolverine (13 charges) Wisp projector +1-3 to spirit of barbs reverted back to level 7 spirit of barbs (11 charges) Nature's peace +3-5 to oak sage reverted back to level 5 oak sage (27 charges) Carrion wind level 21 poison creeper (35 charges) reduced to level 11 poison creeper (35 charges) Carrion wind attacker takes damage of 160-280 increased to 180-300 Carrion wind 10% faster run walk removed Raven frost cold absorb +5-10% reduced to +5% Dwarf star fire absorb +4-8% reduced to +4-6% The eye of mordini has been reverted to its original name “Manald Heal” SET ITEM CHANGES Berserker's hauberk 3% maximum damage per level (complete set) increased from 3% to 3.5% Arcanna's deathwand now has a 15% chance to cast level 2 bonespear on casting Cathan's rule has a 12% chance to cast level 10 blaze on casting Bul-kathos' sacred charge 275-375% enhanced damage reduced to 200-250% Bul-kathos' tribal guardian 275-375% enhanced damage reduced to 225-275% Naj's light plate now has +20% faster cast rate (2 items) bonus Wilhelm's pride +80% Damage to Demons (3 Items) increased to +100% Magnus' skin +80% Damage to Undead (3 Items) increased to +100% Guillaume's face now has -20% target defense (3 items) Cow king's hide +18 to all resist increased to +15-25 (varies) Dark adherent +100-200% damage to undead increased to +200-250% Laying of hands +220 to poison damage over 2 seconds (4 items) changed to (2 items) Credendum now has +20% faster hit recovery (3 items) Dangoon's teaching +1 to all skills (3 items) changed to +2 to all skills Hwanin's justice 20% Chance to Cast Level 16 Static Field on Striking (3 Items) changed to (2 items) Hwanin's splendor +20-40 life replenish increased to +30-40 Hwanin's blessing +3-6% lightning absorb increased to +4-6% Sazabi's ghost liberator +75-150% damage to demons increased to +100-150% Sazabi's cobalt redeemer adds 125-175 cold damage increased to adds 175-250 cold damage Griswold's honor now has +2 to defensive auras Immortal king's stone crusher +150-250% enhanced damage reduced to +150-200% Immortal king's stone crusher +150-250% enhanced damage to demons reduced to +150-200% Immortal king's stone crusher +200-300% enhanced damage to undead reduced to +150-250% Tal rasha's lidless eye +1-2 to fire, lightning and cold mastery now rolls +2-3 Tal rasha's +25 all resist (complete set) bonus increased to +50 Trang-oul's avatar +6 to fire mastery (complete set) removed Haemosu's adamant defense vs melee reduced from 200-400 to 200-250 Haemosu's adamant defense vs missile reduced from 100-350 to 200-250 PATCHES Season 5 Patch 1 (2022-06-25) Fixes an issue with shared stash that in very rare cases caused missing items Fixed some issues to improve server stability Fixes hardcoded drops (Trang-Oul Jawbone, Worldstone Shards etc) from dropping in unreachable places Fixes quick-cast not ending after using it for channel skills (inferno, blade fury etc) Fixes chance-to-cast-on-casting working in Single Player mode Fixes Occultist inventory graphic having a full black background Season 5 Patch 2 (2022-06-28) The game server numbers have been shifted and the in game server list has been updated to reflect this Cold enchant and enchant fire buff aoe increased by 87% Battle cry aoe increased by 11% Reverted several map monster from flying pathing to ground pathing Ruins of viz'jun karvarousku the cartographer's burning dead minions health have been reduced Map bosses will no longer be able to be knocked back or stun locked Fixed a bug that was causing guest monsters to spawn in dungeons as an affix Dungeon monsters guaranteed 20-30% increased attack rating and chance to pierce has been increased to 50-75% Decoy now properly counts as a magic skill Dragon claw tooltip and character sheet now display its proper damage The new season 5 maps will now properly drop (item codes: t14, t15, t26) Korlic's leap attack now deals less damage in normal, nightmare and hell Talic's whirlwind now deals less damage in normal, nightmare and hell Fixed a bug for chance to cast on casting affixes in single player Fixed crashing when leaving uber ancients Uber ancient materials can now be split with the cube Larzuk's puzzlepiece can now be split with the cube .roll now rolls from 1-100 instead of 0-99 Season 5 Patch 3 (2022-06-28) Fixed mercenaries being unable to be rehired after rathma Applied some shared stash bug fixes Season 5 Patch 4 (2022-06-29) Server performance patch Season 5 Patch 5 (2022-06-30) (was mislabeled as patch #6) Fixes bug after cancelling trade that showed your stash incorrectly before rejoining a game Shadows of Westmarch now properly has area level 88 Fixes Black Abyss collision map Black Abyss boss' minions no longer give experience Season 5 Patch 6 (2022-07-09) (was mislabeled as patch #7) Skills granted by charges will no longer reset the keybind on rejoining a game Tier 1 monsters physical damage has been reduced by roughly 12% Tier 2 monsters physical damage has been reduced by roughly 6% Map contains burning soul mobs now drop from the proper ghost loot table Clawviper in the royal crypts have had their physical resistance reduced from 115 to 105 Moonclan in shadows of westmarch have had their physical resistance reduced from 110 to 100 Shadows of westmarch should no longer have monsters spawning in the walls Sewers of harrogath density increased by 8% Canyon of Sescheron layout has been reduced in size to be similar to other tier 3 maps Throne of insanity no longer has an invisible tile blocking the boss room Indio the insane will now cast hydras more often The royal crypt should no longer have monsters spawning outside the map Kehjistan marketplace fire towers now have 40% less health Lost temple gloams now drop from the proper ghost loot table Sanctuary of sin dungeon layout has been improved Sanctuary of sin dungeon boss now provides 267% more experience Dungeon bosses loot tables have been improved Dungeon bosses have a higher chance to drop scarabs Canight the corrupted and his minions now provides 540% more experience The synthetic one now provides 800% more experience Lilith should no longer be able to spawn outside the map The shadow of mendeln events drop table has been modified and improved The shadow of mendeln event now spawns undead at the same rate throughout the event instead of increasing in speed The shadow of mendeln event undead now provide 666% more experience Uber ancients now provides 100% more experience Uber ancients drop tables have been modified and improved Uber ancients can now drop horadric scarabs Uber ancient Korlic's holy freeze now deals less damage Sigil of madawc droprate reduced by 300% Sigil of talic droprate reduced by 250% Sigil of korlic droprate reduced by 200% Diablo now has a 300% increased chance to drop prime evil souls Baal now has a 500% increased chance to drop prime evil souls Black soulstone drop rate increased by 20% Holy shield duration changed from 2 minutes base + 10 seconds per level to 5 minutes base + 5 seconds per level Blade dance base velocity bonus increased from 0% to 20% Blade dance no longer locks the player in animation on level up Tiger strike charge duration increased from 1 minute to 5 minutes Poison strike tooltip now properly displays its -40% to enemy poison resistance cap Poison nova level 28+ scaling changed from 10-10 per level to 11-11 Ravens now properly scale from +% cold damage Infernal spire now has its proper 20% deadly strike bonus from the dagger implicit mod (this will only apply to newly dropped items) Eaglehorn's bonus raven damage bonus will no longer display red once corrupted Crescent moon in a polearm or spear will now properly roll -10 to -15% enemy lightning resist instead of -5 to -15% (this will only apply to newly made runewords) The third eye amulet now properly has its chance to cast when cast proc instead of chance to cast when struck (this will only apply to newly dropped items) Doom runeword in a melee weapon should now properly have its molten boulder on striking proc instead of on casting (this will only apply to newly made runewords) Season 5 Patch 7 (2022-07-16) (was mislabeled as patch #8) Improved server stability Fixed some general shared stash issues In the event of a stash bug the game will now move items to the nearest available space instead of deleting them Item charges should no longer bug when under 2 charges Shadows of westmarch is now its proper area level (88) Arreat battlefield is now its proper area level (88) PVP Changes Removed cooldown on charge and mind blast in the PVP arena in Normal mode Reduced cooldown on charge from 4 -> 2 and cooldown on mind blast from 6 -> 5 in PVP arena in Hell mode Removed teleport damage debuff in the PVP arena in Normal mode Removed Whirlwind Dual Wield damage frame penalty in PVP arena in all modes Increased Battle Cry duration in PVP arena from 5 -> 10 seconds Pvp arenas now have maximum resistance caps based on difficulty Normal = 75 Nightmare = 80 Hell = 85 PVP modifier damage changes: Normal/Nightmare: Shock Wave 250% -> 175% Fire Claw 400% -> 300% Bone Spear 90% -> 80% Bash 125% -> 100% Stun 125% -> 100% Concentrate 125% -> 100% Charged Strike 150% -> 100% Power Strike 150% -> 100% Lightning Bolt 150% -> 100% Lightning Fury 150% -> 100% Hell: Bone Spear 60% -> 50% Season 5 Patch 8 (2022-09-22) (was mislabeled as patch #9) Fire golem now displays its iron golem defense synergies Valkyrie lightning pierce tooltip is now displaying its proper value per level instead of its total value Fixed power strike tooltip not displaying +% lightning damage bonuses on the nova Fixed wake of inferno synergies not applying properly Fixed thunder storm/armageddon/hurricane buff timers not updating on recast Fixed javelin throw mastery damage bonus not showing up in the stat screen Fixed a bug that causes your physical damage to be reduced if the target has flat MDR and the attack deals less elemental damage than the target's MDR (vanilla MDR bug) Fixed multiple bugs that occasionally caused server crashes PVP Changes: Disabled auto-aim (i.e. FoH) in PvP arenas Removed namelock from mind blast in PvP arenas Changed the way PvP skill damage modifiers work to allow different modifier for each damage type Changed PvP modifiers to reflect the above change and changed some modifiers based on feedback of pvpers: Blade sentinel pvp modifier only reduces physical damage Blade fury pvp modifier only reduces physical damage Blade dance pvp modifier only reduces physical damage Smite pvp modifier only reduces physical damage Joust pvp modifier reduces all damage and changed from 25% -> 20% (N/NM/H) Zeal pvp modifier only reduces physical damage Zeal physical damage changed from 100% -> 85% (N/NM) Vengeance physical damage 100% Vengeance fire/cold/lightning damage 175% (N/NM) Holy nova changed from 200% -> 70% (N/NM) Rabies poison damage 200% Maul physical damage 200% Fire claws fire damage 300% Raven damage changed from 90% -> 60% (N/NM) Double swing physical damage 200% (N/NM) Double throw physical damage 115% (N/NM) Berserk physical damage 125% (N/NM) Whirlwind physical damage 85% (H) 90% (N/NM) Thunder Storm changed from 150% -> 120% (N/NM) Fire Wall changed from 150% -> 100% (N/NM) Fire Bolt changed from 120% -> 100% (N/NM) Fire Ball changed from 110% -> 100% (N/NM) Nova changed from 175% -> 125% (N/NM) Lesser hydra changed from 85% -> 25% (N/NM) Hydra changed from 110% -> 100% (N/NM) Combustion changed from 110% -> 100% (N/NM) Lightning bolt lightning damage changed from 100% -> 60% (N/NM) Lightning fury physical damage changed from 100% -> 60% (N/NM) Poison javelin physical damage changed from 140% -> 60%, Poison damage remains 140% (N/NM) Plague javelin physical damage changed from 135% -> 60%, Poison damage remains 135% (N/NM) Ice arrow cold damage 150% (N/NM) Freezing arrow cold damage 150% (N/NM) Immolation arrow fire damage 175% (N/NM) Strafe physical damage changed from 100% -> 65% (N/NM) Throw physical damage changed from 100% -> 60% (N/NM/H)