Since August 6, 2024, Season 5 of Diablo 4 is playable, and as typical for many seasons, not everything went smoothly this time either. A bug has provided a huge advantage for players. Blizzard is now explaining what caused this. A new Unique is to blame.
What bug is it about? A bug in Diablo 4 allowed players to gain millions of EXP when defeating certain Stronghold bosses. Games Radar reports, for example, about a player who defeated the boss Nilcar and jumped from level 29 to level 63.
Other players also showed enormous jumps, which can only stem from several million experience points. However, players could not reliably replicate the bug. Initially, it was believed that it was due to the Hunter, as the many EXP jumps primarily occurred with this class.
The suspicion is at least not entirely wrong. As Blizzard has now finally confirmed, a new Hunter Unique is responsible for the bug, namely Umbracrux, one of the new Uniques from Season 5.
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A new Unique is to blame
What is Umbracrux supposed to do? Normally, the dagger spawns a Totem when you activate a deception ability. If you attack the Totem, a certain amount of damage is redirected from the Totem to nearby enemies. This counts as a trap skill.
However, if you had equipped the weapon, the bug that caused the millions of EXP could be triggered. A Community Manager from Blizzard posted this in the official forum. Apparently, the problem relates to the weapon’s ability and the Totem, as the weapon itself is not disabled, only the skill.
You can still find and equip the Unique, but the associated skill with the Shadow Totem is currently not activated. A fix is being worked on and the ability will be activated again when the bug is fixed.
It’s not the first bug in a new season. Diablo regularly has issues with bugs and glitches, especially at the start of a new season. At least a few players can consider themselves lucky to have skipped much of the leveling process. If you also want to level up quickly without a bug, this guide will help you: Diablo 4: Leveling quickly in Season 5 – Leveling Guide up to Level 100.
