The new Diablo 3 Patch 2.5.0 is coming for PC, PS4, and Xbox One. What changes with this patch, you can find out in the patch notes.
Currently, the patch 2.5.0 for Diablo 3 is already live in the USA. Here in Europe, it is still awaited, but it shouldn’t take too long. In the meantime, patch 2.5.0 is also live in Europe.
In the new Diablo 3 Patch 2.5.0, which is 1.18 for PS4, the developers are focusing on cool features such as the armor stash, as well as the usual bug fixes and class changes. In this overview, we show you what to expect in the new update for Diablo 3 on PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
General Changes in 2.5.0 – PS4 1.18
The general changes in patch 2.5.0 include two new features: The armor stash and the storage of crafting materials.
The Armor Stash in Diablo 3 – How does it work?
- Players can now save up to five different builds per character in the armor stash.
- This feature can be found in the town of each act.
- When you save a build, the game creates a snapshot of the equipment, socketed gems, active and passive skills, and properties from Kanai’s Cube.
- When equipping a saved build, items swap places between character and storage.
Storing Crafting Materials
- Crafting materials that you receive as loot from enemies or through salvaging now find a place in a new section of your inventory. This takes up less space in your loot bag. You can access the materials via a button on your inventory.
Class Changes
Crusader
- Glorious Shield
- The rune Divine Judgment has been revised so that its effect also applies to enemies who are immune to CC.
Barbarian
- Seismic Slam
- The rune Rumbling has been revised. It now consumes all fury to increase the damage-over-time effect by 15% weapon damage per fury point consumed.
Fixed Errors
Demon Hunter
- Piercing – Ricochet
- An error was fixed that caused the second jump granted by this rune to sometimes fail when enemies were very close together.
Items – Primal Ancients
Ancient items are intended for players who want to perfect their gear. Legendary and set items have a chance to roll as Ancient items. These items are significantly rarer than Primal items and have perfect stats on all affixes including the legendary ability of the item.
Ancient items only have a chance to drop after you have completed a Greater Nephalem Rift level 70 solo with your account. This requirement only needs to be fulfilled once per game mode (Hardcore or Non-Hardcore and Season or Non-Season). This requirement will be needed again with the start of each new season. Once this requirement is fulfilled, all characters in that game mode can benefit from it.
The stats of the items automatically adjust to your class with which you receive the item.
- Ancient items are disenchanted into 15 Forgotten Souls
- Primal items are disenchanted into 3 Forgotten Souls.
Further changes to items such as the Inna’s set of the Monk or the Zunimassa’s set of the Witch Doctor can be found in the official patch notes. Here’s the link to the official English patch notes for Diablo 3 on Battle.net
Adventure Mode
The requirements for participating in public games at certain difficulties have been changed from the current Paragon level to the highest completion of a Greater Nephalem Rift.
- Qual I – No Requirement
- Qual VII – Greater Nephalem Rift Solo Level 30
- Qual VIII – Greater Nephalem Rift Solo Level 35
- Qual IX – Greater Nephalem Rift Solo Level 40
- Qual X – Greater Nephalem Rift Solo Level 45
- Qual XI – Greater Nephalem Rift Solo Level 50
- Qual XII – Greater Nephalem Rift Solo Level 55
- Qual XIII – Greater Nephalem Rift Solo Level 60
- These requirements only apply to PC/Mac players
Bonus Acts have been removed:
- With this change, completing five bounties now grants you a Great Horadric Chest.
- These chests contain the total amount of loot and materials that were previously obtained from the two different chests. This way, you can freely decide which bounties you want to do without missing out on bonus loot.
Quality of Life Improvement
- You can now allocate 100 Paragon points at once when you hold down the CTRL key and left-click.
Additionally, there are further changes to set dungeons that you can read about in the official patch notes. Here’s the link to the official English patch notes for Diablo 3 on Battle.net
