2.3.1 Build #66949 (all platforms) – July 15, 2025

Vessel of Hatred

Update on balance

Spirit-born

Aspect of Pestilence

• The damage bonus has been increased from 35-75% to 50-90%.

Reapers

• The damage has been increased from 125% to 150%.

Cutting Blades

• The damage has been increased from 75% to 95%.

Fixed bugs

• A bug was fixed that allowed Longfang, the Wretched to cross the mist at the arena entrance and get stuck in the Undercity of Kurast.
• A bug was fixed that caused the Spirit-born skill “Quaking Stomp” to not consistently activate Horadric catalysts.
• A bug was fixed that prevented the quest reward “Gluttonous Chest of the Necromancer” from being opened by Spirit-born.

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Base Game

Updates on balance

Barbarians

Battle Trance

• The critical hit chance has been increased from 10% to 20%.
• The damage bonus has been increased from 15-30% to 30-60%.

Doubleswing

• The damage has been increased from 66% to 85%.

Hammer of the Ancients

• The damage has been increased from 110% to 175%.

Rending

• The bleeding damage has been increased from 120% to 135%.

Upheaval

• The damage has been increased from 132% to 200%.

Whirlwind

• The damage has been increased from 52% to 76%.

Thorned Armor

• The thorn damage has been increased from 100% to 120%.

Druids

Pulverize

• The damage has been increased from 150% to 175%.

Staff of the Vettel

• Previous: Claw is now also a storm skill and additionally casts Storm Strike, dealing 200-350% of normal damage.
• Now: Claw is now also a storm skill and additionally casts Storm Strike. Claw and Storm Strike deal 100-250% increased damage.

Necromancers

Passive: Giant Monstrosity

• The sacrifice bonus for additional Golem damage has been increased from 35% to 60%.

Hunters

Death Mask of Nirmitruq

• The damage bonus has been increased from 70% to 100%.

Breakneck Aspect

• The damage has been increased from 25-45% to 35-55%.

Sorcerers

Meteor

• The impact damage has been increased from 120% to 140%.

Aspect of the Frozen Orbit

• The damage caused by “Frozen Orb” has been increased from 30-50% to 50-70%.

Aspect of Frozen Memories

• The damage bonus against vulnerable targets from “Avalanche” has been increased from 50-75% to 75-100%.

Season of Horadrim’s Sins

• Arcana are now collected automatically.
• Myriad Stone now temporarily grants attack speed and is stackable with sources of permanent attack speed.
• In Nightmare dungeons with the affix “Gear Hunt,” the channeling duration for Horadric artifacts has been reduced from 0.75 to 0.25 seconds. Additionally, the channeling can no longer be interrupted by damage.

General

• Completing the pit now grants additional Crafting Masterstones.
  • Level 70-84: 2-3 Crafting Masterstones
  • Level 85-99: 4-6 Crafting Masterstones
  • Level 100+: 8-9 Crafting Masterstones
• The completion rewards for Legion events now include more materials for recycling and Forgotten Souls at torment difficulty levels.
• Horadric chests in Nightmare dungeons with the affix “Horadric Material Supply” now grant more materials for recycling and Forgotten Souls.
• The affix “Forgotten Wisdom” for Nightmare dungeons has been adjusted.
  • The experience granted by particles is now shared among group members instead of being awarded only to the group member who picks up the particle.
  • The maximum number of particles that can appear in a dungeon has been significantly increased, while the frequency of drop with experience particles has been slightly reduced.
  • Each particle now grants more experience.
  • Monsters spawned by other monsters no longer drop particles.
  • No more particles can be found in Horadric vaults.

Fixed bugs

Season of Horadrim’s Sins

• A bug was fixed that caused Horadric Gates to unexpectedly disappear and reappear during the quest A Wanderer in the Flames.
• A bug was fixed that caused the requirements for the seasonal journey objectives “Visions of Pain” and “Curse of the Beastmaster” as well as the quest The Hidden Truths to not match their respective descriptions.
• A bug was fixed that counted the opening of large horadric chests in Nightmare dungeons outside of Escalating Nightmares toward the progress of the seasonal journey objective “Nightmare Fright”.
• A bug was fixed that prevented players in a group from seeing the cosmic anomalies of other group members.
• A bug was fixed that caused Horadric Vials to be incorrectly labeled as Horadric Pathfinders in multiple locations.
• A bug was fixed that caused the Barbarian’s “Iron Maelstrom” to not reliably trigger catalysts.
• A bug was fixed that prevented the central passive druid skill “Wrath of Nature” from being triggered by a skill with a cooldown when a catalyst was assigned to it.
• A bug was fixed that allowed progress for the seasonal journey goal for completing Nightmare dungeons to be achieved even through completing normal dungeons.
• A bug was fixed in the quest The Ember Smolders On that allowed Bryona to appear twice. Next time, take it easy with the Elixir of Precision, Tiger.
• A bug was fixed that allowed horadric tomes to be found twice in vaults.
• A bug was fixed that caused the strengthening effect for Horadric Knowledge, which can be obtained in horadric vaults, to not work as intended.
• A bug was fixed that allowed double Horadric Gates to appear after completing a horadric vault when in a group.
• A bug was fixed that caused horadric vaults to sometimes not appear as intended.
• A bug was fixed that allowed weapon switching to prevent the appearance of anomalies.
• A bug was fixed that caused elemental totems, blood bubbles, floating shadows, and dark omens of the respective nightmare dungeon affixes to appear in horadric vaults.
• A bug was fixed that allowed the vault from the quest The Ember Smolders On to be farmed infinitely if players did not collect the blood relic.
• A bug was fixed that prevented the seasonal quest The Invisible Demands Attention from being completed if the game was exited after Davish’s dialog was triggered.

Nightmare dungeons

• A bug was fixed that reset the number of disabled affixes to 0 when killing a monster in an Escalating Nightmare.
• A bug was fixed that caused the reward chest from Nightmare dungeons with the affix “Gear Hunt” to provide no items.
• A bug was fixed that caused the Butcher of the nightmare dungeon affix “Bloody Serious” to not drop loot.
• A bug was fixed that caused the Horadric portal required for progressing in an Escalating Nightmare to not work if the group member who activated the seal left the group.
• A bug was fixed that caused the affix “Obduzitmine” for Escalating Nightmares to appear before reaching level 60.

Gameplay

• A bug was fixed that caused the visual effect for the rusty seal ring of X’fal to exceed the actual damage radius.
• A bug was fixed that caused teleportation to a waypoint to fail if teleportation to a group member had failed beforehand.
• A bug was fixed that allowed the fight against Astaroth to reset if players died during Astaroth’s death animation.
• Multiple bugs were fixed that blocked progress due to too quickly killing monsters in various dungeons.
• A bug was fixed that caused treasure goblins and the Butcher to not appear in the Abandoned Tunnel. (They took “abandoned” perhaps a bit too literally).
• A bug was fixed that caused the first upgrade for the shadow wizards of the Necromancer to not grant the intended damage bonus in multiple situations.
• A bug was fixed that caused the Death Mask of Nirmitruq to sap life while Inner Eye was active.
• A bug was fixed that caused the chest of the Messenger of Hatred from Belial’s Den to contain unique items with three base affixes.
• A bug was fixed that caused rewards at the end of a dungeon to include Hell Horde compasses, even though the Hell Horde was not yet accessible.
• A bug was fixed that prevented the Paragon node “Giant Monstrosity” from receiving benefits from the Aspect of the Victim.

User Interface and User Experience

• A bug was fixed that caused the Nightmare dungeon affix “Corruption Strikes” to not label shadow damage over time as corruption.
• A bug was fixed that caused the tab for stats and materials to appear empty when opened during interaction with a merchant or other NPC.
• A bug was fixed that prevented item notifications from disappearing when equipping full armor in the wardrobe.
• A bug was fixed that caused the durability of items in the armor chamber menu not to update as intended.
• A bug was fixed that caused the size effects of Rending and Death Blow not to display correctly in the character stats menu.
• A bug was fixed that caused the armor “Iron Demon” to show the wrong class when viewed as a Sorceress or Hunter.
• A bug was fixed that caused pressing the sort button on the controller in the Horadric gem cutter window to display an empty, non-functioning inventory window.
• A bug was fixed that caused the ether counter in the Hell Hordes not to appear when players entered these through a horadric vault.
• A bug was fixed that prevented the second player in local co-op mode from assigning skills to buttons in the skills menu.

Miscellaneous

• A bug was fixed that caused Astaroth’s spoken dialog at the beginning of his boss fight to be barely audible.
• Diverse improvements on stability, performance, graphics, and user interface.