The upcoming patch 1.5.1 makes changes to the Infernal Hordes in Diablo 4. This allows you to farm more Ether. Additionally, all players will receive compensation for missing loot.
The “Infernal Hordes” is a new endgame activity in Diablo 4 that was introduced with Season 5. In this activity, you fight waves of monsters and collect “Burning Ether”, which you can later exchange for loot, materials, and gold. With patch 1.5.1, Blizzard will implement a few changes.
The highlights of the patch:
- The amount of “Burning Ether” will be increased for various hellish gifts that you select between the waves.
- You can also reuse the chest with gold.
- All players will receive a chest with Legendary items, which are guaranteed to have “Great Affixes” (GA) – this time it is really true. Previously, after patch 1.5.0, there was a bug where the chest with “guaranteed GA-items” in the Infernal Hordes did not drop any GA-items.
- There are also a few bug fixes – among other things, the bug that the “Tormented” version of the beast in the ice drops the same amount of “Needle-pierced dolls” as the normal version will be fixed.
When does patch 1.5.1 go live? The new patch 1.5.1 is scheduled to go live on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, according to Blizzard. We expect it to be available around 7:00 PM. You can find the full German patch notes on the second page of the article. This time they are not as extensive.
More Ether in the Infernal Hordes
How do I get more Ether? Blizzard is increasing the amount of “Burning Ether” you receive from the hellish gifts. The hellish gifts are the effects you select between the waves for the subsequent waves – also referred to as “Curse and Blessing”.
The following hellish gifts will be updated:
- The Sublime Elite: The amount of Burning Ether will be increased from +1 to +2.
- The Swelling Elite: The amount of Burning Ether will be increased from +1 to +2.
- The Unstoppable Elite: The amount of Burning Ether will be increased from +1 to +2.
- The Burning Rain: The amount of Burning Ether you receive at the end of a wave will be increased from 1-3 to 3-9.
You can also reuse the chest with gold. A player recently exchanged all his collected Ether for gold and obtained a whopping 150 million gold from a run.
The chests that you can open for 60 Ether should drop “guaranteed” Legendaries with “Great Affixes” (1.5 times larger than normal affixes). This was not the case. As compensation, with patch 1.5.1, you will receive according to Blizzard “a chest with legendary items with guaranteed Great Affixes.”
On the PTR (Public Test Server), the Infernal Hordes were still quite unpopular. Some players felt that the activity was simply not fun. Blizzard has made adjustments to the Infernal Hordes after the test, and many players now seem satisfied. You can read more about it here: The new mode in Diablo 4 was really unpopular, now it is “the best that could happen”.
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