Diablo 4 received the new patch for PC, PlayStation, and Xbox on the evening of July 6. This brings changes to Hellflayer chests, nerfs bosses, and fixes dozens of bugs. MeinMMO provides the patch notes in German.
What has changed?
- The coveted chests in the Hellflayers now have a chance to contain unique items.
- Due to a bug, the drops of all 6 super-rare uniques are currently disabled. A hotfix on Friday evening is supposed to fix this bug (via Blizzard).
- The bosses Vhenard, Brol, and Cyhrach have been nerfed. They have fewer hit points and deal less damage.
- Crafting materials like leather, herbs, and crystals now have a limit of 99,999 (previously 9,999).
Additionally, a total of 38 bugs have been fixed. Among them was a curious bug that made a cosmetic item several million gold more expensive than apparently intended.
Furthermore, treasure goblins can no longer kill you with death impulse. This was previously possible because their explosion dealt significantly more damage than intended.
Until now, it was also possible to create stronger items with aspects from the Codex of Power than intended. The aspects scaled with player level instead of item level. This has been fixed, along with several class-specific bugs. You can find the complete patch notes on the official Blizzard website.
The patch requires a download. So you must update your game before you can play again.
Diablo 4: Patch 1.0.4 appears right after the announcement of Season 1
What else is new? Just before patch 1.0.4, which was released at 11 PM German time, the developers held a new dev stream. It mainly focused on the upcoming Season 1 of Diablo 4. We summarized the stream for you here: Diablo 4: Season 1 starts on July 20 – Here’s what’s included
In Season 1, you will be able to earn a new type of gem, Captured Hearts, created through Corruption. These hearts are supposed to have strong effects, similar to legendary aspects. MeinMMO readers compare them to the legendary gems from Diablo 3. You can find all the info about the new season here:
Surrounding the corruption, which is the theme of the season, there is also a new side story that you can discover starting at level 1. However, you must have completed the campaign to play the season content, but you will need a new character.
As pleasant news, the developers have confirmed that you can bring some achievements from the eternal realm when you create a seasonal character:
- discovered Lilith statues and areas remain uncovered
- reputation for the corresponding areas and statues is directly applied, so you start at roughly reputation level 3
- you must log in once on the ‘old’ characters to synchronize progress
Just before Season 1, on July 18, a new patch will also be released that is expected to be even more extensive than the pre-season update. This already includes the most important changes for the season, but also new content.
For instance, there will be legendarys and uniques that you can obtain starting from July 18. These will be available in both the eternal and seasonal realms. So if you only care about improving your main character and build, you don’t need a new character:
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