Patch 2.0.3 Build #58786 (All Platforms) was released on 17 October 2024. [1]
Game Updates
User Interface and User Experience
- The crafting notification for Runes now displays what’s being crafted instead of the Runes used.
- The recipes for crafting random Runes at the Jeweler now include what Runes are needed for each recipe.
- The tooltip for swapping Runes and Gems in sockets now says "swap" instead of "socket" when in that context.
- Tooltips for Runes and Runewords have been updated to better communicate their effects.
- The tooltip for Masterworking now indicates that the item must be Tempered twice before it can be Masterworked.
- Various tooltips and icons for crafting materials have been updated for improved readability.
- Infernal Hordes and Kurast Undercity will now be at the top level of activities in the Party Finder menu, alongside activities such as the Pit and Dark Citadel.
- The Non-Physical damage stat has been removed from the Character Stats window.
Developer’s Note: The Non-Physical Damage stat consists of separately listed stats of all included elements, such as Fire Damage. This stat was also incorrectly listed as a standalone entry and has been removed. Its impact on the individual elements has not changed.
- Combat text for damage numbers are now abbreviated.
- e.g. 10000 damage now displays as 10k damage.
- New Nahantu-themed loading screens will now appear in-game.
Kurast Undercity
Developer’s Note: These updates aim to improve the overall value of rewards in the Kurast Undercity while reducing unnecessary friction for leveling players.
- Rewards from successful Kurast Undercity runs have been improved.
- More random items will drop.
- Now at least 1 Legendary Item is guaranteed to drop.
- Gold drops have doubled.
- Minions with the Extra Health monster Affix will no longer spawn.
- The health pools for bosses and greater afflicted monsters have been reduced to achieve closer parity with similar dungeon content.
- The spawn frequency between afflicted super Elites and afflicted regular Elites has been slightly adjusted.
- The number of normal monster mobs spawned from the Spirit Beacon encounter has been slightly reduced to improve clarity for the objective.
- Timer adjustments
- The starting time for a base run—with no Tribute applied—has been increased from 100 seconds to 120 seconds.
- Afflicted regular Elites now grant a 10 second time bonus, increased from 8 seconds.
- Afflicted super Elites now grant a 15 second time bonus, increased from 14 seconds.
- Tribute of Titans can now drop outside of defeating bosses.
- Increased the drop rate of Rare Tributes throughout the game, other rarities are unaffected.
Season of Hatred Rising
- The following changes have been implemented for the Realmwalker event:
- Realmwalker no longer reduces spawns if only one person is following it.
- Increased max spawns allowed at a time to 20, previously 15.
- Increased the base movement speed of the Realmwalker by around 15%.
- Every time you kill a wave of Bloodbound Guardians, the Realmwalker’s movespeed increases by 10%. For example: If you kill all 3 waves of Bloodbound Guardians, the Realmwalker will move 30% faster, in addition to the 15% base increase.
- The Realmwalker now has a low chance to summon a Treasure Goblin.
- Removed 1 Hatred Spire from the Ritual phase of the event in Nahantu. Three Hatred Spires will still spawn when the event occurs in Estuar, the continent home to the 5 Regions of Diablo IV’s base game.
- Removed the Hatred Rising icon from the map. Players will now find the Realmwalker via the event icon.
- Various miscellaneous changes to make the event progress quicker.
Balance Updates
Sorcerer
- The Overheating Aspect now scales with Incinerate Skill Ranks.
- The Charged Flash Aspect now scales with Charged bolts Skill Ranks.
Mythic Unique Items
All Stats increased from 114 to 160.
Life increased from 444 to 1,200.
- Life increased from 662 to 1800.
- All Stats increased from 150 to 220.
- Life increased from 222 to 800.
- All Stats increased from 111 to 160.
- Life increased from 464 to 1200.
- Life increased from 465 to 800.
- All Stats increased from 77 to 110.
Tempering
The minimum damage values on Legendary Elemental Surge Tempering Affixes have been increased from 300 to 900 damage. The maximum values remain unchanged.
Miscellaneous
- New graphics options have been added
- Chromatic Aberration Toggle
- Ultra setting for Ray Tracing Reflections
- The number of Scrolls of Restoration reward from the Dark Citadel Weekly cache has been increased. Previously, the reward was 1-2 on all Torment Difficulties.
- Torment I: 1-2
- Torment II: 2
- Torment III: 2-3
- Torment IV: 3
- The following Items were not available during Patch 2.0.2 and have now been enabled with Patch 2.0.3
- The Aspect of the Agile Wolf
- Azurewrath
- Frostburn
- Shroud of False Death
- A new whisper objective for completing a Dark Citadel wing has been introduced.
- A new mount trophy has been added as a reward for reaching Paragon 300.
- Super Elite monsters will now drop even more loot.
- Previous: Super Elites drop 1-2 times as much as Elites.
- Now: Super Elites drop 3 times as much as Elites.
- Elite monsters with the Waller affix now cast less walls, and the walls now last 3 seconds, reduced from 5.
- The amount of barrier Varshan gains when summoning additional monsters and during the cone waves attack has been reduced.