Diablo IV 1.5.0 Patch Notes, Check the Latest Updates

Diablo IV 1.5.0 Patch Notes

Game Updates

Infernal Hordes

• Distinct audio queues have been added to signal the beginning and end of a wave.
• The number of waves has been tuned.
  • Tiers 1-3: 6 Waves
  • Tiers 4-5: 7 Waves
  • All other tiers remain unchanged.
• The wave timer has been reduced to 60 seconds.
• The number of Monsters encountered has been generally increased across the board.
• The Health Pools of the Council and other Bosses have been reduced.
• Infernal Compasses can now be acquired more frequently and through more means.
  • Tier 4-5 Compasses can drop in High Tier Nightmare Dungeons.
  • Tiers 4-8 Compasses now naturally drop in high tier Pit runs.
  • Tiers 4-8 Compasses will now rarely drop in Helltide and from Whisper caches after completing these tiers of Nightmare Dungeons or Pits. (Ex: Tiers 4 and 5 Compasses can drop in Helltide and Whispers after completing Nightmare Dungeons of Tier 75 and 100 respectively).
  • Infernal Compasses can now be crafted at the Occultist. They cost Forgotten Souls and Sigil Powder. Additionally, Compasses can now be salvaged for Sigil Powder.
• The drop rate of Compasses within the activity itself has been increased.
• Rewards from chests have been significantly increased, and the price of all chests have been decreased.
• The drop rate for Abyssal Scrolls has been increased.
• Common Herbs and Angelbreath have been added as potential drops. The drop rate for Shattered Prisms has been reduced.
• Defeating the council has an additional, guaranteed drop of Aether that scales with tier.
• Shocktroopers, Aether Masses, Hellseekers, and Soul Spires now drop more Aether.
• Pets now can pick up Aether on the ground.

General

• Exploit Weakness no longer Executes all enemies at any health.
  • Previous: Lucky Hit: Direct damage to a Vulnerable enemy has up to a 45% chance to increase your damage by 1% for 25 seconds, up to 50%. At 50 stacks, this bonus resets and you Execute all Nearby Non-Boss enemies.
  • Now: Lucky Hit: Hitting a vulnerable enemy has up to a 60% chance to increase your damage by 1%[x] for 25 seconds, up to 25%[x]. At 25 stacks the bonus remains for 6 seconds then expires.
• Björnfang's Tusks has been reworked and given a new name. A part of its power was introduced to be inherent for Cataclysm. See below in each relevant section for more info.
• Drop rate for Legendary items in Helltide has been improved for monsters higher than Level 100.
• We have made numerous other updates to Helltide. See below for more details.
• Previously, only the player who opened the Pit would receive the full amount of Masterworking materials. This penalty for other party members has been removed.

Bug Fixes

Barbarian

• Fixed an issue where Double Swing did not strike additional times on a fifth cast when using Twin Strikes.
• Fixed an issue where the Expose Vulnerability passive could trigger from Basic Skills when using the Shard of Verathiel Unique item.
• Fixed an issue where stacks wouldn't be granted from Crown of Lucion while channeling Whirlwind.

Druid

• Fixed an issue where Poison Creeper's damage could scale extremely high when hitting multiple enemies.

Necromancer

• Fixed an issue where the Aspect of Bursting Bones didn't properly scale with the effect from Path of Trag'Oul.

Rogue

• Fixed an issue where certain Stun Grenade effects didn't properly function.
• Fixed an issue where Advanced Flurry and Momentum lost stacks when triggering Lucky Hit or other on-hit effects.
• Fixed an issue where the Tempering Affix that grants bonus life while Dark Shroud is active didn't function.
• Fixed an issue where the Tempering Affix that grants bonus damage per active Dark Shroud was granting more damage than intended.
• Fixed an issue where the Tempering Affix that grants bonus Resistance and Max Resistance after using a Health Potion did not increase Maximum Resistance.
• Fixed an issue where Enhanced Caltrops did not increase damage as expected.
• Fixed an issue where the Vengeful Aspect had 10% Lucky Hit Chance instead of 25%.
• Fixed an issue where Fundamental Blade Shift did not Daze targets after applying 3 stacks.
• Fixed an issue where Advanced Flurry didn't gain damage from its stacks if it was imbued.
• Fixed an issue where the damage bonus from Malice was additive instead of multiplicative.
• Fixed an issue where the Bonus Movement from Enhanced Dark Shroud could be lost when switching equipment.

Sorcerer

• Fixed an issue where Enhanced Lightning Spear didn't properly function.
• Fixed an issue where Enhanced Lightning Spear was granting more Critical Strike Chance than intended.
• Fixed an issue where Axial Conduit's Explosion did not benefit from Greater Chain Lightning.
• Fixed an issue where the Axial Conduit’s explosion was dealing much less damage than intended.
• Fixed an issue where bonus Chain Lightning Projectiles did not benefit from Axial Conduit.
• Fixed an issue where the Aspect of Elemental Acuity couldn't be applied to Amulets.
• Fixed an issue where Flame Shield Enchantment was not functioning properly.
• Fixed an issue where the Flame Shield Enchantment granted for free by the Aspect of the Firebird would place Flame Shield on cooldown.

General

• Fixed an issue where Azurewrath did not Freeze enemies or deal Cold damage when equipped by a Druid or Sorcerer.
• Fixed an issue where several new Unique items would become account-bound on pickup.
• Fixed an issue where Tortured Gifts in World Tiers I and II didn't always drop items.
• Fixed an issue where certain Tempering Recipes could be lost after Seasonal Migration.
• Fixed an issue where skills that grant immunity would trigger their cooldown incorrectly when they were automatically cast by another source, such as Yen's Blessing.
• Fixed an issue where Boss health in The Pit would decrease each subsequent respawn.
• Fixed an issue where non-boss monsters in The Pit could gain the damage reduction buff applied to Bosses.
• Fixed an issue where the Mother's Judgement boss could not drop loot.
• Fixed an issue where Varshan could fail to spawn.

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