Diablo 4 Unveils Game-Changing Update - Patch 113 Patch Notes Inside!

Highlights

Diablo 4's Update 1.1.3 introduces notable modifications, encompassing alterations to monster capabilities and Elite Affixes that diminish the impact of crowd control effects on players and provide them with additional time to recuperate.

The patch incorporates bug fixes, including resolving random visual problems and dysfunctional elements, and enhancing the uniformity of item affix sorting.

Season 2, known as Season of Blood, will introduce vampires and their associated abilities, along with the arrival of five new and returning endgame bosses on October 17th.

Blizzard will launch Update 1.1.3 for Diablo 4 in a few days and has released the full patch notes. As a live service game, Blizzard constantly updates and improves the core experience. While some players eagerly wait for features like weekend events, Blizzard focuses on addressing the game's issues with new updates. One common challenge in a loot based game is managing the overwhelming number of items, particularly gemstones. Fortunately, Blizzard is working on requested features like a loot filter to prevent accidental item pickups and an elemental resistance rework, both expected to launch alongside Season 2 in October. In the meantime, Blizzard continues to release new fixes, as outlined in the patch notes for 1.1.3.

In a familiar manner, Blizzard has preemptively released the forthcoming patch notes for Diablo 4. The anticipated Update 1.1.3 for Diablo 4 is quite substantial, as it entails various adjustments to gameplay elements. This includes modifying monster abilities and Elite Affixes, which apply crowd control effects, in order to diminish their impact on players. Henceforth, players will experience less time being under the control of these effects. A few noteworthy changes entail the decrease in frequency of overlapping walls spawned by Chilling Wind, the removal of Cold Enhanced procs for every hit, an extended cooldown period for ice pillars generated by Cold Goatmen, and more.

The patch also includes numerous bug fixes, addressing major gameplay issues and resolving visual glitches such as players appearing to ride invisible horses. Additionally, the update addresses broken elements, including unintended advantages for co-op partners when applying effects or powers to enemy monsters. Furthermore, Treasure Goblins will now drop a guaranteed Legendary item between levels 15 and 40.

Despite Season of the Malignant still being ongoing, Blizzard surprised Diablo 4 fans with a sneak peek at what's to come during a special reveal at Gamescom Opening Night Live. Alongside actress Gemma Chan, who lends her voice to the new companion character Erys, Season 2, titled Season of Blood, will introduce vampires and related abilities. This new season will also bring forth five new and returning endgame bosses upon its arrival on October 17th.

Diablo 4 Update 1.1.3 Patch Notes

Monsters

Crowd Control Sources

We have made various changes to Monster Abilities and Elite Affixes that apply Crowd Control effects, including

Cold Enchanted Elites, such as Ghost Archers and Snake Brutes, will no longer trigger the Cold Enchanted effect with each attack they make in rapid succession.

The occurrence of overlapping walls spawned by Chilling Wind will be reduced.

The Stun ability from the Cannibal Gorger can now be more easily avoided.

Increased the cooldown on the Cold Goatman Ice Pillars.

Reduced the amount of Chill applied from the Cold Spider attack.

Reduced the Stun duration from the Nangari Snake Eyes from 1.5 to 1.25 seconds.

Further modifications have been implemented to decrease the frequency with which players can be subjected to Crowd Control. These alterations are designed with the intention of reducing the duration of Crowd Control effects on players and providing them with extended recuperation periods, particularly at elevated World Tiers.

General

The death explosion from Fire Enchanted monsters releases 1 less wave and deals 20% less damage.

The damage from the Bloated Corpsefiend’s charge attack has been reduced by 14%.

Miscellaneous

The sorting of affixes on items has been standardized for improved consistency.

Developer’s Note: In Season of Blood, we are making adjustments to how affixes are presented on item tooltips. This modification will serve as the basis for our ongoing efforts to enhance the comparison of random affixes.

The Seasonal and My Class filters in the Codex of Power menu now remember the setting previously selected by the player.

Navigating the Glyph Upgrade menu on controller will now feel more natural.

Achievements, Trophies, and Challenges with shared unlock criteria across platforms now transfer via cross-platform progression.

BUG FIXES

Season of the Malignant

Fixed an issue where the Shadow Clone provided by the Caged Heart of Trickery displayed an improper tooltip in Fields of Hatred.

Resolved a problem where the Shadow Clone of the Caged Heart of Trickery was susceptible to Crowd Control effects, which would subsequently affect the player character.

Resolved a problem wherein the stun effect of the Caged Heart of the Calculated would not activate if the casting skill was Imbued.

Resolved a bug allowing monsters to unlock the door leading to Varshan's chamber in the Ravening Pit.

Resolved a bug preventing the completion of the Echo of Varshan quest after defeating Varshan, in case the player died to him before.

The issue of completed Season Journey objectives appearing in the Recently Completed section of the Challenges menu has been resolved.

The rewards for defeating Varshan for the first time will now be sent to the player's Stash, even if they were initially missed.

- Improved the guaranteed Legendary drop chance for Echo of Varshan after Level 35.

- Resolved the problem preventing Cormond from appearing after defeating Varshan during the Cold Hard Truth quest when the party leader was killed during the fight.

Gameplay

When a player applied Skills and Powers to a monster, it unexpectedly resulted in other players benefiting from the effect. This issue has now been resolved. Skills and Passives such as Decrepify were included in the fix.

Shadowblight

Twisting Blades

Shatter

Paragon Nodes and GlyphsHemorrhage

Exploit Weakness

Revenge

Dominate

Fang and Claw

Deadraiser

Amplify

The issue with a Druid player's inventory getting full of Spirit Blessings, which hindered progress for Quests linked to specific items, has been resolved.

Developer’s Note: Druidic Spirit Offerings can now be removed from the Quest Inventory, enabling the collection of other Quest items.

The issue where players could lose Aberrant Cinders upon entering a Cellar has been resolved.

The issue where players could experience temporary immobility when attempting to evade immediately after casting a channeled spell (such as Incinerate or Lightning Storm) has been fixed.

Addressed a bug whereby Treasure Goblins failed to drop a Legendary item upon defeat within the range of Levels 15 and 40.

Resolved a glitch where bosses were not guaranteed to drop legendary items beyond Level 35.

User Interface

Fixed an issue where the disbanding of a clan prompt directed the player to enter the clan's name instead of using the provided code.

Resolved an issue where the quest marker for locating the Records Room in the Answers in the Ashes quest failed to disappear once the objective had been progressed beyond.

Resolved an issue where the Blessed Mother Departed objective inaccurately mentioned the incorrect name for the Echo of Hatred dungeon.

Resolved the problem of having two overlapping icons appearing for Cormond's Workbench in the Dry Steppes.

Resolved the problem of receiving repetitive progress notifications for untracked Whispers, displaying the same update.

Miscellaneous

Fixed an issue where mounted NPCs could appear to be riding an invisible horse. (GHOST HORSES?!?)

Addressed the problem where Classes unable to equip daggers were able to equip the Skeleton Key, which is a dagger obtained upon completing the Dead to Rights quest.

Resolved an issue that potentially hindered progress during the Jewel of the East quest in Co-Op Play.

The issue where the progression of the Spirit of the Lost Grove Druid class quest could be blocked if a player joined a Party after activating the last stone has been resolved.

The issue where Rogues were able to utilize Concealment to bypass a phase of the Echo of Lilith encounter has been fixed.

Various performance and stability improvements across all platforms.

Diablo 4 is out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.

Source: Blizzard