Blizzard softens a few nasty monster effects and fixes numerous bugs with the new patch on 29 August
Patch 1.1.3 for Diablo 4 is in the starting blocks and Blizzard reveals, as usual, which changes you can expect. We provide a quick overview here.
When will patch 1.1.3 be released? As things stand, version 1.1.3 will be released on Tuesday, 29 August. We expect the update around 7pm.
What exactly is in the update? It’s more of a small balance patch that mainly tweaks the balance and fixes bugs. So don’t expect any major new features like the promised loot filter or the promised general overhaul of resists.
What comes next? There will probably be no major new features in Season 1. Instead, we can expect Season 2 from October 2023 a new vampire setting, end-game bosses and some new convenience features.
Summary: The most important changes
- Patch 1.1.3 adjusts the crowd control effects of some monsters that players often found annoying. You are less likely to lose control from enemy abilities and some elite affixes such as Stuns, Knockdowns, Chilling Wind or Cold Enhanced.
- Item affixes are now sorted correctly so you will have a much easier time comparing items and clearing out inventory. This system will be further expanded in Season 2.
Treasure goblins between level 15 and 40 and bosses level 35 and above are now guaranteed to drop a Legendary Frustration caused by zero rounds of loot should finally be a thing of the past.
Patch Notes: All changes complete
Are you happy about the nerf of the crowd control effects in version 1.1.3? Or do the changes not go far enough for you? And are you excited about the new content in Season 2? Feel free to write us your opinion below in the comments.
Patch Notes Diablo 4 1.1.3
Monsters
Control Loss Sources: We have made several changes to monster skills and elite affixes that cause loss of control effects, for example:
- Cold Enchant elite enemies that attack in quick succession (e.g. Ghost Archers or Snake Ruffians) no longer trigger the Cold Enchant with each hit.
- Icy Wind causes overlapping walls less often.
- Cannibal Devourer’s stun skill is now easier to dodge.
- The cooldown of the Cold Goatman’s Ice Pillars has been increased.
- Lowered the amount of hypothermia from Cold Spider attacks.
- The stun duration of the Nangari Serpent Eye has been reduced from 1.5 to 1.25 sec.
- More changes to make the player less likely to be a target of loss of control.
Developer comments: These changes are aimed at reducing the time the player loses control and giving them more time to recover after a loss of control, especially at high world levels.
General
- Death Explosion from Fire Enchanted monsters deals one less wave and 20% less damage.
- Reduced the damage of the Storming Charge of the Swollen Corpse Shell by 14%.
Other
- Affixes on items are now sorted consistently.
Developer comments: The Season of Blood sees an adjustment to how affixes are displayed in item tooltips. This change is the cornerstone of our ongoing efforts to better compare random affixes.
- The seasonal filter and the “My Class” filter in the “Codex of Power” menu now save the last filter criteria.
- Controller control in the Glyph Appreciation menu now feels more natural.
- Achievements, trophies and challenges with the same unlock criteria on multiple platforms now carry over through cross-platform progress.
Fixed Bugs
Season of Wickedness
- Fixed a bug where an incorrect tooltip was displayed on the Fields of Hate for the Shadow Clone from the Imprisoned Heart of Misdirection.
- Fixed a bug where the Shadow Clone from the Locked Heart of Misdirection could have control loss effects applied to the player.
- Fixed a bug where the Stun effect of the Locked Heart of Computation would not trigger when the cast skill was infused.
- Fixed a bug where monsters in Greedy Pit could open the door to the chamber where you meet Varshan.
- Fixed a bug where the quest “The Echo of Varshan” could not be completed if Varshan was defeated by the player after being killed by him.
- Fixed a bug where completed Seasonal Journey objectives were displayed under “Recently Completed” in the “Challenges” menu.
- Fixed a bug where the rewards for defeating Varshan for the first time were not in the player’s loot chest if they missed them.
- Fixed a bug where starting at level 35, the Echo of Varshan had no chance of being guaranteed legendary loot.
- Fixed a bug where in the quest “The Bitter Truth” Cormond would not appear after defeating Varshan if the party leader was killed during the fight.
Gameplay
- When the following skills and powers were used by a player on a monster, other players could unintentionally benefit from this effect. This has been fixed.
- Skills and passive skills
- Ageing
- Shadow Plague
- Screw Blades
- Shredding
- Paragon Nodes and Glyphs
- Bloodthrow
- Exploit Weakness
- Revanche
- Dominate
- Rip and Claw
- Deadliver
- Strengthen
- Skills and passive skills
- Fixed a bug where druid inventory could fill up with spirit blessings, blocking progress on quests that had items associated with them.
Developer comments: Druidic spirit offerings can now be dropped from the quest inventory, allowing you to pick up other quest items again.
- Fixed a bug where players could lose anomalous embers when entering a basement.
- Fixed a bug where players would become temporarily stationary when trying to dodge immediately after casting a channelled spell (e.g. Flame Death or Thunderstorm).
- Fixed a bug where Treasure Goblins between levels 15 and 40 would not drop a guaranteed Legendary item after dying.
- Fixed a bug where several bosses might not drop a Legendary Item after level 35.
User Interface
- Fixed a bug where the prompt when disbanding a clan would prompt the player to enter the name of the clan instead of the specified code.
- Fixed a bug where the quest marker for searching the Room of Records would disappear when walking past the objective in the quest “Answers in the Ashes”.
- Fixed a bug where the target “Gifted Mother Gone” was giving the wrong name for the dungeon “Echo of Hate”.
- Fixed a bug where two overlapping icons for Cormond’s Workbench were displayed in the Dry Steppe.
- Fixed a bug where progress notifications for untracked whispers were showing the same update multiple times.
Miscellaneous
- Fixed a bug where mounted NPCs were riding a seemingly invisible horse. (
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- Fixed a bug where classes that cannot create daggers could create the Skeleton Key, which is the dagger that comes as a reward for completing the “Caught” quest.
- Fixed a bug that could block progress during the quest “Jewel of the East” when playing co-op.
- Fixed a bug that could block progress during the Druid class quest “Spirits of the Lost Grove” when the player joined a group after activating the last stone.
- Fixed a bug where hunters could skip a stage of the Echo of Lilith encounter through obfuscation.
- Performance and stability improvements across all platforms.
