Diablo IV Update 1.061 Brings Promised Changes in Version 2.0.3

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

Doombringer

• All Stats increased from 114 to 160.

Shattered Vow

• Life increased from 444 to 1,200.

The Grandfather

• Life increased from 662 to 1800.
• All Stats increased from 150 to 220.

Shroud of False Death

• Life increased from 222 to 800.
• All Stats increased from 111 to 160.

Nesekem, the Herald

• Life increased from 464 to 1200.

Harlequin Crest

• Life increased from 465 to 800.

Andariel’s Visage

• 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.

Bug Fixes

Accessibility

• Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader on PlayStation™ 4 had a distorted voice.
• Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader did not function within the Reinforcement tab in the Mercenaries menu.

Season of Hatred Rising

• Fixed an issue where the Tier 3 reputation reward from the Zakarum Remnants granted the wrong item type.
• Fixed an issue where the Tier 7 reputation reward from the Zakarum Remnants granted Sigil Powder instead of Artificer’s Stones.
• Fixed an issue where the Slight Challenge Objective could reward favor upon completion before Chapter 3 of the Season Journey was unlocked.
• Fixed an issue where consuming a Seething Opal would always guarantee a drop from the first monster killed, instead of only guaranteeing a drop the first time a Seething Opal was consumed.
• Fixed an issue where destroying an object right after consuming a Seething Opal would immediately remove the buff.
• Fixed an issue where Bloodbound Guardians spawned during the Realmwalker encounter could still damage the boss after it was defeated.
• Fixed an issue where no additional monsters would spawn if a full wave of Bloodbound Guardians were killed.

Dark Citadel

• Fixed various issues where tooltips and map icons did not display properly in the Dark Citadel.
• Fixed an issue where characters could become invisible if they evade while the Faeroc monsters were in the air.
• Fixed an issue where multiple Counterspell Elites could exist at the same time.
• Fixed an issue where missed cosmetic items dropped in the Dark Citadel would not be sent to the missed equipment tab of the Stash.
• Fixed an issue where using the Town Portal while in the Dark Citadel took the player back to their preferred town instead of to the Ancient Nexus.
• Fixed an issue where the player could enter the Dark Citadel without completing the Crater of Lost Souls Quest.
• Fixed an issue where the visual effects for Soul Bombs cast by Gorshak did not follow the player after they used a movement ability such as Dash or Leap.

Developer’s Note: Soul Bombs are the explosion effects that appear as dark and red circles under the player during the encounter.

• Fixed an issue where the objective to obtain a Ward Stone wouldn’t properly update if a Soul Siphon was charged while carrying a Ward Stone.
• Fixed an issue where players were stuck in the Citdael Wing when both Hurstt and Vorshok bosses were in the Realm of Oblivion. Now, a Teleporter Elite will spawn as intended, which can then be killed to transport you to the Realm of Oblivion.
• Fixed an issue where the Death’s Debuff Icon and Siphon Symbol Icon would overlap each other when in the Realm of Oblivion.
• Fixed an issue where traveling into the Realm of Oblivion with a Ward Stone during the encounter with Gorshak would prevent the Realm Guardians from spawning.
• Fixed an issue where the player would get instantly teleported out of the Seething Realm if Gorshak died while the player was in the Realm of Oblivion.
• Fixed an issue where using an immunity effect—such as Blood Mist—when Zagraal uses the Soul Entanglement wipe could cause the player to become stuck at 1 health.
• Fixed an issue where Kubal could be damaged from outside the Boss arena.
• Fixed an issue where defeating Kubal too quickly could block progression.
• Fixed multiple miscellaneous visual issues with cosmetic rewards from Dark Citadel.

Kurast Undercity

• Fixed an issue where the time limit could be avoided by teleporting to the next floor just as the timer expired.
• Fixed an issue where the progress bar did not display the accurate time needed to complete the channel when teleporting to a new floor.
• Fixed an issue where moving did not cancel teleporting between floors.
• Fixed an issue where Flesh Cultivators wouldn’t pursue the player.
• Fixed multiple instances where certain UI elements were not indicated as unusable when the player did not have enough materials.
• Fixed an issue where players could avoid damage during the Vortex portion of the Longtooth encounter.
• Fixed an issue where the Undercity Trailblazer achievement could not be earned as expected.
• Fixed an issue where destroying structures could spawn lesser afflicted enemies instead of an Elite Monster

[Source: Blizzard]