Diablo III Changelog

What's new in Diablo III 2.6.8

Mar 4, 2020

General:
Infernal Machines and Organs are now subject to vacuum pick-up
Crafting plans from Bounty Caches are now guaranteed to drop unless all plans have been learned
Seasons:
Two new Seasonal rewards are available for players who fully complete the Season 20 Journey, including a new portrait frame and pet
A new Season Theme has been added for Season 20, the Season of the Forbidden Archives:
For the duration of Season 20, all slots in Kanai's Cube will be able to select Legendary powers from Weapon, Armor, or Jewelry
This means you could select three Armor powers, three Weapon powers, three Jewelery powers, or any other combination thereof across all categories
Items are not self-additive or multiplicative (meaning, you cannot stack multiples of the same item's power)
Once the Season has ended and characters roll over to Non-Season, players will have all currently active powers in their Kanai's Cube reset
Developer's Note: As we outlined in our Developer Insight blog, we want to continue to get creative (and maybe a little crazy) with the Season Themes and powers we add to the game. We heard from some players that they preferred themes that made your character directly feel more powerful rather than needing to focus on the environment around you. If that describes you, then the Season of Forbidden Archives should be right up your alley, and we're really interested to see how this changes the game for Season 20.
Classes:
Crusader:
Developer's Note: We're not convinced that this change has fully reigned in Crusader performance to be more in line with other classes. We'll be continuing to keep an eye on overall Crusader performance (as well as performance among the other classes) in 2.6.8 and beyond.
Heaven's Fury:
The animation for the Fires of Heaven rune can no longer be cancelled early.
Items:
Developer's Note: With Patch 2.6.8, we're adding three(!) new class sets with similar goals to those we included in the previous patch. Each set was designed primarily with boosting long-requested skills and play styles we lifted directly from community feedback. Frenzy, Spirit Barrage, and Hydra were requests that offered a lot of opportunity for gameplay exploration, and we're looking forward to seeing what players do with these new tools at their disposal. Additional changes to associated supplemental Legendaries have been included to round out these builds.
Mantle of Channeling:
The bonus granted by this item now occurs 1 second after channeling has begun
Barbarian:
New Class Set: Horde of the Ninety Savages:
2-Piece Bonus: Double the effectiveness of all Shouts. Feared, Frozen, or Stunned Enemies take double damage.
Developer's Note: The callout that Stun may be the best fit for this set bonus was definitely heard, but we didn't want to take away other potential builds enabled by experimenting with Fear or Frozen. We hope this opens up a variety of options for Barbarians to explore!
4-Piece Bonus: Each stack of Frenzy reduces damage taken by 6%. Frenzy lasts twice as long.
6-Piece Bonus: Frenzy deals 1000% increased damage per stack.
Undisputed Champion:
Frenzy gains the effect of every rune and deals 300-400% increased damage.
Bastion's Revered:
Frenzy now stacks up to 10 times and hits an additional time per stack. Each additional hit will chain to any enemies within 15 yards and the damage is split between all affected enemies.
Witch Doctor:
New Class Set: Mundunugu's Regalia
2-Piece Bonus: Big Bad Voodoo now follows you and lasts twice as long.
4-Piece Bonus: Gain 60% damage reduction for 30 seconds when you enter the Spirit Realm.
6-Piece Bonus: Spirit Barrage deals 20000% increased damage plus an additional % equal to 5 times your Mana Regeneration/Second.
Developer's Note: We found this set was overperforming at the highest end, but we also wanted to maintain its capabilities at early gearing stages. The addition of a base multiplier and reducing the effectiveness of the Mana Regeneration bonus should accomplish this goal.
The Barber:
Instead of dealing direct damage, your Spirit Barrage now accumulates on the target. When you stop casting, it explodes dealing 225-250% 400-500% of the accumulated damage to all enemies within 15 yards.
Is now classified as a Ceremonial Knife, with a base 1.4 attack speed
Gazing Demise:
Spirit Barrage gains the Phantasm rune. Each active Phantasm lasts twice as long, increases the damage of Spirit Barrage by 40-50% 100-150%, and also increases the attack rate from Manitou spectres.
Ring of Emptiness:
You deal 250-300% increased damage to enemies affected by both either your Haunt and or Locust Swarm.
Wizard:
New Class Set: The Typhon's Veil:
2-Piece Bonus: Double the duration of Hydras and increase the number of heads on multi-headed Hydras by two.
4-Piece Bonus: Damage taken is reduced by 8% for each Hydra head alive as long as there is one available. Each time you take damage, a Hydra heads dies. Heads cannot die more than once every 2 seconds
6-Piece Bonus: Hydras deal 1200% 1300% increased damage for each Hydra head alive.
Developer's Note: We've continued to tilt more of the power for Hydra in favor of the 6-piece set bonus and away from the supplemental Legendary items.
Serpent's Sparker:
You may have one extra Hydra active at a time and they deal 450-600% 250-300% increased damage.
The Magistrate:
Frost Hydra Your Hydras now periodically cast Frost Nova and deal 450-600% 250-300% increased damage.
Etched Sigil:
The bonus granted by this item now occurs 1 second after channeling has begun.
Deathwish:
The bonus granted by this item now occurs 1 second after channeling has begun.
Bugs:
Several issues with adding/removing players to group and starting new games as a group have been resolved
Captain Crimson's Trimmings:
Fixed an issue where the set bonus did not increase damage reduction when using Devour - Voracious
Barbarian:
Fixed a bug where Threatening Shout (Grim Harvest) would not activate when enhanced by the Horde of the Ninety Savages set bonus
Crusader:
Corrected the spelling of “Imperius” on the flavor text for several pieces of the Aegis of Valor set
Fixed an issue where the bolts cast by Fist of the Heavens - Divine Well failed to zap enemies
Demon Hunter:
Fixed an issue where In-geom was not properly dropping for Demon Hunters
Wizard:
Fixed a bug where Arcane Torrent would get an extra damage multiplier from Etched Sigil and Deathwish
Fixed a bug where Hydra (Frost Hydra) was getting a damage bonus instead of Attack Speed bonus from its owner's Attack Speed; this rune now benefits from Attack Speed in the same manner as other Hydra runes
PTR Specific:
Note: The following issues were only live on the PTR, but we're including the fixes here for visibility and to indicate intended functionality on live.
Fixed a bug with Bastion's Revered where it would not properly benefit from Convention of Elements
Fixed a bug where Big Bad Voodoo would not properly follow its owner through zones when utilizing the new 2-Piece set bonus
Fixed a bug where Hydras would have a short delay after being summoned

New in Diablo III 2.6.7b (Dec 12, 2019)

New in Diablo III 2.6.7a (Nov 23, 2019)

New in Diablo III 2.6.7 (Nov 14, 2019)

General:
Greater Rift Keystones are now subject to vacuum pick-up
A note regarding the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) has been added to the Options -> Privacy menu, clearly stating we do not sell account information. For more information regarding the CCPA, please see here (Console Only).
Seasons:
Developer Note: One of the biggest pieces of feedback from Season 18's buff was that the Triune bonus didn't stick with your character while you adventured. With Season 19, we've altered course as well as upped the ante by experimenting with new mechanics to add an element of both chaos and power to the battlefield. It should feel a bit like Pandemonium, and it may be a consideration whether or not you want to reset your total kill streak for a particular killstreak bonus versus continuously maintain the overall effect (especially as the highest level killstreak rewards will be harder to leverage in situations like Greater Rifts). Killstreaks with higher kill count requirements are more powerful, and we're looking forward to seeing what players think of and do with them!
The buff for Season 19, the Season of Eternal Conflict, has been added
Pandemonium:
For the duration of the Season, all players will have a stacking buff that that persists as long as you have hit or killed a monster within the last 5 seconds
Each stack gives .005 movement speed and .001% bonus damage. This bonus caps at 50% movement and 100% damage (1000 stacks)
In addition, after reaching a certain number of kills in a row, a power is unleashed, dealing an amount of scaling damage based on player level and difficulty or Greater Rift level:
15 Kills: Exploding Chickens seek and destroy
30 Kills: A wide Frost Nova freezes enemies
50 Kills: Corpses rain from the sky
100 Kills: Five massive energy twisters are unleashed
150 Kills: Dark Geysers form beneath enemies
200 Kills: Treasure chests fall from the sky
300 Kills: A ring of fire engulfs everything
400 Kills: Meteors hail from above
500 Kills: Angels descend upon the battlefield to fight for your cause
Angels should no longer one-shot Rift Guardians.
1000 Kills: ???
Powers are tracked at a group level; this means only one power can be active in play at a time, regardless of the number of players in a group
Two new Seasonal rewards are available for players who fully complete the Season 19 Journey: the Valor Portrait Frame and the Angelic Treasure Goblin pet
Lilith's Embrace: This exclusive pair of cosmetic wings are now available for all players who purchased a Virtual Ticket. Hail Lilith. (PC Only)
Items:
Developer Note: With Patch 2.6.7, we are beginning to roll out new class sets for every class in Diablo III. For the Season of Valor, we're focusing on the two classes that embody the Light and wield some form of Holy elemental damage: Crusader and Monk. You'll also find a handful of retuned or newly added Legendary powers intended to synergize with the new class sets. We did a lot of community research into which skills were most requested by players as well as most underrepresented in current builds, and we hope you're as excited as we are for these new gameplay options. The other class sets will be coming in later patches, so if your class isn't represented this time around, fret not—they're coming in a future patch!
You'll also notice a significant number of Barbarian item changes in this patch. While the Barbarian class set will be coming at a later date, we have very much heard the War Cry from our dedicated Barbarian community and implemented a number of changes heavily inspired by extremely thorough feedback. While not every suggestion has been taken at a 1:1 parity, the thoughtful analysis helped guide us to changes we could implement in this patch. Thanks very much to the community members who expressed their concerns in a respectful, constructive manner. It's very helpful, and we greatly appreciate the thought and effort that went into making your voices heard!
New Crusader Set: Aegis of Valor:
2-Piece Bonus: The charged bolts from Fist of the Heavens has a chance to cast another Fist of the Heavens Attacking with Fist of the Heavens empowers you, allowing Heaven's Fury to deal 100% increased damage for 5 seconds. Stacks up to 3 times (multiplicative).
4-Piece Bonus: Hitting with Fist of the Heavens generates 5 Wrath and reduces damage taken by 1% for 5 seconds. Stacks up to 50 times
6-Piece Bonus: Increase the damage of Fist of the Heavens and Heaven's Fury by 10,000% 20,000%
Developer's Note: Thank you so much for your thorough feedback and testing on the 2.6.7 PTR! We decided to add Heaven's Fury to the mix based on popular request as well as because we agree that it matches the theme and adds more gameplay complexity. There is also still room for tweaks and additional iteration in the future, and we're glad we were able to introduce a set so many of you are excited to use!
New Monk Set: Patterns of Justice:
2-Piece Bonus: Sweeping Wind gains the effect of every rune and movement speed is increased by 5% for each stack of Sweeping Wind.
4-Piece Bonus: Each enemy within Sweeping Wind increases your movement speed by 5%. Stacks up to 10 times. Attacking with Tempest Rush reduces your damage taken by 50% and increases Spirit Regeneration by 50.
6-Piece Bonus: Hitting with Tempest Rush while Sweeping Wind is active will temporarily increase the size of Sweeping Wind after hitting over 30 times within a short period. Sweeping Wind damage is increased by 10,000% 15,000%
Developer's Note: Thank you so much for your thorough feedback and testing on the 2.6.7 PTR! We heard Monk requests for additional damage reduction and to better integrate Tempest Rush as a skill. We hope the result makes for a more survivable and engaging build that still captures that rush of Holy Justice sweeping through crowds of dastardly demons.
Darklight:
Fist of the Heavens has a [45-60%] 100% chance to be cast twice.
Additional Legendary Power: Increases the damage of Fist of the Heavens by [200-250%][800-1000%].
Eye of the Storm
New Legendary Power: When Sweeping Wind hits exactly 1 enemy, its damage is increased by 100%.
Developer's Note: With the redesign of Patterns of Justice, there was less need for this item's introduction. We've removed it for now and may consider adding it (or possibly a different Legendary power) at a later date.
Vengeful Wind
Increases the maximum stack count of Sweeping Wind by [6-7] 10
Additional Legendary Power: Increases the damage of Sweeping Wind by [250-300%] [600-800%].
Won Khim Lau:
New Legendary Power: Hitting with Tempest Rush will activate Cyclone Strike, and both skills deal [500-600%] increased damage.
Chantodo's Resolve:
The scaled attack speed damage bonus to Wave of Destruction has been reduced
Developer Note: This is a reactive adjustment from an earlier change to how Wave of Destruction receives a bonus from Attack Speed. The buff that resulted from that change was more than we expected, so we're reigning it in.
Wrath of the Wastes:
6-Piece Bonus: The damage bonus now also applies to Rend
Lamentation:
Additional Legendary Power: Increases the damage of Rend by [150-200%]
Developer Note: While we were very happy with how much better Barbarians are performing, we are concerned we may have overshot it. By removing just one silo'd addition, we can observe how the class performance goes for Season 19 and consider re-adding this change in the future. Remember we still have a patch coming up where Barb will be one of the focused classes, so there will be plenty of time to revisit if necessary!
Ambo's Pride:
New Legendary Power: Attacking with Whirlwind also applies Rend and the total damage of Rend is dealt over 1 second
Remorseless:
Hammer of the Ancients has a [25-30%] chance to summon an Ancient for 20 seconds
New Legendary Power: While both Wrath of the Berserker and Call of the Ancients are active, Hammer of the Ancients deals [200-250%] more damage.
Fjord Cutter:
You are surrounded by a Chilling Aura when attacking.
New Legendary Power: Seismic Slam attacks 50% faster and also deals 100-150% increased damage against Slowed or Chilled enemies
Bracers of Destruction:
Seismic Slam deals [400-500%] increased damage to the first 5 10 enemies it hits.
Fury of the Ancients:
Call of the Ancients gains the effect of the Ancients' Fury rune and your Ancients attack 100% faster
Bone Ringer:
Now has a cap of 60 stacks.
Developer Note: We never intended for this item to be used in a way where you farm stacks for an egregious amount of time (5+ minutes) and then watch all their health disappear in less than a second. It's not an engaging style of gameplay, and we don't want that experience to be the best way to play the Necromancer.
Legacy of Dreams:
This gem is now more likely to drop from a Greater Rift Guardian
Monsters:
Blighter:
Blighter's Poison Tentacles' Area of Effect now hits less frequently, but at higher damage, when attacking players
Bug Fixes:
Wizard:
Archon:
Fixed an issue where certain item bonuses (such as from the item Deathwish) would persist between changing forms to/from Archon
Developer's Note: A few patches ago, we stated we were going to continue to observe Bazooka Wizard to see its performance over time. Back then, we thought it would require a high level of skill to execute that would make it relatively less utilized as a hard, but rewarding, gameplay option. That hasn't been the case, as many feel it's too mandatory. In the context of this and other changes (like Bone Ringer and Chantodo's), we think it makes sense to make this change now.
Spite:
Fixed an issue where casting Restless Giant would cause the 200% physical bonus damage to fail to apply when the Gargantuan enraged
Squirt's Necklace:
Fixed an issue where some ground effects were causing the Squirt's Necklace buff to fall off despite being shielded

New in Diablo III 2.6.6a (Sep 27, 2019)

New in Diablo III 2.6.6 (Aug 21, 2019)

General:
A pet has been added that will be available for players who pre-purchase Warcraft III: Reforged Spoils of War Edition (PC Only)
Seasons:
The buff for Season 18, the Season of the Triune, has been added:
Triune's Will: All abilities have a chance when hitting an enemy to spawn a circle that gives a power. Only one circle can be active at a time:
Triune of Love (Power): Players in the circle receive a 100% damage bonus while active
Triune of Determination (Resource Reduction): Players in the circle receive a 50% discount on resources spent while active
Triune of Creation (Cooldown Reduction): While standing in an active circle, any skills currently on cooldown come off of cooldown more quickly
Developer Comment:
The last couple of Seasonal buffs have been focused primarily on end-game content. We wanted to try something different this Season with a buff that was more beneficial to players regardless of where they might be in their Season Journey. Triune's Will can come into play as early as level 1 and continue to make an impact on your game experience from the beginning to the end of the Season, and we're looking forward to seeing how players leverage this ever-changing boost throughout their adventures!
In addition, we received feedback from players during the PTR about colorblind accessibility. We've changed one of the blue-tinted circles to a darker, green earth tone that should stand out a lot more for affected players. We greatly appreciate your feedback!
Items:
Developer Note: There are additional specific notes below, but broadly for 2.6.6, we wanted to introduce a handful of new item powers targeted at two audiences: (1) certain classes with long-standing requests for balance/quality of life adjustments and (2) the broader player base for experimenting with Kanai's Cube. This means fewer class-specific new additions, but more additions that everyone has an opportunity to play with. We also experimented with making some of the craftable sets from Haedrig more appealing for fresh level 70's or players looking to maximize their farming runs. We hope to see some interesting new theorycrafting and tactics out of 2.6.6 and can't wait to see what the community does with this new loot!
Updated Item Notes: There are a number of notes below clarifying the intention of certain item functionalities. In a couple cases, such as with Flavor of Time, the item wasn't behaving properly during PTR per our intentions (which has been fixed). For others, we just wanted to provide more clarity about exactly how these items behave.
Flavor of Time:
New Legendary Power: Pylon effects last twice as long.
Note: Only wearers of this item gain this effect. This is intended.
The Executioner:
New Legendary Power: Attacks will slay enemies with less than (5-10%) health.
Note: This item's power does not work on followers. This is intended.
Stone Gauntlets:
New Legendary Power: Getting attacked will slowly turn you to stone... (You gain 50% more armor, but your movement speed is reduced by 15% and attack speed is reduced by 20%. This effect stacks up to 5 times)
PTR Update: This item now displays a buff icon and has a clearer in-game description. Thank you for the feedback!
Note: Immunity to control-impairing effects can work against the reduced attack and movement speed penalties. This is intended.
Echoing Fury:
New Legendary Power: Slaying enemies engulfs the wielder into a Frenzy. (Killing enemies increases your attack speed by 15% and movement speed by 5%. This effect stacks up to 5 times)
PTR Update: This item's power now works on kill assists and pet kills. Thank you for the feedback!
Squirt's Necklace:
New Legendary Power: While not taking damage, your damage is increased by up to 100% and damage taken is increased by up to 50%.
PTR Update: This item now displays a buff icon. Thank you for the feedback!
Messerschmidt's Reaver
New Legendary Power: Reduce the remaining cooldown of one of your skills by 1 second when you slay an enemy.
PTR Update: This item's power now works on kill assists and pet kills. Thank you for the feedback!
Mortick's Brace:
New Legendary Item: Wrath of the Berserker gains the effect of every rune.
Developer's Note: If you played during the Patch 2.2.0 PTR, you'll recognize this as an item that was later removed from the game before it went to live servers. At the time, Mortick's Brace gave too much power for a single item slot. However, the power curve of Diablo III has changed significantly since then and we're comfortable with bringing it back.
Developer's Note: We're not done with Barbarians, either. However, this is a change that required less testing and could be easily added to 2.6.6, so rather than waiting for a larger batch of changes, we saw no reason to hold this one back.
Spite:
Note: This item can be crafted from the Blacksmith and is not a normal loot drop
New Legendary Power: Non-cleaving Gargantuans gain the cleave and chilling effects of the Humongoid rune.
Legacy of Dreams:
New Legendary Gem:
While you have no set bonuses equipped, every Legendary item you have equipped increases your damage dealt by 3.75% and reduces your damage taken by 2%. (Max level 99)
Rank 25: This bonus is doubled for Ancient items.
Developer's Note: The end game opened up significantly with Season 17's Legacy of Nightmare's buff (and the community was clear about how much these new options were appreciated), but wanted to make this addition a more permanent fixture in a more streamlined way than simply making it baseline. This Legendary Gem should open that path up even further and at more opportunities than just late game Greater Rift pushing.
Crafted Sets:
Note: The following sets have been significantly revised from their existing level 70 counterparts. Items crafted prior to 2.6.6 will continue to exist in their old forms but will not be updated after the patch. In addition, after the patch, the old recipes will no longer be available to craft and all players will need to re-acquire these recipes by finding the plans again through Horadric Caches or by killing Odious Collectors.
Sage's Journey:
A Belt has been added to this set.
Haedrig the Blacksmith now automatically learns how to forge this set at Rank 12.
Captain Crimson's Trimmings:
(2) Set Bonus
Regenerates 6000 Life per Second
Reduces cooldown of all skills by10% 20%.
Now also reduces Resource Costs by 20%
(3) Set Bonus
Set bonuses have been replaced:
Damage dealt is increased by your total percentage of Cooldown Reduction
Damage taken is reduced by your total percentage of Resource Cost Reduction
Aughild's Authority:
(2) Set Bonus
Set bonuses have been replaced:
Reduces damage taken by 15%
Increases damage dealt by 30%
(3) Set Bonus:
Reduces damage from elites by 15% 30%
Increases damage against elites by 15% 30%
Cain's Destiny:
(2) Set Bonus:
Attack Speed increased by 8%
+50% Experience. (5.0% at level 70) (Moved from (3) Set Bonus)
(3) Set Bonus:
When a Greater Rift Keystone drops, there is a 25% chance for an extra one to drop.
Bug Fixes:
Fixed an error that occurred when reporting a player via a friend request
Fixed an error that occurred when saving an existing Friend Note without making changes
PTR-Specific Bug Fixes:
Squirt's Necklace:
Fixed an issue where the damage taken increase was not reaching the 50% cap
Captain Crimson's Trimmings:
Fixed an issue where the bonus provided by this class set was subject to snapshotting

New in Diablo III 2.6.5 (May 16, 2019)

General:
Torment 14, 15, and 16 have been added to the game
Reward and difficulty levels of all new Torments closely match Greater Rift 65, 70, and 75 respectively
Portals left behind by Treasure Goblins may occasionally lead somewhere udderly ridiculous
Using an Ancient or Primal Puzzle Ring in Kanai’s Cube will produce a new result
Party portraits now display if a player’s Cheat Death buff has been recently used (PC Only)
When a boss is killed in a Nephalem Rift, a permanent ping will mark the location of the boss’ death until the Rift is closed
The Boss Notification screen has received a rework (PC Only)
The Greater Rift Notification screen has received a rework (PC Only)
The Greater Rift Completion screen has received a rework (PC Only)
Matchmaking no longer prevents players from joining a game while a Greater Rift is already in progress
Players who join the game will still be unable to join a Greater Rift in progress
The progress bar for a Greater Rift is now visible to all players in the game, regardless of whether they are participating in the Rift or not
Challenge Rifts
The amount of Death's Breath rewarded by completing a Challenge Rift has been increased
Quality of Life:
Seasons - The cap for earning additional stash tabs through the Season Journey has been raised from 4 to 5 (PC Only)
Search functionality has been added to Stash (PC Only)
All Crafters now have an Expand/Collapse All button for recipes (PC Only)
Most Bounty indicators are now displayed immediately after entering the Bounty area
Death’s Breath now drop in Horadric Caches
Developer Comment:
With 2.6.5, we’re aiming to address some of the longest standing and most desired quality of life features the community has brought to us. We’ve hit a little bit of everything, from adding additional Torment levels, making Ancient/Primal Puzzle Rings feel rewarding, and adding some Stash space improvements. Other changes were made to help smooth out overall gameplay, such as making Bounties feel like less of a chore and more rewarding and reworking a few of our notification screens.
In addition, we encountered a lot of technical issues with increasing overall stash space for players. Unfortunately, as these issues caused significant degredation of the overall gameplay experience, we ultimately had to take a step back on this quality of life improvement and table it for now.
Seasons:
The Season Journey Journal now displays all chapters, regardless of current progression
There is a new reward for completing the entirety of the Season Journey (Guardian):
For Season 17, the Galactic Wings are available
Added the buff for Season 17:
Player’s damage dealt is increased by 750% and damage taken is reduced by 4% for every Ancient Item they have equipped while having no Set Bonuses Active
Developer’s Comment:
The Season of Grandeur was by far our most popular Themed Season yet. In the wake of having a free Ring of Royal Grandeur active, we saw a lot of requests to try the same thing with the Legacy of Nightmares set power. We had been toying with the same idea internally, and the community request really nudged us over the edge of giving it a go!
tems:
(NEW) Bottomless Potion of the Unfettered:
Become immune to control-impairing effects for 5-7 seconds after drinking this potion
Akkhan’s Leniency:
Each enemy hit by your Blessed Shield increases damage of your Blessed Shield by 15-20% 35-40% for 3 seconds
Bloodtide Blade:
Death Nova deals 80-100% 300-400% increased damage for every enemy within 25 yards
Carnevil:
The 5 10 Fetishes closest to you will shoot a powerful Poison Dart every time you do
Chantodo’s Will:
Every second while in Archon form you expel a Wave of Destruction, dealing 1000% 4000% weapon damage to enemies within 30 yards. Every time you hit with an attack while not in Archon form, 1000% 4000% weapon damage is added to the Wave of Destruction, stacking up to 20 times
Wave of Destruction damage now scales with attack speed
The Dagger of Darts:
Your Poison Darts and your Fetishes’ Poison Darts now pierce and deal an additional [400-500%] damage.
Grace of Inarius:
6-Piece Bonus:
Bone Armor also activates a swirling tornado of bone, damaging nearby enemies for 1000% weapon damage and increasing the damage they take from the Necromancer by 3750% 10000%
Iron Rose:
Attacking with Siphon Blood has a 40-50% 100% chance to cast a free Blood Nova
Jekangbord:
Blessed Shield ricochets to 6 additional enemies and has its damage increased by 225-300% 300-400%
Sage’s Set:
Now doubles the amount of Death’s Breaths that drop
Previous: Increases Death’s Breath drops by 1
Sin Seekers:
Now also adds 250-300% damage to Rapid Fire
Wojahnni Assaulter:
Rapid Fire deals 60-75% 75-100% increased damage for every half second that you channel. Stacks up to 4 30 times.
The stacks gained from Wojahnni Assaulter now also stack much more quickly
Developer’s Comment:
With Patch 2.6.4, we focused on making a lot of changes to different class sets to open up build diversity and level out the comparable power between classes. With 2.6.5, we’re continuing that trend through adjustments to (mostly) Legendary powers we feel have a very strong, fun fantasy, but needed some damage bumps.

New in Diablo III 2.6.4 (Jan 24, 2019)

General:
Quality of Life:
Five (5) additional Armory tabs have been added for all characters, bringing the total to 10
Legendary Potions are no longer stored in player inventory and can be accessed or changed by right-clicking on the potion icon in the action bar
Primal Legendaries are now marked by a red beam when they drop
Primal Legendaries on the ground are now indicated by a red pentagram icon on the mini-map
Primal Legendaries now have a red border and updated background on their icons
Philosophy:
For this patch, we wanted to include a few frequently requested Quality of Life changes and focused on better celebrating and indicating Primal Legendary drops.
Greater Rift Keystones are now stored in the Materials tab:
Any existing Greater Rift Keystones in both inventory and stash have been automatically moved
Greater Rifts:
Paragon points can no longer be swapped while a Greater Rift is open
Players can now be matched into public games where a Greater Rift is open:
Players who join in this manner will not be able to enter the active Rift, and players inside the Rift will be able to continue with no additional difficulty scaling until the run has been completed
Philosophy:
The gameplay of micro-managing Paragon points during the course of a Greater Rift doesn't feel like especially engaging gameplay, nor was it consistent with the other existing rules of entering a Greater Rift. In addition, the below change to matchmaking is to make it much easier for all players to find groups for Greater Rifts, as the previous window (only between Greater Rifts) is typically very small.
Seasons:
Season 16: Season of Grandeur:
When completing a Greater Rift level 70 solo for the first time in a Season, a Primal Legendary is guaranteed to drop from the Rift Guardian
The buff for Season of Grandeur has been implemented:
This buff gives all Seasonal players the legendary power from Ring of Royal Grandeur
This buff does not stack with additional Ring of Royal Grandeur (either equipped or in Kanai's Cube)
Unlike previous Seasonal buffs, this buff will not apply to Non-Seasonal players
Class Set Changes:
Philosophy:
We are taking another tuning pass across all class sets to improve class and set diversity at higher level Greater Rifts. Some of these values have been adjusted per our observations as well as player feedback during the 2.6.4 PTR. Thanks for testing!
All Classes:
Legacy of Nightmares:
The (2) Set bonus has been increased from 100% to 750%
Barbarian:
The Legacy of Raekor:
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 2800% to 5500%
Immortal King's Call:
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 1500% to 4000%
Might of the Earth:
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 5600% to 20000%
Wrath of the Wastes:
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 3000% to 10000%
Crusader:
Thorns of the Invoker:
The (2) Set bonus has been increased from 140% to 350%
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 5400% to 15000%
Roland's Legacy:
The (4) Set bonus has been increased from 3300% to 13000%
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 50% increased Attack Speed to 75%
Seeker of the Light:
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 2000% Blessed Hammer damage to 12000%
Demon Hunter:
Embodiment of the Maruader:
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 3000% to 12000%
Unhallowed Essence:
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 100% to 350%
Natalya's Vengeance:
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 3500% to 14000%
The Shadow's Mantle:
The (2) Set bonus has been increased from 1200% to 6000%
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 50000% to 75000%
Monk:
Uliana's Strategem:
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 2100% to 9000%
Inna's Mantra:
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 150% to 750%
Monkey King's Garb:
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 1000% to 1500%
Raiment of a Thousand Storms:
The (2) Set bonus has been increased from 100% to 400%
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 13000% Dashing Strike damage to 60000%
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 1300% Spirit Generator damage to 6000%
Necromancer:
Trag'Oul's Avatar:
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 3300% to 3800%
Witch Doctor:
Spirit of Arachyr:
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 4500% to 9000%
Helltooth Harness:
The (2) Set bonus has been increased from 1500% to 3000%
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 4400% to 9000%
Raiment of the Jade Harvester:
The (2) Set bonus has been increased from 560 seconds to 3500 seconds
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 1650 seconds to 10000 seconds
Zunimassa's Haunt:
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 5500% to 15000%
Wizard:
Tal Rasha's Elements:
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 750% to 2000%
Delsere's Magnum Opus:
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 3800% to 8500%
Vyr's Amazing Arcana:
The (6) Set bonus has been increased from 50% bonus damage to 100%

New in Diablo III 2.6.1c (Aug 8, 2018)

New in Diablo III 2.6.1b (Aug 7, 2018)

New in Diablo III 2.6.1a (Mar 2, 2018)

New in Diablo III 2.6.1 (Oct 25, 2017)

New in Diablo III 2.6.0 (Jun 28, 2017)

New in Diablo III 2.5.0 (Mar 22, 2017)

GENERAL:
New Feature: Armory:
Players may now save up to five different builds per character using the Armory
Saving a build in the Armory will snapshot your character’s current gear, socketed gems, active and passive skills, and Kanai’s Cube powers
New Feature: Crafting Mat Storage:
Starting with Patch 2.5.0, crafting materials picked up or obtained through salvaging will now appear in a separate storage tab, freeing up space in the shared stash
CLASSES:
Crusader:
Shield Glare: The Divine Verdict rune has been updated to apply its secondary effect even if the target is immune to crowd control effects
Barbarian:
Seismic Slam: The Rumble rune will now consume all remaining fury to increase the rune’s damage over time component by 15% weapon damage per point of fury spent
Bug Fixes:
Demon Hunter: Impale - Ricochet: Fixed a bug where the second bounce granted by this rune would sometimes fail if enemies were packed tightly together.
ITEMS:
General:
Primal Ancient Items:
Developer Philosophy
Primal Ancients are for players who have largely completed gearing for their build and finished their Season Journey, but want to continue playing. They’re also for non-seasonal players who have great gear and spend most of their time gaining Paragon Levels and upgrading Legendary Gems. We want to extend the excitement of seeing gear drop or spending Blood Shards at Kadala past the point of getting Ancients in every slot. Primals provide an avenue for dedicated players to complete a build, without feeling like required upgrades.
Legendary and Set items will now have a chance to roll as Primal Ancient
These items are much more rare than Ancient items and have perfect Ancient-level stats on all affixes, including the item’s Legendary Power
Note: Primal Ancients will only begin dropping after a character on the player’s account has reached Greater Rift 70 Solo
There are separate unlocks for normal and Hardcore characters, as well as Seasonal and non-Seasonal characters
The stats on these items will be tailored to the character class you are playing when the item first drops
Primal Ancient items salvage into 15 Forgotten Souls
Ancient Items
Now salvage into 3 Forgotten Souls
Legendary Items:
The following items have been adjusted
Rimeheart
Increased the chance to proc its Legendary item power on frozen targets from 10% to 20%
Strongarm Bracers
The damage bonus from this item is now applied when the knockback occurs rather than when the enemy lands
The damage bonus duration has been increased to 6 seconds
Class Specific Items:
The following class sets received changes
Crusader
Roland's Legacy
(4) Set Bonus
Damage bonus has been increased to 2500% (from 1250%) damage bonus on Sweep Attack and Shield Bash
Monk
Inna's Favor
(6) Set Bonus
Damage bonus for each Mystic Ally has been increased to 125% (from 100%)
Witch Doctor
Zunimassa’s Haunt
(6) Set Bonus
Damage bonus has been increased to 2500% (from 1500%) when enemies are hit by your mana spenders for 8 seconds
Wizard
Delsere’s Magnum Opus
(2) Set Bonus
Cooldown of Slow Time is reduced by 3 seconds (from 2) when casting Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Explosive Blast, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade and Wave of Force
(4) Set Bonus
Damage reduction increased to 60% (from 50%)
(6) Set Bonus
Enemies take 3500% increased damage (from 2500%) while inside Slow Time
The slow and damage bonuses persist on enemies for 5 seconds after they exit Slow Time
Some existing class-specific Legendary items have been updated to include a unique Legendary power
Note: Existing items will not be affected by the following changes. Only new versions of the items will roll with the added Legendary power
Demon Hunter
Holy Point Shot
Impale throws two additional knives
The functionality of some items has changed
The Barber
This weapon is now a Ceremonial Knife instead of a Dagger, allowing it to roll the same damage as other Witch Doctor items
The damage bonus to the final explosion of this item’s Legendary power has also been reintroduced
With this change, the item’s Legendary power will also be updated in Kanai’s Cube for those who already extracted it
Players will need to re-equip the power in the cube for the updated version to appear
Manald Heal
Wizard pets such as Hydras will now also proc the damage component of Manald Heal when attacking a target
The number of procs generated by channeled skills while using this item has been reduced by 25%
Illusory Boots
Now allow the player to pass through enemies and the Waller affix when using Furious Charge, Whirlwind, Strafe and Tempest Rush
Bug Fixes:
The Legacy of Raekor
Fixed a bug where the 6 piece bonus of this set would not buff Earthquake damage
MONSTERS:
Bug Fixes:
Fixed an issue causing Elite enemies with the Juggernaut affix to incorrectly take normal damage from Slow Time when combined with Delsere’s Magnum Opus
ADVENTURE MODE:
Greater Rifts:
The requirement for participating in certain difficulty levels in public games has been changed from current Paragon Level to highest solo Greater Rift clear, as follows
Torment I – VI: No Requirement
Torment VII: Solo Greater Rift 30
Torment VIII: Solo Greater Rift 35
Torment IX: Solo Greater Rift 40
Torment X: Solo Greater Rift 45
Torment XI: Solo Greater Rift 50
Torment XII: Solo Greater Rift 55
Torment XIII: Solo Greater Rift 60
Note: This change only applies to players on PC / Mac
Additionally, several quality of life changes have been made:
The frequency of several tilesets in Greater Rifts has been adjusted
Caves, Keep Depths and Zoltun Kulle’s Archives will appear less often
Stinging Winds, Festering Woods, Pandemonium, Tristram Cathedreal, Arreat Crater and Realm of the Banished will appear more often
The Flooded Causeway and Westmarch locations will no longer appear on the first floor of Greater Rifts
The number of Spear Throwing Goatmen and Skeleton Archers that appear in Greater Rifts has been reduced in certain enemy populations
Set Dungeons:
Unhallowed Essence
The upper right tile for this dungeon has been replaced with one that affords more space for monster spawning as a quality of life improvement
Armor of Akkhan
The number of times Condemn must hit 10 or more enemies to complete the objective has been reduced from 12 to 10
Delsere’s Magnum Opus
The required number of enemies players must hit at once with Slow Time has been reduced from 30 to 20, and the number of times they must be hit has increased from 3 to 4
Uliana’s Stratagem
The minimum number of enemies players need to hit with a single Exploding Palm for the first Bonus Objective has been lowered from 21 to 15 and the number of times it must be performed has been changed from 3 to 4
Bounties:
Bonus Acts have been removed
With this change, completing five bounties in any act will now grant you a Large Horadric Chest containing the same contents as the Horadric and Bonus Caches
Bug Fixes:
Fixed an issue that caused a specific enemy population of Triune Cultists in Greater Rifts to spawn the wrong ratio of minions
QUALITY OF LIFE:
Paragon System
You can now spend 100 Paragon points by holding the Control key and left clicking

New in Diablo III 2.4.3 (Jan 5, 2017)

New in Diablo III 2.4.2 (Aug 29, 2016)

GENERAL:
New difficulty levels, Torment XI-XIII have been added to the game
Knockbacks now apply a flat 40% increase to crowd control resistances
Monsters cannot be knocked back if they are over 65% crowd control resistant
Powers that apply knockbacks continuously, such as Black Hole, can bypass this resistance if they already knocked a monster back successfully. These powers increase the crowd control resistance by 20% per knockback instead of 40%
Developer Comments:
Players were finding that pulling monsters from extended ranges to a single point on the map and crowd controlling them onto that spot was the most effective strategy, especially in group play. Not only does this cause server performance issues, but it is a stagnant, non-interactive way to play. These changes are targeted at making crowd control more situational, ensuring individual contributors in a group can add to the damage of the party more frequently.
Gold rewards have been adjusted. The primary gold sink at the end-game is Empowered Rifts. We want to maintain a general ratio that when you are running Greater Rifts at a particular tier, you can empower approximately 1/3rd of them. Due to the rate at which gold rewards from Greater Rifts and empower costs were scaling it made the gold reward from Nephalem Rifts, Gilded Barons and The Vault feel insignificant by comparison. Lowering the growth rate of gold costs restores the relative value of these other activities while maintaining the ability to empower approximately 1/3rd of your Greater Rifts.
Gold rewards have been adjusted:
Greater Rift 26 and up has been rescaled to a flat 3% increase per tier
Torment VII-XIII has been changed to match Greater Rift reward scaling
The cost to empower a Greater Rift has been reduced to match the new gold reward rate
The amount of gold dropped by the Gilded Baron Treasure Goblin has been reduced
USER INTERFACE:
Pylons in Nephalem Rifts now have unique minimap icons
A hotkey has been added to the game to hide the UI
When the Blacksmith is trained to maximum level his recipe list will now start collapsed
The Menagerist Goblin now has a unique minimap icon
Further details at http://us.battle.net/d3/en/game/patch-notes/2-4-2.

New in Diablo III 2.4.1 (Apr 27, 2016)

New in Diablo III 2.4.0 (Jan 29, 2016)

PATCH FEATURES:
New Feature: Greyhollow Island:
The mysterious forested locale of Greyhollow Island is now open for exploration! Inhabited by new enemies and steeped in intrigue, brave the wilds and unravel the enigma behind the isle's mysterious inhabitants. Be forewarned, however; the land itself is hungry for blood.
To learn more about Greyhollow Island, click here.
New Feature: Expanded Zones:
The Sanctuary you know grows larger. Two existing zones are receiving new, fully explorable additions, featuring new bounties and events. Survive the hunting grounds of the fierce yeti in the Eternal Woods, a new branch of The Ruins of Sescheron zone. The cultists have finally gotten around to clearing up the debris on those stairs in Leoric's Manor, opening up the Royal Quarters for curious treasure hunters.
New Feature: Set Dungeons:
Test your mettle against one of twenty-four custom designed set dungeons! Each dungeon features a pre-generated, static course designed entirely around a specific class set. Don all six pieces of your chosen set and visit Leoric's Library to obtain a clue on where these hidden trials are located. Hunt down your dungeon of choice and master it to unlock exclusive cosmetic rewards.
New Feature: Empowered Rifts:
Spend your gold to empower a Greater Rift, granting a fourth opportunity to upgrade a Legendary Gem. Gold costs vary based on the tier of Greater Rift level attempted, and bonus upgrades are granted only to those who successfully complete the rift, so spend wisely.
New Feature: Season Rebirth:
Transition seamlessly from Season to Season with the new Season Rebirth feature! This option allows you to instantly transform a non-Seasonal hero to a fresh level 1 Season hero, maintaining their name and hours played. All gear is removed and automatically mailed to you in the non-Season, providing up to thirty days to reclaim the items at a later time. Paragon level, completed achievements, and other accomplishments also remain behind with your non-Seasonal heroes.
New Feature: Revised Buff Bar:
A cleaner, clearer user interface makes its way to all platforms with our revised buff bar. Static buffs have been removed from the buff bar area, replaced by new indicators and timers that have been added to the skill bar. We've also included a collapsible buff-holder, which condenses party and group buffs and can be expanded by moving your cursor over the indicator or by assigning a hotkey via the Heads Up Display section of the Key Bindings option menu, revealing all your buffs at a moment's glance.
New to PC: Action Combat:
The popular console version of Action Combat makes its way to PC! Massacre, Destruction, and Trap Mastery bonuses are now granted to players who chain together death, destruction, and clever maneuvers. Earn bonus experience, a temporary boost to movement speed, or a buff to your resource generation through tactical play.
GENERAL:
At level 70, +% Bonus Experience is reduced to 10% effectiveness.
Stash Tabs:
A sixth Stash tab is now purchasable for 500,000 gold
One additional Stash tab per season (up to 4) will also be available to unlock by completing the Conqueror level of the Season Journey
Cosmetic pets now pick up gold for you
ADVENTURE MODE:
A new recipe has been added to Kanai's Cube
An arrow will now indicate the location of the Keywarden if you are in a zone where one is present
The names and descriptions of the Keywardens and the items they drop have been changed to correspond to the respective realms their machines open and the organs dropped in those realms
Bandit Shrines now have a unique appearance
Bug Fixes:
Fixed an issue that caused Conduit pylon to deal damage while players were ghosts
Fixed an issue that caused Power Pylon to provide its bonus for longer than the intended duration under certain circumstances
Bounties:
Numerous bounties have been added to the game
The helpful locator ping now shows up instantly for boss, and dungeon clear bounties
The number of act specific crafting materials contained in Horadric and bonus caches has been increased from 4 to 5 on Torment X
Nephalem Rifts:
Medium and Large version of many cave maps can no longer appear in Greater Rifts
Mallet Lords can no longer spawn in many cave maps
Density has been increased in many cave maps
The amount of progression granted by progress orbs in Nephalem and Greater Rifts has been increased
The number of progression orbs dropped by Rare monsters has been increased from 3 to 4
The total amount of progress required to complete a rift has been increased
Several new tile sets based on the new zones introduced in Patch 2.4.0 and 2.4.0 have been added for Nephalem Rifts
New snow and forest themed monster population types have been added for Nephalem Rifts
CRAFTING:
Death's Breath now has a visual effect when it drops, and its icon and tooltip colors have been changed to teal
Bug Fixes: Fixed an issue that prevented crafted Legendary items from displaying the correct stat roll ranges
USER INTERFACE:
Legendary Gems now display their level on their icons in the Inventory, Stash, and on Urshi's upgrade window
Added a keybind to expand the buff holder
Very large floating damage numbers will now be abbreviated: An option has been added to disable the abbreviation of very large damage numbers
New item comparison tooltips have been added for followers
Skill buttons now flash when their cooldown has completed
Further details at http://us.battle.net/d3/en/game/patch-notes/2-4-0.

New in Diablo III 2.3.0 (Aug 28, 2015)

NEW FEATURE: THE RUINS OF SESCHERON:
The frozen wasteland that is the Ruins of Sescheron are now open for exploration! Filled with new enemies, traps, and environmental hazards, you'll be able to explore the region and learn more about what befell the barbarians of Mount Arreat. Explore the Immortal Throne and obtain the ultimate treasure: Kanai's Cube.
NEW FEATURE: KANAI'S CUBE:
Kanai's Cube is a new artisan that offers a slew of new recipes to fully customize your items and catalogue your Legendary powers.
To aquire Kanai's Cube, visit Zoltun Kulle in New Tristram, Hidden Camp, Bastion's Keep Stronghold, or The Survivor's Enclave in Adventure Mode. He'll be quite pleased to guide you on your way.
Several recipes are available to players immediately upon acquiring Kanai's Cube:
Extract Legendary Power: Destroy an item to add its Legendary power to your catalogue of collected powers. Once a power has been extracted, it can be equipped to your character without the need to equip the item. Players may have one Weapon, one Armor, and one Jewelry power equipped at a time. Players may only equip powers from items that their characters can normally equip and use.
Reforge a Legendary Item: Completely re-rolls a Legendary item as though it had dropped for the first time. This includes any powers that may have been previously enchanted on the item. Note that reforged items may re-roll as either Ancient or non-Ancient, so reforge at your own discretion!
Upgrade Rare Item: Upgrades the quality of a level 70 Rare item to Legendary. This item will roll as a randomized Legendary that shares that item's equipment type.
Convert Set Item: Converts a Set item to a randomized piece of gear from the same Set. For example, if you convert a pair of Asheara's Finders, you could get Asheara's Custodian, Asheara's Pace, or Asheara's Ward in return.
Remove Level Requirement: Removes the level requirement from an item, allowing it to be equipped by a character of any level.
Convert Gems: Converts 9 of any color gem to 9 of any other color.
Convert Crafting Materials: Converts 100 normal, magic, or rare Crafting Materials to 100 of another type of non-legendary Crafting Material
NEW FEATURE: SEASON JOURNEY:
Each player approaches a new Season a little differently and we wanted to celebrate individual player successes. Beginning in Season 4, you'll be able to track your personal progress through the Season Journey interface.
A player's Season Journey is divided into chapters, each with their own descriptive goals and achievements. The further you advance in your Season Journey, the more difficult the milestones become and you'll find there are challenges for every level of player. Completing the highest level Tiers will unlock new portrait frame rewards to celebrate your accomplishments.
This feature will be available for testing once Season 4 begins on the PTR.
GENERAL:
Torment VII-X difficulty levels have been added to the game
Experience gained, including all sources of Bonus Experience, is now averaged across all players in a party that are eligible to receive experience
Crowd control resistance cap has been increased from 65% to 95%
Non-elite monsters can now benefit from crowd control resistance
All monsters other than bosses, Rift Guardians, or certain large monsters (like Mallet Lords) are now vulnerable to knockback effects
Lantern Oil and Barrel Stack traps can now deal damage and stun or knockback enemies
Vendors now only sell Magic amulets and rings
Gems that drop below level 61 have been condensed into 5 tiers
Increased the amount of Experience required for Paragon Levels 2500 and up
USER INTERFACE:
Right clicking a player on a Leaderboard and selecting view hero details will now display a snapshot of the character at the time of the entry
Further details at us.battle.net/d3/en/game/patch-notes/2-3-0.

New in Diablo III 2.2.1 (Aug 13, 2015)

New in Diablo III 2.2.0 (May 13, 2015)

PATCH HIGHLIGHTS:
Three new Treasure Goblins have made their way into the realm of Sanctuary. Riches await for those who can catch them!
When crafting gems and items, the entire quantity will now be crafted at once
You can now increase your Blood Shard cap by achieving a personal best in Solo Greater Rifts
Two new Legendary potions, two new Legendary gems, and dozens of new and revamped Legendary powers have been added
Several sets across all six classes have received significant improvements and new Barbarian, Demon Hunter, and Wizard sets have been added to the game
GENERAL:
New Seasonal rewards have been added to the game, including two new transmogrification appearances, a new pennant, and a new portrait frame
Several improvements have been made to looting items in mass:
Developer comments: This patch we took a hard look at our auto-pickup rules. We started by looking at an option to auto-pickup potions but as we discussed this further we realized it made more sense to just remove normal potions from the game completely. For crafting materials and gems we want to avoid simply having them auto-pickup but with the introduction of certain Treasure Goblin variants last patch the amount of clicking was excessive. We've implemented what we call "vacuum pickup" to alleviate how often you have to click to pick up a large quantity of items while maintaining some aspect of the physical pickup act.
Regular health potions have been removed from the game:
The health potion slot on the action bar is now a Bottomless Heath Potion that will heal you for 60% of your maximum Life
The functionality of Legendary potions is unchanged
Looting a crafting material will now also pick up all other materials of the same type within 20 yards
Looting a gem will now also pick up all other gems within 20 yards
A Wardrobe has been added to the town in each act next to Myriam the Mystic:
Clicking on the Wardrobe will open a new cosmetic window in which players can manage any wings, pets, pennants, and portrait frames unlocked on their account
CLASSES:
Every class has received a few changes this patch. Many of these changes are aimed at creating synergy with new Set and Legendary items or supporting revisions to existing Set items.
ITEMS:
A new class set has been added for the Barbarian, Demon Hunter, and Wizard. In addition, all classes have received updates to at least one of their existing sets.
This patch brings the introduction of many new Legendary rings. We hope to these rings lead to new and exciting build opportunities for players to explore.
Legendary powers on a number of existing items have been added or improved. Note that these changes are not retroactive and only apply to items found after 2.2.0. As a rule, we try to not to change existing Legendary items, though we will often make an exception for Set items. This is because Set items work in conjunction with each other and creating a new set would force players who have an existing set to start over.
Bug Fixes:
Fixed an issue that would sometimes prevent Account Bound Legendary item names from being faded out for players who were not eligible to loot them
Bonus Armor now properly rolls at an increased value on Ancient items
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Packs of Champion Archers in Westmarch now spawn as Revenant Archers instead of Skeletal Archers
The drop chance of Rakanishu's Blade has been increased
Increased the spawn chance of several extremely rare unique monsters in Act V
ADVENTURE MODE:
We would like to celebrate the individual accomplishments of players and personal progression on Solo Greater Rift leaderboards is great place to start. By defeating a higher Greater Rift you can now increase your blood shard cap. This seems like an appropriate reward since higher Greater Rifts also drop more blood shards, so the need for extra capacity increases as you progress further.
You can now increase your blood shard cap by achieving a personal best in Solo Greater Rifts:
The cap will be increased by 10 shards per Greater Rift level completed
Areas in which Keywardens are located now have a boss icon on the Waypoint map:
The icon will indicate whether or not the Keywarden has been killed
This is only for level 60+ games
Bug Fixes:
Fixed an issue that prevented players who paid a Rift Keystone to enter the Greater Rift from being able to obtain an upgraded Rift Keystone if they were not in the game when the quest advanced to the "Talk to Orek in town" step
CRAFTING:
When crafting gems and items the entire quantity will now be crafted at once
Mystic:
Bug Fixes:
Fixed an issue that allowed players to attempt to Transmogrify Legendary Quivers
MONSTERS:
Rift Guardians:
Blighter:
Has been given two new attacks
Armored Destroyer:
The warning time before an Armored Destroyer lands has been significantly increased
Armored Destroyer impacts will now knock players away from the landing zone
The Merciless Witch (Uber Maghda):
Removed enrage timer
Reduced the maximum time she can be shielded to 15 seconds
Butterfly projectile speed reduced
Butterfly projectile duration reduced
Nekarat the Keywarden:
Has been moved from Silver Spire Level 1 to Gardens of Hope 2nd Tier
Orlash:
No longer applies a healing debuff
Now summons shadow clones
Has been given a breath attack
Now has the Waller monster affix
Realmwalker:
Fixed an issue preventing the portal to the Realm of the Banished from being visible before the Realmwalker was killed
Savage Beast:
Maximum Charge range has been reduced
The Skeleton King:
Will now drop the improved version of Leoric's Crown the first time he has been killed by a hero
The Soul of Evil (Uber Diablo):
LIghtning breath now targets the closest enemy
Mirror image damage has been increased
Bone cages now damage you
Succubus:
Bloodstar:
Removed the armor debuff from this attack
The projectiles now move at random speeds
Leap cooldown has been reduced
Treasure Goblins:
Three new Treasure Goblins have been added to the game:
The Insufferable Miscreant, the Gelatinous Sire, and the Gilded Baron
The new Treasure Goblins can only be found in Adventure Mode
USER INTERFACE:
A new Greater Rift completion screen has been added
You now must now confirm deletion of a Seasonal item in your mailbox before it will be removed
Rift Guardians' positions now always show on the map or minimap regardless of your distance from them
The Social Button now opens the Friends list by default, but will remember what was last viewed and will navigate to that screen the next time it's opened

New in Diablo III 2.1.2 (May 13, 2015)

GENERAL:
A message will now display in chat when a Treasure Goblin has been killed or escaped
Players can no longer go Brawling while a Greater Rift they paid to enter is open
The "Monster Kills grant X experience" affix is now multiplied by game difficulty
Healing:
The "Healing" stat on the character sheet has been replaced with "Recovery":
Recovery is an estimate of how much Toughness you are expected to be able to recover in combat and is calculated using a combination of your Healing, Life, and Toughness
The Healing number will still be viewable in the character sheet if you mouse over the Recovery stat
Life per Vitality has been increased from level 67 to 70
Base Life at level 70 has been increased
Healing from Health Globes has been reduced
Pet and Follower Life has been increased
Social:
The total number of players in a Community and in Community chat will now be displayed on the roster page
The presence information displayed in Clan and Community rosters, and the Friends List is now more detailed
The Clan Roster will now display the duration that a member has been offline
The Clan Roster can now be sorted by offline duration
CLASSES:
General:
Improvements have been made to the prioritization of abilities that utilize damage shields (e.g. cheat deaths, absorb shields, and % Damage Reduction)
Pets:
Several monster attacks that are intended to be avoided by players that weren't already dealing reduced damage to pets now deal significantly less damage to pets
Fixed an issue that prevented players from being healed by Life per Kill when an enemy was killed by a pet
ITEMS:
Life on Hit and Life Regeneration have been increased by 25% at all levels
The rarity of the rarest Legendary items in the game has been reduced
The stack size of Crafting Materials and Gems has been increased from 1000 to 5000
Ancient items have been added to the game:
Ancient items are more powerful versions of Legendary items
Ancient items roll from increased value ranges for certain affixes
Ancient Mojos, Orbs, and Shields roll with increased Damage or Shield Block values
Ancient items can now drop at Torment I or higher:
The drop chance will increase with each Torment level
Any Legendary or Set item has a chance to be dropped or crafted as an Ancient item
Legendary or Set items purchased from Kadala have a chance to be an Ancient item
Band of Untold Secrets:
No longer drops
Bottomless Potion of Fear:
New Legendary potion
Fears enemies within 12 yards for 3-4 seconds on use
Broken Crown:
Legendary power added:
Whenever a gem drops, a gem of the type socketed into this item also drops: The additional gem that is dropped will be of the same quality level as the original gem that was dropped
Note: Existing versions of this item will not be affected. Only new versions of the item will roll with the added Legendary power.
Shard of Hate:
Legendary power is no longer affected by Proc coefficients
Can now proc more frequently
Class-Specific Items:
Barbarian:
The Legacy of Raekor
Demon Hunter:
Embodiment of the Maruader:
Philosophy note: These changes are intended to shift a large portion of the damage from the Sentries to the Demon Hunter in order to promote more active gameplay. These changes should be a slight net increase in power once you become accustomed to the new playstyle.
Helltrapper:
The Caltrops, Sentries, and Spike Traps summoned by this item can no longer exceed the normal cap of those skills
Monk:
Monkey King's Garb:
Philosophy note: With only some minor adjustments to supporting gear, build, and playstyle, Monks with four pieces of the updated Monkey King's Garb should be able to match or even exceed their previous best Greater Rift time and level. With a complete optimization of the new Set bonuses, Monks should easily (or at least reliably) exceed their previous best Greater Rift time and level.
Witch Doctor:
Carnevil:
Bug Fixes:
Poison Darts cast by Fetishes should now properly benefit from your +% Poison Dart damage
Wizard:
Firebird's Finery
New Seasonal Legendary Items:
Note: The following Seasonal items will be not be available to PC players until Season 2 begins. These items will also be exclusive to Seasonal characters until the conclusion of Season 2.
New Legendary Gems have been added:
Esoteric Alteration:
Gain 10% non-Physical damage reduction
Upgrade rank grants: +0.5% non-Physical damage reduction
Rank 25 unlocks: While below half Life, your resistances to Cold, Fire, Lightning, Poison, and Arcane are increased by 75%
Gem of Ease:
Upgrade rank grants: +50 experience per kill
Rank 25 unlocks: Level requirement reduced to 1
Molten Wildebeest's Gizzard:
Regenerates 10,000 Life per Second
Upgrade rank grants: +1000 Life per Second
Rank 25 unlocks: After not taking damage for 4 seconds, gain an absorb shield for 200% of your total Life per Second
Class-Specific Items:
Crusader:
Belt of the Trove:
New Legendary Belt
Every 6-8 seconds, Bombardment is cast on a random nearby enemy
Demon Hunter:
Odyssey's End:
New Legendary Bow
Enemies snared by Entangling Shot take 20-25% more damage from all sources
Wizard:
Halo of Arlyse:
New Legendary Ring
Your Ice Armor now provides 50-60% Melee Damage Reduction and automatically casts Frost Nova whenever you take 10% of your Life in damage
Several existing class-specific Legendary items have been updated to include a unique Legendary power
Note: Existing items will not be affected by the following changes. Only new versions of the items will roll with the added Legendary power.
Barbarian:
The Undisputed Champion:
Legendary power added
Frenzy gains the effect of every rune
Monk:
Gungdo Gear:
Legendary power added
Exploding Palm's on-death explosion applies Exploding Palm
Witch Doctor:
Wormwood:
Legendary power added
Locust Swarm is cast on a nearby enemy every second
Now rolls with +20-25% Poison skill damage as one of its four primary affixes
Bug Fixes:
Fixed an issue that allowed damage from Gem of Efficacious Toxin to be reflected back onto the player
Fixed an issue that prevented the damage bonus from Bane of the Trapped from being applied to enemies that are Blinded or Charmed
Fixed an issue that prevented Invigorating Gemstone from correctly reducing your damage taken while Frozen or Blind
Fixed an issue that prevented Invigorating Gemstone from correctly healing you when you are hit by a Blind effect
Fixed an issue that prevented the damage bonus from Bane of the Trapped from increasing the damage dealt by clones created by the Monkey King's Garb
ACHIEVEMENTS:
Season 2 Conquests have been added
The Lord of Bells is no longer required to complete "You're Not The Boss Of Me"
ADVENTURE MODE:
The New Tristram town hub now has an improved layout:
Note: The changes apply to Adventure Mode only
Whimsydale is now more rewarding
Bounties & Events:
Bounties that were disabled after Patch 2.1.0 have been re-enabled
The following events have received several changes, including changes to their completion requirements
Clear the Barracks:
Changes have been made to the first floor of The Barracks to make it easier to locate the second floor
Nephalem Rifts:
Players can no longer resurrect at checkpoint
Players now resurrect at corpse after a delay:
The respawn timer will increase with every death
The amount of Gold and Experience awarded upon completion of a Greater Rift has been increased
Many maps have received changes to the way their layouts can be generated for Nephalem and Greater Rifts
Monsters:
Monster density has been increased in several Greater and Nephalem Rifts
Monster damage in Greater Rifts level 26 and higher has been reduced
The following Rift Guardians have received several changes; they should less be frustrating, but still dangerous
Bloodmaw
Bloodmaw presented an unchallenging and unfair fight due to a combination of one-shot damaging abilities, stuns, and AoE damage. His Leap attack has been modified to address these concerns, but will trigger more often to make the fight feel more dynamic.
Erethon
Erethon has received minor changes to his dash attack. The AoE element has been replaced with a ranged attack to give more challenge to ranged characters.
Rime
Rime was an unfair opponent for melee players. The fight has been restructured so that his AoE can no longer overlap and the duration of each has been reduced. In addition, his ranged attack should be more threatening to ranged characters.
Pylons:
Pylons are now less likely to spawn next to each other
Conduit Pylon
Now deals damage based on player Weapon Damage
Now attacks a limited number of targets
Will now attack the same target less frequently
Shield Pylon
Now reflects damage back to attackers
Speed Pylon
Duration has been increased from 30 seconds to 1 minute
Now knocks enemies into the air and deals damage to them
Now breaks Waller for the full duration
Now breaks destroyable objects (e.g. Doors, Barrels, etc.)
Realm of Trials:
The time between waves has been shortened
Minor changes have been made to the types of monsters that can spawn
Rewards now scale based upon the rank of the Keystone you receive
Keystone of Trials no longer plays the Legendary item sound, or displays the Legendary item minimap icon when dropped
Bug Fixes:
Fixed an issue that allowed Follower skills to be changed while in a Greater Rift
CRAFTING:
Blacksmith:
Salvage All will no longer salvage items that are currently Transmogrified or have gems socketed
FOLLOWERS:
Templar:
Bug Fixes:
Fixed an issue that caused Inspire to grant an incorrect amount of Wrath regeneration
MONSTERS:
The Extra Health and Vampiric monster affixes have been removed from the game
Anarch:
Maximum dash range has been reduced
Now has a short dash that will be used at close range
Corrupted Angel:
Maximum dash range has been reduced
Unholy Shield has been removed
Inferno Zombie:
Reduced this monsters XP, damage and survivability to bring it in line with other zombies
Punisher:
Maximum leap range has been reduced
Stun duration has been reduced
Treasure Goblins:
New Treasure Goblins have been added to the game:
Be on the lookout for the Gem Hoarder, the Blood Thief, the Odious Collector, and Malevolent Tormentor
The new Treasure Goblins can only be found in Adventure Mode
Now always appear in front of a portal
Now have a special minimap icon
Now only drop their best loot on Torment I difficulty or above
Some changes have been made to the way Treasure Goblins try to escape

New in Diablo III 2.1.1 (Nov 24, 2014)

CLASSES:
General:
Pets:
Philosophy:
We want pet survivability to be roughly equivalent to the player that summoned them
Many monster attacks that are intended to be avoided by players, and weren't already dealing reduced damage to pets, now deal significantly less damage to pets
Crusader:
Active Skills:
Shield Bash:
Can now be interrupted during the hit animation
Witch Doctor:
Active Skills:
Fetish Army:
Fetish Life has been greatly increased
Fetish movement speed has been significantly increased
Fetish leash range has been slightly increased
Gargantuan:
Gargantuan is now summoned at the location of your mouse cursor
Summon animation speed has been increased
Spirit Walk:
No longer cancels early when the physical body that is left behind takes enough damage
Summon Zombie Dogs:
Zombie Dog Life has been greatly increased
Passive Skills:
Fetish Sycophants:
Fetish Life has been greatly increased
Fetish movement speed has been significantly increased
Fetish leash range has been slightly increased
User Interface:
Fetish Army and Fetish Sycophants portrait icons should now display more fitting names on mouseover
Bug Fixes:
Pets are now properly affected by Shield Pylons
ITEMS:
Class-Specific Items:
Wizard:
Firebird's Finery:
The infinite DoT debuff should now have a unique effect when it is applied
Legendary Gems:
Boon of the Hoarder:
The number of Gold piles that explode from enemies on kill has been reduced:
To compensate, the amount of Gold in each pile has been increased
The total amount of Gold dropped remains unchanged, but this will noticeably reduce screen clutter
Bug Fixes:
The Moratorium secondary power can now be triggered by assists
The Bane of the Trapped damage increase is now properly applied to Frozen enemies
The Gem of Efficacious Toxin poison DoT can now properly be applied by pet attacks
ADVENTURE MODE:
Rift Guardians and Greater Rift Guardians now drop more crafting materials
In multiplayer games, the Key of Bones, Key of Gluttony, and Key of War will now be considered group drops:
This means that, instead of players having an individual chance to find a key, that chance now exists at the party level
If a Key of Bones, a Key of Gluttony, or a Key of War drops, it will drop for everyone in the party at the time
Greater Rifts:
The Rift of Trials has received numerous adjustments in an effort to more accurately assess an appropriate level of Greater Rift
Large Aqueduct and Sewer maps will no longer show up in Greater Rifts
Kadala:
Philosophy:
While Kadala is doing a great job of giving players more control over finding specific items, we felt the current experience was a bit cumbersome and inconvenient
As a result, we're working to reduce the frequency at which players need to run between Kadala and the Blacksmith to salvage unwanted items
The cost to purchase items from Kadala has been greatly increased
The chance for Kadala to drop a Legendary item has also been greatly increased
Bug Fixes:
Fixed an issue that could cause Greater Rift Guardians to sometimes drop multiple of the same Legendary Gem
CRAFTING:
Mystic:
Enchanting:
Philosophy:
We want players to be able to more reliably add sockets to their jewelry in order to enjoy Legendary Gems
We still have long term plans to provide more outlets for excess gems and more ways to farm gems that a player needs; however, since those changes are further down the road, we wanted to improve the quality of life of Seasonal and Non-Seasonal players alike by making it easier to add a socket to your Rings and Amulets
The cost to enchant jewelry has been reduced from a Flawless Imperial gem to an Imperial gem
MONSTERS:
The Electrified monster affix now has a short internal cooldown
The damage of The Butcher's Fan of Spears attack has been slightly reduced
The range of the Charging Beasts' Charge attack has been slightly reduced
Plague Nest Bats have had their health globe drop rate significantly decreased
Maggot Broods no longer start out burrowed in Nephalem Rifts and Greater Rifts
Sand Dwellers no longer start out burrowed in Nephalem Rifts and Greater Rifts
Demonic Hellflyers now run away less frequently and no longer ambush players from the air in Nephalem Rifts and Greater Rifts
Ghosts now run away less frequently and no longer fly through walls in Nephalem Rifts and Greater Rifts
Rockworms can no longer spawn in Nephalem Rifts and Greater Rifts

New in Diablo III 2.1.0 (Nov 4, 2014)

New Feature: Seasons:
Seasons are an optional, recurring game mode that offers players the opportunity to periodically start fresh, leveling Normal or Hardcore characters from scratch without gold, resources, items, or previously earned Paragon experience. Similar to the separation between Normal and Hardcore game modes, Seasonal characters will have their own shared stash and artisan progression as well. Any items, gold, artisan progression, or Paragon experience earned during a Season will be rolled over to a player's non-Seasonal characters once the Season concludes.
Seasons offer unique rewards and new challenges for players, including new Legendaries, an exclusive Transmogrification set only available to those who compete in each Season, and new achievements called Conquests. Progress within a given Season will be tracked in our new Leaderboard system.
New Feature: Greater Rifts:
Formerly referred to as Tiered Rifts, Greater Rifts are a special type of timed Nephalem Rift. There are an infinite number of Greater Rift levels, and each Greater Rift level will be progressively more difficult than the last.
Completing a Greater Rift within its allotted time will allow players to progress to the next level (and if your time is exceptionally good, you may even skip multiple levels at once). Players can continue progressing through Greater Rift levels so along as they complete the Rift before its timer expires. Once a timer expires, players will reach the end of their current Greater Rift journey and their best results will be tracked in our new Leaderboard system.
New Feature: Leaderboards:
With the addition of Seasons and Greater Rifts, we want to provide players with a way to measure their progress within each of those environments. To do so, we've created Leaderboards.
Leaderboards will track a variety of competitive player data including Greater Rifts clear times, Seasonal achievement point totals, and Seasonal Conquest completion ranking across several different game styles. Designed to be informative and detailed, Leaderboards will also allow you to compare your progress to that of players within your gameplay region, on your friends list, and in your clan roster.
New Feature: The Cesspools:
In patch 2.1.0 and moving forward, players will now have a chance to spawn a new level environment while in a Nephalem Rift or Greater Rift: The Cesspools.
Originally designed as the sewers of Westmarch, we weren't quite able to include the Cesspools in the list of playable environments in Reaper of Souls by the time the expansion launched. Still, we loved the look and feel of this festering, dank underworld and have spent some time polishing it up for use in Nephalem Rifts and Greater Rifts. We hope you enjoy this new randomized landscape!
GENERAL:
An additional Stash Tab is now available for all players with Reaper of Souls
Players will now be disconnected from Diablo III upon being inactive for 30 minutes while outside of a game
Cooldown Reduction now affects the recharge time of skills with charges
Healing Changes
The amount of Life restored by Health Globes from Rare monsters has been reduced from 30% to 15%
The amount of Life restored by Health Globes from Champion and Minion monsters has been reduced from 20% to 15%
The amount of Life Regeneration and Life On Hit granted by items has been increased
These changes apply to all items from level 1 to 70
These changes are retroactive and will apply to existing gear
The amount of Life per resource spent granted by items has been significantly increased
These changes are retroactive and will apply to existing gear
Life on Hit is no longer affected by proc coefficients and will now only be triggered once per attack, as long as that attack dealt damage
Channeled attacks will provide an amount of healing over any given period of time that is equivalent to a non-channeled attack
CLASSES:
Made a number of improvements to the AI of several pets:
Pets that belong to other players will now be less visible
Fixed a number of issues which could sometimes cause pets to not attack a nearby enemy or stand still and stop attacking the enemy they were currently attacking