The Diablo 4 Season 5 patch notes are so long my finger got tired scrolling the page — here’s what’s coming in Infernal Hordes
Diablo 4’s Season of the Infernal Hordes patch notes are here, and their length is unholy.
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The fifth season ofDiablo 4— Season of the Infernal Hordes — is about to kick off next week, and following the conclusion of adeveloper update videothat previewed its offerings, developer Blizzard Entertainment has released its full patch notes. Once its August 6 release date rolls around, all of the bug fixes, balance changes, and other tweaks listed within will be pushed to the live game along with all of theSeason 5’s new content.
The full patch notes for Diablo 4 Season 5 are so absurdly long that my finger got tired just scrolling through them all, which should tell you just how many changes Blizzard is making with Season of the Infernal Hordes. I’ve taken them directly from Blizzard’s official website and listed them below; Here’s everything that’s on the way:
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Diablo 4 Season 5 Build 1.5.0 patch notes
KEY UPDATES FROM PTR
Developer’s Note:Thank you to everyone who defended Sanctuary in our PTR and provided feedback. We have assembled a few key updates and bug fixes that were made as a direct result of the community’s feedback. Continue reading past this section to get a complete view of all the changes releasing with Season of the Infernal Hordes.
Game Updates
Infernal Hordes
General
Developer’s Note:We’ve received a lot of feedback that this made party flow awkward and wasn’t obvious, we’ve decided to remove it.
Bug Fixes
Barbarian
Druid
Necromancer
Rogue
Sorcerer
General
GAME UPDATES
New Items and Tempering Recipes
The Alchemist Control Rogue Temper Manual will not be available in Patch 1.5.0. It will return with Patch 1.5.1.
All Classes
Tempering Recipes
Barbarian
Legendary Aspects
Tempering Recipes
Druid
Unique Items
Legendary Aspects
Tempering Recipes
Necromancer
Unique Items
Legendary Aspects
Tempering Recipes
Rogue
Unique Items
Legendary Aspects
Tempering Recipes
Sorcerer
Unique Items
Legendary Aspects
Tempering Recipes
Balance Updates
All Unique items have received an update to better align them with our current design philosophy for Unique items. A visual gallery showcasing the changes to each item can be found at the end of these patch notes.
Barbarian
Skills
Passives
Legendary Aspects
Unique Items
Paragon
Tempering
Druid
Skills
Passives
Legendary Aspects
Paragon
Necromancer
Book of the Dead
Golem
Skills
The Lucky Hit Chance has been increased for various skills.
Passive
Legendary Aspects
Developer’s Note:Blighted Aspect has been a disproportionately large source of damage for Shadowblight based Necromancers, giving far more power than we normally give for a single Aspect. To compensate for this change, we are increasing the baseline power of the Darkness Core Skills and Shadowblight with the goal of keeping these builds at approximately the same overall power level.
Paragon
Tempering
Developer’s Note:Values provided for Tempering Recipe updates reflect their values at Legendary rank. Magic and Rare recipes have also been similarly adjusted.
Rogue
Skills
Developer’s Note:Unhindered allows you to move through enemies and prevents your Movement Speed from being lowered.
Passive
Developer’s Note:The maximum stack potential increases by 5% with each Skill Rank.
Key Passives
Legendary Aspects
Unique Items
Paragon
Developer’s Note:This is to compensate for increased sources of Ultimate Skill Damage added to the Rogue Paragon Board this season.
Sorcerer
Skills
Passives
Developer’s Note:Shock Sorcerer is often highly incentivized to play in close combat. This rework aims to open up the Shock Sorcerer playstyle, allowing for both close and ranged options while maintaining the defensive capability of the original design that players love.
Legendary Aspects
Paragon
Tempering Updates
The following Tempering Affixes have been moved from existing Tempering Recipes onto new Recipes in the Utility Category.
Developer’s Note:We are looking to expand what Affixes are available within the Utility Category to bring more depth and variety to Tempering.
Endgame Bosses
Developer’s Note:The goal of these changes is to broaden the chances of acquiring Mythic Unique Items. Now, players can engage with whatever Tormented Boss they have the materials for in their quest to find a Mythic Unique.
Helltide
Loot Rewards
Developer’s Note:The higher the number of Legendary Drops, the lower the number of Rare Drops. The opposite is also true. (Ex: If 2 Legendary items drop, then 4 Rare items will drop alongside.
User Interface and User Experience
Miscellaneous
Developer’s Note:Obols received from Helltide Chests were part of the Season 4: Loot Reborn Blessings only.
Developer’s Note:This change was necessary due to increased XP gain rates that were allowing players to reach the character level requirement for Smoldering Ashes before they reached the corresponding Tier in the Battle Pass. We want to avoid instances that allow players to purchase Tier Skips to gain the benefits from of the Smoldering Ashes ahead of players who aren’t purchasing them. We will continue to iterate on this system in future seasons.
Developer’s Note:We wanted to properly reward players for pushing to a higher monster difficulty, especially since Profane Mindcages can now stack. With this change, max stacked Profane Mindcages should have an impact on experience gained.
Developer’s Note:We’ve made this change to reduce the amount of one-shots that happen when fighting bosses in the Pit. Players should have more room to get hit by boss attacks up to a certain point.
BUG FIXES
Gameplay
Barbarian
Druid
Necromancer
Rogue
Sorcerer
General
User Interface and User Experience
Miscellaneous
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Next week, challenge the demonic onslaught
Using data and feedback taken froma recent Public Test Realm (PTR) test of Diablo 4 Season 5that was held ahead of its arrival, Blizzard is making a jaw-dropping number of balance adjustments to the fast-paced hack-and-slash action RPG when the Infernal Hordes update arrives. As you can see in the patch notes above, the vast majority of them are buffs to each class' skills and passives, though some nerfs and important bug fixes are coming, too.
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Note that checking out the final section ofthe patch notes from Blizzard’s websiteis worth doing, as there’s a visual gallery in it that shows what Unique loot drops will look like after Blizzard changes them to match the “current design philosophy for Unique items” with the update. The TL;DR of this visual overhaul is that Mythic Unique icons will have a distinct purple coloration, whileallUniques are getting additional information like Gold value and a visible Durability stat in their previews.
Season of the Infernal Hordes is the game’s final big release before Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred, the game’s first major expansion that’s bringingthe new Spiritborn classand more on October 8. In it, you and anyone you team up with will face down densely packed armies of demonic foes that spawn in waves, and may even encounter a new variant of the infamous Butcher miniboss. Eventually, you’ll be challenged by bosses of the fearsome Fell Council; defeating these will give you access to the Spoils of Hell and all the endgame treasures within.
Diablo 4’s fifth season is slated to go live on Tuesday, August 6 at 10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET on the game’s various platforms. However, you’ll be able to preload its patch an hour before it comes out on launch day, which is helpful for folks who don’t have the greatest internet connection.
Diablo 4 itself is available on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows PC, PS5, and PS4, and is one of thebest Xbox gamesandbest PC gamesyou can play if you’re an action RPG fan. Notably, you can also play it through Xbox Game Pass.
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