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<p>Many players encountered the Butcher on live servers, but some encounters truly stood out, so here&#8217;s a video compilation of the best ones.</p>



<p>It appears the Butcher&#8217;s main weakness is elevation. Reddit user atay47 climbed a ladder and downed the boss with the Butcher just standing still.</p>



<blockquote class="reddit-embed-bq" style="height:500px" data-embed-height="500">      <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/comments/14c96yk/i_discovered_the_butchers_ultimate_weakness/">I discovered the butcher&#8217;s ultimate weakness: elevation.</a><br> by      <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/atay47">u/atay47</a> in      <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/">diablo4</a>    </blockquote>



<p><br>Here&#8217;s another easy kill of a bugged Butcher submitted by ZermondDaggmask.</p>



<blockquote class="reddit-embed-bq" style="height:500px" data-embed-height="500">      <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/comments/14a2hnk/bugged_butcher_easy_kill/">Bugged Butcher, easy kill</a><br> by      <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ZermondDaggmask">u/ZermondDaggmask</a> in      <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/">diablo4</a>    </blockquote>



<p><br>Fair_Hot_Difficulty encountered the Butcher 17 times and killed him by getting the boss stuck near a treasure chest, which renders him unable to attack.</p>



<blockquote class="reddit-embed-bq" style="height:500px" data-embed-height="500">      <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/comments/1494vsr/i_saw_the_butcher_17_times_and_i_killed_him_17/">I saw the Butcher 17 times, and I killed him 17 times, here is how.</a><br> by      <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Fair_Hot_Difficulty">u/Fair_Hot_Difficulty</a> in      <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/">diablo4</a>    </blockquote>



<p><br>JasperSnail1 has found a pacifist Butcher that just runs erratically without doing anything.</p>



<blockquote class="reddit-embed-bq" style="height:500px" data-embed-height="500">      <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/comments/14cmynn/i_got_the_pacifist_butcher_dont_ask_me_how_long/">I got the pacifist Butcher. Don&#8217;t ask me how long it took to kill.</a><br> by      <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/JasperSnail">u/JasperSnail</a> in      <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/">diablo4</a>    </blockquote>


A Compilation of Funny Butcher Encounters


<p>Players noticed a distinct lack of a Gauntlet this week, and Blizzard have now commented on the issue.</p>



<p>The final week of a season will never have a Guntlet running during it. This is due to technical issues with the seasonal switch. The Gauntlet will return next week, however, when Season 4 launches.  </p>



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<p>Hi all &#8211;</p>
<p>We have seen a few reports of players not being able to see the Gauntlet for the final week of the season.</p>
<p>Gauntlets for this season and for future seasons will not occur during the final week of a season. This is due to the final week of the season would have some additional complexities during its wind down period before we begin each new season.</p>
<p>We apologize for not pre-informing on this but Gauntlet will be back for the first week of Season 4 next week.</p>
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        <p>You can read the entire official news post <a target="_blank" href="https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d4/t/the-gauntlet-last-week-of-the-season/159815">HERE</a></p>
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<p>There is also a separate issue with the previous week&#8217;s Gauntlet rewards not being delivered, and Blizzard have said they will be fixing the issue in the next few days.</p>



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<p>The team is working on a hotfix to have these delivered in the coming days. They unfortunately did not go out as planned.</p>
<p>Apologies on this!</p>
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        <p>You can read the entire official news post <a target="_blank" href="https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d4/t/where-are-the-rewards-for-week-9/159804/2">HERE</a></p>
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The Gauntlet Will Not Be Available on the Last Week of a Season

Diablo 4 Season 4: Loot Reborn Patch Notes


<p>Blizzard shared a new video covering the major features of Season 4: Loot Reborn! From the many itemization changes, the focus on both seasonal and Eternal, new endgame activities and more, we get a direct look at the big hitters coming with the release on May 14th.</p>



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Season 4: Loot Reborn Trailer and Featurette


<p>We&#8217;re liveblogging the latest Diablo 4 livestream dedicated to Season 4!</p>



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<li>Masterworking animations have been removed for ranks 1-3.</li>



<li>Based on PTR feedback, they&#8217;ve added material conversions for Masterworing, this is a temporary solution. A permanent one is coming in the future.</li>



<li>They have a star indicator for affixes on items, gone are the days of Roman numerals.</li>
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<li>The cost of imprinting affixes has been reduced from 75 to 16.</li>
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<p>The developers are now sharing the lessons learned during PTR testing.</p>



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<li>End-game survivability issues:
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<li>Enemies are kinda easy, then they 1-shot you.</li>



<li>Hard to balance top-end survivability.
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<li>Variability in player defensiveness is high.</li>
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<li>Armor is confusing.</li>
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<li>Some stats can get very hight, allowing for crazy things.
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<li>Blizzard likes crazy things, but have to take computer performance into account.</li>
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<li>Balance changes, bug fixes.</li>



<li>Here&#8217;s how armor works today.</li>
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<li>In Season 4, Armor caps when fighting level 100 monsters. Once you get 9230 Armor, you are finished with your journey.</li>



<li>New Caps
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<li>Cooldown Reduction cap &#8211; 75%.</li>



<li>Increased Area Size cap &#8211; 100%.</li>
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<li>Cooldown Reduction cap is only from gear &#8211; you can still get cooldown resets or additional cooldown reduction from other sources like the Skill Tree.</li>
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<p>Blizzard is making some balance changes ahead of Season 4 start based on PTR testing!</p>



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<ul>
<li>Blizzard fixed a ton of bug fixes thanks to player reports!
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<li>Druid&#8217;s Hurricane incorrectly scaled damage.</li>



<li>Ebonpiercer&#8217;s extra missiles incorrectly had a Lucky Hit chance.</li>



<li>They fixed an issue where Flameweaver was able to split a Firebolt multiple times if the Fire Walls were stacked on top of each other.</li>
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<li>Cinder Drop Rebalancing
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<li>Issue: Gathered feedback revealed Cinder drop rates felt slower than expected.</li>



<li>Solution: iterate on Drop %&#8217;s to hit closer to expectations.</li>



<li>Result: Increased Cinder Drops</li>
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<li>Blood Maiden Rewards level Improvement
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<li>Blood Maiden&#8217;s overall value is greatly improved (Legendary&#8217;s, Forgotten Souls, lord Zir Mats, % Chance End-Game Boss Mats)</li>
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<li>Doomsayer &#8220;Chest of Doomsaying&#8221; Variants now just explode into the premium loot directly.</li>



<li>Reduced channel time to open Tortured Gifts from 3 seconds to 1.5.</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Pit of the Artificer</h2>



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<li>The new permanent feature was too easy based on PTR feedback, so they made it more difficult by adjusting the rates.</li>



<li>The Obol cap has been raised to 2500.</li>
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<li>Season Journey will reward a curated list of legendaries for pre-made builds for each class.</li>
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<li>The team love the idea of Season Powers and we will see new ones in the future.</li>



<li>Season 4 builds new foundation on how end-game works in D4.</li>
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Season 4 Developer Livestream Summary: May 2nd

Diablo 4 Season 4: Loot Reborn Official Preview


<p>The next Developer Update begins on May 2 at 11 a.m. PDT and we will find out more about Season 4 and the mysterious Iron Wolves theme! The developers will also share their PTR learnings and talk more about tweaks to itemization and system updates.</p>



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        <p>Our next Developer Update begins on May 2 at 11 a.m. PDT and will give you a look into what the team has in store for the launch of Season 4 along with system features, balance updates, and learnings from our recent Public Test Realm period.</p>
<p>Join associate director of community Adam Fletcher, associate game director Joseph Piepiora, lead live class designer Adam Jackson, lead live game designer Colin Finer, and lead seasons designer Deric Nunez, as they delve into PTR learnings, including tweaks to itemization and system updates.</p>
<p>We’ll also be taking community questions for us to answer during a Q&#038;A at the end of the stream.</p>
<p>Visit our official Diablo Twitch and YouTube channels to watch live! Following the Developer Update broadcast, we’ll post another article with a video of the chat so you can still catch up on the details if you miss them.</p>
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        <p>You can read the entire official news post <a target="_blank" href="https://news.blizzard.com/en-gb/diablo4/24077225/tune-in-to-our-next-developer-update">HERE</a></p>
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Diablo 4 Season 4 Developer Livestream: May 2nd


<p>Blizzard have detailed the upcoming Fortunate Finds addition to the store. Starting April 9th, players will begin to see specific individual discounts in their platinum store, with up to 50% off. The offers will be based on the classes you play, and the system will be improved in the future. </p>



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<p>As you may recall from our most recent Campfire Chat, we mentioned our shop teams have been looking at identifying better opportunities for players to obtain some cosmetics from the shop with some of their earned or purchased Platinum.</p>
<p>A few weeks ago, Class Armor packs began to appear in the shop which brought some popular options into a 2-pack combo for a lower Platinum offering.</p>
<p>Starting tomorrow, April 9th, <strong>Fortunate Finds</strong> will begin to appear in the shop which will include personalized offers for players with individual discounts up to 50% off on select items.</p>
<p>These items and corresponding discounts are catered specifically for each individual based on the classes they play, so they won’t be consistent from player to player.</p>
<p>This being the first iteration, the shop teams will be continuing to refine the UI/UX of this feature as well as the offerings in the future.</p>
<p>We appreciate the feedback from players regarding the shop offerings and will be continuing to make improvements and iterations as time progresses.</p>
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Fortunate Finds Personalized Discounts Coming to Diablo 4 Store


<p>Community Lead Adam Fletcher confirmed there are no plans to currently extend Season 4 PTR testing.</p>



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<p>Season 4 Public Test Realms went live on <strong>April 2</strong> and we expect Blizzard to take them down tomorrow on <strong>April 9</strong>.</p>



<p>If you&#8217;re interested to learn more about the patch, we recommend you to <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/news/diablo-4-patch-1-4-0-ptr-notes/">read the gargantuan 1.4 patch notes</a>.</p>


No Plans to Extend Season 4 PTR Testing


<p>Blizzard has updated Legendary Aspect slot requirements in Season 4! Check out what&#8217;s new!</p>



<p>Players on the Season 4 PTR have noticed the following changes to Legendary Aspect slot requirements:</p>



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<li>Pants now have Utility aspects. Previously, pants only had Defensive aspects.</li>



<li>Amulets now have all types of aspects. Previously, Amulets only had Resource aspects.</li>



<li>The new <strong>Tempering</strong> affixes have the same category types as Legendary aspects. Weapons and offensive offhands have a new category type called Weapon.</li>
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Legendary Aspect Slot Requirements Updated in Season 4


<p>We&#8217;re back with the new high level Tormented bosses from the Diablo 4 Season 4 Public Test Realm! This time it&#8217;s the actually new boss addition, Andariel, that&#8217;s getting destroyed. </p>



<p>We&#8217;re taking a look at two runs, both bugged! Rob took her on and just killed her too quickly, so the group had to re-try. You&#8217;ll also notice, well, that you can&#8217;t notice much due to the insane Dust Devil spam, so maybe check out the second video as well for the mechanics. </p>



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<p>The second video, with <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Baskenater">Baskenater</a> and his group, also saw a bugged out Andariel (it is the PTR after all), so we&#8217;ll skip to the second try. The video is in German, but you can at least see the actual boss mechanics this time! </p>



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A Compilation of Funny Butcher Encounters

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