The patch notes for the Lord of Hatred expansion and Season 13: Season of Reckoning are now live. The notes include a long list of bug fixes and quality of life improvements, as well as information on the changes coming to gems, but don’t go into detail on any of the other major changes coming to Diablo 4.
Gems will now add different types of multiplicative damage bonuses when socketed into weapons. For example, emeralds will now grant poison damage instead of critical strike damage.
The Tower will be renamed ‘The Artificer’s Tower’ and will no longer just be a place for players to get their names on a leaderboard for bragging rights, but will also provide loot!
The full patch notes can be found below:
Diablo IV Patch Notes April 27, 2026
The Diablo IV team has been monitoring your feedback. As we introduce patches to keep your experience in Sanctuary smooth, we will update the below list and denote whether the fixes are intended for PC, Xbox, PlayStation™, or all platforms.
3.0.0 contains the pre-download build for Lord of Hatred and Season of Reckoning.
Expansion
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where Holy damage reflected by the Reprisal Monster Affix did more damage than intended.
- Fixed an issue where the tooltip for the Seal of the Second Trumpet did not mention that Judicator’s Oath needed to be active.
- Fixed an issue where recasting Fortress could disable player movement on Controller.
- Fixed an issue where passives in the Mercenary Skill trees could not be selected by the D-Pad on controller.
- Fixed an issue where enemies could become unreachable during the In His Footsteps quest.
- Fixed an issue where the Tenet of Akarat near Sleepless Hollow could be non-interactive.
Base Game
Game Updates
Miscellaneous
- Monsters with the Shielded Affix are now more visually pronounced, and the immunity to other monsters can be more easily removed by defeating the source monsters.
- Monsters with the Reprisal Affix are now more visually distinct, and the reflected damage is now a lobbed projectile.
- Loot rewards from the Tower have been improved across the board.
- The Tower has been renamed The Artificer’s Tower.
- All Gems have new multiplicative damage bonuses when socketed into weapons.
- Amethyst: Damage over Time→ Shadow Damage
- Diamond: Ultimate Damage → All Damage
- Emerald: Critical Strike Damage → Poison Damage
- Ruby: Overpower Damage → Fire and Holy Damage
- Sapphire: Vulnerable Damage → Cold Damage
- Skull: Life on Kill → Physical Damage
- Topaz: Basic Damage → Lightning Damage
- A new option for Chromatic Aberration has been added to the Accessibility settings.
Bug Fixes
Accessibility
- Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader announced incorrect information when initially entering game.
Gameplay
- Fixed an issue where the Bone Breaker Legendary Paragon Node for Barbarian granted more damage than intended.
- Fixed an issue where Necromancer’s Soulrift would persist after mounting.
- Fixed an issue where the Sorcerer’s Flame Shield enchantment did not trigger when taking damage from damage over time effects.
- Fixed an issue where defeating Belial did not grant experience.
- Fixed an issue where Obducite did not drop from all expected enemies in Nightmare Dungeons.
- Fixed an issue where Experience Wells could not be used by both players in Local Co-Op play.
- Fixed an issue where multiple Horadric Portals would spawn when completing a Horadric Strongroom while in a Party.
User Interface and User Experience
- Fixed an issue where some items on the ground displayed incorrect names.
- Fixed an issue where some skills with very high skill ranks could display incorrect damage values.
- Fixed various instances where bonuses granted by items did not display in the Stats panel properly while in Town.
- Fixed an issue where the Barbarian Glyph Might displayed increased damage to Healthy enemies when it actually increased damage to Injured Enemies.
- Fixed an issue where Infernal Hordes was not an option for an Activity in the Party Finder.
- Fixed an issue where various instances of Damage while Fortified and Damage Reduction while Fortified displayed inaccurate information.
Quests
- Fixed an issue where the Slay the Ghouls objective would not progress if the enemies were defeated too quickly during the By Three They Come quest.
- Fixed an issue where the Blood of the Mother side quest was inaccessible at certain points of original Campaign progression.
- Fixed an issue where the Blood Sermon side quest could not be completed before completing the campaign quest Light’s Protection.
- Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck during the In Her Wake quest by using a Mobility ability such as Leap or Teleport.
Miscellaneous
- Fixed an issue where some items purchasable at Vendors did not have level requirements.
- Fixed an issue where Unique Focuses could not be acquired from the Purveyor of Curiosities.
- Fixed an issue where the Nahantu Folk Hero challenge did not unlock as expected.
- Fixed an issue where the loot from the boss in Crusader’s Monument could drop much lower quality items than expected.
- Fixed various instances where item appearances did not unlock as expected when Salvaging an item.
- Fixed various instances where unsalvageable appearances showed as locked in the wardrobe.
- Various UI, visual, audio, performance, and stability improvements.
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