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<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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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">PTR Lessons</h2>



<p>The developers are now sharing the lessons learned during PTR testing.</p>



<ul>
<li>End-game survivability issues:
<ul>
<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!
<ul>
<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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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Helltide Changes Based on PTR Testing</h2>



<ul>
<li>Cinder Drop Rebalancing
<ul>
<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
<ul>
<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>



<ul>
<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>
</ul>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Season Journey Changes</h2>



<ul>
<li>Season Journey will reward a curated list of legendaries for pre-made builds for each class.</li>
</ul>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Q&amp;A Time!</h2>



<ul>
<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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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Stream Link</h2>



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Season 4 Developer Livestream Summary: May 2nd


<p>We have a small patch that addresses some of the problems from the known issues list. </p>



<p>The Evade bug with WASD controls has been fixed, as well as the usual performane and stability issues, while DLSS Frame Generation has been disabled until a fix for crashes relating to it is found. </p>



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<summary><strong>1.4.0a Build #53695 (All Platforms)</strong> &#8211; May 16, 2024</summary>
<h4>User Interface and User Experience</h4>
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<li>NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation, a setting available to players with NVIDIA 4000 series graphics cards, has been temporarily disabled due to stability issues. We are actively investigating a fix and will enable the feature once known crashes have been addressed.</li>
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<h4>Bug Fixes</h4>
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<li>Fixed an issue where Evade didn&#8217;t function properly for players using full Keyboard controls.</li>
<li>Various updates to address performance and stability issues.</li>
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Diablo 4 Season 4 Hotfixes: May 16th


<p>Season 4 is off to a great start, but there&#8217;s always issues to be dealt with. Blizzard have listed everything that&#8217;s being worked on and player feedback that&#8217;s being addressed. </p>



<p>Here are some of the more relevant ones that are getting fixed soon:</p>



<ul>
<li>Resplendent Sparks not dropping from Uber Lilith</li>



<li>Ladder bosses (Grigori, Beast in Ice etc.) not dropping certain Uniques properly (with a provided list of which should be dropping from which boss)</li>



<li>Resplendent Sparks disappearing from Eternal realm</li>



<li>Legacy gear was modified on Eternal realm</li>
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<p>First, we just want to thank everyone for jumping into Season 4 this week. It has been great to hear about the excitement of this seasons launch and everyone exploring the new big changes that came with Loot Reborn.</p>
<p>We have been tracking issues and just want to share a few updates with you regarding some things upcoming.</p>
<p><strong>Missing Resplendent Sparks on Eternal Realm</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>As you saw from this <a href="https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d4/t/issue-with-resplendent-sparks-for-eternal-realm-players/160294/4">thread <span class="badge badge-notification clicks" title="1 click">1</span></a>, the team is working on an issue regarding Resplendent Sparks not appearing on some Eternal Realm characters. It is ‘some’ because the team applied a hotfix the other day to stop this from occurring on any new player that logged in for the first time in Season 4. We will have a solution to share in the coming days for all players that are missing Resplendent Sparks from this issue.</li>
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<p><strong>Various Performance Updates</strong></p>
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<li>The team is preparing a performance patch to go out later today (Thursday May 16) to address various performance related items we have seen since the launch.</li>
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<p><strong>RTX 40 Series Issues</strong></p>
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<li>We have seen reports of crashing occurring on the PC version of the game for those that use NVIDIA RTX 40 series cards. We suggested the other day to disable ‘Frame Generation’ to help alleviate this and possibly other features including Ray Tracing. We are expecting an update from our partners at NVIDIA on this issue in the coming days. In the meantime, we will have be removing ‘Frame Generation’ from options in the performance client patch coming later today (Thursday May 16) to help out with this.</li>
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<p><strong>Resplendent Sparks on first Echo of Lilith kill</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Team is investigating reports of a Resplendent Spark not dropping from the first Echo of Lilith kill this season. We are doing some testing on this to confirm if this is the case always or just with some in specific scenarios. We will report more soon.</li>
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<p><strong>Legacy Gear was modified at the start of the season</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>We replied back to this issue the other day that we were investigating these reports and we have found a bug with legacy gear. We are looking to stop this occurring in our next hotfix in the next 24 hours and we will follow-up with a separate hotfix that will fix any gear that was affected by this.</li>
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<p><strong>Rogues and Necromancers can not equip Azurewrath</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>We have a fix coming for this issue in the next hotfix.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Azurewrath missing from some Eternal players inventories</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>We replied to a report about this earlier this week and did some investigating. This will be corrected in a future hotfix in the coming week.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Unique Drops on Boss Ladder</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Some players have noted that some uniques either seem very rare or non-existent from the Boss Ladder. The team investigated and found a bug which we will be addressing in a hotfix to correct this. We are hoping to have that hotfix out in the next 24 hours as we know this is affecting how players farm for gear. I will note that this is not effecting the chance of these dropping elsewhere in the game.</li>
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<p>The list is below:</p>
<p>Uber Uniques (from ANY boss in the boss ladder):</p>
<ul>
<li>Doombringer (Barb, Necro, Rogue)</li>
<li>Melted Heart of Selig (Druid, Sorc)</li>
</ul>
<p>Duriel &amp; Andariel:</p>
<ul>
<li>Tempest Roar (Druid)</li>
<li>Flamescar (Sorc)</li>
<li>Azurewrath (Barb)</li>
<li>Cowl of the Nameless (Rogue)</li>
<li>Black River (Necro)</li>
<li>Godslayer Crown (All)</li>
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<p>Varshan:</p>
<ul>
<li>Staff of Endless Rage (Sorc)</li>
<li>Fields of Crimson (Barb)</li>
<li>Condemnation (Rogue)</li>
<li>Mad Wolf’s Glee (Druid)</li>
<li>Bloodless Scream (Necro)</li>
<li>Frostburn (All)</li>
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<p>Beast In Ice</p>
<ul>
<li>Staff of Lam Esen (Sorc)</li>
<li>Fields of Crimson (Barb)</li>
<li>Condemnation (Rogue)</li>
<li>Insatiable Fury (Druid)</li>
<li>Bloodless Scream (Necro)</li>
<li>Fists of Fate (All)</li>
</ul>
<p>Grigoire:</p>
<ul>
<li>Staff of Lam Esen (Sorc)</li>
<li>Ramaladni’s Magnum Opus (Barb)</li>
<li>Word of Hakan (Rogue)</li>
<li>Insatiable Fury (Druid)</li>
<li>Blood Artisan’s Cuirass (Necro)</li>
<li>Penitent Greaves (All)</li>
</ul>
<p>Lord Zir</p>
<ul>
<li>Staff of Endless Rage (Sorc)</li>
<li>Ramaladni’s Magnum Opus (Barb)</li>
<li>Grasp of Shadow (Rogue)</li>
<li>Mad Wolf’s Glee (Druid)</li>
<li>Blood Artisan’s Cuirass (Necro)</li>
<li>Razorplate (All)</li>
</ul>
<p>These are some of the bigger issues we are tracking right now but not all of them. We will provide updates once we have more information available. Thanks again for those sending in feedback and reporting items!</p>
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Fixes Coming to Season 4: Known Issues List


<p>Loot has indeed been reborn in Season 4, and it&#8217;s not just the new itemization systems either! It&#8217;s now been around 2 days since season launch and one of the main player comments we&#8217;re seeing is &#8220;it&#8217;s insane how frequently I have to go to town to sell/salvage gear&#8221;. With the new Helltide density and other improvements, items are raining from all over the place. And, it seems, Uber Uniques are very plentiful! </p>



<p>The last time we paid any real attention to Uber Unique drops, we were lucky to see 1 report in about a month. With Duriel and the boss ladder <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/guides/how-to-farm-uber-uniques/">this changed</a>, but it still took players quite a solid number of runs to get even one. Well, in Season 4 we&#8217;ve now had many reports in just 2 days! And it&#8217;s not just Duriel and Andariel either, as players have been getting Ubers out in the open world and in NMDs! </p>



<p>We&#8217;ve already covered the <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/news/the-luckiest-druid-the-probably-first-uber-unique-in-helltide-season-4/">lucky Druid who got their Starless Skies very early in a random Helltide</a>, but there&#8217;s plenty more out there. Let&#8217;s start off with the brand new Uber Unique, <a class="icy-gtnbrg-link" href="#"><span class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip"><img decoding="async" class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip-img" src="https://static.icy-veins.com/wp/static/d4/latest/images/icons/2DInventory_Items_Torso_Generic_9.webp" alt="Tyrael's Might"><span class="tooltip-spell-name" data-item-type="Chest Armor" data-item-quality="unique">Tyrael&#8217;s Might</span></span></a>! The player actually wasn&#8217;t happy with the drop, but they were very quickly notified to keep the armor around, as it&#8217;s one of the best items in the game at the moment, with its Artillery Shrine-like power. </p>



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<p class="has-text-align-center">Source: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/comments/1cshz3x/got_an_uber_unique_but_not_the_one_i_wanted_c/">Got an uber unique but not the one I wanted :C</a></p>



<p>While there&#8217;s many more dropping from other content, the bosses are still the primary source of Ubers (and you can <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/guides/how-to-farm-uber-uniques/">check out our guide for farming them here</a>):</p>



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<p class="has-text-align-center">Source: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/comments/1csvr23/duriel_runs_dropped_me_shako_on_the_2nd_go/">Duriel runs dropped me shako on the 2nd go</a></p>



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</div><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">But Nightmare Dungeons are also quite the source it seems, coming in as early as a Tier 4!</figcaption></figure>



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<p class="has-text-align-center">Source: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/comments/1cssop8/just_dropped_my_first_uber_unique_in_tier_4/">Just dropped my first uber unique (in Tier 4 Nightmare Dungeon)</a></p>



<p>This one came in at a Tier 77:</p>



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<p>As everyone and their demon is doing Helltides, there&#8217;s plenty dropping there as well:</p>



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<blockquote class="reddit-embed-bq" style="height:500px" ><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/comments/1csaejh/first_day_uber_drop_from_helltide/">First day Uber drop from helltide</a><br> by<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/EntranceEffective849/">u/EntranceEffective849</a> in<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/">diablo4</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.reddit.com/widgets.js" charset="UTF-8"></script>
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<p>There&#8217;s also some undefined source drops:</p>



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<blockquote class="reddit-embed-bq" style="height:500px" ><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/comments/1csugyn/got_lucky_day_2_of_season_not_to_bad_of_a_start/">Got lucky day 2 of season, not to bad of a start</a><br> by<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/xdrobxx/">u/xdrobxx</a> in<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/">diablo4</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.reddit.com/widgets.js" charset="UTF-8"></script>
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<p><br>There&#8217;s actually plenty more posts to be seen, but we&#8217;ll stop here. It&#8217;s also very important to note that once you get ONE Uber Unique, even if it&#8217;s not the one you want, you will be able to get any other one once you finish up a few Season 4 activities. You&#8217;ll need four Resplendent Sparks to craft any Uber Unique. You can get one from salvaging the one drop you got, and then  the season offers 3 more! You&#8217;ll need to do the Season Journey for the first one. Then you can kill Uber Lilith for another, and kill any Tormented (level 200) boss for the third! You can do these in any order. And presto, there you have any Uber you want! If you&#8217;re not sure what to get, go for Tyrael&#8217;s Visage, as it&#8217;s just fun and works for most builds! </p>


Uber Unique Bonanza in Just 2 Days: Season 4 Brings Avalanche of the Most Powerful Items


<p>The season is barely 1 day old and the loot is already flowing quite rapidly! We&#8217;ve already seen some Uber Unique action, and even triple Greater Affixes, but these players went one step further. In case you weren&#8217;t aware, Greater Affixes are always maxed out and 150% versions of regular affixes. They are pretty rare and can randomly appear instead of any affix on a Unique or Legendary item. </p>



<p>Getting the maximum amount of Greater Affixes on day 1 is pretty lucky indeed, so let&#8217;s see what they got! First we have <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/NachoXNinjas/">NachoXNinjas</a>, who not only got the quad dream, but also managed to get it on a pretty solid Unique. <a class="icy-gtnbrg-link" href="#"><span class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip"><img decoding="async" class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip-img" src="https://static.icy-veins.com/wp/static/d4/latest/images/icons/2DInventory_Rings_87.webp" alt="Tal Rasha's Iridescent Loop"><span class="tooltip-spell-name" data-item-type="Ring" data-item-quality="unique">Tal Rasha&#8217;s Iridescent Loop</span></span></a> is present in many endgame Sorcerer builds (<a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/sorcerer/builds/">which you can find here</a>), so it&#8217;s a keeper. Now all that&#8217;s left is masterworking the hell out of it! </p>



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<blockquote class="reddit-embed-bq" style="height:500px" ><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/comments/1cslrlv/first_time_playing_diablo_is_this_good/">First time playing Diablo is this good?</a><br> by<a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/NachoXNinjas/">u/NachoXNinjas</a> in<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/">diablo4</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.reddit.com/widgets.js" charset="UTF-8"></script>
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<p>The second quad-GA isn&#8217;t quite as impressive. It&#8217;s only present in the Twisting Blades Rogue build (<a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/guides/twisting-blades-rogue-build/">which you can find here</a>), and just as an optional pick. They&#8217;re still a very powerful piece of gear, however, and will still work nicely until the perfect pair of boots drops for <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Requiem_for_you/?utm_source=embedv2&amp;utm_medium=post_embed&amp;utm_content=header&amp;embed_host_url=https://static.icy-veins.com/wp/wp-admin/post.php" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Requiem_for_you</a>&#8216;s chosen build. </p>



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<p><br>Hopefully those two are happy with the specific affixes themselves, as re-rolling them would cause them to become regular affixes instead. </p>


Full House: Lucky Players Get Quad Greater Affixes


<p>To coincide with Season 4&#8217;s launch, Blizzard have a <a href="https://us.shop.battle.net/en-us/product/diablo-iv">free trial and a sale going for Diablo 4</a>! </p>



<p>Available until May 21st, both the free trial and sale are for the battle.net version only. The sale takes 50% off the Standard Edition, as well as the full Diablo Collection. Meanwhile, the free trial allows you to play the game up to level 20, including all Season 4 content. </p>



<p class="has-text-align-center"><a href="https://eu.shop.battle.net/en-us/product/diablo-iv"><strong>Head on over to the battle.net store and start your free trial, or buy the game at a 50% discount here. </strong></a></p>



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<p><br>In case you have Game Pass, you can also play the full game for free. It was <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/news/diablo-4-now-live-on-game-pass/">added to the service less than 2 months ago</a>. </p>


Diablo 4 Free Trial and Big Sale


<p>Greater Affixes are one of the primary things players will be hunting in the endgame. Once you get those Uniques you need for your build, these will be the next chase to get your character the most powerful it can be. </p>



<p>Greater Affixes have 150% of the stats of a regular one and only drop from Unique or Legendary items. While you can have all 4 affixes be greater ones, three is already pretty great. And that&#8217;s exactly what <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/DoughnutNegative3079/">DoughnutNegative3079</a> managed to get! </p>



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<p>Coming in at a relatively early level 75 (especially with the insane leveling speed of Season 4), it&#8217;s a pretty great item and will be sticking around for quite a while! DoughnutNegative3079 will have to be careful not to swap the Greater Affixes out, however, as they become regular ones when enchanted. </p>



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Amazing Early Triple Greater Affix Item Drops for Lucky Player


<p>Season 4 has proven to truly be the leveling speed runner of seasons! While many previous seasons saw a whole lot of players never even consider going all the way to maximum level, in Loot Reborn you may want to consider actually taking that leap. </p>



<p>Now, you won&#8217;t quite be making it there in the insane 7 hours it took Rob, but his speed definitely shows off the potential. For comparison, it took Rob 54 hours to get to level 100 <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/news/world-first-diablo-4-level-100/">back in Diablo 4 vanilla</a> (before the first season), and 16 hours in Season 3. That&#8217;s more than double the speed than the previous season! </p>



<p>So what&#8217;s Robs secret? Well, it&#8217;s <a class="icy-gtnbrg-link" href="#"><span class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip"><img decoding="async" class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip-img" src="https://static.icy-veins.com/wp/static/d4/latest/images/icons/2DInventory_Consumables_5.webp" alt="Elixir of Holy Bolts"><span class="tooltip-spell-name" data-item-type="Elixir" data-item-quality="magic">Elixir of Holy Bolts</span></span></a>! The mini Tyrael&#8217;s Might Uber Unique generates Artillery Shine-like projectiles when you kill an enemy and clears things up really well, as you can see below. So hoard up those Sapphire and Bundled Herbs Fragments to craft a whole bunch of them in the late game!</p>



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<p>7 hours and just under 11 minutes to get to 100. The build itself is great as well, but not exactly necessary to get some really fast clear times. The elixir is doing a lot of the work, and unless you really want to get done within 10 hours, you can use any <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/guides/leveling-tier-list/">leveling build</a> you prefer early on, and then switch to a <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/guides/speed-farming-tier-list/">speed farming one</a>. You can also <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/guides/speed-leveling-guide/">check out our leveling guide</a>, taking you through the basics of how to get to 100 fast.</p>



<p>We&#8217;re not 100% sure Rob is the very first level 100 of Season 4, but he&#8217;s definitely up there, and we still congratulate him on this incredibly quick level 100!</p>


Blazing Fast Level 100 in Just 7 Hours With Help of an Amazing Elixir


<p>Many players using NVIDIA GPUs have reported crashes since Season 4 began. Until Blizzard releases an official fix, try this simple workaround:</p>



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<p>Blizzard and NVIDIA are collaborating on a permanent solution, but this temporary fix should help reduce crashes for now.</p>



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Fix NVIDIA GPU Crashes in Season 4 with This Quick Trick


<p>We have a VERY lucky player in Season 4 already! <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Hanhburgler/">Hanhburgler</a> managed to get their hands on an Uber Unique. And they didn&#8217;t even have to go to Duriel or Andariel to get it! All it took was a random stroll through a World Tier 3 Helltide and there it was! It&#8217;s not exactly 100% certain this was the absolute first Uber found, but coming at only 7ish hours after launch, it&#8217;s definitely possible.</p>



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<p>The best part is, that even if Hanhburgler doesn&#8217;t need that specific ring, after finishing up a few Season 4 milestones, they can get any Uber Unique they want! The season brings us 3 Resplendent Sparks, 1 from the Season Journey, one from the first Tormented (level 200) boss defeated, and one from Uber Lilith. With the one extra spark from salvaging the ring above, Hanhburgler can now craft any Uber unique they might need! </p>



<p>So congratulations on this very early win! </p>


The Luckiest Druid: The Probably First Uber Unique in Helltide Season 4


<p>Blizzard is working on a fix for the Resplendent Sparks going missing for players on the Eternal realm. </p>



<p>Since the launch of Season 4, players have been reporting their previously collected sparks simply disappearing. Now we have word that a hotfix is coming today which will prevent the issue from affecting new players logging into S4 for the first time, and there will be an additional hotfix to address the players already affected. </p>



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<p>Separately, we are working on a fix to replenish missing sparks for users and will have more information on this in the coming days.</p>
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Season 4 Developer Livestream Summary: May 2nd

Highlights

PTR Lessons

Balance Updates

Helltide Changes Based on PTR Testing

Pit of the Artificer

Season Journey Changes

Q&A Time!

Stream Link

Diablo IV News