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Patch 2.7.7 is hitting the PTR starting December 5 and Blizzard needs your help to test balance changes for all classes and 2 returning Season themes that are being permanently added to the game for all modes: Rites of Sanctuary and Visions of Enmity.
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Hail, Nephalem!
We welcome you to the Diablo III Patch 2.7.7 PTR. From December 5–12, we’ll need your help in testing balance changes for all Classes and 2 returning Season themes that are being permanently added to the game for all modes—Rites of Sanctuary and Visions of Enmity.
Seasonal Journey
PTR Focus and Details
PTR Testing Tips
New Permanent Features: Rites of Sanctuary and Visions of Enmity
Class Balance Changes
How to Participate in the PTR
PTR Character Copy
Please note that this is a preview for PTR content, which is subject to change. As this is a test server, please anticipate uneven game performance, and note that restarts and downtime may occur without warning. Thank you, and we look forward to your feedback!
PTR Focus and Details
The Patch 2.7.7 PTR will soon be under way. During this time, there may be periodic maintenances, outages, hotfixes, or minor patches. We urge you to focus your playthrough on the following:
Rites of Sanctuary and Visions of Enmity: Based on positive community feedback, we saw these Season themes were such a hit that we’ve decided to make them permanent. Players can harness the might from the Altar of Rites and Diabolical Fissures to dream up unique Class builds and achieve new levels of power. Class Balance: To ensure that the most significant class changes receive an ample amount of attention, we'd love for you to focus testing and providing feedback on the balance changes for all Classes. PTR-unique buffs will be active to help you on your journey: increased experience gains, and double Blood Shard drops. You can also buy new gear for testing from the special PTR vendor, Djank Mi'em, who will exchange Blood Shards for class-specific bags full of Legendary Items that we'd love for you to test! So that we can efficiently review your posts, please provide feedback in the PTR Feedback forum and bug reports in the PTR Bug Report forum.
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PTR Testing Tips
As with our previous PTRs, this testing period is short, so it's best to hit the ground running. Whether you’re a PTR veteran or newcomer, we thought we’d pass along a few tips to get you started.
Because of the limited duration of this PTR, we ask that participants pick a particular portion of this update to focus on testing. For example, if you’re primarily a Witch Doctor player, consider what changes impact the Witch Doctor specifically. What you like best, what you think may still need adjustment, and what you’d want to see in the future (even if that may be beyond the scope of this patch) are all good questions to ask yourself before submitting feedback. Try to break things! Just tell us when you do so we can make sure that the patch’s launch is as smooth as possible. When providing feedback, focus less on a solution and more on your experience. How did the changes make you feel? Did something seem incorrect or insufficient? Suggestions are always welcome but identifying the issues themselves is most important. Back to Top
New Permanent Features: Rites of Sanctuary and Visions of Enmity
Back by popular demand, the Rites of Sanctuary and Visions of Enmity Season themes have become a permanent fixture of Diablo III. While we are extremely excited to make these features always available, to ensure your time slaying demons remains balanced, we had to make some adjustments to the bonuses provided by the Altar of Rites. When existent alongside Visions of Enmity, continual Season themes, and adjustments to Class balance, we felt the game’s balance would benefit from adjustments to Rites of Sanctuary. Here’s what has changed:
Force Decreased damage to +100 from +200. Shadow Decreased Missile Damage Reduction to 5% from 25%. Exodus Decreased Movement Speed (Uncapped) to +10% from +25%. Command Increased damage against Elites reduced to 5% from 15%. Tenacity Increased damage reduced to 5% from 20%. Reverence Reduces damage taken from Elites by 5%, previously 25%. Numb 25% Decreased Melee Damage Reduction to 5% from 25%. Nature Highest elemental skill damage bonus increased by 5%, previously 10%. Prowess Increased damage against Elites reduced to 5% from 20%. Roar Damage done to Bosses increased to 5% from 50%. Elegance Chance to Dodge increased by 5%, previously 15%. Malice Decreased to +5% Damage from +30% Damage. Father Power pylon has been removed from random Shrine effect. Mother Triune of Love Circle now increases damage by 50%, previously 100%. Back to Top
Class Balance Changes
Striking a middle ground between fun and balanced is our top priority when it comes to Classes. As we mentioned in our Season 29 article, going forward, a series of iconic themes from Seasons past will be reintroduced roughly every 3 months. The below Class balances changes were made to ensure each Class remains both fun and balanced as powerful Season themes return to Diablo III.
Barbarian
Might of the Earth Increased the damage of Earthquake, Avalanche, Leap, Ground Stomp, Ancient Spear and Seismic Slam to 37,500% from 20,000%. The Legacy of Raekor Hitting enemies with Furious Charge or Weapon Throw increases the damage of your next Ancient Spear by 2,500% from 5,500% and causes it to release multiple spears from its target. This effect stacks and each spear throw consumes a maximum of 5 stacks. Crusader
Roland's Legacy Increased the damage of Shield Bash and Sweep Attack to 40,000% from 17,500%. Aegis of Valor Increased the damage of Fist of the Heavens and Heaven's Fury to 15,000% from 20,000%. Akkhan's Manacles Blessed Shield damage is increased by 400-500% for the first enemy it hits. Additionally, this bonus continues and is reduced by 50% for each subsequent non Shattering Throw target. Blade of Prophecy Condemned enemies also trigger Condemn's explosion and the damage of Condemn is increased by 600-800%. Faithful Memory Each enemy hit by Falling Sword increases the damage of Blessed Hammer by 60-80% for 10 seconds. Max 10 stacks. Each stack of this buff can now stack between uses instead of resetting. Demon Hunter
The Shadow's Mantle Impale’s additional damage increased to 120,000% weapon damage from 75,000% to the first enemy hit, and to 40,000% from 25,000% to subsequent enemies. Embodiment of the Marauder Your primary skills, Elemental Arrow, Chakram, Impale, Multishot, Cluster Arrow, Companions, Vengeance, and Sentries now deal 6,500% increased damage, previously 12,000%, for every active Sentry. Monk
Raiment of a Thousand Storms Your Spirit Generators increase the weapon damage of Dashing Strike to 60,000% for 6 seconds and Dashing Strike increases the damage of your Spirit Generators by 14,000%, instead of 6,000%, for 6 seconds. Uliana's Stratagem Increased the damage of your Exploding Palm from 9,000% to 12,500% and your Seven-Sided Strike detonates your Exploding Palm. Kyoshiro's Blade When the initial impact of your Wave of Light hits 5 or fewer enemies, previously 3, the damage is increased by 200-250%. Necromancer
Pestilence Each corpse you consume grants you an Empowered Bone Spear charge that increases the damage of your next Bone Spear by 6,000% from 3,300%. In addition, Corpse Lance and Corpse Explosion damage is increased by 6,000% from 3,300%. Inarius 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 to 19,000% from 10,000%. Trag'Oul's Avatar Your Life-spending abilities deal 6,250% increased damage, previously 10,000%, and your healing from skills is increased by 100%. Masquerade of the Burning Carnival Bone Spear cast by you and your Simulacrums deals 5,500% increased damage, previously 9,000%. Simulacrums gain triple this bonus. Bloodtide Blade Death Nova deals 300-400% increased damage for every enemy within 25 yards, up to 10 enemies, previously 25 enemies. Grasps of Essence When an exploded corpse damages at least one enemy, your Corpse Explosion deals 150-200% increased damage for 6 seconds, stacking up to 4 times, previously 5 stacks. Corpsewhisper Pauldrons Corpse Lance damage is increased to 50-75% from 20-30% for 3 seconds when you consume a corpse. Max 20 stacks. Witch Doctor
Raiment of the Jade Harvester Soul Harvest reduces damage taken by 50% for 12 seconds and consumes your damage over time effects on enemies, instantly dealing 26,000 seconds worth of remaining damage, previously 10,000. Helltooth Harness After casting Wall of Death, gain 37,500% increased damage, previously 17,500%, for 15 seconds to your primary skills, Acid Cloud, Firebats, Zombie Charger, Zombie Dogs, Gargantuan, Grasp of the Dead, Piranhas, and Wall of Death. Mundunugu's Regalia Spirit Barrage deals 15,000% increased damage, previously 20,000% plus an additional % equal to 5 times your Mana Regeneration/Second. Spirit of Arachyr The damage of your creature skills is increased by 11,500%, previously 25,000%. Creature skills are Corpse Spiders, Plague of Toads, Firebats, Locust Swarm, Hex, and Piranhas. Zunimassa's Haunt Enemies hit by your Mana spenders take 13,000% increased damage, previously 15,000%, from your pets for 8 seconds. Wizard
Delsere's Magnum Opus Enemies affected by your Slow Time and for 5 seconds after exiting take 20,000% increased damage, previously 12,500%, from your Arcane Orb, Energy Twister, Magic Missile, Shock Pulse, Spectral Blade, Electrocute, and Arcane Torrent abilities. Tal Rasha's Elements Attacks increase your damage by 1,000%, previously 2,000%, for 8 seconds. Arcane, Cold, Fire, and Lightning attacks each add one stack. At 4 stacks, each different elemental attack extends the duration by 2 seconds, up to a maximum of 8 seconds. The Smoldering Core Lesser enemies are now lured to your Meteor impact areas. Meteors deal 40-50% increased damage on consecutive hits to the same target. This stacks up to 3 times, previously 10. The Twisted Sword Energy Twister damage is increased by 125-150% for each Energy Twister you have out up to a maximum of 3, previously 5. The Raging Storm rune is automatically applied to Energy Twister and allows the tornado to merge with 3 additional Energy Twisters. Back to Top
How to Participate in the PTR
To participate in the public test, you must have a Diablo III game license attached to a Battle.net account in good standing (i.e. one that hasn't been suspended or banned). In addition, you will also need to download and install the Blizzard Battle.net desktop app if you have not already done so.
Step 1: Restart the Battle.net desktop app.
Step 2: Navigate to the Diablo III tab on the left-hand menu.
Step 3: On the Diablo III screen, there is a drop-down menu right above the "Play" button (note that this may say "Install" if you do not have Diablo III currently installed). Select "PTR: Diablo III" from this drop-down menu before proceeding.
Step 4: Click Install to begin the installation process.
Your PTR account will be created automatically if you do not already have one. The PTR is available in all supported languages, and accounts from all regions are eligible to participate. For additional assistance with installing and launching the PTR, click here.
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PTR Character Copy
The option to copy your existing Diablo III characters from your live account to the PTR will be available and can be done directly through the PTR client. However, only one region per account can be copied at a time. So, if you choose to copy characters from your account in a different region, any previously copied PTR characters will be lost.
Step 1: Log into the live game and then log out.
Step 2: Log into PTR client and create a level 1 character. After you're done, return to the main character screen.
Step 3: Click on the "PTR Copy" button located in the upper right-hand corner. (The PTR Copy button will not appear in-game until you have created a new level 1 character.)
Step 4: Select your region.
Step 5: Click "Copy." This will copy all characters on your account from the selected region.
Step 6: You will be disconnected from the PTR client.
Step 7: Log back in. Your copied characters will be available for play.
Please note that you can only copy characters from one gameplay region at a time. If you choose to copy characters from a different region, any previously copied PTR characters will be lost. In addition, you can only copy characters over to your PTR account once every 24 hours. Attempting to copy characters before this cooldown is up will result in an error.
We hope you enjoy the PTR!
-The Diablo III Development Team
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By Staff
The final new season of Diablo 3 has started and we have all our class guides for you to check out! The solo self found, Fissure dungeon Season of Enmity is bringing a lot to the table and there's been plenty of class changes as well. You can check out the full season preview with the notes here.
Barbarian:
Leveling and Fresh 70 Guide
Boulder Toss Build with the Raekor Set (Top) Support GR Build with Raekor and HotNS Sets (Top) Rend Build with Wrath of the Wastes Set (High) Frenzy Build with the Horde of the Ninety Savages Set (High) Hammer of the Ancients GR Build With LoD (High) Seismic Slam Build with Might of the Earth Set (Mid) Leap/Earthquake Build with Might of the Earth Set(Mid) Furious Charge Build with Immortal King and Raekor Sets Hammer of the Ancients Build with the Immortal King Set
Crusader:
Leveling and Fresh 70 Guide
Fist of the Heavens Build with Aegis of Valor Set (Top) Condemn Build with Akkhan Set (Top) Heaven's Fury Build with Aegis of Valor Set (High) Thorns Build with Invoker Set (High) Bombardment Build with Legacy of Dreams Set (High) Blessed Hammer (Hammerdin) Build with Seeker of the Light Set (Mid) Sweep Attack Build with Roland's Set (Mid) Blessed Shield Build with Legacy of Dreams (Mid) Thorns Bombardment Build with Akkhan, Crimson and Aughild Sets (Mid) Shield Bash Build with Roland's Set Condemn Build with Legacy of Dreams
Demon Hunter:
Leveling and Fresh 70 Guide
Support Build with Gears of Dreadlands/Marauder (Top) Spike Traps Build with Natalya (Top) Multishot Build with Marauder Set (High) Cluster Arrow Build with Marauder Set (High) Multishot Build with Unhallowed Essence Set (High) Hungering Arrow Build with Gears of Dreadlands (Mid) Impale Build with Shadow's Mantle (Mid) Rapid Fire Build with Legacy of Dreams (Mid) Chakram Build with Unhallowed Essence Set Grenade Build with Unhallowed Essence Sets
Monk:
Leveling and Fresh 70 Guide
Mystic Ally Build with Inna's Mantra Set (Top) Wave of Light Build with Legacy of Dreams (Top) Support Build with Inna's Mantra Set (Top) Wave of Light Build with Sunwuko Set (High) Tempest Rush Build with Sunwuko Set (High) Tempest Rush Build with the Patterns of Justice Set (High) Lashing Tail Kick Build with Sunwuko Set (Mid) Crippling Wave Build with Raiment and Shenlong Sets (Mid) Crippling Wave Build with Raiment and Shenlong Sets Lashing Tail Kick Build with Legacy of Dreams Seven-Sided Strike Build with Uliana's Stratagem Set
Necromancer:
Leveling and Fresh 70 Guide
Blood Nova Build with Legacy of Dreams (Top) Death Nova Build with Trag'Oul (Top) Necromancer Support Build With Pestilence Set (Top) Army of the Dead Build with Rathma Set (High) Corpse Explosion Build with Legacy of Dreams (High) Bone Spear Build with the Masquerade set (High) Generator Build with Grace of Inarius Set (Mid) Corpse Explosion Build with Inarius Set (Mid) Poison Scythe Build with Legacy of Dreams (Mid) Corpse Lance Build with Legacy of Dreams Set (Mid) Thorns Skeletons Build with Legacy of Dreams Corpse Explosion Build With Trag'Oul and Jesseth Sets Corpse Lance Build with Pestilence or Trag'Oul Set Skeletal Mage Singularity "Rat" Build with Legacy of Dreams
Witch Doctor:
Leveling and Fresh 70 Guide
Carnevil Poison Dart Build with Zunimassa Set (Top) Angry Chicken Build with Spirit of Arachyr Set (Top) Carnevil Dagger of Darts Build with Legacy of Dreams (High) Corpse Spiders Build with Spirit of Arachyr Set (High) Spirit Barrage Build with the Mundunugu's Regalia Set (High) Firebats Build with Spirit of Arachyr Set (Mid) Soul Harvest Build with Jade Harvester Set (Mid) Zombie Bears Build with Helltooth Set (Mid) Spirit Barrage Build with Legacy of Dreams (Mid) Gargantuan Build with Helltooth Set Gargantuan Build with Zunimassa Set Grasp of the Dead Build with Helltooth Set (Low)
Wizard:
Leveling and Fresh 70 Guide
Meteor Build with Tal Rasha (Top) Meteor Build with Legacy of Dreams (Top) Mammoth Hydra Build with Legacy of Dreams (High) Energy Twister Build with Legacy of Dreams (High) Explosive Blast Build with Firebird Set (High) Flame Blades Build with Firebird Set (High) Frost Hydra Build with Typhon's Veil (Mid) Archon Build with Vyr and Chantodo Sets (Mid) Energy Twister Build with DMO Set (Mid) Frozen Orb Build with Legacy of Dreams (Mid) Frozen Orb Build with DMO Set (Mid) Frozen Orb Build with Tal Rasha Arcane Orbit Build with DMO Set Explosive Blast Farming Build with Tal Rasha Set
You can get a great overview of the new season with the Season 29 compendium here! You can also check out our build rankings for:
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The time has come! The last new content season of Diablo 3 has begun! The solo-self-found, paragon level cap, new monster affix, community improvement and fissure-event season is here and Blizzard have all the details for it!
Season 29 (Source)
Time unravels before your very eyes in Season 29 Visions of Enmity, which goes live on September 15 at 5 p.m. PDT/CET/KST. For an in-depth look at the seasonal theme, addition of the Solo Self Found single player mode, Paragon Ceiling changes, and quality-of-life updates, take a gander below.
What the Future Holds: A Message from the Diablo III Team
Valiant Nephalem have hack-and-slashed hordes through Seasons introducing gameplay-alerting themes, experience-defining quality-of-life updates, and hellastic events for the last 11 years. Diablo III will continue to burn bright in Season 29 and beyond—this Season sets the bedrock for the game’s future and introduces our final brand-new theme.
Season 30 will bring fresh gameplay balances and bug fixes to reinvigorate your adventures but introduce no new theme. Instead, this Season will usher in the permanent return of a community-favorite theme, Rites of Sanctuary, which will be playable across all modes. Following Season 30, iconic themes and features from Seasons past will be reintroduced roughly every 3 months, ensuring there will never be a shortage of twisted obstacles to overcome and demonic blood to spill.
Seasonal Journey
Season 29 Theme
Season Cosmetic Rewards
Season Journey Rewards
Seasonal Conquest
Haedrig’s Gift
Patch Notes
Community-Led Changes
Class Balance Changes
Bug Fixes
Season 29 Theme
There it is. Out of thin air it appeared, flashing a welcoming gleam accompanied by a whirring hum...and yet it vanished as quickly as it arrived. This isn’t the first portal you’ve encountered before, Nephalem, but is it innocuous in nature or a ploy by your adversaries? There is only one way to be certain: muster the courage to step into the unknown. Temper both your body and mind to blossom into an unrelenting force.
Season 29 introduces the new theme Visions of Enmity. Curious portals known as Diabolical Fissures have sprung up across Sanctuary’s wilderness, and entering them triggers both dangerous memories from your past, and even more dangerous emissaries of Hell to slaughter.
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Season Cosmetic Rewards
Long-forgotten treasures see daylight once more in Season 29. Let the Old Growth pet extend you a branch of fortitude in these uncertain times, ride the cosmos using the Galactic Wings, and steep yourself in mythos with the Greyhollow portrait.
Two new End of Journey cosmetic rewards will drop into Sanctuary with Season 29 as well. Soar through the darkness with the majestic Quoth pet at your side, and proudly display your allegiance to Leoric with the Mad King’s Favor portrait.
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Season Journey Rewards
If you’ve been diligently slaying demons for the past few Seasons and reached Conqueror in the Season Journey each time, you’ve surely accrued a few extra stash tabs. You’ll earn one additional tab each Season by finishing the Conqueror tier, up to a maximum of five:
Guardian of Sanctuary: Finish a level 70 Nephalem Rift on Torment XIII within five minutes. Gem of My Life: Level three Legendary Gems to level 55. All I Do Is Win: Complete two Conquests this Season. Show Me What You Got: Kill Diablo at level 70 in under 1 minute and 30 seconds on Torment XIII difficulty. Money Ain’t a Thang: Slay Greed on Torment XIII difficulty. Take U There: Reach Greater Rift level 60 Solo. Power Amplification: Use Kanai’s Cube to augment an Ancient Legendary item with a level 50+ gem. Cubic Reconfiguration: Use Kanai’s Cube to reforge a Legendary item. Return to Top
Seasonal Conquest
Feast your eyes on returning Seasonal Conquest challenges! Do you have enough fire in your heart to complete them all?
Avarice: Complete a 50 million Gold streak while outside of The Vault and The Inner Sanctum. Avaritia: Complete a 50 million Gold streak while outside of The Vault and The Inner Sanctum in Hardcore mode. Dynasty: Reach Greater Rift Level 55 Solo with the full bonuses of six of the following Class Sets in Hardcore mode. Masters of Sets: Master 8 of the following Set Dungeons in Hardcore mode. Masters of the Universe: Master 8 of the following Set Dungeons. Speed Racer: Complete Acts I through V at max Level in under 1 hour in Hardcore mode. Sprinter: Complete Acts I through V at max Level in under 1 hour. Super Human: Reach Greater Rift Level 45 Solo without any Set Items equipped in Hardcore Mode. The Thrill: Reach Greater Rift Level 45 Solo without any Set Items equipped. Years of War: Reach Greater Rift 55 Solo with the full bonuses of six of the following Class Sets. Return to Top
Haedrig’s Gift
It’s that time again! The Class Sets rewarded for completing certain chapters of the Season Journey, courtesy of Haedrig’s Gift, have rotated once more.
Completing Chapters II, III, and IV of the Season Journey will reward you with three of Haedrig’s Gifts. Each Gift contains a few pieces from one of your Class Sets. Players can only unlock 1 Class Set in this manner per Season across Hardcore and Non-Hardcore, so choose wisely.
The set you receive depends on the Class of the character you’re playing when you open each Haedrig’s Gift. To collect a full Class Set, you’ll need to open all three on the same character.
The sets granted by Haedrig’s Gift in Season 29 are:
Barbarian: Might of the Earth Crusader: Thorns of the Invoker Demon Hunter: The Shadow’s Mantle Monk: Monkey King’s Garb Necromancer: Grace of Inarius Witch Doctor: Raiment of the Jade Harvester Wizard: Firebird’s Finery
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Patch Notes
Below you’ll find patch notes for the upcoming update to Diablo III: Patch 2.7.6. It goes live on September 12.
Note: All changes apply to all versions of Diablo III, including PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC unless otherwise indicated.
Solo Self Found
Demon slayers seeking to up the intensity of their journey through Sanctuary can try out the new Solo Self Found mode. In this mode, you’ll only have yourself to rely on to overcome the hordes from Hell. That’s right, it’s a single player experience. If you’d like to up the ante even more, a Hardcore version of this mode is available.
We decided to bring Solo Self Found, an officially supported single player mode, to Diablo III. Without the experience bonus from being in a Party, or other players to protect your back as you carve through demonic legions, this mode will test you. To celebrate the accomplishments of those brave enough to roll a character in this mode, we have also created specific Leaderboards for Solo Self Found, which function like those for other modes.
To create a character in Solo Self Found, select the Solo Hero option in the character creation screen. You’ll still be able to play the Campaign and Adventure Mode just as you would in other modes, but only the Private Game option will be available to use. Challenge Rifts can be completed with a Party while the mode is seasonal. Solo Self Found is a solitary journey, so you will be unable to start this mode while in a Party or access Multiplayer aspects of Diablo III, such as trading. Rebirthing is available for Solo Self Found.
The Season 29 Visions of Enmity theme and the other components of Patch 2.7.6 were designed with Solo Self Found in mind. Please let us know your thoughts—we encourage feedback about your experience.
Season 29 Visions of Enmity
The nefarious machinations of the Burning Hells have permeated every corner of Sanctuary, warping reality in the process. This disturbance has given way to Visions of Enmity, pocket dimensions accessed by stepping through Diabolical Fissures.
Nephalem Level 1 or higher have a chance at encountering a Diabolical Fissure by slaying demons in the open world. Should your smiting of hellspawn trigger a Fissure, press onward into a Vision of Enmity—what horrors await on the other side are unknown, but these instances are rich in rewards. The Visions are quite unstable and have the potential to produce additional Fissures after enemies are dispatched inside—keep an eye out for these opportunities to maximize your chance of earning useful gear.
New Monster Affixes
Watch your health, Nephalem! New powers originating from the Burning Hells have been bestowed upon all enemies inside the Visions, making them more lethal than before. These Affixes are only available in Visions of Enmity.
Enervating: Creates an area of effect around the monster that reduces the player’s Movement Speed by 65% and Cooldown Reduction by 50% if the player is in the vicinity of the monster. Necrotic: The player's healing is reduced by 65%. Monsters have a damage-over-time effect that deals 180% of the player’s max health over 30 seconds. This effect is removed if the player is healed above 95%. Paragon Ceiling
We are introducing changes to Paragon Points to work in tandem with Solo Self Found and the Season 29 theme. You can now assign a total of 800 Paragon Points to your solo Self Found character. Previously, you were only able to assign a total of 50 Paragon Points to each attribute within the Core, Defense, Offense, and Utility categories, but now you can assign up to 200 in each attribute. Each category can only have 200 Paragon Points placed into them.
This change is exclusive to Season 29 and applies to all modes.
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Community-Led Changes
With each Patch and Season, the community has communicated quality-of-life improvements they would like to see added to Diablo III. We always take the time to review and evaluate the feedback we receive, and implement changes that align with our design principles for the game. Below is a series of highly requested quality of life updates that are included in the Patch 2.7.6 PTR. Thank you for your continued feedback over the years!
Orek’s Dream
Dark Berserker (Monster Set 1) and Toxic Lurker (Monster Set ? have been removed. Hellions (Monster Set 19), Vile Swarm (Monster Set 23), and Savage Beast (Monster Set 33) have been added in their place. Monk
Added a buff icon when proccing the legendary item Flying Dragon. Moving your mouse underneath the character while casting Tempest Rush Flurry stacks should no longer reset randomly. Necromancer
Haunted Visions used to remove Skeletal Mages from the Simulacrums only if the player had Grim Scythe on their action bar, now it will remove Skeletal Mages regardless. Requiem Cereplate was not calculating the correct amount of Essence and was adding way too much overflow excess Essence per tick. This has been fixed. Miscellaneous
Removed Mastermind from the Champion portion of the seasonal journey. This means you no longer need to master a Set Dungeon. Instead, it has been replaced with Overcoming the Trials, which asks you to complete an Echoing Nightmare. Due to the unique animation of how Hamelin dies, there were many issues with how it rewards kill credit. Hamelin now rewards kill credit to the closest player on death. Corrupted Angels and all variations would sometimes do an attack that does double damage without any indication that it was a unique move. This has been changed to deal the same damage as normal attacks. Added Greater Rift map checkpoints to Battlefields and Boneyards. Corvus, Ice Caves, and Spider Caves maps can no longer spawn in Greater Rifts. Orek's Dream versions of Desolate Sands and Shrouded Moors have had their monster densities increased. Return to Top
Class Balance Changes
The Patch 2.7.6 PTR introduces various balance changes for the Crusader, Demon Hunter, and Witch Doctor classes. We can’t wait to see how certain builds change for each Class because of these adjustments. For reference, the text in red font denotes the old effect description, while green font denotes the new effect description.
Crusader
Akkhan's Leniency: Each enemy hit by your Blessed Shield increases the damage of your Blessed Shield by 35-40% for 3 seconds. Each enemy hit by your Blessed Shield increases the damage of your Blessed Shield by 35-40% for 6 seconds. Stacks up to 100 times (No more individual stacks). Vigilante Belt: No previous bonus. While riding your war horse, Fist of the Heavens deals increased damage equal to your movement speed, and is automatically called down on a random nearby enemy at an interval based on your attack speed if it is on your action bar. Demon Hunter
Gears of Dreadlands: Gain 4 seconds of Momentum when attacking with a Primary skill, at a maximum duration of 20 seconds. Your Primary skills deal 10% increased damage per second of Momentum. Gain 4 seconds of Momentum when attacking with a Primary skill, at a maximum duration of 20 seconds. This duration begins counting down after a delay of 5 seconds after each application. Your Primary skills deal 10% increased damage per second of Momentum. Witch Doctor
Cluckeye: 25-50% chance to cluck when attacking. Casting Hex - Angry Chicken turns all your pets into exploding chickens. Chickens deal 150-200% increased damage, and Angry Chicken deals 50% more damage per exploded chicken. Cluckeye now only drops for Witch Doctors. As a result, Cluckeye no longer spawns with the Max Discipline secondary attribute. Cluckeye has been updated in Djank Mi’em’s Follower Items bag. Manajuma's Way: Your Hex - Angry Chicken lasts 15 seconds and movement speed as a chicken is increased by an additional 100%. While you are an angry chicken, you spawn a chicken every second that seeks enemies and deals 25% of your Angry Chicken explosion damage. Your Hex - Angry Chicken lasts 15 seconds and movement speed as a chicken is increased by an additional 100% while gaining 75% damage reduction and for 5 seconds after. While you are an angry chicken, you spawn a chicken every half second that seeks enemies and deals 100% of your Angry Chicken explosion damage. Return to Top
Bug Fixes
Diabolical Fissures
Diabolical Fissures now denote on screen and in the chat box once spawned. Diabolical Fissures can no longer spawn in Greed's Realm. The placeholder text for the Chest at the end of a Diabolical Fissure has been replaced with a name. Slightly increased the number of Greater Rift keys that can potentially drop inside a Diabolical Fissure. Fixed the collision on Diabolical Chests and removed the collision that was present upon opening them. Gameplay
Fixed an issue where the Witch Doctor’s Angry Chicken skill was not dealing as much damage as indicated in the description. Stability
Fixed a crash that could occur when players opened achievements. Fixed an issue where interacting with Mail at the end of a Season had the potential to cause a crash. Fixed a game crash that occurred when Demon Hunters utilized specific Item and Skill combinations. UI
Fixed an issue where the number of Wizard Mirror Images were barely visible on the game icon. Fixed an issue with some icons in the Altar of Rites having hard edges. May the Diabolical Fissures provide you with powerful boons!
-The Diablo III Development Team
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By Staff
The final new season of Diablo 3 is head of us, coming on September 15th and we have all the details for it! From the new seasonal theme to the Haedrig's Gift sets, season journey rewards and conquests, full patch notes and more, let's take a look at what's coming, including a look to the future of the game.
Season 29 (Source)
Time unravels before your very eyes in Season 29 Visions of Enmity, which goes live on September 15 at 5 p.m. PDT/CET/KST. For an in-depth look at the seasonal theme, addition of the Solo Self Found single player mode, Paragon Ceiling changes, and quality-of-life updates, take a gander below. What the Future Holds: A Message from the Diablo III Team
Valiant Nephalem have hack-and-slashed hordes through Seasons introducing gameplay-alerting themes, experience-defining quality-of-life updates, and hellastic events for the last 11 years. Diablo III will continue to burn bright in Season 29 and beyond—this Season sets the bedrock for the game’s future and introduces our final brand-new theme.
Season 30 will bring fresh gameplay balances and bug fixes to reinvigorate your adventures but introduce no new theme. Instead, this Season will usher in the permanent return of a community-favorite theme, Rites of Sanctuary, which will be playable across all modes. Following Season 30, iconic themes and features from Seasons past will be reintroduced roughly every 3 months, ensuring there will never be a shortage of twisted obstacles to overcome and demonic blood to spill.
Seasonal Journey
Season 29 Theme
Season Cosmetic Rewards
Season Journey Rewards
Seasonal Conquest
Haedrig’s Gift
Patch Notes
Community-Led Changes
Class Balance Changes
Bug Fixes
Season 29 Theme
There it is. Out of thin air it appeared, flashing a welcoming gleam accompanied by a whirring hum...and yet it vanished as quickly as it arrived. This isn’t the first portal you’ve encountered before, Nephalem, but is it innocuous in nature or a ploy by your adversaries? There is only one way to be certain: muster the courage to step into the unknown. Temper both your body and mind to blossom into an unrelenting force.
Season 29 introduces the new theme Visions of Enmity. Curious portals known as Diabolical Fissures have sprung up across Sanctuary’s wilderness, and entering them triggers both dangerous memories from your past, and even more dangerous emissaries of Hell to slaughter.
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Season Cosmetic Rewards
Long-forgotten treasures see daylight once more in Season 29. Let the Old Growth pet extend you a branch of fortitude in these uncertain times, ride the cosmos using the Galactic Wings, and steep yourself in mythos with the Greyhollow portrait.
Two new End of Journey cosmetic rewards will drop into Sanctuary with Season 29 as well. Soar through the darkness with the majestic Quoth pet at your side, and proudly display your allegiance to Leoric with the Mad King’s Favor portrait.
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Season Journey Rewards
If you’ve been diligently slaying demons for the past few Seasons and reached Conqueror in the Season Journey each time, you’ve surely accrued a few extra stash tabs. You’ll earn one additional tab each Season by finishing the Conqueror tier, up to a maximum of five:
Guardian of Sanctuary: Finish a level 70 Nephalem Rift on Torment XIII within five minutes. Gem of My Life: Level three Legendary Gems to level 55. All I Do Is Win: Complete two Conquests this Season. Show Me What You Got: Kill Diablo at level 70 in under 1 minute and 30 seconds on Torment XIII difficulty. Money Ain’t a Thang: Slay Greed on Torment XIII difficulty. Take U There: Reach Greater Rift level 60 Solo. Power Amplification: Use Kanai’s Cube to augment an Ancient Legendary item with a level 50+ gem. Cubic Reconfiguration: Use Kanai’s Cube to reforge a Legendary item. Return to Top
Seasonal Conquest
Feast your eyes on returning Seasonal Conquest challenges! Do you have enough fire in your heart to complete them all?
Avarice: Complete a 50 million Gold streak while outside of The Vault and The Inner Sanctum. Avaritia: Complete a 50 million Gold streak while outside of The Vault and The Inner Sanctum in Hardcore mode. Dynasty: Reach Greater Rift Level 55 Solo with the full bonuses of six of the following Class Sets in Hardcore mode. Masters of Sets: Master 8 of the following Set Dungeons in Hardcore mode. Masters of the Universe: Master 8 of the following Set Dungeons. Speed Racer: Complete Acts I through V at max Level in under 1 hour in Hardcore mode. Sprinter: Complete Acts I through V at max Level in under 1 hour. Super Human: Reach Greater Rift Level 45 Solo without any Set Items equipped in Hardcore Mode. The Thrill: Reach Greater Rift Level 45 Solo without any Set Items equipped. Years of War: Reach Greater Rift 55 Solo with the full bonuses of six of the following Class Sets. Return to Top
Haedrig’s Gift
It’s that time again! The Class Sets rewarded for completing certain chapters of the Season Journey, courtesy of Haedrig’s Gift, have rotated once more.
Completing Chapters II, III, and IV of the Season Journey will reward you with three of Haedrig’s Gifts. Each Gift contains a few pieces from one of your Class Sets. Players can only unlock 1 Class Set in this manner per Season across Hardcore and Non-Hardcore, so choose wisely.
The set you receive depends on the Class of the character you’re playing when you open each Haedrig’s Gift. To collect a full Class Set, you’ll need to open all three on the same character.
The sets granted by Haedrig’s Gift in Season 29 are:
Barbarian: Might of the Earth Crusader: Thorns of the Invoker Demon Hunter: The Shadow’s Mantle Monk: Monkey King’s Garb Necromancer: Grace of Inarius Witch Doctor: Raiment of the Jade Harvester Wizard: Firebird’s Finery
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Patch Notes
Below you’ll find patch notes for the upcoming update to Diablo III: Patch 2.7.6. It goes live on September 12.
Note: All changes apply to all versions of Diablo III, including PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC unless otherwise indicated.
Solo Self Found
Demon slayers seeking to up the intensity of their journey through Sanctuary can try out the new Solo Self Found mode. In this mode, you’ll only have yourself to rely on to overcome the hordes from Hell. That’s right, it’s a single player experience. If you’d like to up the ante even more, a Hardcore version of this mode is available.
We decided to bring Solo Self Found, an officially supported single player mode, to Diablo III. Without the experience bonus from being in a Party, or other players to protect your back as you carve through demonic legions, this mode will test you. To celebrate the accomplishments of those brave enough to roll a character in this mode, we have also created specific Leaderboards for Solo Self Found, which function like those for other modes.
To create a character in Solo Self Found, select the Solo Hero option in the character creation screen. You’ll still be able to play the Campaign and Adventure Mode just as you would in other modes, but only the Private Game option will be available to use. Challenge Rifts can be completed with a Party while the mode is seasonal. Solo Self Found is a solitary journey, so you will be unable to start this mode while in a Party or access Multiplayer aspects of Diablo III, such as trading. Rebirthing is available for Solo Self Found.
The Season 29 Visions of Enmity theme and the other components of Patch 2.7.6 were designed with Solo Self Found in mind. Please let us know your thoughts—we encourage feedback about your experience.
Season 29 Visions of Enmity
The nefarious machinations of the Burning Hells have permeated every corner of Sanctuary, warping reality in the process. This disturbance has given way to Visions of Enmity, pocket dimensions accessed by stepping through Diabolical Fissures.
Nephalem Level 1 or higher have a chance at encountering a Diabolical Fissure by slaying demons in the open world. Should your smiting of hellspawn trigger a Fissure, press onward into a Vision of Enmity—what horrors await on the other side are unknown, but these instances are rich in rewards. The Visions are quite unstable and have the potential to produce additional Fissures after enemies are dispatched inside—keep an eye out for these opportunities to maximize your chance of earning useful gear.
New Monster Affixes
Watch your health, Nephalem! New powers originating from the Burning Hells have been bestowed upon all enemies inside the Visions, making them more lethal than before. These Affixes are only available in Visions of Enmity.
Enervating: Creates an area of effect around the monster that reduces the player’s Movement Speed by 65% and Cooldown Reduction by 50% if the player is in the vicinity of the monster. Necrotic: The player's healing is reduced by 65%. Monsters have a damage-over-time effect that deals 180% of the player’s max health over 30 seconds. This effect is removed if the player is healed above 95%. Paragon Ceiling
We are introducing changes to Paragon Points to work in tandem with Solo Self Found and the Season 29 theme. You can now assign a total of 800 Paragon Points to your solo Self Found character. Previously, you were only able to assign a total of 50 Paragon Points to each attribute within the Core, Defense, Offense, and Utility categories, but now you can assign up to 200 in each attribute. Each category can only have 200 Paragon Points placed into them.
This change is exclusive to Season 29 and applies to all modes.
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Community-Led Changes
With each Patch and Season, the community has communicated quality-of-life improvements they would like to see added to Diablo III. We always take the time to review and evaluate the feedback we receive, and implement changes that align with our design principles for the game. Below is a series of highly requested quality of life updates that are included in the Patch 2.7.6 PTR. Thank you for your continued feedback over the years!
Orek’s Dream
Dark Berserker (Monster Set 1) and Toxic Lurker (Monster Set ? have been removed. Hellions (Monster Set 19), Vile Swarm (Monster Set 23), and Savage Beast (Monster Set 33) have been added in their place. Monk
Added a buff icon when proccing the legendary item Flying Dragon. Moving your mouse underneath the character while casting Tempest Rush Flurry stacks should no longer reset randomly. Necromancer
Haunted Visions used to remove Skeletal Mages from the Simulacrums only if the player had Grim Scythe on their action bar, now it will remove Skeletal Mages regardless. Requiem Cereplate was not calculating the correct amount of Essence and was adding way too much overflow excess Essence per tick. This has been fixed. Miscellaneous
Removed Mastermind from the Champion portion of the seasonal journey. This means you no longer need to master a Set Dungeon. Instead, it has been replaced with Overcoming the Trials, which asks you to complete an Echoing Nightmare. Due to the unique animation of how Hamelin dies, there were many issues with how it rewards kill credit. Hamelin now rewards kill credit to the closest player on death. Corrupted Angels and all variations would sometimes do an attack that does double damage without any indication that it was a unique move. This has been changed to deal the same damage as normal attacks. Added Greater Rift map checkpoints to Battlefields and Boneyards. Corvus, Ice Caves, and Spider Caves maps can no longer spawn in Greater Rifts. Orek's Dream versions of Desolate Sands and Shrouded Moors have had their monster densities increased. Return to Top
Class Balance Changes
The Patch 2.7.6 PTR introduces various balance changes for the Crusader, Demon Hunter, and Witch Doctor classes. We can’t wait to see how certain builds change for each Class because of these adjustments. For reference, the text in red font denotes the old effect description, while green font denotes the new effect description.
Crusader
Akkhan's Leniency: Each enemy hit by your Blessed Shield increases the damage of your Blessed Shield by 35-40% for 3 seconds. Each enemy hit by your Blessed Shield increases the damage of your Blessed Shield by 35-40% for 6 seconds. Stacks up to 100 times (No more individual stacks). Vigilante Belt: No previous bonus. While riding your war horse, Fist of the Heavens deals increased damage equal to your movement speed, and is automatically called down on a random nearby enemy at an interval based on your attack speed if it is on your action bar. Demon Hunter
Gears of Dreadlands: Gain 4 seconds of Momentum when attacking with a Primary skill, at a maximum duration of 20 seconds. Your Primary skills deal 10% increased damage per second of Momentum. Gain 4 seconds of Momentum when attacking with a Primary skill, at a maximum duration of 20 seconds. This duration begins counting down after a delay of 5 seconds after each application. Your Primary skills deal 10% increased damage per second of Momentum. Witch Doctor
Cluckeye: 25-50% chance to cluck when attacking. Casting Hex - Angry Chicken turns all your pets into exploding chickens. Chickens deal 150-200% increased damage, and Angry Chicken deals 50% more damage per exploded chicken. Cluckeye now only drops for Witch Doctors. As a result, Cluckeye no longer spawns with the Max Discipline secondary attribute. Cluckeye has been updated in Djank Mi’em’s Follower Items bag. Manajuma's Way: Your Hex - Angry Chicken lasts 15 seconds and movement speed as a chicken is increased by an additional 100%. While you are an angry chicken, you spawn a chicken every second that seeks enemies and deals 25% of your Angry Chicken explosion damage. Your Hex - Angry Chicken lasts 15 seconds and movement speed as a chicken is increased by an additional 100% while gaining 75% damage reduction and for 5 seconds after. While you are an angry chicken, you spawn a chicken every half second that seeks enemies and deals 100% of your Angry Chicken explosion damage. Return to Top
Bug Fixes
Diabolical Fissures
Diabolical Fissures now denote on screen and in the chat box once spawned. Diabolical Fissures can no longer spawn in Greed's Realm. The placeholder text for the Chest at the end of a Diabolical Fissure has been replaced with a name. Slightly increased the number of Greater Rift keys that can potentially drop inside a Diabolical Fissure. Fixed the collision on Diabolical Chests and removed the collision that was present upon opening them. Gameplay
Fixed an issue where the Witch Doctor’s Angry Chicken skill was not dealing as much damage as indicated in the description. Stability
Fixed a crash that could occur when players opened achievements. Fixed an issue where interacting with Mail at the end of a Season had the potential to cause a crash. Fixed a game crash that occurred when Demon Hunters utilized specific Item and Skill combinations. UI
Fixed an issue where the number of Wizard Mirror Images were barely visible on the game icon. Fixed an issue with some icons in the Altar of Rites having hard edges. May the Diabolical Fissures provide you with powerful boons!
-The Diablo III Development Team
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Altar of Rites introduced in Diablo 3 Season 28 will become a permanent feature of the game in Season 30.
if you enjoyed the Altar of Rites mechanic in Season 28, we've got some good news for you! Blizzard confirmed it will be returning permanently, but not in the upcoming Season 29, but in the season after that.
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