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The Diablo 3 Patch 2.7.5 PTR begins on January 31st and will last 1 week. Find out more about the Rites of Sanctuary seasonal theme, Primordial Ashes feature, and class/item changes in the official PTR notes!
Season 28, dubbed the Season of Rites, will bring a monolith to the Festering Woods called the Altar of Rites. Upon arrival, players will see 26 icons called Seals and 3 Legendary Potion Powers.
Seal and Legendary Potion Powers
Seal
Power
A Your Kill Streak timer duration and reward bonus are doubled. B Pools of Reflection last for the entire Season and are not removed by death. C Items have no level requirement. D +200 Damage E +25% Missile Damage Reduction F +25% Movement Speed (Uncapped) G Increase damage against elites by 15%. H Picking up Health Globes grants a shield for 5% of your maximum health for 7 seconds. Max stacks 5. I +25% Melee Damage Reduction. J Increases your highest elemental skill damage bonus by 10%. K Increase damage against elites by 20%. L +10% Damage M Double the amount of Death's Breaths that drop. N Critical hits grant resource: Mana: 15, Hatred: 5, Wrath: 5, Arcane Power: 3, Fury: 3, Spirit: 5, Essence: 5. O Double the amount of Bounty Caches that drop from completing bounties. P Progress orbs from Nephalem and Greater Rifts are picked up automatically. Q Reduces the damage taken from elites by 25%. R +15% Damage S Gain immunity to crowd-controlling effects. T Gain passability. U Pets pick up Death's Breath. V Elite packs drop one additional progress orb. W Increase damage done to Bosses by 25%. X Pets pick up and salvage common, magic, and rare items. Y Increase your chance to Dodge by 15%. Z Double the chance to find a legendary item purchased from Kadala. Potion AA When you drink your health potion, you manifest one of three runic circles on the ground that grant increased damage, increased cooldown reduction, or increased resource cost reduction. Potion AB When you drink your health potion, all enemies within 25 yards deal 25% less damage. Potion AC When you drink your health potion, gain a random shrine or pylon effect. AD When a primal item drops, a second random primal item drops as well. As you can see above, Seals provide players with various powers for the whole duration of Season 28. The goal is to unlock all the powers, which according to Blizzard, "is no easy task". You'll have to gather materials and sacrifice them to gain a Seal or Potion's Power. The order in which you unlock Seals and Potions increases as shown in the image.
Costs to Unlock a Seal or Legendary Potion Power
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Cost
1 10 Reusable Parts 2 1 Flawless Diamond (or greater), 15 Arcane Dust, 20 Resuable Parts 3 1 Greater Rift Key, 10 Death's Breaths 4 Any Class Specific Set Helm 5 20 Forgotten Souls, 10 Khanduran Runes, 10 Caldeum Nightshade, 10 Arreat War Tapestry, 10 Corrupted Angel Flesh, 10 Westmarch Holy Water 6 1 Leoric's Regret, 1 Vial of Putridness, 1 Idol of Terror, 1 Heart of Fright 7 Reaper's Wraps 8 30 Forgotten Souls 9 1,100 Bloodshards 10 1 Flawless Royal Ruby, 20 Death's Breaths, Ring of Royal Grandeur 11 1 Flawless Royal Emerald, 30 Khanduran Runes, 30 Caldeum Nightshade, 30 Arreat War Tapestry, 30 Corrupted Angel Flesh, 30 Westmarch Holy Water 12 20 Greater Rift Keys, 1 Ramaladni's Gift 13 1,300 Bloodshards 14 Petrified Scream 15 Challenge Rift Cache 16 250 Forgotten Souls 17 1,400 Bloodshards 18 Ancient Hellfire Amulet 19 Never Ending Questions 20 Ancient Puzzle Ring, 50 Khanduran Runes, 50 Caldeum Nightshade, 50 Arreat War Tapestry, 50 Corrupted Angel Flesh, 50 Westmarch Holy Water 21 500 Death's Breaths, 300 Forgotten Souls 22 1,500 Bloodshards 23 Whisper of Atonement Rank 125 24 Any Augmented Weapon 25 Staff of Herding 26 1,600 Bloodshards Potion 1 55 Primordial Ashes Potion 2 110 Primordial Ashes Potion 3 165 Primordial Ashes When you unlock all Seals and Potions, you will receive the Wings of Terror Cosmetic.
Primordial Ashes Feature
Blacksmiths can salvage Primal items for 55 Primordial Ashes. A Primal Item recipe was added to Kanai's Cube. It costs 100 Primordial Ashes and any non-crafted Legendary.
Class Changes
The patch brings a ton of class changes that you will find in the official PTR notes below.
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Nephalem, we welcome you to our seven-day PTR for the 2.7.5 update. Beginning on January 31st, we’ll need your help in testing the Rites of Sanctuary seasonal theme, Primordial Ashes feature, and changes to both Class Skills and items. Take time to acquaint yourself with these patch notes—we have some substantial new features in store.
Seasonal Journey
PTR Focus and Details PTR Testing Tips Season 28: Rites of Sanctuary Primordial Ashes Feature Monk Skill Change Item Changes Bug Fixes How to Participate in PTR PTR Character Copy Please note that this is a preview for PTR content, which is subject to change.
PTR Focus and Details
We’ll be conducting the Patch 2.7.5 PTR starting Tuesday, January 31st. During this time there may be periodic maintenances, outages, hotfixes, or minor patches.
There will be PTR-unique buffs 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! Read down below to learn more on the new vendor updates that have been implemented to assist in the PTR experience starting with PTR 2.7.5. Class Balance and Item Changes: To ensure that the most significant class changes receive an ample amount of attention, we'd love for you to focus testing and feedback on the skill changes to the Monk class and item changes for the Barbarian, Demon Hunter, Monk, Necromancer, and Wizard classes. New Season Theme Testing: We're looking to gather feedback on the seasonal content around Rites of Sanctuary. So that we can efficiently review your posts, feedback should be provided in the PTR Feedback forum while bug reports should be provided 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 Wizard player, consider what changes impact the Wizard 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. 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? Was there something “off” that you noticed? Did something seem wrong or insufficient? Suggestions are always welcome but identifying the issues themselves is most important. Return to Top
Season 28: Rites of Sanctuary
For Season 28, Rites of Sanctuary, we’re travelling deep into the mysterious ruins of the Festering Woods. Amid a hunting expedition, citizens hailing from New Tristram stumbled across an ominous Altar carved from an archaic material bearing cryptic markings. Shaken to their core by the eldritch aroma of the monolith, they’ve enlisted the assistance of brave Nephalem willing to investigate this sinister discovery that was once left to time—the Altar of Rites.
Home to power thought to be extinct from Sanctuary, the Altar of Rites will bestow these mystic forces upon worthy Nephalem. . .after a sacrifice is offered.
Upon arrival at the Altar of Rites, players will see 26 icons called Seals and three Legendary Potion Powers. Take a moment to familiarize yourself with the elements below.
Seal and Legendary Potion Powers
Seal
Power
A Your Kill Streak timer duration and reward bonus are doubled. B Pools of Reflection last for the entire Season and are not removed by death. C Items have no level requirement. D +200 Damage E +25% Missile Damage Reduction F +25% Movement Speed (Uncapped) G Increase damage against elites by 15%. H Picking up Health Globes grants a shield for 5% of your maximum health for 7 seconds. Max stacks 5. I +25% Melee Damage Reduction. J Increases your highest elemental skill damage bonus by 10%. K Increase damage against elites by 20%. L +10% Damage M Double the amount of Death's Breaths that drop. N Critical hits grant resource: Mana: 15, Hatred: 5, Wrath: 5, Arcane Power: 3, Fury: 3, Spirit: 5, Essence: 5. O Double the amount of Bounty Caches that drop from completing bounties. P Progress orbs from Nephalem and Greater Rifts are picked up automatically. Q Reduces the damage taken from elites by 25%. R +15% Damage S Gain immunity to crowd-controlling effects. T Gain passability. U Pets pick up Death's Breath. V Elite packs drop one additional progress orb. W Increase damage done to Bosses by 25%. X Pets pick up and salvage common, magic, and rare items. Y Increase your chance to Dodge by 15%. Z Double the chance to find a legendary item purchased from Kadala. Potion AA When you drink your health potion, you manifest one of three runic circles on the ground that grant increased damage, increased cooldown reduction, or increased resource cost reduction. Potion AB When you drink your health potion, all enemies within 25 yards deal 25% less damage. Potion AC When you drink your health potion, gain a random shrine or pylon effect. AD When a primal item drops, a second random primal item drops as well. How Seals and Potions Work
As you can see, after unlocking the first Seal, the order in which you unlock additional Seals and obtain their powers is entirely up to you and which powers align with your character’s build the most. Once a Seal or Legendary Potion Power is unlocked, you’ll immediately receive that Seal or Potion’s power and will have the ability to unlock connected Seals or Potions once you have the required materials—unlocked powers apply to all your characters and last for the entirety of Season 28.
How to Unlock Seals and Potions
Unlocking Seals and Potions will be no easy feat, especially after multiple sacrifices—you’ll find yourself rummaging across Sanctuary slaying scores of demons hellbent on preventing you from acquiring the Altar of Rites’ full power.
Players must gather materials listed in the Altar of Rites menu and sacrifice them in order to gain a Seal or Potion’s power. In addition to receiving the power after unlocking, you’ll notice the generic text previously displayed has been swapped with a small story scrap about Sanctuary’s tumultuous past.
Regardless of the order in which you unlock Seals and Potions, the cost will increase as shown below. Study the cost of each sacrifice and theorize where within Sanctuary you can find some of these rare materials.
Costs to Unlock a Seal or Legendary Potion Power
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1 10 Reusable Parts 2 1 Flawless Diamond (or greater), 15 Arcane Dust, 20 Resuable Parts 3 1 Greater Rift Key, 10 Death's Breaths 4 Any Class Specific Set Helm 5 20 Forgotten Souls, 10 Khanduran Runes, 10 Caldeum Nightshade, 10 Arreat War Tapestry, 10 Corrupted Angel Flesh, 10 Westmarch Holy Water 6 1 Leoric's Regret, 1 Vial of Putridness, 1 Idol of Terror, 1 Heart of Fright 7 Reaper's Wraps 8 30 Forgotten Souls 9 1,100 Bloodshards 10 1 Flawless Royal Ruby, 20 Death's Breaths, Ring of Royal Grandeur 11 1 Flawless Royal Emerald, 30 Khanduran Runes, 30 Caldeum Nightshade, 30 Arreat War Tapestry, 30 Corrupted Angel Flesh, 30 Westmarch Holy Water 12 20 Greater Rift Keys, 1 Ramaladni's Gift 13 1,300 Bloodshards 14 Petrified Scream 15 Challenge Rift Cache 16 250 Forgotten Souls 17 1,400 Bloodshards 18 Ancient Hellfire Amulet 19 Never Ending Questions 20 Ancient Puzzle Ring, 50 Khanduran Runes, 50 Caldeum Nightshade, 50 Arreat War Tapestry, 50 Corrupted Angel Flesh, 50 Westmarch Holy Water 21 500 Death's Breaths, 300 Forgotten Souls 22 1,500 Bloodshards 23 Whisper of Atonement Rank 125 24 Any Augmented Weapon 25 Staff of Herding 26 1,600 Bloodshards Potion 1 55 Primordial Ashes Potion 2 110 Primordial Ashes Potion 3 165 Primordial Ashes Uncover an Ancient Legend—Unlock All Seals
After you’ve conquered the armies of Hell and acquired the needed materials to unlock all Seals and Potions, you’ll receive a reward truly fitting of an unstoppable force—the Wings of Terror Cosmetic. We recommend you unlock all Seals and Potions within the Altar of Rites, not only to inspire terror within your foes, but also to piece together the fragments of Sanctuary’s past.
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Primordial Ashes Feature
Acquiring enough Primordial Ashes to offer to the Altar of Rites is no small task. That’s why we are adding a new Primordial Ashes feature with this patch to aid in your quest.
At the Blacksmith, you can now salvage a Primal Item for 55 Primordial Ashes. We have also added a Primal Item recipe to Kanai’s Cube—it will cost 100 Primordial Ashes and any non-crafted Legendary Item.
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Monk Skill Changes
Monk
Combination Strike Passive Skill: Each different Spirit Generator you use increases your damage by 10% for three seconds. Each Spirit Generator you use increases the damage of your other Spirit Generators by 100% for 10 seconds. Crippling Wave Skill: Every third hit also dazes enemies within 11 yards, slowing their movement speed by 30% and attack speed by 20% for three seconds. Every third hit also dazes enemies within 11 yards, slowing their movement speed by 30% and attack speed by 20% for 10 seconds. Concussion Rune: Enemies hit by Crippling Wave deal 20% less damage for three 10 seconds. Breaking Wave Rune: Enemies hit by Crippling Wave take 10% additional damage from all attacks for three 10 seconds. Deadly Reach Skill: Foresight Rune: Every third hit also increases the damage of all your stacks by 15% for five seconds. Foresight Rune: Every enemy hit with the third hit increases your damage by 15% for 10 seconds. Way of the Hundred Fists: Assimilation Rune: Each enemy hit with the third hit increases your damage by 5% for five seconds. Assimilation Rune: Each enemy hit with the third hit increases your damage by 5% for 10 seconds. Return to Top
Item Changes
Barbarian
Horde of the Ninety Savages (6-piece bonus): Frenzy deals 1,000% increased damage per stack. Frenzy deals 2,000% increased damage per stack. Demon Hunter
Chanon Bolter: Spike Traps lure enemies to them. Enemies may be taunted once every 12-16 seconds. Your Spike Traps lure enemies to them and deal 150-200% increased damage. Enemies may be taunted once every 10 seconds. The Demon’s Demise: The blast from Spike Trap will damage all enemies again after one second. Each blast from Spike Trap will damage all enemies again after 1 second and deals 150-200% increased damage. Natalya’s Slayer: Increases Rain of Vengeance Damage by 20-25%. Increases Spike Trap Damage by 10 -15%. Natalya’s Vengeance (2-piece bonus): Reduce the cooldown of Rain of Vengeance by 4 seconds when you hit with a Hatred-generating attack or Hatred-spending attack. Hitting an enemy summons a Spike Trap if it is on your action bar. Each Spike Trap detonation restores 1 Discipline. Natalya’s Vengeance (4-piece bonus): Rain of Vengeance deals 100% increased damage. Laying a Spike Trap grants 60% damage reduction. The duration of this bonus is always equal to the number of already laid traps in seconds. Natalya’s Vengeance (6-piece bonus): After casting Rain of Vengeance, deal 14,000% increased damage and take 60% reduced damage for 10 seconds. Spike Traps deal 10,000% increased damage, and each consecutive blast from the detonation chain reaction will deal 10% more damage than the previous blast. Trag’oul Coils: Spike Traps gain the Impaling Spines Rune and are deployed twice as fast. Spike Traps gain the Scatter Rune, are deployed twice as fast, and deal 150-200% increased damage. Unhallowed Essence (6-piece bonus): Hatred generators, Vengeance attacks, and Multishot deal 350% increased damage per point of Discipline the Demon Hunter currently has. Hatred generators, Vengeance attacks, and Multishot deal 1700% increased damage per point of discipline the Demon Hunter currently has. Monk
Patterns of Justice (6-piece bonus): Hitting with Tempest Rush while Sweeping Wind is active increases the size of Sweeping Wind as well and increases all damage delt by 15,000%. Hitting with Tempest Rush while Sweeping Wind is active increases the size of Sweeping Wind as well and increases all damage dealt by 20,000. Raiment of Thousand Storms (4-piece bonus): Dashing Strike spends 75 Spirit but refunds a Charge when it does. Dashing Strike spends 25 Spirit but refunds a Charge when it does. Necromancer
Masquerade of the Burning Carnival (6-piece bonus): Bone Spear deals 6,000% increased damage Bone Spear deals 9,000% increased damage. Simulacrums gain triple this bonus. Wizard
The Typhon’s Veil (6-piece-bonus): Hydras deal 2,000% increased damage for each Hydra head alive. Hydras deal 4,000% increased damage for each Hydra head alive. Return 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.
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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!
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By Staff
The Darkening of Tristram Anniversary Event returns to Diablo 3 on January 3.
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Diablo’s anniversary is right around the corner, along with the Darkening of Tristram event! Whether you’re a series veteran craving nostalgia, or a newcomer hungry for your first taste of the franchise’s past, this annual loving homage to the earliest days of Diablo is for you.
Read on for more, including a closer look at the anniversary dungeon and its unique rewards.
Stop the Cultists
Your journey begins on the trail of a group of mysterious cultists causing trouble in Sanctuary. As you hunt them down in Adventure Mode, you’ll uncover clues leading to a portal into Tristram’s past, and the terrifying darkness that took hold of the town so many years ago. . . .
Explore the Cathedral
Follow the clues and you’ll soon find yourself in a realm of glorious RetroVision™, where an all-too-familiar cathedral looms. Explore the depths and you’ll discover familiar enemies and iconic items, all brought to life in the Diablo III engine. Meanwhile, deep beneath the catacombs, the Dark Lord himself awaits any intrepid adventurer who dares to challenge him. . . .
Discover Precious Loot
What is a Diablo game without shiny new loot to call your own? Completing activities in the anniversary event yields unique transmogrification effects, achievements, portraits, pets, and more.
While some rewards are easy to find, others may have you scouring every nook or unlocking every achievement before you can get your hands on them. Can you earn them all? There’s only one way to find out!
Your Journey Begins…
Exclusive rewards and challenging enemies await you, but they won’t last forever! The cultists will appear on December 31 at 4 p.m. PST, and the portal opens January 3 at the same hour. Both parts of the event end January 31 at 4 p.m. PST.
Enter the dungeon, reap your rewards, and survive the evils within—or die in the process, never to be heard from again. . . .
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By Staff
There's a holiday event coming to Diablo 3 as well! You can get gifts from your regular mob-killing activities, and those gifts have some resources and could even have pets and cosmetics!
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We wish you one Hell of a holiday season!
Winter has befallen Sanctuary—and with it, a fresh layer of demonic trickery has coated the land. During this time of year, mortals exchange gifts to spread holiday cheer, but the Burning Hell’s helpers have thwarted this celebration by stealing all the gifts for their own nefarious purposes.
Restoring this time of glee rests squarely on your shoulders, Nephalem. Can you save this Hellish Holiday?
Slay Hell’s Helpers to Recover Gifts
From December 16, 11:00 a.m.–February 5, 11:00 a.m. PST, you’ll need to put the sword to Treasure Goblins and Greater Rift Guardians for a chance at recovering a Gift. Because of their hardiness, Greater Rift Guardians have an increased chance of dropping a Gift. Sanctuary’s denizens were especially generous in their offerings to one another this year, ranging from helpful resources to rarefied gear—here is what you can potentially receive from any recovered Gifts:
Each Gift will always contain the following items:
Five Khanduran Rune, Caldeum Nightshade, Arreat War Tapestry, Corrupted Angel Flesh, and Westmarch Holy Water Arcane Dust Death’s Breaths Forgotten souls Reusable Parts Veiled Crystals Each Gift could also contain one of the following items:
Wings Cosmic Wings Falcon’s Wings Pets Blaze Buddy The Bumble Charlotte Friendly Gauntlet Galthrak the Unhinged Grunkk Haunting Hannah Humbart Wessel Lady Morthanlu Lamb Liv Moore Malfeasance Ms. Madeleine The Mimic Overseer Lady Josephine Queen of the Succubi That Which Must Not Be Named The Stomach Unihorn Transmogs Amberwing The Clipper Crossbow of Corvus Flail of Carnage Ghoul King's Blade God Butcher Hand of Despair Helm of Cranial Crustacean The Horadric Hamburger King Maker Lachdanan's Stormshield Mace of the Crows Man Prodder Panther's Claw The Que-Hegan's Will Quinquennial Sword Rakanishu's Blade The Reaper's Kiss Second Quinquennial Sword Spectrum Star Helm Star Pauldrons Steffon's Heavy Lance Sungjae's Fury Templar's Chain Misc Sword of Mediocrity Blood Shards Coal (Glowing Ore) May your holidays be full of demons to slay!
-The Diablo III Team
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