⚡ TL;DR — Recent Big Changes

• 3.1.2 (Jul 28): Season of Death Awakening bug fixes · Rogue Dash / Shadow Play damage fix · Mythic Uniques recyclable · Cube recipe renamed Upgrade→Craft.
• 3.1.1 (Jul 14): Mythic boss drop bug fixed · Upgrade-to-Mythic 5→4 Fragments · Reaper/board Fragment buffs · Temis reputation board.
• 3.1.0 (Jun 30): Season 14 Death Awakening · Mythic Unique 3.0 · SSF · Corrupted Reaper · large class balance pass.
• 3.0.2 (May 13): Sorcerer recovery (Meteor, Fireball, CL, Ice Shards, Hydra) · Storm Shepherd Druid rework · War Plans group fixes.
• LoH launch week: Necro Iron Maiden / Bone Prison nerfs · Limitless Rage disable/re-enable · exploit closures · Pit auto-exit removed.

Targeted Season of Death Awakening bug-fix pass (Infernal Horde, Soul Eater, Altar of Avarice, Cosmic Archives), a Rogue Dash / Shadow Play damage fix, Mythic Uniques made recyclable, and the Mythic Horadric Cube recipe renamed "Upgrade" → "Craft". No balance changes.

• ✓ FIX Season of Death Awakening fixes: Whisper icon obscuring Infernal Horde teleport, Soul Eater freeze-kill spawn stall, Deathtoll Chamber completing before Soul Eater is slain, Altar of Avarice over-spawns, Cosmic Archives Stronghold objective-skip, and lingering Indigo mount VFX.
• ✓ FIX Rogue's Dash no longer deals an incorrect amount of damage with the Shadow Play Variant; fixed abilities that could stop Infernal Hordes from starting.
• ◆ QOL Mythic Unique items can now be recycled; Mythic crafting Horadric Cube recipe renamed from "Upgrade" to "Craft"; various visual texture fixes.

Fixes Mythic Unique drop sources (including Lair Bosses), trims Upgrade-to-Mythic fragment cost, buffs Corrupted Reaper / board Fragment rewards, and ships a long S14 + class bug list.

• ✓ FIX Fixed sources that prevented Uniques from dropping as Mythic, including Lair Bosses.
• ▲ BUFF Increased chance that naturally dropped Mythics are Iconic Mythics.
• ◆ QOL Upgrade to Mythic recipe cost reduced from 5 to 4 Pandemonium Fragments.
• ▲ BUFF Corrupted Reaper now drops up to two Pandemonium Fragments, scaling with Torment.
• ▲ BUFF Repeatable Glints of Hope reputation reward now guarantees a Pandemonium Fragment.
• ◆ QOL Seasonal Reputation Board added to Temis; Deathtoll Chambers always grant at least one Superior Lair Key at high Torment.
• ✓ FIX El'druin, Sword of Justice added to the Blacksmith Mythic Unique Cache. Terrorize The Night Season Rank objective fixed.
• ✓ FIX Warlock Mefis / Flesh of Abaddon set bugs, Spiritborn Stinger over-damage, Tower party rewards, SSF Friends-list icon, Rupture spawn distance, and many War Plans mutator loot bugs fixed.

Season of Death Awakening launch: Pandemonium Ruptures, Mythic Unique 3.0, Solo Self-Found, Corrupted Reaper, large class balance pass, War Plans shared boards, and extensive bug fixes from PTR.

• ◆ QOL Season 14 live: Pandemonium Ruptures, Glints of Hope boards, Pandemonium Fragments, Corrupted Reaper, Solo Self-Found (Normal + Hardcore).
• ▲ BUFF Mythic Unique 3.0: any Unique can become Mythic by drop or craft; two guaranteed affixes on Uniques; slot-locked Upgrade-to-Mythic; one crafted Mythic equip limit.
• ▲ BUFF Broad class balance: Paladin Oaths/skills/uniques buffed; Warlock skills and aspects tuned; Sorcerer Fundamental Release / Icefall / Cain's Wild Lightning buffs; Rogue set retunes; Druid Survival Instincts rework.
• ◆ QOL Parties can generate fully shared War Plans boards with synchronized progression.
• ◆ QOL Betrayer's Husks renamed Superior Lair Keys. Echoing Hatred wave cap 150; mid-fight Mephisto cutscene skippable.
• ✓ FIX Hundreds of launch fixes for Ruptures, Mythic crafting, Talismans, Paladin/Warlock/Spiritborn skill tooltips and interactions.

Late Season 13 bug-fix pass before S14 rollover.

• ✓ FIX Fixed progression blocks for Of Void and Vessel (final boss / First Midwife objective order).
• ✓ FIX Additional quest, dungeon, and stability fixes across Lord of Hatred content.

Mid-Season 13 bug fixes and optimizations for base game and expansion content.

• ✓ FIX Quest and Stronghold progression blockers fixed (including Cosmic Archives edge cases).
• ✓ FIX Broader stability and content-blocking bug fixes across LoH systems.

First major post-Lord of Hatred patch: Sorcerer rework recovery, Storm Shepherd Druid set retune, War Plans group-play fixes, Party Finder additions, and dozens of bug fixes.

• ▲ BUFF Sorcerer recovery pass: Meteor, Fireball, Chain Lightning, Ice Shards, and Hydra all fixed and brought back to intended performance.
• ▲ BUFF The Oculus damage and cooldown bonuses restored to their intended values; Vox Omnium fixed.
• ▲ BUFF Storm Shepherd Druid set reworked — 2pc bonus now caps at 40%, 5pc bonus stacks with the 2pc, and Mark of the Old Wolf gains a DoT damage multiplier.
• ✓ FIX War Plans group play fixes: Nemesis Boss Lair, Varshan respawn, infinite farming loop, party removal handling, and reward distribution all addressed.
• ◆ QOL Echo of Mephisto and Echoing Hatred added to Party Finder.
• ✓ FIX Talismans, Charms, Horadric Cube, Undercity, and Pit bug fixes across the board.

Aspect of Limitless Rage re-enabled with the infinite-scaling fix in place.

• ▲ BUFF Re-enabled the Aspect of Limitless Rage after the Hotfix 5 disable. Aspect now functions as designed without the infinite-scaling bug.

Paladin Free Trial crash fix only.

• ✓ FIX Fixed crash issue with the Paladin Free Trial on Battle.net.

Three significant exploit closures: glyph dupe, unique dupe, infinite damage scaling.

• ▼ NERF Choron's Soul could be used to upgrade glyphs infinitely. Fixed.
• ▼ NERF Out of the Cold and Dog of Astaroth War Plan nodes were infinitely farming Unique items. Fixed.
• ▼ NERF Aspect of Limitless Rage was scaling damage infinitely. Aspect disabled while the fix rolled out (re-enabled in Hotfix 7).
• ✓ FIX Stability improvements applied.

Auto-exit portal walked back, Nemesis boss exploit closed.

• ◆ QOL Removed auto-exit portals after Pit and Tower runs. Per Blizzard, the feature "missed the mark" on its intended quality-of-life goal.
• ▼ NERF Closed exploit allowing infinite Nemesis boss lair re-farms via multiplayer difficulty-swap.
• ✓ FIX Resolved a co-op progression bug in The Soil, The Seed, The Fruit where simultaneous chain interactions could block progress.
• ✓ FIX General stability improvements.

Server stability and login queue tuning during launch surge.

• ✓ FIX Login queue and server-stability adjustments during the launch surge window.

Two big damage outliers nerfed; over-tuned monsters fixed.

• ▼ NERF Schadenfreude variant for Iron Maiden was doing far more damage than intended. Adjusted (Necromancer).
• ▼ NERF Bramble variant for Bone Prison was doing far more damage than intended. Adjusted (Necromancer).
• ✓ FIX Pangs of Duriel and Infernal Prison monsters had much higher health values than intended. Corrected.

Launch-day quest blocker fixes.

• ✓ FIX Fixed progression block in The Soil, The Seed, The Fruit.
• ✓ FIX Fixed Last of the Horadrim quest where party members weren't credited with completion, blocking the Talisman tab unlock.

Patch Stats

• Current Version 3.1.2
• Current Season S14 Death Awakening
• Major Patches 3.0.2 · 3.1.0 · 3.1.1
• LoH Launch Hotfixes 7
• Time Span Apr 28 – Jul 28
• Latest Focus S14 bug-fix cleanup