Diablo® IV News

Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred patch buffs Legion events and fixes frustrations

The next Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred patch notes are here, and they're pretty lengthy. The ARPG's latest update is mostly focused on fixes, with some of the bigger frustrations tackled alongside some welcome changes for recurring irritations such as the constant flood of Gem Fragments. Alongside those come improvements to Legion events and the Kurast Undercity, as Blizzard prepares the table ahead of its midseason patch for Diablo 4 Season 6. There's a lot to dig through, so here are the most important changes.

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Diablo 4 dev asks players if broken Spiritborn builds should be fixed yet

If you're playing Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred, there's a very high chance you've picked up the new Spiritborn class. Not only is it fresh and shiny, making it more appealing than the options we've had for the past year of the base RPG, but it also boasts the strongest builds in Season 6 right now. As we near the midseason update, Blizzard stalwart and Diablo general manager Rod Fergusson asks whether some of its more broken aspects should be brought back in line, or if everyone is enjoying themselves too much to stop.

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Diablo 4 Halloween event features free cosmetics and a shrine shakeup

Diablo 4 seems like a dark enough game to get away with not having a Halloween event. That's not stopping Blizzard from jumping on the spooky season bandwagon, though, as it's just announced Diablo 4 Meat or Treat - a questionably-named event that'll add some new modifiers to your next dungeon run and will also bestow you with some freebies.

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Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred hotfix cuts down your resource grinding, again

If you've been grinding away in Diablo 4, it's just got even easier. With both Vessel of Hatred and Season of Hatred Rising now in full swing, that push for the best endgame loot and gear is upon us. Blizzard has already been buffing plenty of drops, but another hotfix has landed that smooths over the rough edges of the eternal grind. That's right, Rawhide, Iron Chunks, and even Seething Opal rewards have all been increased across the board.

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Diablo 4 mythic unique is already transforming builds after escaping ban list

Fresh off the Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred ban list, a new item is already proving itself to be one of the most valuable recent additions to the Blizzard RPG. Introduced alongside the expansion for Diablo 4 Season 6, the Shroud of False Death is a mythic unique, placing it in the elite echelons of the game's most powerful and sought-after items. Indeed, it proved a little too potent during beta testing, and was part of a short list of items temporarily removed from the game ahead of the Vessel of Hatred launch. Now, it's finally back - and it's already feeling like a must-have for just about any build that can spare the space.

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