Diablo 3 Patch v1.07: Patch Notes

Diablo 3 Patch v1.07: Patch Note

The Diablo 3 patch v1.07 is live and playable on the PTR and the patch notes have been posted. Keep in mind that these may change and be added to during the testing period, before the patch goes live on the full realms. The notes are extensive and detail huge buffs to a number of Monk skills, the properties of the new level 15 Marquise gems, and more. Click through to read the full list, because long.

PTR Patch 1.0.7 – v.1.0.7.14161
These notes will be updated through the course of the testing process. Please be aware some changes may not go live until a new PTR build is released.
Patch Features

General

Auction House

Battle.net

Bosses

Classes

Crafting

Items

Monsters

User Interface

Bug Fixes

Patch Features

New Feature: Dueling
For those who wish to test their mettle against fellow Nephalem, your time has come. Players will now be able to duel one another in a new zone designed specifically for this style of combat. This zone can be accessed by speaking with Nek the Brawler located at the inn in New Tristram, and supports 2 to 4 players in a Free-For-All format.

General

Nephalem Valor stacks will now persist through Acts

Base pick-up radius for all characters has been increased from 1.5 yards to 3 yards

The resurrection timer will no longer increase if a player is killed multiple times in a row

Players should no longer play a flinching animation (causing them to briefly lose control of their character) if they are hit by multiple monsters at the same timeTe experience bonus rewarded for killing monsters on Monster Power levels 1-10 in Inferno has been increased:

MP 1: 25% (up from 10%)

MP 2: 50% (up from 20%)

MP 3: 80% (up from 30%)

MP 4: 120%(up from 45%)

MP 5: 165% (up from 60%)

MP 6: 215% (up from 75%)

MP 7: 275% (up from 95%)

MP 8: 340% (up from 115%)

MP 9: 420% (up from 135%

MP 10: 510% (up from 160%)

When resuming a game, players will now be placed in town instead of at the last known checkpoint (a portal will be available to take you to your last known checkpoint, if desired)

Auction House

User Interface

Cancelled PayPal auctions will now display a UI error

Bug Fixes

Stash Tab Art will now properly update when viewed in the Auction House

Battle.net

General

Monster Power is now available for Public Games

Players can now select their desired Monster Power level from a drop-down when joining Public Games provided that the “Enable Monster Power” box has been checked in the Options menu

“Report Botting” has been added to the right-click > report player menus

The Battle.net UI now displays how many players are online

Bosses

General

Izual is now included in the list of bosses that grant an extra reward when you have 5 stacks of Nephalem Valor, and the overall reward for killing him has been increased

Classes

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Barbarian
Bug Fixes

Threatening Shout – Grim Harvest should no longer cause monsters to drop loot multiple times

Demon Hunter
Bug Fixes

The Reflects Damage affix will now properly reflect damage caused by Bola Shot

Monk
Active Skills
Cyclone Strike

Weapon damage increased from 100% to 313%

Dashing Strike

Weapon damage increased from 160% to 303%

Exploding Palm

Explosion damage increased from 30% to 50% of the target’s maximum health

Inner Sanctuary

Radius increased from 8 yards to 11 yards

Skill Rune – Forbidden Palace

Damage bonus increased from 10% to 15%

Skill Rune – Sanctified Ground

Now reduces enemy movement speed by 80% (up from 60%)

Lashing Tail Kick

Weapon damage increased from 235% to 470%

Mystic Ally

The amount of damage a Mystic Ally can take from a single hit is now capped

The cap scales with the player’s level, and is further reduced by the player’s Armor and Resistance

Skill Rune – Eternal Ally

Weapon Damage increased from 40% to 60%.

The Eternal Ally now has a 100% chance to be reborn after 3 seconds (up from 50% and down from 5 seconds).

Skill Rune – Fire Ally

The cooldown of the Fire Ally’s special attack has been reduced from 8 seconds to 4 seconds.

Skill Rune – Water Ally

The Water Ally’s special attack now reduces enemy movement speed by 60% (up from 30%).

The cooldown of the Water Ally’s special attack has been reduced from 8 seconds to 4 seconds

Sweeping Wind

Base weapon damage increased from 15% to 20% per stack.

Skill Rune – Blade Storm

Weapon damage increased from 20% to 26% per stack

Skill Rune – Cyclone

Weapon damage increased from 20% to 26% per stack

Tempest Rush

Weapon Damage increased from 85% to 155%

Wave of Light

Weapon damage increased from 390% to 829%.

Monk Passive Skills
Near Death Experience

Dying will now reset the cooldown.

Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where Sweeping Wind was not actively updating its damage and attributes from the player

Witch Doctor

Active Skills
Spirit Barrage

Skill Rune – Well of Souls

The secondary missiles fired by this rune can now hit the primary target

Wizard

Active Skills
Arcane Orb

Weapon damage increased from 175% to 200%

Skill Rune – Obliteration

Weapon damage increased from 228% to 260%

Blizzard

Weapon damage increased from 210% to 510% over 6 seconds

Proc coefficient increased from 0.01 to 0.0125

Skill Rune – Grasping Chill

Proc coefficient increased from 0.01 to 0.0125

Skill Rune – Frozen Solid

Proc coefficient increased from 0.01 to 0.0125

Skill Rune – Stark Winter

Proc coefficient increased to from 0.005 to 0.0125

Skill Rune – Snowbound

Proc coefficient increased to from 0.01 to 0.0125

Skill Rune – Unrelenting Storm

Weapon damage increased from 280% to 680%

Shock Pulse

Weapon damage increased from 105% to 150%

Proc coefficient increased from 0.667 to 0.8
Skill Rune – Fire Bolts

Weapon damage increased from 152% to 195%

Proc coefficient increased from 0.667 to 0.8

Skill Rune – Explosive Bolts

Weapon damage increased from 70% to 105%

Proc coefficient increased from 0.5 to 0.8

Skill Rune – Lightning Affinity

Proc coefficient increased from 0.667 to 0.8

Skill Rune – Living Lightning

Weapon damage increased from 37% to 52%

Passive Skills
Critical Mass

Critical Mass now affects the cooldowns of Archon: Teleport and Archon: Slow Time while in Archon Form

Temporal Flux

Now reduces enemy movement speed by 60% for 3 seconds (up from 30% and 2 seconds)

Unstable Anomaly

Now activates upon receiving fatal damage (changed from when a player is reduced below 30% Life)

Dying will now reset the cooldown

Bug Fixes

Blizzard Critical Hits now correctly have a chance to proc Arcane Power on Crit

Crafting

General

A new crafting reagent, Demonic Essence, has been added to the game

This reagent is account-bound and can be acquired from Elite monsters in Inferno difficulty

Nephalem Valor will not be required in order for Demonic Essences to drop

However, each level of Monster Power will increase the drop chance of Demonic Essence from Elites according to the following values:

• MP 0: 20.0000%
• MP 1: 23.0000%
• MP 2: 26.4500%
• MP 3: 30.4175%
• MP 4: 34.9801%
• MP 5: 40.2271%
• MP 6: 46.2612%
• MP 7: 53.2004%
• MP 8: 61.1805%
• MP 9: 70.3575%
• MP 10: 80.9112%

The drop rate for Blacksmithing Plans and Jeweler Designs has been increased by 400%
Blacksmith
Four Rare recipes have been added to the Blacksmith: Archon Spaulders (Shoulders), Archon Gauntlets (Gloves), Archon Armor (Chest Armor), Razorspikes (Bracers)
Each crafted item will have the following characteristics:

iLevel 63

6 Affixes

Account-bound

Similar to the Hellfire Ring, it will have four variants, each guaranteeing a fixed core stat which will have the highest range available in the game
Crafting the item will require 1 Demonic Essence (other reagent costs will vary per recipe).
Jeweler
A new Rare recipe has been added to the Jeweler for an Amulet. This amulet will have the following characteristics:

iLevel 63

6 Affixes

Account-bound

Similar to the Hellfire Ring, it will have four variants, each guaranteeing a fixed core stat which will have the highest range available in the game
Crafting the item will require the 1 Demonic Essence as well as:

100,000 gold

1 Perfect Gem (varied depending on which core stat you select)

1 Fiery Brimstone

A new tier of account-bound gems of has been added to the game: Marquise. Marquise Gems stats are as follows:
Marquise Emerald

Weapon: Increased Critical Hit Damage by 110%

Helm: +33% Extra Gold from Monsters

Armor: +62 Dexterity

Marquise Topaz

Weapon: Melee attackers take 2200 per hit

Helm: 33% Better chance of finding magical items

Armor: +62 Intelligence

Marquise Amethyst

Weapon: Each Hit adds +700 Life

Helm: +19% Life

Armor: +62 Vitality

Marquise Ruby

Weapon: +150 Minimum and +150 Maximum Damage

Helm: Increases Bonus Experience by 33%

Armor: +62 Strength

These gems can only be created at the Jeweler and will require the following reagents:

3 Radiant Star Gems

20 million gold

1 Demonic Essence

Un-socketing Marquise gems will cost 5 million gold. The designs for the Marquise gems will drop randomly from all level 63 monsters.

Note: The designs are not account-bound

Items

General
Crafting Plans and Jeweler Designs have been added for all of the new Rare recipes listed above. These plans (excluding the chest piece) will drop randomly in the world, but have a 50% chance to drop off the following bosses when you have 5 stacks of Nephalem Valor:

Skeleton King

Spider Queen

Maghda

Zoltun Kulle

Ghom

Cydaea

Rakanoth

Izual

The Archon Armor recipe can be purchased from Squirt the Peddler for 1.5 million gold each. Please note that neither the Crafting plans nor the Jeweler Design are account-bound.

Holding shift while buying health potions will attempt to purchase 5 potions at once

Follower items below iLevel 60 will no longer drop in Inferno.

Goldskin now has a limit on the number of times it can proc on a single target.

Vendors

Squirt the Peddler no longer sells Dyes, but (as noted above) will now sell the plans for the Archon Armor recipe for 1.5 million gold each
Bug Fixes

Goldskin will no longer proc when attacking monsters that drop no loot

Plans: Staff of Herding can now be dropped on the ground, or sold to a vendor for 0 gold

All Staves of Herding can now be sold to a vendor for 0 gold

Monsters

General
The Reflects Damage affix has been redesigned:

It will now apply a short duration buff to the monster and will only reflect a percentage of damage dealt back to the player while that buff is active

A visual effect will display whenever the durational buff is active

Damage dealt by pets to monster with Reflects Damage affix will no longer be reflected back to the player

Damage dealt by the Molten affix has been reduced by 40%

Damage dealt by the Plagued affix has been increased by 120%

Fallen Lunatics should now detonate in a more consistent manner

The Triune Berserker before Alcarnus should no longer swing faster after a few attacks.Keywardens:

The Act II Keywarden (Sokahr) should now only use its mortar ability in Inferno difficulty

The Act III Keywarden (Xah’Rith) should now only use its rain of corpses ability in Inferno difficulty

The Act IV Keywarden (Nekarat) should now only use its earthquake and charge abilities in Inferno difficulty

Bug Fixes

Rare Sand Dwellers will now spawn in The Forgotten Ruins

Champion Plague Swarms will now spawn in Cryder’s Outpost

Champion Fallen Cur will now spawn in The Storm Halls

User Interface

General
Legendary items now have a new mini-map icon

This icon should now persist properly and be shown on the mini-map so long as the player is in the same zone as the dropped item

Note: The icon will only display when Legendary items are dropped by a monster, not a player

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue causing the Enable Monster Power option to reset

Fixed an issue affecting the scroll speed of text

Vendors will now properly display an Armor tab when you are in an Inferno game with Monster Power set above 0.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where new Hardcore characters were not labeled as Hardcore on the homepage

Fixed an error that could occur when closing the World of Warcraft client while the Diablo III client was still running