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<p>We have a solid batch of hotfixes today, as Blizzard fix a number of bugs in the game. </p>



<p>Masterworking returns after it was briefly away after the recent patch, Rogues get their Scoundrel&#8217;s Kiss back, and an issue with Vulnerable not working properly with bosses for a lot of abilities has also been fixed. Here&#8217;s the full list:</p>



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        <h3>HOTFIX 1 &#8211; May 30, 2024 &#8211; 1.4.1</h3>
<p>This hotfix is currently rolling out and should be fully rolled out in the coming hours.</p>
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<li>Fixed an issue where unlock status of Masterworking was reset.</li>
<li>Fixed an issue where using Boulder and Hurricane with Dolmen Stone equipped did not behave appropriately.</li>
<li>Various performance and stability improvements</li>
<li>Fixed an issue where various damage multipliers, such as Damage to Vulnerable, were not working at full strength against bosses.
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<li>Frigid Fate paragon node</li>
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<li>Aspect of Shredding Blades</li>
<li>Glinting Firebolt</li>
<li>Enhanced Firewall</li>
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<li>Enhanced Dash</li>
<li>Fundamental Heartseeker</li>
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Diablo 4 Hotfixes: May 30th


<p>Patch 2.1 AKA Season 7 is bringing some major improvements to both legendary Aspects and Unique items! </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Legendary Aspects</h2>



<p>First off we have the already announced improvement to Ancestral Aspects. In Season 6 players have been very frustrated by the very difficult process by which we can get Aspect ranks. Once we reach a certain Aspect rank in the Codex, only Ancestral items can have high enough Aspect values to upgrade our rank. However, those values were rolled completely randomly. So despite getting an Ancestral legendary, you could still get a lower Aspect roll than what you need to upgrade it for the Codex. </p>



<p>Luckily that&#8217;s about to change in Season 7. We now have the full details of the (massive) improvement to Ancestrals. The minimum roll on an Ancestral legendary item&#8217;s Aspect values will now be equal to the maximum of a non-Ancestral legendary! So now it will be much easier to rank up those Codex Aspects and get some solid builds going! </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Unique Items</h2>



<p>Uniques are getting a similar treatment, but instead of Ancestrals being affected, it&#8217;s Greater Affixes. Unique power rolls on items will now get higher rolls for each Greater Affix present on the item. This means the more GA&#8217;s you get on a Unique, the higher the baseline roll for its power values will be! And that&#8217;s not all, as all Uniques are getting a baseline reduction in variance on their power values as well. So it&#8217;s better numbers on Unique powers all around! </p>



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Unique Item and Legendary Aspect Power Rolls Increased on Ancestral and Greater Affix Drops


<p>Season 7 is bringing some serious improvements to Infernal Hordes! From quality of live benefits to more Compasses, increased gold rewards and more, let&#8217;s dive in. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Stackable Compasses</h2>



<p>In today&#8217;s patch 2.1/Season 7 notes Blizzard shared that <a class="icy-gtnbrg-link" href="#"><span class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip"><img decoding="async" class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip-img" src="https://static.icy-veins.com/wp/static/d4/latest/images/icons/2DInventory_DungeonSigils_7.webp" alt="Infernal Compass"><span class="tooltip-spell-name" data-item-type="Reputation Cache" data-item-quality="magic">Infernal Compass</span></span></a>es will now stack in player inventories! We will still need a few slots for them, as only the same tier compasses will stack. But that&#8217;s still a huge win for our inventory space! Their stack limit is 99, so let&#8217;s see if anyone can gather up enough to have one tier take up more than one slot. Old ones on Eternal realms will be changed to &#8220;Broken Compass&#8221;, but you can just use that to generate a new random, stackable version. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">A More Consistent Source</h2>



<p>The way compasses drop is also getting changed. Greater Helltide chests will now have a higher chance of dropping them, while other activities will have lower drop rates. Whisper bounties, Nightmare Dungeons, Lesser Helltide chests and the Pit will drop compasses less frequently. So now we have a very specific way in which to get access to Infernal Hordes, and with the changes to Cinder drop rates (if they remain this insane in Season 7) it should be easier than ever to get in there! </p>



<p>There is also a brand new way to get compasses, as a new Whisper Cache will be added to the game, and it drops 3 compasses and 3 NMD sigils! </p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Infernal Hordes Activity Changes</h2>



<p>A particularly nasty bug that caused progression in hordes to just stop was hopefully fixed for good this time. Enemies could become untargetable, which would brick your compass, and Blizzard say this will be fixed in the new season.</p>



<p>We&#8217;re also getting more gold from the Gold chest at the end of the activity! The amount wasn&#8217;t specified, but it should be significant if it deserved its own patch note.</p>



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<p>So it&#8217;s time to get into Infernal Hordes more frequently and consistently, get more gold, AND potentially not have your progress halted! Season 7 should arrive on January 21st, according to the Season 6 Battle Pass, but that may change.  </p>


Infernal Compasses Stack, Drop Rates Adjusted and More: Infernal Hordes Changes in Diablo 4 Season 7

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<p>Here&#8217;s a good news-bad news scenario, as a player gathered up a whole lot of Mythic uniques and runes to get a good Greater Affix (GA) roll on a <a class="icy-gtnbrg-link" href="#"><span class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip"><img decoding="async" class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip-img" src="https://static.icy-veins.com/wp/static/d4/latest/images/icons/2DInventory_Items_Torso_Generic_14.webp" alt="Shroud of False Death"><span class="tooltip-spell-name" data-item-type="Chest Armor" data-item-quality="mythic">Shroud of False Death</span></span></a>. Except before they took the plunge and started crafting, an almost perfect one dropped the regular way! </p>



<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/raphattack/">Raphattack</a> was gathering a whole lot of runes and potential Resplendent Sparks to mass-craft a whole lot of Shrouds. Even then they were well aware of the almost futile nature of it. They already had a regular Shroud, but were going to roll the dice on more than one Greater Affix. Fully expecting to make 20 or so Shrouds and have none of them be better than 1 GA, a miracle happened and a triple one dropped just out of the blue! Andariel was the generous boss that made it all happen. </p>



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<p>We even got a breakdown of all the Mythics present in the bank tab, which was also changed to purple &#8211; which you clearly need when you have a full stash tab of Mythics).</p>



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<li>6x Andy&#8217;s.</li>



<li>5x Shakos, zero cooldown reduction :(.</li>



<li>2x Heir of Perditions</li>



<li>2x Tyrael&#8217;s</li>



<li>2x Shroud</li>



<li>9x Shattered Vow</li>



<li>9x Nesekem, The Herald</li>



<li>11x Ring of Starless Skies, zero +core skills 🙁</li>



<li>4x Melted Heart</li>
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<p>So if you were planning on crafting a whole lot of a specific Mythic, maybe do them one by one, and not 20 at a time and save yourself some materials! </p>


Player Saves Full Bank Tab of Mythics and Over 450 Runes to Craft Mythic Unique, Then it Drops With 3 Greater Affixes


<p>Blizzard made several quality-of-life improvements for Whispers in Patch 2.1! Check them out!</p>



<p>The &#8220;town&#8221; near the Tree of Whispers has been updated with more services. The layout has changed to make it more convenient to navigate.</p>



<p>Players can turn in Whispers remotely without leaving the zone at Raven of the Tree.</p>



<p>Finally, Ancient caches have been added to the Tree of Whispers. Their drop rate is meager, but they are there!</p>



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Tree of Whispers Updates in Patch 2.1


<p>The mid-season patch brought a lot of balance changes to the game. However, the biggest change it made was an undocumented one, and possibly an unintended one. Aberrant Cinders have been dropping like rain ever since patch 2.0.5, and players have been racking up some astonishing amounts. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Cinderpocalypse</h2>



<p>With the extremely generous new drop rates it&#8217;s time to see just how far we can push this. One player has already gone for it and got just shy of 16,000 with 2 seconds to go! </p>



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<p>The Blood Maiden events in particular drop insane amounts, so the giant number is reliant on finding chain-summons of the maiden. And it&#8217;s definitely possible to get more, but just how much more? </p>



<p>Now, once you get all these thousands of cinders, you can&#8217;t really do much with them. You don&#8217;t need that many to open up all the Helltide chests and after that they&#8217;re just a big number on the screen and nothing else. Players are already thinking up ways to use the excess currency, however. </p>



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<p><br>So, what&#8217;s your max cinder count? And what do you think the extra ones should be able to be spent on?</p>


Maximum Cinder: 16,000 During One Helltide – How Many Did You Get?

<p>The holiday season brings fiery deals to Sanctuary! From now until December 2, players can enjoy <strong>25% off</strong> all editions of Diablo 4&#8217;s Vessel of Hatred expansion.</p>



<p>For even greater savings, grab the <strong>Diablo 4 Expansion Bundle</strong>, combining the base game and expansion at <strong>35% off</strong>! Whether you&#8217;re returning to Sanctuary or venturing in for the first time, these discounts make it the perfect time to battle the Burning Hells.</p>



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<p>Discover the new Runes coming in Diablo 4&#8217;s Season 7!</p>



<p>During the <a href="https://www.icy-veins.com/d4/news/season-7-campfire-chat-overview-balance-changes-patch-2-1-details/">Season 7 Campfire Chat</a>, Diablo 4 devs revealed 3 new runes coming in the forthcoming season! The new additions include 2 ritual runes and 1 rune of invocation.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">New Ritual Runes</h2>



<p><strong>Nagu Legendary Rune</strong></p>



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<li>100 Offering generated.</li>



<li>Maintain at least 1 Summon for 5 seconds, up to 6 Summons for maximum benefit.</li>
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<p><strong>Igni Legendary Rune</strong></p>



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<li>25 Offering Generated</li>



<li>Stores offering every 0.3 seconds. Cast a non-Basic Skill to gain the stored offering (Up to 500 Offering).</li>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">New Rune of Invocation</h2>



<ul>
<li><strong>Chac Rare Rune</strong></li>



<li>Costs 20 Offering</li>



<li>220 % Weapon Damage</li>



<li>Invoke Druid Lightning Bolts striking a nearby enemy</li>



<li>Overflow: Spawn more Lightning Bolts</li>
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New Runes Coming in Season 7


<p>Here&#8217;s an interesting look at some drop stats, as <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/CookieDevAuror/">CookieDevAuror</a> noted many of their Helltide runs and took a look at just how many of the new <a class="icy-gtnbrg-link" href="#"><span class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip"><img decoding="async" class="icy-gtnbrg-tooltip-img" src="https://static.icy-veins.com/wp/static/d4/latest/images/icons/2DInventory_Consumables_9.webp" alt="Gileon's Brew"><span class="tooltip-spell-name" data-item-type="Elixir" data-item-quality="magic">Gileon&#8217;s Brew</span></span></a> elixir dropped and from where. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Get Your Brews While You Can</h2>



<p>Gileon&#8217;s Brew grants 15% XP, increased heb and crafting material drops and makes enemies take 20% more damage. That&#8217;s extremely handy! However, it is a limited time drop during this year&#8217;s Midwinter Blight. The event ends on December 3rd, so there is still time to get it. </p>



<p>But what&#8217;s the best way to get it?</p>



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<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/CookieDevAuror/">CookieDevAuror</a> ran the numbers and shared them with the community. You can check out all the details and stats above and an updated version<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vS4iWOkGbUStAsqtnlUUrv08elWO7KPSxjqd4XUJgnPCp5kKss2vHQ-7hqAtepcmf5pikaz75KWOxOU/pubhtml"> in the google sheet here</a>. The general conclusion from all the data seems to be to farm regular non-Bloodmaiden Helltide enemies to fill up the threat meter. Once maxed, you have a 50% chance to get a Red-Cloaked Horror instead of the usual Hellborne, and they always drop a Gileon&#8217;s Brew. </p>



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<p>There are many ways to fill your threat meter, you just need a whole lot of mobs. The hell and soulspires are pretty solid in case you&#8217;re in a crowded Helltide zone. But there are plenty of other events and just very solid density in Helltides that you may not even need those. </p>



<p>So stock up on those elixirs and hoard them for when you want to push your highest Pit this season! </p>


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