Below you'll find a list of hotfixes for the month of October which address various gameplay and service issues affecting Diablo III.

Hotfixes are updates we make on our end without requiring you to download a new patch. Some of the hotfixes below will go live the moment they are implemented, while others may require a restart to go into effect. As always, please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update.

October 31

Bug Fixes

Goldskin's "100% Extra Gold from Monsters" affix will no longer affect monsters that are not intended to drop any loot

Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Sokahr the Keywarden to become stuck at 1 point of health

Fixed an issue that caused the Butcher to go idle when stunned after performing his Charge attack during "The Imprisoned Angel: Kill the Butcher"

Fixed an issue that allowed some players to continue to dual-wield two-handed weapons under extremely rare circumstances

Fixed an issue that caused many players to receive an “Error 3006” when reaching the Retrieving Heroes step during login Please note that we've only resolved one cause for this error, and that it may still occur in some situations

Fixed a crash that could occur when gold dropped in bad locations

Fixed a crash that could occur when the game loaded the wrong zone (based on incorrect information about the player's location) and then attempted to clear that zone

October 23

General

The scaling bonus to monster damage in Inferno difficulty has been reduced by approximately 25% for all Monster Power levels For more information, please click here

The following changes have been made to Xah'rith the Keywarden: He can no longer spawn with the Illusionist or Fast affix The damage dealt by a number of his abilities has been reduced The movement speed reduction applied by his Cold attacks has been reduced His size has been slightly reduced



Bug Fixes

Fixed a server crash that could occur if a player transitioned between Acts while a "goatman" monster was drumming

October 18

Bug Fixes