Below you'll find a list of hotfixes 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. Please keep in mind that some issues cannot be addressed without a client-side patch update. We will continue to update this thread in the days ahead as additional hotfixes are applied.

Spoiler Warning: If you have not yet completed Diablo III on Normal, some hotfixes described in this list may include spoilers.

May 23

Monsters

Mehtan the Necromancer and his skeletons can no longer be used to kill other monsters which have been kited to their location before or after the "Restless Sands" event

May 22

General

Players will now receive an error message when attempting to remove a gem from an item with no sockets (rather than disconnecting)

Players will now properly have their casting interrupted when attacked while performing resurrect on a fallen group member

Resolved over 30 game and service crashes affecting players

Classes

Demon Hunter Active Skills Smoke Screen Duration reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second (tooltip will still show 2 seconds) Skill Rune - Lingering Fog Now increases the duration of Smoke Screen to 1.5 seconds (tooltip will still show 3 seconds)

Monk Active Skills Fists of Thunder Skill Rune - Quickening Fixed an issue that was causing spirit regeneration to incorrectly trigger off critical hits from other sources, such as Sweeping Wind Mantra of Healing Mantra of Healing will now correctly provide only two times the base healing effect for the first 3 seconds after activation, down from four times the base healing effect (tooltip will still show the old value) Skill Rune - Boon of Protection A maximum absorption amount has been set to 1000 Life. This skill will be redesigned in an upcoming patch.



Wizard Active Skills Arcane Torrent Skill Rune - Cascade Fixed an issue that was causing Arcane Torrent to fire 3 new missiles per kill instead of only 1 new missile per kill Number of simultaneously missiles generated from this rune will now cap at 10 missiles Energy Armor Skill Rune - Force Armor Amount of damage absorbed from a single attack will now cap at 100% of a player’s maximum Life



Items

The chest spawn in the Town Cellar in Alcanus has been changed from a 100% chance to spawn a Resplendant chest to a 50% chance to spawn a Normal chest

Players can no longer dual-wield two-handed weapons

May 18

Classes

Monk Active Skills Serenity Skill Rune - Tranquility Duration of immunity granted to nearby allies from crowd control effects reduced from 2 seconds to 1 second



Encounters

Players will no longer remain invulnerable to attacks after defeating Diablo.

Players can no longer become stuck during Diablo’s Shadow Grab ability if a player blinds Diablo while Shadow Grab is being cast.

Items

Equipping a shield on a follower as a demon hunter will no longer disconnect you from the game.

Quests