Diablo 4 has seen some major improvements to the game in the most recent major patch for Season of Blood’s launch, and the developers have made clear that more improvements and quality of life changes, as well as additional features, would be coming through the season.
We have our first patch since the season launch, and it includes two very nice additions that players will be happy to see. Below, we have outlined the major features of the Patch 1.2.1 update so you know what to expect the next time you log in for some demon slaying.
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Players Can Finally Reset Their Paragon Boards with Ease
Since its release, players have been asking for a way to reset their Paragon Board progression without the tedious task of unlearning every single node, and with the potential to have 225 nodes, it can take forever. Thankfully, this patch finally comes with a Paragon board refund option, meaning it’s now much easier for players to reset their Paragon progression and fine-tune their classes.
Test Your Builds with the New Training Dummy
Players will now have a location to test their builds against the different types of enemies in the game, thanks to the introduction of the Training Dummy. This helpful tool can be used by players to experiment with build ideas and practice their class rotations, with options that allow you to attack Normal, Elite, and Boss level enemies in both single or group settings.
Blood Wells and Vampiric Powers Gets a Few Tweaks
Along with some requested features, this patch also saw a few tweaks to some Season of Blood-specific systems, namely the Blood Wells and some quality-of-life improvements for Vampiric Powers UI.
For starters, Blood Wells will now drop multiple smaller piles of Potent Blood, but will make for a slight increase in the total amount you get. As explained in the patch notes, previously, it would be one pile for around 45-60 Potent Blood, whereas now, it will be eight piles of 5-9 each.
In addition, there is now additional information displayed on Vampiric Power tooltips that will show what the next rank of the power will increase, and the upgrade screen will display extra information on the Pacts required to use the power, so players have that extra information before upgrading and spending Potent Blood.
Less Hunting, More Killing Thanks to Smaller Search Areas on Monster Kills
The last significant addition to this patch is the change to search areas with Whispers, with the size of these areas being reduced for Whispers that require you to kill specific enemies. In essence, it’s less time running around and more time finding and killing the monster you need to. It’s a simple but welcome change.
General Bug Fixes
Of course, with every patch comes bug fixes, and this time around, there are a lot of fixes to issues with certain gameplay elements, such as spells not working as intended or some progression and issues with the seasonal mechanics. We have listed the bug fixes in Patch 1.2.1 below.
Accessibility
- Fixed an issue where the Screen Writer wouldn’t fully read the Hunter’s Acclaim title.
Dungeons and Events
- Fixed an issue where progress in the Halls of the Damned dungeon could be reset from leaving the area during the Travel to the Sepulchrum objective.
- Fixed an issue with the Whispering Pines dungeon where doors could randomly appear in areas they shouldn’t. (What lies behind door number 3? HELL!)
- Fixed an issue where the Waves of Darkness event sometimes didn’t reward grim favors.
Gameplay
- Fixed an issue where Shrine Buffs would not apply when activated while mounted.
- Fixed an issue where Varshan could stop attacking if his path to the center of the arena was obstructed.
- Fixed an issue where Temerity would only apply its Overheal barrier at full health instead of including excess healing when a source of healing would take the player beyond full Life.
- Fixed an issue where monsters spawned by Hell Portals in a Nightmare Dungeon didn’t properly scale their Life to the number of party members.
- Fixed an issue where Aridah could become indefinitely idle if staggered within a particular window.
- Fixed an issue where the Sorcerer’s Ice Shards skill could miss short targets when cast from an area of higher elevation.
- Fixed an issue where the player could avoid area of effect (AOE) damage while fighting The Beast in the Ice by standing in a particular area of the arena.
- Fixed an issue where Aspect of Artful Initiative would not proc the damage reduction from the Explosive paragon glyph.
- Fixed an issue where Aspect of Artful Initiative was not properly scaling with Item Power.
- Fixed an issue where players were unable to revive their party members while under the effects of Chill.
Quests
- Fixed an issue where progression could be blocked during The Blind Eye quest if destructible terrain was broken from a distance during the Find a Way Out step.
- Fixed an issue where scorpions would not spawn during the Final Straw quest if the Quest was abandoned and restarted.
- Fixed an issue where some NPCs in Jirandai would disappear if Helltide was active in the area, blocking the ability to turn in certain Quests that had associated NPCs in the town.
- Fixed an issue where Theya could keep respawning without dropping the item for the Sight to Madness quest, which could block progression.
- Fixed an issue where Druid players could have progression blocked on their Class Quest if they attempted the Investigate Fainne step while other players were killing monsters in the same area.
Season of Blood
- Fixed an issue where Blood Lure Receptacles could be activated without getting rewards in Local Co-Op play.
- Fixed an issue where the Sanguine Pillar in the Sanguine Battery event didn’t have its life scale properly in Nightmare Dungeons, making it very easy for enemies to destroy.
- Fixed an issue where Vampiric Curse could be applied to non-hostile objects.
- Fixed an issue where Seeker Caches could drop more than once when a player swapped between different parties.
- Fixed an issue where the Blood Seal menu couldn’t be navigated properly with the D-Pad on controllers while inspecting equipped blood seals.
- Fixed an issue where swapping between keyboard and controller while upgrading Vampiric Powers would consume Potent Blood without applying the upgrade.
- Fixed an issue where removing a Pact while in the Vampiric Powers tab would cause equipment tooltips to malfunction.
- Fixed an issue where the tooltip implied that Durability would be restored to a damaged item after removing a Pact from it.
- Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck behind a Seeker’s Cache in Hawezar during the Blood Harvest event.
- Fixed an issue where the Glacial Fissure attack from the Beast in the ice could deal damage through walls and outside of the boss area.
- Fixed an issue where the Summons of the Deathless quest could have its progression blocked if not all players in the party were alive when starting the Speak to Erys step.
- Fixed an issue where the Magistrate’s Notice could be inaccessible during the Blood Money quest if another player in the party didn’t have the Quest active.
- Fixed an issue where Flickerstep’s affix would occasionally not activate when using Metamorphosis.
- Fixed an issue where the description of the Domination vampiric power described the effects of Chill when it should have described the effects of Frozen.
- Fixed an issue where the Blood Bishop’s Flesh Sacks were not properly damaging players.
- Fixed an issue where Stored Souls could get spent by the Sorcerer’s defensive auto-cast Skills such as Ice Armor and Frost Nova.
- Fixed an issue where using the Metamorphosis Blood Seal while having Oculus equipped would result in Teleport evade charges not renewing properly.
- Fixed an issue where exiting the Blood Seal upgrade screen too quickly could result in being unable to upgrade the Blood Seal again until you restarted the game.
- Fixed an issue where Scroll of Amnesia would not go to the Lost Stash if left on the ground and the player left the area.
- Fixed an issue where the Sack of Vampiric Torques would drop rings instead of amulets.
User Interface and User Experience
- Fixed an issue where Several towns were missing a Stash icon in their waypoint tooltip on the Map.
- Fixed an issue where Achievement progression percentage was not consistent in all places it is displayed.
- Fixed an issue where Inventory sorting didn’t function properly while interacting with vendors or crafters.
- Fixed an issue where killing a monster with Metamorphosis didn’t reward a soul stack.
- Fixed an issue where the new item indicator would persist on the Quest tab after the item was used or turned in.
- Fixed an issue where the tooltip for Damage Reduction on armor could be inaccurate at higher armor levels.
- Fixed an issue where Social Wheel actions (emotes, trade, etc.) would not work properly while in the Immunity bubble at the end of a Nightmare Dungeon.
- Fixed an issue where the Social Wheel customization tab wouldn’t function properly when multiple players in Local Co-Op attempted to use it simultaneously.
- Fixed an issue where the tooltips for Aspect of Untimely Death and Berserking displayed their bonuses as additive instead of multiplicative.
- Fixed an issue where the completion pop-up for the Missing Pieces quest displayed an incorrect image.
- Fixed an issue in the Codex of Power menu where the Seasonal Realm filter could be active in Eternal Realm games.
- Fixed an issue where the tooltip for Aspect of Raw Might didn’t display its multiplicative damage indicator.
- Fixed an issue where the tooltip for Aspect of Elements had no damage type indicator on its tooltip and was incorrectly granting an additive bonus instead of multiplicative.
- Fixed an issue where Enhanced Fireball’s tooltip stated that its benefit was dependent on distance traveled.
- Fixed an issue where the Campfire Buff description was displaying the incorrect experience percentage bonus (Note: Bonus experience players have been receiving was already functioning correctly).
Miscellaneous
- Fixed an issue where using a Chaos Scroll while exiting the Fields of Hatred could disconnect the camera from the player.
- Fixed an issue where Reins of the Bloody Liquid Steed Mount Cosmetic was not rewarded for defeating Echo of Lilith. (Players who defeated Echo of Lilith already will retroactively be given the mount after installing this patch.)
- Fixed an issue where Cinders would not be reset once a Helltide ended.
- Fixed an issue where the Cinder cost of the Tortured Gift of Living Steel was 280 instead of the displayed 300. It now costs 300 Cinders.
- Fixed an issue where riding a Mount that had no armor would cause the player character to appear as carrying invisible reins.
- Fixed an issue where the dagger option was not available at the Purveyor of Curiosities for Sorcerers.
- Fixed an issue where Uber Unique items were not always dropping at their maximum roll values.
- Various performance, stability, and visual improvements.
