Diablo 3 news » Diablo III Hotfixes - May (Updated 22/05)

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 your realm to be restarted 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 22 //

General

• Players will now receive an error message when attempting to remove a gem from an item with no sockets
• 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 (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 new 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 rare chest in the Town Cellar in Alcarnus will now only spawn 50% of the time, down from 100%

// 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

• Act I
  • Players can now always interact with Karyna during the quest and quest step "Trailing the Coven : Talk to Karyna" when they resume from a save.
• Act II
  • The Enchantress will now always appear during the quest and quest step "Shadows in the Desert : Disrupt the Hidden Conclave."
• Act IV
  • Tyrael will now always be present for the in-game cutscene during the quest and quest step "Prime Evil : Climb to the Pinnacle of Heaven in the Silver Spire."