The huge patch has been posted and is now live on the PTR and Reaper of Souls Beta. Most of the changes are those you saw in our datamining yesterday, but the hefty Patch Notes include numerous changes to crafting, tons of new items and set bonuses, changes to Cursed Chests and Bounties, and much more. Here’s the start: click through for the full quote:
GENERAL
Master difficulty now unlocks upon completion of Act IV, and Torment difficulty (I-VI) unlocks at level 60Note: Heroes who do not have access to Reaper of Souls will only be eligible for certain Torment bonuses. Clans can now be disbanded Players can no longer revive at corpse in boss encounters Certain crafted items that are copied over to the PTR no longer have a level requirement of 61 or higher (PTR only) Follower items no longer drop with a level requirement of 61 or higher (PTR only) Fixed an issue that was causing environmental traps (crumbling walls, chandeliers, etc) to not correctly stun or do damage to monsters Fixed an issue that was causing the second exit portal to not spawn within the Hell Rift found in the Gardens of Hope, Tier 1 Fixed several issues that could cause client crashes
Master difficulty now unlocks upon completion of Act IV, and Torment difficulty (I-VI) unlocks at level 60
Bug Fixes
CLASSESIncreased base damage from 300% to 350% weapon damage Skill Rune – Jagged Edge Increased damage from 405% to 435% weapon damage Increased base Fury generation from 3 to 4 Increased base radius from 12 to 14 yards Skill Rune – Deafening Crash Changed from Physical to Cold element type Skill Rune – Trembling Stomp Changed from Physical to Fire element type Skill Rune – Birthright No longer has a chance to drop treasure Increased base Fury generation from 5 to 6 Increased base damage from 115% to 135% weapon damage Skill Rune – Mighty Throw Increased damage from 175% to 200% weapon damage Skill Rune – Balanced Weapon Increased Fury generation from 8 to 9 Changed damage type from Physical to Fire Increased base move speed while Whirlwinding from 66% to 75% Skill Rune – Hurricane Reduced max range of pulling in enemies from 45 yards to 35 yards Reduced the rate of pulling in enemies from every 0.5 secs to every 1.0 secs Enemies pulled in will now be immune to Hurricane’s pull-in effect for 5 secs Champions and Elites are now correctly immune to the pull-in effect Reduced Life per Fury spent by 30% (578 @ Level 70) Skill Rune – Imminent Doom Changed damage type from Arcane to Fire Skill Rune – Carved Stakes Reduced the Discipline cost from 4 to 3 Skill Rune – Serpentine Doubled the travel speed of the projectile Significantly increased the health of Boar, Spider, and Wolf companions (the other companions are immune to damage). Skill Rune – Boar Companion Increased bonus to all resistances from 15% to 20% Reduced the boar’s damage from 120% to 50% weapon damage Skill Rune – Ferret Companion Now also increases your movement speed by 10%, up to movement speed cap Reduced the ferrets’ damage from 100% to 50% weapon damage each Increased base radius from 1.25 to 2 Skill Rune – Screaming Skull Increased radius from 1.25 to 2 Skill Rune – Lightning Bolts Increased radius from 1.25 to 2 Entangling Shot Increased proc scalar for unruned and all runes except Shock Collar to 1.0 Skill Rune – Shock Collar Increased proc scalar from 0.2 to 0.4 Skill Rune – Shatter Shot Increased proc scalar from 0.216 to 0.59 Skill Rune – Burst Fire Changed damage type from Arcane to Poison Increased damage from 160% to 200% weapon damage Skill Rune – Punishment Reduced Hatred gained from 125 to 100 Skill Rune – Choking Gas Changed damage type from Physical to Poison Changed the bonus for having a 2nd Hand Crossbow from +1 Hatred per generator shot to +1 Hatred per Second All Mantras have been converted to Active/Passive skills and different rune effects from multiple Monks should now stack Skill Rune – Replenishing Light Reduced Spirit granted per enemy hit to 7 Skill Rune – Faith in the Light Reduced damage bonus to 29%, to bring in line with other similar skill budgets Reworked skill to grant a damage bonus for 3 seconds Increased base ability damage to 5677% Skill Rune – Sudden Assault Increased damage to 6477% Skill Rune – Pandemonium Increased Stun chance to 100% Skill Rune – Fulminating Onslaught Increased damage to 977% Redesigned: The Spirit cost of Mantra activation effects are reduced by 50% and you gain 2 Spirit every second when you have a Mantra learned Reduced armor contribution from Dexterity to 30% Reduced Life per Spirit Spent by 70% (now 248 @ Level 70) Reduced Life per Spirit Spent increase from 1% to 0.4% of your Health Globe Healing Bonus Skill Rune – Spider Queen Damage reduced to 1575% Skill Rune – Pyrogeist Damage reduced to 520% Base damage reduced to 560% Skill Rune – Rain of Corpses Damage reduced to 420% Base damage reduced to 1465% Skill Rune – Angry Chicken Damage reduced to 1350% Base damage reduced to 1040% weapon damage Skill Rune – Searing Locusts Damage reduced to 1480% Skill Rune – Cloud of Insects Damage reduced to 2080% Damage per dog reduced to 185% Skill Rune – Vengeful Spirit Damage reduced to 630% All runes have had their damage type changed to Cold Skill Rune – Manitou Damage reduced to 2900% Skill Rune – Phantasm Damage reduced to 675% Skill Rune – Umbral Shock Damage reduced to 750% Damage reduced to 200% Skill Rune – Frozen Orb Reduced range to 30 yards, in order to make aiming explosions a little easier Skill Rune – Surge of Power Changed damage back to Lightning Hydras now despawn when their owner dies Mirror Image AI improved to be more in line with other pets and followers Reduced damage bonus to 60% Reduced damage reduction amount to 17% Reduced base duration to 3 seconds Reduced shield amount to (12,379 @ L70) per stack Increased Arcane Power granted to 5 Skill Rune – Frozen Orb Fixed an issue where this rune was doing less damage than intended Skill Rune – Scorch Fixed an issue where this rune was doing less damage than intended Should no longer be blocked by followers, hirelings, or friendly pets Gorell the Quartermaster in Bastion’s Keep no longer sells the plans for Nightmarish, Hellish and Infernal Staffs of Herding The plans for the base “Staff of Herding” still drop from Izual If players have already crafted a Staff of Herding, or purchased these plans, they will not be removed Any of the existing Staff of Herding items can be used in the game to unlock Whimsyshire, which will be rolled using Dynamic Difficulty rules Blacksmith crafting costs have received a tuning pass The ratios of blue to yellow crafting material costs now more correctly match live drop data Gold costs of crafting have been reduced Crafting recipes no longer display duplicate crafting materials in their Required Materials lists Fixed an issue that was causing crafting materials for certain Blacksmithing recipes to be consumed without an item being crafted No longer have a shrine Now only require 100 monsters to achieve bonus, down from 150 Completing the event awards 1 chest Completing the bonus awards a second chest The standard chest has been removed as a reward Completing without hitting five waves now only awards a Shrine Completing the fifth wave will now give the chest as a bonus Once the fifth wave is completed, the events now end and the bonus chest is granted immediately Every completed wave now also grants bonus experience and gold The items required for the level 60 Hellfire Ring now only drop if the game is level 60. Health Potion drop rate has been reduced from all sources Armor racks now give less generous loot Added new item affix: “+X% damage to Physical damage type skills” to go along with similar Elemental damage type skills affixes This new affix rolls in the same slots and ranges as the other +X% damage to each of the Elemental damage type skills affixes Maximum amount of Resource cost reduction you can roll on items has been reduced from 12% to 10% on weapons and 10% to 8% on non-weapon slots Vendor-bought items are now flagged as such, and cannot be salvaged +250 Vitality +10% Damage against Elites +25% Gold Find -10% Damage Taken from Elites You are immune to Desecrator, Molten, and Plagued monster types +250 Strength +10 Max Fury You occasionally Whirlwind furiously, dealing 250-300% weapon damage to all enemies around you for 6 seconds +250 Intelligence Reduce damage from elites by 10% Your shields heal for 25% of their remaining amount when they expire +250 Vitality +50% Critical Hit Damage +100 All Resistance +10 Max Fury +289 Life per Fury Spent +2 passive Fury regeneration Call of the Ancients last until they die Reduced Life per Spirit Spent from 274 to 124 +250 Intelligence +30 Mana per Kill You are surrounded by a deadly poison cloud, dealing 150% weapon damage per second to enemies within 10 yards +250 Dexterity +10 Max Discipline +7% Critical Hit Chance +10 Max Discipline The cooldown of Rain of Vengeance is reduced by 1 second for every enemy you kill +250 Dexterity +1 Spirit Regen per Sec Chance to hurl a ball of pure energy when attacking, dealing 300% weapon damage as Fire Increased Arcane Power Regeneration on the 3-piece bonus to 2 Example: Wizard Spike may now roll between 20%-25% chance to cast a Frozen Orb All legendary quivers now roll 15-20% attack speed Legendary items with more powerful effects are now more rare Many Legendary items have received updates to their stats and bonuses: Reduced the Increased Fire Damage Taken roll to 5-10% Reduced internal cooldown Increased Poison Nova radius to 10 yards Now rolls with Attack Speed and Elemental Damage Bonus Increased Stun duration from 1.0 to 1.5 seconds Increased minimum roll for Freeze chance to 20% Now rolls Attack Speed Now causes your projectiles to pierce 1-2 additional times Lowered pierce internal cooldown to 0.5 seconds Now always rolls Cold damage, Dexterity and Attack Speed Now applies only unruned Marked for Death in order to reduce visual and process clutter Increased minimum cost reduction for Fire skills roll to 23% Reduced maximum cooldown roll to 20 Now rolls Primary Stat, Life %, Life per Hit, and 30-40% increased damage for Physical skills Increased Ranged Damage Reduction roll to 30%-35% Now rolls Elemental Damage Bonus Increased minimum Cold Damage roll to 23% Increased minimum Freeze roll to 34% Legendary power has been removed and is now on Homunculus Increased minimum Piercing Fireball damage roll to 360% Legendary power has been redesigned A Zombie Dog is automatically summoned to your side every 4-6 seconds Now rolls Intelligence, Maximum Mana, All Resist, and Reduced Damage from Elites Increased minimum Fire Damage roll to 30% Grasp of the Dead will now display a cooldown swipe when cast if Moon Slayer is equipped This Legendary power is under review and may be revised in the future Now rolls 40%-50% increased damage for Arcane Skills Removed internal cooldown Legendary Power has been redesigned When 3 or more enemies are within 12 yards, you release a vile stench that deals 240%-320% weapon damage as Poison every second for 10 seconds to enemies within 15 yards Now rolls 30%-40% increased damage for Holy Skills Increased Melee Damage Reduction roll to 25%-30% Increased minimum roll of Bonus Damage to Elites to 25% Now rolls Primary stat, Elemental Damage Bonus and Maximum Resource affix families Changed from +25% damage for 3 seconds to +20-30% damage for 5 seconds Reduced chance to proc Frost Nova on killing an enemy from 20-25% to 15-20% Increased bonus Poison Skill damage roll to 30-40% Changed from +100% pet attack speed to +40-50% pet attack speed Now only drops for Wizards Legendary Power now actually casts the Frozen Orb rune Reduced Frozen Orb proc chance to 20%-25% Now has an internal cooldown based on attack speed to normalize Frozen Orb proc rate during channeled spells Now rolls with 75-100 All Resistance Can now roll with any damage type, not just Arcane Fixed a bug where Act III bounty bags dropped a Legendary crafting plan 100% of the time. Maximum damage has been reduced Increased amount of time before maximum damage is reached Reduced trail target area size to 2.75 yards Reduced explosion target area size to 12.5 yards Damage has been reduced Increased amount of time before maximum damage is reached Reduced target area size to 7 yards Now does reduced damage to pets Reduced explosion and build up target area size to 12.5 yards Reduced outer target area size to 11.5 yards Reduced pulse target area size to 11.5 yards Reworked targeting logic on subsequent bolts to keep them within a small area of the first bolt Thunderstorm bolts no longer “chase” targets Increased Thunderstorm’s splash damage slightly (0.5 – 0.75) to account for the above change First kill Legendary has been removed from 
Rakanoth. Monsters in the Rockworm family will no longer become stuck in an invulnerable state when killed while burrowed Monsters with the Reflects Damage affix are no longer becoming stuck in an endlessly looping animation Attributes are now properly displaying values when viewed in Heroes Profile tab Fixed an issue where Covetous Shen‘s unique side quest could not be completed Fixed an issue where the Soul Crucibles in Gideon’s Row and Nobles Rest could not be damaged by certain abilities during the quest “Orbs of Death” Fixed an issue where the entrance to the Musty Cellar was floating in mid-air in front of Haedrig’s cart in the Survivor’s Enclave Kadala, the Blood Shard vendor, now has a chance to randomly produce Legendaries when purchasing randomized items. Lorath Nahr is now no longer a vendor. In Adventure Mode, each Act now rolls a random boss kill, dungeon clear, unique kill, event complete, and random non-boss bounty The Greater Horadric Cache has been removed The loot that previously came from these bags will now drop from Rift Guardians. Several changes have been made to Nephalem Rift maps Kadala’s inventory has been updated to include bows and crossbows “Bounty: Kill Lurk” can now be completed The shy female Lacuni who were refusing to jump down from their perches in the Caverns of Frost have been removed from Adventure Mode. Fixed an issue where some lower level bounties were providing level 70 rewards Fixed a bug that was causing Avalanche to deal ~20% more damage than listed Skill Rune – Snow-Capped Mountain Increased the damage area width from 30 to 40 yards Reduced the damage from 2000% to 1600% weapon damage Skill Rune – Volcano Increased damage from 2400% to 3000% weapon damage Increased the randomness of the volcano damage targeting Skill Rune – Fire Starter Has been redesigned. Whenever the player spends 20 Wrath, they will explode with fire, dealing weapon damage to nearby enemies Cooldown increased to 45 seconds The active effect of the base skill and all runes no longer heals players and allies. Instead, it now puts a shield on all players for 3 seconds. Cooldown increased to 45 seconds Skill Rune – Faith’s Armor Now has a 3 second expiration timer on the shield Cooldown increased to 45 seconds Has been renamed Righteousness Skill Rune – Split Fury An enemy can now only be targeted by a single beam Skill Rune – Wings of Angels Crusaders with this skill rune activated will no longer be able to pass through sand doors in the Storm Halls and Unknown Depths Vault will now trigger Side Cannons and Homing Rockets while Vengeance is active Skill Rune – Dark Heart Increased damage from 300% to 325% weapon damage per sec Skill Rune – Personal Mortar No longer fires homing rockets Changed damage type from Physical to Fire Skill Rune – Stimulants This rune has been replaced with Side Cannons Replaces the side guns with cannons that deal 150% weapon damage and heal you for 1.5% of maximum life per enemy hit Grave Injustice now correctly affects the cooldown of this skill Skill Rune – Absolute Zero Reduced Cold damage bonus per enemy hit to 3% Reduced damage bonus to 15% All Legendary crafting recipes now require a unique material Unique crafting materials for Legendaries now only drop at level 70 Unique Legendary crafting materials now display as Rare quality (instead of Legendary quality) The chance for a crafting plan to drop from Horadric Caches has been reduced. All Acts can now spawn Cursed Chests in many zones that may summon a handful of monsters, Champions, Rares, or even Bosses (these chests are different from “Wave” and “Horde” chest types) These chests only appear in Adventure Mode These chest events can be failed These chest events cannot be Bounties Chest rewards for these kinds of chests are currently being tuned The Keywardens now spawn in both Campaign and Adventure Mode from level 60-70 Level 70 Keywardens now also have a small chance to drop a random key from other Acts Key of Bones Key of Gluttony Key of War Key of Evil The Infernal Machine of Bones The Infernal Machine of Gluttony The Infernal Machine of War The Infernal Machine of Evil Leoric’s Regret Vial of Putridness Idol of Terror Heart of Evil There is only one version of the new Hellfire Ring; when crafting, it will roll using the Smart Loot system for the character that crafted it This crafting plan can be purchased from Squirt in Act II The drop rates for level 70 keys and organs for the Infernal Machine event have temporarily been set to 100%. This is to encourage testing in the next phase A new item affix has been added: +% damage to Piranhas Death’s Breath material now drops more frequently from Champion and Elite packs Piro Marella (Crusader shield) is now a crafted item Golden Scourge (Crusader flail) is now a crafted item Reduced chance on killing a demon to gain a Shrine buff from 2% to 0.5% Now heals allies for 50% of health potion amount Increased minimum Spirit Generation bonus from Spirit Generators to 60% Increased internal cooldown to 10 seconds Increased radius to 27.5 yards to match the visual effect Increased minimum cooldown on Breath of Heaven roll to 38% Now works on dodges Increased minimum Lightning Rod weapon damage per second to 167% Increased internal cooldown to 1 second Reduced Skeleton duration to 10 seconds While stationary, the resource regeneration and damage is now reduced by 20-25% Increased Spirit gain on casting Blinding Flash from 45-60 to 75-100 Increased coolup before Frost Nova to 4.5 seconds Reduced cooldown between Frost Novas to 4.5 seconds Reduced Freeze duration to 2 seconds Now always rolls with +Maximum Arcane Power Reduced party-wide healing amount on block from 100% to 20%-30% of the amount blocked Increased the Lightning Damage roll to 30%-40% Removed internal cooldown Increased movement and attack speed slow to 30% Increased proc chance to 60% Fixed a bug where the proc chance wasn’t rolling against the triggering power’s proc scalar Changed internal cooldown to 1 / Attacks Per Second Increased maximum targets to 5 No longer a Barbarian Belt and can roll for any class Now rolls 150-200 Lightning Resist Now rolls 10%-15% more damage with Lightning Skills Will now also reduce all cooldowns by 45-60 seconds when you use a healing well, in addition to its previous effect of replenishing all resources Rolls Primary stat, Cooldown Reduction, Increased Damage Against Elites 10%-15% and Reduced Damage From Elites 10%-15%
Legendary Power: Barbarian – When you use Wrath of the Berserker, you mesmerize nearby enemies with your skill, causing them to jump uncontrollably for 6-8 seconds Crusader – When you use Akarat’s Champion, you mesmerize nearby enemies with your skill, causing them to jump uncontrollably for 6-8 seconds Demon Hunter – When you use Vengeance, you mesmerize nearby enemies with your skill, causing them to jump uncontrollably for 6-8 seconds Monk – When you use Epiphany, you mesmerize nearby enemies with your skill, causing them to jump uncontrollably for 6-8 seconds Witch Doctor – When you use Big Bad Voodoo, you mesmerize nearby enemies with your skill, causing them to jump uncontrollably for 6-8 seconds Wizard – When you use Archon, you mesmerize nearby enemies with your skill, causing them to jump uncontrollably for 6-8 seconds Torment difficulties III-VI now have difficulty descriptions The Waypoint UI now displays the appropriate gold/experience values for Bounty turn-in rewards.
Barbarian
Active Skills
Passive Skills
Demon Hunter
Active Skills
Passive Skills
Monk
General
Active Skills
Passive Skills
Witch Doctor
Active Skills
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Wizard
Active Skills
Passive Skills
Bug Fixes
CRAFTING
Bug Fixes
EVENTS
Horde Type Cursed Chests
Wave Type Cursed Chests
ITEMS
Set Items
Many set items have received updates to their set bonuses:
2-piece Set Bonus:
3-piece Set Bonus:
4-piece Set Bonus:
Bul-Kathos’ Glory
2-piece Set Bonus:
Chantodo’s Return
2-piece Set Bonus:
Endless Path
2-piece Set Bonus:
Immortal King’s Legend
2-piece Set Bonus:
3-piece Set Bonus:
4-piece Set Bonus:
Inna’s Grandeur
2-piece Set Bonus:
Manajuma’s Ornaments
2-piece Set Bonus:
Natalya’s Solace
2-piece Set Bonus:
3-piece Set Bonus:
4-piece Set Bonus:
Shenlong’s Noble Path
2-piece Set Bonus:
Legendary Items
The unique affixes for many Legendaries now roll with variable bonuses instead of static numbers
Bug Fixes
MONSTERS
Chance of minions dropping health globes has been reduced to 50%
Bug Fixes
Rakanoth.Reflects Damage affix are no longer becoming stuck in an endlessly looping animationUSER INTERFACE
Skill tooltips now show the damage type if you have Advanced Tooltips enabled
Bug Fixes
Reaper of Souls Closed Beta – v.2.0.0.21390
Below you will find the most current Closed Beta patch notes for Reaper of Souls.
ATTENTION: Please note that the Closed Beta also includes all changes from the PTR.
GENERAL
The amount of experience needed per level from 64 onward has been increased
Bug Fixes
Covetous Shen‘s unique side quest could not be completedAdventure Mode
Kadala, the Blood Shard vendor, now has a chance to randomly produce Legendaries when purchasing randomized items.Lorath Nahr is now no longer a vendor.Bounties
Nephalem Rifts
Horadric Cache has been removedRift Guardians.Bug Fixes
CLASSES
All skill changes listed above for the PTR apply to RoS as well.
Barbarian
Active Skills
Crusader
Active Skills
Passive Skills
RighteousnessBug Fixes
Demon Hunter
Active Skills
Witch Doctor
Bug Fixes
Wizard
Active Skills
Passive Skills
CRAFTING
EVENTS
The following keys now drop at level 70 from Keywardens (these keys are used to craft the level 70 Infernal Machine device):
Key of BonesKey of GluttonyKey of WarKey of EvilThe Blacksmith can now craft the following level 70 devices:
The Infernal Machine of BonesThe Infernal Machine of GluttonyThe Infernal Machine of WarThe Infernal Machine of EvilThe new Infernal Machine recipes now drop off any Keywardens at level 70
Level 70 Infernal Machine bosses now drop the following components (these items are used to craft the level 70 Hellfire Ring):
Leoric’s RegretVial of PutridnessIdol of TerrorHeart of EvilThe Jeweler can now craft a level 70 version of the Hellfire Ring:
ITEMS
PiranhasDeath’s Breath material now drops more frequently from Champion and Elite packsPiro Marella (Crusader shield) is now a crafted itemGolden Scourge (Crusader flail) is now a crafted itemLegendary Items:
Ahavarion, Spear of Lycander
New Legendary:
Halcyon’s Ascent (may also be listed as “Strobe”)
Legendary Power:
USER INTERFACE
Torment difficulties III-VI now have difficulty descriptionsTons of changes here for both games. I’m eager to get some testing done to try out those new Cursed Chest changes, amongst other shiny toys. Nothing is listed about increased legendary drop rates in RoS, so perhaps it’s undocumented, or else this will all end in tears.
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Note: Heroes who do not have access to Reaper of Souls will only be eligible for certain Torment bonuses.
CERTAIN BONUSES?
Wait so I still can play torment difficulties with my vanilla d3 but when I purchase ROS I get some extra bonuses? Or am I missing something?
You get the buff to gold, experience and legendary/set drop rates (just like those who have RoS), but not legendaries and sets that were added to the expansion and only available in Torment+ difficulty (since those items were not planned to be added to D3V in the first place).
But did they fix the legendary drop rates? Or is Torment for 60s their only concession.
Undocumented Change : Tomes of Secret are now Demonic Essences.
Undocumented change: Item rolls will no longer include core stats. You will only see reduced level requirement, sockets, all resist, and skill bonuses.
What I don’t get is why you have to wipe your character data on PTR by copying the charaters again to access the Torment difficulty. Unless it is meant to be what it just is – character wipe.
You don’t. I simply entered Master game and then was able to run Torment.
I miss changes to monster density and drop rates.
Heres is hoping for some undocumented changes / further patches…
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Everyone , 13 I counted , so glad I play a WD , well , not played since last january but was hoping to get back . Not sure now .
I’d like to know how the WD is playing if anyone can kindly let me know , ta .
Should read “Every one” not “Everyone”
I am just stoked I finally got into RoS. I think the weird part is that I got no notice that I was invited and able to play. I just logged into the PTR today and was able to play through the expansion.
I just noticed (what I assume is) a new undocumented change: Bola Shot is now called Bolas and no longer requires a bow. When used with a melee weapon, it uses the Impale throwing animation and sound effect. Nice for melee DH’s to have an alternate generator.