Diablo IV Patch Notes | Season 14: Season of Death Awakening
Diablo IV 3.1.3 fixes Corrupted Reaper visual bugs and restores Mythic Unique recycling. The complete Season of Death Awakening changelog, every patch.
When is the next update?
Diablo IV rolls to its next season around September 15, 2026.
3.1.3 — August 12, 20268 changes
The Diablo IV 3.1.3 patch notes (Build #73224) are a stability and quality-of-life pass for Season 14: Season of Death Awakening, smoothing out Corrupted Reaper encounters and seasonal objective tracking without touching class balance. Track the live Diablo IV season countdown to the Season 14 close.
TL;DR — 5 changes: 0 buffs, 0 nerfs (no class balance this patch). Biggest fix: Mythic Unique items can be recycled again. Meta impact: none — Season 14’s class balance holds from 3.1.0; this patch just fixes Corrupted Reaper encounters and seasonal progress tracking.
Mechanics
- Season Rank III objective “Set Fire to the Beacons” now counts Escalation Nightmare Dungeons with the Ruptures affix toward completion active
- Party members who join an active Echo of Mephisto encounter can now use a portal to reach the fight’s third stage active
- Resummoning the Corrupted Reaper boss now clears the previous Reaper’s corpse active
Bug Fixes
- Mythic Unique items could not be recycled — fixed active
- Casting Petrify on the Corrupted Reaper caused her wings to visually deform — fixed active
- Necromancer Shadow skills could visually obscure the Corrupted Reaper — fixed active
- Dark Prison’s Chain Aura Variant could make the Warlock appear transparent to other players — fixed active
- War Plans Teleport to Infernal Hordes could fail on pre-Torment difficulties — fixed active
3.1.0 — June 30, 202610 changes
The Diablo IV 3.1.0 patch notes launch Season 14: Season of Death Awakening with the new Pandemonium Ruptures mechanic, a Mythic Unique 3.0 itemization overhaul, and a sweeping class rebalance. Track the live Diablo IV season countdown to the Season 14 close.
TL;DR — Season launch patch: Pandemonium Ruptures, Mythic Unique 3.0, Solo Self-Found mode, Corrupted Reaper lair boss. 2+ buffs, 2+ nerfs across classes. Biggest buff: Druid’s Shred build. Biggest nerf: Barbarian’s Challenging Shout and Berserking set. Meta impact: Druid opens Season 14 as the strongest class while Barbarian’s top Season 13 build loses its edge.
Classes
- Druid Shred build — crit chance significantly increased, addressing its biggest weakness in high Pit tiers buff
- Sorcerer Ball Lightning — projectile size now scales with skill rank, a large area-coverage increase buff
- Barbarian Challenging Shout — Damage Bonus upgrade no longer works on bosses nerf
- Barbarian Berserking set — damage reduced from its Season 13 high nerf
- Druid Shepherd’s Aspect — nerfed, hitting Companion builds nerf
- Barbarian Blood Letter set (Bleed builds) — increased damage multipliers and Rupture stacking bonuses buff
Mechanics
- Pandemonium Ruptures — new seasonal rifts that escalate from Normal to Surging to Colossal, spilling out the Risen monster family active
- Mythic Unique 3.0 — Mythic is now a quality any Unique can reach, with two guaranteed affixes and max-roll enchanting active
- Solo Self-Found mode — new seasonal mode added at launch active
- Corrupted Reaper — new seasonal lair boss with the season’s best Mythic Unique drop rates active
All Diablo IV patches
| Version | Date | Season | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1.3 | August 12, 2026 | Season 14: Season of Death Awakening | 5 changes: 0 buffs, 0 nerfs (no class balance this patch). Biggest fix: Mythic Unique items can be recycled again. Meta impact: none — Seas… |
| 3.1.0 | June 30, 2026 | Season 14: Season of Death Awakening | Season launch patch: Pandemonium Ruptures, Mythic Unique 3.0, Solo Self-Found mode, Corrupted Reaper lair boss. 2+ buffs, 2+ nerfs across c… |
| 3.0.4 | Jun 10, 2026 | Season 13: Season of Reckoning | Bug-fix patch (Build #72271): War Plan reward-claim disconnects no longer block progression; Greed is Good's Path of Coin no longer traps… |