Improvements and updates

• Added support for party members to go offline while staying in the party. When you log out, you can now stay in your party, though you can still be kicked from the party while offline. After you’ve been offline for 2 minutes, you will be automatically kicked from the party.
• Added “Kick from Party” back to the options available when right-clicking another player’s message in chat.
• Added 845 more foiled Unique Item options the Voidborn Reliquary can yield.
• Added an area description for the “twice blessed” Darkshrine outcome.
• The “Sacrifice a Corrupted Map. Create a new Corrupted Map of the same tier and rarity.” Harvest crafting option now requires a Rare Corrupted Map to be sacrificed, and is no longer able to incorrectly create a new Corrupted Map of a higher tier.
• Some Sanctum monsters can now be Spectred, and Spectred versions of Stalking Geist will now be able to attack enemies. Lowered the resistances and maximum attack distance of the Spectred version of Igneous Gargoyle.
• It is now possible to view your Voidborn Reliquary submission on the website, and withdraw it if it has not yet been confirmed.
• Updated the description of the Corrupted Gaze Atlas Notable Passive to clarify that it only applies to Abyss Jewels dropped by Abyssal Troves in your Maps.
• Updated descriptions for skills which grant critical strike chance through a buff, such as Precision and Aspect of the Cat.
• Updated the description on Galvanic Field when supported by Increased Critical Strike Chance to be more clear.
• Updated the targeting behaviour for Whirling Blades in Controller Input mode to target monsters rather than location.
• The Solar Map Device microtransaction now has variations that can be scrolled through to set the maximum tier of effects to play while map portals are open.

Ruthless-specific changes

• Fixed a bug where the Antagonist’s modifier on Heist Contracts and Blueprints was not providing any stats in Ruthless.
• Fixed a bug where certain Minion Delve Encounters were not giving any rewards in Ruthless.

Bug fixes

• Fixed a bug where being affected by a Shrine from Kirac’s Memory of the Pantheon was not providing credit towards the Complete Beyond Encounters Challenge when you defeated a Beyond Boss.
• Fixed a bug where the order of spells triggered through Arcanist Brand could be reset by using a Flask.
• Fixed a bug where killing Breach Bosses in Maps was not providing credit towards the Terror Tearing at the Seams Challenge.
• Fixed a bug in Legion Encounters where the timer for breaking out monsters could end prematurely.
• Fixed a bug where Blazing Salvo’s explode effects did not display correctly across different terrain elevations.
• Fixed a client crash that could occur with Vaal Volcanic Fissure Earthbreaker Totems.
• Fixed a bug where the Fiendish Wings Affliction was affecting the rotation speed of the firebeam hazard.
• Fixed a bug where Rogue Exiles with additional rewards from the Rogue Trader Atlas Notable Passive would be displayed with a quest icon on the minimap.
• Fixed a bug where soul gain prevention was sometimes not applied after using Vaal Blade Flurry.
• Fixed a bug where duplicated Harvest monsters could not drop lifeforce.
• Fixed a bug where Fractured modifiers on Jewels, Maps, or Heist Contracts could be changed when corrupting the item.
• Fixed a bug that caused Delve Flares and Dynamite to be returned to you with the Nimis Unique Ring equipped.
• Fixed a rare bug where Glyphic Fossilised Remains could be moved, causing the Time-Lost Cavern Delve encounter to be incompletable.
• Fixed a bug where Keystone Passive Skill reminder text was missing when the Keystone was granted through an item, such as Replica Perfect Form.
• Updated various Heist Enchantment descriptions to clarify they apply to Explicit modifiers.
• The Ambushes monster modifier can no longer be found on Magic Monsters, as it had no effect on them.
• Fixed an issue where increases and reductions to projectile speed had no effect on Volcanic Fissure. It now affects the speed of the molten projectiles.
• Fixed a bug where the “Spawn Metamorph Vial” button was displayed when returning to an area where available Metamorphs were already defeated.
• Fixed a bug where additional Cluster Jewels dropped from having the Paranoid Fixation Atlas Passive allocated were dropping with the wrong item level.
• Fixed a bug where Spell Critical Strike Chance gained through Frost Shield was not working correctly with Sandstorm Visage.
• Fixed a bug where Mirage Archer was not working with Rain of Arrows triggered by Lioneye’s Paws.
• Fixed an issue where Vaal Glacial Hammer had “60% of Physical Damage Converted to Cold”. It has been updated to 100% to match the non-Vaal Glacial Hammer.
• Fixed a bug where Tempering Orb could not be used on items with fixed sockets.
• Fixed a bug where Olroth, Origin of the Fall could become unresponsive under certain circumstances.
• Fixed a bug that could cause Uber Maven to fail to transition phases, making them unkillable.
• Fixed an issue where Ancestor Totems did not display their name or what they provide when hovering over the buff icon.
• Fixed the Ritual and Infernal Summon Ring microtransactions having their models switched.
• Fixed a bug where importing a Hideout layout with a Scourge Hideout Decoration would fail to place decorations across both planes of existence.
• Fixed a wonky interaction between the Ice Crown microtransaction and the Cat’s Stealth buff visual effect.
• Fixed an issue where the Prospero’s Ring microtransaction was missing audio when trading with other players.
• Fixed a bug that caused characters to appear bald when wearing the Forgeguard Body Armour and specific Helmet Attachment microtransactions.
• Fixed a bug where other players were unable to view gems you had socketed when wearing the Gemling Artificer Body Armour microtransaction.

• Hidden monster penalties against curses have been removed.
• Hexes are now stronger against unique monsters and at least twice as strong against pinnacle bosses, but are weaker against regular monsters.
• The Doom mechanic has been removed, to simplify the Hex system. Anything related to Doom has been reworked so that it’s comparable to before.
• The Occultist ascendancy class has had some stats removed and moved around to counteract some of the power gain from the above changes.
• Enfeeble and Temporal Chains have been buffed.
• To aid the above changes, some less-accessible sources of Curse Effect have been removed. This also acts as a nerf to Hex Support builds.
• Hex gems have been rebalanced with the goal of ensuring that self-cast remains relevant compared to automatic curse application.
• We’ve buffed a bunch of Hex-related unique items and reworked unique items that previously interacted with Doom.
• We’ve also added some powerful new unique items that interact with Hexes.

• Added a “Trade Website” button to the menu screen that opens a web-browser with appropriate page.

3.19.1c Hotfix 1

• Fixed a bug where hideout decorations exclusive to the Timekeeper’s and Ghost-lit Hideouts were missing for some players. Players affected by this bug can click the “Use Default” button while in the relevant hideout to retrieve the missing hideout decorations.
• Fixed a bug where the Map Device sometimes did not automatically select the map crafting option you last used when you had the relevant currency and it was available.
• Fixed a bug where the Overcharged Achievement did not work correctly with minimum charges.

3.19.1c Hotfix 2

• Fixed a bug where lowering the duration of Vaal Lightning Strike to or below zero would cause the orb created to remain indefinitely.

Improvements

• Lightning Mirages spawned by monsters with the Storm Strider modifier now spawn a short distance away from the player, instead of right on top of them. Monsters with this modifier now have a 2 second global cooldown for Triggering a Lightning Mirage when Hit (previously 0.75 second), and Lightning Mirages now have a 1 second cooldown until they can use their explosive skill (previously 2 seconds).
• Reduced the terrain collision size of Spark and Lightning Strike projectiles by 50%. This also fixes a longstanding bug where Spark projectiles sometimes weren’t created if cast up against a wall.
• Completed tiles in the Lake of Kalandra are now faded out when displayed on the Lake Map.
• Lore objects in the Lake of Kalandra will now appear in order, with a random lore object appearing if you have already seen them all.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug which caused the damage dealt by Galvanic Field to not scale with shock effect.
• Fixed a bug where Ghost Reaver could apply 50% less Recharge Rate to Life when allocated in combination with Eternal Youth.
• Fixed a bug where Tentacles in The Uber Eater of Worlds Boss Fight could sometimes be invisible or deal delayed damage.
• Fixed a bug where Rare Monsters with the Mirror Image modifier could sometimes become untargetable.
• Fixed a bug where packs of Harbinger Monsters would not spawn when your Traps, Mines, Totems, or Minions killed an enemy in Maps with Kirac’s Memory of Survivor’s Guilt.
• Fixed a bug where Kirac could offer Maps not currently found on the Atlas as a Mission.
• Fixed a bug where it was possible to corrupt Maps into others not found on the Atlas, such as Shaper Guardian Maps.
• Fixed a bug where players were able to display segments of the Kalandra Challenge Trophy they had not yet unlocked.
• Fixed a bug where Remove-only Stash Tabs could still display with the “Hide Remove-only Tabs” option selected after changing areas.
• Fixed a bug where summoned microtransaction pets would not update their movement speed to match increases or reductions to your movement speed.
• Fixed a bug where the Recombinator User Interface was not functional in Controller input mode.
• Fixed a client crash that could occur when moving a Stash Tab into a Stash Folder in Controller input mode.
• Fixed a rare client crash.

Lake of Kalandra Changes

• Increased the quantity of Splinters found in Breach Hands in Breach Reflections at all difficulties.
• Reflection of the Dream no longer causes the Breach to open and close 50% faster, instead now spawning more monsters.
• Reflection of the Breachlord now causes the Breach to open and close 30% slower, to provide more time to kill Breachlord.
• Increased the chance for Imprisoned Monsters to have additional Essences in Essence Reflections at all difficulties.
• Increased the quantity of Artifacts dropped by Monsters in Expedition Reflections at all difficulties.
• Increased the quantity of Currency Shards from Harbingers in Harbinger Reflections at all difficulties.
• Increased the quantity of Splinters found from Legion Encounters in Legion Reflections at all difficulties.
• Increased the duration of Shrine Buffs on Players in Shrine Reflections at all difficulties.
• The number of Rats spawned in Beyond Reflections has been reduced for performance reasons. The chance to spawn a Beyond Boss in these Reflections has been increased to compensate, and the quantity of Tainted Currency dropped by Beyond Demons in Beyond Reflections has also been increased at all difficulties.

Archnemesis and Rare Monster Changes

• Lowered the incremental life bonus that Rare and Magic monsters receive from having additional Archnemesis modifiers, and increased the base life bonus that Rare and Magic monsters receive.
• The overall result of this change is that rare and magic monsters with one Archnemesis modifier have unchanged life on average. Rare monsters with two or three modifiers have 15% less life on average, and Rare monsters with four modifiers have unchanged life on average.
• Monsters can no longer be found with three Archnemesis modifiers during the campaign, and the likelihood of encountering a monster with two modifiers during the campaign has been reduced.
• Monsters can no longer be found with the Empowering Minions modifier during the campaign.
• Reduced the amount of extra life that Essences provide to monsters. Overall, a monster with a single Screaming/Shrieking Essence now has ~30% less life than before.
• Reduced the amount of life that Red Beasts have by ~12%.
• For Essence monsters and Red Beasts in Maps with two or three Archnemesis modifiers, the above changes are in addition to the 15% less life on average change.
• Betrayal Research encounters no longer spawn packs of Rare monsters, though Scientists in the encounter are still found as Rare monsters.
• Betrayal Intervention and Transportation encounters no longer spawn rare monsters during the encounter.
• Increased the item rarity for monsters with two Archnemesis modifiers, and substantially increased the item rarity for monsters with three and four Archnemesis modifiers. With the item drop conversion system, this results in a lot more powerful drops when hitting certain combinations of modifiers. This also results in a lot more Unique items from monsters with three or four modifiers.

Lake of Kalandra Changes

• Increased the likelihood of being able to make multiple choices at a Mirrored Tablet in early yellow Maps.
• It is now possible to make three choices at a Mirrored Tablet in red Maps.
• Massively increased the chest rewards from non-league encounters throughout the Lake, particularly at higher map levels and difficulties.

Item Drop Changes

• Map Bosses now drop fewer items, but of substantially better rarity, resulting in more unique items being found from Map Bosses.
• Globally increased the base drop rate of unique items by 33%.
• Globally increased the base drop rate of currency items by 25%.

Harvest Changes

• Reduced the life of Primal Blisterlord by 23%, Primal Crushclaw by 15%, and Vivid Devourer by 15%, in order to bring them more in line with other Harvest monsters.
• Reduced the life of all other Harvest monsters, bringing the Harvest monster life more in line with monsters found in other league content.
• These changes do not affect the Spectred versions of these monsters.

Other Changes

• Increased the Lifeforce yield in Harvest encounters in lower Map tiers.
• Increased the likelihood of finding higher-level armour base types. This is quite impactful, resulting in around 25% more high armour base types dropping.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where first acquiring Voltaxic Sulphite in the Lake of Kalandra could cause you to be unable to access the Mine Encampment. Characters who encountered this issue before this patch should be able to access the Mine Encampment after acquiring more Voltaxic Sulphite.
• Fixed a bug where the Mirrored Tablet could spawn in doorways.
• Kirac will no longer offer the “Slay the Beyond Boss” mission, due to irreconcilable difficulties encountered with the Beyond revamp.
• Fixed an issue where strongboxes could sometimes drop no items. Strongboxes will now always drop at least one item.
• Fixed an overflow issue from socketing exceptional support gems in the Vaal Caress Unique Gloves, causing them to behave as they were level 10 gems.
• Fixed a bug where unlimited hideout decorations could sometimes not be placed.
• Fixed a bug where Cartographer’s Strongboxes in the Lake of Kalandra would mostly drop Tier 1 Maps.
• Fixed a bug where monsters could sometimes get stuck in terrain in the Lake of Kalandra.
• Fixed a bug where the Iridescent Weapon Effect did not propagate to your off-hand.

The Kalandra Challenge League

Console-specific notes

• Added new networking mode (Auto), which will use lockstep synchronisation if your latency is low enough. This will likely become the default later on.
• Updated Neversink’s loot filters.

New Content and Features

• Added a new Intelligence Skill Gem – Galvanic Field:
• Added a new Intelligence Skill Gem – Lightning Conduit
• Added a new Intelligence Support Gem – Overcharge
• Added a new Dexterity Skill Gem – Alchemist’s Mark
• Added 14 new Unique Items, including 1 designed by a winner of the Siege of the Atlas Boss Kill Event, and 1 designed by a supporter.
• Added 15 new Divination Cards, 12 of which were designed by our supporters, with 3 designed by winners of the Siege of the Atlas Boss Kill Event.
• Added 5 new ring base types, available in The Lake of Kalandra.
• Introduced Atlas Memories as a new core game mechanic. In maps, you’ll very rarely find a Memory item, which represents a set of memories that an NPC has about their past. Each successive map in the sequence gets more difficult and rewarding as the memories intensify.
• Introduced extremely rare foil versions of Pinnacle Unique Items. These are functionally equivalent to the regular versions, just shiny.
• The Trialmaster has returned! The Trialmaster boss fight can be accessed through the newly introduced Tower of Ordeals Unique Map.
• Introduced the Reflective Oil, which can be used to anoint Mirrored items.
• When buying items from a vendor or using a crafting bench, currency items are now taken from your character’s inventory and any stash tabs you have opened in the current instance, followed by the first of: your stash tab with the Currency Affinity set, your Currency Stash Tab, your leftmost non-specialised stash tab.
• Continued to incrementally improve the sound, art, effects and environments.