Diablo 2: Resurrected has been updated via Patch 2.5 on Nintendo Switch. This update includes a new series of challenges called Terror Zones, as well as numerous gameplay updates and bugfixes. Some of this content will become available when Ladder Season 2 launches on October 6, 2022.
Click here for a detailed rundown of what’s new from Blizzard, or see below for the full patch notes.
Gameplay/Quality of Life
- Added additional warning text to the mercenary confirmation prompt if your previous mercenary still has items equipped.
- Damage value for the Paladin’s Thorns aura is now present on the character menu.
- Dead Finger Mages now reset correctly to their original state when revived by Necromancers.
- Fixed an issue where casting delays could desync at very high ping.
- Fixed an issue where monster unique mods were triggering from another unique mod’s trigger. For example, monsters that were both lightning and fire enchanted created an explosion every time they were put into hit recovery (Ex: repeatedly hit by Warcry).
- Fixed a rare issue where item names on the ground would erratically flicker and shift while pathing around them.
- Fixed an issue where players and monsters were able to walk through doors that visually looked closed.
- Fixed an issue where certain Rune Words could not be repaired in the same game session they were created.
- Fixed an issue where loading a character on a console that was created on PC was causing texture and lighting issues on console.
- Fixed an issue that would occur when binding a skill to a multi-key binding (Ex: Ctrl + X, Alt + X) the action bound to the first key became unbound from that key.
- Fixed an issue where the game name and password were not properly updating and displaying in-game when toggling the setting for showing it.
- Fixed an issue where updates to stats, skills, or quests were displaying when no updates were available.
- Fixed an issue where hardcore character names were not displaying in red text on the character list.
- Fixed an issue with the Legacy Graphics gamble refresh icon containing graphical artifacts and corruption.
- Fixed an issue where single and dual-wielding basic attacks with Claw weapons could have inconsistent attack speeds.
- Fixed an issue where flags associated with previous characters (Ladder, Hardcore, and Classic) would persist for newly created characters in the Legacy Graphics Character Creation Screen.
- Fixed an issue where the “buy” button legend in the vendor window would not display on the first weapons tab.
- Fixed an issue where certain VFX were causing graphical corruption when fighting Uber Diablo.
- Fixed an issue where Iron Golems could lose the aura granted by the item they were created with when the Golem was frozen.
- Chosen game settings now persist in lobby game creation and filtering rather than being reset.
- Fixed an issue where Iron Golems created in a previous game would disappear instead of teleporting to you.
- Fixed an issue where performing a weapon swap during a trade would sometimes freeze the game.
- Fixed an issue where visuals effects granted by set bonuses would sometimes toggle on and off.
- Fixed an issue where environmental screen-space VFX were not playing.
- Fixed an issue where Iron Golems summoned through a charge of the skill (Ex: granted by Metalgrid) would disappear when performing an inventory update.
- Fixed an issue where Iron Golems created by a charged skill would not save between games.
- Fixed an issue where players on console and controller would sometimes get the red-flash indicator for health loss while performing an inventory update.
- Fixed an issue where the Horadric Cube could not be quick-dropped if there were items in it when playing on console or with a controller.
- Fixed an issue where similar items weren’t grouping together when auto-populating into the belt while using a controller.
- Fixed various issues when quick-moving a belt with items in the additional belt slots it provides while using a controller.
- Fixed an issue where you sometimes couldn’t quick-equip an item that has its requirement met by another equipped item.
- Fixed an issue where an item with requirement reductions would sometimes still show as requirements not met when equipped on a mercenary.
- Fixed a desync with mana values when the consumption and regeneration of mana happened in a short frame window.
- Fixed an issue where Quick Cast would sometimes restore the previous skill to the wrong mouse button.
- Act V Dual-Wielding mercenaries now accurately animates two attack swings instead of one.
- Fixed an issue where there were no corresponding Suicide Minion versions of the three guest Minion variants. These guest Minions will no longer visually transform into a skeleton and continuously stack explosion damage when whipped by Nihlathak or an Overseer.
- Fixed an issue where Fist of the Heavens could unintentionally be used when it was bound on controller or assigned to left click on M+KB.
- Fixed an issue where pets summoned by “chance to cast” skills on items would disappear after performing an inventory update.
- Fixed an issue where Ravens summoned by charged skills would disappear after a few seconds.
- Necromancer
- Difficulty penalties for life drain now apply to the Blood Golem’s attacks.
- Fixed an issue where Blood Golem was not correctly stealing life from a PvP opponent.
- Fixed an issue where the experience sharing calculation for an eight-player party would rarely overflow and award less experience than normal.
Console-Specific Fixes
- Character names are now correctly shown in the Game Details screen.
- Classic characters can no longer create a game targeting any non-classic content (Ex: Act V) in the Game Creator menu.
- Updated the icon on the Game Creator menu to further differentiate from the Search Menu.
- Updated the magnifying glass icon in the Game List Search to match the text color.
- Fixed an issue where the Ladder Season end message was incorrectly displaying on the front end.
- Fixed an issue where connecting a second controller that logs into a different user would cause the game to lose connection.
- Improved the Ladder leaderboard loading on PS4 / PS5.
- Fixed a rare issue where Unknown could appear in console’s language if language was changed while in-game.
- Fixed an issue on Switch where the quest log tab text was being cut off in Italian.
- Fixed an issue where the Ladder end time displayed the time inaccurately.
- Fixed an issue where dying would disable the Emote Wheel.
- Closing the inventory on controller with an item in your cursor will now try to place the item in your inventory before dropping it.
Localization
- Updated gender pronoun strings that referred to the player from “his / her” to the neutral counterpart “their.”
- Added a prefix for online Uber Diablo messages received in offline games.
- Added localization translations for the automap tooltip.
- Fixed an issue where the maximum gold in-game text for Polish, Russian, Mexican Spanish, and Portuguese languages were exceeding their bounds in the UI.
- Fixed a variety of equipped skill names that were exceeding their bounds in the UI for the Russian and Polish languages.
- Removed unnecessary spacing between tabs on PC in the quest log, waypoints, and player stash UI screens when playing with a controller while using the large font option.
- Changed the date formatting for Japan to be displayed as Year / Month / Day.
- Fixed a typo in the Japanese translations for quick equip and unequip to mercenary tooltip.
- Stability
- Fixed a crash on PC that occurred when resizing the client window while in the lobby.
- Improved game join and game create backend request for a smoother player experience.
- Various game stability improvements.
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