Diablo 3’s 2.0.3 patch is now live, at least for players in the American region.
It’s a small patch, but makes it so that all bosses drop rare quality items and tweaks blacksmithing and the wizard class. Direct your eyes below for the full patch notes.
General
- The area of effect for the Fire Trenches in the Halls of Agony now better match their animations
- There is now a short delay before Fire Trench damage is dealt
- Followers
- Enchantress
- Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where Erosion was causing Electrified to proc too frequently
Bosses
- Act Bosses now always drop a rare quality item
- The Skeleton King no longer drops a Legendary item after using the “Reset Quests” button for level 60 characters
- This bonus has been moved to Diablo for level 60 characters
Classes
- Wizard
- Active Skills
- Hydra
- Bug Fix: Hydras should now properly dissipate when the owner dies or leaves the game
- Familiar
- Increased the internal cooldown attack rate to roughly match the player’s attack speed to a maximum of approximately 2 attacks per second
- Magic Weapon
- Skill Rune – Deflection
- Added an internal cooldown to the proc rate to be roughly once per attack
Crafting
- Blacksmithing
- Level 1-60 crafted Legendary and Set pieces now require 2 Fiery Brimstones to craft
- All low level crafted Legendary and Set pieces now require at least 1 Demonic Essence to craft
- Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where Legendary crafting recipes were rolling Rare level stats
- In addition, a pass was made to ensure all Legendary crafted items are rolling with 6 total affixes
Items
- New Affix added: +Max Spirit for Monks
- This affix rolls on Fist Weapons, Spirit Stones, and Combat Staves
- Bug Fix: Fixed an issue where 2-Handed Legendary weapons were rolling damage appropriate to 1-handed Legendary weapons