Blizzard has revealed the patch notes for Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred‘s first update ahead of its release on April 28. The patch notes show some of the changes coming to Diablo 4 in Lord of Hatred, although they do not detail the new additions available in the upcoming expansion.
Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred was revealed at The Game Awards 2025. Those who pre-ordered the expansion were given access to Diablo 4‘s Paladin, one of the two new classes coming in Lord of Hatred, alongside the Warlock. Blizzard’s target was to release one expansion per year after the game’s 2023 launch, but it missed the mark after failing to release one in 2025. Lord of Hatred is the follow-up to 2024’s Vessel of Hatred, and is set to conclude the Age of Hatred saga that began all the way back at Diablo 4‘s initial release.
Diablo 4 Finally Reveals Neyrelle’s Fate in Lord of Hatred
Diablo 4 finally answers the question that has been lingering on everyone’s minds: how does Neyrelle play into the story of Lord of Hatred?
Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred 3.0.1 Patch Notes are Here
Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred‘s 3.0.1 patch notes are available right now via Blizzard ahead of the expansion’s launch on April 28, 2026. These are not to detail all the features coming in Lord of Hatred, but rather to explain changes made to the core experience in the expansion and the Season of Reckoning. There are a few expansion-specific bug fixes here, but the patch notes are largely focused on how the broader Diablo 4 gameplay is changing in the coming days.
Diablo 4‘s Tower has now been renamed to The Artificer’s Tower, with this endgame activity also receiving improved loot rewards across the board. All Gems socketed into weapons have new multiplicative damage bonuses, which is quietly a huge change for endgame builds. Monsters with the Shielded and Reprisal Affixes have been made more visually distinct, making it easier to tell when enemies are affected by either. There’s also a new option for Chromatic Aberration in Diablo 4‘s accessibility settings. On top of all these changes, there is a long list of base-game bug fixes that should make for a more stable experience overall.
The early Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred reviews indicate that the upcoming expansion will be a big step forward for Blizzard’s action RPG. On the review aggregator site OpenCritic, it currently has a Top Critic Average of 84, with praise given to how it sticks the landing on the Age of Hatred arc and the important changes to Diablo 4‘s endgame. It seems to have been worth the wait for long-time fans of the game.
Who’s That Character?
Identify the silhouettes before time runs out.
Identify the silhouettes before time runs out.
Easy (7.5s)Medium (5.0s)Hard (2.5s)Permadeath (2.5s)
While Diablo 4 continues to go from strength to strength, the franchise’s future is equally exciting. Earlier this year, one of the game’s executive producers, Gavian Whishaw, revealed that Blizzard wants to release future Diablo games more quickly, with mainline titles in the series typically taking over a decade to release. Whether this comes to fruition remains to be seen, but the franchise is undoubtedly in a great place right now.
Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred Update 3.0.1 Patch Notes (April 27, 2026)
Expansion
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where Holy damage reflected by the Reprisal Monster Affix did more damage than intended.
- Fixed an issue where the tooltip for the Seal of the Second Trumpet did not mention that Judicator’s Oath needed to be active.
- Fixed an issue where recasting Fortress could disable player movement on Controller.
- Fixed an issue where passives in the Mercenary Skill trees could not be selected by the D-Pad on controller.
- Fixed an issue where enemies could become unreachable during the In His Footsteps quest.
- Fixed an issue where the Tenet of Akarat near Sleepless Hollow could be non-interactive.
Base Game
Game Updates
Miscellaneous
- Monsters with the Shielded Affix are now more visually pronounced, and the immunity to other monsters can be more easily removed by defeating the source monsters.
- Monsters with the Reprisal Affix are now more visually distinct, and the reflected damage is now a lobbed projectile.
- Loot rewards from the Tower have been improved across the board.
- The Tower has been renamed The Artificer’s Tower.
-
All Gems have new multiplicative damage bonuses when socketed into weapons.
- Amethyst: Damage over Time→ Shadow Damage
- Diamond: Ultimate Damage → All Damage
- Emerald: Critical Strike Damage → Poison Damage
- Ruby: Overpower Damage → Fire and Holy Damage
- Sapphire: Vulnerable Damage → Cold Damage
- Skull: Life on Kill → Physical Damage
- Topaz: Basic Damage → Lightning Damage
- A new option for Chromatic Aberration has been added to the Accessibility settings.
Bug Fixes
Accessibility
- Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader announced incorrect information when initially entering game.
Gameplay
- Fixed an issue where the Bone Breaker Legendary Paragon Node for Barbarian granted more damage than intended.
- Fixed an issue where Necromancer’s Soulrift would persist after mounting.
- Fixed an issue where the Sorcerer’s Flame Shield enchantment did not trigger when taking damage from damage over time effects.
- Fixed an issue where defeating Belial did not grant experience.
- Fixed an issue where Obducite did not drop from all expected enemies in Nightmare Dungeons.
- Fixed an issue where Experience Wells could not be used by both players in Local Co-Op play.
- Fixed an issue where multiple Horadric Portals would spawn when completing a Horadric Strongroom while in a Party.
User Interface and User Experience
- Fixed an issue where some items on the ground displayed incorrect names.
- Fixed an issue where some skills with very high skill ranks could display incorrect damage values.
- Fixed various instances where bonuses granted by items did not display in the Stats panel properly while in Town.
- Fixed an issue where the Barbarian Glyph Might displayed increased damage to Healthy enemies when it actually increased damage to Injured Enemies.
- Fixed an issue where Infernal Hordes was not an option for an Activity in the Party Finder.
- Fixed an issue where various instances of Damage while Fortified and Damage Reduction while Fortified displayed inaccurate information.
Quests
- Fixed an issue where the Slay the Ghouls objective would not progress if the enemies were defeated too quickly during the By Three They Come quest.
- Fixed an issue where the Blood of the Mother side quest was inaccessible at certain points of original Campaign progression.
- Fixed an issue where the Blood Sermon side quest could not be completed before completing the campaign quest Light’s Protection.
- Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck during the In Her Wake quest by using a Mobility ability such as Leap or Teleport.
Miscellaneous
- Fixed an issue where some items purchasable at Vendors did not have level requirements.
- Fixed an issue where Unique Focuses could not be acquired from the Purveyor of Curiosities.
- Fixed an issue where the Nahantu Folk Hero challenge did not unlock as expected.
- Fixed an issue where the loot from the boss in Crusader’s Monument could drop much lower quality items than expected.
- Fixed various instances where item appearances did not unlock as expected when Salvaging an item.
- Fixed various instances where unsalvageable appearances showed as locked in the wardrobe.
- Various UI, visual, audio, performance, and stability improvements.
- Released
-
June 5, 2023
- ESRB
-
Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language, In-Game Purchases, Users Interact
