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US Season of Death Awakening - Changes and Next Steps

We’ve heard your feedback on Season of Death Awakening, including Mythic unique drop rates, equip limits, and more. In a patch releasing today, we’re increasing the drop rate for Mythics from the Corrupted Reaper boss fight and removing equip limits for Mythic Uniques. Additionally, in a patch comi…

Marcoose · Community Manager 16.07.2026 Read on the forum ↗
US 3.1.1a Patch - July 16, 2026

Season of Death Awakening Note: This Patch will release for Consoles on July 17, so until then, cross-play will be disabled. Once the Patch releases for Consoles, cross-play will be re-enabled. Updates Removed the “one-crafted Mythic” equipment restriction on Mythic items. Developer’s Note: In S1…

Marcoose · Community Manager 16.07.2026 Read on the forum ↗
US Iconic mythics still not dropping

This is being looked into, as well as other issues surrounding mythics

Lyricana · Community Manager 15.07.2026 Read on the forum ↗
US Blizzard is lying about the patch

We’re investigating the drop rate, as well as mythics more broadly

Lyricana · Community Manager 15.07.2026 Read on the forum ↗
US 300 runs and no iconic mythic after patch 3.1.1

The team is currently investigating this, and looking at mythics more broadly.

Lyricana · Community Manager 15.07.2026 Read on the forum ↗
US HOTFIX 3 - July 10, 2026 - 3.1.0c

HOTFIX 3 - July 10, 2026 - 3.1.0c - Battle.net and Steam Bug Fixes Fixed a crash that occurred on Steam Deck start up. Fixed occasional crash in the in-game shop. HOTFIX 2 - July 1, 2026 - 3.1.0a - Battle.net and Steam Bug Fixes Deployed a security update to Battle.net. HOTFIX 1 - June 3…

Marcoose · Community Manager 10.07.2026 Read on the forum ↗
US HOTFIX 2 - July 1, 2026 - 3.1.0a

HOTFIX 2 - July 1, 2026 - 3.1.0a - Battle.net and Steam Bug Fixes Deployed a security update to Battle.net. HOTFIX 1 - June 30, 2026 - 3.1.0a Bug Fixes Reduced Uber Mephisto’s on kill XP to be consistent with other lair bosses. Added experience orbs to Uber Mephisto’s Hoard.

Marcoose · Community Manager 01.07.2026 Read on the forum ↗
US Unable to play on Linux platforms after new update

As you’ve all seen, our fix tonight did not solve the issue so we will regroup in the morning. Apologies again for the delay. I appreciate everyone who helped verify tonight!

Marcoose · Community Manager 01.07.2026 Read on the forum ↗
US Unable to play on Linux platforms after new update

Thanks for elevating and confirming, I’ll let the team know

Marcoose · Community Manager 01.07.2026 Read on the forum ↗
US Unable to play on Linux platforms after new update

We’re still working on it! Just rolled out a potential fix, can anyone on Steam Deck or Linux verify if they can log-in

Marcoose · Community Manager 01.07.2026 Read on the forum ↗
US Unable to play on Linux platforms after new update

My mistake, we are still working on deploying this fix. The hotfix we deployed was for a separate issue. We’re still heads down on this currently.

Marcoose · Community Manager 01.07.2026 Read on the forum ↗
US HOTFIX 1 - June 30, 2026 - 3.1.0a

HOTFIX 1 - June 30, 2026 - 3.1.0a Bug Fixes Reduced Uber Mephisto’s on kill XP to be consistent with other lair bosses. Added experience orbs to Uber Mephisto’s Hoard.

Marcoose · Community Manager 01.07.2026 Read on the forum ↗
US Unable to play on Linux platforms after new update

We’re building an emergency patch to deploy that should fix this issue. It may release later on tonight but hard to say for certain. Thanks for your patience, and sorry for the delay.

Marcoose · Community Manager 30.06.2026 Read on the forum ↗
US We cannot enter to the game

for players still stuck in the queue, try re-logging and you should get in faster

Marcoose · Community Manager 30.06.2026 Read on the forum ↗
US Hunt the Death Cult in Season of Death Awakening

[Hunt the Death Cult in Season of Death Awakening] Seek out new threats from the Death Cults, dominate the Tower and Leaderboards, and enjoy a free Warlock Trial in Season of Death Awakening. View Full Article

BlizzardEntertainment · Blizzard News 23.06.2026 Read on the forum ↗
US Hunt the Death Cult in Season of Death Awakening

[Hunt the Death Cult in Season of Death Awakening] Seek out new threats from the Death Cults, dominate the Tower and Leaderboards, and enjoy a free Warlock Trial in Season of Death Awakening. View Full Article

BlizzardEntertainment · Blizzard News 23.06.2026 Read on the forum ↗
US Diablo IV Patch Notes

[Diablo IV Patch Notes] We will continually update this article with all patches the development team implements for Diablo IV. View Full Article

BlizzardEntertainment · Blizzard News 23.06.2026 Read on the forum ↗
US Join our Next Developer Update Livestream

[Join our Next Developer Update Livestream] Tune in to our next Developer Update Livestream, which will cover the Season of Death Awakening. View Full Article

BlizzardEntertainment · Blizzard News 16.06.2026 Read on the forum ↗
US Tower & Leaderboards Beta PSA - RESOLVED

The Tower and Leaderboards Beta is now live again for players to enjoy. We appreciate your patience as we worked through this issue.

Lyricana · Community Manager 04.06.2026 Read on the forum ↗
US Known Issue: Gem Crafting Blocklist

This issue has been resolved and Gem crafting has been re-enabled. Thanks for your patience!

filthierich · Community Manager 02.06.2026 Read on the forum ↗

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