Diablo 4 Patch 1.4.2 Notes - Pit Adjustments and Reward Buffs, Duplicate Tempering Manuals Will No Longer Drop

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Blizzard has surprised us with an Anniversary gift of Patch Notes for Diablo 4 Patch 1.4.2, with a release date for the patch yet to be determined!

Several changes are being made, such as adjustments to Bosses in The Pit, as well as Tempering Manuals no longer dropping duplicates. Read on to find out more!

Note that exact timing for this Patch is to be determined. We will share updates once we have them.

Game Updates

The Pit

• The chance to receive a Stygian Stone on completion of the Pit has been increased.
  • Examples:
    • Tier 1: 5%
    • Tier 40: 10%
    • Tier 100: 18%
    • Tier 200: 30%
• We have made the following adjustments to bosses in The Pit.
  • Adjusted the damage of boss powers and boss affixes to be more in-line with the difficulty of the dungeon leading up to the fight.
  • Reduced the frequency of boss affixes so they don't overlap.
  • The Tomb Lord Bone Wall boss affix now starts appearing from Pit tier 1.
    • Slightly reduced ability cooldown.
  • The Blood Bishop triple Shadow Line boss affix now starts appearing from Pit Tier 31.
    • Moderately increased cooldown.
  • Reduced the Airidah Wind Vortex boss affix from 8 seconds down from 8 seconds.
• The selection for Pit Tier will now default to last completed Tier instead of highest available Tier.

General

• Tempering Manuals on the ground now have their tooltip name reduced to start with «Manual» to quickly distinguish what the item is.
• Duplicate or obsolete Tempering Manuals, manuals the player has already unlocked or has a higher rarity version of, will no longer drop.
• Completing the Capstone Dungeon will now grant a Nightmare Dungeon Sigil.

Bug Fixes

Accessibility

• Fixed multiple issues where the Screen Reader did not function properly for certain parts of the Tempering and Masterworking menus.
• Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader did not announce the description for the Pit Obelisk.
• Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader did not announce the tooltip for Viewing possible affixes.