Diablo 4 Season 3 Emergency Update — 1.3.1 Build #49495 (All Platforms) - February 1, 2024

Season 3 started with the left foot. Most of the players were left with a bad taste after the underwhelming Companion Pet and not having The Gauntlet and the Leaderboards released on day 1.

In response to the negative feedback Blizzard has released an emergency update that touches on many aspects of the game including massively buffing the Seneschal Companions, increasing the Rewards from the new content and adding a new Event: The Lunar New Year.

This Update goes Live February 1 2024

Game Updates

The amount of health a monster with the Vampiric affix can heal for has been reduced.

World Tier I: 10% → 5%
World Tier II: 20% → 10%
World Tier III: 35% → 15%
World Tier IV: 50% → 25%

The Suppressor affix has been adjusted.

The Suppressor Field no longer is always on. It now has a 6 second duration and 50–75% uptime.
The field can be cancelled if the monster with the affix is Stunned, Frozen, Knocked Down, or Dazed.

The layout and monster spawns for several Dungeons have been adjusted.

Nightmare Dungeon Sigils will now display the levels that monster will be for the Sigil's Tier.

Echo of Malphas

Echo of Malphas has had their Level raised from 85 to 100.

The Health pool of Echo of Malphas has been increased by 30%.
A new item—Igneous Cores—now exists for the purpose of accessing the Uber Vault and Echo of Malphas. This item will replace the usage of Pearls of Warding in providing access.
- Igneous Cores have a chance to drop from Vault Heralds and are guaranteed to drop from Son of Malphas in World Tier IV.
Loot Updates
- The drop rate of Unique Stones from Malphas increased from .25% to .5%.
- Unique Stones now have a 3% chance of dropping from the chest after the boss.
- Defeating Echo of Malphas will now reward more Legendary items. Additionally, Item Level 925 items will drop more often.

Vaults and Arcane Tremors

Quality-of-life changes in the Vaults and Arcane Tremors:

Consuming a Pearl of Warding at a Statue of Zoltun Kulle now grants 10 stacks of Zoltun's Warding, instead of 3.
The max stacks of Zoltun's Warding has been increased from 300 to 999.
The grace period for losing stacks of Zoltun's Warding when being hit by multiple traps at once has been increased from 1 second to 1.5 seconds. (Ex: If 3 darts hit you in the span of 1.5 seconds, you'll only lose 1 stack instead of 3).
Heralds of Malphas now guaranteed a Legendary item drop starting at Level 26, with a 15% chance to drop a second Legendary item.
Knockback has been removed from all Obelisk Hazards.
Chests will now appear after completing a Vault's ending encounter. These new chests will drop a guaranteed Legendary item starting from level 26+, with a 35% chance to drop another Legendary item.
The projectile speed from Elemental Dart hazards has been reduced by 20%.
The hitbox for floor-based Elemental Grate and Spike hazards have been reduced by roughly 15%.
The spout hitbox for Elemental Pillars has been reduced by roughly 15%.

Companion Buffs

Governing and Tuning Stones updates:

Crafting a Governing or Tuning Stone will now always cost 200 Shattered Stone and 20 Iron Chunks regardless of level.
Finding a max level Governing or Tuning Stone will now grant 150 –200 Shattered Stone.
Governing and Tuning stones can now be acquired as rewards for completing Whispers.
Son of Malphas now always drops 2-3 Governing and Tuning Stones.
Stones awarded from Seneschal Stone Caches has been increased from 1 to 2 stones.
Experience requirements for Governing and Tuning Stones have been reduced so they can be ranked up more naturally with your leveling experience.

The following updates have been applied to the Seneschal's abilities:

Gyrate: Damage increased by 30%.
Pummel: Damage increased by 30%.
Bushwhack: Damage increased by 20%.
Impale: Damage increased by 30%.
Focus Fire: Damage increased by 20%.
Lightning Bolt: Damage increased by 20%.
Firefly: Damage increased by 10%.
Tempest: Damage increased by 10%.
Reconstruct: Healing increased from 22% to 32% of Maximum Life at level 1. At level 10, the healing is increased from 40% to 50% of Maximum Life.
Frigid Support: Damage increased from 50% to 60% of the Supported Skill's Damage.
Bleeding Support: Damage increased from 50% to 60% of the Supported Skill's Damage.
Electrocution Support: Damage increased from 50% to 60% of the Supported Skill's Damage.
Poison Support: Damage increased from 50% to 60% of the Supported Skill's Damage.
Dusk Support: Damage increased from 50% to 60% of the Supported Skill's Damage.
Burning Support: Damage increased from 50% to 60% of the Supported Skill's Damage.