Version 2.2.1

Version History
← 2.2.0h March 10, 2016	2.2.1 March 11, 2016	2.2.1b → March 12, 2016

Patch notes

These are the official patch notes for version 2.2.1 released by Grinding Gear Games.^[1]

Features

Introduced the Solaris Mystery Box! It will be available during the Perandus Challenge Leagues. Thanks for your generous support!

The Guardian of the Mound has returned to the Prisoner's Gate in Normal difficulty. The normal version is weaker and uses fewer skills than his harder counterparts.

There are now icons to show when Flesh OfferingFlesh OfferingMinion, Spell, Duration
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (16-33) Mana
Cast Time: 1.00 secRequires Level 12Consumes a corpse, which temporarily empowers your minions with swiftness. The skill consumes other nearby corpses, increasing the duration for each corpse consumed.Base duration is 5.00 seconds
Additional 1.00 seconds Base Duration per extra corpse Consumed
Grants Minions (20-30)% increased Attack Speed
Grants Minions (20-30)% increased Cast Speed
Grants Minions (20-29)% increased Movement Speed

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.5-10)% increased Effect of OfferingPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Bone OfferingBone OfferingMinion, Spell, Duration
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (16-33) Mana
Cast Time: 1.00 secRequires Level 12Consumes a corpse, granting all of your minions the power to block both attacks and spells. The skill consumes other nearby corpses, increasing the duration for each corpse consumed.Base duration is 5.00 seconds
Additional 1.00 seconds Base Duration per extra corpse Consumed
Grants Minions +(25-35)% Chance to Block Attack Damage
Grants Minions +(25-34)% Chance to Block Spell Damage
Grants Minions 4% of Life Regenerated per Second if they have Blocked recently

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.5-10)% increased Effect of OfferingPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. affect you.

Labyrinth Changes

Izaro has been adjusted to be easier in Normal Difficulty. His life has been reduced by 20%. Izaro's Ground Slam and Radiant Slash now deal 10% less damage. The life of Gargoyles, Idols, Portals (Thresholds), Essences, Fonts and Lieutenants has been reduced by 20%. The Goddess of Justice's Mortar Barrage has been reduced by 20% damage, and she no longer uses Teleport. These changes only apply to Normal difficulty.

A "You are here" hover has been added to the Labyrinth progress map.

Enabled the unique item Xirgil's CrankXirgil's Crank
Coiled StaffWarstaff
Physical Damage: 27-57
Critical Strike Chance: 6.20%
Attacks per Second: 1.30
Weapon Range: 1.3 metresRequires Level 28, 43 Str, 43 Int+20% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff+15% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff
(60-80)% increased Spell Damage
+(70-100) to maximum Energy Shield
+1 to Level of all Spell Skill Gems
Reflects 1 to 150 Lightning Damage to Melee Attackers
20% chance for Energy Shield Recharge to start when you Block"Since one with knowledge of machines
might be able to bring the labyrinth to a standstill,
Izaro had us place many boobytrapped decoys.
But I know which switch brings the monster down."
- Xirgil, Trapbuilder's final words., which can drop in the Labyrinth.

Argus is now immune to guillotine traps.

Darkshrines with significant load times on the client have been disabled for now.

Various broken exits have been fixed.

Several general improvements to the labyrinth have added.

Perandus League Changes

Enabled The Perandus ManorThe Perandus Manor
Chateau MapMap Level: 72
Map Tier: 5
Guild Character: ™
Item Quantity: +(60-100)%
Item Rarity: +(200-300)%(100-150)% increased Experience gain
(200-300)% increased number of Rare Monsters
(30-40)% more Monster Life
(16-24)% increased Monster Damage
Area contains Cadiro PerandusForget kings and emperors;
He who holds the coin holds all the power.Travel to this Map by using it in a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once. map. This map can be sold by Cadiro in Tier 5 and above maps for 2500 coins. We hope you enjoy exploring its secrets!

Perandus Guardians that are revived will provide experience when slain for a second time. They stop granting experience when they've been revived two times.

Several significant improvements have been made to the performance of Perandus monsters.

Effects on the Perandus monsters have been toned down. Several changes have also been made to improve performance via preloading.

Bug Fixes

Writhing Worms no longer grant souls to players with Soul Eater.

Fixed a bug where Writhing Worms could grant flask charges when players had Increased Flask Charges Gained.

Fixed the position of a strength skill near the Duelist start location to be within the large radius of Jewel slots. Strength-based threshold jewels can be used there once again.

Fixed an issue where the wrong effects played on microtransaction versions of Rain of ArrowsRain of ArrowsAttack, AoE, Projectile, Bow
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (7-11) Mana
Attack Damage: (48-60)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (48-60)%
AoE Radius: 24Requires Level 12Fires multiple arrows into the air, to land in sequence after a delay, starting at the targeted location and spreading outwards in all directions. Each arrow deals damage in an area around it. Half of the arrows will land directly on targets if there are targets in their range.Fires (18-22) Arrows

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Fires +(0.2-4) ArrowsPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Mirror ArrowMirror ArrowAttack, Minion, Duration, Movement, Travel, Bow
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (14-20) Mana
Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 10Fires an arrow at the target destination. When the arrow lands, a clone is summoned. The clone is a minion that uses your bow and quiver.Base duration is 3.00 seconds
(0-47)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
Minions deal (0-57)% more Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(2-40)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and Blink ArrowBlink ArrowAttack, Minion, Duration, Movement, Travel, Bow
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (14-20) Mana
Cooldown Time: 3.00 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)Requires Level 10Fires an arrow at the target destination. When the arrow lands, you are teleported to it and a clone is summoned at your old location. The clone is a minion that uses your bow and quiver.Base duration is 3.00 seconds
(0-47)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
Minions deal (0-57)% more Damage

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(2-40)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. when supported by Trap SupportTrap SupportSupport, Trap
Icon: T
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 8Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a trap that will use the skill for you when an enemy walks near it. Traps cannot use channelling skills.Supported Attack Skills cannot be used with Melee Weapons
Trap lasts 4 seconds
Supported Skills deal (20-6)% less Trap Damage
Supported Skills have (0-19)% increased Trap Throwing Speed

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Supported Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Trap DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket. or MineBlastchain Mine SupportSupport, Mine
Icon: Y
Level: (1-20)
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 50%Requires Level 8Supports spells, or attacks that use bows or wands. Instead of using that skill, you will throw a mine that will use the skill for you when you detonate it. Mines cannot use channelling skills.Supported Attack Skills cannot be used with Melee Weapons
Supported Skills deal (59-53)% less Damage
Mine lasts 5 seconds
Supported Skills have a Base Mine Detonation Time of 0.25 seconds
Supported Skills gain a Base Reservation equal to Base Mana and Life Cost
Supported Skills deal 5% more Damage for each prior Mine in Detonation Sequence

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.5-10)% increased Mine DamageThis is a Support Gem. It does not grant a bonus to your character, but to skills in sockets connected to it. Place into an item socket connected to a socket containing the Skill Gem you wish to augment. Right click to remove from a socket..

Fixed an issue with an inactive teleporter on the Volcano MapVolcano MapMap Level: 81
Map Tier: 14
Guild Character: \Travel to this Map by using it in the Templar Laboratory or a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once..

Fixed a bug where party members couldn't see your actions when you used non-sword skills with VarunastraVarunastra
Vaal BladeOne Handed Sword
Physical Damage: (136.8-182) to (298.8-372)
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Attacks per Second: 1.30
Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 64, 113 Str, 113 Dex+460 to Accuracy Rating(80-100)% increased Physical Damage
Adds (30-45) to (80-100) Physical Damage
Grants (2-3) Mana per Enemy Hit
Counts as all One Handed Melee Weapon Types"Painful suicide in the hands of a fool,
Creative death in the hands of a master."
- Icius Perandus, Antiquities Collection, Item 2992.

Fixed a bug with the "... of Force" Enchantments which could disable audio.

Fixed a bug where the Perandus Footprints effectPerandus Footprints EffectFootprintsAdds perandus footprints to any equipped pair of boots. faced the wrong way.

Fixed several issues with Strongboxes, Perandus chests and Cadiro spawning on traps.

Fixed an instance crash related to Essence DrainEssence DrainSpell, Projectile, Duration, Chaos, AoE
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (8-23) Mana
Cast Time: 0.70 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
Effectiveness of Added Damage: 140%Requires Level 12Fires a projectile that applies a damage over time debuff when it hits. You are healed for a portion of the debuff damage. The debuff is spread by Contagion.Deals (9-644) to (13-966) Chaos Damage
Deals (31.2-1509.4) Base Chaos Damage per second
Base duration is 3.80 seconds
Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
Regenerate 0.50% of Debuff Damage as Life

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
Regenerate +(0.025-0.5)% of Debuff Damage as LifePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..

Made some small improvements to client graphical performance.