Version 3.0.1

Version History
← 3.0.0c August 10, 2017	3.0.1 August 18, 2017	3.0.1b → August 25, 2017

Patch notes

These are the official patch notes for version 3.0.1 released by Grinding Gear Games.

3.0.1 Patch Notes

• Added the Portent and Harbinger supporter packs.
• Charged DashCharged DashMovement, AoE, Channelling, Attack, Lightning, Melee
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: 4 Mana
  Attack Speed: 160% of base
  Attack Damage: (95-121)% of base
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: (95-121)%Requires Level 28Channel to project an illusion which you steer. You gain stages while it moves, until it stops at a maximum total distance. Waves of area damage frequently pulse along its path, based on your attack speed. Stop channelling to teleport to the illusion, dealing a final wave of damage. Requires a Melee Weapon.50% of Physical Damage Converted to Lightning Damage
  Deals 150% more Damage while Channelling if Illusion has finished moving
  Hits from Final wave deal 75% of Damage per stage
  Illusion moves at 130% of your Movement Speed
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Illusion moves at an additional +(1-20)% of your Movement SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. has been corrected to have its intended scaling. It now scales up by +1% base damage each level, starting at 90% of base damage.
• The Ravaged Square now has fewer Heretical Wards.

Harbinger Improvements

• Harbingers now drop fewer stacks of currency shards, but these shards have reliably higher stack counts. This results in a higher total number of currency shards than before.
• Harbingers now appear more frequently in Map areas.
• More powerful Harbingers now appear more frequently. The volume of shards they drop has been increased, and they are also better dressed.
• You now need to complete 50 Harbinger End-game maps to complete the "End Game Grind" challenge (down from 100).
• Minions spawned by Harbingers were granted a resistance to all damage types that decayed over time. This is now multiplicative with other forms of damage taken. This change means they that can't be trivialised by WitherWitherSpell, AoE, Duration, Chaos, Channelling
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (3-9) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.28 secRequires Level 10Casts a debilitating debuff on enemies in an area, hindering their movement and also inflicts the Withered debuff, which increases the Chaos Damage they take and can stack up to 15 times.Withered lasts 2 seconds
  Base duration is 0.50 seconds
  (0-19)% increased Area of Effect
  (30-36)% reduced Movement Speed
  6% increased Chaos Damage taken
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (1-20)% increased Skill Effect DurationPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket., Shock and other modifiers to damage taken.
• Harbingers are now less likely to enter a state where they don't summon new monsters.
• The Harbinger Flame DashFlame DashSpell, Movement, Duration, Fire, Travel, Blink
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (8-23) Mana
  Cooldown Time: 3.50 sec
  Can Store 3 Use(s)
  Cast Time: 0.80 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 140%Requires Level 10Teleport to a location, damaging enemies and leaving a trail of burning ground. Shares a cooldown with other Blink skills.Deals (19.7-1738.6) Base Fire Damage per second
  Base duration is 4.00 seconds
  Deals (7-659) to (11-988) Fire Damage
  Modifiers to Spell Damage apply to this Skill's Damage Over Time effect
  (0-19)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (0.5-10)% increased Cooldown Recovery RatePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. ability now Flame Dashes its minions to your location.
• The Harbinger Storm CallStorm CallSpell, AoE, Duration, Lightning
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (6-16) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 250%Requires Level 12Sets a marker at a location. After a short duration, lightning strikes the marker, dealing damage around it and causing lightning strikes at any other markers you've cast.Deals (21-949) to (39-1762) Lightning Damage
  Base duration is 1.50 seconds
  +(0-0.6) metres to radius
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (0.75-15)% chance for Lightning to Strike the Marker when CastPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.-like ability now attaches to the minions, moving with them.
• The Harbinger FlameblastFlameblastSpell, AoE, Fire, Channelling
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (4-7) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.20 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 90%Requires Level 28Channels to build up a large explosion, which is released when you stop using the skill. The longer you channel, the larger the area of effect and damage of the explosion.Deals (31-405) to (46-608) Fire Damage
  50% chance to Ignite enemies
  165% more Spell Damage for each stage
  60% more Damage with Ailments for each stage
  10 maximum Stages
  +0.3 metres to radius per Stage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  +(0.05-1) to maximum StagesPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. ability is now stronger but used less often.
• The Harbinger Storm Cascade ability no longer stops at the Harbinger's minion's location. Instead, it will pass through, making it much more deadly for characters at a distance.
• Added several new abilities for the Harbingers to use. Be careful!
• The Harbingers from Act 6 onwards now have a chance to spawn an Obelisk when they summon monsters. These obelisks have a variety of skills.

The Beachhead Improvements

• The Beachhead map now has a wider variety of monsters.
• Monsters slain as part of the Beachhead portal encounter now don't drop items, but still award experience.
• Upon completing The Beachhead portal encounter, the Obelisks now will shatter and drop shards.
• Completing the encounter awards significantly more items.
• The encounter itself has been rebalanced, and players now have to defeat an especially powerful Harbinger as part of it.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a bug where Harbinger monsters with the Inner Treasure mod would not drop a unique item.
• Fixed a bug with the Pantheon powers for Solaris and Lunaris where bonuses to Physical Damage Reduction instead applied to Armour.
• Fixed various bugs with several skills that were preventing them from targeting Kitava.
• Fixed a bug where the --nopreload and --noasync launch parameters could cause performance problems or crashes.
• Fixed a bug where socketing Cast while Channelling SupportCast while Channelling SupportSupport, Channelling, Spell, Trigger
  Icon: W
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 120%Requires Level 38Must support both a channelling skill and a non-channelling spell skill to work. The channelling skill will trigger a spell periodically while channelling. Cannot support skills used by totems, traps, or mines. Vaal skills and skills with a reservation cannot be triggered.Trigger a Supported Spell every (0.45-0.35) seconds while Channelling Supported Skills
  Supported Triggered Spells deal 30% less Damage
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  Supported Channelling Skills deal (0.5-10)% increased Damage
  Supported Triggered Spells deal (0.5-10)% increased 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. in The Rippling ThoughtsThe Rippling Thoughts
  Legion SwordOne Handed Sword
  Physical Damage: (127.2-137.8) to (235.2-254.8)
  Elemental Damage: 1 to (60-70)
  Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
  Attacks per Second: 1.20
  Weapon Range: 1.1 metresRequires Level 62, 122 Str, 104 Dex40% increased Global Accuracy RatingGrants Summon Harbinger of the Arcane Skill
  Trigger Level 20 Storm Cascade when you Attack
  (75-90)% increased Spell Damage
  (140-160)% increased Physical Damage
  Adds 1 to (60-70) Lightning Damage
  Adds 1 to (60-70) Lightning Damage to Spells
  10% increased Area of Effect
  
  
  would prevent Storm Cascade from being cast.
• Harbingers and The Beachhead map boss can no longer be possessed by a Tormented Spirit from the Possessed FoePossessed FoeA name remembered all this time, their will stolen by a vengeful spirit.You will encounter one or more very powerful monsters possessed by a Tormented Spirit.Right-click to add this prophecy to your character. Prophecy. This made the map impossible to complete.
• Corrected a tile from the Mesa MapMesa MapMap Level: 78
  Map Tier: 11
  Guild Character: ÒTravel to this Map by using it in the Templar Laboratory or a personal Map Device. Maps can only be used once. that was too narrow for characters to pass through.
• Fixed a bug where The Beachhead map would not spawn Harbingers on non-Harbinger leagues.
• Fixed a bug that could cause disconnects when changing areas.
• Fixed some performance issues with Storm CallStorm CallSpell, AoE, Duration, Lightning
  Level: (1-20)
  Cost: (6-16) Mana
  Cast Time: 0.50 sec
  Critical Strike Chance: 6.00%
  Effectiveness of Added Damage: 250%Requires Level 12Sets a marker at a location. After a short duration, lightning strikes the marker, dealing damage around it and causing lightning strikes at any other markers you've cast.Deals (21-949) to (39-1762) Lightning Damage
  Base duration is 1.50 seconds
  +(0-0.6) metres to radius
  
  Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
  (0.75-15)% chance for Lightning to Strike the Marker when CastPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket..
• Fixed a bug where the "A Whispered PrayerA Whispered PrayerA preacher whispers to the skies and the skies answer with a blanket of biting frost.You will track down a powerful Frost Preacher who will drop a unique item when slain.Right-click to add this prophecy to your character." Prophecy could not be completed.
• Fixed a crash with the low-life tutorial.

The following hotfix was deployed after the 3.0.1 patch:

• Fixed a bug where closing the client could produce a string of errors.

This patch has been deployed without a restart