Version 3.18.1

Version History
← 3.18.0e June 2, 2022	3.18.1 June 14, 2022	3.18.1b → June 22, 2022

Patch notes

These are the official patch notes for version 3.18.1 released by Grinding Gear Games.^[1]

This patch contains a number of general improvements and bug fixes of both small- and medium-importance.

General Improvements and Changes

Improved the behaviour of some travel skills when repeated through Echoing Shrine or the Echoist modifier gained by killing monsters. 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., Whirling BladesWhirling BladesAttack, Movement, Travel, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 10 Mana
Attack Damage: (100-150)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (100-150)%Requires Level 10Dive through enemies, dealing weapon damage. If dual wielding attacks with both weapons, dealing the damage of both in one hit. Only works with Daggers, Claws, and One-Handed Swords. Cannot be supported by Multistrike.When Dual Wielding, Deals 75% Damage from each Weapon combined
+0.6 seconds to Attack Time

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(0.5-10)% increased Attack SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. and DashDashSpell, Movement, Travel, Blink
Level: (1-20)
Cost: (4-16) Mana
Cooldown Time: 2.50 sec
Can Store 1 Use(s)
Cast Time: 0.15 secRequires Level 4Performs a series of quick teleports towards a targeted location. If using the "Attack in Place" option, the direction is reversed. Shares a cooldown with other Blink skills.(0-19)% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate
(0-57)% increased travel distance
This Spell's Cast Speed cannot be modified

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. now repeat in the same direction as the initial use. Shield ChargeShield ChargeAttack, AoE, Movement, Travel, Physical, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 10 Mana
Attack Time: 0.50 sec
Critical Strike Chance: 5.00%
AoE Radius: 8 / 16Requires Level 10Charges at a targeted location or enemy, pushing away enemies in your path and repeatedly dealing off-hand damage in a small area in front of you. You deal damage in a larger area when you reach the target. The further you travel, the more damage you deal, and the greater your chance of stunning enemies. Cannot be supported by Multistrike.(12-134) to (18-200) Base Off Hand Physical Damage
(3-5) to (4-7) Added Physical Damage per 15 Armour or Evasion Rating on Shield
75% increased Stun Threshold reduction on enemies at Maximum charge distance
100% more Damage with Hits at Maximum Charge Distance
(90-109)% increased Movement Speed

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(1-20)% increased Movement SpeedPlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. is now able to repeat, though only the larger area attack performed upon reaching your target is repeated. Attacking in place with Leap SlamLeap SlamAttack, AoE, Movement, Travel, Slam, Melee
Level: (1-20)
Cost: 10 Mana
Attack Damage: (100-150)% of base
Effectiveness of Added Damage: (100-150)%
AoE Radius: 15Requires Level 10Jump through the air, damaging and knocking back enemies with your weapon where you land. Enemies you would land on are pushed out of the way. Requires an Axe, Mace, Sceptre, Sword or Staff. Cannot be supported by Multistrike.(20-39)% increased Stun Duration against Enemies that are on Full Life
+0.55 seconds to Attack Time
Base radius is 1.5 metres
Damaging Hits always Stun Enemies that are on Full Life

Additional Effects From 1-20% Quality:
(2-40)% increased Stun Duration against Enemies that are on Full LifePlace into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket. now repeats in the same direction as the initial use.

The Thorned Vines debuff applied by monsters with the Entangler modifier no longer causes you to take 10% of your Maximum Life and Energy Shield as Chaos Damage if you use a travel skill while vined.

Monsters with the Magma Barrier modifier now only spawn Fire Volatiles when a player is within 70 units of them.

The Trickster Monster modifier can no longer be found on Monsters imprisoned in Essence Monoliths.

The number of Totems spawned from Rare Monster Packs with the Heralding Minions modifier is now limited to 5.

Reduced the damage of Molten Minotaur's enraged slam attack by 25%.

It is no longer possible to re-deploy a different Apex Sentinel to the one originally summoned in an Area with the "Apex Sentinels can be re-deployed after being dismissed" Runic Node allocated in the Sentinel Controller.

Time-frozen Legion monsters can no longer be empowered by Sentinels.

Essence Monoliths now display the modifiers and Tormented Spirits that are affecting or possessing the imprisoned Essence Monster.

Portals will now first open next to the Map Device interactable when opening a Map in the large Map Device.

Added a debuff visual for Wrath of the Cosmos to display how many stacks you have in an area.

Added the Sentinel Locker to the Guild Hideout Decorations list.

Added a Controller input keybind for copying the above Favoured Map to the selected Favoured Map Slot.

Updated various Atlas Passive Skill, Sextant and Eldritch Altar descriptions to clarify they only apply to the last Map Boss killed in a Map if there are multiple.

Updated Impossible EscapeImpossible Escape
Viridian JewelLimited to: 1Passive in Radius of <Keystone> can be Allocated without being connected to your treeCorruptedShe was the last of countless progeny bred to test the limits of limitless power.
In the cosmic prison of her birth, her siblings fought each other to the death
for supremacy. She alone reached her limit... and broke through.Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket. Unique Jewels obtained prior to the 3.18.0b patch that had rolled Phase Acrobatics to instead have Acrobatics.

Updated the description on the Purposeful Harbinger Cluster Jewel Notable to clarify it applies to Auras from your Skills, not those of your Allies.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where it was possible to earn credit towards the Complete Delirium Encounters Challenge by completing any Tier of 100% Delirious Map with at least four modifiers, rather than a 100% Delirious Tier 16 Map with at least four modifiers.

Fixed a bug where Energy Shield Leech could be removed upon reaching maximum Energy Shield with the Soul Drinker Ascendancy Passive Skill allocated from the Forbidden FlameForbidden Flame
Crimson JewelLimited to: 1Requires Class <Random Character Class>Allocates <Random Ascendancy Notable> if you have the matching modifier on Forbidden FleshCorruptedThe minds of those studied utterly by the Cleansing Fire
continue to think and dream and beg for silence...Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket. and Forbidden FleshForbidden Flesh
Cobalt JewelLimited to: 1Requires Class <Random Character Class>Allocates <Random Ascendancy Notable> if you have the matching modifier on Forbidden FlameCorruptedThe bodies of those wholly subsumed by the Tangle
continue to merge and mutate and cry out for release...Place into an allocated Jewel Socket on the Passive Skill Tree. Right click to remove from the Socket. Jewels.

Fixed a bug where the Life of some Delve Monsters could overflow from the Life Regeneration provided by standing on Consecrated Ground, causing them to die instantly but visually become untargetable.

Fixed a bug where Sentinel-empowered monsters could be harder to gain Fortification from with fortifying hits than they should be.

Fixed a bug where Atziri's Apparition was not using any skills in Vaal Ritual encounters.

Fixed a bug where a Summoned Holy Relic would become invisible after entering a new area or levelling up Summon Holy Relic gem.

Fixed a bug where some Monsters, most notably Breach Monsters, could appear with multiple of the same Monster modifier visual.

Fixed a bug where The Unbreakable's Magnetic Beam skill would visually flail around.

Fixed an issue where the vendor recipes for a Magic Weapon with an added elemental damage modifier was not working correctly with Bows.

Fixed a bug where some Alternate Art Uniques were not using their alternate 3D art.

Fixed a visual bug where Support Gems socketed in The SquireThe Squire
Elegant Round ShieldChance to Block: (28-30)%
Armour: (296-425)
Evasion: (296-425)
Movement Speed: -3%Requires Level 70, 85 Str, 85 Dex120% increased Block RecoveryHas 3 Sockets
All Sockets are White
+(5-8)% to Quality of Socketed Support Gems
Socketed Support Gems can also Support Skills from your Main Hand
(100-150)% increased Armour and Evasion
+(3-5)% Chance to BlockJudge not the weak, for
they empower the strong. could appear to snapshot.

Fixed a bug where Bounty Targets from the Smuggling Routes Atlas Passive Skill could display their minimap icon while dead.

Fixed a bug where filtering in the Heist Locker was not functioning correctly.

Fixed a bug where Gem level-up buttons could sometimes re-shuffle when clicked.

Fixed a bug where pressing 'O' with the Options menu open could sometimes fail to close the menu.

Fixed a bug where attempting to store an item ignoring Affinities was not working for the Guild Stash in Controller input mode.

Fixed a bug where the Stellar Core in the Polaric Hideout could not be interacted with in Controller input mode.

Fixed a bug where the Minotaur Weapon EffectMinotaur Weapon EffectWeapon EffectAdds the Minotaur effect to any equipped weapon microtransaction was not working correctly.

Fixed a bug where the Darkprism ShieldDarkprism ShieldShield SkinChanges the appearance of any equipped shield to the Darkprism Shield. microtransaction was not playing its rotate animation correctly.

Fixed a clipping problem with the Wrangler HatWrangler HatHelmet SkinChanges the appearance of any equipped helmet to the Wrangler Hat. microtransaction.

Fixed three client crashes.