1.4.2|Apr 1, 2026
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3/5 Moderate
Rift Beast and Emperor of Corpses receive significant nerfs alongside a 5x rarity increase for Bee affixes and a major Bazaar Idol stall overhaul.
Key Changes
- 1Rift Beast nerfs: Poison no longer pierces all resistance and ground DoT scaling is capped.
- 2Bee affixes are now 3x to 5x more common on Idols.
- 3Bazaar Idol stalls now feature specific subtype and class requirement filters.
- 4Emperor of Corpses Soul Bomb damage tremendously reduced as a temporary fix.
- 5Corrupted items now have visual and audio indicators when 'ruined'.
- 6Town Portals now unlock in any town to prevent multiplayer progression bugs.
- 7Random events (Exiled Mages, Nemesis, etc.) removed from Arena and Arena Echoes.
- 8Stash now remembers the last opened tab during a game session.
- 9Omen Windows tether range decreased and loot pool expanded to include Idol Altars.
- 10Over 100 bug fixes across Classes, UI, and Campaign progression.
All Changes
🪟Omen Windows(5)
- changeOmen: Decreased the tether range on the Omen to incentivize staying within the window.
- changeTimeglass Core: Adjusted Timeglass Core UI for improved readability and ease of use.
- fixOmen Window: Improved minimap accuracy for Omen Window range.
- buffRoaming Omen: Roaming Omens can now drop Idol Altars and Omen Idols in addition to regular loot.
- changeOmen Window: Minimap fog now switches to red when exiting any non-greater window.
💀Corrupted Items(3)
- newCorrupted Items: Added a visual indicator to item UIs if the item is ruined.
- newCorrupted Items: Added a sound effect when an item is ruined by corruption.
- changeCorrupted Items: Minor UI polish for ruined item tooltips.
🗺️Content Updates(4)
- changeTown Portal: Town Portal now unlocks when arriving in any town, preventing multiplayer bypass issues.
- newMonolith: Added minimap icons for objects that open the Monolith Echo Web UI.
- newEcho Chains: Added feedback when a continuation portal is used while a previous echo is still active with another player.
- changeArena: Random events (Exiled mages, Loot lizards, Nemesis, Caches, Champions) no longer spawn in Arena or Arena Echoes.
💎Affixes(3)
- buffBees Per 10 Seconds: Corrupted affix granting Bees Per 10 Seconds on Idols is now over 3 times as common.
- buffElemental Bees Per 10 Seconds: Corrupted affix granting Elemental Bees Per 10 Seconds on Idols is now over 3 times as common.
- buffBees Per 10 Seconds: Keeper's affix granting Bees Per 10 Seconds for Grand Primal Omen and Ornate Heorot Idols is now over 5 times as common.
👹Enemies(6)
- nerfRift Beast: Noxious Blood adaptation poison stacks no longer pierce all poison resistance.
- nerfRift Beast: Acidic Petals ground DoT no longer scales damage infinitely over its lifetime.
- nerfEmperor of Corpses: Soul Bombs now deal tremendously less damage as a temporary fix for indicator issues.
- nerfCoalesced Sludge: Poison Bone Spikes damage per interval reduced and can no longer critical strike.
- nerfRift Beast: Ice and Fire Whirlwinds AOEs standardized and damage per tick considerably reduced.
- changeThornclaw: Balanced Thornclaw enemy to be more in line with enemies of its type.
⚖️Bazaar(7)
- newBazaar: Added item type and subtype filters to the idol stall.
- newBazaar: Subtype filters (Omen, Weaver, Heretical) now appear if only 1 item type is selected.
- newBazaar: Added class requirement filter to the generic idol stall.
- buffBazaar: Quick filter now automatically searches after filters are set.
- buffBazaar: Quick filter now sets all exalted, reforged set, and corruption-only affixes.
- buffBazaar: Idol altars quick filter now sets the affix filter for every affix.
- buffBazaar: Quick filter affixes now use the lowest roll resulting in the same stat value to avoid excluding items.
🛠️Quality of Life(7)
- changeAbility Tooltips: Moved 'mana' suffix to the 'cost' label in ability tooltips for better readability.
- newUI: Added default open/close sounds for panels lacking custom audio.
- changeUI: Movement is now blocked if a full-screen panel is open.
- newStash: Stash now defaults to the last tab opened during the current game session.
- newWeaver Tree: Added toasts informing players why an item could not be imprinted in the Weaver Tree.
- newSkills: Added feedback for when a skill is attempted to be cast outside of its max range.
- changeLoot Labels: Increased vertical loot label spread for items dropped close together.
🎨Visual and Sound Updates(13)
- changeFire Aura: Improved visibility of the Fire Aura visual effect.
- changeClaw Totem: Claw Totem spawn sound is now punchier and more noticeable.
- changeGathering Storm: Adjusted Storm Bolt ice visuals for consistency with other Primalist ice abilities.
- changeGathering Storm: Improved visibility of Storm Bolt visual effects for cold and physical conversions.
- changeHealing Hands: Updated Skyfall node sound to be less jarring during channeling.
- changeWarpath: Updated visuals for the fire variant of the Warslash subskill.
- changeHoney Golem: Honey Golem hit sounds changed to 'wooden' and death sound updated.
- changeImperial Watcher: Imperial Watcher laser beam attack sound improved to cut through combat.
- changeBurning Forest: Overhauled visuals of the Burning Forest Monolith Echo.
- changeCoiled Bident: Updated weapon model for Coiled Bident.
- changeDragonslayer Glaive: Updated weapon model for Dragonslayer Glaive.
- changeMorditas' Reach: Updated weapon model for Morditas' Reach.
- changeThe Judicator: Updated weapon model for The Judicator.
🧙Class Bug Fixes(25)
- fixAura of Decay: Fixed Aura of Decay visual issue on inclines.
- fixBone Curse: Fixed ailment visual bug when swapping Misery and Signet of Agony nodes.
- fixTransplant: Fixed missing casting sounds for Transplant.
- fixVolcanic Orb: Fixed Volcanic Orb playing shrapnel hit sounds on every cast.
- fixArcane Ascendance: Fixed Arcane Ascendance not preventing movement during channeled movement abilities.
- fixBlack Hole: Fixed Collapse subskill having a void tag instead of cold.
- fixEnchant Weapon: Fixed Unstable Enchantment failing to cast Elemental Nova in online mode.
- fixFire Aura: Fixed Fire Aura visual size not matching effective range.
- fixRunic Invocation: Fixed Rune icons appearing too high above the player.
- fixSkills: Fixed controller issue where skills ignored max distance targeting.
- fixGathering Storm: Fixed low resolution lightning version visual.
- fixSummon Sabertooth: Fixed visual issue for the Cold Sabertooth variant.
- fixSummon Scorpion: Fixed Maelstroms from Frozen Winds node not benefiting from Typhoon node.
- fixSwipe: Fixed Swipe not applying on-hit effects with the second attack in sequence.
- fixTornado: Fixed Eye of the Storm node failing to attach Tornado to the player.
- fixWerebear Form: Fixed Roar from Intimidating Cry node not playing sound.
- fixChaos Bolt: Fixed Rip Blood from Exacted Libation node casting from wrong position.
- fixShadow Rend: Adjusted ending animation recovery for Shadow Rend.
- fixShadow Rend: Fixed audio issues with Shadow Rend.
- fixForge Strike: Fixed Anvil Blow visual effects lingering after skill end.
- fixShield Bash: Fixed Flurry of Blows unique audio being too quiet.
- fixShield Throw: Corrected Eruption of Coals tooltip to show it triggers on allies and enemies.
- fixShield Throw: Steel Defender and Faithguard now affect the caster when hit by ricochet.
- fixShield Throw: Fixed long cooldown issue if stunned during cast.
- fixVoid Cleave: Fixed random cast failure when using directional movement.
⚔️Item Bug Fixes(7)
- fixAbandoned Eyes of the Weaver: Fixed attribute scaling issue for skill levels.
- fixApiarist's Comb: Fixed Summon Bee added melee damage being incorrectly counted as regular damage for spell conversion.
- fixApiarist's Set: Fixed visual issue with Queen Bee's wings.
- fixIdol Altar: Fixed Weaver Idol Max Limit affix preventing direct swapping of weaver idols.
- fixRoots of Vithrasil: Fixed Spirit Thorns extra projectiles applying to minions incorrectly.
- fixThe Land Before: Fixed issue where corrupted unique idols were not considered unique.
- fixTriboelectra: Fixed Static Orb traveling in opposite direction when using Evade close to target.
🖥️UI Bug Fixes(7)
- fixBazaar: Fixed Bazaar issue where clicking Buy/Cancel reset list to top.
- fixBazaar: Fixed Idol affix mod ranges not scaling correctly on first rollable type.
- fixCharacter Sheet: Fixed Intelligence tooltip incorrectly stating 4% Ward Retention (corrected to 2%).
- fixEcho Web UI: Fixed issue where stability gains were still listed on completed echoes.
- fixForge: Fixed cocooned items displaying as corrupted in the forge panel.
- fixLoot Labels: Fixed enlarged loot labels on widescreen displays.
- fixWeaver Tree: Fixed unconfirmed points text being hidden behind nodes in Weaver Tree.
Summary
Balance & Enemies
The Rift Beast has been significantly tuned down; its Noxious Blood poison no longer ignores all resistance, and Acidic Petals damage scaling is now capped. The Emperor of Corpses' Soul Bomb damage has been drastically reduced as a temporary fix for indicator issues.
Items & Affixes
Bee-related builds receive a massive boost as corrupted Bee affixes are now 3x more common, and the Keeper's Bee affix is 5x more common. Corrupted items now feature clear visual and audio indicators when they are 'ruined.'
Bazaar & UI
The Bazaar's Idol stalls have been overhauled with specific subtype filters (Omen, Weaver, Heretical) and class requirement filters. Quick filtering has been improved to automatically search and use the most efficient stat rolls.
Gameplay & Bug Fixes
Omen Windows have been adjusted with tighter tether ranges and better loot, including Idol Altars. Over 100 bug fixes address class ability issues, UI scaling, and campaign progression blockers.