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Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred (D4)

Update 2.2.1 Patch Notes and Summary

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★ NEW: Season 10 Guide | Season 10 Release Date
┗ Seasonal Content: Chaos Rifts | New Uniques
┗ Seasonal Mechanic: List of Chaos Perks & Chaos Armor
★ Season 10 Best Builds & Best Chaos Perks
★ Check out our Vessel of Hatred expansion guide

Patch 2.2.1 was released for Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred (D4) on May 14, 2025. Check out all the details and changes for the 2.2.1 Patch here!

Patch 2.2.1 Summary

Buffs for Every Class

As of Patch 2.2.1, every class has received damage buffs to both their Skills and items such as the Spiritborn's Key Passives and various Unique items that can greatly benefit majority of the builds.

Exchange Spectral Ashes for Oath Scrolls

With the new 2.2.1 Patch, Sayeena has now been turned into a Vendor that sells Oath Scrolls for Spectral Ashes at the Reputation Board in Tarsarak. These scrolls can be used for gaining more Unveiler's Oath reputation to help you finish up the Seasonal Questline.

How to Farm Unveiler’s Oath Reputation

Various Bugfixes

Multiple bugs have been fixed for Patch 2.2.1 such as the Infernal Horde UI bug, Apparition Incursions, and various issues related to the Season Journey and Questline.

Patch 2.2.1 Full Patch Notes

Full List of 2.2.1 Patch Notes
Game Updates Bugfixes
Spiritborn Barbarian Druid
Necromancer Rogue Sorcerer

Game Updates

List of Patch 2.2.1 Game Updates
Sayeena has become a vendor that sells Oath Scrolls in exchange for Spectral Ash. Oath Scrolls can be consumed to gain Unveiler's Oath reputation. Sayeena can be found near the Reputation Board in Tarsarak.
・The following Boss Powers have been adjusted:
 ・Sinerat's Flames - Increased Main Boss Power damage from 50% to 75%.
 ・Hatred's Embrace's Haste - Modifier Boss Power no longer falls off when switching weapons.
・The icon for Apparition Incursions has been adjusted to be more easily visible.
・Betraying Eyes now spawn more consistently near the Apparition Boss.
・Another objective has been added to better communicate that this Season's reputation can be acquired from both the Apparition Incursion event and defeating any boss across Sanctuary.
・Having player names read aloud by the Screen Reader is now a toggleable option. This feature can be found under Accessibility Settings.

Bugfixes

List of Patch 2.2.1 Bugfixes
Accessibility:
・Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader didn't mention the type of currency used when reading Reliquary items.
・Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader didn't continue reading while progressing through Reliquaries menus.
・Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader couldn't fully read certain error notifications.
・Fixed an issue where Belial could escape the trap set during the Masked Truths quest.
・Fixed an issue where the Screen Reader didn't read anything when first opening the Armory.
・Fixed an issue where the compass could overlap the player character's head.
Season Journey and Questline:
・Fixed an issue where the rubble pile in the Buried Hope quest didn't display an interact tooltip.
・Fixed an issue where Buried Hope quest descriptions would stop updating properly in the middle of the quest.
・Fixed an issue where the Belial’s Unveiling quest (previously Belial’s Apparition Incursion) could display as finished when it was not yet finished.
・Fixed an issue where progression for the Chasing Lies quest could be blocked if Belial was defeated too quickly.
・Fixed an issue where the Season Journey objectives for defeating various Belial variants didn't specify which Belial variant was required to complete the objective.
・Fixed an issue where the Season Journey Objective for killing Elite enemies was also gaining progress when defeating any enemy.
・Fixed an issue with the Spanish dialogue audio quality in the Belial's Return seasonal questline.
Apparition Incursions:
・Fixed an issue where Wargs summoned by the Apparition of Beastmaster appeared before the boss spawned.
・Fixed an issue where the Apparition of Beastmaster didn't drop potions as expected.
・Fixed an issue where the Apparition of Blackmailer didn’t drop bombs in the intended way.
・Fixed an issue where the Apparition of Allek's feathers could delay progression of an Incursion.
・Fixed an issue where Apparition of Kirma could teleport out of the boss arena.
・Fixed an issue where Apparition of Kirma could get stuck on ladders.
・Fixed an issue where a Betraying Eye would remain present but couldn’t be interacted with.
・Fixed an issue where Belial could appear prematurely when being summoned in an Apparition Incursion.
・Fixed an issue where players could escape during the Rage Phase circle of a Belial Ambush encounter.
・Fixed an issue where dying to Belial during an encounter after defeating another boss could cause Belial to not properly reset.
Boss Powers:
・Fixed an issue where some of the Barrier granted by Blackmailer's Sabotage persisted for an indefinite amount of time, instead of the intended 6 seconds.
・Fixed an issue where Varshan's Life Steal Main Boss Power didn't spawn its stream correctly.
・Fixed an issue where Belial's Eye Beams Modifier Boss Power didn't consistently apply Overpower. The bonus now lasts for 2 seconds after entering stealth.
・Fixed an issue where Beastmaster's Training Main Boss Power only caused summoned entities to stun if another one was already active.
・Fixed an issue where Andariel's Flaming Skull Main Boss Power inconsistently damaged enemies.
・Fixed an issue where Harbinger of Hatred's Volley Modifier Boss Power would trigger off automatically cast Basic skills.
・Fixed an issue where Barbarian's Iron Maelstrom didn't consistently trigger Beast in the Ice's Sleet Main Boss Power.
・Fixed an issue where Aspect of Unyielding Hits would not properly increase the damage of Varshan's Life Steal, Belial's Crystal Decoy, and Ashava's Poison Modifier Boss Powers.
・Fixed an issue where the Haste Modifier Boss Power from Hatred’s Embrace expired when switching weapons.
・Fixed an issue where the following Boss Powers could be activated while mounted:
 ・Skerg's Toxins
 ・Avarice's Explosive Ore
 ・Lord Zir's Blood Pool
 ・Varshan's Life Steal
Boss Lairs and Dungeons:
・Fixed an issue where bosses could rarely regain health.
・Fixed an issue where Tormented Echo of Varshan's arena-wide attack sometimes didn't deal damage when expected.
・Fixed an issue where staggering Tormented Echo of Varshan when he summons minions could cause the minions to lose their functionality and cause Varshan to not use that power again.
・Fixed an issue where poison projectiles coming from the walls while fighting Belial, Lord of Lies could be avoided in certain positions.
・Fixed an issue where Effigies of Anguish, while fighting Andariel, could be feared by Necromancer's Paranormal Sever and move around.
・Fixed an issue where Effigies of Anguish could start to move while the player was stealthed.
・Fixed an issue where Belial's Hoard could not be opened when playing on controller.
・Fixed an issue where Duriel could become invincible if too much damage was dealt to him before he first begins burrowing.
・Fixed an issue where the gate in the Flood Depths could be opened manually without using the Gate Release.
・Fixed an issue where the Skeletal Construct in the Sunken Ruins and Maulwood dungeons could be destroyed prematurely, which would block dungeon progression.
General:
・Fixed an issue where certain elite enemy affixes could damage players in town.
・Fixed an issue where the visual effect from the Hellhammer did not match the area of effect for its damage.
・Fixed an issue where Barbarian's Leap did not avoid damage when jumping over puddles spawned by Belial.
・Fixed an issue where Druid Werewolves and Ravens attacks would not grant stacks of Anima of the Forest when using Storm's Companion or Stormcrow's Aspect in conjunction with Gathlen's Birthright.
・Fixed an issue where Cold Skeleton Mage’s Upgrade effects randomly stopped working.
・Fixed an issue where Skeleton Reapers would sometimes fail to generate Corpses from their upgrade.
・Fixed an issue where Poison Trap would consume Combo Points even without using Bands of Ichorous Rose.
・Fixed an issue where the Damage Reduction against enemies affected by Trap Skills affix, granted by Scoundrel's Leathers, applied even when the enemy was not affected by a trap skill.
・Fixed an issue where the Accursed Mark effect did not reset after using an Accursed Altar and then teleporting away.
・Fixed an issue where the experience bonus from incense would disappear after teleporting or moving between zones.
・Fixed a rare issue where a Vessel of Hatred exclusive item could be acquired when imprinting on a rare item.
・Fixed a rare issue where the player was not able to revive.
・Fixed an issue where Crown of Lucion was gaining infinite bonus damage from Channeled Skills.
・Fixed an issue where Crown of Lucion was only granting its bonuses to active player Skills rather than all damage.

Vessel of Hatred:
・Fixed an issue where Tortured Gifts of Mysteries in pre-Torment difficulties didn't drop appropriate equipment for Spiritborn.
・Fixed an issue where enemies behind a locked door in the Vile Hive Dungeon could damage the player.
・Fixed an issue where Subo's Seeker perk could mark untargetable objects, such as totems in the Hall of the Penitent.
・Fixed an issue where the Damage over Time effect from Gorshak in the Dark Citadel could persist after the boss was defeated.
・Fixed an issue where the Hold your Ground event in the Field of Giants could fail to progress between waves.
・Fixed an issue where visual effects of Akarat could persist after defeating the Harbinger of Hatred.
・Fixed an issue where the Necromancer’s Bone Spirits could not damage Wolf Pack's Gateways during the Harbinger of Hatred encounter.

Spiritborn Buffs

List of Spiritborn Buffs
Passives:
Adaptive Stances
 ・Core Stat bonus increased from 50% to 70%.
Vital Strikes
 ・Vulnerable Damage increased from 45% to 80%
 ・Healing increased from 3% to 5% Maximum Life
 ・Vigor generation increased from 5 to 10.
Prodigy's Tempo
 ・Skill Rank bonus increased from 2 to 4.
Skill:
The Protector
 ・Damage increased from 80% to 140%.
 ・Barrier amount increased from to 30% Maximum Life.
 ・Rank 5 Upgrade Thorns damage increased to 150%.

The Spiritborn has received Key Passive buffs that boosts majority of the Spiritborn builds aside from Noxious Resonance. This can possibly bring up the Spiritborn's tier list rankings as it is currently a low-tier class for Season 8.

Best Spiritborn Builds for Season 8

Barbarian Buffs

List of Barbarian Buffs
Items:
Ghor's Devastating Grips
 ・Damage bonus is now based on the damage per second rather than damage per tick.
 ・Explosion Cooldown Reduction when Critically Hitting increased from 0.2 to 0.4.
Twin Strikes
 ・Damage increased from 70-100% to 110-140%.
Aspect Of Dire Whirlwind
 ・Now also grants the same amount as Critical Strike Damage while Whirlwinding.

The new Barbarian buffs focuses more on the application of Whirlwind as the main skill for your build. Furthermore, the buff to Twin Strikes will allow your Double Swing to deal more damage.

Best Barbarian Builds for Season 8

Druid Buffs

List of Druid Buffs
Passives:
Earthen Might
 ・Critical Damage bonus increased from 50% to 70%.
Perfect Storm
 ・Damage bonus increased from 60% to 80%.
Humanity
 ・Now also reduces damage taken by 2% per rank while in Human Form.
Unique Item:
Gathlen's Birthright
 ・Required Critical Hits reduced from 400-200 to 300-150. Boss Critical hits reduced from 80-40 to 60-30.
 ・Movement Speed while in Human form increased from 17.5-23% to 24.5-30%.

On the other hand, Druid has received good buffs to their Human Form while also increasing the damage of their Key Passives.

Best Druid Builds for Season 8

Necromancer Buffs

List of Necromancer Buffs
Class Specialization:
・Skeletal Priest
 ・Damage bonus increased from 30% to 50%.

Items:
Aspect of Reanimation
 ・Damage bonus increased from 25-45% to 40-60%.
Sanguivor, Blade of Zir
 ・Inherent Summon Damage increased from 60% to 400%.

The Necromancer buffs have increased the damage of your Minions, making the Summoner Necromancer a viable option for Season 8.

Best Necromancer Builds for Season 8

Rogue Buffs

List of Rogue Buffs
Skill:
Poison Trap
 ・Poisoning damage increased from 540% to 612%.

Items:
Band of Ichorous Rose
 ・Poison Trap upgrade bonus boost increased from 50-100% to 50-150%.
Aspect Of Contamination
 ・New Description: Poison Trap bursts for an additional 10-30% of its total normal damage when it triggers. If that Critically Strikes, you deal 20-40% increased Poison damage for 9 seconds.

For the Rogue, the buffs focuses more on boosting the damage of Poison Trap, making it a viable skill for the taking on endgame content.

Best Rogue Builds for Season 8

Sorcerer Buffs

List of Rogue Buffs
Passive:
Shocking Impact
 ・Now triggers on Stun refresh.

Items:
Hail of Verglas
 ・Increased damage per hit from 1.5% to 2%, up to a maximum of 75% to 100%.
Glacial Aspect
 ・No longer requires Blizzard to be cast, allowing it to be active from effects like Blizzard enchantment.

Lastly, the Sorcerer received buffs for two Uniques that boosts your Cold spells such as Ice Shard and Blizzard.

Best Sorcerer Builds for Season 8

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