Major changes
- The entire magic affix system has been entirely overhauled for all items (except for Jewels which received a similar change recently). Rare and Crafted items should be relatively more powerful, with the majority of 'junk affixes' removed.
Crafting changes
- Crafts with Divine Crystals no longer require a fourth reagant
- Augmentation reagants can now be used on any Rare or Crafted item
- Four Leaf Clover crafting reagant has been removed from the game
- Ethereal Essence crafting reagant has been removed from the game
- Demonic Essence corruptions can no longer produce sockets on an item
- You can now corrupt socketed items (including Runewords)
Item changes
- Claws should drop slightly less frequently compared to other weapons
- All thrown weapons and quivers now have implicit quantity replenishment
- Fixed an incorrect string display with Cage of Torment (Exoskeleton)
- Fixed an error where Glyph of the Mammoth was not giving the correct life bonus
- Fixed an error where Glyph of the Drake was not giving the correct mana bonus
Skill changes
- Sorceresses' Teleport now has a 1 second cooldown
- Paladin's Vengeance has been reworked completely
- The duration per level of Druid's Firestorm has been reduced
- The range of missiles (arrows, bolts, thrown weapons) has been increased
- Holy Bolt now has a synergy with Consecration instead of Blessed Hammer
- Blessed Hammer now only has a synergy with Consecration instead of Vigor and Blessed Aim
- Blessed Hammer base damage has been increased greatly
- Mana cost of Fist of the Heavens has been reduced
Drop changes
- Crafting items no longer drop in Act 1 Normal
- Slightly lowered the drop rate of Charm Components
- Coldcrow, Ancient Kaa and Witchdoctor Endugu now only have extra crafting drops in Nightmare and Hell
- Reduced the crafting drop rates of Coldcrow, Ancient Kaa and Witchdoctor Endugu in accordance with crystal shards being removed
- Act bosses always drop their quest drop table
- Charms are no longer sold from vendors, they now drop from specific Superunique monsters (Fire Eye, Bremm Sparkfist and Eldritch the Rectifier)
- Drop rate for Pandemonium Keys has been increased
Misc changes
- All increases to experience gained from killing monsters has been reverted
- Fixed some missing item art issues
- Larzuk now sells Rune extractors instead of Halbu
- Halbu now sells Vessels instead of Larzuk