Diablo 4 Season 8 2.2.1 patch notes

Blizzard Entertainment

Diablo 4‘s demons are still angry, so your builds still need tweaking, and the bug list was long enough to warrant its own boss fight.

This Season 8 patch delivers some buffs and fixes several bugs. We’ve got QoL fixes, more poison, more power, and fewer ways to cheese your way past mechanics.

Needless to say, this patch is a big one. Here’s everything you need to know.

Spiritborn buffs

The Protector

Damage increased: 80% → 140%
Barrier amount: 15% → 30% Max Life
Thorns damage (Rank 5): 100% → 150%

Passives

Adaptive Stances: Core Stat bonus 50% → 75%
Vital Strikes: Vulnerable damage 45% → 80%; Healing 2% → 5% Max Life; Vigor gain doubled
Prodigy’s Tempo: Skill Rank bonus 2 → 4

Season 8: Belial’s Return

Oath Scrolls now purchasable from Sayeena for Spectral Ash
More consistent Betraying Eyes, better boss power clarity, easier-to-see Incursion icons
Sinerat, Hatred’s Embrace, Flesh Reaper all had their boss powers rebalanced

Barbarian

Ghor’s Devastating Grips: Now scales with DPS instead of ticks, roughly 100% more damage
Explosion Cooldown on Crit: 0.2 → 0.4
Twin Strikes: Damage 70–100% → 110–140%
Aspect of Dire Whirlwind: Now also boosts Crit Strike Damage while spinning

Druid

Earthen Might: Crit Damage 50% → 70%
Perfect Storm: Damage 60% → 80%
Humanity: Now also reduces damage by 2% per rank in Human Form
Gathlen’s Birthright: Lower Crit Hit requirements, faster Human form zoomies

Necromancer

Skeletal Priest: Buffed from 30% → 50% damage
Aspect of Reanimation: 25–45% → 40–60%
Sanguivor, Blade of Zir: Summon Damage from 60% → 400% (not a typo)

Rogue

Poison Trap: Damage 540% → 612%
Band of Ichorous Rose: Now up to 150% boost
Aspect of Contamination: Burst now deals extra % damage and buff lasts 9 seconds

Sorcerer

Shocking Impact: Now triggers on Stun refresh
Hail of Verglas: Damage per hit 1.5% → 2%, max now 100%
Glacial Aspect: No longer needs Blizzard cast and works with enchantment too

Bug Fixes

Vessel of Hatred

Spiritborn loot now drops properly
Fixed door-violating monsters in Vile Hive
Subo’s Seeker doesn’t tag scenery anymore
Gorshak DoT now dies with Gorshak
Hold Your Ground won’t break between waves

Base Game

Belial’s beams, Duriel’s burrow phase, Varshan’s attacks were aLL updated to behave like actual game mechanics
Pets won’t run away forever
Bone Spirits, Leap, and Poison Traps

UI/Accessibility

Screen Reader: more verbose, smarter, and less awkward
Materials tab actually updates
Compass no longer growing out of your character’s head

Cleanup & Misc Fixes

Crown of Lucion is fixed and re-enabled. No more infinite damage abuse.
Fixed several progression blockers in Season Journey, quests, and boss arenas
Boss Powers tuned, and now they can’t activate while mounted
Way fewer ways to break dungeons or glitch through encounters

If you’re just getting started on Season 8, or if you feel like starting over after these changes, check out our best leveling builds guide for this season.