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Affliction Day 6

Dec 13, 2023 9:45 PM (EST)- 3.23.0b (restartless) has been deployed. The notes have been included below.

3.23.0b Patch Notes

This patch adds Valdo's Maps to the game and improvements to the User Interface for Affliction, alongside a number of other improvements and bug fixes of both large- and medium-importance.

Affliction Improvements

• Party member minimap icons are now displayed in The Viridian Wildwood.
• The Wisp User Interface is now displayed for all party members in an area.
• Hovering over each type of Wisp on the Wisp User Interface now details the effect they have on Monsters when empowering them.
• The Ritual of Dance and Ritual of Meditation debuffs are now removed when The King in the Mists teleports you to the maze.
• The Essence Monolith now displays the Empowerment of imprisoned Monsters, if present.
• The Treant Dryad's Toxic Volatile Skill no longer deals damage when exploding a corpse to summon a volatile.
• The Incarnation of Agony can no longer be Desecrated or Raised as a Spectre.
• Updated the description on Tinctures to clarify they need to be equipped to a Flask equipment slot to be used.

Valdo's Puzzle Box

• Introduced the Valdo's Puzzle Box. It currently has 345 options for foiled Tier 17 Valdo's Maps that it can yield. We are still working through the list of submissions from Sandwraith Assassin Supporters to get the others in as soon as possible.
• Valdo's Maps are considered "cleared" when you have completed the Map, killed all Rare and Unique Monsters, and killed 90% of the total number of Monsters in the area.

General Improvements

• Various improvements to preloading have been made.
• Added the Tainted Catalyst to the Catalysts category of the Bulk Item Exchange section of the Trade website.
• Updated the descriptions on Ethereal Knives and its Transfigured versions to clarify whether each version fires knives outwards or downwards.
• Updated the keybind for toggling the Wildwood Rucksack in Controller Input mode.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed several cases where the entrance to The Viridian Wildwood could block paths in areas.
• Fixed a bug where the Nameless Seer could become non-interactive if you hadn't purchased anything from him and your Wisps had run out.
• Fixed a bug where modifiers to pack size were unintentionally affecting the pack size of Troll Shamans, Wildwood Abominations, Fungal Reavers and The Incarnation of Agony in The Viridian Wildwood.
• Fixed a bug where Spectres raised from Fiery Cannibal corpses wouldn't attack.
• Fixed a bug where Blight Chests could fail to spawn due to them overlapping with the entrance to The Viridian Wildwood.
• Fixed a bug where you could encounter the same Azmeri Wanderer multiple times in a single area.
• Fixed a bug where monsters imprisoned by a Shrieking Essence duplicated by the Crystal Resonance Atlas Passive could have their Wisp Empowerment duplicated.
• Fixed a bug where Bestiary Monsters retained their Empowerment when captured.
• Fixed a bug introduced in 3.23 where Ethereal Knives no longer travelled as far, due to its projectile speed variance being removed.
• Fixed a bug where Ethereal Knives was firing projectiles downwards, rather than outwards, when used by a Spell Totem.
• Fixed a bug where Ethereal Knives projectiles were visually returning from a distance far further than they should.
• Fixed a bug where the camera was not zooming out correctly in Sirus' Arena or The Searing Exarch's Arena.
• Fixed a bug where Decorative Chests in the Labyrinth were not dropping any items when opened through the Caster Passive Mastery.
• Fixed a bug where Cremation of the Volcano did not respect line of sight rules.
• Fixed a bug where some legacy Cluster Jewel Notable modifiers were still able to roll on the Megalomaniac Unique Cluster Jewel.
• Fixed a bug where Yeena's fox form would add to the Monster count in areas.
• Fixed a bug where Beasts stored in Bestiary Orbs did not have their name displayed.
• Fixed a bug where the Map Stash Tab was using the incorrect name for the Affliction Map Series.
• Fixed a bug where Maximum Virulence was not displaying correctly on Herald of Agony's skill popup.
• Fixed an issue where a description for Penance Brand of Dissipation still referred to "Explosion radius" instead of "Pulse radius".
• Fixed a bug where base radius was not displayed on the Poisonous or Explosive Concoction Skill Gems.
• Fixed a bug where you could not select an item to sacrifice in the Utzaal Arena when using Controller Input mode.
• Fixed a bug where item information was hidden behind the inventory panel when using the crafting bench in Controller Input mode.
• Fixed a bug where searching for Maps on the Bulk Item Exchange section of the Trade website was not working correctly.
• Fixed a bug where you could have two Rare Finisher Effect microtransactions equipped at once.
• Fixed two instance crashes.

This patch has been deployed without restarting the servers. You will need to restart your client to receive the client changes in this patch.

Affliction Day 5

Dec 12, 2023 3:53 PM (EST)- We're currently working on a 3.23.0b Patch which will be deployed as soon as possible. Here are some of the fixes we're planning to include:

• A potential fix for Ethereal Knives distance.
• Party member minimap icons are now displayed in the Viridian Wildwood.
• Party members are now able to see the wisps UI.
• Wisp UI descriptions now show how they increase the difficulty of monsters.
• Fixed several cases of the Viridian Wildwood entrances blocking paths in areas.
• Сaptured Bestiary Monsters can no longer be empowered by Wisps.
• Essence UI descriptions now show if they're empowered by Wisps.

We're still investigating your feedback about performance and will give you an update on this when we have one. Thank you for your patience.

Affliction Day 3

Dec 10, 2023 11:28 PM (EST)- Hotfix 12 has been deployed. The notes have been included below.

3.23.0 Hotfix 12

• Reduced the amount of damage dealt by the Cultist Warrior's Detonate Dead skill.
• Fixed a bug where the Howl of the Wolf Passive Skill could prevent Warcries from applying their buffs.
• Fixed a bug with the Soulrend of the Spiral Skill not firing projectiles when triggered.
• Fixed a client crash.

You will need to restart your client to receive the client changes in this hotfix.

Dec 10, 2023 10:27 PM (EST) - We're currently investigating the following issues, with more to come:

• Adjusting the damage and effects of monsters in the Wildwood that use a version of Detonate Dead. This has been addressed in Hotfix 12.
• Investigating a solution to improve the visbility of Primal Wisps in the Wildwood.
• Fixing a bug where Essence monsters can get empowered by dust multiple times.
• Investigating a solution to describe how monsters become more difficult when empowered.
• Add permanent minimap icons when you encounter NPCs in the Wildwood.
• Showing party member minimap icons in the Wildwood, so you don't lose your friends.
• Making the Wisp UI visible to all party members.
• Fixing an issue where Bestiary Orbs aren't displaying the monster's name.

Dec 10, 2023 8:43 PM (EST) - Hotfix 11 has been deployed. The notes have been included below.

3.23.0 Hotfix 11

• Fixed a client crash that could occur in Ultimatum Encounters.
• Fixed a client crash related to the Nethermancer Armour.

You will need to restart your client to receive these fixes.

Dec 10, 2023 3:56 PM (EST) - We're investigating reports of crashes in Ultimatum encounters. This has been addressed in Hotfix 11.

Affliction Day 2

Dec 09, 2023 11:56 PM (EST) - Hotfix 10 has been deployed. The notes have been included below.

3.23.0 Hotfix 10

• Rare monsters empowered by Wisps now have approximately 20% less effective Life.
• Unique monsters empowered by Wisps now have approximately 30% less effective Life.

Changes will apply in areas created after this hotfix was deployed.

Dec 09, 2023 10:54 PM (EST) - Hotfix 9 has been deployed. The notes have been included below.

3.23.0 Hotfix 9

• Fixed a bug where The King in the Mists could become stuck and stop taking damage.

This change is applied to new areas created after this hotfix.

Dec 09, 2023 6:33 PM (EST) - Hotfix 8 has been deployed. This hotfix includes balance changes to empowered monsters from the Affliction League. The notes have been included below.

3.23.0 Hotfix 8

• Significantly reduced the amount of damage dealt by Wisp Empowered monsters.
• Reduced the Attack, Cast, and Movement Speeds of Vivid Wisp Empowered Monsters.
• Decreased the amount of Wisps dropped from Empowered Non-Unique Monsters in the Viridian Wildwood by 30-40% depending on their rarity.

These changes are applied to new areas created after this hotfix.

Dec 09, 2023 5:34 PM (EST) - Hotfix 7 has been deployed. The notes have been included below.

3.23.0 Hotfix 7

• Fixed a bug with the Sawblade Ethereal Knives Effect having more range than the base skill. This will still display this way until a later patch, but not do damage at the unintended range.
• Fixed a crash that could occur with the Tumbling Orb Pets.

You will need to restart your client and enter a new instance for the crash fix to apply.

Dec 09, 2023 3:04 PM (EST) - We're currently investigating Soulrend of the Spiral not firing projectiles when triggered. This has been addressed in Hotfix 12.

Dec 09, 2023 3:04 PM (EST) - We're currently investigating the Treant Tendrilmaster causing damage on the player when used as a spectre.

Dec 09, 2023 2:38 PM (EST) - We're currently investigating Ethereal Knives not travelling the correct distance. This has been addressed in Hotfix 7

Affliction Day 1

Dec 09, 2023 2:45 AM (EST) - Hotfix 6 has been deployed. The notes have been included below.

3.23.0 Hotfix 6

• Fixed the client logs missing "To" and "From" on whisper messages.
• Fixed an instance crash.

You will need to restart your client to receive the client log fix.

Dec 08, 2023 11:45 PM (EST) - Hotfix 5 has been deployed. The notes have been included below.

3.23.0 Hotfix 5

• Fixed a bug where the Borealwood Tincture and Blood Sap Tincture were unable to be obtained.
• Fixed a bug where ailment effect icons on monsters were occluded by their modifier text.
• Fixed an instance crash.
• Fixed a client crash.

You will need to restart your client to receive the fixes from this patch.

Dec 08, 2023 7:39 PM (EST) - Hotfix 4 has been deployed. The notes have been included below.

3.23.0 Hotfix 4

• Temporarily disabled the Labyrinth crafting option that sacrifices a Gem to gain a percentage of the gem's total experience stored as your own experience. It will function differently when we re-enable this at a later date, due to some unfortunate outcomes that could occur currently.

Dec 08, 2023 7:20 PM (EST) - Hotfix 3 has been deployed. The notes have been included below.

3.23.0 Hotfix 3

• Fixed two instance crashes.
• Fixed a client crash.

You will need to restart your client to receive the fixes from this patch.

Dec 08, 2023 5:52 PM (EST) - We're investigating an issue with the Elemancer's Weapon Effect. This has been addressed in Hotfix 3.

Dec 08, 2023 5:27 PM (EST) - Hotfix 2 has been deployed. The notes have been included below.

3.23.0 Hotfix 2

• Fixed a bug where Player Minions could be affected by Wisps dispersed into the environment.
• Fixed a bug where Poisonous Concoction was not hitting enemies.
• Fixed two instance crashes.

Changes will apply in areas created after this hotfix was deployed.

Dec 08, 2023 4:15 PM (EST) - We're aware of issues related to Explosive Arrow and Lightning Arrow being linked to Ballista Totem. This has been addressed in Hotfix 2

Dec 08, 2023 3:45 PM (EST) - A fix for the crashes has been deployed. You will need to restart your game client (or crash again) to get the fix. Thank you again for your patience.

Dec 08, 2023 3:16 PM (EST) - A fix is coming for the crashing issues. Thank you for your patience.

Dec 08, 2023 2:35 PM (EST) - We're investigating Poisonous Concoction not hitting enemies. This has been addressed in Hotfix 2

Dec 08, 2023 2:20 PM (EST) - We're investigating reports of players crashing in town.

Dec 08, 2023 2:00 PM (EST) - Path of Exile: Affliction is live!