Rift Experience Exploit is Hotfixed

Two big hotfixes have rolled out for Diablo III, including a fix for an experience exploit that was being utilized to quickly gain Paragon Levels. Other bugs have been investigated recently and cannot be taken care of with a hotfix, but will instead be removed in a Diablo III client patch. The latest Blizzard Blues posts detail both sets of bugs, and what we can expect to see fixed in an upcoming patch.


Two major bugs were hotfixed on Monday. The first was for the Legendary gem Moratorium. As previously reported, the gem could actually kill characters that should have been kept from dying by a skill like Indestructible or Awareness. That is now hotfixed, and the gem should interact properly with those skills.

The other big hotfix squashed an exploit that allowed characters to get dramatically more experience than they should have, when completing a Nephalem Rift or Greater Rift. If a character was sitting in town when the Rift was completed in a high Torment difficulty, the experience rewarded was many times greater than it should have been. This was abused by certain players to quickly gain experience, boosting their character's Paragon Levels. That bug was hotfixed across all the Diablo III regions, so Rift completion experience isn't multiplied by the game difficulty setting.

The powerful consumable Ramaladni's Gift adds a socket to weapons. A bug keeps that item's name from displaying when it drops, and sometimes the Legendary beam of light also does not show. So keep a special eye out for the drop, until it can be fixed in a patch.

The ongoing issue with the Legendary gem Bane of the Trapped will also need a client patch to be fixed. The gem does not activate properly from many item procs, which makes it less useful than it could be, especially for characters who use weapons that should be activating it.

The Legendary Strongarm Bracers increase damage done to knocked back monsters, which ties in well with skills like the Barbarian's Furious Charge. That only works on monsters that can be knocked back; many large and elite creatures are immune to it.

The Crusader rune Laws of Hope - Stop Time is not extended beyond the base 3 second duration, even when the passive Long Arm of the Law is used. Grimiku reiterated that this is intended, although the animation incorrectly still shows it as active for 8 seconds; that will be fixed in a future patch.