Announcement Patch #16: Auto Gems Pickup, New Runewords, Uniques and More

A new patch descends upon the realm, bringing a fresh set of changes, improvements, and balance adjustments to the server.
Whether you walk the path of the hero or embrace the darkness, the way forward will not be the same as the battle continues. Read the full patch notes and discover what awaits beyond the gates of Hell.


GENERAL CHANGES

• Auto gems pickup has been added; it works only outside of town (*) This is an experimental addition and may be changed in the future, based on feedback.
• Bloodletter: Added 20% Faster Run/Walk
• The Battlebranch: Reduced base item level from 34 to 30 and required level from 25 to 17
• Rogue's Bow: Added +[1-3] to Cold Arrow (Amazon Only)
• Pluckeye: Added +25% Increased Attack Speed
• Bane Ash: Added +20% Faster Cast Rate, Removed +20% Increased Attack Speed and +[50-60]% Enhanced Damage
• Gravenspine: Added +10% Faster Cast Rate
• Blinkbat's Form: Increased +10% Faster Run/Walk to +30% and Added +1 To Mana After Each Kill
• The Ward: Added Socketed (1)
• Manald Heal: Added +10% Faster Cast Rate
• Additional items have been reworked and integrated to fit the Lord of Destruction expansion
• Renamed Hustle Runeword to Hysteria for armor and Mania for weapons; the recipe remains unchanged.

RUNE WORDS

New Rune Word: Authority
Allowed Items: Body Armor
Rune Order: Hel + Shael + Ral

Code:

2% Chance to cast level 10  Bone Armor when struck
10% Chance to cast level 20  Bone Spear on striking
+2 to All Skills
+40-60% Enhanced Damage
Requirements -15%
+20% Faster Hit Recovery
Fire Resist +30%

New Rune Word: Coven
Allowed Items: Helms
Rune Order: Ist + Ral + Io

Code:

5% Chance to cast level 10  Decrepify when struck
+1 to All Skills
+20% Faster Cast Rate
+30-50% Enhanced Defense
+1-5 Life after each Kill
26-40% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Fire Resist +30%
+10 to Vitality

New Rune Word: Void
Allowed Items: Daggers
Rune Order: Thul + Zod + Ist

Code:

+2 to All Skills
+40% Faster Cast Rate
+1-2 to Bone Spear
+1-3 to  Bone Spirit
+8-12 to all Attributes
Level 4  Decrepify (35/35 Charges)
Adds 3-14 Cold Damage
Indestructible
30% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

New Rune Word: Vigilance
Allowed Items: Shields, Shrunken Heads, Targes
Rune Order: Dol + Gul

Code:

5% Chance to cast level 19  Firestorm when struck
+10% Faster Run/Walk
+30% Faster Block Rate
+20-40 to Life
+20-40 to Mana
All Resistances +25-35
+75-100% Enhanced Defense
Replenish Life +7
+5% to Maximum Poison Resist

New Rune Word: Ritual
Allowed Items: Daggers
Rune Order: Amn + Shael + Ohm

Code:

13% Chance to cast level 5 Meteor when struck
+40% Increased Attack Speed
+250-320% Enhanced Damage
+150-250% Damage to Demons
+200-260% Bonus to Attack Rating
+3-5 Life after each Kill
Slain Monsters Rest in Peace
7% Life stolen per hit

UNIQUES

Ars Al'Diabolos (Hyperion)

Code:

+2 to Fire Skills (Sorceress)
15% Chance to cast level 1 Terror when struck
+25% Faster Cast Rate
+170-200% Enhanced Defense
+15-25% to Fire Skill Damage
+5-10 to Light Radius
+5-10 to Mana after each Kill
Fire Resist +20-30%
+3-5 to Meteor (Sorceress only)

Ars Tor'Baalos (Overseer Skull)

Code:

+2 to Summoning Skills (Necromancer only)
15% Chance to cast level 1 Decrepify when struck
+2-3 to Skeleton Mastery (Necromancer only)
+2-4 to Corpse Explosion (Necromancer only)
+2-3 to Summon Resist (Necromancer only)
+2-3 to Revive (Necromancer only)
+120-150% Enhanced Defense
+(1.5 Per Character Level) 1-148 To Life (Based On Character Level)
Damage Reduced by 5–10%

Ars Dul'Mephistos (Heater)

Code:

+2 to All Skills
15% Chance to cast level 28 Blizzard when struck
+20-30% Faster Cast Rate
+30% Faster Hit Recovery
+70-115% Enhanced Damage
+50-70% Bonus to Attack Rating
+140-170% Enhanced Defense
-10-20% to Enemy Magic Resistance
+10-25% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

Measured Wrath (Defender)

Code:

+1 to Druid Skill Levels
5% Chance to cast level 20 Fissure when struck
+25% Faster Cast Rate
+130-180% Enhanced Defense
+1-3 to Summon Spirit Wolf (Druid only)
+1-3 to Armageddon (Druid only)
+1-3 to Fissure (Druid only)
+10-20 to Vitality
+3-5 Life after each Kill
All Resistances +20-30

Dreadfang (Legend Sword)

Code:

33% Chance to Cast Level 3 Amplify Damage on Striking
+33% Increased Attack Speed
+(133–166)% Enhanced Damage
+33% Bonus to Attack Rating
3–6% Mana Stolen per Hit
+33% Deadly Strike
+3 to Frenzy (Barbarian Only)
Requirements -33%

Wraithstep (Mirrored Boots)

Code:

+1 to Elemental Skills (Druid Only)
+30% Faster Run/Walk
+20% Faster Hit Recovery
40–60 Defense
10–15 to Dexterity
10–15 to Energy

Bloodpact Shard (Mithril Point)

Code:

+1 to All Skills
+30% Faster Cast Rate
+1–3 to Revive (Necromancer Only)
+2–3 to Corpse Explosion (Necromancer Only)
+2–3 to Skeleton Mastery (Necromancer Only)
Slows Target by 25%
Increase Maximum Life 10–15%
20–35% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

Sling (Ring)

Code:

+1 to Mana After Each Kill
+10% Faster Cast Rate
-3-5% to Enemy Magic Resistance
+10-15 to Energy
Slows Target by 15%
+10-20% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

Opalvein (Ring)

Code:

2% Chance to cast level 19 Fissure on attack
+10% Faster Cast Rate
All Resistances +6-8
+1-3 Life after each Kill
+1-3 to Mana after each Kill
+20-40% Enhanced Damage

Entropy Locket (Amulet)

Code:

4% Chance to cast level 25 Bone Spear on striking
+1 to All Skills
+5-10% Faster Cast Rate
Lightning Resist +25-40%
+10-15% to Maximum Mana
Magic Damage Reduced by 8-12

Gheed's Wager (Troll Belt)

Code:

+10-20% Faster Cast Rate
+10-20% Faster Hit Recovery
+10-20% Faster Run/Walk
+90-150% Enhanced Defense
-3-7% to Enemy Magic Resistance
All Resistances +5-15
44-75% Extra Gold from Monsters

Hellwarden's Will (Death Mask)

Code:

+1 to All Skills
-5-8% to Enemy Fire Resistance
-5-8% to Enemy Magic Resistance
+20% Faster Cast Rate
+20% Increased Attack Speed
+150-215% Enhanced Defense
+4-6 to Mana after each Kill

SET ITEMS

Warlord's Glory https://i.ibb.co/5hpGNDrf/warlordsglory.jpg

Code:

Partial set completion:
15% Life stolen per hit (2 items)
+150 Defense (3 items)

Full set completion:
+1 to All Skills
Level 10 Meditation Aura When Equipped
Damage Reduced by 9
Fire Resist +15%
+20 to Mana

Bane's Garments https://i.ibb.co/zTmfnG68/banesgarments.jpg

Code:

Partial set completion:
+80% Enhanced Damage (2 Items)

Full set completion:
+1 to All Skills
+15 to Dexterity
+25% Faster Cast Rate
+40% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items

Horazon's Splendor

Code:

Horazon's Countenance:          +1 Druid Skills
Horazon's Dominion:             +2 Summoning Skills
Horazon's Secrets (Troll Nest): +2 Shape Shifting Skills, -15% Requirements

Partial set completion:
+20 to Dexterity (2 Items)
+30 to Energy (3 Items)
+300 Defense (4 Items)

Full set completion:
All Resistances +50
+3 to Druid Skill Levels
+350% Enhanced Damage
+100% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
+30 to  Enchant

SET ITEM BONUS CHANGES

Angelic Raiment

• Angelic Sickle: Added Damage +6 (3 set items)
• Angelic Mantle: Added +100% Damage to Undead (3 set items)
• Full set bonus: Added +1 to All Skills

Please let us know your feedback or if you find any bugs regarding the mentioned patch notes, before the ladder reset.

We would like to thank everyone for their continuous support and contributions to this community. Our special thanks and credits go to these exceptional people for helping directly or indirectly the gaming community with patches and updates: HarpyWar, RElesgoe, D1zzy, Mir Drualga, Devurandom, Planqi, Necrolis, Cen1, Nefarius, Kingpin, dav92, Canight, Whist, PKCommunity, LibretroCommunity, Tesseract, Meanski, eleriaqueen, Ezmake, Yomalex, Underbent, Slayergod13, IAmTrial, Youbetterdont, GreenDude, Cossack, Blizzrus, Lolet, Ogodei, RandAlthor, HellsLord, McGod, magicvoid1, Daemonjax, rondel123, Charlemagne, FunkyFr3sh, Hifi, Mvdhout1992, Sir Xavius, Bayaraa and of course to our entire staff team and our amazing members. Hopefully, I didn't forget anyone and in case I did please send me a private message. You're all awesome!

 

A new patch update has been released! The first post of this thread has been updated with the latest changes and details.

• Entropy Locket (Amulet) +1 to Bone Spear → +1 to All Skills

• New unique items have been added: Ars Al'Diabolos, Ars Tor'Baalos, Ars Dul'Mephistos and Measured Wrath

• New set items have been added: Bane's Garments, Horazon's Splendor

• Unlocked new secret set items: Warlord's Glory https://i.ibb.co/5hpGNDrf/warlordsglory.jpg

• The items have been reworked and integrated to fit the Lord of Destruction expansion.

Note: If you have already found some of the new uniques we added in the previous update, their names or graphics may now appear incorrect, and you will need to drop them again from a monster.

Important: As always, you must be up-to-date with the latest patch version in order to create and join games and there are two ways of doing that:
1. Restart the Diablo II Launcher and let it auto-update to the latest patch version (Recommended)
2. Visit our website and re-patch your game by downloading the realm patch from https://europebattle.net/d2/join
Run the game as an Administrator.

 

Hello, use the launcher and the game will be automatically updated https://europebattle.net/d2/join
Do note that the red text from your image is merely informative and it's not supposed to go away. As long as you click either the Create/Join buttons and you can enter a game, then you're all set.

 

D2GL is to blame for that, and the red text will disappear after entering and leaving your first game.