Diablo 4 just rolled out a new update on October 7 that includes balance changes to certain Chaos Powers and Perks, improvements to Infernal Hordes, and fixes for bugs like the one plaguing the Druid’s Aspect of the Wildrage. The first post-launch update for Diablo 4 Season 10, Infernal Chaos, is now live in game right now.

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On September 23, Diablo 4 kicked off Season 10 with a bang. Titled Infernal Chaos, this update brought both permanent changes to the game in the form of improvements to Infernal Hordes, and seasonal content like Chaos Rifts, Powers, and Armor, questlines, and the Diablo 4 x StarCraft collaboration event.

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Now, Diablo 4 has officially released its first post-launch update for Season 10. This update is comparatively small, but it still addresses a few under- and over-performing Chaos Powers and Perks. The Convocation of Spirits and A Beast Cornered Chaos Powers have received improvements that should make them stronger and more consistent, and Diablo 4 Chaos Perks like Barbarian’s Single-Minded Fury and Rogue’s Unpredictable Alchemy, Hit and Run, and Orphan Maker all received buffs. Likewise, Sorcerers’ Crackling Energy no longer gets picked up from Convulsions if full on Crackling Energy charges, which should prevent players from running out of the resource early with high attack speed.

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There are a few core gameplay improvements in this patch, too. The range of Soulspires has been increased, and monsters now ambush characters inside Infernal Hordes more often to make the events feel more dangerous and chaotic. What’s more, these ambushes will occur even more frequently with the Ambushing Hellbourne Infernal Offer, ensuring Infernal Hordes in Diablo 4 will be swarming with foes.

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The vast majority of this update consisted of bug fixes. Though over a dozen glitches have been resolved, one of the most notable ones caused Diablo 4 to diable the Druids’ Aspect of the Wildrage. This bug, which let the poison creeper stack damage indefinitely when used in conjunction to this Aspect, has officially been resolved with minimal impact to the popular summoning Druid builds, and can now be used once more.

With Season 10 now well underway, fans have essentially come to the end of the 2025 roadmap for Diablo 4. That said, a new expansion is expected to release next year, and content creators who have been able to see what Diablo 4 is working on have high hopes for the game’s future. It is all in the realm of speculation at present, but it seems like 2026 is going to be huge for Sanctuary.

Diablo 4 2.4.1 Build Patch Notes – October 7, 2025

Vessel of Hatred

Season of Infernal Chaos

Convocation of Spirits Chaos Power

  • Bonus damage increased from 100-200% to 200-400%.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where Yul Rune did not trigger from Basic Skills when using Unstable Power Chaos Perk.
  • Fixed an issue where Xan Rune effect would be incorrectly consumed by non-Cast skills.
  • Fixed an issue where Chaos Armor Heshe e Kesungi was displaying it had one more Greater Affix than it actually did.

Base Game

Season of Infernal Chaos

All Classes

Chaos Powers

A Beast Cornered

  • Previous: For every 10% Life you are missing, you gain 10-20%[x] increased damage and 5% damage reduction. Spending resources also drains a percentage of your Life equal to 30% of the Resources spent, refunding those resources. This cannot reduce you to below 10% Life.
  • Now: For every 10% Life you are missing, you gain 10-20%[x] increased damage and 5% damage reduction. Each resource you spend also drains a 0.2% of your Maximum Life to refund 40% of the total resources spent. This cannot reduce you to below 10% Life.

Rogue

Unpredictable Alchemy

  • Imbued damage increased from 20-40%[x] to 40-60%[x].

Hit and Run

  • Damage bonus increased from 30-50%[x] to 50-70%[x].

Barbarian

Single Minded Fury

  • Bleed Duration increased from 150-250% to 200-300%.
  • Maximum Life increased from 75-125% to 100-150%.
  • Damage bonus increased from 150-250% to 200-300%.

Gameplay

Rogue

Orphan Maker

  • Damage bonus for every second Reload Skill increased from 50%[x] to 100%[x].

Sorcerer

  • Crackling Energy no longer gets picked up from the Convulsions passive if you are full on Crackling Energy charges.

Developer’s Note: This will stop situations where high attack speed can cause you to run out of Crackling Energy.

Infernal Hordes

  • The range of Soulspires was increased, and Monsters will frequently ambush players inside.

Developer’s Note: We believe this change leans into the frenetic feel of Infernal Hordes while still retaining Soulspires' role as a high-investment, high-payout Infernal offer.

  • The Ambushing Hellborne Infernal Offer now results in far more Hellborne ambushes.

Miscellaneous

  • Descriptions for Season Journey objectives Entropy and Tides of Chaos have been updated to clarify that only completing associated activities in the overworld will progress the objective.

Bug Fixes

Gameplay

  • Fixed an issue where Barbarian's Wrath of the Berserker would grant its passive damage bonus to Sabre of Tsasgal when it was lower than Rank 5.
  • Fixed an issue where Barbarian's Barbed Carapace would not properly activate from Basic Skills when it had a cooldown from Unstable Power.
  • Fixed an issue where Druid's Aspect of Wildrage would allow poison creeper's damage to stack indefinitely.

Developer’s Note: Aspect of Wildrage will be re-enabled with the release of the 2.4.1 Patch.

  • Fixed an issue where Necromancer's Bone Storm would not properly increase its duration when using both Osseous Gale Aspect and Alter the Balance.
  • Fixed an issue where Rogue's Shadow Clone would not Overpower when using Basic Skills with Unstable Power Chaos Perk.
  • Fixed an issue where the Aspect of Bursting Venoms did not spawn Poison Traps as expected.
  • Fixed an issue where Rogue's Momentum would occasionally fail to properly gain a stack.
  • Fixed an issue where Aphotic aspect would stun the player when skeletal warriors teleport to them.
  • Fixed an issue where the Blood on Parchment quest could have progression blocked if the player died during the Boss encounter.
  • Fixed an issue where the fog wall didn't appear correctly when fighting Belial.

Miscellaneous

  • Fixed an issue where the description for Belial's lair included that there was a high chance to drop an Infernal Compass.
  • Fixed an issue where The Hateful Stone mount trophy, rewarded for achieving Paragon 300, did not appear in the player's Stable.
  • Various UI, stability, visual, and performance improvements.
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