Patch 3.3 · Season 15 and item buffs
August 18, 2026 · Season 15
The patch that opened Ladder Season 15: eight ladder-only runewords reach non-ladder, several leveling uniques and the Angelic Raiment set get Ladder-only buffs, and Latent Sunder Charms and Worldstone Shards get harder to find.
Ladder Season 15
- New calendar from this season on: the old ladder closes on a Monday, the patch rolls out on Tuesday and the new season opens on Friday.
- Season 14 closed on August 17 and Season 15 started on August 21 at 5 p.m. PDT (already August 22 in Europe and Asia).
- Season 14 characters moved to non-ladder and their shared stash items went to the withdraw-only tabs; anything still left there from Season 13 was deleted.
- You have all of Season 15 to take those Season 14 items out before they are lost too.
Runewords
- Mania, Hysteria, Metamorphosis, Ground, Temper, Hearth, Cure and Bulwark are no longer ladder-only: from Season 15 on they can also be made in non-ladder games.
- Six of them are helm runewords; Mania (weapons) and Hysteria (body armor) are the two halves of the old Hustle.
Weapon uniques (Ladder only)
- Bloodletter gains 20% Faster Run/Walk.
- The Battlebranch's item level drops from 34 to 30 and its required level from 25 to 17, so you can use it much earlier.
- Rogue's Bow adds +1 to +3 to either Cold Arrow or Fire Arrow (Amazon only).
- Pluckeye gains +25% Increased Attack Speed.
- Bane Ash loses its attack speed and enhanced damage in exchange for +20% Faster Cast Rate, which suits casters better.
- Gravenspine gains +10% Faster Cast Rate.
Armor, jewelry and sets (Ladder only)
- Blinkbat's Form goes from 10% to 30% Faster Run/Walk and adds +1 Mana after each kill.
- The Ward now has one socket.
- Manald Heal gains +10% Faster Cast Rate.
- Angelic Raiment: with three pieces worn, Angelic Sickle adds +6 damage and Angelic Mantle +100% damage to undead, and the full set now gives +1 to all skills.
- All these new versions exist only in Ladder and only in Reign of the Warlock; Classic and Lord of Destruction keep the old ones.
Terror Zones and Colossal Ancients
- Heralds of tier 3 and above are more likely to drop rare or better items.
- The minimum level for a Latent Sunder Charm to drop rises from 69 to 75.
- Getting them through Magic Find is rarer and now only possible in Hell; the Herald drop rate stays the same.
- Worldstone Shards drop less often, but each one now comes with an extra item.
- Ancient statues, needed to open the Colossal Ancients fight, also drop less often.
Warlock fixes
- Bind Demon's extra damage bonus was higher than intended; with the fix, bound demons hit less hard.
- Sigil: Death no longer spends mana when the cast fails, and it now benefits from +Fire Skills.
- Miasma Chain no longer collides with neutral or friendly units.
Other fixes
- Characters no longer get stuck in Leap's landing animation.
- Some bosses no longer lose their AI, and Council Members that spawn as Heralds drop loot again.
- Keys can be bought in bulk from Hratli with a controller.
- Names of off-screen items no longer flash on screen while you move.
- Several Chronicle fixes, including the 'eligible' notice showing on items already registered and missing in 8-player games.
- General stability and performance improvements.