Diablo III's 2.3 Patch Is Now Live

Steven Bogos

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Diablo III's 2.3 Patch Is Now Live

Diablo III's 2.3 patch adds dozens of new items, a new artisan: Kannai's Cube, and a new zone: The Ruins of Sescheron.

It's a good week to be a Blizzard fan. Just one day after the release of 2.3 Patch [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/tag/view/hearthstone] has gone live. The new patch features a new area: The Ruins of Sescheron, dozens of new items, and the return of a much-requested Diablo II feature: the Horadric cube.

The Diablo III iteration of the cube is known as "Kannai's Cube," [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/141332-Diablo-III-Patch-2-3-Full-of-New-Features-And-Items] and functions a little differently from its predecessor. You'll have to collect bounty-specific materials from the game's adventure mode in order to take advantage of its recipes - among which is a way to "extract" an item's legendary power and "equip" it without having to equip the actual item.



The new Ruins of Sescheron [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/19802338/patch-230-ptr-preview-6-23-2015#zone] zone is integral to finding the cube, and players will have to complete a quest involving Zoltan Khule and the Barbarians in order to unlock it.

The patch also brings a host of class changes too numerous to list here, with special focus given to the Witch Doctor.

Additionally, if you feel like you're at the point where Torment VI is a cakewalk, four new difficulty levels - Torment VII through X - have been added to the game.

Check out the full patch notes here [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/blog/19859662#dh] for more information.

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suitepee7

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Shame there's still another couple of days before season 4 starts. Patch looks pretty awesome, and really looking forward to playing again... on friday ^^
 

Dalek Caan

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Seems as a good as time as any to get back into Diablo 3 then. I'll probably have to completely restart though since I have forgotten everything about that game.
 

shintakie10

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Dalek Caan said:
Seems as a good as time as any to get back into Diablo 3 then. I'll probably have to completely restart though since I have forgotten everything about that game.
You'd be best served just waiting a couple weeks until the new season starts then. That way you can start a new seasonal character from level 1 and get all the fancy new seasonal gear.
 

Jadak

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shintakie10 said:
Dalek Caan said:
Seems as a good as time as any to get back into Diablo 3 then. I'll probably have to completely restart though since I have forgotten everything about that game.
You'd be best served just waiting a couple weeks until the new season starts then. That way you can start a new seasonal character from level 1 and get all the fancy new seasonal gear.
Don't quite have to wait that long, season 4 starts in 2 days.