Diablo 4 Patch 3.1.1 Lands July 14 to Speed Up Mythic Farming

Diablo 4 Season 14 is getting its first major tweak with patch 3.1.1 arriving on July 14—focused on making Mythic item hunting faster and cheaper, even as players continue to criticize the season’s broader Mythic system. Season 14 launched on June 30 and introduced “Mythic Uniques 3.0,” an overhaul intended to expand build options by letting more Unique items be upgraded into stronger Mythic versions.

Patch 3.1.1 targets Mythic upgrade odds—more fragments, lower cost

Blizzard’s patch 3.1.1 makes several changes to the Horadric Cube gamble loop used to upgrade Uniques into Mythics. The main materials for that process—Pandemonium Fragments plus the reputation currency Glints of Hope—are becoming easier to obtain, and the Cube recipe cost is reduced.

• Glints of Hope repeatable reputation reward now guarantees a Pandemonium Fragment.
• Corrupted Reaper drops up to two Pandemonium Fragments on higher Torment tiers (previously it dropped one on higher tiers).
• The Horadric Cube “Upgrade to Mythic” recipe cost is reduced from five Pandemonium Fragments to four.

In practice, this means players should be able to roll Mythics more frequently than before using the Cube, since both fragment availability increases and the crafting requirement decreases.

Why players are still unhappy: cube gains don’t fix the core Mythic chase

Even with these improvements, patch 3.1.1 does not address the biggest complaints about Season 14’s Mythic structure. Players can still equip only one crafted Mythic at a time, and Mythics obtained as random drops remain difficult to target and rarely land in usable form. The season’s redesign was meant to broaden Mythic options and reduce the dominance of older best-in-slot picks, but many players say the opposite has happened: there are more Mythic choices, yet fewer reliable ways to farm the specific ones they need.

Community concerns also extend to established Mythics from earlier seasons. Items such as Heir of Perdition, Harlequin Crest, and The Grandfather reportedly feel harder to find. When they do drop, some can come with partially randomized modifiers that may make them worse than what players remember from the past. One Diablo content creator, Rhykker, summed up the frustration with the idea that players are being asked to “work harder to get something crappier than we used to have.”

Some players are hoping Blizzard will later remove the single-crafted-Mythic restriction, allowing Mythics crafted via Resplendent Sparks to be equipped as well—something patch 3.1.1 does not change.

Season 14 Update 3.1.1 patch notes: main seasonal changes

• Added the Seasonal Reputation Board to Temis.
• Deathtoll Chambers will always reward at least one Superior Lair Key at high Torment levels.
• Corrupted Reaper now drops up to two Pandemonium Fragments, scaling with Torment level.
• Repeatable Glints of Hope reputation reward now guarantees a Pandemonium Fragment.
• Reduced the Horadric Cube “Upgrade to Mythic” recipe cost from 5 to 4 Pandemonium Fragments.
• Fixed an issue where the Season Rank objective “Terrorize The Night” failed to progress.
• Fixed a display issue where the Artificer’s Obelisk showed a beta tag.
• Fixed a clipping issue on Gloamstrider’s Barding mount armor.
• Fixed an issue where Nemesis Lair could fail to trigger in the Corrupted Reaper boss lair.
• Fixed an issue where only one party member would receive Tower rewards.
• Fixed an issue where part of the map could fail to load in the Dark Refuge dungeon.
• Fixed an issue where Tower Halo rewards could appear inverted.
• Fixed an issue where Tower Halo rewards could appear on mounts.
• Fixed an issue where Forgotten Souls were not dropping from Whisper Caches on Torment levels.
• Fixed an issue where Awakened Exarch’s ability ignores sound settings.
• Fixed an issue where Solo Self-Found icons could fail to show on the Friends list.
• Fixed an issue where monsters spawned too far from the Rupture portal.

Bug fixes and gameplay updates across classes and systems

Patch 3.1.1 also includes a wide set of corrections across multiple classes, “War Plans,” and base-game systems. Highlights include adjustments for Spiritborn, Warlock, and Rogue loot behavior, plus various UI, stability, and clipping fixes.

Paladin

• Fixed an issue where Damage with Holy was not showing in the Stats and Materials tab.

Spiritborn

• Fixed an issue where Spiritborn’s Stinger could deal more damage than intended.
• Fixed an issue where Fiery Soul VFX could appear too large.
• Fixed an issue where Wyrdskin gloves could fail to show on the character model.

Warlock

• Increased clarity on a selected Warlock Soul Shard.
• Fixed an issue where Brutal Aspect’s tooltip bonus preview incorrectly calculated over 100% Attack Speed.
• Fixed an issue where the Fulcrum of Mefis Talisman set stacks would fall off if a dead enemy attacked your demons.
• Fixed an issue where the Mefis set failed to trigger the 2-piece set bonus when damage sent to demons should have come from the 3-piece set bonus.
• Fixed an issue where 2-piece Flesh of Abbadon stacks could be removed erroneously.

War Plans

• Fixed an issue where Wretched Vermin could appear in Town during Helltides.
• Fixed an issue where Colossal Foe and Malignant Invasion mutators could cause bosses to not drop loot.
• Fixed an issue where Whispers Ambushes could fail to drop loot.
• Fixed an issue where Corrupted Reaper could fail to gain power from mutators.
• Fixed an issue where Planar Tremors applied to Chaos Rift monsters.
• Fixed an issue where Marks of El’Druin could not be pinned in the Currency tab.

Miscellaneous

• Fixed an issue where Invasion Portals could spawn on top of one another.
• Fixed an issue where Rathma could get stuck during the quest “A Blade’s Weight.”
• Added El’Druin, Sword of Justice to the Mythic Unique Cache from the Blacksmith.

Base game: Barbarian

• Fixed an issue where Challenging Shout Bawl variant could decay more than anticipated.

Base game: Druid

• Fixed an issue where Druid’s toggled skills could sometimes gain more damage than intended from the Storm Shepherd’s Call talisman set.

Base game: Rogue

• Fixed an issue where Shadow Clone could cause additional Shrine effects, including spawning extra Soul Eaters in Deathtoll Chamber.
• Fixed an issue where Pangs of Duriel could spawn out of place during the Duriel fight.
• Fixed an issue preventing certain sources of Uniques from dropping as Mythic, including Lair Bosses.
• Increased the chance of naturally dropped Mythics being an Iconic Mythic.
• Fixed various incorrect wardrobe icons.
• Various performance and stability fixes.
• Various clipping and texture fixes.

What’s next for Season 14

Patch 3.1.1 improves the material flow for Mythic upgrades and lowers the Cube cost, but it leaves the season’s broader Mythic accessibility problems largely intact. With July 14 now the next checkpoint, players will be watching whether Blizzard follows up with larger balance changes—especially around the restriction that limits how many crafted Mythics can be equipped at once.