Diablo 4 Season 5 has had a bit of a rocky start but there’s one bug players will certainly be happy about.
After a stellar Season 4, Diablo 4 Season 5 has hit a few snags in its early hours with players calling out server lag and crashes. There’s a little bit of jank under the hood but it’s not all bad.
One unintended issue has seen Tempering Manuals unlocked in the previous season carry over to Diablo 4 Season 5. Devs have mercifully decided to keep it as a feature and it may even be responsible for a much greater gift.
Reddit user Neamins took to the Diablo Subreddit to reveal a Season 5 bug that caused them to jump from level 29 to 63 in a single second. That’s instant access to the Paragon Board.
The bug occurred when Neamins took down Nilcar, Forgotten Bishop, one of Kyovashad’s Stronghold bosses. By default, Nilcar is a few levels higher than the player, which does offer a boost to experience, but not nearly enough for a 34-level jump.
Initial speculation from users in the thread was that this had something to do with early access to Tempering but Neamens dispelled this. “Not one item was tempered at the time of the video,” they explained. They had however accessed the Tempering system so it’s possible that it was a prerequisite.
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The most noticeable aspect of the kill was the amount of Health Potions that dropped from Nilcar upon defeat. “It’s like the game gave them 10+ kills all at once,” one player pointed out. “I didn’t realize that at the moment but I guess that could explain it,” Neamins replied.
To gain the amount of experience required to attain 34 levels in Diablo 4 Season 5, you’d need to kill the boss a few more times than 10.
Neamins is not the only player who has experienced this bug, another confirmed that the same thing had happened to them upon defeating Nilcar.
Since this article was originally published, Blizzard has located the source of the bug. The Umbracrux Unique Dagger has been temporarily nerfed as devs work on a fix that will stop it from awarding players millions of EXP.