PTR is Live! 2.1 PTR Known Issues

Last week, Blizzard released the 2.1 PTR Patch Notes for the upcoming Season 7 on Diablo 4 Vessel of Hatred! 2.1 PTR is now open from December 3rd to December 10th for everyone to test, share their thoughts and find bugs! Discover here the (already) large list of 2.1 PTR Known Issues!

2.1 PTR Known Issues

General

• A potential crash may occur when fighting the Herald.
• Triggering dismount and spur at the same time on a mount may cause them to shout and repeat it while teleporting.
• Scrapper bomb sound effects persist after the bomb has been used and disappears.
• Aimless Souls in the Dark Citadel T-pose when dying.
• The following Uniques will display incorrect assets when equipped or viewed in the inventory: Indira’s Memory, Mantle of Mountain’s Fury, Assassin’s Stride.
• Several “The Chandler” Necromancer Unique Look items will drop.
• Spiritborn players can damage themselves in the Training Grounds with Craze of the Dead God Unique gloves equipped.
• Potential performance issues when using the Barbarian’s Weapon Throw, Earthquake, or Sorcerer Charged Bolt skill in The Pit while playing in a full party.
• The Eliminator Glyph dealing more damage than intended.
• Some skills can be cast faster than intended when holding down the input to cast.
• Taking a Party Member’s portal who failed a Kurast Undercity run will place the player in a new run with no affixes.
• Grigoire is unable to be attacked with Close Range attacks when standing in particular angles.
• While in Local Co-op, Player One will only show active effects when opening the Stats & Materials menu.
• Tribute of Refinement drop rate is lower than intended within the Infernal Hordes.
• During the quest A Magpie In Flight, you may be unable to pass through the crowd.
• Amethyst will be tagged as Unique at the Jeweler.
• Party Finder tooltips text may display incorrectly for Dark Citadel.
• Controller Navigation is missing on the social filter.
• The Side Quest Blood in the Grove may be blocked when attempting to slay the remaining denizens.
• Screen Reader will not mention the type of currency when reading through the Seasonal Powers Tooltip.
• Text for missing localization strings appear when clicking on the Seasonal Gameplay Option when creating a new character.
• The first miniboss in the Chakhir Stronghold in Nahantu can get stuck.
• Rare monster encounters may not properly drop their custom loot in Torment Tiers.

Armory

• UI audio issues with the Armory.
• Armory is not accessible with Controller.

Balance and Class

• Casting Core Skills on Rogue will not receive damage bonuses from Scoundrel’s Leathers.
• The item Scoundrel's Kiss will be disabled on PTR
• Rank 5 of bonus Thorn Damage is missing during the extended duration from Exalted Predator upgrade.
• Legacy versions of Andariel's Visage cannot be used as Life Steal.
• Thorns Attribute not displaying proper values in the Character Tab.
• Voracious Rage is currently not flagged to be used on Spiritborn.
• Shroud of False Death is granting +1 to Key Passives.
• Summoning Damage affixes are always displaying as 0%.
• Rounding issues with several affixes, Passives, and Legendaries.
• Strike of Stormhorn does not get damage bonus at max range, dealing less damage than expected.
• Losing +30% of Life due to smoke bombs or poison swamps fails to activate the Flame Shield passive enchantment benefit.

Headhunts

• Tracking another quest while Scour is tracked can cause some errors in the Quest UI.
• The Shepherd whisper bounty cannot be completed if the player dies while progressing it.

Graphics

• Miscellaneous visual issues with DLSS Frame Generation.
• Performance issues while roaming the open world or Helltide.
• Visual errors with Headrotten monsters.

Seasonal Powers

• The Vengeful Spirit power may spawn with a square-shaped light visual effects
• Stacks from Soul Harvest are lost upon simultaneously pressing two different skills with a cooldown.
• The Cycle power heals monsters.
• Rogue Core skills can trigger Soul Harvest if they are affected by Imbuement skills.
• Core Skills with Eldritch do not trigger Shaken Soul.
• Aura of Siphoning power snapshots when transferring between instances or zones.
• Aura of Lament attaches to any destructible with a health bar when attacked.
• The displayed duration of the next rank of the Aura of Lament power is the same duration as the current rank.
• Aura Specialization contains inconsistent information in the tooltip.
• Wave of Woe power is missing tooltip information.
• Damage from Aura of Siphoning does not trigger Hex of Shattering.
• Aura of Lament tooltip does not show correct values for Next Rank upgrades.
• Some powers do not properly appear when using keyword search.
• Flowers from The Cycle have collision.
• Doom Orb may visually jitter when walking on elevated terrain.
• Seasonal Powers tab have different colors for the Milestone Ranks.
• Several Seasonal Powers will continue to function while mounted.
• Skeletal Warriors and Mages are not getting 100% Critical Hit Chance after triggering Grow.
• Powers slots keep the ‘X’ icon after removing the ineligible power.
• Unequipping Aura of Misfortune after Dismounting does not properly remove the Aura and can be applied to monsters.
• Vengeful Spirit may not Rush towards the target on death.
• Aura of Siphoning and Misfortune will remain active after the player unequips them when entering a dungeon.

Seasonal Content

• Forgotten Altars will not spawn in Nightmare Dungeons.
• Carving Spears deals incorrect damage type when fighting Elites with the affix.
• The Evade cooldown debuff chosen in Rootholds or Infernal Hordes may not properly apply the debuff.
• Reputation Board caches may contain incorrect quality rewards after claiming.
• The Tier 21+ Repeatable reward changes quality tier level when claimed.
• The Fugitive Head displays placeholder text.
• Headrotten Marksman enemies may display white square VFX.
• Reputation board contains “Missing SNO” text for the seasonal quests.

Wardrobe

• The transmog preview displays a default color after reselecting the transmog slot in the Wardrobe UI
• Ensembles do not work on Wardrobe in PTR

What's Next?

We hope you enjoy the Season of Hatred Rising and the Vessel of Hatred expansion with the aid of our Season 6 compendium update. Our focus is now on the upcoming 2.1 PTR and the Season 7 game update, hopefully populating at best the 2.1 PTR Known Issues list for bugfixes and improvements! We're also continuing to work on more updates for D4Planner!

With that said, head over to our Discord to stay up to date with our content development and to make the most of your Season 6 experience! Also don't forget to check out our Youtube channel!

Written by: Chewingnom