Shadow Mastery changed to increasing your Shadow spell damage by 2/4/6/8/10% (Was 1/2/3/4/5%).
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Beta development notes · 2026-10-16
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AfflictionMalediction replaced with Grim Reach, which increases the range of your Affliction spells by 10/20%.
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Beta development notes · 2026-10-08
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A Warlock’s current pet will now be stunned while summoning a new pet.
Shadow Bolt: The base points and points per level of ranks 1-4 of this spell have been adjusted to make the growth rate of ranks 1-5 more consistent, and new ranks always an upgrade.
DemonologyDemonic Brand bonus pet damage now only does high threat when it deals Shadow damage.
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Beta development notes · 2026-10-01
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The Incubus pet model has been replaced with a lower resolution model.
Hellfire can now critically strike.
Drain Soul is now correctly interrupted if the Warlock begins casting another spell.
Pets: Aggressive Mode is back and can be found under the pet tab in your spell book.
AfflictionSoul Harvesting has been renamed to Soul Harvest. It now correctly grants its 50/100% increase to Mana regeneration.
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Beta development notes · 2026-09-24
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Voidwalker Sacrifice now correctly scales with 10% of the Warlock’s spell healing.
Tooltip of Life Tap has been updated to correctly display the amount of Life converted, and only states that it scales with Spirit.