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 |title            = Patch 1.09
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 |game             = ''[[Diablo II]]''<br>''[[Diablo II: Lord of Destruction]]''
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 |date             = August 20, 2001
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 |previous         = Patch 1.08 (Diablo II)
 |previous display = 1.08
 |next             = Patch 1.09b (Diablo II)
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'''Patch 1.09''', released August 20, 2001.
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==Changes==
'''Note:''' certain item changes will not apply retroactively to already existing items.

===Skill Balance Changes===

*[[Decrepify]] no longer reduces the damage [[Resistance]] of immune monsters.
*Reduced [[damage]] of additional levels of {{2|Fire Wall}} starting from level 9.
*Changed {{2|Telekinesis}} to only work on [[scrolls]], [[potions]], [[keys]], [[gold]], [[arrows]] and [[bolts]].

===''Lord of Destruction'' modifications===

*The mouse-over functionality of [[hireling]] portraits has been changed. You now must keep your mouse cursor over your hireling for three seconds before the portrait highlights and the text "Drop potion on hireling portrait, right-click to open inventory" appears.
*Gold sharing among party members has been removed.
*Players can no longer give or take items from a hireling if they are not within range (this fixes a bug where the game would crash if a player gave or removed an item from a hireling when the Hireling was out of range).
*Changed enhanced [[defense]] per level and enhanced [[damage]] per level to display the exact amount of enhancement.
*Changed 'Hit Blinds Target' to a level-based formula.
*Changed '[[Freeze]]s Target' item modifier to a level-based formula (improved for melee characters).
*Changed display of enhanced damage vs. [[demon]]s and enhanced damage vs. [[undead]] to be +x% instead of x%.
*Added potential for [[socket]]s to [[Bone Visage]] [[Elite Items|Elite]] [[Bone Helm]], [[Troll Nest]] and [[Blade Barrier]] Elite [[Shields]].
*Improved drops for placed ([[Super Unique|Super]])[[Unique Monsters|Unique monsters]] such as [[Bishibosh]], [[Rakanishu]], ''et al.''
*Improved drops for certain quest monsters such as [[Blood Raven]], [[The Countess]], [[The Cow King]], ''et al.''
*[[Duriel]] now always drops a [[Town Portal]] scroll in addition to his regular drop.
*Enabled certain [[Horadric Cube]] recipes that were disabled in v1.08.
*Enabled "add socket" [[Horadric Cube]] recipe.
*Made "add socket" Horadric Cube recipe not work on socketed items.
*Added several very low-level magic affixes.
*Restricted some affixes from generating on certain item types.
*[[Rare Items|Rare items]] will now always spawn with three or more affixes if possible.
*Increased chances for 'of blocking' and 'of deflecting' suffix.
*Added increased block rate to 'of blocking' and 'of deflecting' suffixes.
*Personalized item names are now printed in the color of base type.
*Added base item type to highlight info for [[rune word]] items.
*Non-weapon items that add damage now do so with regards to [[Bows|bow]] damage.
*Adjusted [[strength]] & [[dexterity]] damage bonus for certain items.
*Changed the 'Ethereal' property to modify base stats.
*Changed the 'Reduce Magic Damage' property to spread across frames for multi-frame attacks (such as {{2|Fire Wall}}).
*Altered stats of many Unique items.
*Altered stats of a few Set items.
*Altered stats of a few rune word items.
*The Shae, Po, and Jo [[runes]] have been renamed. They are now the {{r|Shael}}, {{r|Io}}, and {{r|Jah}} runes respectively
*Reduced chances of elemental damage affixes spawning on Charms.
*Increased bonuses for affixes that increase stack size on Throwing items.
*Increase chances of Self-repair affixes.
*Increase chances and potency of Replenish quantity affixes.
*Increased stack sizes of most Throwing weapons.
*Enabled normal [[Orbs]] and [[Circlets]].
*Increased maximum number of sockets for some items.
*Rare [[Jewels]] are now capped at a maximum of four affixes.
*Adjusted [[weapon]] and [[armor]] levels and level requirements.
*Stacked items with poison damage now average their poison duration.
*[[Rejuvenation potion]]s now automatically go into the belt if picked up from the ground.
*Rejuvenation potions can now be shift-clicked from the inventory into an equipped belt.
*Adjusted the [[Hireling]] experience system.
*Altered [[The Secret of the Vizjerei|Act II]] Hireling Auras.
*Changed Hireling damage to 50% against bosses in {{d|Normal}}, 40% in {{d|Nightmare}}, and 25% in {{D|hell}} difficulties.
*Raised maximum price vendors will pay for an item to 30,000 gold pieces in Nightmare difficulty, and 35,000 gold pieces in Hell difficulty.
*Added [[Health]] Regeneration to all hireling types.
*[[Iron Maiden]] and [[Thorns]] effects now treat Hirelings as players with respect to damage.
*Hirelings now gain experience from monsters killed by Minions and other party members.
*Using a [[potion]] from the belt (either by hotkey or right-clicking) while holding down the shift key will give the potion to the player's hireling if he/she has one.
*Lowered maximum duration for which Hirelings could be stunned.
*Iron Golems are now saved with the player.
*Color coded monsters' elemental/physical immunity info display. (For example, [[Fire]] [[Immune]] is printed in red).
*Changed monster stats back to what they were before v1.08.
*Reduced the [[Resistance]] bonus for Magic Resistant Uniques (It was 75%; it is now 40%).
*The monsters in [[The Harrowing|Act IV]] that eat corpses will no longer eat corpses that have already been used.
*The Resistance penalty at higher difficulty levels no longer applies to Magic Resistance.
*[[Crush Beast]]s no longer give only 1 exp when they are killed.
*Changed PvP penalty for players or Hirelings attacking other players to 1/4.
*Implemented PvP penalty of 1/2 for Hirelings attacking other Hirelings.
*[[Town Portal]] use has been restricted to party members only.
*Reduced damage multiplier for act-end boss attacks vs. minions.
*Broken [[Ethereal items]] now sell for 1 gold.
*Added Thawing Potions to vendor inventories in Act IV and [[Lord of Destruction (Act)|Act V]].
*It is now possible (albeit very rare) to get [[Set Items|Set]] and [[Unique Items|Unique items]] from gambling.
*Increased the chances of getting a [[Rare Items|Rare item]] from gambling.
*[[Keys]] may now be purchased in bulk (shift + right-click).
*Swapped properties for {{r|Jah}} and {{r|Cham}} [[runes]] in weapons.
*Added [[rune words]] for Single Player/Other Multi Player which previously only showed up on Realm games.
*Adjusted hover text box sizes.
*Updated the pop-up text to reflect adjusted monster attack and defense.
*Adjusted memory management code.
*Typing "players X", where X is a number between the current number of players and the maximum (8), in the message box will now set the effective number of players in the game in single player, open [[Battle.net]] and TCP/IP games only).
*Removed global Physical Resistance from Nightmare difficulty games.
*Fixed a bug where [[Tyrael]] would sometimes create an inaccessible portal.
*Fixed a bug where a player who was disconnected from Battle.net while in the Imbue screen would crash.

===Major Bugs===
*Fixed bonus to [[Undead]] damage modifier to work with ranged weapons.
*Fixed bonus to [[Demon]] damage modifier to work with ranged weapons.
*Fixed 'Reduces Target Defense' modifier to work with ranged weapons.
*Fixed a bug where item-specific partial Set bonuses didn't get applied.
*Fixed a bug where the enhanced defense for items that gained it on a per level basis was improperly calculated (such as {{2|Blackoak Shield}}).
*Fixed a bug where the enhanced damage for items that gained it on a per level basis was improperly calculated (such as {{2|Hellslayer}}).
*Fixed a bug where certain two-handed and missile weapons did not get the displayed damage bonus (such as [[Magewrath]]).
*Fixed Piercing weapons to work correctly with [[Amazon]] skills (such as [[Doomslinger]]).
*Fixed a bug where items could give characters skills that are exclusive to another Character class.
*Fixed a bug with weapon swapping which allowed some character classes to dual wield items. When a player that is illegally wielding two items enters a game, one of the items will be deleted.
*Fixed bug which allowed certain [[Horadric Cube]] recipes that were meant to be disabled to continue to function.
*Fixed a bug where trying to display the highlight info for an item with too many modifiers would crash the game.
*Fixed a bug in using an item that gives [[Werewolf]]/[[Werebear]] skills when no skill points were originally assigned to those skills caused an assertion.
*Fixed various bugs with the second quest of Act 5.
*(Macintosh Only) Fixed a bug where a user running [[Diablo II: Lord of Destruction|Diablo II Expansion]] in 800x600 received an assertion when entering Diablo II standard games.

===Minor Bugs===

*Fixed a bug where Elemental damage did not display correctly for [[Throwing Weapons]].
*Fixed a bug in the determination of magic affix levels.
*Fixed a bug that allowed Ethereal throwing items to be stacked with non-Ethereal ones.
*Fixed a bug where it was possible to repair and/or recharge Charged Ethereal items.
*Fixed a bug where it was possible to repair Throwing Potions.
*Fixed a bug where Throwing Weapons brought from standard Diablo II could not be Imbued in Diablo II Expansion Set.
*Fixed a bug where certain [[Paladin Shields]] were not able to be personalized.
*Fixed a bug where it sometimes did not verify replacing a dead hireling with a new one.
*Fixed a bug that allowed the same Unique to be spawned more than once in a game.
*Fixed various [[Horadric Cube]] recipes that create [[magic items]].
*Fixed a bug that caused a [[rune word]] item to lose its rune word bonuses when transferred off of the character who created it.
*Fixed a bug which caused the variable attributes of a rune word item to reset inappropriately.
*Fixed a bug where using the {{2|Taunt}} skill would sometimes cause the game to crash.
*Fixed a bug where the {{2|Fire Wall}} animation display without doing any damage.
*Fixed a bug where [[Sanctuary (Skill)|Sanctuary]] allows the Paladin to ignore an [[Undead]] monster's damage resistance.
*Fixed a bug where left-hand throw was throwing using too many missiles per throw.
*Fixed a bug where certain Charged items would use multiple charges per casting.
*Fixed a bug that caused [[Cold Mastery]] to think other players were immune when they were not.
*Fixed a bug where you could select [[Baal]]'s dead tentacles.
*Fixed a bug where in a Realm game, [[Nihlathak]] would remain in town even after another player killed him.
*Fixed a bug where [[Anya]] would not always give a class-specific item for her quest reward.
*Fixed a bug where the invisible monster in the [[Worldstone Keep]] could be affected by [[Monster Shrine]]s.
*Fixed a bug where Monster Shrines could affect [[Druid]] Vines.
*Fixed bug where [[Regurgitator]]s would eat [[Hireling]]s and destroy them.
*Fixed [[The Sightless Eye|Act I]] hirelings to be able to use bows with special arrows (such as [[Witherstring]]).
*Fixed a bug where hirelings' items would not update if they could no longer meet the requirements to wear them.
*Fixed [[Immolation Arrow]] to do initial weapon damage; no base physical damage is included in the radius.
*Fixed [[Freezing Arrow]] to do initial weapon damage; no base physical damage is included in the radius.
*Fixed [[Poison Javelin]] to do initial weapon damage.
*Fixed [[Plague Javelin]] to do initial weapon damage.
*Fixed [[Lightning Fury]] to do initial weapon damage.
*Fixed a [[Fend]] bug that would abort the Fend prematurely on the server. (This applies to [[Zeal]] and various other skills as well.)
*Fixed a bug that caused the game to crash when a character clicked on his/her own feet.
*Fixed invalid line Automap options from v1.08.
*Fixed drawing problem for charges/ammo counts on skill icons where the number of charges would extend off the icon.
*Fixed some spelling errors in the text.
*Fixed some errors in translations.
*Fixed a variety of crash bugs.
*Fixed a bug where hireling [[health]] regeneration was dependent on the number of players in game.
*Fixed a bug that allowed hirelings to be converted.
*Fixed a bug where items that add to skills had no effect on Hirelings.
*(Macintosh Only) Fixed a bug that made it possible to have the character walk endlessly toward the lower left corner of the screen without input from the player.
*Fixed a bug that caused garbage characters to appear at the top of the screen at the start of a realm game.

===Diablo II Standard Fixes===

*Fixed a bug in Diablo II where [[Unique Monster|uniques]] and [[champion]]s could drop throwing items as their "magic" item drop.
*Fixed a bug that allowed Diablo II players to put a socket in rare items with the [[Horadric Cube]] recipe.
*Fixed a bug in ''[[Diablo II]]'' that allowed hirelings to be brought into other acts.


===Diablo II Classic improvements/changes===

*Changed the Diablo II Standard blocking method back to the old method.
*Adjusted damage and attack rating of monsters in Diablo II Standard.
*Removed global Physical Resistance for monsters in {{d|Hell}} difficulty in Diablo II Standard.

==Summary==

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