Diablo 4 is making a big change to mythic items in patch 3.1

Blizzard has revealed some of the new additions and big changes coming Diablo 4 in season 14. One of the headline changes coming in version 3.1 is a drastic overhaul of the Diablo 4s incredibly rare mythic unique items. Although Season 14 doesn't officially start until the end of June, players can test these changes on the PTR between June 2nd and June 9th.

Season 14 will be the first season after Lord of Hatred Diablo 4so much goes into seasonal content to provide a worthwhile experience in the wake of the popular expansion that saw the introduction of several fan-favorite features. Blizzard has already confirmed that some of the biggest complaints with Lord of Hatred are being addressed in this update, including an increase in the number of Obols players can hold and the addition of seamless party play for War Plans. It remains to be seen how these changes to Mythics will affect Diablo 4builds and power creep, but the 3.1 PTR should give players a good idea of how Season 14 will play out.

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Diablo 4 Patch 3.1 allows every unique to become a mythicist

As part of Diablo 4s “Mythics 3.0” change coming in the next major update, Mythics will no longer be considered a rarity but a modifiable item quality instead. This change makes it so any Diablo 4 Unique can theoretically turn into a mythic version of the unique item with the new Pandemonium Fragment material in the Horadric Cube. Doing so increases the effect of the Unique by 30%, giving players a more powerful version of the item than was possible in previous seasons.

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Diablo 4 Season 14 also gives players even more ways to acquire Mythics, such as by progressing in the seasonal reputation board to earn Pandemonium Fragments, defeating the new seasonal Lair Boss, Corrupted Reaper, progressing through the Seasonal Rank system, and players will also have a greater chance of finding Mythic Uniques where Ancestral Uniques would typically drop. It is unclear if the current list of mythic rarities will have the chance to drop as a standard Unique.

Diablo 4 will only allow players to equip one spawned Mythic Unique at a time. However, players can have multiple Mythic Uniques found via drops on their build at any given time.

In addition to each Unique having the potential to become a Mythic, the 3.1 patch for Diablo 4 improves the alignment of all uniques within the Horadric Cube. Currently, Diablo 4 does not allow players to change or reroll affixes on unique items. However, Patch 3.1 allows Uniques to use the Focused and Chaotic Reroll recipes, while Unique Amulets and Non-Ancestral Uniques will be able to have their Unique Power rerolled.

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These changes should provide Diablo 4 players are given more freedom to customize their gear however it best fits their desired build, and will likely take some of the hassle out of farming for unique duplicates just to reroll a unique affix using the Horadric Cube's 3-to-1 recipe. However, the jury is still out on whether the move from Mythic being a rarity to an item quality will improve builds or just remove the game-changing hunting items. Players can try the 3.1 PTR build from June 2nd to June 9th to decide for themselves.