Overview
- Players get a free weekend from December 12–15 on PC and consoles, with availability on Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation, and Xbox.
- The new hybrid Strength/Intelligence Druid shifts between human, bear, wolf, and wyvern forms, launching alongside 21 class skills, 30+ support gems, 11 uniques, and 250+ passive nodes.
- Animal forms now support dodge‑roll and sprint after a late change driven by community feedback, according to game director Jonathan Rogers.
- Fate of the Vaal introduces build‑your‑own temple runs leading to a new pinnacle boss, Atziri, with rewards including the Atziri’s Rule staff.
- Core updates fold Rise of the Abyssal into endgame with tablet targeting and reduced micromanagement, adjust mapping for clarity, and add CPU multithreading optimizations targeting roughly 25% frame‑rate gains.