Summary
The developers ofDiablo 4have made a mistake with tempering recipes, with reports of new Season 5 characters having their recipes carried over from last Season’s characters. They confirmed that this was not the design intent, but will let it slide duringDiablo 4’s Season 5 only.
InDiablo 4players can unlock tempering at level 15, and it’s based on finding and learning Temper Manuals. These have six different categories and three levels of rarity. They are applied to gear to amplify its effects, with Legendary Temper Manuals capable of affectingend-gameDiablo 4buildsto a ludicrous degree. Due to tempering being such an integral part of the game’s power progression, players are automatically given the “Tempering” quest at level 15, which can be completed at the Blacksmith in Kyovashad.
Arecent thread on the official Blizzard forumdiscussed the issue of Legendary tempering recipes appearing on new seasonal characters, which the Community Manager PezRadar confirmed to be a bug. They also confirmed, however, that the bug will not be fixed despite it not being the original design intent. This will only apply to Season 5, with future seasons following the expected pattern.
Fans Divided on Diablo 4 Decision to Retain Tempering Bug in Season 5
Players stand divided on the issue, with some claiming that the decision not to fix the bug is a good thing. They claim that, sinceDiablo 4’s Season 5 is shorter than other seasons, it will make it easier for players with less free time to keep up with the hardcore playerbase. The fans that oppose the decision claim that it would make the progression boring, with too much power given to new characters right at the start, which is a contended opinion, as other fans claim that farming tempering recipes doesn’t extend the gameplay, since they’re all found naturally anyway by the time the characters reach the endgame.
There are still some fans who have found their tempering locked despite the bug. Luckily, it seems that the bug affects all players equally, and players just need tounlockDiablo 4temperingbefore being allowed access to the recipes from the previous season.
The final bullet that was dodged happened with the Chapter 2 objective, where players need to “learn recipes of magic rarity of higher.” As the recipes are already learned, there was the possibility of this bug stopping the questing progression. Luckily, fans don’t have to wait fornewDiablo 4recipes to drop, as just clicking on the already-owned recipes clears the objective.
