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Jordan Gerblick

Blizzard confirms a Diablo 4 Season 5 bug was dishing out millions of free XP, but says it wasn't caused by Rogues – it was the new Unique Umbracrux gone haywire

Diablo 4 Season 5 smoky figure.

Diablo 4 developer Blizzard has temporarily disabled the Umbracrux Unique and confirmed it was responsible for the game-breaking Season 5 exploit that was dishing out millions of free XP.

For some context, players identified the bug shortly after Diablo 4 Season 5 went live last week, with Reddit users sharing videos of them leveling up dozens of times in an instant after beating certain Stronghold bosses. In one case, Reddit user Neamins shared a video of them beating the Stronghold boss Nilcar, Forgotten Bishop, and leveling "from 29 to 63 in one second."

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