3.0.1 is live again: which saves work, and what changed?
Quick answer
3.0.1 is live again. Blizzard re-deployed it on October 19, and its hotfix post that day lists build 24371. Blizzard warns that saves from before 3.0.1 are no longer valid, but completed Chapters and Acts stay unlocked, so restart the map you were on. Players also report that mid-map saves from the first 3.0.1 window (October 7–8) fail on the new build, though one prologue save loaded. Back up your save folder before trying anything. 3.0.1 also raises campaign difficulty, adds talent-resetting Tomes of Retraining and slows the Silverpine Sprint rivals.
Know which version created the save you want to load.
Campaign access and the client update are separate.
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3.0.1 back on live since October 19
Blizzard released 3.0.1 (build 24342) on October 7, rolled live back to 3.0.0 on October 8 to give players time to finish their Acts, and re-deployed 3.0.1 on October 19. Blizzard’s live hotfix post that evening lists version 3.0.1 build 24371 with one fix, for a crash when transferring resources to other players in the Korean locale. October 19 is the date players had quoted from a Battle.net app notice. Forsaken Kingdom still requires its campaign entitlement and Reforged.
Blizzard has not posted separate notes for the re-deployed build, so Kingy treats the October 7 notes as the 3.0.1 change list. Whether anything else differs between builds 24342 and 24371 is not documented.
The deep dive describes a four-mission Last Days of Lordaeron prologue followed by a main campaign with a soft open-world RPG structure. Treat that as the official scope description, not as a complete mission list or a measured playtime.
Match each save to the version that made it by the file’s modified date in your Warcraft III Documents folder. Blizzard does not publish the exact hour of each update, so a save from October 7, 8 or 19 could belong to either side.
The table combines Blizzard’s warning with player reports from October 19–20. Kingy has not loaded any of these saves itself.
Save made on
Dates
On live 3.0.1 now
What to do
3.0.0 (build 24268)
September 12 – October 7, and October 8–19 after the rollback
Blizzard warns that saves from before 3.0.1 are no longer valid. Completed Chapters and Acts stay unlocked.
Restart the map you were on from its beginning. Keep the old file in your backup.
First 3.0.1 (build 24342)
October 7–8
Reported failing: several players say these mid-map saves do not load on the re-deployed build. One player’s October 7 prologue save loaded.
Try the save once. If it fails, restart the map; no fix or conversion is known.
Re-deployed 3.0.1 (build 24371)
October 19 onward
The current build. No load failures were reported in the threads Kingy read; Kingy has not tested.
Keep making manual saves, and back up the folder before the next patch.
Unknown
October 7, 8 or 19, or no date
Can’t be placed from the date alone.
Treat it as possibly invalid and keep a backup before testing it.
A save showing in the list, loading, and keeping its objective are three separate results. During the rollback one player found a save missing in game but still present in Documents, so a missing entry does not mean the file was deleted.
Close Warcraft III. Copy your Warcraft III save folder from Documents to a separate backup location and leave that backup alone.
Note each save’s modified date and match it to a version with the table above.
Load one save in game. Record whether it appears in the list, whether it loads and the objective shown afterwards.
If it fails, don’t save over it. Restart that map from its beginning; your completed Chapters and Acts stay unlocked.
To report it to Blizzard, give the save’s date, the version you think made it, build 24371 and the exact symptom. Leave account names and file paths out.
3.0.1 campaign balance, retraining and the Silverpine Sprint
These 3.0.1 changes are live since the October 19 re-deployment. Values come from the October 7 patch notes; Kingy has not tested them in an installed client.
Blizzard increases enemy durability and damage in the main campaign and health/damage for most prologue bosses. Campaign hero attributes, consumables and many equipment items are rebalanced; the notes do not publish every new item value.
Garek’s prologue Sweeping Strike now lists 100/150/200 damage; main-campaign Relentless Cleave lists 100/150/200/250/300. Undying Defiance’s movement penalty becomes 40/35/30/25/20%. Anya’s Umbral Rupture no longer damages allies.
Several vendors gain Tomes of Retraining that also reset talent points, so 3.0.1 is the first version with a talent respec. Exact vendor locations and prices are not established. The Act 1 Silverpine Sprint gets more fences and wider run-offs, rival drivers several seconds slower, and Spacebar as a brake. Silverpine Sprint and Forgotten Hollow are also provided as standalone maps in Maps/ForsakenKingdom/Scenarios.
Use Access and editions for the difference between content ownership and the free client update. Use Graphics settings for the new presentation and Controls for campaign commands.
The official recap also confirms the Forsaken Paladin and the selection-limit increase from 12 to 24. For a disconnected session, read the connection section of Troubleshooting before assuming the legacy client has the new content.
The 3.0.0 launch introduced lighting, camera, object-management and scripting improvements. In 3.0.1, live again since October 19, natives added in 3.0 receive the Blz- prefix, with the older non-Blz versions due for removal in a future patch. Talent-reset and healing triggers and custom-asset/save crash fixes are also listed for 3.0.1.
Our recommendation is to duplicate a project before opening it in a changed editor, keep the original export, then verify imports, triggers and save/load behavior in the copied project. Test the parts your map uses; a successful open is not a complete compatibility test.
The full Blizzard patch post is linked below. Its entries do not establish which custom maps or third-party mods have been tested successfully.
Reveal video · campaign and patch review spoilers
Metadata checked · footage interval not reviewed
A bounded opening excerpt from a patch 3.0 review. This is a window-edge corroborative pick; open the original for the full campaign discussion.
YouTube labeled this upload 2 days old; published metadata checked here is 2026-09-12T23:31:56-07:00 with 293,535 views. It sits on the 48-hour cutoff and is marked as corroborative rather than a strict last-48-hours result. It does not replace the official patch record.
Sources · 10Official · Reported · checked 31 Oct 2026 · Research checked 20 Oct 2026
Warcraft III: Reforged official site ↗Official feature body read in an anonymous browser October 31 UTC: Undercity origins, prologue, Definitive Edition, multiplayer Forsaken Paladin, World Editor and Windows/Mac availability. The banner does not establish a hardware support matrix. Use the current purchase article and Battle.net product terms for Collection availability; no exact cutoff hour is established.Official ·
Forsaken Kingdom public purchase and access announcement ↗Public Blizzard article documents launch purchase availability, Reforged ownership requirement, Combo bundle, free Definitive Edition update and Battle.net account/app/internet requirements. It does not establish English-only voiceover, live stock or current regional prices.Official ·
Version 3.0.0 · build 24268 patch notes ↗September 12 launch notes identify 3.0.0 build 24268 and its campaign, graphics, selection, hotkey, network and editor baseline. Blizzard restored live version 3.0.0 on October 8; the rollback notice does not state a build number. 3.0.1 returned to live on October 19 (see the October 19 hotfix post); use patch301 for the 3.0.1 changes.Official ·
Forsaken Kingdom Deep Dive Recap ↗Official recap confirms two campaigns: a four-mission Last Days of Lordaeron prologue and a main campaign with a soft open-world RPG structure. It also supports Definitive Edition presentation, World Editor availability, the Forsaken Paladin and the 12-to-24 selection-limit change.Official ·
Version 3.0.1 · build 24342 patch notes ↗October 7 release post for 3.0.1 build 24342, re-read October 31 UTC. Lists the older-save incompatibility warning with chapter/act progress retained, campaign/equipment balance, talent-reset tomes, graphics, multiplayer Paladin and editor fixes. Live was rolled back to 3.0.0 on October 8 and 3.0.1 re-deployed on October 19 (hotfix post: build 24371); Blizzard has not posted separate notes for the re-deployed build. No installed-client test, complete stat audit or named Apothecarium Supplies repair.Official ·
Warcraft III: Reforged hotfixes · 3.0.1 build 24371 (October 19) ↗Staff post 28 in Blizzard’s live hotfix thread, read October 31 UTC. Says a hotfix has been deployed for version 3.0.1 build 24371 and lists one fix: a crash when transferring resources to other players in the Korean locale. It does not restate the October 7 notes, mention saves or say what else differs from build 24342. No installed-client test.Official ·
Players report October 7–8 3.0.1 saves failing on the re-deployed build ↗Thread opened October 19 and read October 20 (about 20 posts on two pages). Several players say mid-map saves made during the first 3.0.1 window (October 7–8; local dates vary) do not load on the re-deployed build and that they restarted maps. One player, Danicela, reports an October 7 prologue save loading. Players repeat that completed missions stay completed. No Blizzard reply when read, no confirmed cause, no Kingy reproduction.Reported ·
Version 3.0.0 Restored — October 8 ↗Staff post 1 by Kaivax was re-read October 31 UTC. It states that live Warcraft III was restored to 3.0.0 on October 8 and 3.0.1 remains on PTR pending re-deployment in the coming weeks, allowing players additional time to finish Acts before the save-compatibility change. This inspected staff post gives no exact return date, rollback build number or guaranteed save recovery. No installed-client test. Superseded on October 19, when Blizzard re-deployed 3.0.1 (see the October 19 hotfix post).Official ·
Player reports of 3.0.1 saves missing after the rollback ↗Forum JSON fetched October 8. Post 17 by Danicela says a mission save made on 3.0.1 does not appear in the 3.0.0 list; post 14 by Thyrian says a save is absent in game but still present in Documents. Attributed player reports, not a Kingy reproduction, proof of deletion or a confirmed PTR recovery method.Reported ·
Players quote the Battle.net notice for 3.0.1 on October 19 ↗Danicela (post 2) and BrotherRoga (post 6), October 10, quote a Battle.net app notification planning 3.0.1 for October 19, invalidating campaign saves while keeping unlocked chapters and Acts. Kingy has not seen the notice in the app; Blizzard’s rollback post said only “in the coming weeks”. The date matched: Blizzard’s October 19 hotfix post confirms 3.0.1 on live that day.Reported ·
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