Repeated Fenris CTD on PC after teleport / Helltide / dungeon despite -disableds and clean reinstall

Hello,

I am experiencing repeated Fenris crash-to-desktop issues in Diablo IV. The crashes happen during active gameplay, especially after teleporting, zone changes, moving toward Helltide events, and during dungeon-related content. This makes the game barely playable because I can lose access/progress with high-value dungeon keys and rare materials.

Current game build:
Diablo IV 3.1.0.72810

System:
Windows 11 64-bit
Intel Core i9-13900K
NVIDIA RTX 4090
32 GB DDR5
Samsung 980 PRO NVMe SSD
MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi

Other games such as Path of Exile 2 are stable for long sessions. No BSODs, no full system reboots.

Already tried:

  • Clean reinstall of Diablo IV
  • Clean reinstall / repair of Battle.net
  • Fresh Documents\Diablo IV configuration folder
  • Battle.net cache cleared
  • High-Resolution Assets not installed
  • G DATA antivirus exceptions added for Diablo IV and Battle.net
  • NVIDIA driver clean reinstall with DDU
  • Updated BIOS / system drivers
  • Stable Intel power limits
  • RAM reduced to 2 sticks in A2/B2
  • DLSS off
  • Frame Generation off
  • NVIDIA Reflex off
  • Raytracing off
  • FPS capped
  • Texture quality reduced
  • Forum workaround -disableds added to Battle.net command line

The FenrisDebug logs confirm:
Command Line: -disableds -nostreamline -sso -launch -uid fenris
DirectStorage: Disabled
GPU used: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Raytracing: disabled

The workaround from the Blue Post does not resolve the issue. Recent FenrisDebug logs still show repeated ACCESS_VIOLATION / Fenris crashes, sometimes in Diablo IV.exe and sometimes KERNELBASE.dll / unknown module. The logs also show high Diablo IV process memory usage and fragmented main heap before crashes, while GPU memory is not exhausted.

This appears related to Diablo IV / Fenris / memory or asset streaming during teleport, loading, Helltide, and dungeon content.

I can provide multiple FenrisDebug logs and report IDs if needed.

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I have the same issues since the last patch. My hardware ist Ryzen 7 8700xp and 64Gb Kingston Fury Memory, RTX4060 Graphic. Never had problems before but in the german Board someone told me it must be a problem with my computer so i reset my computer back to december 2025 with an Macrium Image and after installing again 45GB of LOH it took me 10 minutes playtime to crash again. I also play on PS5 and it works nice but i prefer to play on my PC. It is a mess, deploying half done patches and hotfixes. A shame.

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