Hell’s legions beckon you forth, eager for the challenge you surely provide, traveler.
Fight through the fray when Ladder Season 15 arrives on August 21. Read on to discover new items added to Ladder, changes to Terror Zones, and a slew of bug fixes.
Ladder Season 15
Our previous Ladder Seasons for Diablo II: Resurrected have showed just how adept adventurers were at saving Sanctuary, racing to be the first to cement their names on the Leaderboard while striking fear into the tormented hearts of their demonic adversaries in the process.
We’re making a slight adjustment to the Patch and Ladder timing going forward, starting with this season. The format of future seasons will have similar timing:Ladder Season 14 ends – Monday, 8/17, 11 a.m. PST
Season 15 Patch begins rolling out – Tuesday, 8/18
Ladder Season 15 starts – Friday, 8/21, 5 p.m. PST
Ladder Season 15 will usher in a new opportunity for brave adventurers to race to Level 99 and amass powerful loot along the way. We cannot wait to see which determined souls carve their name into the Leaderboard this time.
Ladder Season 15 Launch Timing:
Region
Launch Time
North America
August 21, 5:00 p.m. PDT
Europe
August 22, 1:00 a.m. BST
August 22, 2:00 a.m. CEST
Asia
August 22, 8:00 a.m. CST
August 22, 9:00 a.m. KST
As with previous seasons, Ladder Season 15 will feature different modes:
Version
Description
Pre-Expansion Ladder
The standard version of Ladder play that encompasses only the original four acts.
Pre-Expansion Hardcore Ladder
The hardcore (only one life) version of Ladder play that encompasses only the original four acts.
Ladder
The standard version of Ladder play that encompasses five acts, as it includes the “Lord of Destruction” expansion content.
Hardcore Ladder
The hardcore (only one life) version of Ladder play that encompasses five acts, as it includes the “Lord of Destruction” expansion content.
For those new to Ladder Seasons, you might be wondering what happens to your Shared Stash loot once the current season ends.Once Ladder Season 14 ends, all Ladder characters will be transferred to their respective non-ladder group. All items in that character group's Shared Stash go into a new Withdraw Only set of Shared Stash tabs, denoted by a check marked Past box. Any items from Ladder Season 13 stored in the Withdraw Only tabs will be lost at this time. You will have all of Ladder Season 15 to withdraw any items you would like to keep from Season 14. When Ladder Season 14 ends, this remove only set of Stash Tabs will be overridden with any items in the Ladder Season 14 Shared Stash. Be sure to get any items out before then, or they will be forever lost!
Items
Previous ladder only items will be available in Non-Ladder with the new season. Items that have been listed below which have been changed will only be available in Ladder (Reign of the Warlock only, items will not be changed for D2 Classic or Lord of Destruction).
Mania
Hysteria
Metamorphosis
Ground
Temper
Hearth
Cure
Bulwark
Items that have been changed will ONLY be available in Ladder.
Bloodletter
Added 20% Faster Run/Walk
The Battlebranch
Reduced base Item level from 34 to 30
Reduced Required Level from 25 to 17
Rogue's Bow
Added +\ to either Cold Arrow or Fire Arrow (Amazon Only)
Pluckeye
Added +25% Increased Attack Speed
Bane Ash
Removed +20% Increased Attack Speed
Removed +\% Enhanced Damage
Added +20% Faster Cast Rate
Gravenspine
Added +10% Faster Cast Rate
Blinkbat's Form
Increased +10% Faster Run/Walk to +30%
Added +1 To Mana After Each Kill
The Ward
Added Socketed (1)
Manald Heal
Added +10% Faster Cast Rate.
Angelic Raiment
Angelic Sickle
Added Damage +6 (3 set items)
Angelic Mantle
Added +100% Damage to Undead (3 set items)
Full set bonus
Added +1 to All Skills
Terror Zones/Colossal Ancients
Increased the chance of dropping Rare quality and higher items from Herald Tiers 3+.
Minimum drop level for Latent Sunder Charms increased from 69 to 75.
Reduced the drop rate of Latent Sunder Charms when using Magic Find. Note the Herald drop rate is unaffected.
Latent Sunder Charms dropped through Magic Find now only drop in Hell Difficulty.
An additional item will now drop alongside a Worldstone Shard.
Reduced the drop rate of Worldstone Shards.
Reduced the drop rate of Ancient Statues.
Bug Fixes
Various stability and performance improvements.
Fixed an issue where Bind Demon's additional damage bonus was greater than intended.
Fixed an issue where Sigil: Death would consume mana when it failed to cast.
Fixed an issue where '+X to Fire Skills' was not being applied to Sigil: Death.
Fixed an issue where Miasma Chain had missile collision on neutral and friendly units.
Fixed an issue where the player could get stuck in Leap's landing animation.
Fixed an issue where some bosses could lose their AI behavior.
Fixed an issue where Council Members as Heralds would not drop anything.
Fixed an issue where keys could not be bought in bulk from Hratli when using a controller.
Fixed an issue where off-screen item names could briefly appear on screen when moving around.
Fixed various issues where items would not display properly in the Chronicle.
Fixed an issue where the chronicle item eligibility message could display even if the item was already registered.
Fixed an issue where the chronicle item eligibility message would not display in 8 player games.
May ascent through the Ladder be swift and violent.
— The Diablo II: Resurrected Team