Announcement Diablo II Ladder Reset - 18 July 2025

The lords of Hell await your return, traveler ... Season 11 begins on Friday, 18 July 2025. Get ready for the ladder reset!
Sharpen your blades, stock up on potions, and rally your friends, Season 11 will be the ultimate test of skill and endurance.

Alongside the ladder reset we will be releasing a new realm patch, patch notes will be available in the coming weeks. Until then, finish strong and prepare for a fresh start!



On the day of Friday, July 18th, we’ll be conducting a maintenance in order to reset the Diablo II ladder. The realm will be unavailable for a few minutes and during this time all existing ladder characters will be converted to non-ladder. All characters and items being converted to non-ladder will remain intact so they will not be lost, but once converted these characters will no longer have access to ladder content such as ladder-only rune words. Please keep in mind that due to our long-term ladders, the vast majority of our players are playing ladder characters only.

This ladder reset, like all those before it, creates a clean slate where all ladder characters begin at level 1 with no previous items to help them. To participate, simply wait until the Diablo II realms return to service on July 18, log in to the server, and select the “Ladder Character” checkbox when creating a new character. You can track ladder character leveling progress by clicking on the Ladder button from the main Diablo II in-game interface. For more information on ladder characters, visit the following link: http://classic.battle.net/diablo2exp/basics/charactertypes.shtml

You won't need to change anything on your side, you will still be able to log in with the same accounts that you own and use the same game version. To participate in the new season all you have to do is create a new Ladder Character once the ladder has been reset and if you wish to use your old nickname you can delete your previous non-ladder character and take back your name.

Ladder Reset Countdown: https://w2.countingdownto.com/6363092
Ladder Reset Time: July 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM UTC



If you need to find the specific time for your city, you can add it here https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20250718T170000&p1=1440

Fresh competition and new challenges, don't miss it! Let's establish yet another record on our next long-term ladder, together with an amazing community.
Let all your friends know about the ladder reset and share this news on facebook, instagram, vk, youtube, reddit, gaming forums, etc.

To keep it fair towards those who supported the server recently and right before the reset, a 50% to 100% rate of the donated amount will be reimbursed if you purchased any items in the past couple of months. All previously purchased items will not be lost, they will all forever remain intact together with your characters being transferred to non-ladder. More details about items reimbursement will be provided few days after the new ladder starts as the webshop will not be available at the start. Meanwhile, please consider becoming our patron: https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=37808065

 

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As Gix noted in the first post,

 

Yes, D2GL is supported and it will be implemented in the main game client as well, starting with the following season.

 

@Darkness92, we have a somewhat unadvertised discord server mentioned here https://forum.europebattle.net/threads/server-discord.544946/ but it never really got popular besides, threads and announcements will always be more organized and easier to read on a forum but during a ladder reset party or so you can use either that one or a simple personal discord as well.

 

just don't add -3dfx on your shortcut and its vanilla graphics afaik