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Diablo 2: Resurrected ladder season 3 is now live and Blizzard have updated the patch notes!
Season 3 (Source)
Update on February 16: We deployed a hotfix that addresses a bug with Assassin Resistances. Please see the red text update below for more information. You’ve returned safely! Join us around the campfire, Adventurer.
The stench of Hell grows in intensity, crazed snarls can be heard from afar, demons birthed straight from your nightmares surge toward you. Meet them axe first on February 16 when Ladder Season Three starts. We have quite a few updates to Diablo II: Resurrected to share—continue on for a more comprehensive look at what is releasing with Ladder Season Three and Patch 2.6.
Quest Log
Ladder Season Three Eight New Rune Words Sundering Charms Patch 2.6 Terror Zones Quality-of-Life Updates and Bug Fixes Ladder Season Three
Our first two Ladder Seasons for Diablo II: Resurrected showed just how adept your adventurers were at saving Sanctuary, racing to be the first to cement their names on the Leaderboard. All the while striking fear into the tormented hearts of their demonic adversaries in the process.
Ladder Season Three will begin on February 16, ushering in a new opportunity for brave adventurers to race to level 99 and amass powerful loot along the way. We cannot wait to see how the eight new Rune Words will influence the leaderboard, or hopefully, allow new players the opportunity to see their name on it for the first time.
We’re also introducing changes to the availability of Sundering Charms, existing Rune Words, and new Horadric Cube Recipes with the start of Ladder Season Three. More information about these can be found in the following sections.
Ladder Season Three Launch Timing:
North America February 16, 5:00 p.m. PST
Europe February 17, 2:00 a.m. CET
Asia February 17, 10:00 a.m. KST
As it was with previous seasons, Ladder Season Three will feature four different modes:
Version Description Pre-Expansion Ladder The standard version of Ladder play that encompasses playing only with the original four acts. Pre-Expansion Hardcore Ladder The hardcore (only one life) version of Ladder play that encompasses playing only with the original four acts. Ladder The standard version of Ladder play that encompasses playing five acts, as it includes the “Lord of Destruction” expansion content. Hardcore Ladder The hardcore (only one life) version of Ladder play that encompasses playing 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 Two 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 One stored in the Withdraw Only tabs will be lost at this time. You will have all of Ladder Season Three to withdraw any items you would like to keep from Season Two. When Ladder Season Three ends, this withdraw only set of stash tabs will be overridden with any items in the Ladder Season Three Shared Stash. Be sure to get any items out before then or they will be forever lost!
Eight New Rune Words
Individually they are mighty, but when uttered in unison, a greater force is awoken—this is the mystique of Rune Words. Call upon these archaic forces to transform your ordinary items into a wieldable force of destruction capable of smiting demonic hordes.
We are introducing eight new Rune Words for Ladder and Offline Single-Player play. Our intent with introducing these additional Rune Words to Diablo II: Resurrected is to sprinkle variety into the competitive meta, creating an opportunity for players to forge new strategies as they race to Level 99. The bulk of these Rune Words focus on bolstering resistance bonuses, while the other Rune Words are centered on movement speed, and Assassin and Druid builds.
New Rune Word
Rune Order
Allowed Items
Character Level Required
Final Stats
Bulwark
Shael + lo + Sol
Helm
35
+20% Faster Hit Recovery +4-6% Life stolen per hit +75-100% Enhanced Defense +10 to Vitality Increase Maximum Life 5% Replenish Life +30 Damage Reduced by 7 Physical Damage Received Reduced by 10-15% Cure
Shael + lo + Tal
Helm
35
Level 1 Cleansing Aura when Equipped +20% Faster Hit Recovery +75-100% Enhanced Defense +10 to Vitality Increase Maximum Life 5% Poison Resist +40-60% Poison Length Reduced by 50% 75% Ground
Shael + lo + Ort
Helm
35
+20% Faster Hit Recovery +75-100% Enhanced Defense +10 to Vitality Increase Maximum Life 5% Lightning Resist +40-60% Lightning Absorb +10-15% Hearth
Shael + lo + Thul
Helm
35
+20% Faster Hit Recovery +75-100% Enhanced Defense +10 to Vitality Increase Maximum Life 5% Cold Resist +40-60% Cold Absorb +10-15% Cannot be Frozen Temper
Shael + lo + Ral
Helm
35
+20% Faster Hit Recovery +75-100% Enhanced Defense +10 to Vitality Increase Maximum Life 5% Fire Resist +40-60% Fire Absorb +10-15% Hustle
Shael + Ko + Eld
Any Weapon or Armor item
39
Armor: +65% +50% Faster Run/Walk +40% +20% Increased Attack Speed +20% Faster Hit Recovery +6 to Evade +10 to Dexterity 50% Slower Stamina Drain +All Resistances +10 Weapon: 5% Chance to cast level 1 9 Burst of Speed on striking Level 1 Fanaticism Aura +30% Increased Attack Speed +180-200% +130-150% Enhanced Damage +75% Damage to Undead +50 to Attack Rating against Undead +10 to Dexterity Mosaic
Mal + Gul + Thul
Claw
53
+50% +25% chance for finishing moves to not consume charges When a finisher is executed this way, it now refreshes the expiration timer of the stack +2 to Martial Arts (Assassin only) +20% Increased Attack Speed +200-250% Enhanced Damage +20% Bonus to Attack Rating 7% Life Steal +8-15% to Cold Skill Damage +8-15% to Lightning Skill Damage +8-15% to Fire Skill Damage Adds 3-14 Cold Damage Prevent Monster Heal Metamorphosis
lo + Cham + Fal
Helm
67
Werewolf strikes grant Mark for 180 seconds Mark of the Wolf: +30% +20% Bonus to Attack Rating Increase Maximum Life 40% Werebear strikes grant Mark for 180 seconds Mark of the Bear: +25% Attack Speed Physical Damage Received Reduced by 20% +5 to Shape Shifting Skills (Druid only) +25% Chance of Crushing Blow (No longer attached to Mark of the Bear) +50-80% Enhanced Defense +10 to Strength +10 to Vitality All Resistances +10 Cannot be Frozen The Seven Rune Words and handful of Horadric Cube recipes that were added in Ladder Season One can now be used in non-Ladder Online game modes.
Rune Words: Flickering Flame, Mist, Obsession, Pattern, Plague, Unbending Will, and Wisdom.
Horadric Cube Recipes:
1 Ral Rune + 1 Sol Rune + 1 Perfect Emerald + Normal Set Weapon
Exceptional Version of Set Weapon
1 Lum Rune + 1 Pul Rune + 1 Perfect Emerald + Exceptional Set Weapon
Elite Version of Set Weapon
1 Tal Rune + 1 Shael Rune + 1 Perfect Diamond + Normal Set Armor
Exceptional Version of Set Armor
1 Ko Rune + 1 Lem Rune + 1 Perfect Diamond + Exceptional Set Armor
Elite Version of Set Armor
Sundering Charms
Adventurer, keep a keen eye towards the floor as you cut through Hell’s legions—Sundering Charms can now drop from fallen foes in all non-Classic game modes.
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Patch 2.6
On February 15 at 10:00 a.m. PST, changes to Terror Zones and a variety of quality-of-life updates and bug fixes will go live.
Terror Zones
To spice things up further, we have made changes to Terror Zones. Also, Terror Zones are now available in offline games! Offline Terror Zones will operate on a different schedule from their online counterpart but function the same otherwise. Remember, you can now receive Sundering Charms as a drop in offline Terror Zone games too.
The red font text below denotes which new zones may be terrorized or zones that will now be terrorized in unison. Here’s a complete list of all the zones that can become terrorized:
Act I
Blood Moor and Den of Evil Cold Plains and The Cave Burial Grounds, The Crypt, and the Mausoleum Stony Field Dark Wood/Underground Passage Black Marsh/The Hole The Forgotten Tower Jail/Barracks Cathedral and Catacombs The Pit Tristram Moo Moo Farm Act II
Sewers Rocky Waste and Stony Tomb Dry Hills and Halls of the Dead Far Oasis Lost City, Valley of Snakes, and Claw Viper Temple Ancient Tunnels Arcane Sanctuary Tal Rasha's Tombs Act III
Spider Forest and Spider Cavern Great Marsh Flayer Jungle and Flayer Dungeon Kurast Bazaar, Ruined Temple, and Disused Fane Kurast Sewers Travincal Durance of Hate Act IV
Outer Steppes and Plains of Despair River of Flame/City of the Damned Chaos Sanctuary Act V
Bloody Foothills/Frigid Highlands/Abbadon Glacial Trail/Drifter Cavern Crystalline Passage and Frozen River Arreat Plateau/Pit of Acheron Nihlathak's Temple, Halls of Anguish, Halls of Pain, and Halls of Vaught Ancient's Way and Icy Cellar Worldstone Keep, Throne of Destruction, and Worldstone Chamber Quality-of-Life Updates and Bug Fixes
Gameplay
Auras from another player or a mercenary no longer remove passive bonuses granted by the same skill. Such as Flickering Flame's Resist Fire aura from a mercenary overwriting a Paladin's base Resist Fire from their own hard points in Resist Fire. This also fixes an issue where Paladin's Blessed Aim Aura would overwrite the Attack Rating increase granted by Amazon's Penetrate skill. Assassin The Assassin's trap skills now benefit from -% to Enemy Resistance. Please note that the above bug fix went live with Patch 2.6 but encountered an unexpected issue. We have deployed a hotfix that amends this issue for online play. We are currently reviewing the build and will amend this bug for offline play at a later date. Fixed an issue where missiles created from Martial Arts charge up skills would not gain the benefit of +% To Elemental Skill Damage modifiers. Amazon Fixed an issue where Strafe was not applying bonus Attack Rating to attacks. Fixed an issue where Strafe was still doing 75% weapon damage after a previous balance change. Fixed issue where the +% Attack Rating on Power Strike was not being applied. Fixed the tooltip for Multi Shot to reflect the synergy bonus. Sorceress Cold Mastery is now applied at 1/5 effectiveness after an immunity is broken. Fixed an issue where Fire Mastery's bonus to fire skill damage didn't apply to the additional fire damage granted by Enchant on ranged weapons. Updated the tooltip for Enchant to better reflect the skill's effects. Druid Fixed an underlying issue that caused the Druid's Shockwave skill to do an unintended amount of damage. Terror Zones
Fixed Terrorized treasure classes for certain super-unique monsters and bosses. Fixed an issue where an act boss's quest treasure class would sometimes be used instead of the terrorized treasure class. Fixed an issue where the current terrorized zone was not properly marked in the Waypoint menu while using Legacy Graphics. Fixed an issue with translations that appear when The Pit is the current terrorized zone. Controller
Fixed an issue where skills granted by charges on a character’s alternate slot weapon would have their bound hotkeys unusable when loading into a game. Fixed an issue where the Loot to Cube skill would not function if bound to the shared interaction button. General
Fixed an issue where pressing the hotkey to open the inventory while loading into the game could cause the inventory UI to appear empty. Fixed an issue where the Shared Stash could exceed the memory limit, which caused items in the player's inventory or Stash to be deleted. Fixed an issue where the tooltip on the Lobby's season dropdown would show an inaccurate date. Fixed an issue where new entries on the leaderboard could display as Unknown. Fixed an issue where applying changes to controls would automatically close the settings menu. Fixed an issue where changes to controls would not be immediately applied. Fixed an issue where swapping between keyboard and mouse input and controller input would reset the difficulty filter in the PC Lobby game list. Added an appropriate error message when trying to create an online character with a name that is already taken on the player's online character list. The Ladder flag in character creation will now be disabled when there is no active Ladder Season. Fixed an issue with a voice over line from Tyrael in Chinese. Fixed an issue with the Chinese version of Deckard Cain's Stay a while and listen voice over dialogue. Modding
Moved the "% Damage Synergy" field for Multiple Shot (srvdofunc ? from calc4 to calc5. New columns have been added. Developers of existing offline single-player mods can remake their changes with the new data, or they can add the new columns manually before merging. skills.txt "ItemUseRestrict" skilldesc.txt "item proc text" "item proc descline count" states.txt "sunder-res-reduce" Thank you for your continued support. We cannot wait to see you in the great race to Level 99 once Ladder Season Three begins!
-The Diablo II: Resurrected Team
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By Staff
Ladder Season 3 starts on February 16 in Diablo 2 Resurrected and here are the official patch notes for the 2.6 update.
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You’ve returned safely! Join us around the campfire, Adventurer.
The stench of Hell grows in intensity, crazed snarls can be heard from afar, demons birthed straight from your nightmares surge toward you. Meet them axe first on February 16 when Ladder Season Three starts. We have quite a few updates to Diablo II: Resurrected to share—continue on for a more comprehensive look at what is releasing with Ladder Season Three and Patch 2.6.
Quest Log
Ladder Season Three Eight New Rune Words Sundering Charms Patch 2.6 Terror Zones Quality-of-Life Updates and Bug Fixes Ladder Season Three
Our first two Ladder Seasons for Diablo II: Resurrected showed just how adept your adventurers were at saving Sanctuary, racing to be the first to cement their names on the Leaderboard. All the while striking fear into the tormented hearts of their demonic adversaries in the process.
Ladder Season Three will begin on February 16, ushering in a new opportunity for brave adventurers to race to level 99 and amass powerful loot along the way. We cannot wait to see how the eight new Rune Words will influence the leaderboard, or hopefully, allow new players the opportunity to see their name on it for the first time.
We’re also introducing changes to the availability of Sundering Charms, existing Rune Words, and new Horadric Cube Recipes with the start of Ladder Season Three. More information about these can be found in the following sections.
Ladder Season Three Launch Timing:
North America February 16, 5:00 p.m. PST
Europe February 17, 2:00 a.m. CET
Asia February 17, 10:00 a.m. KST
As it was with previous seasons, Ladder Season Three will feature four different modes:
Version Description Pre-Expansion Ladder The standard version of Ladder play that encompasses playing only with the original four acts. Pre-Expansion Hardcore Ladder The hardcore (only one life) version of Ladder play that encompasses playing only with the original four acts. Ladder The standard version of Ladder play that encompasses playing five acts, as it includes the “Lord of Destruction” expansion content. Hardcore Ladder The hardcore (only one life) version of Ladder play that encompasses playing 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 Two 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 One stored in the Withdraw Only tabs will be lost at this time. You will have all of Ladder Season Three to withdraw any items you would like to keep from Season Two. When Ladder Season Three ends, this withdraw only set of stash tabs will be overridden with any items in the Ladder Season Three Shared Stash. Be sure to get any items out before then or they will be forever lost!
Eight New Rune Words
Individually they are mighty, but when uttered in unison, a greater force is awoken—this is the mystique of Rune Words. Call upon these archaic forces to transform your ordinary items into a wieldable force of destruction capable of smiting demonic hordes.
We are introducing eight new Rune Words for Ladder and Offline Single-Player play. Our intent with introducing these additional Rune Words to Diablo II: Resurrected is to sprinkle variety into the competitive meta, creating an opportunity for players to forge new strategies as they race to Level 99. The bulk of these Rune Words focus on bolstering resistance bonuses, while the other Rune Words are centered on movement speed, and Assassin and Druid builds.
New Rune Word
Rune Order
Allowed Items
Character Level Required
Final Stats
Bulwark
Shael + lo + Sol
Helm
35
+20% Faster Hit Recovery +4-6% Life stolen per hit +75-100% Enhanced Defense +10 to Vitality Increase Maximum Life 5% Replenish Life +30 Damage Reduced by 7 Physical Damage Received Reduced by 10-15% Cure
Shael + lo + Tal
Helm
35
Level 1 Cleansing Aura when Equipped +20% Faster Hit Recovery +75-100% Enhanced Defense +10 to Vitality Increase Maximum Life 5% Poison Resist +40-60% Poison Length Reduced by 50% 75% Ground
Shael + lo + Ort
Helm
35
+20% Faster Hit Recovery +75-100% Enhanced Defense +10 to Vitality Increase Maximum Life 5% Lightning Resist +40-60% Lightning Absorb +10-15% Hearth
Shael + lo + Thul
Helm
35
+20% Faster Hit Recovery +75-100% Enhanced Defense +10 to Vitality Increase Maximum Life 5% Cold Resist +40-60% Cold Absorb +10-15% Cannot be Frozen Temper
Shael + lo + Ral
Helm
35
+20% Faster Hit Recovery +75-100% Enhanced Defense +10 to Vitality Increase Maximum Life 5% Fire Resist +40-60% Fire Absorb +10-15% Hustle
Shael + Ko + Eld
Any Weapon or Armor item
39
Armor: +65% +50% Faster Run/Walk +40% +20% Increased Attack Speed +20% Faster Hit Recovery +6 to Evade +10 to Dexterity 50% Slower Stamina Drain +All Resistances +10 Weapon: 5% Chance to cast level 1 9 Burst of Speed on striking Level 1 Fanaticism Aura +30% Increased Attack Speed +180-200% +130-150% Enhanced Damage +75% Damage to Undead +50 to Attack Rating against Undead +10 to Dexterity Mosaic
Mal + Gul + Amn
Claw
53
+50% +25% chance for finishing moves to not consume charges When a finisher is executed this way, it now refreshes the expiration timer of the stack +2 to Martial Arts (Assassin only) +20% Increased Attack Speed +200-250% Enhanced Damage +20% Bonus to Attack Rating 7% Life Steal +8-15% to Cold Skill Damage +8-15% to Lightning Skill Damage +8-15% to Fire Skill Damage Adds 3-14 Cold Damage Prevent Monster Heal Metamorphosis
lo + Cham + Fal
Helm
67
Werewolf strikes grant Mark for 180 seconds Mark of the Wolf: +30% +20% Bonus to Attack Rating Increase Maximum Life 40% Werebear strikes grant Mark for 180 seconds Mark of the Bear: +25% Attack Speed Physical Damage Received Reduced by 20% +5 to Shape Shifting Skills (Druid only) +25% Chance of Crushing Blow (No longer attached to Mark of the Bear) +50-80% Enhanced Defense +10 to Strength +10 to Vitality All Resistances +10 Cannot be Frozen The Seven Rune Words and handful of Horadric Cube recipes that were added in Ladder Season One can now be used in non-Ladder Online game modes.
Rune Words: Flickering Flame, Mist, Obsession, Pattern, Plague, Unbending Will, and Wisdom.
Horadric Cube Recipes:
1 Ral Rune + 1 Sol Rune + 1 Perfect Emerald + Normal Set Weapon
Exceptional Version of Set Weapon
1 Lum Rune + 1 Pul Rune + 1 Perfect Emerald + Exceptional Set Weapon
Elite Version of Set Weapon
1 Tal Rune + 1 Shael Rune + 1 Perfect Diamond + Normal Set Armor
Exceptional Version of Set Armor
1 Ko Rune + 1 Lem Rune + 1 Perfect Diamond + Exceptional Set Armor
Elite Version of Set Armor
Sundering Charms
Adventurer, keep a keen eye towards the floor as you cut through Hell’s legions—Sundering Charms can now drop from fallen foes in all non-Classic game modes.
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Patch 2.6
On February 15 at 10:00 a.m. PST, changes to Terror Zones and a variety of quality-of-life updates and bug fixes will go live.
Terror Zones
To spice things up further, we have made changes to Terror Zones. Also, Terror Zones are now available in offline games! Offline Terror Zones will operate on a different schedule from their online counterpart but function the same otherwise. Remember, you can now receive Sundering Charms as a drop in offline Terror Zone games too.
The red font text below denotes which new zones may be terrorized or zones that will now be terrorized in unison. Here’s a complete list of all the zones that can become terrorized:
Act I
Blood Moor and Den of Evil Cold Plains and The Cave Burial Grounds, The Crypt, and the Mausoleum Stony Field Dark Wood/Underground Passage Black Marsh/The Hole The Forgotten Tower Jail/Barracks Cathedral and Catacombs The Pit Tristram Moo Moo Farm Act II
Sewers Rocky Waste and Stony Tomb Dry Hills and Halls of the Dead Far Oasis Lost City, Valley of Snakes, and Claw Viper Temple Ancient Tunnels Arcane Sanctuary Tal Rasha's Tombs Act III
Spider Forest and Spider Cavern Great Marsh Flayer Jungle and Flayer Dungeon Kurast Bazaar, Ruined Temple, and Disused Fane Kurast Sewers Travincal Durance of Hate Act IV
Outer Steppes and Plains of Despair River of Flame/City of the Damned Chaos Sanctuary Act V
Bloody Foothills/Frigid Highlands/Abbadon Glacial Trail/Drifter Cavern Crystalline Passage and Frozen River Arreat Plateau/Pit of Acheron Nihlathak's Temple, Halls of Anguish, Halls of Pain, and Halls of Vaught Ancient's Way and Icy Cellar Worldstone Keep, Throne of Destruction, and Worldstone Chamber Quality-of-Life Updates and Bug Fixes
Gameplay
Auras from another player or a mercenary no longer remove passive bonuses granted by the same skill. Such as Flickering Flame's Resist Fire aura from a mercenary overwriting a Paladin's base Resist Fire from their own hard points in Resist Fire. This also fixes an issue where Paladin's Blessed Aim Aura would overwrite the Attack Rating increase granted by Amazon's Penetrate skill. Assassin The Assassin's trap skills now benefit from -% to Enemy Resistance. Fixed an issue where missiles created from Martial Arts charge up skills would not gain the benefit of +% To Elemental Skill Damage modifiers. Amazon Fixed an issue where Strafe was not applying bonus Attack Rating to attacks. Fixed an issue where Strafe was still doing 75% weapon damage after a previous balance change. Fixed issue where the +% Attack Rating on Power Strike was not being applied. Fixed the tooltip for Multi Shot to reflect the synergy bonus. Sorceress Cold Mastery is now applied at 1/5 effectiveness after an immunity is broken. Fixed an issue where Fire Mastery's bonus to fire skill damage didn't apply to the additional fire damage granted by Enchant on ranged weapons. Updated the tooltip for Enchant to better reflect the skill's effects. Druid Fixed an underlying issue that caused the Druid's Shockwave skill to do an unintended amount of damage. Terror Zones
Fixed Terrorized treasure classes for certain super-unique monsters and bosses. Fixed an issue where an act boss's quest treasure class would sometimes be used instead of the terrorized treasure class. Fixed an issue where the current terrorized zone was not properly marked in the Waypoint menu while using Legacy Graphics. Fixed an issue with translations that appear when The Pit is the current terrorized zone. Controller
Fixed an issue where skills granted by charges on a character’s alternate slot weapon would have their bound hotkeys unusable when loading into a game. Fixed an issue where the Loot to Cube skill would not function if bound to the shared interaction button. General
Fixed an issue where pressing the hotkey to open the inventory while loading into the game could cause the inventory UI to appear empty. Fixed an issue where the Shared Stash could exceed the memory limit, which caused items in the player's inventory or Stash to be deleted. Fixed an issue where the tooltip on the Lobby's season dropdown would show an inaccurate date. Fixed an issue where new entries on the leaderboard could display as Unknown. Fixed an issue where applying changes to controls would automatically close the settings menu. Fixed an issue where changes to controls would not be immediately applied. Fixed an issue where swapping between keyboard and mouse input and controller input would reset the difficulty filter in the PC Lobby game list. Added an appropriate error message when trying to create an online character with a name that is already taken on the player's online character list. The Ladder flag in character creation will now be disabled when there is no active Ladder Season. Fixed an issue with a voice over line from Tyrael in Chinese. Fixed an issue with the Chinese version of Deckard Cain's Stay a while and listen voice over dialogue. Modding
Moved the "% Damage Synergy" field for Multiple Shot (srvdofunc ? from calc4 to calc5. New columns have been added. Developers of existing offline single-player mods can remake their changes with the new data, or they can add the new columns manually before merging. skills.txt "ItemUseRestrict" skilldesc.txt "item proc text" "item proc descline count" states.txt "sunder-res-reduce" Thank you for your continued support. We cannot wait to see you in the great race to Level 99 once Ladder Season Three begins!
-The Diablo II: Resurrected Team
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By Staff
Blizzard just revealed all the 8 new Runewords coming in Diablo 2 Resurrected Patch 2.6. The patch will hit Public Test Servers on January 24.
(Source)
We welcome you to a PTR fresh from the Burning Hells’ depths, adventurer.
Our first testing period of 2023, PTR 2.6, will go live on January 24 at 10:00 a.m. PST and concludes on January 31 at 10:00 a.m. PST. Pour yourself a comforting elixir to enjoy as we delve straight into the focus of our test—eight new Rune Words.
Quest Log
Eight New Rune Words
PTR Focus and Details
How to Participate
Eight New Rune Words
Individually they are meek, but when uttered in unison, a greater force is awoken—this is the mystique of Rune Words. Call upon these archaic forces to transform your ordinary items into a wieldable force of destruction capable of smiting demonic hordes.
We are introducing eight new Rune Words for Ladder and Offline Single-Player play. Our intent with introducing these additional Rune Words to Diablo II: Resurrected is to sprinkle variety into the competitive meta, creating an opportunity for players to forge new strategies as they race to Level 99. The bulk of these Rune Words focus on bolstering resistance bonuses, while the other Rune Words are centered on movement speed, and Assassin and Druid builds.
New Rune Word
Rune Order
Allowed Items
Character Level Required
Final Stats
Bulwark
Shael + lo + Sol
Helm
35
+20% Faster Hit Recovery +4-6% Life stolen per hit +75-100% Enhanced Defense +10 to Vitality Increase Maximum Life 5% Replenish Life +30 Damage Reduced by 7 Physical Damage Received Reduced by 10-15% Cure
Shael + lo + Tal
Helm
35
+20% Faster Hit Recovery +75-100% Enhanced Defense +10 to Vitality Increase Maximum Life 5% Poison Resist +40-60% Poison Length Reduced by 75% Ground
Shael + lo + Ort
Helm
35
+20% Faster Hit Recovery +75-100% Enhanced Defense +10 to Vitality Increase Maximum Life 5% Lightning Resist +40-60% Lightning Absorb +10-15% Hearth
Shael + lo + Thul
Helm
35
+20% Faster Hit Recovery +75-100% Enhanced Defense +10 to Vitality Increase Maximum Life 5% Cold Resist +40-60% Cold Absorb +10-15% Temper
Shael + lo + Ral
Helm
35
+20% Faster Hit Recovery +75-100% Enhanced Defense +10 to Vitality Increase Maximum Life 5% Fire Resist +40-60% Fire Absorb +10-15% Hustle
Shael + Ko + Eld
Any Weapon or Armor item
39
Armor: +50% Faster Run/Walk +20% Increased Attack Speed +20% Faster Hit Recovery +10 to Dexterity 50% Slower Stamina Drain Weapon: 5% Chance to cast level nine Burst of Speed on striking +30% Increased Attack Speed +130-150% Enhanced Damage +75% Damage to Undead +50 to Attack Rating against Undead +10 to Dexterity Mosaic
Mal + Gul + Thul
Claw
53
+25% chance for finishing moves to not consume charges +2 to Martial Arts (Assassin only) +20% Increased Attack Speed +200-250% Enhanced Damage +20% Bonus to Attack Rating Adds 3-14 Cold Damage Prevent Monster Heal Metamorphosis
lo + Cham + Fal
Helm
67
Werewolf strikes grant Mark for 180 seconds Mark of the Wolf: +20% Bonus to Attack Rating Increase Maximum Life 40% Werebear strikes grant Mark for 180 seconds Mark of the Bear: +25% Attack Speed +25% Chance of Crushing Blow Physical Damage Received Reduced by 20% +5 to Shape Shifting Skills (Druid only) +50-80% Enhanced Defense +10 to Strength +10 to Vitality All Resistances +10 Cannot be Frozen Back to Top
PTR Focus and Details
As the PTR progresses, please be aware there may be periodic maintenance, outages, or updates based on player feedback. Any changes implemented during this PTR period to the new Rune Words are not set in stone and we may make additional changes to how these Rune Word function post-PTR.
We are testing eight new Rune Words with the desire of spicing up the Ladder meta and giving players additional tools to bring new builds to life. The new Rune Words are only a portion of the content arriving with Patch 2.6, stay tuned for what else is to come when the Patch officially releases.
To ensure these new Rune Words provide an experience that best serves our players, we will need your assistance and urge you to provide any feedback you may have. You can leave your feedback in the PTR Feedback forum. If you discover any bugs, please report them in the PTR Bug Report forum.
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How To Participate
To participate in the public test, you must have a Diablo II: Resurrected game license attached to a Battle.net account in good standing (Ex: one that hasn't been suspended or banned). In addition, you will also need to download and install the Blizzard Battle.net desktop app if you have not already done so.
Step 1: Restart the Battle.net desktop app. Step 2: Navigate to the Diablo II: Resurrected tab on the left-hand menu. Step 3: On the Diablo II: Resurrected screen, there is a drop-down menu right above the "Play" button (note that this may say "Install" if you do not have Diablo II: Resurrected currently installed). Select "PTR: Diablo II: Resurrected" from this drop-down menu before proceeding. Step 4: Click Install to begin the installation process. Your PTR account will be created automatically if you do not already have one. The PTR is available in all supported languages, and accounts from all regions are eligible to participate. For additional assistance with installing and launching the PTR, click here.
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Thank You for Playing
As we embark on a 2023 full of demons to slay, loot to acquire, and memories to make playing Diablo II: Resurrected—we want to thank you for your continued support. Your time spent testing the new features we cook up, as always, is heavily appreciated.
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By Stan
We're looking at two new Runewords coming in Diablo 2 Resurrected Patch 2.6 that were revealed today.
The first one is called Hustle and was revealed by content creator Kano.
You can watch the reveal video below.
The second Runeword is called Metamorphosis and was unveiled by dbrunski15.
Check out the reveal video for more information about the powerful melee Runeword.
Yesterday, content creator MacroBioBoi revealed 5 additional Runewords coming in Season 3.
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By Stan
Content creator MacroBioBoi revealed 5 new Runewords coming to Diablo 2 Resurrected in Patch 2.6.
These include Cure (Poison), Hearth (Cold), Ground (Lighting), Temper (Fire), and Bulwark (Physical).
Check out the reveal video below for more details.
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