Blizzard just announced that Diablo 2 Resurrected Patch 2.5 is now live along with the Terror Zones feature, the next Ladder is confirmed to start on October 6 with Sundering Charms. Today, let’s go through all the details included in the official D2R 2.5 (Ladder Season 2) patch notes, including specific launch time, Terror Zones update, new grand charms, quality of life, and more changes.
Diablo 2 Resurrected 2.5 Patch Notes - D2R Ladder Season 2 Start Time & Modes
The successful Ladder Season 1 is drawing to an end, and we are going to enter the next Ladder season. When will Diablo 2 Resurrected Ladder 2 officially begin?
Launch time of D2R Ladder Season 2 (different zones)
- North America: 5:00 p.m. PDT, October 6, 2022
- Europe: 2:00 a.m. CEST, October 6, 2022
- Asia: 9:00 a.m. KST, October 6, 2022
D2R Ladder Season 2 Modes & Versions
1. Pre-Expansion Ladder: The standard version of Ladder play that encompasses playing only with the original four acts.
2. Pre-Expansion Hardcore Ladder: The hardcore (only one life) version of Ladder play that encompasses playing only with the original four acts.
3. Ladder: The standard version of Ladder play encompasses playing five acts, as it includes the “Lord of Destruction” expansion content.
4. 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.
What happens when D2R Ladder Season 1 ends? All of your Ladder characters created in the first season will be converted into respective non-ladder characters, and all of the Diablo 2 Ladder items in the shared stash go into a new Withdraw Only set of Shared Stash tabs, denoted by a check marked Past box. You can withdraw any items you want to keep in Ladder 2. Then when S2 ends, the withdraw-only set will be overridden with new items in the Ladder 2 Shared Stash.
Diablo 2 Resurrected 2.5 Patch Notes - Terror Zones
They have introduced the addition of Terror Zones in D2R 2.5 PTR several days ago, and some changes and improvements have been made for its better implementation in Patch 2.5 and Ladder 2.
How to find Terror Zones in D2R 2.5 Ladder? In order easier locate the current Terror Zone, waypoints received minor adjustments. The waypoint that is closest to the current terror zones will light up in purple font, and an icon will display next to that waypoint.
How to unlock Terror Zones in D2R 2.5 Ladder? Once the D2R Ladder Season 2 starts, for your new character, you need to beat Baal per character and per difficulty. And existing characters that have fulfilled the requirements will automatically unlock that.
Rules
- Terrorized monsters are at least two levels higher than your current level or their original level, up to a maximum per difficulty.
- Received experience and loots determined by new level.
- If the host leaves the game, a new player will be selected once the next Terror Zone is announced.
- Messages will be sent to you through Chat Box to inform you of information about the current terrorized areas.
The latest full list of D2R Terror Zones
Act I
Blood Moor and Den of Evil
Cold Plains and The Cave
Burial Grounds, The Crypt, and the Mausoleum
Stony Field
Dark Wood
The Forgotten Tower
Jail
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
Arcane Sanctuary
Tal Rasha's Tombs
Act III
Spider Forest and Spider Cavern
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
Glacial Trail
Crystalline Passage and Frozen River
Arreat Plateau
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
Diablo 2 Resurrected 2.5 Patch Notes - Sundering Charms
As they announced in the PTR, six new sunder charms will be added to D2R Ladder Season Two, each grand charm can break a specific monster immunity type.
1. The Black Cleft
Monster Magic Immunity is Sundered
Magic Resist –45% to -65%
2. The Bone Break
Monster Physical Immunity is Sundered
Physical Damage Received Increased by 10% to 30%
3. The Cold Rupture
Monster Cold Immunity is Sundered
Cold Resist –70% to -90%
4. The Crack of the Heavens
Monster Lightning Immunity is Sundered
Lightning Resist –70% to -90%
5. The Flame Rift
Monster Fire Immunity is Sundered
Fire Resist –70% to -90%
6. The Rotting Fissure
Monster Poison Immunity is Sundered
Poison Resist –70% to -90%
How to get Sunder Charms in D2R 2.5 Ladder? Once the Ladder S2 begins on October 6, players can farm Terrorized monsters of Champion, Unique, Superunique, or Boss difficulty to get sundered charms from drops.
Diablo 2 Resurrected 2.5 Patch Notes - Quality of Life, Gameplay Changes & Bug Fixes
Besides the introduction of new farming areas and charm-type items in Diablo 2 Resurrected Patch 2.5 and Ladder 2, they also made a large number of changes to gameplay and quality of life features and fixed a ton of issues, involves text file column, save data, modding, stability, localization, console, mercenary, class, runewords, etc. Click here to take a full view of QoL and bug fixes in official patch notes.
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