When does Diablo 2: Resurrected Ladder Season 8 start?

Blizzard tends to play coy on the details of new Ladder Season start and end dates in Diablo 2: Resurrected until they are imminent, but now we know that D2R Ladder Season 8 starts on August 23!

Here are the exact release times for Diablo 2: Resurrected Ladder Season 8:

• North America: August 23, 5 p.m. PDT
• Europe: August 24, 2 a.m. CEST
• Asia: August 24, 9 a.m. KST

If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, D2:R Ladder Seasons basically mimic the conditions of a brand new release of the game. It is a fresh start, with a level one character, at the same time as everyone else rolls their level 1 character.

You can choose to roll that character on one of four different types of servers:

• Classic means you want to play through the first four acts of Diablo 2 originally released with the title.
• Hardcore Classic is the same as Classic, but you are playing a Hardcore character where death is permanent.
• Expansion characters have access to play through the first four acts from Diablo 2 and Act 5 from the Lord of Destruction expansion.
• Hardcore Expansion combine the Expansion experience (all five acts) with Hardcore play (single character life and perma-death). Not for the faint of heart.

The object of a D2:R Ladder Season is to race to level 99 as fast as possible, and in so doing secure your spot on the leaderboard — and eternal glory, of course. That’s why, for many, not only the release date, but the specific time is important.

Best of luck to everyone beginning their new characters in Ladder Season 8, starting on August 23.

Originally published May 28, 2024; updated August 12, 2024.