When does the Diablo 2: Resurrected ladder season 9 reset start?

Diablo 2: Resurrected Ladder Season dates usually aren’t announced until just before they begin — a week or so beforehand — so until we hear official word, we’re going to estimate that, based on past resets, the D2:R ladder will reset for season 9 in late November, likely November 26. Ladder seasons have been resetting every three months, give or take a handful of days so that it lands on a Tuesday. This would put us at November 26 — though that’s a holiday week for a lot of Americans, so we don’t want to completely rule out the week before.

Ladder Season 9 will be another global release, which means that both the date and the specific times mentioned are important. A global release means that the servers open for everyone around the world at the same moment, even if the time displayed on the clock in their time zone is very different — noon in New York is roughly midnight the next day in Seoul. Also keep in mind that Daylight Saving Time started a couple months back, so if you’re really raring to hit the ground running, make sure to look up your exact time zone.

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 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 very specific time is important. Best of luck to everyone beginning their new characters in Ladder Season 9!