When does the Diablo 2: Resurrected season 15 ladder reset start?

The ladder reset for Diablo 2: Resurrected Season 15 starts Friday, August 21 at 5pm pacific (8pm eastern). The ladder season usually resets every three to four months, so after season 14 started in May, we anticipated a reset date for season 15 in August, prior to BlizzCon. We’ll expect season 16 in late November or early December.

D2:R Ladder Season 15 will be another global release, which means that both the date and the specific times mentioned in the post 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. As such, the start time will bridge two calendar days, because that’s how international time zones work: August 21 at 5pm pacific means the season starts on August 22 in the Eastern Hemisphere. Here are the exact start times for Diablo 2: Resurrected Season 15:

• North America
  • August 21, 5:00 pm PDT
  • August 21, 8:00 pm EDT
• Europe
  • August 22, 1:00 am BST
  • August 22, 2:00 am CEST
• Asia
  • August 22, 8:00 am CST
  • August 22, 9:00 am KST

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 combines 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. And make sure you read the official post with full patch notes for balance and other changes.

Best of luck to everyone beginning their new characters in Ladder Season 15.