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- Diablo II: Resurrected was released on Windows (Battle.net), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox One on September 23, 2021, and on Steam on February 12, 2026.
- Is a separate game, not an expansion to Diablo II. It must be purchased separately from the legacy version and separately on each platform.
- Players can create Classic and Expansion characters.
- Unless stated otherwise, all content of this wiki is valid for the current patch of the Expansion. Some differences between the Expansion and Resurrected are outlined below.
- Besides improved graphics, D2R introduced some Quality of Life improvements, some of which can be toggled off, and plenty of bugfixes. Subsequent patches added some new content.
- Ladders have not been part of the original release of the game and were added later.
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Game modes
Offline
- This is the "single player" experience.
- Character and shared stash saves are stored client-side.
- One can use cheating tools to modify the saves or install game mods.
- The "offline" part refers to the location of the saves (client-side) and the inability to play with other players. In order to play Offline mode, one still needs to connect to the Battle.net servers every 30 days.
Online
- This is the "Closed Battle.net" experience.
- Saves are stored server-side.
- The other multiplayer game modes, such as Open Battle.net, TCP/IP or modded realms are not available in D2R.
- This change made it impossible to use hacked characters in multiplayer, but at the same time killed multiplayer mods.
- D2R servers are completely separate from original Battle.net, and one cannot play on them with the legacy Diablo II or vice versa.
- There are 3 regions available: Americas, Europe and Asia, but unlike in the predecessor, in D2R online saves are global. Players can freely switch regions for better latency, without losing progress. [1]
- There is no cross-play (players on different platforms cannot play together), although there is cross-progression (if one owns D2R on multiple platforms, online saves are synced between them).
- Trading between platforms is possible for players who own D2R on multiple platforms (by cross-progression save syncing), or they can mediate trades between those who do not.
Quality of Life
- Gold can be picked up by simply moving over it.
- The Windows version can be played via game controller instead of mouse and keyboard.
- Using game controller skill selection is much easier than via mouse and keyboard.
Item
- The Stash in the Expansion mode now contains 4 tabs: the first tab is the individual 10×10 stash of each character, like in the original game's Expansion mode; the three other 10×10 tabs are shared between all Expansion characters on an account (although separately for SC/HC and NLD/LD).
- After a ladder reset, the shared stash is emptied and its content moved to a withdraw-only stash non-ladder characters.
- Classic characters are limited to the original 4×6 individual stash, and no shared stash.
- Items and Rune Words that were ladder-only in LoD are available in single player and non-ladder games.
- Some old RWs can be made in additional bases. [2]
- New Rune Words; initially ladder-only; later some were made non-ladder [3] [4]
- Buffed underused set items [5] and new cube recipes to upgrade the tier of set items. [6]
- Sunder mechanics added - immune monsters are no longer a hard counter for most builds. [7]
- New unique charms. [8]
- Massive balance changes. [9]
- Stats do not depend on the difficulty level they were hired on.
Fire
Cold
- No longer called "Combat"/"Offensive"/"Defensive".
Cold
Fire
Lightning
Two-handed
Dual Wielding
- On multiplayer World Event, once triggered, occurs in all the games on a whole region, not on a specific IP.
- Contrary to Classic and the Expansion, killing the Cow King does not remove the ability to create the portal to the Moo Moo Farm.
- Buffed some area levels to level 85 [10]
- Terror Zones were introduced.
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