Runes and runewords are specific to Diablo 2 only and the mechanic was not carried over to Diablo 3 much to the disappointment of a lot of fans of the game series. Each new ladder comes with new runewords and tweaks to class skills which attract players new and old to the game. You start the ladder with a fresh character and empty inventory and try to climb the leaderboards, not unlike Diablo 3 Season resets. The Diablo 2: Resurrected ‘ladder’ is simply a reset of the leaderboards for ranked play. We expect to have final patch notes up sometime next week.” What is the Diablo 2 ladder?

The new season will feature eight new runewords for the ladder reset but PezRadar has stated “Some pretty significant changes will be coming based off community feedback from the PTR to these new runewords. In a blog post on the Blizzard forums today, Diablo 2: Resurrected Community Manager PezRadar confirmed that the current season and subsequent start of Season 3 will commence on February 16, 2023. It’s a great start to the year for Diablo fans! Hot on the heels of new Diablo 3 Season 28 news, today we’ve also had official confirmation of the new season start and ladder reset for Diablo 2: Resurrected.

The third ladder will feature new runewords that have been tested by the community in PTR 2.6.

The start date was confirmed earlier today in a blog post by Diablo 2: Resurrected Community Manager PezRadar.Diablo 2: Resurrected Season 2 will end on Februand Season 3 will begin with a restart to the ladder.

Diablo 2 ladder reset dates