Diablo II: Resurrected Ladder Season 16 starts on November 13 at 5 p.m. PST, i.e. 2 a.m. on November 14 in Paris, with Legacy of Terror, a six-day 30th-anniversary event: Diablo Clone every six hours in Hell, Terrorized Zones everywhere, 100% Magic Find and 15% off vendors. Patch 3.4 changes and deadlines inside.
Diablo II: Resurrected Ladder Season 16 starts on Friday, November 13, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. PST, which is 2:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 14 in Paris (CET), according to Blizzard. To celebrate Diablo’s 30th anniversary, it launches together with Legacy of Terror, a six-day event open to both Ladder and Non-Ladder players. Here are the times, what the event changes, what patch 3.4 brings and the deadlines not to miss, based on Blizzard’s official posts.
“Diablo II: Resurrected | Diablo 30th Anniversary Spotlight”, official Diablo YouTube channel (Blizzard Entertainment), February 11, 2026 (presentation of Reign of the Warlock; no official video specific to Season 16 or Legacy of Terror was found).
Season 16 start times and modes
Ladder Season 15 ended on Monday, November 9 at 11:00 a.m. PST (8:00 p.m. Paris time). The Season 16 patch (3.4) began rolling out the same day.
Ladder Season 16 starts on November 13 at 5:00 p.m. PST in North America, November 14 at 1:00 a.m. GMT / 2:00 a.m. CET in Europe, and November 14 at 9:00 a.m. CST / 10:00 a.m. KST in Asia.
Four modes, as in previous seasons: Pre-Expansion Ladder and Pre-Expansion Hardcore Ladder (the original four acts), Ladder and Hardcore Ladder (five acts, with the Lord of Destruction content).
Legacy of Terror: what the event changes
Dates: November 13, 5:00 p.m. PST to November 19, 5:00 p.m. PST, i.e. November 14 at 2:00 a.m. to November 20 at 2:00 a.m. Paris time. Available on Ladder and Non-Ladder.
Diablo Clone: a guaranteed spawn once every six hours, Hell difficulty only (it replaces a Super Unique, as in the current system).
Terrorized Zones: after defeating Baal in Normal, Nightmare or Hell, that difficulty has Terrorized Zones in every zone at the same time. You can turn this off in the Game Creation (gear) menu on the Character Select screen or in the Lobby without losing the rest of the event.
Cow Portal: after defeating Baal on a difficulty, a special Cow Portal stays open in the Rogue Encampment for the whole event, with no trip to Tristram required.
100% Magic Find and a 15% discount at all vendors, including Gamblers, on every difficulty.
A rare chance for slain monsters to be reanimated as Hell Bovine Minions, on every difficulty.
Patch 3.4: items and conversions
Ten Reign of the Warlock items that were Ladder-only become available in Online Non-Ladder: Angelic Raiment, Bane Ash, Blinkbat’s Form, Bloodletter, Gravenspine, Manald Heal, Pluckeye, Rogue’s Bow, The Battlebranch and The Ward.
Many uniques, sets and runewords are buffed in Online Ladder and Offline only (Reign of the Warlock, not Classic or Lord of Destruction). Examples from the patch notes: Eternity now fits 5-socket melee and missile weapons, gains +30 Increased Attack Speed and +5 to Revive (oskill); Veil of Steel gains +2 to All Skills; The Atlantean drops from required level 42 to 35; Isenhart’s Armory is reworked.
Bug fixes include Jewels not dropping from the last Uber Ancients boss, a Warlock bound-demon issue with Inferno and portals, the Terror Zone toggle not saving online, Auto-Party Invite, and various freezes and crashes.
Deadlines and stash: what not to miss
From November 16, Online Expansion (Lord of Destruction) characters, Ladder and Non-Ladder, can no longer be converted to Reign of the Warlock. Offline characters and Classic-to-Expansion conversions remain possible. Blizzard did not give a time for this change.
Season 15 Ladder characters have moved to Non-Ladder. Their Shared Stash items are now in Withdraw Only tabs (marked “Past”): you have all of Season 16 to take out what you want to keep, otherwise it will be lost when that set is overwritten at the end of the season.
What we do not know yet
The end date of Ladder Season 16.
Whether the 30th-anniversary celebrations will bring other Diablo II: Resurrected events after November 19.
Sources: Blizzard Entertainment, “Diablo II: Resurrected Ladder Season 16” (schedule and patch 3.4 notes), October 30, 2026 (PST): https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24316567/diablo-ii-resurrected-ladder-season-16 ; Blizzard Entertainment, “Celebrate Diablo’s 30th Anniversary with Legacy of Terror”, November 6, 2026 (PST): https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24315743/celebrate-diablos-30th-anniversary-with-legacy-of-terror ; Blizzard Entertainment, “ICYMI: Blizzard Showcase updates, announcements, and surprises!” (launch of Reign of the Warlock), February 12, 2026: https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/article/24243446/icymi-blizzard-showcase-updates-announcements-and-surprises ; all checked November 10, 2026.
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