D2R Ladder Season 16: November 13 Start, Patch 3.4 Item Changes and Reset Times

It's official: Diablo II: Resurrected Ladder Season 16 starts on Friday, November 13 at 5:00 PM PST, and Season 15 closes four days earlier, on Monday, November 9 at 11:00 AM PST. Blizzard announced the schedule on October 30 together with the Patch 3.4 notes, and this season's item list is a big one. Nineteen uniques and runewords plus a full set get reworked, Eternity can now be made in bows, and ten items that were Ladder-only last season move into Non-Ladder.

This guide covers the exact reset times for your region, the stash deadline that wipes items on November 9, every Patch 3.4 change with the real numbers, the character conversion change on November 16, and a checklist to be ready for day one.

Season 16 at a Glance

Season 15 ends: Monday, November 9, 11:00 AM PST.
Patch 3.4 rolls out: starting Monday, November 9.
Season 16 starts: Friday, November 13, 5:00 PM PST (early Saturday, November 14 in Europe and Asia).
Stash deadline: Season 14 items still in withdraw-only "Past" tabs are lost when Season 15 ends on November 9.
Item changes: 19 uniques and runewords plus Isenhart's Armory, for Online Ladder and Offline, Reign of the Warlock only.
Character conversion: from November 16, Online Expansion (LoD) characters can no longer be converted to Reign of the Warlock.

D2R Ladder Season 16 reset schedule: Season 15 ends November 9 at 11 AM PST, Patch 3.4 rolls out November 9, Season 16 starts November 13 at 5 PM PST

Exact Times for Your Region

Daylight saving time has ended in both the US and Europe, so the times below use winter time (PST, GMT, CET, EET).

Season 15 ends: Monday, November 9

11:00 AM PST / 2:00 PM EST
19:00 UTC / GMT (UK)
20:00 CET (Berlin, Paris, Warsaw)
21:00 EET (Athens, Sofia, Bucharest)

Season 16 starts: Friday, November 13 (Saturday, November 14 outside the Americas)

North America: Friday, 5:00 PM PST / 8:00 PM EST
UK: Saturday, 01:00 GMT
Central Europe: Saturday, 02:00 CET
Eastern Europe: Saturday, 03:00 EET
Asia: Saturday, 9:00 AM CST (China) / 10:00 AM KST (Korea)

One note: Blizzard's post lists the Europe start as "1:00 a.m. BST / 3:00 a.m. CEST", which are summer-time labels. Converted directly from 5:00 PM PST, the start is 01:00 in the UK, 02:00 in Central Europe and 03:00 in Eastern Europe.

How the Changeover Works This Time

Since Season 15, Blizzard has separated the ladder end from the new ladder start. This time the patch begins rolling out on November 9, the same day Season 15 closes (last season it came a day later), and Season 16 opens four days after that. Season 15 will have run for 80 days, from August 21 to November 9.

In practice, that means no active ladder from Monday to Friday. Use those four days to sort your Non-Ladder stash, set up mules and plan your Season 16 starter.

Deadline: Empty Your "Past" Tabs Before November 9

Blizzard confirms the usual ladder-end rules. When Season 15 ends, your Ladder characters move to their Non-Ladder group, and your Season 15 shared stash becomes a new set of withdraw-only tabs marked with a checked "Past" box. You'll have all of Season 16 to take those items out.

The important part: any Season 14 items still in your withdraw-only tabs will be lost on November 9. If you played Season 14 ladder, log in with a Non-Ladder character in the same mode (Softcore with Softcore, Hardcore with Hardcore), open the shared stash, look for the "Past" tabs and move anything you want to keep onto a character. Our Season 15 ending guide walks through it step by step.

Character Conversion Change on November 16

Starting November 16, players will no longer be able to convert Expansion (LoD) Online characters, Ladder or Non-Ladder, to Reign of the Warlock. Offline characters can still be converted, and Classic-to-Expansion (LoD) conversions are still available.

If you have Online LoD characters you've been meaning to bring into Reign of the Warlock, do it before November 16. After that, the option is gone for online characters.

Ladder-Only Items Moving to Non-Ladder

As Blizzard puts it, "previously updated Ladder-only items will be available in Non-Ladder with the new season." These are the Patch 3.3 versions from Season 15, and they become available in Online Non-Ladder (Reign of the Warlock only):

Angelic Raiment (set)
Bane Ash, Blinkbat's Form, Bloodletter, Gravenspine
Manald Heal, Pluckeye, Rogue's Bow, The Battlebranch
The Ward

For what changed on each of these, see the Patch 3.3 recap in our Season 15 ending guide.

Patch 3.4 Item Changes: The Full List

D2R Patch 3.4 headline buffs: Eternity in missile weapons, Isenhart's Armory, Silks of the Victor and Veil of Steel

All of these changes apply to Online Ladder and Offline, Reign of the Warlock only. The Classic and Expansion (LoD) versions are unchanged. Following last season's pattern, they should reach Online Non-Ladder when the next season starts.

Eternity (Runeword)

Can now be made in 5-socket melee and missile weapons (previously melee only).
Added +30% Increased Attack Speed.
Enhanced Damage: 260–310% → 300–390%.
Added +3–297 Maximum Damage (based on character level).
Level 8 Revive (88 charges) replaced with +5 to Revive as an oskill.

Eternity is made from Amn + Ber + Ist + Sol + Sur. Being able to put it in a bow is the change most likely to move the market at ladder start. We also stock a ready-made Eternity rune set.

Isenhart's Armory (Set)

Full set: Faster Run/Walk 20% → 30%, and added +25% Faster Hit Recovery.
Isenhart's Lightbrand: Increased Attack Speed 20% → 40%, and added +5–495 Attack Rating (based on character level). The 2-piece bonus of +5–495 Attack Rating was removed and replaced with a 3-piece bonus of +2–198 Maximum Damage (based on character level).
Isenhart's Parry: added 2-piece bonuses of +15% Cold Resist and +15% Fire Resist.
Isenhart's Case: added +25% Magic Resistance.
Isenhart's Horns: added 5% Life Stolen per Hit.

Armor, Helms and Class Items

Silks of the Victor: added +20% Faster Run/Walk, +30% Increased Attack Speed, +50–100% Enhanced Damage and +15% Chance to Find Magic Items.
Veil of Steel: added +2 to All Skills, 15–25% Physical Damage Reduction and +20–40% Magic Resist.
Demonhorn's Edge (Barbarian): Increased Attack Speed 10% → 20%, and added +1 to Barbarian Skills.
Grim's Burning Dead (Necromancer head): added a 15% chance to Reanimate as a Burning Dead Archer and +3–5 to Fire Golem (Necromancer only). Necromancer Skill Levels +3 → +4.

Gloves

Lava Gout: chance to cast Level 10 Enchant on striking 2% → 5%. Half Freeze Duration replaced with Cannot Be Frozen.

Weapons

Ethereal Edge: Enhanced Damage 150–180% → 220–260%, Increased Attack Speed 25% → 40%, and added +2–198 Maximum Damage (based on character level).
Executioner's Justice: Enhanced Damage 240–290% → 260–300%, Increased Attack Speed 30% → 40%. The on-kill effect changed from a 50% chance to cast Level 6 Decrepify to a 25% chance to cast Level 13 Amplify Damage. Added +15 Life and +5 Mana after each kill.
The Atlantean: Enhanced Damage 200–250% → 250–300%, and added +2–5 to Zeal (Paladin only), +100–125 Attack Rating and Requirements −20%. Required level 42 → 35.
Swordguard: All Resistances +10–20 → +20–30, and added Replenish Life +10–15 and "attacker takes 15–25 damage". Enhanced Damage 170–180% → 180–230%. Defense (based on character level) 5–495 → 7–779.
The Tannr Gorerod: Enhanced Damage 80–100% → 200–220%, and added 5–9% Life Stolen per Hit.
The Impaler: Enhanced Damage 140–170% → 170–240%, and added "Repairs 1 durability every 4 seconds".
Coldkill: Cold Damage +40 → +80–100. Enhanced Damage 150–190% → 160–200%.
The Grim Reaper: Enhanced Damage +20% → 80–120%. Mana Stolen per Hit 5% → 5–9%.
Griswold's Edge: Knockback replaced with a 4% chance to cast Level 1 Amplify Damage on striking. Enhanced Damage 80–120% → 100–160%, and added "Slows target by 25%".
Serpent Lord: added +15% Increased Attack Speed and +5 Minimum Damage. Enhanced Damage 30–40% → 40–80%.
Dimoak's Hew: Enhanced Damage 100% → 100–150%. +15 Dexterity replaced with +20 Strength.
Earthshaker (hammer): added +3–5 to Fire Claw (Druid only).
The Salamander: added +10% Faster Cast Rate. Fire Skills +2 → +3, Fire Ball +2 → +4.

What It Means for Season 16

Eternity is the one to watch. Allowing it in 5-socket missile weapons opens up a brand-new bow option, and the higher damage, the attack speed and the Revive oskill make it far more interesting than before. Its recipe needs a Ber and a Sur, two of the scarcest runes in the first weeks of any ladder, so expect demand for both to rise once players start chasing it.

Several leveling and mid-game items got much better. The Atlantean now gives Paladins +2–5 Zeal at required level 35 instead of 42. Isenhart's Armory adds 30% run speed and 25% hit recovery as a full set. Silks of the Victor picks up run speed, attack speed and magic find. All of these are cheap to find compared with endgame gear, so they could become popular stepping stones in the first week.

Class items got targeted help. Demonhorn's Edge gets +1 to Barbarian skills, Grim's Burning Dead +1 Necromancer skill level and a Fire Golem bonus, Earthshaker a Fire Claw bonus for Druids, and The Salamander more fire skills and faster casting.

What isn't in this patch: no class skill changes, no Terror Zone or Sunder Charm changes, and no changes to Mosaic, Spirit or Stealth. That fits what Principal Producer Matt Cederquist said at BlizzCon: item reworks arrive "little by little" each season, and the team is taking its time to get Mosaic right. Last season's batch was about ten items plus a set; this one is nineteen plus a set.

Bug Fixes in Patch 3.4

Fixed jewels not dropping after killing the last Uber Ancients boss following long stays outside the Colossal Summit.
Fixed health regeneration and degeneration effects stalling during damage events in online games.
Fixed the Warlock's bound demon losing its behavior when Inferno is interrupted by a portal.
Fixed some VFX decals not rendering in HD mode.
Fixed the online Terror Zone toggle not saving your previous choice.
Fixed the "Remove Only" checkbox not responding while holding Advanced Stash items.
Fixed searched games in the lobby being hidden by the scroll list.
Fixed some connection errors wrongly showing "You have not been online in the last 30 days".
Fixed Auto-Party Invite not adding players to games correctly.
Fixed various game freezes and crashes.

Your Season 16 Checklist

Before Monday, November 9 (11:00 AM PST):

Empty any Season 14 items from your "Past" withdraw-only tabs. After the 9th they're gone.
Finish anything you still want to do on the Season 15 ladder, and decide what to trade while the ladder population is still active.
Make a couple of Non-Ladder mules in each mode for the items your Season 15 characters bring across.

Before November 16:

Convert any Online Expansion (LoD) characters you want in Reign of the Warlock.

November 9–13 (the gap):

Install Patch 3.4 as soon as it's out, so you're not patching on launch night.
Pick your starter. The changes above don't touch class skills, so our Season 15 tier list is still a solid guide to the strongest openers.

Ladder start (November 13, 5:00 PM PST):

Runes and runewords are scarcest in the first days. If you want a fast start, our Ladder Starter Pack and Ladder Start Mercenary Pack gear a fresh character quickly, and our leveling service can handle the climb.
Planning an Eternity bow, an Enigma or other high-rune gear? The high runes Ber, Jah, Sur, Lo and Ohm are in our rune catalog. Choose Ladder in the selector on each item page once Season 16 is live. Our From Scratch to Enigma guide shows the cheapest route.

Frequently Asked Questions

When does D2R Season 16 start?
Friday, November 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM PST. That's 01:00 GMT, 02:00 CET and 03:00 EET on Saturday, November 14.

When does Season 15 end?
Monday, November 9, 2026 at 11:00 AM PST (19:00 UTC, 20:00 CET).

What patch comes with Season 16?
Patch 3.4, rolling out from November 9.

Can I use Eternity in a bow now?
Yes, in Online Ladder and Offline (Reign of the Warlock). Eternity can now be made in 5-socket missile weapons as well as melee weapons.

Do the Patch 3.4 changes apply to Non-Ladder?
Not in Season 16. They're Online Ladder and Offline only. Last season's Ladder-only changes are what move to Non-Ladder this time.

What happens to my Season 15 characters?
They move to the matching Non-Ladder group. Your Season 15 shared stash becomes withdraw-only "Past" tabs, which you can empty throughout Season 16.

Will I lose items on November 9?
Only Season 14 items you haven't taken out of the withdraw-only "Past" tabs. Move them out before Season 15 ends.

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