Ladder

Diablo II Notation Basic Class Skill Item Ally Quest Area Monster Tale Classic Expansion Resurrected Patch Multiplayer Single Player Hardcore Ladder Difficulty Ladder is a game mode on the Realms in which characters compete in a race to level 99. Prior to the release of patch 1.10 on 28 October 2003, all characters were automatically ranked on a Ladder according to experience level (although there were separate Ladder rankings for different Realms, for Hardcore characters on each Realm, and later for Classic and Expansion characters on each Realm). When Ladder was reset, existing characters were removed from the rankings and new characters had to be created to participate in the new Ladder race. Diablo II Standard Ladder Champions (June-December 2000) Ladder reset 01 January 2001 Ladder reset 28 September 2001 [1] However, with the release of 1.10, Ladder also became a separate game mode. Ladder characters are created on the Realms by checking the Ladder Character box when creating a new character. Ladder characters can only create and join Ladder games, which non-Ladder characters cannot join. Once a Ladder character has been created, it cannot be converted to a non-Ladder character until the end of the Ladder season. Ladder rank of a dead Hardcore character will be preserved as long as it is not deleted. Names of dead characters can be recycled by deleting them and creating new characters with the same name (although any Ladder rank of the dead character will be lost). If a player does not log in with a dead Hardcore character at least once every 90 days, it expires and can then be deleted by anybody else creating a new character with the same name. Deleted Ladder characters are removed from the Ladder rankings. Ladder is periodically reset, at which point previous Ladder characters are converted to non-Ladder characters. To participate in a new Ladder season, new Ladder characters need to be created. All new Ladder characters start at level 1 with no items, so the economy is also reset. Aside from the Ladder competition and fresh start, there are Horadric Cube recipes, Rune Words and Unique items available in Ladder games which are not available in non-Ladder games on the Realms (although previous Ladder characters retain their Ladder items when converted to non-Ladder at the end of a season). Ladder games also present more of a challenge: Base monster defense is higher in Nightmare and Hell. Base monster life is higher in Hell. Base monster damage and poison length calculated using MonStats values increases by 1/16 (6.25%) with each additional player in Nightmare and Hell. Monster AI may be faster in Nightmare and Hell. Season Season Start Date Length 1 Tuesday 28 October 2003 0[2] 254 days 2 Thursday 8 July 2004 0[3] 396 days 3 Monday 8 August 2005 0[4] 686 days 4 Monday 25 June 2007 0[5] 358 days 5 Tuesday 17 June 2008 0[6] 644 days 6 Tuesday 23 March 2010 0[7] 189 days 7 Tuesday 28 September 2010 0[8] 181 days 8 Monday 28 March 2011 0[9] 211 days 9 Tuesday 25 October 2011 [10] 190 days 10 Wednesday 2 May 2012 [11] 188 days 11 Tuesday 6 November 2012 [12] 189 days 12 Tuesday 14 May 2013 [13] Winners in season 1 Winners in later seasons Horadric Cube Ladder Horadric Cube recipes are available in Single Player. Rune upgrade Output Input Hel Rune 3 Dol Runes Chipped Emerald Io Rune 3 Hel Runes Chipped Diamond Lum Rune 3 Io Runes Flawed Topaz Ko Rune 3 Lum Runes Flawed Amethyst Fal Rune 3 Ko Runes Flawed Sapphire Lem Rune 3 Fal Runes Flawed Ruby Pul Rune 3 Lem Runes Flawed Emerald Um Rune 2 Pul Runes Flawed Diamond Mal Rune 2 Um Runes Topaz Ist Rune 2 Mal Runes Amethyst Output Input Gul Rune 2 Ist Runes Sapphire Vex Rune 2 Gul Runes Ruby Ohm Rune 2 Vex Runes Emerald Lo Rune 2 Ohm Runes Diamond Sur Rune 2 Lo Runes Flawless Topaz Ber Rune 2 Sur Runes Flawless Amethyst Jah Rune 2 Ber Runes Flawless Sapphire Cham Rune 2 Jah Runes Flawless Ruby Zod Rune 2 Cham Runes Flawless Emerald Unique upgrade Output Input Elite Unique armor Required Level +7 Exceptional Unique armor Ko Rune Lem Rune Perfect Diamond Output Input Elite Unique weapon Required Level +7 Exceptional Unique weapon Lum Rune Pul Rune Perfect Emerald Rune Word Ladder Rune Words were released server-side at the beginning of season 2 on 8 July 2004. However, they weren't published on the Arreat Summit until 10 December 2004. [14] They are not available in Single Player without modifying the game. Brand missile weapon Death axe/sword Destruction polearm/sword Dragon body armor/shield Dream helm/shield Edge missile weapon Faith missile weapon Fortitude body armor/weapon Grief axe/sword Harmony missile weapon Ice missile weapon Infinity polearm Insight polearm/staff Last Wish axe/sword/hammer Lawbringer sword/hammer/scepter Oath axe/sword/mace Obedience polearm Phoenix shield/weapon Pride polearm Rift polearm/scepter Spirit shield/sword Voice of Reason sword/mace Wrath missile weapon Unique item Ladder Unique items are available in Single Player. 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