[Diablo 2 Resurrected] D2R update 1.25 (v2.7) is now available to download on PS4, PS5, and Xbox One. According to the D2R 2.7.0 patch notes, the latest update adds 4th Ladder Season, 4 Additional character slots and more. Apart from this, today’s D2R patch 1.25 (1.025.000) also includes new feature changes, fixes, and more.
Previously, an update was released that added queue functionality to consoles. Unfortunately, players are still experiencing login and server issues. Today’s D2R version 1.25 will address a few of these issues.
Read more details below.
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D2R Update 2.7 Patch Notes (Season 4) – May 2, 2023
LADDER SEASON 4
Ladder Season 4 will begin on May 4, ushering in a new opportunity for brave adventurers to race to Level 99 and amass powerful loot along the way. We cannot wait to see which determined souls carve their name into the Leaderboard this time.
Ladder Season 4 Launch Timing:
| North America | May 4, 5:00 p.m. PDT |
| Europe | May 5, 2:00 a.m. CET |
| Asia | May 5, 10:00 a.m. KST |
As it was with previous seasons, Ladder Season 4 will feature different modes:
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| Pre-Expansion Ladder | The standard version of Ladder play that encompasses playing only with the original four acts. |
| Pre-Expansion Hardcore Ladder | The hardcore (only one life) version of Ladder play that encompasses playing only with the original four acts. |
| Ladder | The standard version of Ladder play that encompasses playing five acts, as it includes the “Lord of Destruction” expansion content. |
| Hardcore Ladder | The hardcore (only one life) version of Ladder play that encompasses playing five acts, as it includes the “Lord of Destruction” expansion content. |
D2R Patch 2.7
Feature Adjustments
- Players will now have 4 additional Character Slots available across all Online Modes.
- The first time a Ladder character from a previous season is used in a non-Ladder game, the ability to Reset Stat and Skill Points at Akara will be reset. Characters from previous Ladder seasons who have already been used in non-Ladder games are ineligible.
Quality-of-Life Updates and Bug Fixes
Gameplay
- The Next Hit Delay system now only applies to missiles created by casting the same skill.
- Each Assassin Martial Arts charge-up skill trigger is treated as a different cast of a skill for Next Hit Delay purposes.
- Knockback has been removed from the Bul Kathos’ Sacred Charge 2-Handed Sword.
- Druids are now able to shapeshift directly between their Werewolf and Werebear forms.
- The Assassin’s trap skills now benefit from +% To Elemental Skill Damage modifiers.
- Fixed an issue where Mephisto would drop from lower-level treasure classes when Terrorized.
- Fixed an issue where an Assassin dying with Martial Arts charges active could cause a crash in Offline play.
- Fixed the issue where the Assassin’s traps weren’t benefiting from resistance reduction in Offline play.
General
- Fixed a translation issue for the Reached max character limit text in Polish.
- Fixed an issue where progressing between towns and connected zones from Acts II, III, and V would cause an abrupt lighting change when terrorized.
- Fixed an issue where the icon to denote a monster is Terrorized wasn’t properly displaying in certain languages.
- Fixed an issue where the Amazon’s audio cue for dodging an attack would play when non-Amazon characters used the Evade skill granted by the Hustle Rune Word.
- Amended various stability issues encountered during Online play.
Ladder Play
- Fixed an issue where messaging for the next Ladder Season was inaccurate during the pause between seasons.
- Fixed an issue where characters that were recently converted from Ladder to Non-Ladder would not display as such and failed to join games.
- Fixed an issue where Rune Words exclusive to an upcoming Ladder Season could be created in the current season.
- Fixed an issue where converted Ladder characters would be incorrectly displayed with the Ladder flag.
PC Specific
- Fixed an issue where controller input would stop registering if the user swapped to Legacy graphics while the animation for selecting a character in the character creation screen was playing.
- Players will now be notified of when they’re running the game with old, extracted data.
Console Specific
- Fixed an issue where a player’s displayed location on the Friends List wouldn’t properly update on Xbox consoles.
- Fixed an issue where players on Nintendo Switch would not appear in the Recently Played With tab.
- Fixed an issue where the localized text for Personalized Items on console displayed all gendered pronouns at once in Polish and Spanish.
Modding
- Increased the total limit of state entries from 255 to 511.
- Added DataVersionBuild.txt. It is recommended that mod authors include this file in their mods to reduce unexpected errors between game versions.
- New columns have been added. Developers of existing Offline Single Player mods can remake their changes with new data or they can add new columns manually before merging.
- TreasureClassEx.txt, cubemain.txt, UniqueItems.txt
- “ladder” -> “firstLadderSeason”, “lastLadderSeason”
- Runes.txt
- “server” -> “firstLadderSeason”, “lastLadderSeason”
- TreasureClassEx.txt, cubemain.txt, UniqueItems.txt
Download free D2R update 1.25 (1.025.000) on PC, PS4, PS5, and Xbox One.
 patch notes released for PS4, PC, PS5, and Xbox. Read D2R 1.25 patch notes here.){kind=link}