D2R expansion announced: Reign of the Warlock

They just announced it on the stream! It's live now! Here's everything we know.

New playable class - the Warlock

• The eighth playable class available in D2R.
• Can summon 3 different types of Demons: Summon
  Goatman, Summon
  Tainted,
  Summon Defiler
• Can bind (or
  Consume) one demon at a time.
• Binding a demon strengthens both the Warlock and the Demon, and grants unique abilities and auras.
• Consuming a bound demon giving the Warlock temporary buffs and traits that vary depending on demon consumed - things like increased life, +all skills, + movement speed etc.
• Skill trees: Demonic Binding (Command Hell's minions), Arts of Chaos (Unleash hellish power), Eldritch Weapons (Imbue weapons and afflict enemies ).
• Passive ability: The Warlock can levitate their weapon in their right hand, which allows them to equip a two-handed weapon in one hand, and wield an off-hand simultaneously.
• New warlock item class: Grimoires. Expand spoiler below to see base items,

Demonic Binding skill tree:

Consume

Bind Demon

Engorge

Summon Defiler

Blood Boil

Summon Tainted

Death Mark

Blood Oath

Summon Goatman

Demonic Mastery

Eldritch Weapons skill tree:

Hex Bane

Levitation Mastery

Cleave

Echoing Strike

Hex Purge

Blade Warp

Psychic Ward

Eldritch Blast

Hex Siphon

Mirrored Blades

Arts of Chaos skill tree:

Miasma Bolt

Ring of Fire

Sigil Lethargy

Miasma Chain

Sigil Rancor

Flame Wave

Enhanced Entropy

Sigil Death

Abyss

Apocalypse

New

Terror zone mechanics

• Earn consumables that terrorise all zones inside the Act of your choice. The consumables can be traded.
• Terror zones now have a shortened rotation, changing every 30 minutes rather than every hour, and now rotate in new groups
• If you kill a terrorised act boss, there's a chance to drop a 'statue'. Combine all 5 statues in the
  Horadric Cube to unlock a new boss encounter called Colossal Ancients.
• By completing Colossal Ancients, you’ll be rewarded with a Unique Jewel depending on which Ancient you last killed. Each Ancient can drop one of two jewels. Note: All Jewels Require Level 75. Additionally, each unique jewel will behave similarly to
  Gheed’s Fortune Grand Charm, in that you can only have one of these equipped across all your items at a time. This does not affect the amount of you can hold in your inventory.
• In Colossal Ancients,
  Talic drops
  Defender’s Fire or
  Defender’s Bile.
  Korlic drops Protector’s Frost or Protector’s Stone.
  Madawc drops Guardian’s Thunder or Guardian’s Light.
• In Hell difficulty, Heralds of
  Terror will stalk the player and find you in the game. They get more powerful each time they are encountered.

New Tzone groupings

Blizzard wrote:

Act 1

Cold Plains and The Cave

Burial Grounds, The

Crypt, and the

Mausoleum

Stony Field /

Tristram

Dark Wood / Underground Passage

Black Marsh / The Hole /

The Forgotten Tower
Jail /

Barracks
The Pit /

Tamoe Highland /

Outer Cloister

Inner Cloister /

Cathedral and Catacombs
Moo Moo Farm

Act 2

Sewers

Rocky Waste and Stony Tomb

Dry Hills and Halls of the Dead

Far Oasis and The Maggot Lair

Lost City,

Valley of Snakes, and

Claw Viper Temple,

Ancient Tunnels
Harem, Palace and

Arcane Sanctuary

Canyon of the Magi and

Tal Rasha's Tombs

Act 3

Spider Forest and

Spider Cavern /

Arachnid Lair

Great Marsh

Flayer Jungle and Flayer Dungeon / Swampy Pit

Kurast Bazaar,

Ruined Temple,

Disused Fane,

Lower Kurast,

Upper Kurast,

Forgotten Temple,

Forgotten Reliquary,

Disused Reliquary,

Ruined Fane

Travincal
Durance of Hate

Act 4

Outer Steppes and

Plains of Despair

River of Flame /

City of the Damned

Chaos Sanctuary

Act 5

Bloody Foothills /

Frigid Highlands / Abbadon

Glacial Trail /

Drifter Cavern

Crystalline Passage and

Frozen River

Frozen Tundra +

Infernal Pit

Arreat Plateau /

Pit of Acheron

Nihlathak's Temple,

Halls of Anguish,

Halls of Pain, and

Halls of Vaught (Temple Halls)
Ancient's Way and

Icy Cellar
Worldstone Keep,

Throne of Destruction, and

Worldstone Chamber

New quality of life updates

• Native in-game loot filters - create your own, share them with friends, use community presets.
• Advanced stash tabs - dedicated tabs for Gems, Materials, and Runes. Gems, Materials, and Runes can all be stacked.
• In-game item collection tracker called the 'Chronicle'. Tracks every item you ever collected - Uniques, Sets, Runewords. Tells you when and where these items were found.
• 'Rewards' that you can earn and show off to friends. Not sure quite what these are but look like achievements with progress bars.

New Runewords in D2R Reign of the Warlock

Authority
3 Socket Body Armors

Hel +

Shael +

Ral

Coven
3 Socket Helms

Ist +

Ral +

Io

Void
3 Socket Daggers

Thul +

Zod +

Ist

Vigilance
2 Socket Shields

Dol +

Gul

Ritual
3 Socket Daggers

Amn +

Shael +

Ohm

Hustle remains ladder-only, but has been split into different runewords under different names:
Hysteria is the Body Armor version of Hustle.
Mania is the Weapons version of Hustle.

New Uniques in D2R Reign of the Warlock

Ars Al'Diabolos (

Blasphemous Grimoire)

Ars Tor'Baalos (

Blasphemous Compendium)

Ars Dul'Mephistos (

Occult Tome)

Measured Wrath (

Burnt Text)

Dreadfang (

Legend Sword)

Wraithstep (

Mirrored Boots)

Bloodpact Shard (

Mithril Point)

Opalvein (Ring)

Sling (Ring)

Entropy Locket (Amulet)

Gheed's Wager (

Troll Belt)

Hellwarden's Will (

Death Mask)

Guardian's Thunder (Jewel)

Protector's Frost (Jewel)

Guardian's Light (Jewel)

Protector's Stone (Jewel)

Defender's Fire (Jewel)

Defender's Bile (Jewel)

New Sunder Charms (and their recipes) in D2R Reign of the Warlock

Latent Black Cleft

Renewed Black Cleft

Recipe: Renewed Black Cleft

Latent Bone Break

Renewed Bone Break

Recipe: Renewed Bone Break

Latent Cold Rupture

Renewed Cold Rupture

Recipe: Renewed Cold Rupture

Latent Rotting Fissure

Renewed Rotting Fissure

Recipe: Renewed Rotting Fissure

Latent Flame Rift

Renewed Flame Rift

Recipe: Renewed Flame Rift

Latent Crack of the Heavens

Renewed Crack of the Heavens

Recipe: Renewed Crack of the Heavens

New Set items in D2R Reign of the Warlock

Warlock Normal Set:
Bane's Garments

Bane's Oathmaker (

Kris)

Bane's Wraithskin (

Hard Leather Armor)

Bane's Authority (

Light Belt)

Warlock Elite Set:
Horazon's Splendor

Horazon's Countenance (

Demonhead)

Horazon's Dominion (

Russet Armor)

Horazon's Hold (

Demonhide Gloves)

Horazon's Legacy (

Mirrored Boots)

Horazon's Secrets (

Occult Codex)

New Base items in D2R Reign of the Warlock

Old Book

Burnt Text

Forgotten Volume

Tome

Dark Tome

Occult Tome

Codex

Dark Codex

Occult Codex

Compendium

Possessed Compendium

Blasphemous Compendium

Grimoire

Possessed Grimoire

Blasphemous Grimoire

New Miscellaneous items in D2R Reign of the Warlock

Western Worldstone Shard

Eastern Worldstone Shard

Southern Worldstone Shard

Deep Worldstone Shard

Northern Worldstone Shard

Talic's Anguish

Korlic's Pain

Madawc's Ire

Bul-Kathos' Nightmare

Worusk's End

New Monsters in D2R Reign of the Warlock

Uber Talic

Uber Korlic

Uber Madawc

Herald

New Areas in D2R Reign of the Warlock

Colossal Summit

Portal to Colossal Summit

Recipe: Portal to Colossal Summit

New Crafted Items (and their cube recipes) in D2R Reign of the Warlock

These are present in the game files but are set to enabled: 0 which means that they cannot actually be crafted right now. It may be that these were left behind from a development cycle, or that they will be 'enabled' with the ladder start. We'll see!

Virulent Amulet
Recipe: Virulent Amulet
Virulent Ring
Recipe: Virulent Ring
Virulent

Helm
Recipe: Virulent

Helm
Virulent

Boots
Recipe: Virulent

Boots
Virulent Gloves
Recipe: Virulent Gloves
Virulent Armor
Recipe: Virulent Armor
Virulent Weapon
Recipe: Virulent Weapon
Virulent Shield
Recipe: Virulent Shield
Virulent Small Charm
Recipe: Virulent Small Charm
Virulent Large Charm
Recipe: Virulent Large Charm

Gelid Amulet
Recipe: Gelid Amulet
Gelid Ring
Recipe: Gelid Ring
Gelid

Helm
Recipe: Gelid

Helm
Gelid

Boots
Recipe: Gelid

Boots
Gelid Gloves
Recipe: Gelid Gloves
Gelid Armor
Recipe: Gelid Armor
Gelid Weapon
Recipe: Gelid Weapon
Gelid Shield
Recipe: Gelid Shield
Gelid Small Charm
Recipe: Gelid Small Charm
Gelid Large Charm
Recipe: Gelid Large Charm
Gelid Grand Charm
Recipe: Gelid Grand Charm

Magnetic Amulet
Recipe: Magnetic Amulet
Magnetic Ring
Recipe: Magnetic Ring
Magnetic

Helm
Recipe: Magnetic

Helm
Magnetic

Boots
Recipe: Magnetic

Boots
Magnetic Gloves
Recipe: Magnetic Gloves
Magnetic Armor
Recipe: Magnetic Armor
Magnetic Weapon
Recipe: Magnetic Weapon
Magnetic Shield
Recipe: Magnetic Shield
Magnetic Small Charm
Recipe: Magnetic Small Charm
Magnetic Large Charm
Recipe: Magnetic Large Charm
Magnetic Grand Charm
Recipe: Magnetic Grand Charm

Incendiary Amulet
Recipe: Incendiary Amulet
Incendiary Ring
Recipe: Incendiary Ring
Incendiary

Helm
Recipe: Incendiary

Helm
Incendiary

Boots
Recipe: Incendiary

Boots
Incendiary Gloves
Recipe: Incendiary Gloves
Incendiary Armor
Recipe: Incendiary Armor
Incendiary Weapon
Recipe: Incendiary Weapon
Incendiary Shield
Recipe: Incendiary Shield
Incendiary Small Charm
Recipe: Incendiary Small Charm
Incendiary Large Charm
Recipe: Incendiary Large Charm
Incendiary Grand Charm
Recipe: Incendiary Grand Charm

Breaching Amulet
Recipe: Breaching Amulet
Breaching Ring
Recipe: Breaching Ring
Breaching

Helm
Recipe: Breaching

Helm
Breaching

Boots
Recipe: Breaching

Boots
Breaching Gloves
Recipe: Breaching Gloves
Breaching Armor
Recipe: Breaching Armor
Breaching Weapon
Recipe: Breaching Weapon
Breaching Shield
Recipe: Breaching Shield
Breaching Small Charm
Recipe: Breaching Small Charm
Breaching Large Charm
Recipe: Breaching Large Charm
Breaching Grand Charm
Recipe: Breaching Grand Charm

Mystical Amulet
Recipe: Mystical Amulet
Mystical Ring
Recipe: Mystical Ring
Mystical

Helm
Recipe: Mystical

Helm
Mystical

Boots
Recipe: Mystical

Boots
Mystical Gloves
Recipe: Mystical Gloves
Mystical Armor
Recipe: Mystical Armor
Mystical Weapon
Recipe: Mystical Weapon
Mystical Shield
Recipe: Mystical Shield
Mystical Small Charm
Recipe: Mystical Small Charm
Mystical Large Charm
Recipe: Mystical Large Charm
Mystical Grand Charm
Recipe: Mystical Grand Charm

Other pedigree information

• You can leave characters in the current D2R version, or you can move them to D2R: Reign of the Warlock, but you can't transfer characters back!
• 30+ new items - including new Uniques like
  Opalvein (Ring),
  Hellwarden's Will (Head), new Runewords like Void.
• Daggers now can roll up to three +1-3 to any random Warlock Skill. To support this, we have moved daggers to be sold at Vendors like
  Akara,
  Drognan,
  Ormus,
  Jamella, and
  Malah. We also have removed daggers from gambling.
• Goes live today
• 2 additional Character Slots and 2 additional Stash Tabs come with the expansion
• D2R and D2R Reign of the Warlock are available on Steam
• D2R is now on the Xbox Game pass. Note: Reign of the Warlock is not included with Xbox Game Pass. Players who want to access this major update can purchase the Infernal Edition, which unlocks the Warlock and all associated rewards.

Official announcement page with further details on the expansion can be found here

Well, that's certainly a lot more than expected.

Fingers crossed they didn't just ruin D2 with it *cough*

Too bad their payment system apparently broke down...no Warlock for u! ~~

javier.e12z wrote: 2 weeks ago

Is it just me or all my D2R pre warlock expansion characters have now White hair? Maybe they changed something in the graphics and my graphic card cannot handle it properly...

In-game? Or based on their video?

(Wouldn't know in-game, legit can't buy it thanks to their broken payment system)


Edit:
Nvm, saw your added screen. Ewww.. ^^