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

WARLOCK!!!!!

Customizable loot filters!!!!

Holy Grail Chronic.

Wow.

Loot filters and stash tabs for runes and gems (stackable)!

In Euro the expansion set is 24.99€.

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

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

I said it would be epic, and it was epic, holy shit!

Seems like it completely changes the game like I feared. We'll see. I like some of the additions (the minor stuff).

While not surprised, I do not agree with locking the QoL changes behind $25. New class and whatever cross-game "gifts" they include is understandable.

Holy hell! This is great!

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

I knew the servers would crash. LOLz

Schnorki wrote: 1 week ago

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

They are not used to people buying their games anymore

I was very sceptic about it but I’m happy I was wrong!

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

Am I the only one finding that Warlock look a bit... silly?

Overall color scheme changed, too. The game seems to be somewhat "rounded", did anyone notice this too?

I wonder how much they changed in game mechanics.

javier.e12z wrote: 1 week 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.. ^^

25 bucks is insane.
(I'm still paying).

wow, just wow. did not expect somthing like this. wonder what the runewords are, and the new items.

I have lots of broken things in the game, i am running a full reinstall. I had "missing string" everywhere.

Now i am looking for a complete changelog. I have seen in the video the HORIZON set being shown in the Chronicles tab. There's a word spreading arround of at least 30 new items/runewords, and there's obviously the Mosaic Nerf everyone was talking about we would like to know.

Anywhere we can get a whole description of all the changes?

EDIT : What will Uber Ancients drop? Torch2?

Also only one shared stash tab? That sounds like little. (EDIT3 : You have 5 shared stash tabs in the single shared stash tab i just saw)

EDIT2 : Stop whining about 25$ please it's like half of a ubereats order. You're not poor if you have a working computer with an internet connexion at home.