Diablo II: Resurrected

The version on Steam is the Infernal Edition, which bundles the remaster with Lord of Destruction and Reign of the Warlock. On Battle.net and the console stores the base game and the add-on are also sold on their own, so the edition you get depends on where you buy it.

What you are actually buying

Diablo II: Resurrected is sold in two pieces. The base remaster of Diablo II and its Lord of Destruction expansion is one purchase, and Reign of the Warlock is the add-on that sits on top of it. If you already own the remaster, the add-on on its own is the thing you want. If you do not, the standalone add-on is not a shortcut to the game: it is a separate purchase from the base game rather than a bundle that contains it.

Steam sells the game as a single listing, the Infernal Edition, and that bundle holds the remaster, Lord of Destruction and Reign of the Warlock together. The pieces are also sold separately on Battle.net, Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo Switch, so the PC split is not one shop: Steam is the bundle, while Battle.net sells the base game and the add-on apart. On PC the game runs on Windows.

Three paths, one Warlock class

The Warlock is one new class with three paths, and they are not cosmetic branches. Demon enslaves hellspawn and turns them into allies. Eldritch channels magic through your weapons so they become the damage. Chaos attacks from range with Hell, fire and shadow. Each path leans on a different part of the skill tree, which is what makes the class read as a summoner, a weapon platform or a caster depending on how you build it.

The class lands in a game that now advertises over two hundred skills across eight classes, with co-op for up to eight players. Eight players is a lot of screen, and a class that brings its own allies with it changes what a party composition looks like.

The endgame is the part that moved

Terror Zones now put you in control: you decide where to fight and how to progress, with reworked enemy difficulty scaling and new mechanics that reward strategy and class mastery. That change belongs to the Reign of the Warlock content, and it turns the farming loop into a route-planning problem rather than a wait.

Colossal Ancients add an endgame challenge, while new items give Reign of the Warlock characters further rewards to pursue.

The Chronicle is the other addition worth knowing about. It tracks the items you have collected account-wide, which is the kind of log that quietly becomes a goal of its own once you have run out of characters to level.

The Ladder, and what the season end does

The established Ladder options include Pre-Expansion Ladder and Pre-Expansion Hardcore Ladder, which stop at the original four acts, and Ladder and Hardcore Ladder, which run five acts because they include Lord of Destruction. Hardcore is one life, so the mode you pick decides how much of the game you are willing to lose.

The season end is where new players get caught. When a season finishes, your Ladder characters are transferred to their non-ladder group, and the outgoing Ladder shared stash becomes a Withdraw Only set of tabs marked with a check. The previous season's Withdraw Only tabs are overwritten at the same time, so anything you left sitting in them for a full season is gone.

Reign of the Warlock has item changes that do not apply to the older Classic or Lord of Destruction rulesets. Playing an older ruleset is a real option, and it deliberately does not get the new toys.

Quality of life, and one honest caveat

Loot filters, dedicated stash tabs for gems, materials and runes, and the ability to swap between modern and legacy visuals are the conveniences that make a long session comfortable. The legacy toggle is the one to check before you buy in: it is not available for Reign of the Warlock content. The old look is a window into the old game, not a skin you can wear across the new one.

The Infernal Edition also carries cross-game rewards — a pet and a back trophy for Diablo IV and a housing item for World of Warcraft — plus two extra character slots and two extra stash tabs.

Should you play it

Yes, if you want a loot game whose endgame you can plan around rather than wait through. The Warlock gives the roster a different shape, the Terror Zone change turns farming into routing, and the Ladder still offers the thing seasons are for: a clean start alongside everyone else.

Be deliberate about the edition. Buy the bundle if you do not own the remaster and the add-on if you do, and check where you are buying before you assume the game and the Warlock come as one purchase. On PC it is Windows only, and if you play seasons, clear out your Withdraw Only stash tabs before the next reset rather than after it.