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[[File:Seasonal-hero-selection-sml2.jpg|left|frame|Character creation Seasonal check box.]]
Seasons are Diablo 3'''s version of the Diablo 2 Ladders''' are part of '''Seasons''' , and after being long-promised they were added to Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls in [[Patch 2.1]] in the summer of August 2014. Full details on Seasons are not yet available, but Blizzard has promised they will reset regularly and feature When a large amount of unique contentseason is active, including players can make new Legendary items, plus special Seasonal characters ([[Leaderboardshardcore]] ranking or softcore) and click the top players by numerous criteria"Seasonal Hero" button during creation. There That will also designate their characters as Seasonal, and they will only be special seasonal [[Achievements]] called [[Conquests]] where only able to play or interact with other Seasonal Characters for the first 1000 players to complete them, each ladder duration of that season, will be publicly honored.
* See also [[Seasonal Legendary Items]]
==Ladders When a Season Ends== Players had many questions about how a Season's ending would be handled, in terms of merging experience, gold, items, paragon points, artisan levels/recipes, and more... from the seasonal account back to the main account. Blizzard ran several trial seasons during the PTR testing of Patch 2.1 in August 2014, using that to iron out the kinks in the system. A community manager answered numerous fan questions during that time:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-3-ladders-info-season-one-ends-ptr] <blue><font color="#FFFFFF">PTR Season 1 Roll-Over:</font> After PTR Season 1 has ended, the Season roll-over will begin. During the roll-over, your Seasonal heroes, inventory, shared stash, and Paragon experience will be transferred to your non-Seasonal profile. Normal heroes, inventory, shared stash, and Paragon experience will transfer to your Normal non-Seasonal profile. Similarly, Hardcore heroes, inventory, shared stash, and Paragon experience will transfer to your Hardcore non-Seasonal profile. * Heroes: At the end of a Season, your Seasonal heroes will become non-Seasonal heroes. They will appear in your normal roster. Any items, equipped or in the hero's inventory, will roll-over with the hero itself.* Shared Stash: Items in your Seasonal heroes' shared stash will be mailed to your Normal/Hardcore non-Seasonal profile. These items can be retrieved by entering a game on any non-Seasonal hero and clicking on the mail icon located in the lower left of your screen.* Paragon Experience: Paragon experience earned during a Season will transfer over directly without any additional involvement required from players. All Paragon experience will transfer, with experience gained by Normal Seasonal heroes going to the account's Normal non-Seasonal profile, and experience gained by Hardcore Seasonal characters going to the account's Hardcore non-Seasonal profile. (Note: Non-Paragon experience will not transfer.)</li> If you experience any issues with the roll-over, please let us know in this thread, and provide as many details as possible. The more information we have, the better we'll be able to identify and address the core problem. <font color="#FFFFFF">Please, can you explain what is going to happen if we already have all characters slots full in the normal roster? The seasonal character its going to be added in a new character slot?</font><br>In order to create a Seasonal hero, you'll need to have an empty character slot in your roster. If you do not have an empty character slot at the start of a Season, you will need to first delete one of your active heroes. <font color="#FFFFFF">Will achievements earned in season mode also be rolled over to non-season and granted there (if you didnt previously have them in non-season)?</font><br>Under current design, if you unlock an achievement on a Seasonal hero that you haven't already unlocked on a non-Seasonal hero, you'll gain credit for both at the same time. <font color="#FFFFFF">1. Does gold count as "inventory" and will also be transferred?</font><br>1. Gold will be automatically transferred from your Seasonal profile to your non-Seasonal profile. Ditto for Blood Shards. <font color="#FFFFFF">2. Other progress such as artisan levels or crafting plans your artisans have learned will not be transferred/refunded in any way, right?</font><br>2. If your Seasonal Artisan is higher level, its level should transfer at the end of the season. Any recipes you have on your Seasonal Artisan that are not on your non-Season Artisan are transferred as well. <font color="Seasons#FFFFFF">3. I second one of the questions above - what happens if your normal roster stash doesn't have enough space for all the items in your seasonal stash?</font><br>3. All items within the Seasonal stash will be mailed to your non-Seasonal profile at the end of the season. These items aren't automatically placed in your non-Seasonal stash, so you can wait and make room first before claiming them (if needed). Under current design, mailed items from your Seasonal stash will remain available for 30 days after a Season has ended. Note: Seasonal heroes will be separated by mode, i.e. Normal and Hardcore. Normal Seasonal heroes will become Normal non-Seasonal heroes, and Hardcore Seasonal heroes will become Hardcore non-Seasonal heroes. Paragon experience, Artisan levels, items, gold, etc earned by Seasonal heroes will transfer to the appropriate non-Seasonal mode. <font color="#FFFFFF">I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that a seasonal character already takes up one of the slots and thus it will simply stay in that slot, but have its seasonal tag removed.</font><br>Correct. ... Quick note about Blood Shards and Season roll-overs: When transferring over your Blood Shards from your Seasonal profile to your non-Seasonal profile, we will temporarily ignore the 500 cap. For example, let's say my Seasonal profile has 200 Blood Shards and my non-Seasonal profile has 400. At the end of a Season, the 200 shards from my Seasonal profile will combine with the stack of 400 from my non-Seasonal profile, giving me 600 shards total (not 500, the normal cap). This is deliberate. The caveat here is that players will be unable to pick up any more Blood Shards until they drop below 500. <font color="#FFFFFF">What will happen to legendary gems? Will their levels add to those of the same non-seasonal legendary gems? Will you have two of such gems? Or will it simply end up being the higher level gem becomes the non-seasonal gem?</font><br>Under current design, you'll have two of such gems.
<bluefont color="#FFFFFF">Similar to Ladders wat about non-season can we get item wipe and ladder reset there are still 2 sockets weapon in Diablo® II, Seasons game...and people use The Furnace for ladder etc.</font><br>We will offer players in Diablo® III be performing a chance to periodically start fresh, leveling their level 1 characters and artisans from scratchPTR-wide wipe for all Leaderboards this evening as well. This wipe will be global (i.e. Season participation benefits include exclusive rewards it'll affect Seasonal and unique Legendaries as well as the the thrill of climbing allnon-new DiabloWikiLeaderboards by completing achievements, earning Conquests, or running Greater RiftsSeasonal Leaderboards).</blue>
<font color="#FFFFFF">what if it is the same level and the seasonal artisans have different recipes or new recipes, will it transfer? because you kinda linked to if it is only higher level.</font><br>
The recipes will transfer no matter what. </blue>
==Ladders are "Seasons"==
The official name for ladders in Diablo 3 is "Seasons" which is a bit confusing, but apparently meant to set them apart from the much simpler Diablo 2 ladder system.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-reveals-diablo-3-patch-2-1-preview]
<blue>Similar to Ladders in Diablo® II, Seasons will offer players in Diablo® III a chance to periodically start fresh, leveling their level 1 characters and artisans from scratch. Season participation benefits include exclusive rewards and unique Legendaries as well as the the thrill of climbing all-new Leaderboards by completing achievements, earning Conquests, or running Greater Rifts.</blue>
[[File:Leaderboard5.jpg|thumb|400px|Leaderboard first sample image.]]
==Blizzard Comments on Ladders in Diablo 3==