Current season
Season 14: Alliance
Season 14 Alliance opened on 23 October 2026. Closed beta was 10–18 October and open beta 19–21 October, according to the official homepage. Its literal “10am PST” is not equivalent to 17:00 GMT from the earlier timeline research. We do not infer a daylight-saving correction. No end date was found in the official pages checked on 28 October.
I opened the Season 14 patch page and Hiim’s change list together. Hiim says their page was updated 25 October 2026 and that 78 builds kept their Season 13 tier. Where Hiim adds a line that is not in the patch notes, I label it as Hiim, not as official text.
Systems the patch actually adds
The Season 14 patch page groups the new systems before the class math. These are the ones that change how you log in, not just a skill number.
- Guilds, with a guild hall, guild vault, trophy case, message board, and ranks.
- A rebuilt global chat. Disable it with /toggle GlobalChat. Players also report /toggle gc.
- Stash rebuild: map tab, unique and set tab, materials split into gems, runes, ubers, and misc.
- Discovery and Holy Grail tracking, plus 18 special-edition looks named on the patch page.
- Three new maps, uber adjustments, and a pass on all seven classes.
Balance lines people are searching
From the patch page: Sorceress Static Field damage changes from 25% to 8% of current life per cast; its intended Hell damage limit remains 85%. The Act 3 mercenary has separate maximum-life and targeting-range changes in the patch. Whirlwind is cut. Smite, Fist of the Heavens, and Multiple Shot are buffed. Lower Resist’s base goes from -11 to -20. The class-change page lists the rest with the build impact Hiim recorded.
Hiim’s solo list, sampled 25 October 2026, is a community tier based on clear times. It is not an official ranking. JuxtAPoser’s site did not expose article text to a simple fetch, so this guide links the channel’s videos instead of copying a number off a screenshot.
Watch
JuxtAPoser on the end of the Season 14 closed beta and the open beta. Upload date (YouTube metadata, single source): 2026-10-19. Project Diablo 2 Season 14 - Closed Beta is OVER on YouTube. The player loads only after you press play.
Questions
What is the Season 14 launch timer?
The season started on 23 October 2026. The homepage labels the time “10am PST”; it cannot be equated to 17:00 GMT. No countdown is needed for a season already underway.
When does Alliance end?
Not published. The homepage’s six-month sentence is a cadence, not a dated finale. I am not turning it into April 2027.
Where are the full notes?
The wiki page Patch:Season 14 is the index of guilds, chat, stash, maps, ubers, and all seven classes. This page is the short version.
Related
Sources
Checked: 2026-10-28. Single-source claims are attributed; disagreements stay visible.
- Official homepage — 2026-10-28 — Fetched 2026-10-28. Official source family, shared with the wiki. Launch label is literally 10am PST; no verified local-time conversion.
- Wiki Patch: Season 14 — 2026-10-28 — Fetched 2026-10-28. Single official-wiki source family for detailed numeric rules; separate wiki pages are not independent confirmation.
- aRPG Timeline PD2 — 2026-10-28 — HTTP 429 on 2026-10-28; not reverified. Dates, times and predictions attributed to this site refer to the earlier research record, not this audit.
- Hiim Season 14 changes (page dated 2026-10-25) — 2026-10-28 — Fetched 2026-10-28; page displays October 25, 2026. Single community source for tier changes. Patch comparisons do not make tier judgments official.
- ixbt Season 14 preview (2026-09-21) — 2026-10-28 — Fetched 2026-10-28. Independent publication dated September 21, 2026, reporting developer previews; corroborates stash categories and 25 million gold cap, not all final patch details.