Diablo II: Resurrected

Season 15 · Patch 3.3

News September 18, 2026

Diablo II: Resurrected players attempting to experience the new Warlock class are encountering significant bugs that prevent them from completing the initial class introduction quest. Reports indicate that progression stalls at specific objectives, leaving new characters unable to advance through the early Act I content intended to teach core mechanics.

As the Warlock class integrates into the Diablo II ecosystem, these technical hurdles are frustrating players who have been waiting for this addition. The bugs appear to affect the quest logic required to trigger subsequent dialogue and objective updates, effectively soft-locking the character's journey until a fix is deployed or a workaround is found.

What Changed

The Warlock class introduction quest in Act I is currently experiencing progression bugs. Players report that quest objectives fail to update correctly after completing initial steps. The bugs prevent the quest from advancing to the next stage, halting the tutorial sequence for new Warlock characters. This issue appears to be specific to the Warlock class quest line, though general stability for the class is still being monitored by the community.

What This Means for Players

For players creating new Warlock characters, the immediate impact is an inability to progress through the Act I tutorial quest line. This means you may be stuck in the Rogue Encampment or early wilderness areas, unable to access the full skill set and story beats designed to introduce the class's unique mechanics, such as demon binding and soul harvesting. Veterans looking to test the Warlock's viability in early-game farming or speedruns will need to either wait for a hotfix or attempt to bypass the quest using community-found workarounds, if any are verified. Until the quest logic is repaired, the 'out-of-the-box' experience for the Warlock is compromised, potentially skewing early impressions of the class's balance and playstyle.

What's Next

Blizzard has not yet released a specific patch note addressing the Warlock quest bugs, but given the impact on new player onboarding, a hotfix is expected in the near future. Players are advised to monitor the official Diablo II: Resurrected forums and Blizzard's patch notes for announcements regarding a fix. In the meantime, community sites like PureDiablo will likely post temporary workarounds, such as using specific waypoints or character switching, to bypass the stuck objectives.