Reimagined Launcher (Very Easy) Installs in Windows & automatically updates itself, available on Nexus Mods. With one-click it can find the latest version of Reimagined online too. Auto backup for your saved games.
Beta Launcher (Easy): Is a batch file to run, shown in pictures below in this guide. Auto backup for your saved games.
Manually follow-the-steps (Easy/Hard): You will lookup your own installation directory & you'll be responsible for backing up your own saved games incase a crash occurs during a loading screen.
¶ Default File Locations - Depends if you bought on Battle.net App or Steam
C: Drive is the most common install location. Yours may differ depending on your setup. Launcher finds them automatically.
Battle.net D2R Mod Files:C:\Program Files (x86)\Diablo II Resurrected\mods\Reimagined
Steam D2R Mod Files:C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Diablo II Resurrected\mods\Reimagined
Saved Game Files:C:\Users\%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Diablo II Resurrected\mods\ReimaginedThree
1. In File Explorer, navigate to your Saved Game Files directory as listed above.
2. Go back one directory to the \Saved Games\Diablo II Resurrected\mods\ folder which contains the saved games for each mod as shown in the picture below.
All Reimagined 3.x saved game versions will be in the ReimaginedThree folder.
3. As shown in the picture right click on the ReimaginedThree folder, select ‘Send to’ and choose Compressed (zipped) folder which copies the contents into a ZIP file. Rename the ZIP file to something memorable, and move it somewhere easy to remember (e.g. your desktop).
Remember to periodically create new ZIP saved game backups so that you don't lose progress in case of crashes. While playing the game, if your PC crashes while the game is writing to a saved game that game can become corrupt resulting in a “Failed to join game” message. The Reimagined Launcher is capable of backing up your saved games making this easier.
Requires an official Diablo II: Resurrected install to work.
Steps for extracting the Reimagined BETA Launcher.
1. Navigate to where you downloaded the Reimagined Beta Launcher ZIP file (by default files usually get downloaded to your ‘Downloads’ folder) & move it to an easy-to-remember location, such as your desktop.
2. Right click the ZIP file & click Extract All and on the next box that pops up click the Extract button. You can rename the Launcher's folder to anything you want & run it from anywhere.
The launcher also includes a executable file that is only used by the optional CASC Fastloading customization if you choose to perform that. That is located in the utils directory. Nothing is installed on your PC when you run the launcher. The launcher itself is simply a batch file looking up game installation locations, unzipping the mod if you chose so & swapping customizations into the reimagined mod. Feel free to right click & edit the bat file in notepad if you are curious how it works.
If anything isn't working please post in the installation-help channel on discord.
Your Saved Game files are unaffected by these steps.
Follow these steps to install and/or update Reimagined to the latest version:
1. Download the latest Reimagined version from Nexus Mods - this can take a few minutes. The file downloads in a .zip format.
2. Move the downloaded .zip file from your Downloads folder into the Reimagined BETA Launcher folder (wherever you saved it, such as on the desktop).
3. Run the launcher.
If you see a warning from Windows Defender, press ‘More Info’ and click ‘Run Anyway’.
4. For Installing Reimagined as shown inside the green circle below choose: Install / Update - Reimagined.
You make choices by typing the number you want & pressing enter. The launcher finds your mod version & game's location and displays this too.
5. Type Y and hit enter.
6. Once the Reimagined Mod Install is completed you can press any key to restart the launcher.
7. You can now type 1 to pick 'Play Reimagined' or you could create a shortcut link to the game following the steps below.
D2RMM Beta Launcher Users: Only the purple text options will work inside the Launcher.
STEP 1: You must have run your D2RMM.exe & have chosen ‘AGREE’ at least once as shown in the picture below.
Step 2: Inside the Beta Launcher pick the purple text Install / Update for D2RMM Users.
Step 3: Open your D2RMM.exe program & the now extracted Reimagined is available to install along with other mods so press INSTALL when ready.
Step 4:(Optional) Inside the Beta Launcher you can finally choose the purple text Extra Configuration Options for D2RMM Users.
If you have issues with the Configuration Menu, alternatively you can manually copy any files from inside the launcher's \utils\mods\ folder that contains all the configuration option's files with which the launcher uses to copy those whenever a configuration option is chosen. Just copy them into the exact same locations in the mod.
TROUBLESHOOTING: If you had clicked Disagree in step 1, you'll need to download a different version of D2RMM & run it's exe which will trigger Disagree/Agree the first time you open D2RMM.exe again. After you click AGREE a registry key is updated from D2RMM & the Beta Launcher uses this information for the purple text choices to work.
In addition to installing and updating the mod, you can use the BETA Launcher to install pre-packaged changes.
To install changes visit the Extra Configuration Options and follow the prompts.
To uninstall all configuration changes simply re-run Install / Update from the Main Menu.
As mentioned above, whenever you install or update the mod any modifications you've made (whether manually or via the Launcher) will need to be redone.
If you encounter any issues, please post in the installation-help channel on discord.
Alternatively you can manually copy any files from the launcher's \utils\mods\ folder that contains all (1-6) of the Configuration Menu's files with which the launcher uses to copy whenever a configuration option is chosen.
Instructions to install the Reimagined mod manually without using any launchers or assistive programs.
Step 1. Download the latest Reimagined Mod version from Nexus Mods.
Step 2. Navigate to your D2R Installation Directory and at the top left click in the blank space and right click to highlight the game's path. Then right click & click Copy as this information will be used in the step 4. Next open the folder called "mods". Your game's installed location will be different then in the picture.
Step 3. Inside the mods folder check for a previous Reimagined folder & if present delete it since you're about to install a new version. (right click, delete)
Step 4. Navigate to where you just downloaded the mod, by default files typically go into your “Downloads” folder. The new ZIP file that you just downloaded starts with the name: "D2R Reimagined" followed by a version number should be located here. The picture below shows Reimagined version 3.0.5 as an example.
Step 5. Right click the ZIP file & click Extract All
Windows11 Users Click Show More Options to complete the above step.
Step 6. On this next box that pops right click the pathway & click Paste. Now the destination should be where you were earlier when you copied the path. Again your location will be different then the one in the picture below. Now click the Extract button and the Reimagined mod is now fully installed!
Step 7. Next we'll create a shortcut you can use to launch the mod. Go back to your game's installation (from Step 2) & Right click on D2R.exe and click Send to and then Desktop (Create Shortcut)
W11 Users Click Show More Options to complete the above step.
Right click the shortcut on the desktop and select Properties
In the Target field, add the following to the end of the field:
-mod Reimagined -txt
-mod Reimagined -txt -resetofflinemaps(OPTIONAL: This will reset your maps everytime you visit the character select screen)
Make sure there's a space in-between D2R.exe" and -mod
Click Apply and then OK
Step 6. You can rename the shortcut to anything and then Click or Double-Click the shortcut to play the mod. Reimagined is now Installed and ready!
If you wish to manually install any of the 6 Customization Tweaks (2skill, Forced Terror Zones, RemoveAuraSounds, HDR Fix, Letterbox removal, splashcharm graphic removal) those files are also included inside the Beta Launchers ZIP file towards the top of this page for players that are manually installing their game. If you only want the 2Skill file, then just download the next file below instead.
¶ Manual 2 Skill Point 8 Attribute Per Level Optional file
Instructions to install the optional file that grants 2 skill points, 8 attribute points per level up. This file also makes walking speed = running speed.
NOTE: This is not a retroactive change, existing characters will not receive 2/8 for past level ups when respecc'ed, but will gain 2/8 on future level ups.
NOTE: This will need to be completed each time you reinstall or update the mod installation.
Step 1. Scroll down on the Nexus website to the 2 Skill Points Per Level and download the file from Nexus Mods
Step 2. Navigate to where you just downloaded the file, by default files typically go into your “Downloads” folder. Right click the file and click Extract All
Step 3. Finally extract the file into the correct location, depending on if you bought the game using the Battle.net app OR on Steam. You can copy & paste the values below if your game is installed in one of those default locations.
Battle.net:C:\Program Files (x86)\Diablo II Resurrected\mods\Reimagined\Reimagined.mpq\data\global\excel
Steam:C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Diablo II Resurrected\mods\Reimagined\Reimagined.mpq\data\global\excel
You can click Browse & manually navigate to the excel folder if you've installed the game into a custom location.
Step 4. ClickReplace the file in the destination when prompted. This Replaces the old 1skill with the new 2skill file. Now it's installed!
Here are some common resolutions to frequent crashing we've encountered in bug reports across the Discord, Nexus and Reddit.
1. Reimagined 3.0+ is not compatible with saves from Reimagined 1.x.x, Reimagined 2.x.x, D2R vanilla, or other mods if the save file contains items. Trying to place them in the saves folder and use them will often cause the game to crash.
2. Classic characters cannot be created and are incompatible with the mod.
3. Change graphics option VFX Lighting Quality off from Ultra to High or Medium as it barely has any visual impact but kills game performance and causes crashing.
4. Cap your framerate to your monitors refresh rate and/or use Vsync.
5. Don't Alt + Tab, (click out of the screen if playing in windowed) the game doesn't enjoy being out of focus. You can try to mitigate this crash by limiting the Background FPS of D2R.exe via your GPU Control Panel. (The game still likes to crash anyways but the background FPS limit helps reduce the frequency.)
6. Don't equip items on Mercs with Chance to Cast a minion. (Reanimate is fine, it is specifically CTC that seems to cause issues.)
7. Change Power Settings from Performance to Balanced (Unintuitive but seems to work for some people.)
8. If you are using other mods, you can try disabling them to see if the crashes continue but if they edit itemstatcost.txt then disabling them will cause crashes anyways so pay attention to what you are doing and make backups before experimenting.
9. If you are making local mod edits, undo those edits or reinstall the mod fresh.
Using a Mod Manager allows you to easily install a variety of mods together (assuming they play nice) without having to know anything about modding.
Reimagined is packed full of expansive features and QOL updates, so installing extra mods isn't always necessary.
Check the list of Reimagined features below to see if a 3rd-party mod is still necessary.
When using D2RMM your active mod files will be now be located under the D2RMM\mods\folder instead of Diablo II Resurrected\mods\.
Any changes you make to Reimagined files needs to be done in the D2RMM mods directory.
If using the BETA Launcher (above), you will need to copy the file changes over from Diablo II Resurrected\mods\Reimagined\Reimagined.mpq\ to D2RMM\mods\Reimagined\.
2. In D2RMM, click the 3 dots in the bottom-right, and select ‘Refresh Mod List’.
3. You should now see Pseudo Loot Filter appear in the list of mods - click the box to the left to enable the mod.
4. To configure the loot filter, click ‘settings’ to the right.
5. All items are enabled by default (the slider is on the right-side) - clicking the slider DISABLES the item (this affects all rarities, white, magic, rare, set, unique).
Disabling an item simply means that when a disabled item would drop, the game chooses to drop nothing instead.
Disabling items does not affect drop chances of other items.
It may take a few runs to tweak this list to your liking.
6. Once you've finished disabling undesirable items, click out of the menu.
If you have questions about whether something is included in Reimagined, or would like to see something added, DM one of the Devs, or post in the suggestions-and-feedback channel of our discord channel.
A number of Mod Creators gave express permission to include their mod in Reimagined. Where this is the case credit is given on the Reimagined Nexus Mods page.
The below (non-exhaustive) list of mods are already functionally covered in Reimagined in some form:
New Content
Completely reimagined Hell Difficulty
Inventory
Expanded Inventory / Stash / Cube
Items
Increase Drop Rates (for all items, runes, gems, etc.)
Sunder Charms (dropped by Bosses, super uniques, etc.)
sunders drop in nightmare and hell terror zones
Melee AOE Small Charm (Collin's Charm)
Perfect Gem Drops / Short Gem Names (there is only one type of Gem in Reimagined)
The launcher D2RLaunch created by the D2R Modding team who created and maintain the D2R mod ReMoDDeD works fine with Reimagined and can be used to launch and play the mod after installation is completed.
The list of features are extensive and well documented by their website and there are links to their discord for launcher setup and troubleshooting, as well as a YouTube video with instructions.
Multiple mods are native to the launcher download list and are exceptionally fun to play, be sure to check them out too.
Using D2RLan and an older version of D2R (2.4 developer build), you can make direct connections with a vpn to play with friends.
Note: The zip provided is not stable and has not been tuned and will have bugs until the contributor team properly evaluates the differences between d2r 2.4 and the latest which has extra columns and features in the game files that are in use.
The instructions will be expanded upon in the future.
7. unzip and drop the reimagined_online folder in “D2RLAN_CoreFiles\D2RLAN\D2R\Mods\"
7a. The zip may have 1 extra folder layer, in which case you want the reimaginedonline folder with the mpq folder in it ie “D2RLANCoreFiles\D2RLAN\D2R\Mods\reimagined_online\reimagined_online.mpq”
8. Restart the D2rLan Launcher and then select reimagined_online as the mod to use
8a. navigate to options - QOL options and change display mode to advanced. this will show enemy HP bars and resists and I highly recommend using it.
example of advanced display
9. Launch the game, create a char, and select TCP/IP and then Host or Join.
9a. You can also copy over your settings.json and custom.key files from other save folders to the reimagined_online save folder in order to preserve your settings from other mods.
10. Use the IP provided by radmin VPN to join your friend.
TBD: Review beacon as well as provide more screenshots for radmin vpn usage.
