在2011年的一次投票中，官方得到大多数玩家认为每隔六个月重置是最为恰当的

从那之后就以这个週期为基础，每年的5和11月即是天梯重置的月份

确认日期后，官方将提前1~2週于游戏大厅上公布消息

2011年的投票文章

原文 (网址已失效)

原文内容：

While our original poll for reset length showed a little less than 150 people wanted a reset every year, our most recent follow up poll had over 1,000 votes for 6 months:

http://forums.battle.net/thread.html?topicId=27800569877&sid=3000 (网址已失效)

We've heard you, so this is a one week warning that the Diablo II ladder will reset next Monday, March 28. We generally prefer to provide a two week warning for the case of resets, but to hit the exact 6 month mark we feel one week is sufficient this time.

We anticipate all Diablo II realms to be down for approximately six hours during the reset. More specific information on realm availability on the day of the reset will be posted in the Battle.net Status forum. When the ladder is reset all existing ladder characters will be converted to non-ladder. All characters and items being converted to non-ladder will remain intact, but once converted these characters will no longer have access to ladder content such as creating ladder-only rune words. For more information on ladder characters please visit the Arreat Summit Realm Character Types page at

天梯重置后，板上相关文章也会进行对应的处理

原先天梯交易专区文章 = 移至普通专区

原先普通交易专区文章(包含被带过关&估价专区文章) = 锁定并移至埋文之地

以下为天梯重置纪录