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Running Diablo II Resurrected on Linux

Ahh… Fresh meat!

I had to do this twice and it bothered me to have to look a few things up again, so here it is for next time (if there is a next time, I reckon this will be fixed fairly soon in wine/proton/etc).

Note

The following instructions are for Arch Linux, but they’ll be very similar for any other distribution.

Battle.net

Installing Battle.net on Linux is straightforward, I usually do it via Lutris:

Shell
$ pacman -S lutris

Once you’ve installed Lutris, install Battle.net as per its instructions.

Tip

Trouble logging in?

I found that I also had to install lib32-gnutls in order for the Battle.net login window to work properly. This package lives in the multilib repository, so make sure you’ve enabled that if you haven’t already.

Installing Diablo II Resurrected

Go ahead and install it the normal way from within Battle.net, by choosing the game and selecting “Install”.

If launching the game now crashes, ends up in a black screen or is otherwise terrible, then the fix for the issues I faced probably hasn’t been merged yet. If that’s the case, continue reading.

There’s a Pull Request here which details a fix for the initial crashes and rendering issues. To save you some time reading between the lines, here’s what you have to do.

Install a patched vkd3d-proton

Sometimes showing is easier than telling:

Shell
# Clone the fork that contains the fix
$ git clone [email protected]:K0bin/vkd3d-proton.git
$ cd vkd3d-proton
# Checkout the branch with the fix
$ git checkout disable-raster

# Build the package
$ ./package-release.sh master /tmp --no-package

# And, now install it into Lutris
$ cp /tmp/vkd3d-proton-master/x64/d3d12.dll ~/.local/share/lutris/runtime/dxvk/v1.9.1L/x64/
$ cp /tmp/vkd3d-proton-master/x86/d3d12.dll ~/.local/share/lutris/runtime/dxvk/v1.9.1L/x32/

Add RADV_DEBUG=nohiz to the environment

  1. In Lutris, click the arrow next to the “Play” button, and then click “Configure”
  2. Select the “System Options” tab
  3. Add RADV_DEBUG and nohiz into the “Environment Variables” section

After making the above changes, make sure to restart Battle.net if you had it running. Launch Battle.net again, and launch Diablo II Resurrected normally via Battle.net and it should work as expected.

Now go rescue Deckard Cain before you lose your mind identifying items!

Created: Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 21:14
Last updated: Thursday, July 23, 2026 at 00:41

Tags: linux, games