The Harbinger Awakens update comes out next Tuesday! The update includes a new boss fight, Loot V2, reduced grind and many more bug fixes! In the meantime, this patch fixes the missing pet bugs that’s been reported to us on our forums and a few other minor changes.

Don’t forget: Join the Steam Group to unlock new galactic weapons!

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where replacing an equipped item with another item will sometimes cause the item to go to the Scavenger. This issue was most noticeable with pets.
  
• Fixed an issue where double-clicking to equip pets caused the Pet Bag to “be full.” This fix and the fix above should solve the issue where players were losing their pets.
  
• Fixed an issue where players were able to get more green mana than intended by dropping.
  
• Fixed an issue where skeleton goblins weren’t properly attacking the core on Temple of the Necrotic.
  
• Changed text from 'Feed a Pet' to 'Feed any Pet.'
  
• Fixed an issue where the pet evolution preview box would appear grey.

The Harbinger Awakens update comes out next Tuesday! The update includes a new boss fight, Loot V2, reduced grind and many more bug fixes! In the meantime, this patch fixes the missing pet bugs that’s been reported to us on our forums and a few other minor changes.

Don’t forget: Join the Steam Group to unlock new galactic weapons!

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where replacing an equipped item with another item will sometimes cause the item to go to the Scavenger. This issue was most noticeable with pets.
  
• Fixed an issue where double-clicking to equip pets caused the Pet Bag to “be full.” This fix and the fix above should solve the issue where players were losing their pets.
  
• Fixed an issue where players were able to get more green mana than intended by dropping.
  
• Fixed an issue where skeleton goblins weren’t properly attacking the core on Temple of the Necrotic.
  
• Changed text from 'Feed a Pet' to 'Feed any Pet.'
  
• Fixed an issue where the pet evolution preview box would appear grey.

You've crushed the first goal in just THREE DAYS of the Begin the Awakening event! Because of your efforts, the War Cache is unlocked.

On December 15th when The Harbinger Awakens update comes out, the War Cache (disguised as a present) will be added to the Tavern. When you open it, a random legendary galactic weapon will be given to you. This weapon will roll based on the Item Power of the currently selected hero, but the weapon type inside is entirely random. Only one weapon will be given to you, but if you hit the future milestones, the cache will refresh and you’ll get another random galactic weapon!

The War Cache is a temporary item that will disappear sometime early next year. If you really want those galactic weapons permanently in the game, you’ll need to unlock them by joining the Steam Group!

The next unlock is the Squire’s Crystalline Saber at 125,000 members!

Tell your friends, and together, we'll Begin the Awakening.

You've crushed the first goal in just THREE DAYS of the Begin the Awakening event! Because of your efforts, the War Cache is unlocked.

On December 15th when The Harbinger Awakens update comes out, the War Cache (disguised as a present) will be added to the Tavern. When you open it, a random legendary galactic weapon will be given to you. This weapon will roll based on the Item Power of the currently selected hero, but the weapon type inside is entirely random. Only one weapon will be given to you, but if you hit the future milestones, the cache will refresh and you’ll get another random galactic weapon!

The War Cache is a temporary item that will disappear sometime early next year. If you really want those galactic weapons permanently in the game, you’ll need to unlock them by joining the Steam Group!

The next unlock is the Squire’s Crystalline Saber at 125,000 members!

Tell your friends, and together, we'll Begin the Awakening.

The Harbinger is coming to Dungeon Defenders II on December 15th. His power is growing, and so must ours. Join the Steam Group and like this post to obtain legendary galactic weapons. Together, we will Begin the Awakening.

As a community, meet the milestones below to add the following items to the game beginning December 15th:

80,000 members:

• Open the War Cache!
  
• Gain access to the War Cache (disguised as a present in the Tavern) and get one random legendary galactic weapon!

125,000 members:

• Wield the Squire’s Crystalline Saber!
  
• This milestone unlocks this weapon as a permanent drop in the game.
  
• The War Cache will refresh, giving you another random legendary galactic weapon.

175,000 members:

• Brandish the Huntress’ Bow-Blaster!
  
• This milestone unlocks this weapon as a permanent drop in the game.
  
• The War Cache will refresh, giving you another random legendary galactic weapon.

??? members:

• Command the Apprentice’s Blaster-Caster!
  
• This milestone unlocks this weapon as a permanent drop in the game.
  
• The War Cache will refresh, giving you another random legendary galactic weapon.

??? members:

• Unleash the Monk’s Crystalline Twin-Blade!
  
• This milestone unlocks this weapon as a permanent drop in the game.
  
• The War Cache will refresh, giving you another random legendary galactic weapon.

Tell your friends, and together, we'll Begin the Awakening.

Notes: When you open the War Cache, the legendary galactic weapon will roll based on the currently selected hero, but the weapon type inside is entirely random. And when you reach the milestone, the weapon is added as a drop to the game. You will not automatically receive one.

The Harbinger is coming to Dungeon Defenders II on December 15th. His power is growing, and so must ours. Join the Steam Group and like this post to obtain legendary galactic weapons. Together, we will Begin the Awakening.

As a community, meet the milestones below to add the following items to the game beginning December 15th:

80,000 members:

• Open the War Cache!
  
• Gain access to the War Cache (disguised as a present in the Tavern) and get one random legendary galactic weapon!

125,000 members:

• Wield the Squire’s Crystalline Saber!
  
• This milestone unlocks this weapon as a permanent drop in the game.
  
• The War Cache will refresh, giving you another random legendary galactic weapon.

175,000 members:

• Brandish the Huntress’ Bow-Blaster!
  
• This milestone unlocks this weapon as a permanent drop in the game.
  
• The War Cache will refresh, giving you another random legendary galactic weapon.

??? members:

• Command the Apprentice’s Blaster-Caster!
  
• This milestone unlocks this weapon as a permanent drop in the game.
  
• The War Cache will refresh, giving you another random legendary galactic weapon.

??? members:

• Unleash the Monk’s Crystalline Twin-Blade!
  
• This milestone unlocks this weapon as a permanent drop in the game.
  
• The War Cache will refresh, giving you another random legendary galactic weapon.

Tell your friends, and together, we'll Begin the Awakening.

Notes: When you open the War Cache, the legendary galactic weapon will roll based on the currently selected hero, but the weapon type inside is entirely random. And when you reach the milestone, the weapon is added as a drop to the game. You will not automatically receive one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wsCLLyP0rA

Join us today on our Twitch channel at 5PM EST for our Weekly Devstream! Brad and Steven will be answering your questions and revealing what we’ve got in store for you:

• A sneak peak at the upcoming Besieged maps.
  
• A reveal of our newest Harbinger build weapons and explain how they work, when to use them and why we must never, ever tell the Harbinger we have them.
  
• Loot Changes: I will be playing (and dying) on the Loot Branch and Dan will explain the upcoming changes to the loot system.
  
• New Holiday Tavern decorations and costumes. ‘Tis the season, people. We got Holiday Cheer coming out the yin-yang.
  
• Showing off our newest pet: the Dragolich! Oh no, don’t look at it! It’s terrifying! Rawr…
  
• Our Squire Boxer giveaway continues! Seriously, somebody get this guy a shirt or something. He’s making us look bad.
  
• And our final, super-secret reveal...the Awakening Pack!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wsCLLyP0rA

Join us today on our Twitch channel at 5PM EST for our Weekly Devstream! Brad and Steven will be answering your questions and revealing what we’ve got in store for you:

• A sneak peak at the upcoming Besieged maps.
  
• A reveal of our newest Harbinger build weapons and explain how they work, when to use them and why we must never, ever tell the Harbinger we have them.
  
• Loot Changes: I will be playing (and dying) on the Loot Branch and Dan will explain the upcoming changes to the loot system.
  
• New Holiday Tavern decorations and costumes. ‘Tis the season, people. We got Holiday Cheer coming out the yin-yang.
  
• Showing off our newest pet: the Dragolich! Oh no, don’t look at it! It’s terrifying! Rawr…
  
• Our Squire Boxer giveaway continues! Seriously, somebody get this guy a shirt or something. He’s making us look bad.
  
• And our final, super-secret reveal...the Awakening Pack!

Our next update, The Harbinger Awakens, comes out Dec. 15th! We have our noses to the grindstone trying to make the best boss fight yet. There’s a lot of other highly requested changes coming in the update, including improved loot, an improved leveling experience in the Level 38-50 range and so, so much more. This week is feature/content lock, and then next week is Stabilization Week, which is when we flatten bugs and spitshine the new hotness.

Also, PS4 players just received the massive Loot & Survive update! The epic patch notes are available here. Now our PS4 team is gearing up for the next content update. Expect to hear more news about it early next year.

We’ve also started two new programs: If you sign up for our newsletter, you’ll receive 200 free gems! Plus, if you join our Steam Group, you’ll be entered in for a chance to win 1,000 gems every week!

Here’s what we’ve been working on this week:

They are an army unlike any other. A sea of green skin, metal armor and dark magics. Crusading across Etheria towards the Eternia Crystals. Driven by a disastrous goal - unlocking the veil. To release the Old Ones. Leading them, the Harbinger. It is up to you, Stalwart Defenders of Etheria, to push him back. To disrupt his nefarious plan. To rise together in defense of this land. Your land. Together we stand. Together we defend! TO ARMS!

Running around like a madman as we get closer to the release!

Content Update 1 came out this week, and there’s a couple other surprises in store for the near future, but the immediate term is kicking off the next milestone on PS4 and then heading out to San Francisco for PSX this weekend.

Working with design and marketing on a way to get some discounts for premium items to you. Currently working on setting up Costumes, Inventory, and Premium Pets to be able to go on sale. Working pretty closely with design and content on the actual look and feel of sales. Also throwing some small tweaks to the inventory screen.

This week is my last week of development on the Harbinger before we go into full bug-fixing mode. Still lots to do to get the fight feeling great across all the playlists, but our internal playtests have been invaluable in taking this fight to the finish line. Less than two weeks until you guys get your hands on him. I can’t wait to see the reaction!



Working on getting everything together for the Harbinger. Also lots of fun balance updates making their way into the playlists. Making sure the winter maps are too chilly for everyone :D
But that cloaked figure tho….

Finishing up on the internal QA pass on the latest DD1 community update and starting testing on the new boss fight. As well as the rest of the MS20 content.

Hey out there! Putting the final touches on the holiday-themed events and a new adventure pack! It’s going to be an AWESOME winter!

Sometimes you’re working on a feature or piece of content and you just say to yourself, “I could only be doing this if I worked in video games.” I’ve said that a lot lately...

I’m “overseeing” the development of the Harbinger; basically throwing some hints here and there to minimize future work/additions. The team really seems to like implementing big boss fights as this guy is getting done in record time.

As a base foundation for future bosses, there are some things that could (and probably will) need some restructuring, but given our schedule and it being the first (somewhat) iteration, it’s coming up pretty good.

Also doing my regular random code reviews… as strange and maybe silly as it sounds … this works! I get to catch requirement mishaps based on how things are implemented (this implies knowledge of all the requirements of all the features underway; this is accomplished by simply being attentive at feature reviews and whatnot; also standups).

While I’m not supervising the boss feature development, I’m consolidating our SKUs codebases (PC/PS4). This is a lot of work, and after all the major issues we’ve encountered with SVN, I would recommend not trying to keep two live (trunk) branches at a same time; when things go eerie, they escalate/cascade eerily.

Some final words: Our team is growing. A couple of new engine programmers are helping us with our engine, and some of our Playverse team developers are also jumping into the fray fixing some of the matchmaking issues you guys have reported while also optimizing our services and making it more secure.

…there’s a lot going on. I hope you guys are enjoying the game, and as you do … bring a friend =D

Winter is coming...I've been working on the winter overlay for some levels, and now I'm currently working on the new Social Hub level. Time to expand the city!

Really excited about how the Boss level is turning out! Did some work for the winter overlay on most of our levels and now working on the new Social Hub. It’s becoming a huge city!

Assisting with the DD1 community push and tying up loose ends on our latest hotfix. Getting a feel for the Harbinger and the holidays content, and helping to ensure our final leg of the Loot Test goes smoothly.

We’ve just started our newsletter gem program and our Steam Group raffles! Excited to have those up and running. Now I’m writing the flavor text for our Harbinger Update page, escalating some community requests for the milestone after this one and drooling over the new costumes. Y’all ain’t even ready for those.

Our next update, The Harbinger Awakens, comes out Dec. 15th! We have our noses to the grindstone trying to make the best boss fight yet. There’s a lot of other highly requested changes coming in the update, including improved loot, an improved leveling experience in the Level 38-50 range and so, so much more. This week is feature/content lock, and then next week is Stabilization Week, which is when we flatten bugs and spitshine the new hotness.

Also, PS4 players just received the massive Loot & Survive update! The epic patch notes are available here. Now our PS4 team is gearing up for the next content update. Expect to hear more news about it early next year.

We’ve also started two new programs: If you sign up for our newsletter, you’ll receive 200 free gems! Plus, if you join our Steam Group, you’ll be entered in for a chance to win 1,000 gems every week!

Here’s what we’ve been working on this week:

They are an army unlike any other. A sea of green skin, metal armor and dark magics. Crusading across Etheria towards the Eternia Crystals. Driven by a disastrous goal - unlocking the veil. To release the Old Ones. Leading them, the Harbinger. It is up to you, Stalwart Defenders of Etheria, to push him back. To disrupt his nefarious plan. To rise together in defense of this land. Your land. Together we stand. Together we defend! TO ARMS!

Running around like a madman as we get closer to the release!

Content Update 1 came out this week, and there’s a couple other surprises in store for the near future, but the immediate term is kicking off the next milestone on PS4 and then heading out to San Francisco for PSX this weekend.

Working with design and marketing on a way to get some discounts for premium items to you. Currently working on setting up Costumes, Inventory, and Premium Pets to be able to go on sale. Working pretty closely with design and content on the actual look and feel of sales. Also throwing some small tweaks to the inventory screen.

This week is my last week of development on the Harbinger before we go into full bug-fixing mode. Still lots to do to get the fight feeling great across all the playlists, but our internal playtests have been invaluable in taking this fight to the finish line. Less than two weeks until you guys get your hands on him. I can’t wait to see the reaction!



Working on getting everything together for the Harbinger. Also lots of fun balance updates making their way into the playlists. Making sure the winter maps are too chilly for everyone :D
But that cloaked figure tho….

Finishing up on the internal QA pass on the latest DD1 community update and starting testing on the new boss fight. As well as the rest of the MS20 content.

Hey out there! Putting the final touches on the holiday-themed events and a new adventure pack! It’s going to be an AWESOME winter!

Sometimes you’re working on a feature or piece of content and you just say to yourself, “I could only be doing this if I worked in video games.” I’ve said that a lot lately...

I’m “overseeing” the development of the Harbinger; basically throwing some hints here and there to minimize future work/additions. The team really seems to like implementing big boss fights as this guy is getting done in record time.

As a base foundation for future bosses, there are some things that could (and probably will) need some restructuring, but given our schedule and it being the first (somewhat) iteration, it’s coming up pretty good.

Also doing my regular random code reviews… as strange and maybe silly as it sounds … this works! I get to catch requirement mishaps based on how things are implemented (this implies knowledge of all the requirements of all the features underway; this is accomplished by simply being attentive at feature reviews and whatnot; also standups).

While I’m not supervising the boss feature development, I’m consolidating our SKUs codebases (PC/PS4). This is a lot of work, and after all the major issues we’ve encountered with SVN, I would recommend not trying to keep two live (trunk) branches at a same time; when things go eerie, they escalate/cascade eerily.

Some final words: Our team is growing. A couple of new engine programmers are helping us with our engine, and some of our Playverse team developers are also jumping into the fray fixing some of the matchmaking issues you guys have reported while also optimizing our services and making it more secure.

…there’s a lot going on. I hope you guys are enjoying the game, and as you do … bring a friend =D

Winter is coming...I've been working on the winter overlay for some levels, and now I'm currently working on the new Social Hub level. Time to expand the city!

Really excited about how the Boss level is turning out! Did some work for the winter overlay on most of our levels and now working on the new Social Hub. It’s becoming a huge city!

Assisting with the DD1 community push and tying up loose ends on our latest hotfix. Getting a feel for the Harbinger and the holidays content, and helping to ensure our final leg of the Loot Test goes smoothly.

We’ve just started our newsletter gem program and our Steam Group raffles! Excited to have those up and running. Now I’m writing the flavor text for our Harbinger Update page, escalating some community requests for the milestone after this one and drooling over the new costumes. Y’all ain’t even ready for those.