DEFENDERS!

Today we pushed out an update to bring the holiday season to Etheria! While we’re working on our Beta for Dungeon Defenders: Awakened, we wanted to make sure that Dungeon Defenders II was able to celebrate the festivities that the holiday season brings. Let’s get into it!


When you hop in, the Town Hub and Private Tavern has been transformed into a cozy and wintry wonderland.
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You’ll notice the most welcomed change, being the Wayfarer is dressed in his best Santa costume… Oh also, THE GIFTING TREE IS BACK! Check back once a day to receive some awesome goodies, maybe a mythical Defender Pack or a Season Weapon is inside. Open those presents before all the snow melts! (this snow isn't strong enough to last until April this year ;) )


In the spirit of the holidays, there’s a giant gem sale going on in the emporium. All of the following are on sale for 50% OFF of their normal gem cost:

• ALL Heroes
• ALL Costumes
• ALL Shards
• ALL Shard Packs
• ALL Hero Bundles
• ALL Bags
• ALL Bank Vaults
• ALL Tower Skins
• Material Booster Pack

Some things may not have a 50% off badge next to it, but we assure you that everything listed here has been lowered. We’re excited to share the holiday cheer and make it easier to get what you want this holiday season!

• The Target Dummies are on the naughty list, and have been banished from the Town Hub during the holiday season. (Really they were causing an issue with loading that area, so they’re temporarily removed)

We’re currently working on getting Dungeon Defenders: Awakened out here shortly with 2020 just right around the corner! We’ve been hard at work, and if you haven’t, check out our beta check-in here. If you want to keep up with what’s going on with Dungeon Defenders: Awakened before preordering/purchasing on release, be sure to add us to your wishlist to get continued updates! <3
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1101190/Dungeon_Defenders_Awakened/
To get reliable updates on what’s to come, be sure to check out our social platforms for the latest juiciest beans to be spilled:

• Twitter
• Facebook
• Discord
• Twitch

The entire team thanks you for your support. We’re working to make Chromatic Games a studio that is able to create games current and future that our Defenders are sure to enjoy, because our games are made for YOU!

Happy Holidays!
Chromatic Games

DEFENDERS!

If you haven’t heard, Dungeon Defenders: Awakened, the latest in the Dungeon Defenders series, is now in Closed Beta! Continue reading for more info, or click the small picture below to check it out! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1101190/

Earlier this month our last Prime Incursion was unlocked, bringing Betsy back into the spotlight, with many Defenders taking her down. We loved how Prime Incursions have gone, but have not been able to add to the system because we recently released Dungeon Defenders: Awakened into Closed Beta, and are working towards our February 2020 release!



We’ve received a ton of praise for DD:A with phrases like “the magic is back” and “this IS Dungeon Defenders”. Our continued work is to iterate on the feedback that many Defenders have provided so far while we finish polishing prior to our February release. We’re calling all Defenders to join us in helping make Dungeon Defenders: Awakened the best game it can be. The reception so far has been stellar, and it’s only fueled us even more to make sure we pour our hearts and souls into making DDA something players feel pure joy playing!

The past has been changed! Choose your hero and construct an epic defense to fend off hordes of enemies while you jump into the fray to protect Etheria. Fight alongside friends in four player combat to claim legendary loot, level up, and take on the legions of enemies that await you! Revisit familiar places, but also unseen destinations throughout Etheria, new in Dungeon Defenders: Awakened.



Master the Squire, Huntress, Apprentice, and Monk to fight off any enemy that approaches. Build and utilize each character’s unique arsenal of blockades, towers, traps, and auras to keep the Eternia Crystals safe. The only requirement is to win, but it’s up to you to choose how!

Defending Etheria is better with friends! Bring three of your friends to jump into the fray with you. You can play online, local LAN, or offline 4-player splitscreen. The choice is yours! With Cross Save functionality, you’re able to take your save here on Steam over to your Nintendo Switch on release, if you own DD:A on the Nintendo Switch. The same functionality can be done later when we release on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One!



Collect mountains of loot while battling waves of attackers! Swords, crossbows, staves, polearms, axes, grenade launchers, beam sabers, and so much more are yours for the taking. There’s even more epic loot coming to Dungeon Defenders: Awakened, with brand new rewards from monsters, bosses, and challenges — weapons, pets, armor, and more!



In Dungeon Defenders: Awakened, customization is king! Choose what gear you bring into battle, your hero’s appearance, the defenses you build, and where you build them. In Etheria, you’re the master of your own destiny!

By preordering Dungeon Defenders: Awakened, you gain access to our limited Closed Beta, letting you give us feedback and helping make it the best game it can be! To keep things simple, when you activate your Beta key, it automatically converts to your release copy when we release the game in February. Make sure to not give away your key or cheat!

To get reliable updates on what’s to come, be sure to check out our social platforms for the latest juiciest beans to be spilled:

• Twitter
  
• Facebook
  
• Twitch

The entire team cannot wait to see you tear apart the Beta or play our latest creation on release. We’re excited for release in February, we’re grateful for all the tremendous feedback we’ve received so far (and the more to come), and want to thank you for joining us on this journey!

For Etheria!
Chromatic Games

DEFENDERS!

Today we released the PRIME INCURSIONS update on all platforms! We wanted to provide a challenge to our tested Defenders that was separate from Onslaught, and Prime Incursions are just that. There’s a lot to unpack here, so let’s get into it!

What are they?
They are the highest and newest tier of incursions, selectable from the Incursions tab on the War Table. There are six different groups of incursions to play through that are releasing over time. You are able to play them as they are unleashed, the only thing that can hold you back is your own skill!

What are the rewards?
Prime Incursions have three different rewards associated with them.

Chaos VIII Ampoules
Each Prime Incursion has the chance to drop a Chaos VIII Ampoule. As you continuously progress, the Incursions get more and more difficult. As such, we wanted to increase the drop rate of Chaos VIII Ampoules to match that increase in difficulty. These Incursions can get pretty tough, which led us to making the hardest of these challenges have the highest drop chance for Chaos VIII Ampoules.

Chaos VIII Weapons
We’ve added a whole new slew of weapons with new weapon models that are only available through Prime Incursions. There’s over 25 new weapons to collect, sure to scratch that collector’s itch!



That’s not all there is to these weapons. Each weapon is upgraded to Chaos VIII, at the full 5/5 upgrade quality! That means they are perfectly upgraded, letting you focus on using Chaos VIII Amps to upgrade your relics and armor instead. Alongside these upgrades, we’ve curated these weapons to be what you really want. They have some of the most alluring shot and swing types many of you enjoy. ALONGSIDE THAT, included are curated mods specific to these weapons that really ensure these drops feel good and pack a punch!

Hyper Shards
Hyper Shards are something every player wants to boost up their arsenal. Previously, they were only acquired through Mastery completion, requiring a specific amount of Mastery Stars. Now, in Prime Incursions, you earn a Hyper Shard for every group you complete. There are six groups total, so if you complete all six of the groupings, you earn the seventh Hyper Shard as a capstone reward! This means you can now have up to TWO of each Hyper Shard in your ranks, pushing back the Old Ones forces more hyper-er than before.

When Do They Release?

Today we released the first two groups of Prime Incursions, Prime I and Prime II. Each of these groups contains 3 incursions, for a total of 6 to conquer. Every week, on Wednesday @ 9AM ET, we are releasing a new incursion. This is going until early November, giving you content to come back each week to enjoy. Here’s the schedule:

• Prime I & II: TODAY!
  
• Prime III Malthius: September 4th
  
• Prime III Power Surge: September 11th
  
• Prime IV Dark Awakening: September 18th
  
• Prime IV Return to Maldonis: September 25th
  
• Prime IV Bastille Master: October 2nd
  
• Prime V Altar of the Athame: October 9th
  
• Prime V Revenge of the Yetis: October 16th
  
• Prime V Spectral Assault: October 23rd
  
• Prime VI Dawn of the Blood Moon: October 30th
  
• Prime VI BETSY: November 5th

The Ascended Initiate is now available for purchase in-game at 800 Gems!

To get reliable updates on what’s to come, be sure to check out our social platforms for the latest juiciest beans to be spilled:

• Twitter
  
• Facebook
  
• Discord
  
• Twitch

The team had a blast making this content, we cannot wait for all of you to get your hands on our next update. Stay tuned for more info soon!


For Etheria!

Chromatic Games

DEFENDERS!

The Defender-Centric Update is now LIVE! This update contains a whole lot of love to a lot of foundational systems within Dungeon Defenders II. These changes are based off of feedback many of you have provided, and as Chromatic, we wanted to really give our GLORIOUS Defenders something that demonstrated how much we value our community. Without further ado, let's get into it!

Shards are such an integral part to Dungeon Defenders II when it comes to empowering your heroes with great strength to take out the waves of enemies constantly thrown at you. Currently there is a lot of RNG regarding which shards you get, and to help cut down the randomness, farming lower tiered content is the easiest way to go.



We don’t want that. We want you playing content you find engaging, while being able to acquire the Shards you want. With this update, you can! We're adding in the Shard Shop, a service that the Gran Ma'ster now offers. Visiting her allows you to purchase Shards directly from her, from Campaign to Chaos VII. There is also search functionality so you can search for the Shard you want and cut down the hunt!

Chaos VIII Shards are a new tier of shard, that some of you may have snagged before. We went through and found a way to make these shards feel like a good reward for climbing higher Onslaught, and have them compete with similar Shards. You can get them after a certain point in Onslaught, similar to when you start receiving Chaos VIII Ampoules.



We want players enjoying Ancient Power as much as they can, and our big goal was making sure that Defenders could play content they found engaging, while working towards a specific goal. Enter Material Conversion. Material Conversion allows you to take a Pristine quality material and convert it to the same type of material of a lower quality. This makes it so that if you are climbing Onslaught, or playing higher Chaos, you're always gaining usable materials to acquire Ancient Power.



That's not all though! As you play Chaos VII and above, you can take your Chaos VII Ampoules and convert them into CHAOS VIII AMPOULES! We want players upgrading and getting Chaos VIII gear, so this is a step towards making that process feel good and not entirely beholden to RNG. We’ll be using this as a basis for any additional changes/additions made to Ancient Power.



One thing that we love is the ability to customize the heroes in Dungeon Defenders II. Weapons are part of the epic-ness (or silliness) that can really show off your own personal taste. This update provides over 30 NEW Weapons that are currently unobtainable. These weapons are gained by climbing through different tiers of Onslaught. The higher you go, the more epic the weapons become! These weapons scale upon opening the gifts to your progression (to a cap, like Chaos VII items). There's a ton to hunt down, and if you happen to get the same weapon repeatedly, no worries — you can trade it to your friends!

Poison Mods in the form of Chips are coming with this update. This Mod can be find in Lost Temple for now. Poison can be applied to weapons to give them an additional damage over time effect. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! If earth damage is dealt to a poisoned enemy, they now become PETRIFIED, freezing them in place, turning them to stone, and causing their fellow enemies to attack them!

We understand that a lot of Defenders that come to Dungeon Defenders II want to start the game off with their friends. This update includes the ability to complete the New User Experience (the first three tutorial levels) with friends. The flow has also been adjusted so that new Defenders get to town faster and instead of having to complete the tutorial maps first.



Heroes

Adept

Towers

• Hailstorm Tower
  
• • Increased damage scaling to 4.7 from 4.5 (5% BUFF)

Abilities

• Arc Lightning
  
• • Increased scaling to 42 from 40 (5% BUFF)

Gunwitch

Abilities

• Two at Twice the Price
  
• • Increased scaling to 5.5 from 5 (10% BUFF)
• Broomvault
  
• • Increased scaling to 37 from 35 (6% BUFF)
• Broom Swarm
  
• • Increased scaling to 12 from 10 (15% BUFF)

Huntress

Towers

• Poison Dart Tower
  
• • Now deals Poison damage by default. This provides the same rules as other elemental damage towers, where Mods cannot apply a second form of elemental damage, but Shards can.

Initiate

Abilities

• Draining Strike
  
• • Increased scaling to 27 from 25 (8% BUFF)

Lavamancer

Towers

• Maw of the Earth Drake
  
  • Defense Unit cost reduced to 40 from 50 (20% BUFF)
    
  • Defense Health Scaling reduced from 225 to 175
• Fissure of Embermount
  
• • Increased scaling to 2.2 from 2.0 (10% BUFF)
• Oil Geyser
  
• • Health scaling increased to 0.2 from 0.1 (50% BUFF)
• Volcano
  
• • Increased damage scaling to 9.51 from 9.31 (3% BUFF)
    
  • Increased range scaling to 1.5555 from 1.3334 (15% BUFF)

Abilities

• Eruption
  
  • Increased Tower Defense Power scaling to 1.3 from 1.2 (8% BUFF)

Mystic

Towers

• Sand Viper
  
• • Increased damage scaling to 6.975 from 6.875 (2% BUFF)
• Snaking Sands
• • Increased range scaling to 0.1534 from 0.1334 (15% BUFF)

Shards

Abyss Lord

• Power of the Knight (Gloves)
  
• Increased damage boost scaling to 5 from 3 per level (66% BUFF)

Dryad

• World Tree McBufferson (Relic)
  
• • Increased shield bonus to 15 from 10 per level (50% BUFF)

Gunwitch

• Broomnado Power (Boots)
  
• • Increased damage scaling to 3.5 from 3.0 (17% BUFF)
• Scatter Power (Chest)
  
• • Increased damage scaling from 3.5 to 3.0 (17% BUFF)
• Snipe Critical Strike (Weapon)
  
• • Increased Critical Chance to 3 from 2 per level (50% BUFF)

Lavamancer

• Crumbling Stone (Relic)
  
• • Increased damage multiplier to 1.5 from 1.0 per level (50% BUFF)
• Shattering Stones (Boots)
  
• • Increased detonation damage to 45 from 40 per level (13% BUFF)
• Volcanic Might (Relic)
  
• • Increased stun chance to 2% from 1.5% per level (33% BUFF)
• Volcano Mega Rock (Relic)
  
• • Increase Defense Power scaling to 200 from 150 per level (33% BUFF)

Mystic

• Lashing Power (Chest)
  
• • Increased damage to 3.5 from 3.0 per level (17% BUFF)
• Split Vipers (Relic)
  
• • No longer removes ramp up damage (BUFF)
• Debilitating Madness (Gloves)
  
• • Increased damage amplification to 3.5 from 3.0 (17% BUFF)

• Fixed an issue with Pristine Motes not dropping correctly from Victory Chests (now drops a stack of five).
  
• Fixed an issue with Shattequake triggering Mod effects based off the heroes equipped weapon.
  
• Fixed an issue with poison sometimes not applying towards the Controller Burn mutator.
  
• Fixed an exploit that allowed users to generate infinite mana with the Dryad.
  
• Adjusted error messaging when players were pushed to the main menu from the tutorial maps.
  
• Fixed an exploit that allowed users to generate unlimited defense mana.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed defense effects to stay after being sold.
  
• Adjusted the messaging from the second tutorial map.
  
• Adjusted messaging that indicated a map had not been unlocked yet.
  
• Fixed an issue that allowed players to get infinite help.

• Shattering Stones, Explosive Poison, Snake Bomb, and Explosive Finale shards are not working correctly.
  
• Crafting Materials are currently not tradeable.
  
• The Wayfarer is still in his winter clothes, we’ll get him a new pair of clothes in our next patch/hotfix.
  
• Poison Dart Tower does not have an attunement icon.

To get reliable updates on what’s to come, be sure to check out our social platforms for the latest juiciest beans to be spilled:

• Twitter
  
• Facebook
  
• Discord
  
• Twitch

The entire team has had a blast making this content, we cannot wait for all of you to get your hands on our next update. Stay tuned for more info soon!

For Etheria!

The Dungeon Defenders II Team

DEFENDERS!

Our next update, the Defender-Centric Update, is upon us! This update contains a whole lot of love to a lot of foundational systems within Dungeon Defenders II. These changes are based off of feedback many of you have provided, and as Chromatic, we wanted to really give our GLORIOUS Defenders something that demonstrated how much we value our community. Without further ado, let's get into it!

Shards are such an integral part to Dungeon Defenders II when it comes to empowering your heroes with great strength to take out the waves of enemies constantly thrown at you. Currently there is a lot of RNG regarding which shards you get, and to help cut down the randomness, farming lower tiered content is the easiest way to go.

We don’t want that. We want you playing content you find engaging, while being able to acquire the Shards you want. With this update, you can! We're adding in the Shard Shop, a service that the Gran Ma'ster now offers. Visiting her allows you to purchase Shards directly from her, from Campaign to Chaos VII. There is also search functionality so you can search for the Shard you want and cut down the hunt!

Chaos VIII Shards are a new tier of shard, that some of you may have snagged before. We went through and found a way to make these shards feel like a good reward for climbing higher Onslaught, and have them compete with similar Shards. You can get them after a certain point in Onslaught, similar to when you start receiving Chaos VIII Ampoules.

We want players enjoying Ancient Power as much as they can, and our big goal was making sure that Defenders could play content they found engaging, while working towards a specific goal. Enter Material Conversion. Material Conversion allows you to take a Pristine quality material and convert it to the same type of material of a lower quality. This makes it so that if you are climbing Onslaught, or playing higher Chaos, you're always gaining usable materials to acquire Ancient Power.

That's not all though! As you play Chaos VII and above, you can take your Chaos VII Ampoules and convert them into CHAOS VIII AMPOULES! We want players upgrading and getting Chaos VIII gear, so this is a step towards making that process feel good and not entirely beholden to RNG.

One thing that we love is the ability to customize the heroes in Dungeon Defenders II. Weapons are part of the epic-ness (or silliness) that can really show off your own personal taste. This update provides over 30 NEW Weapons that are currently unobtainable. These weapons are gained by climbing through different tiers of Onslaught. The higher you go, the more epic the weapons become! There's a ton to hunt down, and if you happen to get the same weapon repeatedly, no worries — you can trade it to your friends!

Poison Mods in the form of Chips are coming with this update. Poison can be applied to weapons to give them an additional damage over time effect. BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE! If earth damage is dealt to a poisoned enemy, they now become PETRIFIED, freezing them in place, turning them to stone, and causing their fellow enemies to attack them.

To get reliable updates on what’s to come, be sure to check out our social platforms for the latest juiciest beans to be spilled:

• Twitter
  
• Facebook
  
• Discord
  
• Twitch

The entire team has had a blast making this content, we cannot wait for all of you to get your hands on our next update. Stay tuned for more info soon!

For Etheria!

The Dungeon Defenders II Team

Greetings Defenders,

We’re getting closer and closer to the next Dungeon Defenders II update! Our focus is on taking big strides to make this update as player-centric as possible, with even more player-centric changes coming out in future updates. Currently we’re working on Dungeon Defenders II and Dungeon Defenders: Awakened (check out the Kickstarter here), so we’ve been super busy and working at 385% (real metric). We have a lot to go, and this intro is long enough, so let’s get into it!

We’ve seen so much feedback on Shards for so long, and we’re able to now do something that makes it easier to receive them and farm for them however you want. Our primary goal was trying to get the vendor into an easily navigable menu while easily seeing as many shards as possible. Here’s what you can expect to see:



We went through a lot of ways to figure out how to make them easy to get. We looked into shard dust, but then you’re still limited to farming a specific chaos tier to actually be able to earn a specific shard. We looked into ways of converting shard dust into different versions, but the ability to make that easy to do was very messy and hard to use (very frustrating), created a ton of technical difficulties for us, and ended up requiring more inventory management. Eventually we ended up landing on making them purchasable with Defender Medals. We currently have an RPG test going (contact dani.moore@chromatic.games if you want to join the test, are 18 or older, and can sign an NDA) testing this specific feature, but we do not have a specific price set yet. Going with Defender Medals allowed us a way to provide players a concrete way to earn them in multiple ways. If you want to farm a specific tier, you can still do that to maybe increase your chances a little more; but if you want to keep progressing while playing engaging content or just do dailies, you are now able to do those things while working towards a specific reward.

Oh, and one last thing. This badboy has search functionality in it as well. It’s pretty dope.

We’re bringing back Chaos VIII Shards. These are a slew of shards that will be obtainable through higher floors of Onslaught (similar to Chaos VIII Ampuoles). Because we want these shards to feel special and rewarding, they will not be purchasable with the launch of the Shard Vendor, but will be making a debut at a later date. We have some veteran Defenders who have held onto these for a long time, and the majority of these Shards are going to be re-enabled. There are two Shards that we are removing as they cause either tech issues (making mobs get stuck, lowering performance, etc). They are Harbinger’s Exile and Elemental Chaos. We’ll have a comprehensive list of these Shards with the update notes.

We’re keeping good to our word and adding in Poison damage! There are certain towers that have Poison damage, and there is a Poison Damage Chip as well that can be applied to weapons. There may be a new weapon or two that comes with it by default…

Also what would elemental damage be without any kind of combo? We’re currently adding our first Poison interaction. This one is pretty awesome. Combining poisoned enemies with earth damage now petrifies them. It’s like turning your enemies into a work of art.

We’re adding a slew of new weapons that you can earn while playing through Onslaught. At various tiers within Onslaught, you have a chance to receive an additional treasure that contains a random new weapon from that tier. Some of these weapons a few Defenders have seen before, but we’ve got a ton of new weapons that players have never seen, here’s one:



There’s a lot more info on these drops and when you get them (you do get guaranteed drops), but we’ll have more information on these new weapons in our update notes.

Currently we’re working on changing up some of our campaign progression. This is to focus on letting Defenders play together as soon as possible. Our focus is to make this process feel as good as it can be. With what we’re able to do here, this could affect different areas in the game for future updates.

There’s more coming as well, but this is a sneak peek, so we can’t talk about everything. We’ve been hard at work, so give us a little longer and we’ll get a quality update for you, our GLORIOUS Defenders!

To get reliable updates on what’s to come, be sure to check out our social platforms for the latest juiciest beans to be spilled:

• Twitter
  
• Facebook
  
• Discord
  
• Twitch

We've really been putting in the time to make this as player-centric as possible. Stay tuned for more info soon!

For Etheria!

The Dungeon Defenders II Team

Greetings Defenders!

Earlier this week we revealed what we were working on so far this year, Dungeon Defenders: Awakened! As Chromatic Games, we're a new studio (which can you read about here) with entirely new leadership, vision, developers, goals, and focus: to make player-centric games. This new Dungeon Defenders title is our first step in the right direction and we hope that you'll join us along for the journey.



Being a new studio we have a lot of big ambitions for what we want to accomplish, and for that we'll need your help! We just launched our Kickstarter, so if you haven't, give it a look and see if it's something you want to back. We're consistently posting updates and are going to reveal more and more over time!

We're taking tons of feedback on this new project at our forums, so if you're interested in joining the conversation head on over to the new snazzy forums and your voice will be heard!

There's so much left to go and we can't wait to get there with you.

For Etheria!

The Chromatic Games Team

Greetings Defenders,

We’ve been hard at work since our latest update and we’re ready to share some of what you can expect to see in our next update! We wanted to take a step back and focus on some more player-centric changes, and we’ve got a pretty hefty list of things we’re accomplishing. There’s still a lot of work for us to do, and while we’re not ready to show anything off yet, it’s the perfect time to talk about some of the things you can expect to see coming to Dungeon Defenders II!

Shards are such an integral part to Dungeon Defenders II when it comes to empowering your towers with great strength to take out the waves of enemies constantly thrown at you. Currently there is a lot of RNG regarding which shards you get, and to help cut down the randomness, farming lower tiered content is the easiest way to go.

We don’t want that. We want you playing content you find engaging, while being able to acquire the Shards you want. The exact details cannot be spilled out here, but we’re working on concrete ways to get the specific Shards you want.

They’ve been gone for a while, and the game has changed quite a bit since they were removed. We have taken a pass at them so that they fit into the current game and are something you want to get. You’ll be able to get them after a certain point in Onslaught, similar to when you start receiving Chaos VIII Ampoules.

There’s a lot of epic weapons that we’re going to be making available, some that have been available previously, and some you've never seen before. Players love to make their characters look unique, and while costumes, flairs, and accessories help accomplish this, weapons also play a big part in making your heroes look awesome!

We know a lot of you really enjoyed harnessing the powers of the elements, and we promised to add to this system. In the next update, Poison Mods will be added. While we’re not talking interactions yet, we wanted to let you know that we’re expanding on the list of powers you can combo to break apart your enemies!

There’s still a decent amount to talk about, and we promise to get word out on things as soon as we can. This next month is going to be a crazy ride for all of our Defenders and we cannot wait to share with you what our 2019 is going to look like! We'll be doing at least one other update over the next month, and then go through our usual release of dev streams and previews. We’re wanting to really take our time with everything we're conjuring up and give attention to a lot of things that we believe you’ll enjoy.

To get reliable updates on what’s to come, be sure to check out our social platforms for the latest juiciest beans to be spilled:

• Twitter
  
• Facebook
  
• Discord
  
• Twitch

The entire team has had a blast making this content, we cannot wait for all of you to get your hands on our next update. Stay tuned for more info soon!

For Etheria!

The Dungeon Defenders II Team

The Heroes of Etheria have arrived at Drakenfrost Keep and explored its grounds. Throughout their exploration they unlocked a hidden chamber shrouded in runes around a mage who made the ultimate sacrifice to keep an ancient evil at bay. The seal has been broken, and the Drakenlord lives again! Held at bay for many years, kept alive only by fables, this menacing evil seeks to take back his keep, raise a dragon army, and set out to conquer the lands of Etheria. It is up to you, Defender, to send this juggernaut back to the underworld.

Greeting Defenders,

We unleashed a beast in Patch 4.3, which is now out on ALL platforms! The Drakenlord has come to terrorize the citizens of Etheria, we took a pass at some additional Mod Reroll quality of life, bug fixes, and more. Let’s get into it!


Soaring through the skies of Etheria, the Drakenlord is trying to take back his domain, Drakenfrost Keep. He’s a new boss type that will require you to create unique strategies to take him down, unlike any other boss you’ve fought so far! With his arrival, he may appear in other maps as well. He is now ready to fight you in Expeditions!

Drakenfrost Keep is also now a map that appears in Onslaught. Starting at Floor 39, Drakenfrost Keep appears every 10 floors as a capstone floor (similar to The Lost Temple). This means at Floors 34, 44, 54, 64, etc., you have to defend the Lost Temple, and on Floors 39, 49, 59, 69, etc., you conquer Drakenfrost Keep.

The Drakenlord provides new rewards every week! There are a slew of new weapons AND Mods for you to obtain by slaying him and protecting Etheria.

A costume for the Squire is now available on the Emporium, where you can BECOME the Drakenlord. We’re excited to see how you handle what he has in store for you, and the great rewards that await you.

We’ve been all about adding Mod quality of life changes, and here’s another one. Previously we doubled 10/10 drop chances, then last week we ensured that you run into a 10/10 after actively playing for ~10 hours, AND we added a new Mod Reroll material (that can be stored in the Material Vault).

A lot of people have enjoyed these adds, but we thought we’d take it a step further. Mod Rerolls allow you to target specific Mods into becoming 10/10. Some players target farm lower tiers to try and get better luck on a 10/10 dropping for a specific lower Mod (*cough* Tenacity *cough*). We want you all playing content you find engaging, so now Mod Rerolls after a while will guarantee a 10/10 roll. The amount of time is greatly impacted by the ability to buy this material from other players. This change means you can keep climbing or playing content you want, and are guaranteed to eventually get a 10/10 of the Mod you want.

There were a few issues with Diminishing Returns upon release. Most of these problems were related to towers/abilities that could apply a stun more than once a second (i.e. Weapon Manufacturer and Protons). These towers were causing a large spike in diminishing returns that was not intended. On top of that, because of the fast attack rate the drop off of diminishing returns was halted.

Three major issues caused this, Stuns reapplying themselves and adjusting their initial duration each time. This caused initial stuns to a lot last less than intended, which was fixed in today’s update. Second, all Crowd Controls (CC) were adding to the same tenacity pool instead of separated by type (for instance, stuns and slows). This was causing a much higher overall tenacity than expected, which was also fixed in today’s update. The final issue, which we are still working on, is related to how the tenacity fall off is calculated. This is causing some enemies that start at a higher base tenacity when playing with four players to have enemies be nearly immune to CC after their first stun. This is not intended and we are actively looking into a fix to allow players to use theirs stuns as intended.

This is a feature that we are testing on PC/Steam. There’s a lot of information that we’re going to be gathering with this specific feature, so we want to communicate that there may be times where it’s not working correctly, and it may require game restarts to get it functioning correctly, but will not affect your gameplay specifically.

Communities provide a way for you to gather with up to 30 like-minded Defenders and talk across games and lobbies, invite to party, and more! You can be in up to 5 communities at any time, and are able to create communities whenever you want. Here are some of the functionalities that Communities offer:

• Give them a unique name (don’t worry, the name filter is working)
  
• Give them a three or four letter acronym of your choice.
  
• By using “/c1”, “/c2”, “/c3”, “/c4”, and “/c5” you can quickly chat in each of your communities. (You can also use /<insert acronym here> to chat with them as well).
  
• Invite players to join your parties in the Town or Private Tavern.
  
• Use different ranks (Owner, Officer, and then regular members).
  
• Invite and recommend users to join a Community.

There’s a lot more functionality and we’re looking at ways to add more and improve the current setups. We’re looking forward to your constructive feedback and will be doing everything we can to make these Communities great.

Abyss Lord

• Towers
  
  • Skeletal Orc
    
    • The DU cost is now 30, was previously 35.

Dryad

• Towers
  
  • World Tree
    
    • The DU cost is now 20, was previously 25.

Lavamancer

• Towers
  
  • Fissure of Embermount
    
    • The overlap is now 35% of the max range, was previously 50% (for reference, flame aura overlap is 50%).

Squire

• Towers
  
  • Training Dummy
    
    • The DU cost is now 20, was previously 25.

• Fixed an issue where a small group of player’s pets had invalid stats tied to them.
  
• Fixed an issue where Boom chips were functioning incorrectly.
  
• Fixed an issue for PS4 users getting kicked to the main menu, and having to restart the game to continue.
  
• Fixed an issue with inspecting items on the ground while playing splitscreen for PS4 and Xbox.
  
• Fixed an issue when inspecting defenses, it showed the stats of other defenses.
  
• Adjusted billboard focus size to make them easier to read.
  
• Destructive Pylon and Destruction interaction match the Destructive Pylon tooltip and no longer stack.
  
• Fixed an issue when going through incursions and getting put against Malthius.
  
• Updated drenching strikes to be affected by electrocute for the correct duration
  
• Fixed an issue with pathing in lanes that had translucent objects.
  
• Fixed an issue where water chip was sometimes not drenching enemies.
  
• Adjusted Vampiric Empowerment to show the correct stat boost on the individual tower inspect screen in the inventory.
  
• Fixed an issue where restarting Drakenfrost Keep produced one less core alive.
  
• The Haunting Shard now shoots ghosts on secondary attacks.
  
• Fixed an issue with Ogres teleporting on the far east lane of The Lost Temple.
  
• Fixed an issue with non-leader members of a party get a bad error message when matchmaking.
  
• Changed the schedules on Drakenfrost Keep on Chaos VI and VII in Expeditions.
  
• Boom mods should now work on everything they’re equipped to.
  
• Fixed a framerate drop on Xbox when interacting with enemy schedule billboard.
  
• Fixed an issue on PS4 where the menu level music played during the video intro.
  
• Fixed an issue on comparing/inspecting items in the inventory if they are not equippable for the current selected hero.
  
• Removed an Auto Sort checkbox on the Tinkering UI.
  
• Tweaked the VFX for the Accumulator Servo to show the AoE effect.
  
• Fixed an issue on Sacrificial Warden adventure when using a controller/gamepad.
  
• Fixed an issue for a very small subset of users that caused an issue when coming back from a long break that had them temporarily stuck on Greystone Plaza.
  
• Adjusted how Diminishing Return buffs were calculated with different types of debuffs.
  
• Adjusted the difficulty of Forest Crossroads, Liferoot Forest, and Betsy during the campaign to be easier.
  
• Added elemental effects to weapons dropped during the New User Experience.
  
• Adjusted the pickup radius for Primary Reroll and Mod Reroll materials.
  
• Fixed an issue on gamepads/controllers with focus while rerolling Mods/Primary stats.

• Some sources of fire damage from Shards/Mods are not lighting torches correctly on Drakenfrost Keep.
  
• If you are not able to use Communities, restart the game to get back into them.
  
• Consecutive Win Bonus and Replay From Wave can fail, currently getting a fix ready.
  
• Replaying from Wave on Drakenfrost Keep and winning can result in not receiving the special Frost weapons.

To get reliable updates on what’s to come, be sure to check out our social platforms for the latest juiciest beans to be spilled:

• Twitter
  
• Facebook
  
• Discord
  
• Twitch

The entire team has had a blast making this content, we cannot wait for all of you to get your hands on our next update. Stay tuned for more info soon!

For Etheria!

The Dungeon Defenders II Team

Greetings Defenders,

The cold winds from the west are here, bringing Dungeon Defenders II: Drakenfrost with them to Steam and PlayStation 4, with Xbox coming later today! We put out a Dev Log showcasing some of the work that’s gone into the update, as well as a Dev Stream debuting some of the goodness coming. In this patch preview, we’ll be talking about those systems a little more in-depth to hold you over until the Update Notes are released. Let’s get to it!


Drakenfrost Keep has recently been re-discovered by members of the intrepid Etherian Explorer’s Guild. The Explorers were guided to its location by a tattered scroll discovered in the Mages Council Library. The scroll alluded to an ancient sealing ritual used by the early Council to seal away the powerful Generals, commanders of the armies of the Old Ones. The scroll detailed the Keep’s location with cryptic hints about “requiring the ultimate sacrifice” to seal away evil’s essence into “a vessel unlike the Eternia Crystals”.

This is the newest map to Dungeon Defenders II. Some old school Dungeon Defenders fans will notice a lot of similarities to the Royal Gardens map, but don’t get comfortable, as there is a lot more danger to this map to take on. We’ll touch on this map more overtime, we’re excited to see the different builds that arise to take on the challenges that wait.

Drakenfrost Keep is available in a new Adventure that includes Drakenfrost Resort (previously known as the Hotspring Map) AND in Expeditions.


Head to Town or your Private Tavern to take part in Winterfest! Visiting everyday gives the opportunity to take a present from the giant festive tree located next to the Scavenger in Town, and next to your vault in the Private Tavern. This tree contains one of three gifts:

• Epic Gift
  
  • Contains one of four holiday themed weapons for the Squire, Apprentice, Monk, and Huntress.
• Mythical Gift
  
  • Contains one of four holiday themed weapons for the Squire,
  • Apprentice, Monk, and Huntress.
    
  • One regular Defender Pack
    
  • One random Shard container (1 Shard)
• Legendary Gift
  
  • Contains one of four holiday themed weapons for the Squire, Apprentice, Monk, and Huntress.
    
  • One Mythical Defender Pack
    
  • One random Shard Pack (5 Shards)

In order to obtain the items, approach the tree and hit the appropriate button that appears to receive your wonderful gift! The weapons that come from these gifts ARE tradeable, and follow the same rules as any other tradeable item (they cannot be traded if they are upgraded in anyway). These items also scale to your champion score up until the Chaos VII 6/10 upgrade level.

For the season of Winterfest there’s also a pretty amazing sale going on. Inventory bags are going to be 50% off and the Material Vault is ~33% off. The Material Vault now holds 9,999 instead of 999 for each slot, and it also includes both new reroll materials, these changes are applied to currently owned Material Vaults as well. Supplies aren’t limited, but this sale isn’t going to last forever!

Winterfest is going to be on for quite a while, lasting past December. This gives you plenty of chances to get all four weapons and some nice Shards and Defender packs along the way! Oh, and of course, don’t eat the yellow snow.

Elemental Combos received a lot of attention in the Drakenfrost Update. We spent a lot of time making all the debuffs in the game more uniform so that they all applied the same effect. For instance, all oils now work the same, previously some slowed certain mobs, some didn’t. Oh also, ALL water damage now drenches, including water mods (both chips and servos)! This is our first phase on improving this system, something a lot of Defenders have asked for a very long time. We’re only able to add this system because of our Diminishing Returns system.


This is a new system that we’re adding to the game, something that is a staple in a lot of different types of RPGs. A lot of players really LOVED the Weapon Manufacturer’s Mod “Shocking Revelation”, it brought a really awesome stun and a good chunk of damage with it, and a lot of Defenders immediately set off to get it. Eventually we had to nerf it a little bit to bring it in line with other Mods, but we loved the allure it provided for players.

If we wanted to do anything further with Mods like this, we needed to implement a system that didn’t make stun crowd controls negate all future content and negate any future Mods/features that weren't a stun with a different color (because anything less would not be as good). Enter Diminishing Returns. This system allows you to crowd control enemies, but after using it back to back the effect loses its strength. After a short while of not being affected by crowd control effects, enemies are able to be crowd controlled again at 100% efficacy. We’re able to buff up blockades during this update as well, and potentially give them even further functionality in additional updates!

We’re going to be very responsive to feedback on this, but it allows us to do a lot of cool stuff in the future. That means new Mods, any new heroes, and MUCH more we can’t talk about just quite yet can now have a lot of epic moments and crazy amounts of power without worrying about it not being as cool as strong as a 100% stun up time or so strong that it disables every enemy that has existed, currently exists, or will ever exists. This opens up the doors for some amazing things!

Previously we talked about Mods receiving changes in phases. In Phase I we more than doubled the drop rate of 10/10 Mods, as well as buffing all 6/10, 7/10, 8/10, and 9/10 drop rates. This means that 1/10, 2/10, 3/10, 4/10, and 5/10 Mod drop rates were lowered.

We promised a Phase II with this update, and we are delivering! Perfect 10/10 Mod drops before the update on average appeared within about 4 hours of active gameplay. We’ve received a lot of great feedback from players enjoying this change. However, it really stinks to be an outlier and it take a very long time to get a 10/10. The first change of Phase II is that it now on average takes about 10 hours of average play to get a GUARANTEED 10/10 Mod. If you play with more players, because you’re seeing more Mods, the amount of time this take drops significantly, taking almost half of the listed times.

Mod Rerolls are available in the following areas:

• Expeditions
  
  • Drakenfrost Maps drop 2 Reroll Materials
• Onslaught
  
  • Drakenfrost Maps drop in the following amounts
    
    • Floors 28-35 drop 1 Reroll Material on Drakenfrost Resort
      
    • Floors 35-59 drop 1 Reroll Material on ALL maps, and 2 Reroll Materials on Drakenfrost Resort
      
    • Floors 60+ drop 2 Reroll Materials on ALL maps, and 3 Reroll Materials on Drakenfrost Resort.

We provided ways to farm them outright for the Defender who may want to take it easy in Chaos VII, or while progressing so even as you’re climbing Onslaught you’re able to take part in this new material and are even rewarded for taking on harder challenges.

These are things we’ve had in the works for a long time. This portion of the update has A LOT of quality of life improvements that get you out of your inventory faster and into the action. The changes include:

• Auto Sort
  
  • Auto sorting now sorts your bags by actually moving all the items, previously provided a visual update only.
    
  • The sorting goes by item type and Gear Score, but is a big update to the previous system.

• Shard Sorting
  
  • Shard sorting logic has been updated. It now prioritizes the following.
    
    • Sorts by Defense Shards first, and then by Hero shards
      
    • After sorting between the two types, Shards are sorted alphabetically.

• Mod Sorting
  
  • On the “Filter By” tab, the right most tab in the inventory, there is a new icon for Mods. This filters your best Mods first. This makes long play sessions easy and quick to check if there are any of those GLORIOUS 10/10’s just sitting in your bags.
    
  • Numbers on the bottom right correspond to what the highest Mod quality is on the item.
    
  • Numbers are white intentionally to make it easier for colorblind players to see what the number is.

• Mod Inspect
  
  • By holding down Shift, you can now see the highest Mod quality of an item in the bottom right.

Vicinity Targeting
This is a new way to interact with players. This allows you to target other players, keep them targeted, and choose to do a variety of things: invite them to party, inspect their shop, and more interactions when Communities are implemented.

Material Vault Changes

We received a bunch of feedback regarding the Material Vault. Previously it allowed you to store 999 of specific materials in each slot. Now you are able to store 9,999 IN EACH SLOT! That’s not all, the Material Vault now also has spots for the Primary Reroll Material and the Mod Reroll Material. So much space for activities!

Social Menus
There's been a social menu added next to your abilities and towers on the main HUD. This brings a bunch of quick functionality when interacting with others!

Enemy Spawning
We took additional passes at enemies getting stuck in spawn, but also fixed a big issue where enemies were going underground for a while and coming out of the ground later on in their path, bypassing blockades. We’re going to be keeping a vigilant eye on this, so please provide feedback on this if you see anything!

Console Voice Chat
We have now provided an option that allows you to disable voice chat in social hubs, Console player rejoice! You can now opt in to hear all the great music choices of your fellow Defenders. And by great, we mean potentially terrible. It’s usually terrible.

Victory Chests
Tired of waiting for your legendary loot to come out of that chest as you’re playing with other Defenders and getting so much more? Well that wait has been significantly reduced. When you open the Victory Chest, all your loot comes shooting out all at once. When playing with three other Defenders it looks like a legendary shotgun explosion.

Oh, and before we forget, if you don’t open your Victory Chest before moving on, all the items inside are sent to your inventory. If your inventory is full, then it goes to the Scavenger. Never miss out on Victory Chest loot again!

This is a feature that we’re also wanting a lot of feedback on. We’re releasing it initially on Steam, almost as a beta test of the feature. It’s a system that allows up to 30 people to be in a structured group, and you can be in 5 Communities at a time. These groups can talk to each other regardless of where you are using the chat system, invite one another to groups, and more. We’re wanting to build even more off this system, but it’s something you’ll have to get your hands on and see.

Communities are coming later in this patch after we've given it a little more polish.

Abyss Lord

• Towers
  
  • Colossus
    
    • Health scaling increased to 600, was previously 430.
      
    • Skeletal Orc
    • DU cost lowered to 35, was previously 40.

Apprentice

• Towers
  
  • Arcane Barrier
    
    • No longer allows enemies to pass through it while exploding.

• Shards
  
  • Frost Power
    
    • Defense Power scaling changed to (9 + 1 per level) from (10 + 2 per level). Max gilded is now 33%, previously was 58%

Dryad

• Towers
  
  • World Tree
    
    • DU Cost lowered to 25, was previously 30.

Lavamancer

• Towers
  
  • Maw of the Earthdrake
    
    • Defense Unit costs reduced to 50 DU, previously was 60 DU.
      
    • Defense Health Scaling increased to 300, previously was 200.
  • Fissure of Embermount
    
    • Adjusted overlap to match that of similar towers (Flame Aura, Weapon Manufacturer, etc.)

Mystic

• Towers
  
  • Viper’s Fang
    
    • Upgrading the Viper’s Fang now allows you to bubble up to 5 enemies.

Squire

• Towers
  
  • Training Dummy
    
    • DU Cost lowered to 25, was previously 30.

• Fixed an issue where the first bag in an inventory would visually not load.
  
• Fixed an issue when selling items that other items would be put in their place.
  
• Fixed an issue with Dryad’s Angry Nimbus that caused it to target enemies within the spawner.
  
• Fixed an issue with Dryad’s Hornet’s Nest not dealing elemental damage when using an elemental mod.
  
• Fixed a VFX issue when killing Betsy while she was breathing fire.
  
• Fixed an issue where Floor 40 Onslaught flairs were labeled with the wrong floor to attain them.
  
• Fixed an issue where Replay From Wave refunded Level 1 Tower mana if they were upgraded.
  
• Fixed an issue with gamepad focus moving when buying the last item from a shop.
  
• Fixed focus issues with Pet Stat reroll UI for gamepad.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Initiate, Gunwitch, and Huntress’s stat changes via various Ascension talents.
  
• Fixed an issue with Favorable Winds mod proccing off any kills, not just primary attack kills.
  
• Fixed an issue with the amount of XP given from Drakenfrost Resort in Expeditions.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Dark Arts Arcane Barrier not displaying properly.
  
• Adjusted tool tips for items on the ground when using 4K settings.
  
• Fixed an issue on Xbox where Defenders would get stuck on the main menu.
  
• Adjusted the Vanguard’s collision so that it better matches his shield.
  
• Fixed an issue in Assault on the Throne Room where destroyed subcores would not spawn enemies.
  
• Fixed an issue with Ancient Life Steal only healing for 5% when at 5+ points.
  
• Adjusted the difficulty of Forest Crossroads and Wyvern Den.
  
• Fixed an issue with UI layering issues when purchasing or creating a hero.
  
• Forest Ambush now has less amount of kobolds blowing up your lanes.’
  
• Fixed an issue with the My Deck button going gray after deleting a hero.
  
• Betsy’s overall damage reduced.
  
• All Adventures difficulty lowered across the board.
  
• Fixed a visual issue with the Harpy’s blinking animation
  
• Fixed an issue where EV2’s Buffer Chip worked on other heroes.

• If chat is gray, deleting your ini will fix it and give you colors.
  
• Keybindings were reset with this update because of Communities being added.
  
• On PlayStation 4, when in-game and quitting to the main menu, you may run into issues logging back in. Just restart the game and you should get back in.
  
• The following Elemental Effects' durations are not working the correct length: Onsen Bath, Maelstrom, Water Chip/Servo, Freezing Rain, and Drenching Strikes.

There’s a lot we’re experimenting with in this update to make the future of Dungeon Defenders II as great as possible. We’re welcoming all the feedback that you can provide on it, but of course make sure it’s constructive, it’s the best way to ensure we can make the best changes as fast as possible.

To get reliable updates on what’s to come, be sure to check out our social platforms for the latest juiciest beans to be spilled:

• Twitter
  
• Facebook
  
• Discord
  
• Twitch

The entire team has had a blast making this content, we cannot wait for all of you to get your hands on our next update. Stay tuned for more info soon!

For Etheria!

The Dungeon Defenders II Team