The Dungeon Defenders II update you’ve been patiently waiting for is here! In our update preview post, we let you, our glorious defenders, in on some of our juicy secrets, but of course we had more up our sleeves. It’s time to throw away those parkas because winter is gone—don’t worry, though. Ol’ Peepers will be there to spread the gift-giving spirit YEAR ROUND. We also fixed a ton of bugs, nipped a bunch of exploits in the bud, and introduced lots of new bundles for heroes and items. Now, let’s get into all the deets!!

The great thaw has begun and we will finally see an end to the polar vortex that ran amok on the Town Hub of our beloved Defenders. The Winterfest Tree and Father Winter have gone into hiding, the snow has finally melted away, and there appears to be a new character who has taken up residence here.


Ol’ Peepers is a long-time friend of the Etherians and is finally ready to venture into the urban lifestyle this update. He’ll be delivering daily gifts and consumables for the low low price of 1000g to the good Defenders visiting the Town Hub ALL YEAR LONG. Along with the gifts you all normally expect to see when you log in daily, Ol’ Peepers will also have a chance to drop Carnival consumables. What kinds of Carnival consumables, you may ask? Check them out:

• Trust me Disguise
  
  • Gives the player the ability to deal 1.25x more damage for a limited time.
• Lucky Bunny Mask
  
  • Gives the player the ability to jump 1.5x higher for a limited time.
• Rainbow 'Fro
  
  • Gives the player the ability to spawn cat projectiles for a limited time.
• Snow Liger
  
  • Gives the player the ability to go 1.25x faster for a limited time.
• Imperial Grin
  
  • Gives the player 25% extra damage resistance for a limited time.

Keep an eye out for the Lava Warrior Shard and the Boosted Beam Shard, newly added to the game. The Lava Warrior shard generates additional lava charges on successful melee attacks, bolstering the abilities of our Lavamancer. While the Boosted Beam Shard will increase the damage boost given by the Buff Beam, an exciting addition to EV-2’s arsenal.

Also, hidden among the loot of the Wyvern Den Prime Incursion is a Crystalline Betsy!


Let’s get pumped for some ridiculously awesome hero bundles! We felt our current offerings didn’t meet all defenders’ needs, so we went back to the drawing board and came up with a more player-focused approach to bundling that will get you more bang for your gems. Have you ever wished for the Dryad to magically pop into your hero inventory, or had your younger sibling spend all your gems behind your back without adding the must-have Gunwitch? Well, you’re in luck because our All Heroes Bundle will get you both the Dryad AND the Gunwitch AND so much more.

If you’re adding new heroes to your plate, you’ll definitely need some skins to customize your vibe. There are several new hero skin bundles to choose from now, including “Heating Up” with Molten skins and “Out of This World” with Galaxy skins. Here is the full list of new bundles:

• Contains the Abyss Lord, EV2, Gunwitch, Lavamancer, Mystic, Dryad, Initiate, Adept, Barbarian.
  
• Available for 3,200 gems for a limited time.

• Legendary Guardian Supporter
  
  • Contains Guardian of Fire Huntress, Guardian of the Molten Citadel Squire, Guardian of the Dead Apprentice, Guardian of the Storm Monk.
• Technological Upgrade
  
  • Contains EV2 Mark 3, Techwitch Gunwitch, and Cybermancer Lavamancer costumes.
• Heating Up
  
  • Contains the Molten Master Abyss Lord, Molten Juggernaut Lavamancer, and Doomfire Regalia Adept costumes.
• Out of This World
  
  • Contains Galaxy Apprentice, Galaxy Squire, Galaxy Huntress, Galaxy Monk costumes.
• Very Far Away
  
  • Contains Dark Disciple Squire, Arcanatrooper Apprentice, Galactic Assassin Huntress, and Dark Shawl Monk costumes.

You asked for more tower skins, and we’re delivering with this Hypno Tower Skin bundle! We teased these on our social page yesterday and they’re now ready for defending. Look how perrrrrty they are (pic below) - how could you NOT grab these, like, right now? The bundle will include skins for all towers and defenses, so no excuses allowed.

We know defenders are yearning for more tower skins. Rest assured, we’re experimenting with other fun looks and hope to keep the good vibes going with more new tower skins in the future.

The addition of the Shard Shop was such a huge success that we wanted to bring even more player-requested bundles to this space. Introducing brand-spanking-new bundles for the most in-demand shards in Etheria! Which bundle are you most excited to grab first?! That’s a serious question—we can’t decide which one to grab first for ourselves.

• Starter Defense Shard Bundle
  
  • 5 Destruction, 5 Fortification, and 5 Defensive Critical Damage Shards
• Advanced Defense Shard Bundle
  
  • 5 Deadly Strikes, 5 Defense Rate, and 5 Defensive Critical Strike Shards
• Starter Hero Shard Bundle
  
  • 4 Speed Boost, 4 Construction, 4 Worm Scarf, and 4 Bulwark Shards
• Advanced Hero Shard Bundle
  
  • 4 Critical Strike, 4 Inspiration, 4 Channel, and 4 Jackpot Shards
• Golden Destruction Bundle
  
  • 11 Destruction Shards + 300,000g
• Golden Fortified Bundle
  
  • 11 Fortification Shards + 300,000g
• Golden Damage Bundle
  
  • 11 Defensive Critical Damage Shards + 300,000g
• Golden Speed Bundle
  
  • 11 Defense Rate Shards + 300,000g

The excitement is real with this new quality of life update. With the Persistent Tower option, you can summon, upgrade, and sell towers by only activating each button once! We tested this out in Dungeon Defenders: Awakened and it’s been a huge success with the community. It was kind of a no-brainer for us to add it to DD2, as well. Can’t wait to hear how much you all love it!

This option will be on by default, but for those players who want to maintain the original tower placement/upgrade/sell experience, there is a menu option in Options under Gameplay called “Persistent Tower Interaction” that you can uncheck.

We love hearing from the community about the good AND the not-so-good because it helps us make Etheria as enjoyable as possible for as many defenders as possible. With this, we’ve been listening to your feedback and fixed a bunch of bugs and issues reported by our dedicated defenders, and added in some fun elemental combinations to keep the game new and exciting for defenders of all levels. We also toned a few things down that were a bit too strong from overwhelming player feedback.

• Maps
  
  • Onslaught
    
    • The Draken Lord no longer appears in Onslaught.
• Mods
  
  • “Anti-” Mods
    
    • Damage has been reduced by 23%.
  • Controller Servo
    
    • Damage reduced by 16%
  • Shocking Revelations
    
    • Is now “Stunning Revelations”
      
      • Now deals Magical Damage instead of Storm Damage
        
      • Damage has been increased by 200%
        
      • Now stuns for 2 seconds
    • You can now include servos while using this mod.
• Shards
  
  • Draining Strikes
    
    • Damage reduced by 75%
      
    • Is now Multiplicative instead of Additive

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• Pet damage now scales off Gear Score.
  
• Rebalanced ALL pets
  
  • Upgrades have been buffed.
• NEW Crystalline Betsy Pet
  
  • Can be found in The Wyvern Den Prime Incursion

• Fire and Oil Elemental Combo
  
  • Now melts enemy armor, increasing the damage they take from all sources by 25%
• Ice and Earth Elemental Combos
  
  • No longer require crushing damage.
    
  • Hitting a frozen enemy with earth damage increases the earth damage dealt and also stuns them for 2.5 seconds

• Shards
  
  • Fiery Brimstone
    
    • Damage increased by 200%.

• Defenses
  
  • Hailstorm Tower
    
    • Reduced the animation to have higher damage uptime.

• Abilities
  
  • Siphon Stance
    
    • Base healing value reduced by 50%.

• Defenses
  
  • Harpy Tower
    
    • Reduced the animation to have higher damage uptime.
  • Hornet’s Nest
    
    • Increased the number of hornets on a single enemy to 6 from 3.

• Abilities
  
  • Piercing Shot
    
    • Cast animation time reduced by 35%
• Defenses
  
  • Explosive Trap
    
    • Reduced damage drop off by 35%
  • Geyser Trap
    
    • Radius increased to 800 from 400.
• Shards
  
  • Explosive Surprise
    
    • Damage radius updated to reflect Geyser Trap buff.

• Shards
  
  • NEW Lava Warrior Shard
    
    • Lava Warrior Shard generates lava charges on successful melee attacks

• Defenses
  
  • Buff Beam
    
    • Increased the collision radius by 100%.
  • Reflect Beam
    
    • Damage done reduced by 80%
      
    • DU cost per node is now 10
• Shards
  
  • NEW Boosted Beam Shard!
    
    • Increases the damage boost by the Buff Beam

• Shards
  
  • Unholy Fire
    
    • Damage increased by 81% and now scales off armor.

• We have fixed several game-breaking exploits to make the DD2 world a better place. Like a lot of them. Like building way more than you should, getting too many hyper shards, upgrading exploits, and more.
  
• Fixed an issue where Grave Infection and Frostfire Remnants were stacking.
  
• Fixed an issue where players could kill other players in Hubs.
  
• Fixed an issue where locked mods could be moved to other weapons.

• Removed Gilding for Hyper Shards.
  
• Fixed an issue where Grave Infection was dealing too much damage and dealing a second set of 1 damage ticks.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Shackled mod did not work on normal Assassins.
  
• Fixed a bug where the Geyser trap’s VFX was not scaling properly.
  
• Fixed an issue where Ancient Power no longer resets Hyper Shard progression.
  
• Fixed an issue where defenders could not play Floor 480.
  
• Fixed an issue where Harpy Tower would continue to fire after being stunned.
  
• Fixed a collision issue with Material Conversion Vendor.
  
• Fixed Ascension Monk’s Boost percentage.
  
• Fixed an issue where Oil Geysers were slowing Friendly players.
  
• Fixed an issue with the shard shop persisting tooltips when the page changes.
  
• Fixed a performance issue when using items with passives.

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We’re bringing you some news of a game that you may not have seen us post in a little while about. That game is… DUNGEON DEFENDERS II. That’s right, we’ve got some development going on for DD2 that we’re excited to share with you. Some of the stuff you’ll see in the short term, some stuff in the long term, and along the way we’ll be getting your input to help us out. Let’s get into it!
First things first, the Etherian Polar Vortex has ended and you’ll soon have access to a snowless Tavern and Town Hub. Now you may be asking “WHAT ABOUT THE GIFTING TREE!?!?!?!”. Well never fear, we’re adding in a new feller — enter: Ol’ Peepers.

Ol’ Peepers is a gracious old cook who will grant players a daily login gift. We’ll go into more of what his gift contains, as it’s been adjusted to be more focused on gameplay with some cosmetic pieces here and there.
We’re introducing a slew of bundles for players looking to support DD2 through the shop, and we’re experimenting with bundles that are focused on being very fair to you, our GLORIOUS Defenders. This means hero bundles, costume bundles, and even a new tower skin bundle that has tower skins new to the next update!
We’ve taken a nice pass to get some buffs going to really focus on the gameplay. Some things that were rate capped due to animations? NO MORE! Oh, and give a hearty “welcome back” to the shocking revelations (now named Stunning Revelations) and water mod combo, now with 100% more balance but 1000% more fun than it currently is. Also something about pets getting buffed, who knows... maybe it's a rumor, probably not.
Last but not least, we want to hear about what your favorite things are and what your thoughts are. Fill out this survey to let us know and really help us in future development, and by completing the survey be entered for a chance to win a FREE costume of your choice. Retweet the survey (link here) for an additional chance to win!
A TON of them, including a lot of fixes for exploits and unintended bugaboos that have plagued the heroes of Etheria. Nothing to write about just quite yet, but we got out the swatter and squished a ton of those lousy bugs.
There’s a lot of stuff that we want to do, and as mentioned, your feedback will be more helpful. We’re wanting to add all sorts of new challenges, maps, shards, mods, characters, and more for you to overcome, explore, and master respectively (some of those words could be mixed and matched and still make sense).
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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/
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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!

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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!

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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.

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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:

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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:

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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:

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• 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