Defenders,

This post will provide an update on development in general, the next update for Dungeon Defenders 2, and the upcoming in-game Halloween event.  The event will start this Friday, October 14th, and the event will go until November 4th.

Halloween Event


The spooktacular theme is now back to DragonFall with all the spookiness you know and love.

Ol Peeper's Daily Gift

Ol Peepers is now selling a spooktacular crate along with a green defender pack every day during the spooktacular event.

The spooktacular crate contains :

• New Chaos 10 Shard
  
• Festive Carnival Fireworks
  
•  Dragonfall Popcorn Machine
  
• Trust me Disguise
  
• Lucky Bunny Mask
  
• Rainbow ‘fro
  
• Snow Liger
  
• Imperial Grin
  
• Hastening Salve
  
• Strongman Salve
  
• Enduring Salve
  
• Spellcasting Salve
  
• Tower of Power Salve
  
• Enduring Salve
  
• Impactful Tower Salve
  
• Impactful Hero Salve 
  
• Lucky Tower Salve
  
• Lucky Hero Salve 

Spooky Pumpkin Head - One-time reward cosmetic Flair.

Black Market Dealer

The Black Market Vendor now has another limited-time Flair: The Golden Spooky Pumpkin Head!

Emporium

The mask factory was over stocked with old masks from a previous spooktacular event so we decided to bring them back for everyone to enjoy.

Development Update
I wanted to give a general update on all things DD2 development. It has been a pretty hectic few weeks with leadership changes, random back-end issues, internal build issues, and more recently the Xbox login issues that affected some of the development of the new patch. These hurdles also have impacted some of the transparency the game needs and hopefully, it can now change for the better. As all these hurdles have now been pretty much gotten over, the development effort for the next patch will start ramping up again to get it out as soon as feasibly possible.

What’s Next?
So as the title suggests, what is exactly next for dragonfall? It exactly hasn’t been a secret that Chaos 10 is coming toward the next update so how about we show / say some stuff that has been a secret. The next update is named “Mines of Etheria.”

Chaos 10
Chaos 10 is going to take a different direction this time compared to the other chaos tiers. While Assassins will be absent this time around, there will be three new enemies to take on instead of just one. We won’t be going into much detail about chaos 10 for now as it will be explained further at a later date. 

Hidden Caverns Region
Along with C10 this next update will be introducing a new region to the game with 2 new maps.

New Map : Crystal Mines

Inside the mountains of Dragonfall, there is a long-abandoned mine full of precious crystals and gemstones waiting to be excavated.

New Map : Lava Caverns

Deep below the ground lies a treacherous ancient lava cavern with mysterious crystals and signs of ancient magic.

???

A strange new individual has come out of hiding to aid in the heroes’ defense against the enemies of Dragonfall.


For Etheria!

Chromatic Games

DEFENDERS,

We just released a hotfix to fix some of the early bugs and issues that we have found in the Shifting Sands Update.

• Fixed Chi Spirit dead zone directly in front of the tower.
  
• Fixed some potential issues with the player shops not visually updating properly.
  
• Fixed an issue where Frosty Explosion was hitting friendly towers on retry.
  
• Fixed Spirit Charge and Concentrated Pyrotechnics damage buffs to function like Destruction.
  
• Reduced Forest Roots poison buff from 25% to 0.5%.
  
• Fixed some slows working on unslowable enemies.
  
• Fixed some pathing issues on Saloon.
  
• Fixed a problem where core death would not end the map on Tornado Canyon and Tornado Highlands.
  
• Fixed Chi Spirit tower shooting 2 projectiles.
  
• Fixed an issue where Queen Death Weaver, Ancient Wyvern, and Cyclone Shaper did not show up as bosses in lane billboards
  
• Fixed quality of Talismans on Tornado Canyon and Tornado Highlands.

DEFENDERS,

Do you like new maps? Do you like some of your heroes getting some significant updates? If so, then we have the patch for you! In this update, we are bringing Tornado Valley to DD2 along with a bunch of new and updated abilities for the Initiate, Adept, Mystic, Series EV2, and Lavamancer. Let’s get into it.

Fans of other Dungeons Defenders games will instantly recognize our newest DD2 region: Tornado Valley. This region will have 2 new maps, and a new region specific enemy, a brand new boss fight. Make sure to stay hydrated as you attempt to weather the brutal lands of Tornado Valley!




Drops

• Ancient Robot Arm 
  
• Tuskin Rifle
  
• Ancient Water Boiler (Canisters) 
  
• Clockwork Sword
  
• Staff of Sands
  
• Plain/Shiny/Pristine Talisman

Drops

• Corrupted Oculus (Staff)
  
• Tome of Corruption
  
• Corrupted Axe
  
• Spear of Corruption
  
• Corrupted Bow
  
• Corrupted Dagger  
  
• Genie Prince
  
• Corrupted Genie Prince
  
• 6x Plain/Shiny/Pristine Talisman

• Canyon Bells - Enemies on death have a x% chance to spawn a bell that does y% of your Ability Power as damage to all nearby enemies every second for 3 seconds and stuns them for 2 seconds. This effect can only occur once every 2 seconds.
  
• Cyclostrophic Wind - Your attacks generate 1 tornado stack. At 5 stacks you launch a tornado forward, dealing x% of your Ability Power as damage to up to 10 enemies and sending them airborne. The effect has a cooldown of 3 seconds.
  
• Genie King's Curse - While moving below 100 Speed, your Primary attacks deal x% of your Hero Damage stat as Earth Damage.
  
• Genies Protection - After using an ability, gain x movement speed and reduce the damage you take by y% for 3 seconds.
  
• Owl God's Wisdom - Your primary attacks deal x% of your Ability Power as extra damage. This extra damage can trigger once every 0.1s per enemy hit.
  
• Blinding Sand - Your attacks have 15% to spawn a ball of sand on impact deal x% of your Hero Damage as Earth damage and slow movement speed and attack speed to all nearby damage.
  
• Sand Path - Projectile attacks that hit the ground leave up to three patches of sand that deal x% of your ability power and reduce enemy movement speed by 7%. Each patch lasts z seconds.
  
• Sand Storm - Generates a sandstorm around you that consistently deals x% of your Hero Damage as earth damage to nearby enemies.

Genie Prince

• Mana Swirl - Restore 500 ability mana. 

Corrupted Genie Prince

• Magical Burst - Fires 5 magical bursts dealing 335% magical hero damage each. 

The Windshapers have spent years training to master control over the air, allowing them to send devastating tornadoes towards players that pierce and knock up players in their path. Be warned though, they are not as frail as they may seem and will not be defeated so quickly.




Deep within Tornado Highlands lies the lamp of a familiar foe...but it has been entirely corrupted by the Old Ones' magic! This iteration of the Genie King can inflict a variety of crippling debuffs with its attacks, so be careful...

In an effort to spice things up, as well as help out some of our favorite heroes that needed that extra little boost, we have made some changes to some of their towers and abilities. We've wanted these heroes to be unique in their own right for a while, where they have their own unique kits but are still similar to the Monk and Apprentice. Now, we think we have struck just the right balance. Keep reading to see if your favorite hero was affected.

Note: The Adept and Initiate’s price will increase to 10,000 Defender Medals/1,500 Gems. This increase will take effect after 2 weeks, during this time they will both be on sale for 8,000 Defender Medals/1,000 Gems.


Firework Cannon (40 DU) - Replaces Boost Aura. Shoots up to three fireworks at different enemies within range, dealing damage in a large area.

• Concentrated Pyrotechnics (Shard) - Increases the damage of the Firework Cannon by x%, but increases the damage falloff by 50%.

Chi Spirit Tower (50 DU) - Replaces Sky Guard Tower. A spectral copy of the Initiate fires piercing Chi waves that damages and cripples enemies, increasing their damage taken.

• Spirit Charge (Shard) - Increases the damage of the Chi Spirit Tower by x%, and increases the projectile size by y%.

• Frost Strikes Aura (20 DU) - Replaces Lightning Strikes Aura. Deals powerful frost damage to a single enemy within its radius.
  
  • Frosty Explosion (Shard) - Enemies killed by the Frost Strikes Aura explode dealing x% of the Frost Aura’s Defense Damage as frost damage.
    
  • Lingering Frostfire (Mod) - Enemies suffer +x% extra Water Damage every second for y seconds when hit by Frost Strikes Aura.

Tesla Coil (50 DU) - Replaces Arcane Barrier. Generates arcing electricity that chains to multiple targets at once.

• Reckless Shock (Shard) - Enemies hit by the Tesla Coil take x% more damage, but move 50% faster.
  
• Ramping Voltage (Mod) - The Tesla Coil deals more damage as it strikes enemies, up to a maximum of x% extra damage. This damage increase resets after not attacking for 5 seconds.

Crystal Hammer (50 DU) - Replaces Earthshatter Tower. Slams the ground, sending a line of damaging crystalline spikes forward and hitting all enemies in a line.

• Crystal Fissure (Shard) - Increase the width of Crystal Hammer's attack by 50%, and increase the Defense Power by x%.

New Appeasement Tiers
The buffs originally granted by Appeasement were overly complicated and not very well explained. These new buff tiers are simpler while still rewarding the Mystic for remaining at high Appeasement while providing more or less the same power as before.

1% or more Appeasement

• Ability Power x1.2 
  
• Hero Damage x1.2
  
• Damage Vulnerability x0.8 
  
• Tower Damage x1.2

25% or more Appeasement

• Basic attacks have lifesteal 

50% or more Appeasement

• Basic attacks lower the Mystic’s active cooldowns 

100% Appeasement

• AoE damage buff that deals 1000% Ability Power damage every second
  
• 1.5x Speed 
  
• Basic attacks make enemies take 10% more damage for 3s

Lash Out

• Increased damage by 200%

Call to Madness

• Added target limit of 10
  
• Reduced enrage range by 70%
  
• Increased cooldown from 20 to 30
  
• Reduced duration from 8.1 to 4.1
  
• Reduced Madness Embrace duration increased from 4.6 to 3.2
  
• Reduced Debilitating Madness damage taken increased from 66 to 20

Dark Torment 

• Increase damage from 40 to 80
  
• Decreased cooldown from 8 to 4 seconds
  
• While the dagger is impaled inside an enemy all mystic damage is increased by 50%
  
• Increased Dark Torment Tower damage multiplier by 600%
  
• Increased Dark Torment Tower number of beams from 1 to 3
  
• Removed ‘Sand Vipers Target enemies affected by Dark Torment’ 

Serpent’s Coil - Allowed as many Serpent’s Coils to be placed as DU allows. Added collision so they can be damaged by enemies. Can now be upgraded like other towers.
Added Tower Health to Serpent Coil Talent 

Snaking Sands - Detach damage from the stun so Snaking Sands can still damage enemies affected by Elder Wyverns or Headstrong. Buffed damage by 50%.

Sand Vipers - Increased base number of beams from 1 to 3. Beam ramping damage now properly scales with upgrades.

Viper’s Fangs - Damage dealt by this tower has been moved from the bubble pop and rain effects to the initial hit. The bubble attack also slightly knocks enemies back in addition to its knockup effect.

Obelisk - Removed Upgrade and Appeasement requirements from Obelisk buffs to simplify its usage.

• Removed Flame Thrower
  
• Removed Confuse buff
  
• Removed Knock-up buff
  
• Smite has a 20% chance to polymorph enemies hit into snakes 
  
• Smite damage increased by 25%
  
• Snake Polymorph increases damage by 20%

Snake Zealot Chip Mod - Reworked due to being made irrelevant by Serpent’s Coil.

• Serpent Avatar (New) - The Serpent Avatar summoned by the Mystic at max Appeasement deals x% more damage.

New Talent: Poison Damage - Dark Torment and Lash Out poison damage increased by x%


New Passive - Series EV2 can now double jump and hover in the air afterwards. 

• Note: The Bunny Hop Shard no longer works on Series EV2 due to this adjustment.

Anti Gravity Bots - Now home towards enemies exploding on contact.

Holographic Decoy - Replaces Death from Above. EV2 leaps backwards, leaving a decoy behind that taunts nearby enemies for a few seconds. As it expires, the decoy explodes and damages nearby enemies.

Aerial Mastery Shard - Reworked due to Death from Above being replaced. New Effect: Increases movement speed while flying by x. Dryad may now also equip this Shard.


Secondary Attack - Dash now pierces through enemies.

Inflame/Harden - Has now been consolidated into a single ability, Inflamed. Inflamed reduces damage taken, taunts nearby enemies, and increases speed and damage for a period of time.

Tectonic Breaker (Shard) - Reworked due to above change. New effect: While inflamed, deal x% armor stat as earth damage and y% hero damage as fire damage every 3rd primary attack.

Charged Restoration (new Shard) - Charged secondary attacks restore x mana. Can only activate once per second.

• Dryad Starfall now naturally pierces shields 
  
• Reduced Ring of fire damage on hit from 60% to 30% and added Burring effect that scales off hero damage
  
• Removed blockade requirements from Health/Power pylon
  
• Piercing shot consumes all mana and damage also scales off % mana consumed
  
• Increased piercing shot damage by 238%
  
• Changed nimbus to a small AOE rather than single target
  
• The following Shards have had their scaling changed from Defense Power to Defense Damage:
  
  • Explosive Surprise
    
  • Lateral Blast
    
  • Heavy Cannonball
    
  • Explosive Arrows
    
  • MegaRock
    
  • Glacier
    
  • Splody Harpoon
    
  • Oily Harpoon
    
  • Snakes on a Plane
    
  • Combined Power

BloodLust (New) - Enemies on receiving damage now move at +30% speed for 5 seconds.
Berserked (New) - Enemies now take +50% more Damage and deal +50% more damage.
Reckless (New) - Enemies now have +50% Movement Speed and +50% Damage taken.
Trollblood (New) - Enemies now heal for +2% of their max hp every second.
Speed Demons (New) - Enemies are 50% faster, but slow effects last longer on them.
Pain Aura (Removed) - Pain aura has been removed due to poor performance.

We are adding 4 new skins that fit various desert aesthetics so that our players can defend Etheria in comfort and style while braving the conditions in Tornado Valley. We have also added Jade, Frost, and Galaxy Skins for the Mercenary and Countess that can be obtained in Defender packs.

Marauder Apprentice Skin - A magician of the sands.



Wind Guardian Lavamancer Skin - The Guardian of the Tornado Valley. 



Clockwork Squire Skin - Is he more man or more machine?



Scarab Lord Abyss Lord Skin - Something is a little buggy with this hero.




Each of these thematic new skins can be accessed via the Emporium and purchased individually. For those of you looking to save a few gems, each skin can also be found in a bundle to help you balance fashion and efficiency!

Ancient Sands Bundle (1,400 Gems) - Scarab Lord and Wind Guardian Skins
Desert Conquerors Bundle (1,600 Gems) - Marauder Apprentice and Clockwork Squire Skins
Wind Guardian Bundle (2,300 Gems) - Lavamancer Hero and Wind Guardian Skin
Scarab Lord Bundle (2,300 Gems) - Abyss Lord and Scarab Lord Skin

• Player Shops - Player shops are back online! Which is very useful because you will need a TON of gold for...
  
• The Golden Mask - The Golden Top Hat is now out of stock. But fret not Defenders with a taste for the finer things in life. We now are offering yet another solid gold cranial accessory in the Golden Mask! If you have more gold than you know what to do with, this mask is for you. As a bonus, the Golden Mask hides your tears that you are surely crying after paying that much gold.
  
  

• Fixed Immolation having an incorrect proc chance.
  
• Fixed Oil Catapult Defense health talent description.
  
• Fixed an issue where the respawn popup would show up when swapping characters.
  
• Fixed an issue where the star progress bar wouldn't show past 840 stars.
  
• Fixed an issue with the base XP values for onslaught on Wild Westival.
  
• Fixed an issue where you can’t buy Fight Me Not in the Chaos 3 Shard Shop.
  
• Fixed an issue where the matchmaking input defaults were being filtered out by the profanity filter.
  
• Fixed an issue where there wasn't a second billboard for double spawn on the Jacked Sparrow.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Countess’ abilities weren't counting toward the weekly ability mission.
  
• Fixed an issue where the High Seas region was showing the wrong crafting material drop and fixed the order for the Chaos 9 amp.
  
• Fixed an issue where rerolling missions doesn't save the reroll.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Reflect Beams went to default textures on retry from wave.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Drakenlord’s Frost Shield would stay up even when ignited.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Spectral Knights in the Spectral Assault Prime Incursion were not doing their proper damage.
  
• Fixed an issue where the reforging system could delete items if you replaced the consumed item in the middle of server update.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Mercenary hero was messed up leading to bad shadows.
  
• Fixed an issue where the impact effect on the Adept's Arc Lightning wasn't showing its impact VFX.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Shatterquake mod was causing heavier than intended CPU usage.
  
• Fixed an issue where some projectiles wouldn't hit the Jester Boxes.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Runed Slicer sword had the wrong icon.
  
• Fixed an issue where piercing projectiles wouldn't spawn ground based impact effects.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Mystic’s shooting VFX wasn't spawning in the correct location.
  
• Fixed an issue where Nether archers bounce can miss its target.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Jester Boxes that spawn do not trigger the shard Critical Restoration.
  
• Fixed an issue where mouse inputs can press abilities on the ability bar while building.
  
• Fixed some controller navigation issues with the Liferoot region on the world map.
  
• Fixed an issue where a lot of skins weren't on sale from the cosmetics UI.
  
• Fixed Maw of the Earth Drake not attacking slow-immune enemies.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Magic Mortar Tower in the Create Hero UI was sideways.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Fiery Fangs mod didn't correctly attune to Fire.
  
• Fixed some controller navigation issues with the Liferoot region on the world map.
  
• Fixed an issue where a few skins weren't on sale from the cosmetics UI.
  
• Fixed Maw of the Earth Drake not attacking slow-immune enemies.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Snaking Sands Tower did no damage to dummies.
  
• Fixed an issue where un slowable enemies where not getting the movespeed debuff from the Phased Mutatro.

We’ll be keeping an eye on this patch as it goes out and making sure we squash any bugs that may appear. We’re currently plugging away at major updates to DDA, but fear not, as we’re also looking into our next major DD2 update and trying to add some big features that might take us some time to get up and running. There’s a whole lot we’ve got planned, so stay tuned!

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For Etheria!
Chromatic Games

DEFENDERS,

Today we are redeploying our most recent DD2 update. The original version of this patch caused significant server issues that we believe to be resolved with this hotfix. In addition to the original patch we have added a few extra changes as well (which I have italicized for easier parsing). Thanks again for all of your patience while we're working to resolve these issues. We're making sure these issues are resolved on PC first, and after we get the all clear, we'll be submitting to certification to get PlayStation and Xbox up to date.



Hero

• Changed the Abyss Lord hero damage multiplier to 5.
  
• Changed the right click scalar of the Abyss Lord to from 3 to 2.
  
• The Abyss Lord can now hold right click to auto activate their charged attacks (Helps prevents clicker spam).
  
• Changed right click cast time to be a base 1.25 instead of 1.5 to match the animation better.

Abilities

• Abyss Stone - Abyssal Stone now has a 10s cooldown, but the damage scalar has been increased.
  
• Direct Command - Direct Command now has a 20s cooldown but can affect multiple towers at once within a radius, and affected tower abilities now scale off of their tower damage.
  
• Abyss Fountain Heal - Changed healing fountain to a static heal percentage to allow it to be viable for all setups.

Abyss Lord Shards

• Power Overwhelming - Ability power increases from 30% to 50%
  
• Shattering Stone - Now works and has been buffed from 400% to 2500%

• Added the ability for Squire and Countess to use axes
  
• Added the ability for Flame Eater and Prickly Shield chip to roll on axes
  
• Last Stand chip & Rise from the Ashes now give 1.5 seconds of invincibility after reviving
  
• Protective Downgrade now gives 1.5 seconds of invincibility to the affected tower after reviving
  
• Genie King’s Blessing Shard mana gain increased from 2 to 3
  
• Reduced Elder Wyvern damage resistance buff by 10% for both regular and elite
  
• Elder Wyverns and Ancient Wyverns can no longer buff each other
  
• Increased Jester Box health on C9 Jester's Revenge
  
• Increased C8 core and subcore health to Onslaught Floor 100 level
  
• Increased C9 core and subcore health to Onslaught Floor 350 level
  
• Changed C8 mastery to have a 50 ascension talent cap and C9 mastery to have a 100 ascension talent cap
  
• Reduced the proc rate of the Double-tap shard to match fire for effect
  
• Tweaked the Phoenix AI on embermount
  
• Reduced Elvish Artillery Cannon damage by 10%
  
• Reduced the potency of Mercenary’s Mark mod from 200% increased damage to 150%
  
• Increased Demonic Scythe passive damage by 300%
  
• Increased Dagger Throw cooldown from 2 seconds to 8
  
• Reduced Fan of Knives damage by 40%
  
• Reduced Mercenary Melee Swing Multipliers by 30%
  
• Reduced Backstab Shard by 14%
  
• Increased Cooldown of Combat Preparation from 15 to 20 seconds
  
• Adjusted Flak Cannon max rate from 2.0 to 1.5
  
• Increased Oil catapult projectile AoE by 25%
  
• Increased Elder Dragon Burn damage by 100%
  
• Reduced Hero Damage scalar on Bouncing Phoenix from 1000% to 500%
  
• Changed the Hailstorm tower & Harpy tower to no longer rest when shooting
  
• Changed the Hailstorm tower to frost damage
  
• Changed the Glacier shard to now be frost damage
  
• Changed the Hailstorm tower to now target ground enemies
  
• Increased the Hailstorm damage scalar by 150%, but increased the max rate to 0.24s 
  
• Changed the flame burst tower to now upgrade projectile damage range when upgrade 400 to 800 max 
  
• Increased the projectile size and added slight homing effect to harpy projectile to further increase its accuracy

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• Fixed an issue where some bosses weren't properly tagged as mini bosses
  
• Fixed an issue where some mastery challenges weren't working
  
• Fixed an issue where Call to Arms’ tower damage buff wasn't working on fissures
  
• Fixed upgrade cost on Auto-Repair System being too high
  
• Fixed the Display value on the Tamer’s Gambit shard
  
• Fixed an issue where Valiant Charge and Sweeping Strikes were not hitting Siege roller weak point
  
• Fixed an issue where Valiant Charge wasn't being counted for focused ap
  
• Fixed an issue where bosses on the Wildest West could be counted twice
  
• Fixed an issue on the Wildest West where you had to kill the entire final wave on C9 instead of just the bosses
  
• Fixed an issue where the golden fenix wasn’t dropping the correct ability
  
• Fixed an issue where the golden fenix egg name was incorrect
  
• Fixed an issue with the Empowering Aura shard where it was reducing Ability Power instead of increasing it
  
• Fixed an issue where the Adept / Apprentice Tornado VFX was scaling its size
  
• Fixed an issue where rings could be synced to progression in player shops
  
• Fixed an issue where the default card hero index was wrong in the hero inspect screen making the first hero card blank
  
• Fixed an issue where controller inputs weren't showing the tooltips in the hero inspect screen
  
• Fixed an issue where loot was dropping on the boss wave of embermount
  
• Fixed an issue where some Mana-related mods didn't properly work for the countess
  
• Fixed an issue where the toggle loot popups didn't apply to certain popups
  
• Fixed an issue where stackable items would switch selection focus on use on pc
  
• Fixed several issues involving the Demon Lord boss fight where it would become impossible to complete
  
• Fixed an issue where Jester Box on Jester's Revenge could be stunned
  
• Fixed an issue where Powder Shot had the wrong chaos tier icon
  
• Fixed an issue where Titanic Slam wasn't in the correct shard pack
  
• Fixed an issue where pet reroll boxes were not stacking
  
• Fixed an issue where the special death VFX wasn't working on Abyss Lord siphon
  
• Fixed an issue where the lower chaos tier warning pops up on the same chaos tier items
  
• Fixed an issue where the Inspired Shout shard was not giving Armor
  
• Fixed an issue where the Cybermancer skin couldn't be purchased from the create a hero screen
  
• Fixed an issue where the sticky bomb pet ability could hit friendly targets
  
• Fixed an issue with the Mark of the Phoenix mod’s proc chance being over 100%
  
• Fixed Hardened Servo tooltip at low levels
  
• Fixed an issue where base xp values weren't correct on Wild Westival C8 / C9 expeditions
  
• Potential fix for outside phased lanes on Wild Westival
  
• Fixed an issue where cores could overflow health on wave transitions
  
• Fixed a logic issue on reward popups
  
• Fixed an issue where the damage thresholds on the demon lord wasn't working with 3 & 4 players active
  
• Fixed an issue where the dragon's nest tower wasn't doing any damage

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• Changed fissure target attack vfx
  
• Towers and dummies now use a bigger integer to display cumulative damage over 2 billion
  
• Sky Guard Towers now displays their projectile damage radius
  
• Revamped all of Embermount Volcano’s lighting and post processing to help display death pits and various other features
  
• Changed the collection UI to properly show map progression on certain challenges and updated descriptions on certain challenges
  
• Changed the function of goblin insurance to a toggle and not a press and hold action
  
• Reduced amount of enemies that can appear at any given time on Lost Temple. Should help with performance and make things slightly more manageable.
  
• Renamed Critical Servo/Chip to Crit Chance Servo/Chip
  
• Dryads can now melee attack while flying

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• Added Hypno skins for Countess and Mercenary!
  
• Hypno Bundle is now officially called "Mega Hypno Bundle"

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Note: If you have previously purchased the All Heroes Hypno Pack and don't receive these new skins please email our Customer Support team at support@chromatic.games
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Chromatic Games

DEFENDERS,

Today we are surprising everyone with our newest game: Dungeon Defenders Going Rogue! This is the Chromatic Games take on the roguelite genre using your favorite Etherian Heroes. In Going Rogue you will battle through familiar dungeons, fight waves of enemies, and defeat reimagined bosses in your never-ending quest for loot.

To celebrate our expansion of the Dungeon Defenders Universe, we are now offering bundles with DDA and Going Rogue!


Since Going Rogue is built out of DDA, we wanted to make sure we provided not only a fair price to purchase the game, but also something that rewards people for already owning DDA. That’s where the Dungeon Defenders Bundle comes in! If you own DDA, you’ll be able to purchase Going Rogue for a reduced price, and even better saving during our release sale. However, we’re also releasing with a sale, so purchasing Going Rogue through the bundle will be even less!

For our new Defenders that purchase Going Rogue, but do not own Dungeon Defenders Awakened, you’ll be able to pick DDA up for a reduced price as well through the Dungeon Defenders Bundle as well (and again, even cheaper when there is a sale going on).



We’re currently working on getting an update out for DD2 that includes new maps, a new enemy, a new boss, some new gear, which we’ll be talking about in the coming weeks. Past that we have some MAJOR things we’re going to be working on and getting your feedback, because we’ve got big plans and want our Defenders to be part of that process. We’re not going to talk about this much for right now, but stay tuned, big things are coming!


We are still hard at work on Episode 2 and so far we have revealed:

• New Map: The Bazaar
  
• New Map: The Lost Metropolis
  
• New Feature: Runes

As you’ll notice in Dungeon Defenders Going Rogue, there’s an overlap in features with runes being very core to the gameplay. These runes serve as an example of what you’ll be seeing in Dungeon Defenders Awakened as well. We’re still working diligently on Episode 2 and didn’t want to leave our brave DDA players hanging without spoiling some new content. So we’re going to talk about something you’ll be getting for free right now, and also giving a sneak peak at our next hero!


First, the thing that you’ll be getting right away. In Dungeon Defenders Awakened, we will be providing the Going Rogue versions of the base four characters FOR FREE. All you’ll need to do is update your game, and you will have them. That’s it. This is something we’re doing for ALL PLATFORMS. While Going Rogue won’t be on consoles right now, we want to make sure that all our Defenders are able to have fun with these new cosmetics! Getting the cosmetics onto consoles is going to be reliant on the certification process, so once they pass the individual platform certifications, we’ll have them out to you.

Second, we gave a very small tease on our next hero, which people had guessed, but we’ll announce it here as part of our Going Rogue celebration.

An exiled general from the armies of the Old One after questioning if war was the answer, The Outcast uses his crystalline arm to call upon forces to aid him on the battlefield.



We’re not going into his kit just quite yet, but the Outcast will be the answer to what many fans have been asking for — a remake of The Summoner that fits within Dungeon Defenders Awakened. This is also another hero that we’ll be bringing into Going Rogue as well. We’re serious about making the most out of all the things we’re creating!

We are very excited about the future of DDA, DD2, and now DDGR. Thanks for all of your support, and we look forward to showing off even more in the near future!

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DEFENDERS,

We noticed during our Community Manager’s DD2 streams that the Abyss Lord could use a little love, so we are handing out a few buffs to your favorite underwater denizen! (Totally kidding about the stream thing. We are doing this for actual and legit balance reasons.) We have also found several more issues that we want to address and we are doing so in this patch. Let’s get into it!



Hero

• Changed the Abyss Lord hero damage multiplier to 5
  
• Changed the right click scalar of the Abyss Lord to from 3 to 2.
  
• The Abyss Lord can now hold right click to auto activate their charged attacks (Helps prevents clicker spam)
  
• Changed right click cast time to be a base 1.25 instead of 1.5 to match the animation better

Abilities

• Abyss Stone - Abyssal Stone now has a 10s cooldown, but the damage scalar has been increased.
  
• Direct Command - Direct Command now has a 20s cooldown but can affect multiple towers at once within a radius, and affected tower abilities now scale off of their tower damage.
  
• Abyss Fountain Heal - Changed healing fountain to a static heal percentage to allow it to be viable for all setups

Abyss Lord Shards

• Power Overwhelming - Ability Power increased from 30% to 50%
  
• Shattering Stone - Now works correctly and has been buffed from 400% to 2500%

• Added the ability for Squire and Countess to use axes
  
• Added the ability for Flame Eater and Prickly Shield chip to roll on axes
  
• Last Stand chip & Rise from the Ashes now give 1.5 seconds of invincibility after reviving
  
• Protective Downgrade now gives 1.5 seconds of invincibility to the affected tower after reviving
  
• Genie King’s Blessing Shard mana gain increased from 2 to 3
  
• Reduced Elder Wyvern damage resistance buff by 10% for both regular and elite
  
• Elder Wyverns and Ancient Wyverns can no longer buff each other
  
• Increased Jester Box health on C9 Jester's Revenge
  
• Increased C8 core and subcore health to Onslaught Floor 100 level
  
• Increased C9 core and subcore health to Onslaught Floor 350 level
  
• Changed C8 mastery to have a 50 ascension talent cap and C9 mastery to have a 100 ascension talent cap
  
• Reduced the proc rate of the Double-tap shard to match fire for effect
  
• Tweaked the Phoenix AI on Embermount
  
• Reduced Elvish Artillery Cannon damage by 10%
  
• Reduced the potency of Mercenary’s Mark mod from 200% increased damage to 150%
  
• Increased Demonic Scythe passive damage by 300%
  
• Increased Dagger Throw cooldown from 2 seconds to 8
  
• Reduced Fan of Knives damage by 40%
  
• Reduced Mercenary Melee Swing Multipliers by 30%
  
• Reduced Backstab Shard by 14%
  
• Increased Cooldown of Combat Preparation from 15 to 20 seconds
  
• Adjusted Flak Cannon max rate from 2.0 to 1.5
  
• Increased Oil catapult projectile AoE by 25%
  
• Increased Elder Dragon Burn damage by 50%
  
• Reduced Hero Damage scalar on Bouncing Phoenix from 1000% to 500%

• Fixed an issue where some bosses weren't properly tagged as mini bosses
  
• Fixed an issue where some mastery challenges weren't working
  
• Fixed an issue where Call to Arms’ tower damage buff wasn't working on fissures
  
• Fixed upgrade cost on Auto-Repair System being too high
  
• Fixed the Display value on the Tamer’s Gambit shard
  
• Fixed an issue where Valiant Charge and Sweeping Strikes were not hitting Siege roller weak point
  
• Fixed an issue where Valiant Charge wasn't being counted for focused ap
  
• Fixed an issue where bosses on the Wildest West could be counted twice
  
• Fixed an issue on the Wildest West where you had to kill the entire final wave on C9 instead of just the bosses
  
• Fixed an issue where the Golden Fenix wasn’t dropping the correct ability
  
• Fixed an issue where the Golden Fenix egg name was incorrect
  
• Fixed an issue with the Empowering Aura shard where it was reducing Ability Power instead of increasing it
  
• Fixed an issue where the Adept / Apprentice Tornado VFX was scaling its size
  
• Fixed an issue where rings could be synced to progression in player shops
  
• Fixed an issue where the default card hero index was wrong in the hero inspect screen making the first hero card blank
  
• Fixed an issue where controller inputs weren't showing the tooltips in the hero inspect screen
  
• Fixed an issue where loot was dropping on the boss wave of Embermount
  
• Fixed an issue where some Mana-related mods didn't properly work for the countess
  
• Fixed an issue where the toggle loot popups didn't apply to certain popups
  
• Fixed an issue where stackable items would switch selection focus on use on pc
  
• Fixed several issues involving the Demon Lord boss fight where it would become impossible to complete
  
• Fixed an issue where Jester Box on Jester's Revenge could be stunned
  
• Fixed an issue where Powder Shot had the wrong chaos tier icon
  
• Fixed an issue where Titanic Slam wasn't in the correct shard pack
  
• Fixed an issue where pet reroll boxes were not stacking
  
• Fixed an issue where the special death VFX wasn't working on Abyss Lord siphon
  
• Fixed an issue where the lower chaos tier warning pops up on the same chaos tier items
  
• Fixed an issue where the Inspired Shout shard was not giving Armor
  
• Fixed an issue where the Cybermancer skin couldn't be purchased from the create a hero screen
  
• Fixed an issue where the sticky bomb pet ability could hit friendly targets
  
• Fixed an issue with the Mark of the Phoenix mod’s proc chance being over 100%
  
• Fixed Hardened Servo tooltip at low levels
  
• Fixed an issue where base xp values weren't correct on Wild Westival C8 / C9 expeditions
  
• Potential fix for outside phased lanes on wild westival

• Changed fissure target attack vfx
  
• Towers and dummies now use a bigger integer to display cumulative damage over 2 billion
  
• Sky Guard Towers now displays their projectile damage radius
  
• Revamped all of Embermount Volcano’s lighting and post processing to help display death pits and various other features
  
• Changed the collection UI to properly show map progression on certain challenges and updated descriptions on certain challenges
  
• Changed the function of goblin insurance to a toggle and not a press and hold action
  
• Reduced amount of enemies that can appear at any given time on Lost Temple. Should help with performance and a make things slightly more manageable.

DD2 isn't all we are working on here at Chromatic. Behind the scenes we are working on so much awesome stuff that we can't wait to show you! For you DDA fans out there, Episode 2 is still coming along nicely, and our upcoming PlayStation release is receiving the last bit of polish for our May 3rd release! Make sure you are paying attention to our socials over the next week for possible additional beans.

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DEFENDERS,

Thanks to your feedback we have been able to identify some bugs in the Embermount Patch. We are releasing a small hotfix that should alleviate some of these issues. We wanted to make sure to get this patch out as quick as possible due to a performance issue affecting the servers. If you are still experiencing lag spikes or warping issues, with regard to the Embermount Patch, please reach out to us on our social channels to let us know.

• Added back Fury icon
  
• Changed C8 mastery to 50 ascension cap and C9 mastery to 100
  
• Changed ring of speed to ring of wind on the incursion reward UI
  
• Fixed an issue where mods weren't spawning on C9 incursions
  
• Fixed an issue where pet re roll boxes aren't stackings
  
• Fixed an issue where the initiate can't equip the crippling blow shard
  
• Reduced Elder Wyvern buff linger duration 10 -> 5s

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DEFENDERS,

In October of last year we released the Mercenary to an incredible reception (and a little surprise) from the community. After seeing this overwhelmingly positive response we collectively thought “Why don’t we make another awesome new hero?” So we did. We are back today bringing you the new hotness: The Countess!
If you have ever wanted to harness the power of Siege Weaponry, Fire, and Dragons then we think she may be the hero you've been waiting on!

• Fury - Basic attacks also launch phoenix projectiles that deal fire damage to all targets in a line. Scales with hero damage and weapon swing speed.

• Flame Surge - Slam your shield into the ground, summoning ethereal dragons that travel forward in a line and burn everything in their path.
  
• Call To Arms - Rally yourself and nearby allies, increasing movement speed and damage dealt. Nearby towers also deal increased damage!
  
• Valiant Charge - Charge forward, becoming immune to damage and heavily damaging all enemies in your path.
  
• Holy Fire - Creates a flame barrier that reduces damage taken and heals over time.

• Flak Cannon - Fires debris in a short wide cone with concussive force that knocks smaller enemies away.
  
• Oil Catapult - Launches arcing flasks that damage and oil enemies in an area.
  
• Dragons Nest - Hatches several baby dragons that seek out and attack nearby enemies with fireballs.
  
• Elder Dragon - Summons a powerful dragon that burns all enemies in a huge area, dealing high burst damage followed by sustained damage over time. Only one per hero deck can be summoned.

• Cataclysmic - You have a x% chance when landing on the ground to deal y% of your Ability Power as fire damage to nearby enemies.
  
• Flame Cloak - After using Valiant Charge, wreath yourself in flames for 6s. While aflame, you take x% less damage and burn attackers for y% of your Armor.
  
• Fury Restoration - Restore x mana every time Fury scores a critical hit.
  
• Fury Speed - Increases projectile speed of Fury by x%.
  
• Heavy Armor - Increases armor by x%, but reduces speed by y.
  
• Heroic Charge - Increases the damage of Valiant Charge by x%.
  
• Holy Empowerment - Increases damage by x% while Holy Fire is active.
  
• Holy Restoration - Increases the healing of Holy Fire by x%.
  
• Inferno - Increases the damage of Flame Surge by x%.
  
• Inspired Shout - Call to Arms buff increases armor and further increases damage by x%.
  
• Melting Point - When the Countess deals fire damage to an enemy, there is a 20% chance to ignite their armor, causing them to take x% extra damage for y seconds.
  
• Wild Fire - Increases the duration of Flame Surge’s fire trail by x seconds.

• Lasting Conflagration - Increases Elder Dragon burn duration by x seconds.
  
• Dragon Flare - Increases the projectile damage radius of Dragons Nest dragons by x%, and reduces damage falloff by y%.
  
• Dragon’s Haste - Dragons Nest dragons’ movement speed is increased by x.
  
• Buckshot - Increases the knockback of the Flak Cannon by x%.
  
• Flare-Up - Elder Dragon has a x% chance to deal y% more damage.
  
• Oily Overflow - Oil Catapult projectiles leave additional Oil on the ground for x seconds.
  
• Powder Shot - Increases the Defense Power of the Flak Cannon by x%, and attunes it to fire damage.
  
• Viscous Oil - The oil effect from Oil Catapult now slows enemies by an additional x%, and also slows their attack speed by y%.

• Flame Eater - +x% damage to ignited enemies.
  
• Motherly Instinct - Increases the defense power of the Elder Dragon by x% for each Dragons Nest near the Elder Dragon.

A new chaos tier has been added to Expeditions, Incursions, and Mastery. Enemies in this difficulty are significantly more powerful than their Chaos VIII counterparts, so prepare accordingly before taking it on! With a new chaos tier comes a new enemy and a new miniboss to disrupt your favorite strategies.

• New Enemy: Elder Wyvern - They may no longer be able to fly, but these Wyverns can empower nearby enemies, granting them resistance to damage and status effects! Specifically, enemies gain 100% Tenacity while within an Elder Wyvern’s aura, rendering them immune to many forms of crowd control. Players (but not towers) take damage while within an Elder Wyvern’s aura, and the Wyverns themselves have a short-ranged poison projectile attack.

• New Miniboss: Ancient Wyvern - A golden, nastier version of the Elder Wyvern with more health and damage. Additionally, enemies have even higher damage resistance while within an Ancient Wyvern’s aura than within an Elder Wyvern’s aura!

• Amped Charge - Increases the damage of Proton Charge by x%.
  
• Atomic Madness - Atomic Launcher fires 2 extra shots in a small spread for x% of your Hero Damage.
  
• Auto-Repair System - Restores x% of the affected tower’s Max Health every 5s. Only active during Combat Phase.
  
• Beam Intensification - Increases the damage of Sword Beam by x%.
  
• Blood Rage - Increases the damage bonus of Provoke by x%, and damage resistance by y%.
  
• Bubble Beam - Sand Vipers have an x% chance on hit to bubble the target for y seconds.
  
• Bunny Hop - Gives the ability to double jump, and increases your movement speed by x.
  
• Chi Curse - Increases Crippling Chi Wave cripple effectiveness by x%.
  
• Crippling Blow - Sky Guard Tower has a x% chance on hit to stun target for y seconds.
  
• Critical Empowerment - Increases your Hero Crit Damage by x%.
  
• Electric Arcing - Increases the number of targets for the Lightning Strike Aura by 4, but does x% less damage.
  
• Frenzied Swarm - Moss Hornet movement speed is increased by x.
  
• Giant Harpy Feathers - Harpy feathers pierce through 1 extra target, even when not corrupt. Projectile damage reduction per pierce reduced by x%.
  
• Hasten - Increases attack speed by x%.
  
• Radiant Empowerment - Increases the damage of nearby heroes by x%.
  
• Rainbow Flask - Increases the damage of Oil Flask by x% and has a chance to drench, ignite, or poison enemies on hit.
  
• Run and Gun - Your primary attacks have a x% chance on hit to increase your movement speed by 600 for 3s.
  
• Tamer’s Gambit - Pets deal x% more damage, but Hero Damage and Ability Power are reduced by y%.
  
• Tank Gambit - Take x% less damage, but deal y% less damage.
  
• Titanic Slam - The Colossus’ attack has an x% chance to be a massive overhead slam, creating a shockwave that deals y% of your Tower Health as earth damage and sends enemies airborne.
  
• Vroom Polymorph - Vroom Broom polymorphs enemies around you when activated for x seconds. Can only activate once every 10 seconds.
  
• The shards Augmented Explosions, Freezing Rain, Sharp Thinking, and Venomous Strikes have also been moved to Chaos IX.

• Counter-Attack Chip - +x Hero Damage for 5 seconds after taking damage.
  
• Counter-Surge Chip - +x Ability Power for 5 seconds after taking damage.
  
• Dodge Chip - When taking damage, you have a x% chance to Dodge the attack and take 0 damage.
  
• First Strike Chip - +x% Damage to Enemies above 90% health.
  
• Swap Crit Damage Chip - +x% Crit Damage for y seconds after swapping in.
  
• Swap Crit Chance Chip - +x% Crit Chance for y seconds after swapping in.

Similar to Chaos VIII, Chaos IX has another set of Prime Incursions at an even higher difficulty to complete. Unlike Chaos VIII Primes, however, completing each region will not reward another set of Hyper Shards. Instead, each region will award a unique Ring equipment, complete with its own locked Mod. Rings can only boost hero stats, and will retain their upgrades and strength even through Ancient Power resets.

• Prime I Reward: Ring of Wind
  
  • Unique Mod: Blessing of Wind - Your basic attacks have a 10% chance to spawn a tornado that deals x% of Hero Damage as storm damage and knocks them up for 3 seconds. Additionally Grants a 5% chance to dodge attacks, taking no damage.

• Prime II Reward: Ring of Time
  
  • Unique Mod: Blessing of Time - Reduces the cooldown of your abilities by x%, and increases your Ability Power by 10%.

• Prime III Reward: Ring of Poison
  
  • Unique Mod: Blessing of Poison - Your primary attacks have a 30% chance to deal an additional x% Poison damage and reduce their armor by 10% for 3 seconds.

• Prime IV Reward: Ring of Water
  
  • Unique Mod: Blessing of Water - Your primary attacks have a 30% chance to deal an additional x% Water damage and drench enemies. Maximum ability resource is also increased by 50.

• Prime V Reward: Ring of Regen
  
  • Unique Mod: Blessing of Regeneration - Restores x% of your Max Health every 5s, and increases your Hero Health by 20%.

• Prime VI Reward: Ring of Earth
  
  • Unique Mod: Blessing of Earth - Your basic attacks have a 20% chance to root a target into place dealing x% Hero Damage as earth damage every second for 3 seconds , and damage taken is reduced by 20%.

• Prime VII Reward: Ring of Piercing
  
  • Unique Mod: Blessing of Piercing - Hero projectiles pierce shields and do x% of their damage.

In addition to Rings, completion of all Chaos IX Prime Incursions will reward one new Hyper Shard! Another copy of this Hyper Shard can be earned through the completion of all Chaos IX Mastery objectives.

• Genie King’s Blessing - Gain x defense mana upon defeating an enemy, up to 100 enemies per Combat Phase.

• Prestige level minimum floor requirements for prestige rank 32 - 50 has been changed to floor 299.
  
• Completing a Chaos IX Expedition sets your completed Onslaught floor to 300 if not already completed.
  
• Prestige rank 51-X minimum floor requirement has been changed to floor 320.
  
• A new Onslaught lane, “Zerkers and Wyverns”, has been added to Onslaught floors 350 and above.

A long-time favorite map, Embermount Volcano, has made its Dungeon Defenders 2 debut! Found in the Lost Dungeons regions, this fiery map poses brand new challenges… including a brand new boss! This map will also appear in Onslaught, but not in Mastery.

Anyone that has experience with Embermount Volcano in previous games in the series knows that it is home to the Phoenix boss, and this time is no exception. The Phoenix is an extremely resilient enemy, with a large arsenal of attacks to wear down its opponents! Defeating this beast on the highest difficulties will require patience and skill, but the rewards are well worth the effort.
All Difficulties: Flame Warden’s Shield
Chaos I: 4 Plain Emerald Clusters
Chaos II: 6 Plain Emerald Clusters
Chaos III: 8 Plain Emerald Clusters
Chaos IV: 4 Shiny Ruby Clusters
Chaos V: 6 Shiny Ruby Clusters
Chaos VI: 8 Shiny Ruby Clusters
Chaos VII: 4 Pristine Citrine Clusters
Chaos VIII: 6 Pristine Citrine Clusters, a chance at Fenix Pet Egg, and a chance at one of the weapons below.
Chaos IX: 8 Pristine Citrine Clusters, a chance at Fenix Pet Egg, and one of the following items:

• Smoldering Axe
  
• Bow of the Phoenix
  
• Molten Dagger
  
• Wyvern Rifle
  
• Ancient Fire Mace
  
• Ember Scepter
  
• Phoenix Tail Spear
  
• Flame Warden’s Sword
  
• Ring of Fire (Chaos IX only)

• Immolation - Slain enemies have a 25% chance to spawn fire on the ground, burning enemies near it for x% of your hero damage once per second over 5 seconds. Minimum cooldown of 1 second per spawn.
  
• Internal Combustion - Enemies on death explode for x% of hero health as fire damage to all nearby enemies.
  
• Mark of the Phoenix - Damaging enemies has a x% chance to give a 25% boost to damage, speed, and jump height for 5 seconds. Can only occur once every 10 seconds.
  
• Phoenix Shot - Once every 2 seconds, your attacks spawn a flying Phoenix that bounces to 5 enemies, dealing x% of your Hero Damage as Fire damage to all enemies hit.
  
• Rise From the Ashes - Upon death, return to x% Health and deal y% more damage for 15 seconds.
• Once every 80 seconds.
  
• Blessing of Fire (Ring of Fire only) - Your primary attacks have a 30% chance to deal an additional x% damage as fire damage.

• 
  A new Town NPC, the Black Market Vendor, has been added! This completely legitimate salesperson will sell various expensive items, including:
  
  • Goblin Item Insurance - An uncommon goblin relic used at Professor Proteus to save your gear from total destruction. By using this item, you can safely transfer mods from one equipment piece to another without destroying the first one!
    
  • Fancy Golden Top Hat - Sold for the low, low price of 1 (billion) Gold! If you want a way to show off your riches, this is it. Only available for a limited time!
    
  • As time goes on, more items will be added to the Black Market Vendor, including new ultra-expensive flairs. Check back frequently for the latest!

• New Countess Skin - Dragon Commander
  
• New Squire Skin - Dragon Captain

Make sure to check out the Emporium for a bundle with both of these hot new skins!

• Dragon Commander Bundle - Countess and Dragon Commander skin
  
• Dragon Kingdom Bundle - Dragon Commander and Dragon Captain

• The damage dealt by many Pets has increased significantly.
  
• The Hero Damage scalars of Huntress, EV2, Adept, and Apprentice have been increased from 3.5 to 5.
  
• The Hero Damage scalars of Lavamancer and Abyss Lord have been increased from 3.5 to 7.
  
• The Last Stand Chip can now activate once every 120 seconds, instead of once per Combat Phase.
  
• Pet Empowerment stats have been reduced by 50%.
  
• Sky Guard Tower’s basic attacks now deal damage in a small area, instead of being single target.
  
• Elemental Chips now work on Abyss Lord’s primary attack.
  
• Abyss Lord’s secondary attack now scales with Hero Damage, no longer has a critical chance cap, and has an attack rate cap of 0.1.
  
• Abyss Lord’s Fountain ability now scales with Hero Health instead of Ability Power.
  
• Motes now drop in a 7 / 8 / 9 pattern. Example: Chaos 7 drops 7 motes, Chaos 8 drops 8 motes, and Chaos 9 drops 9 motes.

• Fixed Buff Beam tooltip displaying unused stats.
  
• Fixed an issue where Water Aura still had Flame Aura’s description on the Create Hero screen.
  
• Fixed an issue where Moss Hornets wouldn’t target certain enemies.
  
• Fixed an issue where Moss Hornets would occasionally teleport to the center of the map.
  
• Fixed an issue where some enemies would get stuck in spawn.
  
• Fixed an issue where Elvish Artillery Cannon erroneously displayed its Tenacity stat.
  
• Fixed an issue where Heroic Power was not properly working after swapping heroes or spawning in.
  
• Fixed an issue where Royal Guard Blockade’s attack rate scaling was incorrect.
  
• Fixed an issue where Freezes would not proc Controller mods.
  
• Fixed an issue where Elvish Artillery Cannon’s range was not properly 360 degrees.
  
• The shard Thundering Call now functions properly.
  
• Fixed an issue where Dark Mages could spawn skeletons on locations where Slimes or Nether Spiders had exploded.
  
• Fixed an issue where you could not sell Jackalope and Golden Dino eggs.
  
• The Mastery Challenge Entrapment now functions properly.
  
• Searing Flame’s duration is now correctly set to 5 seconds.
  
• Fixed an issue where you could fall through the map on The Wildest West
  
• Fixed Stuck Flier lanes on the Wildest West
  
• Fixed an issue where the mercenary slam VFX was too large for clients

• Practice dummies now show commas
  
  
  
  
• Pet Food Boxes can now stack
  
• Pet Evolve Boxes now stack
  
• Single shard and x5 shard packs can now stack
  
  
  
  
• Added the ability to hide loot pop ups in the options menu

• Winter has officially ended in Dragonfall, the Hub area has thawed out, and the Winterfest trees have been packed away. With winter’s end, Nightmare Krampusliches will no longer drop, and presents will no longer be available until winter comes again.
  
• 64 bit is now the default launch option for DD2. The 32 bit binaries still are being built with every update.
  
  • Default Location EX: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Dungeon Defenders 2\DunDef2\Binaries\Win32
• Mercenary price changed from 12000 to 10000 Defender Medals

Normally we try and stay pretty humble here at Chromatic, but we did bring the heat with this patch. The Countess, +1 Chaos, rings, and a new vendor are few things to be excited for. Ok we are done patting ourselves on the back (for now), time to get back to work!

We have so much going on behind the scenes here that we can’t wait to share with you. As always, we will post any and all updates to our social channels so make sure to follow us! Thanks again to all of our Defenders, see you again soon with even more content!

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DEFENDERS,

It seems like forever ago that we introduced you to the Mercenary, somehow it has actually only been 3 months?? Today we want to talk about the next major update to DD2 - The Embermount Update! We covered this on our latest Twitch Stream, so if you'd like to see the VOD, click here!


If you have ever wanted to harness the power of Siege Weaponry, Fire, and Dragons then we think she may be the hero you've been waiting on!

• Fury - Basic attacks also launch phoenix projectiles that deal fire damage to all targets in a line. Scales with hero damage.

• Flame Surge - The Countess slams her shield into the ground, summoning ethereal dragons that travel forward in a line to burn everything in their path.
  
  
• Call to Arms - The Countess rallies allies near her, increasing movement speed and damage dealt. Nearby towers also deal increased damage!
  
  
• Valiant Charge - The Countess charges forward, becoming immune to damage and heavily damaging all enemies in her path.
  
  
• Holy Fire - The Countess creates a barrier of fire around herself, healing her over time and reducing damage taken.

• Flak Cannon - Launches debris in a wide but short cone with concussive force that knocks smaller foes away.
  
  
• Oil Catapult - Launches arcing flasks that damage and oil enemies in an area.
  
  
• Dragons Nest - This nest is home to several baby dragons that seek out and attack nearby enemies with fireballs
  
  
• Elder Dragon - Summons a unique and powerful dragon that burns all enemies in a huge area dealing high initial damage and even more over time.

• Melting Point (Weapon Shard) - When the Countess deals fire damage to an enemy, there is a change to ignite their armor dealing damage over time.
  
  
• Flame Eater (Weapon Mod)- Increases damage to ignited enemies.

• Countess Skin - Dragon Commander
  
• Squire Skin - Commander Armor

• Goblin Item Insurance - A relic used at Professor Proteus to save your gear from total destruction when tinkering.
  
• Exclusive Cosmetic Top Hat - Golden top hat flair. Only purchasable with gold. Only for the fanciest of Defenders.

This patch also comes with +1 Chaos! That's right, after Chaos 8 you will have even more content to take on in Chaos 9. This includes a new map, new enemies, and more!

New Map

• Embermount

New Enemies

• Elder Wyvern - They may no longer be able to fly, but these Wyverns can empower nearby enemies, granting them resistance to damage and status effects!
  
• Ancient Wyvern - The bigger, badder, MiniBoss version of the Elder Wyvern. Think you can defeat it?

New Shards - Here's a sneak-peek at 2 of our upcoming new shards!

• Hasten - Increases attack speed
  
• Electric Arcing - Increases the number of targets for the Lightning Strike Aura, but reduces the damage

New Hyper Shard - Unlike C8 Prime Incursion, C9 Prime Incursions will NOT reward another full set of hyper shards for completion. However, there is one new Hyper Shard for completing all C9 Primes

New Equipment: Rings

• Obtained on Prime 9 Incursions. Each prime tier (1-7) has its own ring that drops on any map in that tier. Rings hage 1 guaranteed locked mod, and do not support any other mods or shards. Rings can be upgraded with gold.

Summary

We are currently in the process of putting the finishing touches on all of this hot Embermount content. Remember, this is just a patch preview and we will be releasing it in full in the next few weeks. We hope you are as excited as we are!

What’s Next?

While we are very happy with how the Countess turned out, we aren't resting! We continue to work hard behind the scenes to create even more new and engaging content for the Dungeon Defenders franchise. We can't wait to show you what we have been hard at work on here at Chromatic!


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DEFENDERS,

It’s been a little over a month since we introduced the Mercenary, and that means the Winterfest season is upon us! In the spirit of giving, we are giving you a little bit of everything! We have some optimizations, a new tower, some cool new cosmetics, balance changes, and much more. Let’s get into it!


We are adding a 64-bit beta client for potential fixes for many different crashes and general stability. Currently, a fraction of a percent of all Steam users are still on operating systems that can only play 32-bit games. For the time being, both versions of the game will be available to play in order to ensure there are no unexpected issues that arise with the new 64-bit client on PC. You can run the 64-bit client by opening Dungeon Defenders on Steam and selecting the appropriate client on startup.

Please let us know if you experience any 64-bit client only issues during your gameplay by taking this PC 64-BIT FEEDBACK SURVEY. We will announce when the 32-bit client will no longer be officially supported. We expect this sometime in 2022.

The Winterfest tree has returned for the holidays!

• Daily Present Drops:
  
  
  • Random Single Shard Pack - 100% chance
    
  • Legendary Winter Weapon - 100% chance
    
  • Bunny Hop Shard - 100% chance
    
  • Jolly Santolich - 10% chance
    
  • Frostbite Santolich - 10% chance
    
  • Krampuslich - 5% chance

Every victory chest on Chaos 8 on all game modes has a 0.5% chance to drop a Nightmare Krampuslich pet! This also applies to Onslaught above floor 99.


Have you been naughty or nice? Krampus knows. Grab this terrifyingly festive costume to strike fear into the hearts of all those who have misbehaved this year.

• Krampus Hat
  
• Krampus Wings
  
• Krampus Tail

(This cosmetic set will also be available in Dungeon Defenders Awakened)

While admittedly not the most aerodynamic, you can still show off your holiday cheer with these two new sets of Winterfest themed wings!

Note: Do not attempt to eat the Candy Cane Wings.

• Snowflake Wings

• Candy Cane Wings

(These cosmetics will also be available in Dungeon Defenders Awakened)

Material Drop Changes

All materials will now only drop from the victory chest.

• Chaos 1 - 5 Plain Motes and 3 C1 Amps
  
• Chaos 2 - 6 Plain Motes and 3 C2 Amps
  
• Chaos 3 - 7 Plain Motes and 3 C3 Amps
  
• Chaos 4 - 5 Shiny Motes and 3 C4 Amps
  
• Chaos 5 - 6 Shiny Motes and 3 C5 Amps
  
• Chaos 6 - 7 Shiny Motes and 3 C6 Amps
  
• Chaos 7 - 5 Pristine Motes and 3 C7 Amps
  
• Chaos 8 - 6 Pristine Motes and 3 C8 Amps

• Towers
  
  • Skeletal Ramsters
    
    • Increased their upgrade scaling to be 15% per upgrade instead of 10%.

• Towers
  
  • The slimes from the Slime Pit Tower have had their damage increased by 50%.
    
  • The targeting and pathfinding AIs of the Slimes have been improved.

• Towers
  
  • NEW TOWER: Water Aura
    
    • Deals AoE water damage that drenches all enemies hit. Replaces the Flame Aura for Initiate.

• Shards
  
  • NEW SHARD: Water Jet
    
    • Decreases Max Targets by 4 but increases damage by x%.

• Towers
  
  • Fissures of Embermount have had their damage increased by 18%.

• Blaze Balloon
  
  • Increased their upgrade scaling to be 25% per upgrade instead of 15%.

• Hero
  
  • The Fan of Knives ability can now be used while moving

• Towers
  
  • Nether Archers
    
    • Decreased their upgrade scaling to be 15% per upgrade instead of 20%

• Nether Spiders
  
  • The targeting and pathfinding AIs of the Nether Spiders have been improved.
    
  • The natural death timer of Nether Spider and Slimes has been increased from 10 seconds to 20.

• Shards
  
  • Explosive Spiders has been altered. Its name is now Augmented Explosions, and it can now additionally be equipped to the Slime Pit Tower as well as the Nether Spider Spawner. Its functionality is unchanged otherwise.

• The targeting AI of pets has been revamped. They now automatically attack the target closest to the player, and can switch targets while attacking.
  
• Pet damage is now affected by the hero's damage adjusting passives (Example: Anti-Melee).
  
• Water Damage on pets now drench the initial target hit.

• Arachnophobia - Includes Chaos 8 spiders and Death Weaver.
  
• Carnival Extravaganza - Includes small ogres, big goblins, tiny kobolds, pie throwers, and fire, poison, and frost mages.
  
• Army Of The Dead - Includes skeletons, skeleton orcs, zombie orcs, and zombie orc boss Treet.
  
• Carnival Flyers - Includes carnival flying kobolds and normal flying kobolds.
  
• Stabby Demon eyes - Includes Dark Assassins and Demon eyes.

• Fixed an issue where the mercenary couldn't be damaged by Goblin Siege Rollers and their rockets.
  
• Adjusted Mercenary tower & Abilities descriptions to properly fit the F6 quick help screen.
  
• Fixed an issue where the golden ship pet couldn't be properly evolved.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Ascension health scaling on the Royal Guard Blockade was incorrect.
  
• Fixed an issue where certain new Daggers were not dropping.
  
• Fixed an issue where the size of the Draken Soul was incorrect on Mercenary.
  
• Fixed an issue so the duration of Petrify is now correct when activated with Lingering Poison.
  
• Poisoned Blades shard now correctly triggers Petrify.
  
• Fixed VFX issues with the Spider enemy.
  
• Dark Assassins have been removed from the Emp Zappers Onslaught lane.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Mercenary Mark passive where it could only roll 1 or 10.
  
• Mercenary's Mark can now only appear on Dagger weapons.
  
• Fixed an issue with Nether Spiders and Slime Pit where their kill count was incorrectly incremented when a Spider or Slime exploded
  
• The Tiki Mask's glowing eyes are now set correctly on the Mercenary.
  
• Fixed an issue with the Heroic Boost Talent where it was increasing more than intended.
  
• Fixed Single/Triple/Quintuple Chip not properly working on EV.
  
• Fixed an issue where Spectral Arrows was not properly functioning.
  
• Chaos 7 expedition is no longer a requirement for Onslaught floor 99 unlock.
  
• The Flameburst Tower can now properly use the Flamethrower's tower skins.
  
• Fixed the rotation of the elemental vfx of the Royal Dagger and the Noble Dagger.
  
• Fixed issues with the Golden Dino Egg name and Amber Dragon Egg’s default quality.
  
• (PC Only) Fixed an issue where GENERAL would be in all chat boxes.
  
• Fixed an issue where the Mercenary did not have a bag icon.
  
• Fixed an issue where Drakenlord’s Soul, Freezing Rain, and Frostfire Remnants did not properly proc Controller Servo / Chip.
  
• Fixed Elvish Artillery Cannon not having a Tenacity stat.

We are very excited to bring these changes to you in our last update before the new year! From our family here at Chromatic Games to yours, we hope everyone has a great Winterfest season! We can’t wait to come back in 2022 and show you what we’ve got prepared for Etheria in the new year!


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