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Dungeon Defenders Patch 10.5.3

[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]
Gave the following weapons 1.1x movement speed
  • Huntress:
    • the B.F. Drill (Ruthless: Volcanic Eruption)
    • The Sorcerer's Lamp (Coastal Bazaar)
    • The Krytykal Strike (Ruthless: Sky City)
    • The Ink Splatter (Tropics of Etheria)


  • Apprentice:
    • High Tinkerer's Proto Staff (Tinker's Lab)
    • Archmage's Blade Staff (Magus Citadel)
    • The Undying Rod (Crystalline Resurgence 2)
    • The Gargoyle Staff (Crystalline Resurgence 4)
    • Apocalypse (Ruthless: Rumble in the Jungle)


[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]
  • Made Hermit's Nature Pylon tower not affect Huntress' traps range as a band-aid fix while we figure out the range being set to 0 issue
  • Fixed possible issue with Returnia maps not dropping gems
  • Fixed some typos on Coal and Pet forge UIs
  • It wasn't clear which item's the Shroomite wanted for his wares, so icons have been adjusted.


For Etheria!

Dungeon Defenders Patch 10.5.2

[h2]New Pets Forge[/h2]

Pets that used to be awarded on the return to tavern (Baby Old One, Zamira's Mount and Free-range Chicken) are now available to trade tokens for on the new trader found on the outside of the second floor of the tavern. Returnia and Warping Core II maps now give a gem on map completion for the difficulty you're completing it on.

The gems can be traded when you get all 5, in Returnia's case, or all 3, in Warping Core II's case, for their respective pets.

[h2]Miscellaneous Changes[/h2]
  • Added descriptions for a lot of the previously basic "hat" "mask" "bracers" "shield" accessories
  • Added CDTSettings configuration to disable Map of the Week functionalitty


[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]
  • Reverted nerfs on Obsidian Sparus and Shimmerblade Scimitar because it was leading to much lower damage than intended
  • Increased tower resistance on bosses on Frostdale Royal Court
  • Removed projectile Speed from Lil' Cruiser


[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]
  • Changed name and description on Scorched Arabia accessories
  • Fixed yellow color pylons being broken on 1p Boss Rush II wave 17
  • Fixed enemies spawning on center core on Scorched Arabia during boss wave
  • Chanticleer's Chandelier's projectiles should now properly despawn after use
  • Adjusted a handful of icons for Barbarian, Gunwitch, Hermit, and Warden to fix inconsistencies with other heroes
  • Ogres now properly spawn on Frostdale Royal Court
  • Moved Djinn Location to hopefully fix spot on Frostdale Royal Court
  • Fixed teleport volume on Lava Tavern not working properly
  • Added missing descriptions for Frostdale Royal Court and Scorched Arabia weapons


For Etheria!

Dungeon Defenders Patch 10.5.1

[h2]New Coal Forge UI[/h2]
You can now generate diamonds, big coal and hearts on a UI, multiple times in one session. Can also sell small coal, coal, heart fragments and experience tokens for mana on the Coal Forge

[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]
  • Nerfed the damage output of the Vampire Halberd by 11% by nerfing Swing 1 and Swing 2s Damage output
  • Removed auto-spawn of free range chickens. Now spawned in coal forge
  • Made Circular Slice only reduce taken damage by 50% instead of 100% while casting
  • Nerfed Gunwitch hero damage by 10%
  • Nerfed Warden hero damage by 10%
  • Nerfed Circular Slice damage by 10%


[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]
  • Fixed issues with reward from the eye vs eye contest
  • Fixed textures on a new event item
  • Fixed Frostdale Royal Court dropping the the non-colorable versions of the Candy Cane Bracers
  • Fixed incorrect drop template for Lavabringer sword
  • Updated the visual numbers for the Sword of Masters (Ruthless) and Eternian Sword (Ruthless) Range damages to be in line with other projectile squire swords
  • Fixed Obsidian Sparus causing you to go blind
  • Fixed tower by the chests having no collision on Frostdale Royal Court
  • Removed teleport volume on the inside on the top of Lava Tavern


For Etheria!

Patch 10.5.0 + Boss Rush II DLC

Good evening, Defenders! Today, Etheria gets a bit more challenging, but still with a festive side. Patch 10.5.0 introduces the Boss Rush II DLC mission, the new Frostdale Royal Court campaign, lots of balance and content changes!

[h2]New DLC Map: Boss Rush II[/h2]

New revisit of challenge maps where you'll fight bosses in 3 gauntlets one after the other without pause.

It rewards you with the Vampire Halberd monk weapon, Soup Baby pet and the Pristine Accessory Set

Included with the DLC is the Warden Egyptian skin, no map completion required to unlock it

You can get the DLC, out now, here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4259510/Dungeon_Defenders__Boss_Rush_II/

[h2]Celebration of the 15th anniversary of Dungeon Defenders[/h2]
During the next month, we'll be giving out a exclusive item to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the release date of Dungeon Defenders. Get in touch with an active event host, such as Thales, Quiche078 or Bwana to get yours

[h2]New Content[/h2]
[h3]New Pets on Final Wave of Survival/Pure Strategy for Akatiti Jungle, Aquanos, Sky City, Mistymire Forest and Moraggo Desert Town[/h3]
Received from beating the final wave of Survival on Ruthless difficulty

Kairy the Brave fairy on Mistymire Forest, Magic Carpet on Moraggo Desert Town, Sea Turtle on Aquanos, Lil Cruiser on Sky City and Tiki Mask on Akatiti jungle.

[h3]New Frostdale Royal Court campaign map, with 2 new weapons and 3 pets[/h3]
Revisit the Silent Night present delivery challenge as a campaign map with new unique rewards


[h3]Scorched Arabia Challenge[/h3]
Re-imagining of Moraggo Desert Town near the Embermount Volcano, with a Celestial Phoenix boss fight


[h3]New Lava Tavern[/h3]
New Embermount Volcano themed tavern that you can select if you've beaten Embermount Volcano on Nightmare or Ruthless difficulty


[h3]Winter Wonderland: New pet on wave 25 on all difficulties and updated weapon rewards on Ruthless Campaign completion[/h3]

[h2]Miscellaneous Changes[/h2]
  • Changed visual scale on ranged monk damage to make most weapons comparable to each other based on the stat value



[h2]Maps Balance Changes[/h2]
  • Updated the end of map survival rewards for the base campaign maps + Glitterhelm Caverns to randomly give you one of either the Kobold, Skeleton, or Giraffe on a Treadmill
  • Decreased the length of Survival for Ruthless Winter Wonderland (Pure Strategy is unchanged).
  • Added accessories and random rewards to Winter Wonderland Survival
  • Made Valentine Citadel only drop one weapon on ruthless difficulty


[h2]Pet Balance Changes[/h2]
  • Swapped hero speed for ab1 on baby old one
  • Swapped eyes back to their non-contest variant
  • Made Colored Fenix have colored projectiles
  • Mini Snowman: 2% damage buff


[h2]Weapon Balance Changes[/h2]
  • Prototype Armblade: Buffed melee damage by 20%
  • Everlasting Flame: Gave splash damage and falling projectile
  • Lemurian Halberd: Gave new projectile spread and 4% damage nerf
  • Dragon Halberd: 2.5% Ranged Damage buff
  • Junbao's Sunkissed Spear: 2.5% Ranged Damage Nerf
  • Gem Dagger, Constellation Dagger: 3.5% ranged damage buff
  • Spear of the New Kingdom: 8% ranged damage nerf
  • Candy Cane: 2% ranged damage buff
  • Leg of the Queen: 13% melee damage nerf
  • Ogre's Childhood Toy: Melee damage increased by 20%, increased ranged damage by 50%, new ranged spread and updated visuals
  • Glaive of Unicorn: Fixed Melee damage being incorrectly displayed and 5% Ranged damage buff
  • Monk Punk Glaive: 50% ranged damage buff and new projectile spread
  • Flying Carpet Beater: Ranged damage buffed 13%
  • Ember Crescent: Ranged damage buffed by 5%
  • Emerald Halberd: Buffed ranged damage to be closer to the Dragon halberd and gave a new spread
  • Hermit's Swallow: 2.5% Ranged damage buff
  • Cane of Doomed relationships: 10% damage buff
  • The Pinioner: 15% damage buff
  • Quiescence: 13% Damage buff
  • Mobile Moxie: 16% Damage buff
  • Staff of Hearts: 5% damage buff
  • Alternative Energy Core: 8% damage nerf and gave a new spread
  • Obsidian Gladius: Fixed incorrect base damage being displayed, buffed projectile damage by 50% and nerfed base damage by 50%
  • Chanticleer's Chandelier: Gave bouncing projectiles and updated visuals for projectiles


[h3]Squire sword swing damage buffs[/h3]
  • The Pinioner
    Swing 1 buffed by 150%
    Swing 2 buffed by 225%
    Swing 3 buffed by 250%

  • Quiescence
    Swing 1 buffed by 175%
    Swing 2 buffed by 270%
    Swing 3 buffed by 395%

  • Eternian Greatsword
    Swing 1 buffed by 100%
    Swing 2 buffed by 150%
    Swing 3 buffed by 200%

  • Mobile Moxie
    Swing 1 buffed by 125%
    Swing 2 buffed by 175%
    Swing 3 buffed by 250%

  • Malificar's Rapier
    Swing 1 buffed by 150%
    Swing 2 buffed by 250%
    Swing 3 buffed by 375%

  • Einhorn's Furnace Poker
    Swing 1 buffed by 250%
    Swing 2 buffed by 350%
    Swing 3 buffed by 560%

  • Blade of the North
    Swing 1 buffed by 100%
    Swing 2 buffed by 150%
    Swing 3 buffed by 200%

  • Ice Pick
    Swing 1 buffed by 150%
    Swing 2 buffed by 200%
    Swing 3 buffed by 300%

  • Corrupted Sword
    Swing 1 buffed by 100%
    Swing 2 buffed by 175%
    Swing 3 buffed by 250%

  • Emerald Sword
    Swing 1 buffed by 150%
    Swing 2 buffed by 200%
    Swing 3 buffed by 300%

  • Crystal Mace
    Swing 1 buffed by 250%
    Swing 2 buffed by 350%
    Swing 3 buffed by 560%


[h2]Bugfixes[/h2]
  • Fixed CR1 not using the correct Mushroom Staff for Random rewards and for Insane and below
  • Fixed regression on Flower Staff not having elemental scaling
  • Fixed visual number on Dragon Crested Glaive being incorrect for the damage it deals
  • Fixed spawner for the Candy Cane not spawning in the new colored version for Survival map completions
  • Removed double trophies on aquanos tavern
  • Added missing effect text on Mini Snowman
  • Fixed Shroomite's hover particle not adjusting with the scale of the pet
  • Fixed Donkey's weaken effect not working as intended
  • Fixed broken visual effect on the Eterian Greatsword
  • Fixed missing line break on the passive for Mushroom Launcher
  • Fixed Cane of Doomed Relationships missing vfx attachments


For Etheria!

Dungeon Defenders Patch 10.4.14

[h2]Bug Fixes and Balance Changes[/h2]
  • Added accessories and random rewards to Winter Wonderland Survival
  • Fixed Optic Staff dragging enemies
  • Updated the Sea Turtle on a Treadmill to allow you to upgrade it's stats to 725, increased its movement speed to 1.55x from 1.25x
  • Removed double line break from Mistymire Forest and Moraggo Desert Town description
  • Increased mana on first wave chests on Winter Wonderland to 200 from 130 (All difficulties)
  • Increased mana on all chests on Winter Wonderland Ruthless to 200 from 100


For Etheria!