Dungeon Defenders News

[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]

• Increased 'Baby Demon Lord' ranged damage back to where it had been before being unintentionally nerfed.
  
• Increased 'Baby Demon Lord' melee damage by 20%.
  
• Reduced 'Zamira's Mount' attack animation speed by 33%.
  
• Increased 'Hot Air Balloon' attack animation speed by 62.5%.
  
• Made True Boss Rush bracers always roll Ultimate quality, so you are always able to upgrade a stat to its maximum potential.

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Doubled Boss Rush Genie King damage threshold.
  
• Fixed 'Ruthless' goblins appearing on all difficulties of Raining Goblins.
  
• Implemented a potential fix for the texture of the scroll bar on the game select menu UI.
  
• Fixed spawner issues on Ruthless Moraggo and King's Game maps.
  
• Removed sound from 'Baby Ancient Dragon' attack animation.
  
• Fixed an issue where enemy Ruthless damage multipliers were not being applied properly.

[h2]Eternia Gauntlet[/h2]

• Fixed the teleport location when you fall off the map on Wave 15.
  
• Implemented a potential fix for the Squire not teleporting out of their cage in last phase of the fight.
  
• Players may now continue fighting the assault bosses for their buffs after killing all cores.
  
• Moved the lamp post by the forge on assault.
  
• Reduced Wave 17 yellow attack duration from 7s to 6s.
  
• Reduced difficulty of Wave 17 yellow attack floor patterns.
  
• Snowman slowing effect changed from a 50% to 30% reduction in movement speed.
  
• Adjusted visual for Squire fire to further disambiguate it from 'Mischief Maker' fire.
  
• Reduced damage radius of Final Jade's floor fire by 25%.
  
• Increased Final Amethyst's projectile speed by 50% and reduced fire rate delay from 3.25s to 2.5s.
  
• Reduced Squire's melee step velocity by 80%.
  
• Changed damage threshold for orbs from 5,000,000 to 2,000,000.
  
• Fixed the eastern heal orb on 'Euclase' fight not healing players.

[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]

• Made all Halloween Spooktacular weapons have level 70 requirement on qualities above mythic for consistency.
  
• Reduced 'Lumeric Staff' base damage by 7.5% to make in on par with the 'Ember Sceptre'.
  
• Reduced the health of the Ranger, Monk, and Knight bosses on Ruthless True Boss Rush checkpoint 4 by 15%.
  
• Adjusted Challenge: Wizardry enemy number scaling on Ruthless.
  
• Reduced all wave 17 enemy HP scaling by 12% in 3-4 player matches on Eternia Gauntlet.
  
• Reduced 'Assault Rifle' projectile slowing effect from 80% to 50% on Eternia Gauntlet.
  
• Reduced Final Jade health by 33% on Eternia Gauntlet.
  
• Reduced Final Amethyst health by 20% on Eternia Gauntlet.
  
• Increased Barbarian move speed and increased her knockback on Eternia Gauntlet.
  
• Made Warping Core: Challenge Pack II maps start one wave later. Warping Core: Arcane Library starts 2 waves later.
  
• Reduced 'Baby Demon Lord' melee damage by 50% (as it was out damaging every pet in the game twofold).
  
• Buffed 'Zamira's Mount' damage by 10%.
  
• Added 10% movement speed bonus to all Emerald City campaign weapons.

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed enemies not dying after waves end on Spring Valley.
  
• Fixed an issue with the assault Jade and Amethyst fight where killing Amethyst would disable invulnerability phases, soft-locking the fight on Eternia Gauntlet.
  
• Fixed an issue in wave 17 where a player respawning inside damage volumes would lose control of their character on Eternia Gauntlet.
  
• Fixed an issue in Euclase fight where the start of each phase would have a long delay before floor attacks began on Eternia Gauntlet.
  
• Fixed an issue in wave 17 where floor runes would not appear at the start of the second or third phase on Eternia Gauntlet.
  
• Fixed Barbarian icon on Eternia Gauntlet.
  
• Adjusted wave 17 Ruthless floor pattern's damage volume size on Eternia Gauntlet.
  
• Fixed visual for Barbarian turtle aura on Eternia Gauntlet.
  
• Fixed issue where the player would sometimes shoot upwards while standing inside floor patterns on Eternia Gauntlet.
  
• Added lock icon to Ruthless difficulty label if Nightmare difficulty is not unlocked.
  
• Changed Eternia Gauntlet to Challenge: Eternia Gauntlet for consistency with other challenges.

[h2]Quality of Life[/h2]

• Removed build timers from most maps if Hardcore Mode is not active.
  
• Reduced ogre counts on Ruthless difficulty by 40% for most maps. The Campaign versions of the base Campaign; Glitterhelm, and the four 'Shards' maps are unaffected, as well as all Challenge maps except Temple of Polybius.
  
• Made enemies have a chance to drop extra items on Ruthless difficulty to make Ruthless Survivals more appealing.
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed Survival Mode on most maps ending too early while playing on Ruthless.
  
• Fixed Ruthless True Boss Rush rewards.
  

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed Ruthless True Boss Rush giving double rewards to non-hosts.
  
• Fixed incorrect speed stat on 'Legendary Huntress' costume.
  
• Fixed rewards being restricted to 'Insane' rarity on Temple of Polybius.
  
• Fixed bottom forge rotation on the Tavern.
  
• Fixed notification text for jade and amethyst buff on Eternia Gauntlet.
  
• Fixed a typo on 'Raining Goblins' notification.
  
• Fixed 'Ruthless Defender' accomplishment not being awarded.
  
• Added random rewards to Eternia Gauntlet.
  
• Removed 'Skip to Euclasse' toggle on Eternia Gauntlet.
  
• Implemented a potential fix for post-assault teleport not occuring in group play on Eternia Gauntlet.
  
• Enemies no longer drop items on the floor on Eternia Gauntlet.
  
• Implemented a potential fix for those experiencing progression errors.
  
• The 'Easy' difficulty icon is no longer stretched.
  
• True Boss Rush bracers can now roll negative stats.
  
• All maps now progress to wave 35 on Survival when in Ruthless Difficulty.
  
• Baby boss pet rewards are now correctly distributed on their respective maps' final wave of Survival Mode.
  
• Fixed level requirement of 'Baby Demon Lord' being set to 78 on all qualities.
  
• All enemies now unalive after assault on Ruthless difficulty Temple of Polybius.

[h2]New Content[/h2]
[h3]Ruthless Difficulty[/h3]
Ruthless breathes new life into early-game content with map-specific difficulty increases! Older maps receive larger difficulty adjustments to bring them more in-line with newer content that's generally balanced with seasoned defenders in mind. Recently introduced maps receive smaller adjustments, although players will find them more challenging nonetheless!

• Alchemical Laboratory, The Throne Room and The Summit maps drop new baby pet variants of their respective bosses when beating the maps during Campaign mode on Ruthless difficulty;
  
  
  • Baby Demon Lord - Obtained via Campaign Mode on Alchemical Laboratory.
    
  • Baby Mech - Obtained via Campaign Mode on The Throne Room.
    
  • Baby Ancient Dragon - Obtained via Campaign Mode on The Summit.
    
  
  
  
• Temple of Polybius, True Boss Rush, Halloween Invasion, and todays new addition; Eternia Gauntlet have increased rewards on Ruthless Difficulty.
  
  
• While playing on Ruthless, items from all maps have higher chance to be 'Ultimate++' quality. Additionally, rewards from original Campaign maps and challenges have been scaled up to current gear standards.

[h3]New Map: Eternia Gauntlet[/h3]
Pursue the Crystalline Squire across Etheria, conquering each challenge and villain they've assembled to impede you!


This map provides two unique rewards to triumphant defenders; the Lumeric Staff and Abyssal Fin Sword.

[h2]New DLC[/h2]
[h3]Warping Core Challenge Pack II[/h3]
This DLC pack grants players access to Arcane Library, Omenak and Infested Ruins maps with the Warping Core game modifier! Defenders will need to be both fleet of foot and quick of wit to conquer the challenge ever-wandering cores pose. Those who are successful in their defense will be rewarded with the coveted Zamira set;

• Zamira Bracers - Obtained by completing Warping Cores: Arcane Library.
  
• Zamira Mask - Obtained by completing Warping Cores: Omenak.
  
• Zamira Hat - Obtained by completing Warping Cores: Infested Ruins.

When all three pieces of the Zamira set are equipped, players will dawn a unique set bonus; butterfly wings! Moreover, each time players complete all three maps—consecutively or not—they will be rewarded with a new feathered friend upon returning to their tavern; Zamira's Mount!


The Warping Core Challenge Pack II releases with a 10% launch discount, available until July 29th! Find it here;

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3086970/Warping_Core_Challenge_Mission_Pack_II/

[h3]Balance Changes[/h3]

• Reduced the damage of Huntress' 'Piercing Shot' by 50%.
  
• Chests in War of the Djinn and Rumble in the Jungle now give 130 mana instead of 100.
  
• Added a 1.5x damage multiplier to Nightmare True Boss Rush Great Old One.

[h3]Quality of Life[/h3]

• Added selection UI to True Boss Rush checkpoints.
  
• Added a mini-map for Temple of Polybius boss gauntlet.
  
• Significantly sped-up War of the Djinn and Rumble in the Jungle on all difficulties.
  
• Significantly increased the time the Djinn spends in the lamp during Rumble in the Jungle.

[h2]Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed an issue where the Barbarian could get stuck upon level victory.
  
• Fixed max core HP on Deeper Well: No Towers Allowed challenge.
  
• Fixed an issue where pressing V at any time during the map would always skip the 'boss timer' on Crystal Cave.
  
• Fixed an issue where players could not interact with presents while in build phase.
  
• Fixed an ability bug for Crystalline Resurgence III and Nightmare True Boss Rush Great Old One.

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