Dungeon Defenders News

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed an issue where Squire guardian boost could make Guardian towers damage be lower to when compared to no boost
  
• Fixed defense unit UI bugs for Halloween Sppoktacular 2 and Pure Strategy game modes
  
• Fixed Squire Guardian from Eternia Gauntlet and Defensive Polybius Machine boost type not being properly selected
  
• Made Practice button for hardcore course on lava tavern work more than once and only work on client side
  
• Fixed Eternian Gauntlet guardians being smaller than intended
  
• Fixed inconsistent jumps on lava tavern parkour course
  
• Fixed Halloween Spooktacular 2 player and mob spawn issue
  

For Etheria!

Good day defenders!
There will be an event going on through the weekend, starting around 30 minutes after this update went live. You can read more about it on this steam discussion and to participate join the PC Community Events Group steam chat


[h2]New Content[/h2]

• Added Hard difficulty parkour course on the lava tavern
  

[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]

• Nerfed Shark event pet damage by 20%
  
• Buffed Goblin Cupid and Hero Cupids healing by 19.5%
  
• Buffed healing on Cowboy Monkey by 270%
  
• Cowboy Monkey now prioritizes healing you when you're at 25% health
  
• Increased weapon damage on guardian from x2.5 to x3.75
  
• Increased Divine Judgement damage scaling
  
• Changed weapon damage scaling on Shield Bash (Around 28% buff)
  
• Redid tower stat rates on Kairi the Brave
  
• Made Crystalline Dimension have 8 lives up to area 4, where it sets lives back to "4 - Number of Players"
  
• Decreased baby demon lord ranged damage by 15%. Left melee as it was on latest patch as the overall change wasn't as bad as expected.
  
• Made Returnia maps rewards not account locked
  
• Increased quality on Return to Mistymire, Moraggo, Aquanos and Sky City weapons (doesn't change max stats, only how often they roll well)
  
• Made players deal 20% less damage and take 20% more damage on Return to Crystalline Dimension Nightmare
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed shield of hearts having lower quality than intended on Wandering Heart
  
• Fixed dropped template on Ava the Mage
  
• Fixed doors upstairs on lava tavern being see-through
  
• Fixed shields on Trump skin
  
• Fixed fairy wings material to be properly colorized
  
• Fixed Holy Bulwark healing and consistently heals 8% of aura's max hp
  
• Fixed Rudy the Red-Nose material issue when dropped
  
• Fixed projectile spread for weapons when looking straight up
  
• Increased Gunwitch, Warden and Guardian voice overs on Create a Hero UI by 20%
  
• Fix for rare variant of new Ava the Mage being unsellable
  
• Moved Jester's Realm to the bottom of challenge list
  
• Fixed Jester and EV guardian replication issue
  
• Adjusted Legendary Mage Feet Socket scale
  
• Added optional player activatable teleporter for Crystal Core one you reach the end of Crystal Escort mission, in case it gets set back to the start on final wave. Only active when the core loses its protection bubble
  

For Etheria!

[h2]New Content[/h2]

• Changed Jump animation on Guardian to be more in line with other characters delay before the jump actually starts.
  
• New Nightmare and Ruthless version of Zamira Fairy are now awarded on tavern on having Warping Core I pack maps completion.
  
• Buffed Zamira armor from Ruthless map completion on Warping Core I pack maps.
  
• Added new mana gathering fairy pet to Warping Core I pack maps reward, which can be crafted with the gems given at the pet forge.
  

[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]

• Buffed melee damage on Glove of Hearts by 25%.
  
• Reverted attack speed nerf on Baby Demon Lord and nerfed damage by 14% (damage nerf will be toned down next patch).
  
• Removed Movement Speed from the Glove of Hearts
  
• Removed Heart Fragments as a reward from Lover's Revenge
  
• Made secret only give you accessories on Campaign on Lover's Revenge
  
• Ruthless secret now requires you to have a squire out to get a shield on Lover's Revenge
  
• Lowered movement speed from 1.1 to 1.05 on Saw of Hearts
  
• Increased chest mana on Event: A Steampunk Christmas
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed delay on second set of accessories from Lover's Revenge.
  
• Fixed broken billboard showing double the enemies on Lover's Revenge.
  
• Fixed nightmare not having increased enemies compared to Ruthless on Lover's Revenge.
  
• Made all pause menus the 16 player pause menu. Should make it always show all players on. maps with a player cap of over 4, such as the new Event: A Steampunk Christmas map.
  
• Removed Sky City DLC cutscene from Event: A Steampunk Christmas.
  
• Added Santa icon to boss on Event: A Steampunk Christmas.
  
• Made late teleporter be usable multiple times on Temple on Polybius spawn room.
  
• Fixed Arcane Cosmetic Set bonus axis bug during split screens (Hopefully for real this time).
  

For Etheria!

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed Pure Strategy not working on Lover's Revenge map
  
• Removed Love Shackles bear from Valentine's Tavern
  
• Added Lover's Revenge trophy to tavern
  
• Fixed overlord boundaries on Lover's Revenge map
  
• Fixed map not ending when one of the cores dies on Lover's Revenge
  

For Etheria!

[h2]New Content[/h2]
[h3]Lover's Revenge Map[/h3]

• New Hearts weapons, with broken heart variants
  
• New Rose Accessory set
  
• New Survival Pets:
  Teddy Bear pet on Wave 25, Bunny Pet on Wave 30 and Hero Cupid Pets on Wave 35 clear
  

[h3]Event: A Steampunk Christmas[/h3]
New map for the community event happening on March 27 to 29th. You can read more about it here

[h2]Balance Changes[/h2]
Changes to Warping Core Pack 1 are in preparation for a new reward being added to the map on Ruthless next update

• Removed event Lover's Shackles from the game
  
• Bumped up the difficulty of Warping Core Challenge pack 1
  
• Made cores on Warping Core pack 1 warp every 5-15 seconds on Ruthless
  
• Increased mana given on Ruthless Warping Core pack 1
  

[h2]Bug Fixes[/h2]

• Fixed some of the wyverns not pathing on Crystalline Dimension Area 2
  
• Fixed typo on moustache mask
  
• Made Tavern Basement Experience Orb set experience and respec character on use
  
• Fixed issue where first enemy was counting as the second enemy being hit on the damage multiplier for owl nest
  
• Added boost animation to Polybius machine guardians
  
• Fixed Eye on Treadmill rolling lower than intended on Nightmare and Ruthless Halloween Invasion
  
• Added unique descriptions to the Guardians that come from Eternia Gauntlet
  
• Fixed accidental duplicate Reindeer spawner on Frostdale Royal Court
  
• Added guardian towers to upgrade priority list on CDTSettings
  
• Made Monk's Boxing Gloves use a new socket on characters, making it be placed more proper when compared to before
  
• Fixed regression on damage of Staffaphone
  
• Recooked lighting on Frostdale Capture the Flag PvP map in attempt to fix Lighting visual issue
  

For Etheria!