DD:A Patch 3/16/26

This update brings a new Map of the Week, improvements to several rewards and drops, a new challenge on Ancient Mines, fixes for The Harold, and additional balance adjustments for Apprentice towers.

Map of the Week

This week’s Map of the Week is King's Game.

Campaign:

• Completing the map awards double rune drops

Pure Strategy:

Nightmare / Massacre (Rift Mode enabled)

• Fused Thrustworthy drops from completing King’s Game

• Tower Mini Ogre drops from completing King’s Game on Nightmare or massacre

  note: The fused variant has a chance to drop from completing kings game on massacre mode

• Fused King’s Face drops from completing Massacre Pure Strategy with Rift Mode enabled

Nightmare (Rift Mode enabled)

• Fused Primitive Armor can drop from Map of the Week completions in:

  • Pure Strategy

  • Survival

  • Mixed Mode

Survival / Mixed Mode:

Massacre (Rift Mode enabled)

• Arcanist Gloves drop from completing King’s Game

• Etherian Ancient and all of its variants can drop

• Fused Wolf's Bane Torch can also drop

Nightmare (Rift Mode enabled)

• Fused Scorcher drops from completing King’s Game

• Regular Etherian Ancient can also drop

Accessories Update:

• Hero-stated Clearly Not PPE now properly rolls with hero stats:

The Harold Updates

The Harold received a few adjustments and fixes.

• Fused Harold now properly drops from The Bazaar Mixed Mode with:

  • Rift Mode enabled

  • Hardcore enabled

  • A Bonus Difficulty enabled

• Harold projectile lifespan reduced to 1 second (down from 10 seconds) if it does not hit an enemy

  • This change helps reduce lag caused by long-lasting projectiles

New Challenge

Ancient Mines

Defenseless II – No Towers Allowed

Players must clear the wave to complete the challenge without building any towers.

Rewards:

Nightmare

• Face Melter

• Fused Face Melter

Massacre

• Tower Mista Mine

• Fused Tower Mista Mine

Tower Updates:

Apprentice

Deadly Striker Tower

• Base stat value increased to 450 (up from 380)

Note: This change brings the tower more in line with the Warden’s Wisp Den in overall damage.

Lightning Tower

• Defense Unit cost reduced to 6 (down from 7)

Fireball Tower

• Hero stat exponent increased to 1.3 (up from 1.1)

• Base stat value increased to 375 (up from 300)

Closing:

This patch changes the Map of the Week, introduces a new challenge on Ancient Mines, and further improves Apprentice tower balance. We will continue refining rewards and gameplay pacing while adding more weekly incentives and challenges for players to tackle. As always, thank you for playing Dungeon Defenders: Awakened, and happy defending. Best,

The Community Development Team