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Patch 5/7/2026

Greetings Defenders, This update brings a brand-new Map of the Week rotation, double rewards for Halloween Spooktacular challenges, a new special pet reward, and several bug fixes. Check out the full details below.

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Greetings Defenders,

What changed

3 fixes6 additions20 changes0 removals
  • Maps
  • Events
  • Gameplay
  • Balance
  • Fixes
addedThis update brings a brand-new Map of the Week rotation, double rewards for Halloween Spooktacular challenges, a new special pet reward, and several bug fixes. Check out the full details below.
changedNew Map of the WeekThe Map of the Week for this week is Halloween Spooktacular.
changedCampaignCompleting the Map of the Week on Nightmare or Massacre difficulty now awards double Rune drops.
changedChallengesCompleting the Halloween Spooktacular Challenge on Insane difficulty or higher now awards double rewards.
addedSurvivalMust be completed with the Rifted Mode difficulty modifier enabled.
changedNightmare Difficulty RewardsFused Ancient Armor Set

Dungeon Defenders: Awakened changes

addedThis update brings a brand-new Map of the Week rotation, double rewards for Halloween Spooktacular challenges, a new special pet reward, and several bug fixes. Check out the full details below.
changedThe Map of the Week for this week is Halloween Spooktacular.
changedCompleting the Map of the Week on Nightmare or Massacre difficulty now awards double Rune drops.
changedCompleting the Halloween Spooktacular Challenge on Insane difficulty or higher now awards double rewards.
addedMust be completed with the Rifted Mode difficulty modifier enabled.

This update brings a brand-new Map of the Week rotation, double rewards for Halloween Spooktacular challenges, a new special pet reward, and several bug fixes. Check out the full details below.

New Map of the Week

The Map of the Week for this week is Halloween Spooktacular.

Campaign

  • Completing the Map of the Week on Nightmare or Massacre difficulty now awards double Rune drops.

Challenges

  • Completing the Halloween Spooktacular Challenge on Insane difficulty or higher now awards double rewards.

Survival

  • Must be completed with the Rifted Mode difficulty modifier enabled.

Nightmare Difficulty Rewards

  • Fused Ancient Armor Set

  • Fused Crystal Bow

  • Lycan Prince

Massacre Difficulty Rewards

  • Arcanist Helm

  • Lycan Prince (All Variants) drop

  • DragonTemper

Mixed Mode

  • Must be completed with the Rifted Mode difficulty modifier enabled.

Nightmare Difficulty Rewards

  • Fused Ancient Armor Set

  • Fused Crystal Bow

  • Lycan Prince

Massacre Difficulty Rewards

  • Arcanist Helm

  • New Special Pet: Overload

    • A remake of a fan-favorite event item from DD1.

    • Overload is a tower-focused dice pet with scaling potential similar to an EdE Corgi.

    • Rolls with 4 stats from a 5-stat pool,

      • Vitality (guaranteed)

      • Tower Damage

      • Tower Range (guaranteed)

      • Tower Attack Rate

      • Tower Health

    • Also includes a guaranteed MP Regen passive roll.

    • This special pet will return every 7 Map of the Week rotations.

  • DragonTemper

Pure Strategy

  • Must be completed with the Rifted Mode difficulty modifier enabled.

Nightmare Difficulty Rewards

  • Bubble Blaster 9000

  • Tower Genie’s Lamp

  • Fused Ancient Armor

Massacre Difficulty Rewards

  • Bubble Blaster 9000

  • Tower Genie’s Lamp (All Variants)

  • Fused Kringler’s Cap

Bug Fixes

  • Halloween Ramparts now properly drops all Corgi pets upon meeting their respective unlock conditions in Survival.

  • Fixed an issue where the Bubble Blaster 9000 was not dropping with its blue material variant.

Thank you for your continued support, Defenders. We’ve got even more content on the way, including upcoming maps, rewards, and new challenges arriving soon. If you’d like to stay up to date with development news and community discussions, be sure to join our Discord, the link will be in the comments.

Happy Defending!

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Steam News / 8 May 2026

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