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Steam News24 June 202611d ago

Patch 6/23/26

Greetings Defenders, Today’s update changes the Map of the Week. We wanted to give you guys another week to farm Lil Bombers. The emerald Barron will be a rare drop from the Promenade challenge next week.

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Greetings Defenders,

What changed

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  • Maps
  • Gameplay
  • Balance
  • Events
changedToday’s update changes the Map of the Week. We wanted to give you guys another week to farm Lil Bombers. The emerald Barron will be a rare drop from the Promenade challenge next week.
changedNew Map of the WeekThis week's Map of the Week is Castle Armory. Completing the map of the week in each mode awards the following.
changedCampaignCompleting the Map of the Week on Nightmare or Massacre difficulty awards double Rune drops.
addedSurvivalMust be completed with the Rifted Mode difficulty modifier enabled.
changedNightmare Difficulty RewardsFused Ancient Armor
changedNightmare Difficulty RewardsFused Katana

Dungeon Defenders: Awakened changes

changedToday’s update changes the Map of the Week. We wanted to give you guys another week to farm Lil Bombers. The emerald Barron will be a rare drop from the Promenade challenge next week.
changedThis week's Map of the Week is Castle Armory. Completing the map of the week in each mode awards the following.
changedCompleting the Map of the Week on Nightmare or Massacre difficulty awards double Rune drops.
addedMust be completed with the Rifted Mode difficulty modifier enabled.
changedFused Ancient Armor

Today’s update changes the Map of the Week. We wanted to give you guys another week to farm Lil Bombers. The emerald Barron will be a rare drop from the Promenade challenge next week.

New Map of the Week

This week's Map of the Week is Castle Armory. Completing the map of the week in each mode awards the following.

Campaign

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

Survival

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

Nightmare Difficulty Rewards

  • Fused Ancient Armor

  • Fused Katana

  • Lil Bomber

Massacre Difficulty Rewards

  • Arcanist Chest Piece

  • Lil Bomber (all variants can drop)

  • Fused Harold

Mixed Mode

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

Nightmare Difficulty Rewards

  • Fused Ancient Armor

  • Fused Katana

  • Lil Bomber

Massacre Difficulty Rewards

  • Arcanist Chest Piece

  • Little Wizard

  • Emerald Barron

Special Pet: Emerald Barron

  • Deals Poison damage.

  • Has stats similar to a Golden Lil Bomber, while retaining the range values of a regular Lil Bomber.

  • Projectiles have 10% more explosion radius than a standard Lil Bomber.

  • Grants 10% movement speed.

  • Fires emerald rockets.

  • Will become a rare drop from the Promenade Challenge during the next Map of the Week rotation.

Pure Strategy

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

Nightmare Difficulty Rewards

  • Flops A Lot

  • Squire Guardian

  • Fused Ancient Armor

Massacre Difficulty Rewards

  • Flops A Lot

  • Summoner Action Figure

  • Fused King's Face

Loot Update

  • The Keep and The Forsaken Temple no longer drops double arcanist pieces.

Thank you for your continued support, Defenders. We're continuing to work on new rewards, balance improvements, quality-of-life updates, and future content. As always, we appreciate the feedback and passion from the community and look forward to hearing your thoughts as we continue working together to make DD:A the game it deserves to be.

Happy Defending!

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Steam News / 24 June 2026

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