What changed in Dungeon Defenders II in 2023

Prices for many in-game purchases reduced by 50%.

New mods including Blood Craze, Spectral Vanishing, and more.

New back and ground flair available for Twitch viewers.

A canine that can morph into stone, taunting nearby towers.

A flying enemy with a larger attack range than other wyverns.

Obtainable on Malakai's Manor with a unique ability.

Two new maps: Malakai's Sewers and Malakai's Manor.

An ancient vampiric lord with powerful rewards upon defeat.

Changed armor damage reduction cap to 75%.

Tavern and town decorated for winter with daily goodies.

Includes Gothic Longbow, Desecrated Canister, Bloodstained Athame, and more.

Includes fixes for mods, boss health scaling, and more.

Cluster nades had engineer listed twice.

Healing was reduced by 10x.

Fixed an issue where Xbox / PlayStation sometimes crashed going back to the main menu from the town.

Finished fixing ancient power not applying correctly and stacking when it shouldn’t.

Also fixes the issue of them changing targets when stepped on.

Currently affected players with the incursion quest need to ask customer service for their missing vault slot.

Decreased Explosive Blades Shard scaling from 1,500-5,000% to 500-2300%.

Fixed player shop listing new item UI to cap price to 1 billion.

A new Defender Pass system with challenges and rewards has been implemented.

New shards that enhance tower abilities have been introduced.

Fixed Ogres falling through the map on the Lava Mines map.

All damage and health values of players and enemies decreased by 10x to avoid damage number overflow.

Fixed Line of sight problems with Nether Archer.

Crystal Hammer Max range increased from 4500 to 5000.

Fixed Elvish Artillery Cannon not being considered type tower for masteries.

Decreased Ancient Life steal from 1% per upgrade to 0.5% per upgrade.

New skins and titles available through the Defender Pass.

Fixed negative damage being set to 2 billion.

Fixed ancient power being applied before the ascension.

Fixed survival checkpoint not updating when clicking map icon to select map.

Increased the Firework Cannon damage scalar by 15%.

Fixed Bouncing Phoenix mod, and similar mods/shards not working on Abyss Lord.

Increased Angry Nimbus base attack rate from 1s to 1.25s.

Fixed Mercenary not taking damage from ghost assassins on the Altar of the Athame incursion.

Fixed Ghastly Halberd benefiting from Tandem Strikes shard.

Fixed Phoenix sound effects being maxed volume.

Pet materials can now be stored in the Vault.

Fixed Tornado Highlands only rewarding one talisman on Chaos 10.

Fixed Little-Horn Valley incursion daily quest completing from completing the wrong map.

Fixed Heroic Wave not refreshing its duration timer when used again while active.

Fixed Obelisk tower not being affected by a Call To Arms.

Enemies can now teleport back to their spawn if stuck.

Fixed all resources being cleaned up on wave completion instead of just tower mana and gold.

New towers including Spectral Knight, Sonic Bat, Gargoyle Statue, and Werewolf Commander have been added.

Decreased the Nether Archer damage scalar by 20%.

The town and tavern have been decorated with a Halloween theme.

Increased the Sand Viper damage scalar by 15%.

Fixed Angry Nimbus flying up to the skybox.

Moss Hornet Nest max number of bees on a single target increased from 3 to 6.

Optimizations made to stash loading.

Fixed Call To Arms buff reducing slow effects.

Fixed Engineer’s steam blast increasing defense rate.

Fixed Anti Air shard not working with abilities.

Three new ghost cat pets have been added to the game.

Hero details screen in inventory now reflects actual stats after buffs.

Decreased Drill Smash scalar by 30%.

The Hunter, a new vampire hunter character with unique abilities and weapons, has been added.

Fixed crit stats on Godly gear being rounded down to the nearest integer.

Fixed Material Vault does not update the material icon when you take out all of that material from the slot.

Fixed Defender Medals are awarded at each wave instead of at each checkpoint.

Added Clockwork Sword back to the game.

The Hunter is set to release with Part 1 of the Knights of Dragonfall update.

Shops now switch to a new shop when their current shop's player loses connection or disconnects

Players' shops now dynamically update their player list

Clamping added for listings in the shop

The Gates of Dragonfall 50% Decrease from the original value

Nerfed gates by 50% of the original value, not current

Fixed an issue where the oil chip wasn't dropping in all difficulties

Various adjustments to drop chances across multiple maps.

Skip to wave now grants bounce mana past wave 70 based on a specific formula.

A 5 second cooldown has been added on Struck by Inspiration.

Fixed mana not being given and dropped on Tornado Canyon and Tornado Highlands.

Added 20 Defender metals every checkpoint or 5 waves.

Fixed Heroic Wave not working.

Brace For Impact duration increased from 3 to 6 seconds.

Fixed Survival Checkpoint being awarded 1 wave early.

Fixed Rupturing Smash only stunning 1 enemy.

Fixed an issue where the devolve wasn’t relative to the current chaos tier.

Fixed an issue where anti heal wasn’t working on emp.

Fixed a problem where the blacksmith would break with 1 material.

Thick Vines damage increased by 33%.

Gold and mana change applies only for survival mode.

Displayed a brainless pack instead of the correct one.

Bug indicated invalid for tower type.

Issue occurred when transitioning from world map to advanced view.

Chaos tier was incorrectly set to c6 instead of survival.

Exclusive in-game cosmetics available from August 8th till August 31st by watching streamers.

Primary reward for survival, containing Legendary items and resources.

A new gamemode where players choose a map and attempt to survive waves of increasingly strong enemies.

Resolved an issue with Explosive Blades destroying towers after swapping or dying.

Flame Burst scalar increased by 50%.

Fixed an issue where oil was not applying to un-slowable enemies.

Players can now stack items in their inventory.

Resolved an issue where gold text turned red on the upgrade UI when materials were insufficient.

Fixed an issue where tinkering cost nothing to reforge.

New bundles for Plain, Shiny, Pristine, and Exquisite materials.

Fixed an issue causing enemies to heal with Tandem Strike hyper shard.

Corrected a typo in the warning message for Crystal Core under attack.

Resolved an issue where Nimbus could destroy the World Tree if slain while building.

The opening movie has been updated to the new Chromatic Games version.

New shards with various effects to enhance gameplay.

New challenges for completing waves in Survival mode with rewards.

Damage numbers above 5,000,000 now appear on enemies.

Chests obtained every five waves with a chance to drop Godly equipment.

The new highest quality gear, Godly, features 3 Mod and 3 Shard slots with a new tertiary stat.

Corrected the spelling of carnival crates.

Resolved an issue with Heroic Wave stacking with itself.

A new material used to advance Legendary gear into Godly and reroll the tertiary stat.

Removed phoenix sound from the turtle pet ability projectile and loud Drakenlord sound effects.

Reduced the Range increase of the Enhanced Throw Shard by 15% and Damage by 50%.

Potentially fixed an issue where the magnetic knight’s attack animation was desynced.

Attempted update/fix for getting wonky ghost items and dupes with stash sorting and moving items around.

Fixed Ranged Pylon, Double Eruption, and Steel hurricane not dropping.

Fixed the scaling of Earth Guardian’s Dagger.

Changed the camera position of the mercenary to better view flairs.

Fixed several pathing issues on Hidden Caverns maps.

Removed Mods on all Halloween weapons.

Fixed an issue where the Jester’s Revenge daily quest showed up more than intended.

Increased incursion medals to what expeditions have.

Reduced the base damage increase from Broad Head Arrows by 35%.

Fixed targeting issues for Wind/Cyclone Shapers.

Fixed Dead Road Subcore spawners on Chaos X.

Fixed an issue where Overlord wasn't exploding on dead targets, and prevented it from attacking the same target.

Magnetic Knight Tower now deals 5% decreased damage after every hit maxing at 50% damage reduction.

Reduced Drill Hold (Engineer right-click) damage scalar from 3.5 to 2.

Reduced the base and scaling of the damage increase from Kinetic Energy Shard by 40%.

Removed left over quest from the collection UI.

Fixed an issue where the Cyberdragon required gato materials to upgrade.

Engineer can now use Steam Blast and Orbital Cannon while running and jumping.

Unique Pet Ability - Chained Saw - Fires a flying saw blade that deals 1500% hero damage and returns to the player dealing damage on the way back. Cooldown 30s.

Removed VFX on Electric Discharge.

Reduced the damage of the Magnetic Knight Tower by 25%, and fixed its upgrade scalar.

Made nimbus electric corruption attack now target more than 1 enemy.

Fixed Minibosses on Chaos X Tornado Valley.

Increased the damage scalar of the Sentry Turret by 10%.

Adjusted aim offset of the ballista, poison dart, and harpy towers.

Increased the game’s bandwidth allocation.

Increased tick rate to 30 from 20.

Unique Pet Ability - Whirlwind - Increases speed by 50% and attacks deal 155% bonus electric Hero Damage for 6s. Cooldown 45s.

Anime Adept Skin, Anime Countess Skin, Anime Mystic Skin, S.T.R.E.A.M.E.R. 1000 Engineer Skin.

Adjusted vfx bounds for the rail gun to hopefully prevent some ghost shots.

Increased Damage scalar on slimes from 13.6 to 15, now oils enemies by default, corrupted slimes now gain 350 move speed in addition to increased damage.

Increased particle boundary box for railgun vfx to prevent culling (hopefully fixes ghost shot problem).

Fixed Sentry Turret petrifying with only poison attacks.

Fixed a potential issue where controllers can sometimes navigate to the buff icons or hero icons on the main player UI.

Fixed Mod Transfer for gloves.

Added idle vfx to the magnetic knight tower and sentry turret.

Fixed Ranged Frost Goblin slow not being tagged properly.

Combat Prep and Heroic Presence now show up on buff bar.

Fixed Ranged Pylon Not dropping.

Adjusted sound radius and volume of the magnetic knight tower.

Fixed an issue where the wildest west map last wave wasn't working properly for C10.

Added new Caverns Projectile VFX for all weapons but canister.

Cleaned up Tamer’s Gambit Shard values for the ungilded variant.

Includes Anime Adept, Anime Countess, Anime Gunwitch, Anime Huntress, Anime Mystic costumes, Chainsaw Corgi and Gundam Corgi Pets.

Added Duration to Anti Heal Chip and Servo descriptions.

Orc Chieftain can no longer be slowed.

Removed core health requirement from spectral assault daily and changed description.

Fixed Boss Wave for Chaos IX and X Onslaught schedules.

Onslaught now rewards defender medals like expeditions for previously beaten floors.

Otherworldly Drakin Wings, Otherworldly Drakin Head, Otherworldly Drakin Tail.

Fixed Earth Ring not being tagged as a stun.

Added idle sfx to magnetic knight tower, sentry turret, and rail gun tower.

Fixed an issue where the Lunar Portal Staff and Haunted Halberd right clicks weren’t working correctly.

Steam Blast is now unlocked at level 1.

Fixed a potential issue where sorting could desync the inventory.

Reduced the maximum power of the Overload mod from 60% to 35%.

Fixed black text on mods for Bling King Bow and Lunar Portal Staff.

Remade fire and electric tower vfx on the magnetic knight tower to properly disappear during firing.

Resolved an issue where players could fall through enemy spawn in Crystal Mines.

Talismans can no longer be used to reroll C10 mods on relics.

Visual effects for Axorang have been fixed.

LavaBeast now takes the intended amount of damage.

Decals are now functioning correctly in the cave Crystal Mines.

Embermount now drops the correct loot instead of Chaos 9 rings.

Engineer mods are now dropping as intended.

Restarting levels with EV towers now correctly tracks DU values and clamps them to prevent negative values.

Onslaught chest loot now correctly drops C10 materials and shard packs.

Corrected the gear score requirement for entering Chaos 10.

Premium Eggs now appear in the Black Market Vendor.

New flair items available for players.

Fixed an issue where the Elder Dragon couldn’t hit flying enemies.

New skins for characters including Captain Boom Gunwitch.

Rescaled to reduce server lag while maintaining similar DPS.

Introduces the Engineer with unique abilities and passive skills.

Improved targeting for Ballista, Harpy, Poison Dart, and Chi Spirit towers.

Fixed an issue where hero models would sometimes be incorrect when swapping.

A new chaos tier added with unique enemies and a miniboss.

Reduced Focused Power Chip and Focused AP Chip from 60% to 30%.

Fixed an issue where Accumulator Servo wasn’t working properly.

Goblin Siege Rollers are now properly tagged as Goblins.

A new region with two maps and new enemies.

Fixed an issue where some minibosses were not properly tagged as minibosses.

Introduces new pets including Earthen Dragon and Cyberdragon.

Fixed an issue where cutscenes wouldn’t load properly.

Reverts back to previous behavior but more reliable than before.

Fixed an issue where the campaign questline was out of order

Fixed an issue where the drenched shard would work on other defenses if affected by it

Changed the default kick level to the town rather than the private tavern on profile save errors

Fixed an issue where weekly quest update function wasn't called at its set schedule

Fixed an issue where idling too long kicked you to a public private tavern

Fixed an issue where it wasn't saving the correct weekly time stamp

Added duplicate protection to weeklies on timer refreshes

Fixed an issue where you could reroll dailies by exiting the current instance and back

Fixed an issue where entity based defenses wouldn't count for kill quests

Fixed an issue where players with old account data were sometimes unable to progress through the Campaign questline.

Fixed an issue where Heavy Blizzard’s scaling was higher than intended.

Fixed description of the Dungeon wins Daily Quest.

Fixed an issue where Weekly Quests wouldn’t properly change on the correct time.

The Dragonfall Winter Spectacular has now officially ended, and the Tavern has returned to its normal state.

Added a fix for chest loot sometimes being lost if players left a map too quickly. Players will now have to wait for chests to give all of their loot before being able to transition maps.

The next big update will introduce a new hero called the Engineer, who is great at building new things.

The Drenched Shard should now function properly.

Fixed a typo in the Meditation Shard.

Fixed an issue where Quest progress in the new questline would not properly advance.

Fixed an issue where Campaign Shard Dust didn’t show up in the Material Vault.