What changed in Dungeon Defenders in 2024

Fixed Nut Cracker pet not targeting enemies properly.

Fixed the Jester Guardian to roll supreme when it has the appropriate upgrades.

Reduced the damage increase provided by the Jester Guardian.

Corrected the name associated with the Nutcracker mob.

Adjusted radioactive coal to roll supreme, making it easier to locate on the minimap.

Modified the behavior of Damage All 'Wheel O' Fortuna' on 'Temple of Polybius' and 'Tavern Incursion' on 'Ruthless' difficulty to match 'Nightmare' difficulty.

Adjusted the size of the Nutcracker mob effect, specifically the webs, which were too large.

Introduced a new map for Tower Wars Capture The Flag mode.

Adjusted the 'Gunwitch' to double the reload speed on the Witch's Broom weapon to align with 'Super Legendary Huntress'.

Expanded the color options available for the Pack Rat pet.

Added a new Turtle Shell Launcher weapon for the Huntress, obtainable on the final wave of 'Akatiti' on 'Ruthless' difficulty after completing a secret.

Introduced a new Jester Guardian available on the last wave of the 'King's Game' survival.

Enhanced the projectile speed of Gunwitch's Witch's Curse.

The size of Gunwitch's model has been reduced to align with other characters.

Curses were incorrectly showing up as Defences for the Gunwitch.

Teleporting using Jester's 'Wheel o' Fortuna' ability has been disabled in the tavern.

Goblin Copters now have the correct HP on 'Ruthless' difficulty.

Reduced the difficulty of Crystalline Dimension by 10%.

Reduced the number of flags needed to win in Frostdale: Capture the Flag.

Reduced the number of turkeys required to progress on each wave.

The Portal Gun is now awarded correctly during the tavern load-up.

The Gunwitch is a new hero who uses guns and crossbows, featuring unique curses for combat.

Enemies on Crystalline Dimension and Resurgence maps now move faster and have no tower damage resistance.

Fixed issues with tower actions being canceled at the end of waves.

Defend against enemies in a Christmas-themed mission with unique rewards.

Added new combinations for the Wheel o’ Fortuna affecting enemy movement and gravity.

Seasonal cheer and merriment have been added to the Tavern.

The clip size for 'Witch's Broom' has been increased from 30 to 80.

Clip size reduced from 80 to 60.

Hermit's health scaling decreased by 15%.

Hermit's damage scaling decreased by 10%.

Gunwitch removed as it's not ready for release.

Added a new option to drop half of your carried mana when pressing the 'N' button.

Loot quality increased for Deeper Well, Foundries and Forges, Magus Quarters, Alchemical Lab, Winter Wonderland, and Buccaneer Bay.

Fixed Akatiti Jungle campaign starting on the final wave for the map.

Enemies were dropping 'Nightmare' difficulty loot on 'Ruthless' difficulty.

Difficulty reduced by 17%.

Corrected the Seahorse pet drop to occur only on the intended waves.

Adjusted the enemy count to be as intended during survival mode.

Fixed the weapon multiplier to align with intended values.

Decreased the damage of Flying Pumpkin pet by 5%.

Halved the number of tiles needed for secret boss guarantee on Jester's Spooktacular.

Fixed an issue where enemy group numbers on 'Ruthless' were being improperly floored.

Made chests use 'Ruthless' map modifiers when on 'Ruthless' difficulty so the quality on them is as expected.

Added 'Ruthless' Giraffe pet to all base Campaign maps, Quest for the Lost Eternia Shards maps, City in the Cliffs and Talay Mining Complex.

Fixed a bug where off-host players wouldn't properly receive the Zamira's Mount pet after completing all Warping Core II maps.

Made Jester's Spooktacular rewards on 'Nightmare' and lower difficulty random between the sword and spear.

Fixed Etherian Holliday Extravaganza Snowman boss 'Ruthless' resistances.

Decreased Hermit healing by 25%.

Made pets on base Campaign and Quest for the Lost Eternia Shards maps drop on wave 25 instead of 15 on 'Ruthless' difficulty and increased their quality.

Decreased hermit damage resistance by 25%.

Made 'Baby Boss' pets choose between the best 2 for every one you get, to make up for increased map times.

Decreased 'Ruthless' Steam Saw damage by 4%.

Increased heal amount on Desert Goblin Cupid by 7%.

Added 'Ruthless'-exclusive Dragon boss to Boss Rush.

Reduced 'Ruthless' Kraken boss damage multiplier on Boss Rush.

Fixed Infested Ruins ogres 'Ruthless' health being higher than intended.

Fixed Classic Eagle Crescent Standard projectile not applying elemental damage or scaling properly.

Made base Campaign and Quest for the Lost Eternia Shards maps mob number on 'Ruthless' difficulty higher for efficient armor farming.

Increased quality on Halloween Spooktacular 2 to be in line with Halloween Spooktacular 1.

Fixed an issue where 'Ruthless' Boss Rush rewards wouldn't save properly.

Slightly reduced difficulty of Forest Ogre Trick-or-Treat wave on Jester's Spooktacular.

'Flying Pumpkin' pet projectile no longer explodes on contact with other players.

Elemental damage of 'Oculus of the Genie King' nerfed by 10%.

Projectile of 'Ogre Party Hat' spear swapped to be an alternative to 'Honey Spear'.

Ruthless rewards added to Sky City, Portal Defense, War of the Djinn, Riddle of the Deep and Boss Rush.

Damage of 'Flying Pumpkin' pet increased by 15%.

Ranged damage of 'Eternian Sword' nerfed by 13%.

Icon on 'Flying Pumpkin' boss on Jester's Spooktacular swapped to reflect the boss instead of showing a 'Cupid' boss icon.

Damage of Ranger's 'Piercing Spreadshot' ability increased by 7%.

'Flying Pumpkin' boss no longer instantly kills 'Minions' and 'Forest Golems'.

Dragon Halberd spear now always spawns with at least 1 projectile.

Fixed 'Ruthless' rewards not rolling as intended, where the 'Ultimate Chance' was incredibly low.

Players now respawn properly before 'Flying Pumpkin' boss on Jester's Spooktacular.

Fixed damage per level as it was lower than intended.

Rewards include The Corrupted Axe, Dragon Halberd, Punk Jester Costume, and Devil Mask.

Unlock the Flying Pumpkin Pet by defeating the Flying Pumpkin Boss in the new challenge map.

Nerf reduced from 8% to 4%.

Survive a relentless assault of masked foes and take on the dreaded Flying Pumpkin Boss.

Boss countdown on the fourth checkpoint increased from 3 to 10.

Now affects enemy towers on Assault maps.

Rewards on Crystalline Dimension have been buffed.

A new harrowing, seasonally-inspired challenge awaits only the most fearless of Etheria's heroes.

Fixed buff made to 'Abyssal Finn' not applying correctly.

Adjusted to align with Crystalline Dragon due to missing 'Hardcore Mode' modifier.

Swing speed increased by 20% and damage multiplier increased by 1.05x.

Damage threshold increased by x10.

Health reduced by 50%.

Damage multiplier adjusted to x0.92.

Drops increased to 3.

Adjusted to align with other accessory-farm maps.

Resolved issues with 'Ruthless' difficulty material and icons.

The Tavern has received a spooky makeover.

Exchanges a portion of movement speed for a boost in health and damage.

Introducing new hero costumes for Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Abraham Lincoln, and Elon Musk.

Sometimes did not turn on when switching phases.

No stat changes.

No stat changes.

Exchanges a portion of health for a boost in movement speed.

Item was doing more damage than intended.

Health reduced by 50% on Tavern Incursion assault phase.

Occasionally killed for being stuck too long.

Fixed 'Ruthless' goblins appearing on all difficulties of Raining Goblins.

Increased 'Baby Demon Lord' melee damage by 20%.

Implemented a potential fix for the Squire not teleporting out of their cage in last phase of the fight.

Fixed spawner issues on Ruthless Moraggo and King's Game maps.

Changed damage threshold for orbs from 5,000,000 to 2,000,000.

Reduced Wave 17 yellow attack duration from 7s to 6s.

Fixed the teleport location when you fall off the map on Wave 15.

Increased 'Hot Air Balloon' attack animation speed by 62.5%.

Adjusted visual for Squire fire to further disambiguate it from 'Mischief Maker' fire.

Snowman slowing effect changed from a 50% to 30% reduction in movement speed.

Increased Final Amethyst's projectile speed by 50% and reduced fire rate delay from 3.25s to 2.5s.

Made True Boss Rush bracers always roll Ultimate quality, so you are always able to upgrade a stat to its maximum potential.

Fixed the eastern heal orb on 'Euclase' fight not healing players.

Fixed an issue where enemy Ruthless damage multipliers were not being applied properly.

Reduced damage radius of Final Jade's floor fire by 25%.

Doubled Boss Rush Genie King damage threshold.

Implemented a potential fix for the texture of the scroll bar on the game select menu UI.

Reduced 'Zamira's Mount' attack animation speed by 33%.

Removed sound from 'Baby Ancient Dragon' attack animation.

Increased 'Baby Demon Lord' ranged damage back to where it had been before being unintentionally nerfed.

Reduced Squire's melee step velocity by 80%.

Reduced difficulty of Wave 17 yellow attack floor patterns.

Players may now continue fighting the assault bosses for their buffs after killing all cores.

Moved the lamp post by the forge on assault.

Removed build timers from most maps if Hardcore Mode is not active.

Fixed an issue with the assault Jade and Amethyst fight where killing Amethyst would disable invulnerability phases, soft-locking the fight on Eternia Gauntlet.

Reduced 'Lumeric Staff' base damage by 7.5% to make it on par with the 'Ember Sceptre'.

Fixed an issue in wave 17 where a player respawning inside damage volumes would lose control of their character on Eternia Gauntlet.

Fixed enemies not dying after waves end on Spring Valley.

Added lock icon to Ruthless difficulty label if Nightmare difficulty is not unlocked.

Reduced Final Amethyst health by 20% on Eternia Gauntlet.

Made Warping Core: Challenge Pack II maps start one wave later. Warping Core: Arcane Library starts 2 waves later.

Reduced 'Baby Demon Lord' melee damage by 50% (as it was out damaging every pet in the game twofold).

Reduced the health of the Ranger, Monk, and Knight bosses on Ruthless True Boss Rush checkpoint 4 by 15%.

Made enemies have a chance to drop extra items on Ruthless difficulty to make Ruthless Survivals more appealing.

Increased Barbarian move speed and increased her knockback on Eternia Gauntlet.

Added 10% movement speed bonus to all Emerald City campaign weapons.

Reduced ogre counts on Ruthless difficulty by 40% for most maps.

Buffed 'Zamira's Mount' damage by 10%.

Fixed issue where the player would sometimes shoot upwards while standing inside floor patterns on Eternia Gauntlet.

Fixed an issue in Euclase fight where the start of each phase would have a long delay before floor attacks began on Eternia Gauntlet.

Adjusted wave 17 Ruthless floor pattern's damage volume size on Eternia Gauntlet.

Reduced Final Jade health by 33% on Eternia Gauntlet.

Made all Halloween Spooktacular weapons have level 70 requirement on qualities above mythic for consistency.

Changed Eternia Gauntlet to Challenge: Eternia Gauntlet for consistency with other challenges.

Fixed Barbarian icon on Eternia Gauntlet.

Reduced all wave 17 enemy HP scaling by 12% in 3-4 player matches on Eternia Gauntlet.

Fixed visual for Barbarian turtle aura on Eternia Gauntlet.

Fixed an issue in wave 17 where floor runes would not appear at the start of the second or third phase on Eternia Gauntlet.

Adjusted Challenge: Wizardry enemy number scaling on Ruthless.

Reduced 'Assault Rifle' projectile slowing effect from 80% to 50% on Eternia Gauntlet.

Fixed incorrect speed stat on 'Legendary Huntress' costume.

Fixed notification text for jade and amethyst buff on Eternia Gauntlet.

Fixed rewards being restricted to 'Insane' rarity on Temple of Polybius.

The 'Easy' difficulty icon is no longer stretched.

Fixed Ruthless True Boss Rush giving double rewards to non-hosts.

Fixed 'Ruthless Defender' accomplishment not being awarded.

Baby boss pet rewards are now correctly distributed on their respective maps' final wave of Survival Mode.

Fixed a typo on 'Raining Goblins' notification.

Implemented a potential fix for post-assault teleport not occurring in group play on Eternia Gauntlet.

Implemented a potential fix for those experiencing progression errors.

Survival Mode on most maps was ending too early while playing on Ruthless.

Fixed level requirement of 'Baby Demon Lord' being set to 78 on all qualities.

Fixed bottom forge rotation on the Tavern.

Fixed an issue where players could not interact with presents while in build phase.

Damage of Huntress' 'Piercing Shot' reduced by 50%.

A mini-map has been added for the Temple of Polybius boss gauntlet.

Fixed an ability bug for Crystalline Resurgence III and Nightmare True Boss Rush Great Old One.

Significantly sped-up gameplay on all difficulties.

Chests in War of the Djinn and Rumble in the Jungle now give 130 mana instead of 100.

Significantly increased the time the Djinn spends in the lamp during Rumble in the Jungle.

A new map where players pursue the Crystalline Squire, offering unique rewards.

Added selection UI to True Boss Rush checkpoints.

Fixed an issue where the Barbarian could get stuck upon level victory.

New difficulty mode that increases challenge on older maps and introduces new baby pet variants.

New DLC featuring Arcane Library, Omenak, and Infested Ruins maps with the Warping Core modifier.

Fixed an issue where pressing V at any time during the map would always skip the 'boss timer' on Crystal Cave.

Fixed max core HP on Deeper Well: No Towers Allowed challenge.

Added a 1.5x damage multiplier to Nightmare True Boss Rush Great Old One.

Drop rates changed to approximately 1/48 runs from 1/32 runs.

Health on spawned mobs increased by 200%.

'Tropics of Etheria' has received a loot-quality nerf on Survival Mode.

Enter the lava-filled caverns of the Crystalline Dimension and defend the Eternia Crystal.

Reduced Countess' 'Call to Arms' damage resistance by 20%.

Players can complete their collections with the 'Dungeon Defenders Costume Bundle'.

Apprentice's 'Overcharge' now grants a speed boost.

Reduced Ranger's 'Spread Shot' base damage by 25%.

Reintroduced Huntress' 'Invisibility' ability alongside 'Shadow Step'.

Rewards new crystal weapons for each class: Crystal Sword, Crystal Gun, Crystal Staff, and Crystal Spear.

Siege Mechs are now properly affected by Hermit's 'Web Wall'.

Fixed Deeper Well map giving unintended experience.

Players can complete their collections with the 'Dungeon Defenders Hero Bundle'.

Goblin Copters now use their held enemy's elemental damage resistance.

Changed bonus damage on staves from 18% to 23%.

Experience orbs and pirate mana tokens now use the same sound as the mana token.

'Shield of Hearts' now has a one-second cooldown for its healing effect.

Fixed 'Piercing Shot' ability appearing too large when off-host.

'Crystalline Resurgence Four' rewards are no longer limited to one per account.

Added 'Squire' boss to the Palantir map.

Defend the Crystal without towers; potential to drop high-quality armor approximately every 32 runs.

Huntress' Shadow Step now costs 30 mana.

Hermit's 'Whirlwind' now grants invulnerability to negative states effects.

Increased Barbarian's 'Hawk' base damage by 5%.

Fixed frame-rate limit not being selectable on controller.

Rewards new 'Etherian Ancient' and 'Chromatic Gemstone' pets on Survival waves 25 and 35, respectively.

Implemented a damage nerf for high-end 'Honey Guns'.

Made Owls larger; 1.65 -> 1.8.

'Moonbase' awards more experience; 1.00 -> 1.25.

Fixed 'Wood Rifle' not granting 1.1x movement speed multiplier.

Removed out-of-bounds collisions for Omenak.

Added 'Chain Lightning' damage on hit with 'Lightning Stance'.

Changed to 'Shadow Step', a new damage-dodge mechanic with a set duration and cooldown.

Pet size info now based on actual drawscale of pet as opposed to a percentile value which was inaccurate.

'Temple of Water' now has the same quality of drops as 'Infested Ruins'.

Made 'Mythical', 'Ult+', and 'Ult++' colors within description reflect the actual default quality color.

Changed HP scaling to that of the Monk's.

Fixed an issue in Crystalline Dimension's Fourth Area where mobs would continue to spawn after killing the bosses if they had been killed too quickly.

Made 'Tavern Owl' smaller.

All towers cost more DU to build on repeated placements. Sharken, Djinn and Copter Ogre spawn rate increased.

'Super Legendary Huntress' movement speed increased by 20%.

Added colorblind settings for item box frame colors and minimap colors in CDT settings.

'Piercing Spreadshot' increased projectiles by 2; each projectile has a different damage type.

Fixed issue where taking damage as a player attempts to jump would cancel the jump.

'Ult++' in shop gets automatically locked when generated.

Fixed bHardcore on CDT settings always using the open/local option when initializing the game for the first time.

Size sorting now uses actual drawscale of pets for sorting.

Reverted Fireball tower damage reduction (damage increased by 18%).

Removed north fish spawner from Temple of Water.

All staffs excluding the 'Rainmaker', 'Moon Staff' and 'Ember Sceptre' do 18% more damage.

Slightly increased experience gained and drop quality on early game maps.

Event items with custom beam colors are now reflected on the minimap.

Fixed 'Emerald Staff' and 'Staff of Hearts' not showing their gems when dropped on the ground on lower graphical settings.

Harpoon tower now pierces terrain.

Ranger movement speed increased by 25%.

'Piercing Shot' projectile speed increased; size/hitbox and damage now scale with distance travelled.

'Sell All' button no longer sells forged items.

Obtainable pets include 'Colored Owl', 'Polly', and 'Beach Island'.