What changed in Dungeons & Dragons Online® in 2026

The Duergarcraft Shields are now properly Bound to Account again.

Fixed a bad tooltip for the Self-Only versions of Greater Teleport.

Some level 36 Skill augments now grant benefits to the correct skills.

Items in banks that existed prior to the changes to the Crafting system should now properly display and be searchable by the name 'Magic Essence'.

Champions that deal Force damage now have a more appropriate icon on their buff bar.

The Favored Enemy feats are now categorized correctly.

Shifter’s Howl Displacement no longer sets your displacement percentage to 25% directly, overwriting all other bonuses.

Help panel support links now open in your system web browser instead of an in-game browser.

In Relentless, the doors between the courtyard and the Helmed Horror's room now open when the Juggernaut dies.

The HP caps on Banishing weapons found in Terror of Demogorgon have been raised.

The Scorching Ray SLA from Cleric’s Fire Domain now has a more accurate tooltip.

Fixed a String Table Error on the Demon Scale Armor.

Nature’s Protector’s threat bonus is now properly scaling.

Stop Hazadil’s Shipment no longer erroneously asks you to destroy Cages and not Crates.

The 6th Core of the Falconry tree now correctly grants the Slippery Surface Immunity portion of Freedom of Movement.

Effects named Exceptional Seeker now correctly grant Exceptional Seeker.

Fixed some effects bugs with the Dreadbringer and Dance of the Wind filigree sets.

A new raid, 'Terror of the Demon Lords,' is available as part of the 'Terror of Demogorgon' expansion pack.

Wilderness Adventure Areas now report their Skull Level when entered on Reaper Difficulty.

Certain summoning and hireling buffs now correctly stick around through death.

Even MORE trap boxes are now correctly rotated.

Slightly adjusted some icons in Duergar’s Racial Tree.

There is a new checkbox in the Feat Selection Stage of leveling up, Show Alphabetical, which when checked shows all feats sorted alphabetically without categories.

Chests without ransack now say they don't ransack instead of telling you the ransack will reset in 80 years.

The Song version of Freedom of Movement is no longer stripped by Dispel Magic or Antimagic.

Soul Armor in Duergar’s racial tree now has a slightly prettier tooltip and grants the correct amount of Force Absorption.

Shifter’s Brute Fighting enhancement now provides its threat generation.

Changed the pace at which the spawns happen to be quicker and changed how many monsters were appearing per interval.

The Monk Slow Fall feat no longer affects your speed while in a Reverse Gravity area.

Fixed an issue with the camera when halfling/gnomes dismount in water.

The Perfect Slow Fall feat now appears on your character sheet.

Male Gnomes will no longer incorrectly play the back flip animations when doing a simple jump on a carpet/cloud mount.

Duergar’s Forgemaster now properly works with Mauls.

Legendary Deadly now correctly gives a bonus to Damage and not Attack.

Fixed some typos in several quest and dialogue windows.

A stuck spot in the Isle of Dread Wilderness has been fixed.

A pile of rocks that was floating in the air has been fixed.

Dead players will no longer get stuck under the lava surface, and crests should now be retrievable.

The Mount and Pet from the Crystalforged Patron Coffer should no longer cause erratic shadow flickering.

The map now shows the blinking guidance arrow for quest entrances in Gravenhollow.

A new quest available as part of the Terror of Demogorgon expansion pack.

Spell Focus feats adjusted to make attaining Spell DCs easier.

The level cap has been raised to 36 with twelve new quests available.

Corrected typos in several NPCs' dialogue.

New feats available to support the level cap increase to 36.

A new Wilderness Area supports quest difficulty options and increased XP.

Resolved issues with backwards trap boxes in several quests.

Descend into the depths of the Underdark and confront Demogorgon in the new expansion.

Horn of Thunder can now be cast directionally as intended.

New recipes available for crafting between levels 400 and 500.

Essence Crafting now supports up to level 36 items and maximum level increased to 500.

Weapon stats panel now displays 'No Ammo' if no ammunition is equipped.

The Dissolve window has been updated to function more like a Shop window.

Explore the Underdark and face the Demon Lords in the new expansion.

Now accepts the Embolden Metamagic feat.

Players can now level their characters up to level 36.

Adjustments made to cooldowns and durations of teleportation items.

Changes to the base Dwarf's enhancement tree for improved gameplay.

Introduction of new Generation 2 and 3 Raid Filigree.

Unlock the all-new Duergar playable race, known for their resilience and toughness.

Enhancements to the quest objective panel and visibility of set bonuses.

New adventures across CR 11 Heroic and CR 37 Legendary quests.

Multiple fixes for spells and abilities to function as intended.

Increased contributions to Spell DCs from various loot types.

The message 'You have attained the Highest level in the Game' no longer displays when reaching level 30.

Quick Cutter now properly works with handwraps.

The Shard Storm enhancement in the Primal Avatar tree now properly requires the upgrade enhancement in Tier 3 to grant its hit point buff.

Invasive Fey Flowers now have a hit box more appropriate for their size to make ranged weapons hit them more reliably.

Various typos and string table errors have been corrected.

Corrected an issue where the Lifeshaper would train you as a monk instead of a rogue when performing a Lesser Reincarnation.

An issue in 'Thrall of Duty' has been corrected that could break completion if one player was by the dragon when another player was in the House of Cards.

One of the optional chests in Savaran's Fortress now gives the correct treasure.

Searing Servants in 'Wish Upon a Card' can now be properly hit by projectiles.

The Arcane Trickster enhancement 'My Favorite Bauble' now supports throwing daggers with no orb required.

Copies of the Legendary Drysvayla's Axe that did not have their Returning property now do.

Legendary difficulty dungeons now properly drop Sun/Moon Augments and Rare items.

Invasive Fey Flowers now have a more appropriate hit box for their size to make range weapons hit more reliably.

Fixed an issue in 'Thrall of Duty' where you could get the blue dragon to die in the fight against the Ogre Mage by not helping him.

Fixed an issue in 'Thrall of Duty' where the quest could be blocked by injuring the Ogre Mage too quickly.

The 'Ruin' card is no longer being described as the 'Rogue' card.

If a critical monster that is normally immortal is presto'd.

Certain monsters would sometimes go brain dead after being hit by a confusion effect.

Also applies to undead enemies that succeed on their saving throws.

Includes Bloodletter's Knife, Threnalian Wardagger, Grievous Blade, Tenebrous Stiletto, Thunderforged Dagger, and Greensteel Daggers.

For both Cleric and Sacred Fist.

For single or dual-class characters above level 20.

Now properly provide their full set bonuses when slotted into Sentient Slots 7 and 10.

No longer falls off on death.

Level 28 Topaz of Spell Penetration and Level 32 Topazes of Melee and Ranged Power.

Now correctly compute the highest of available scores to use with your saving throws.

Related stacks of 15 collectibles.

Characters can now enter their 32-bit game world to reincarnate and can then Pack and transfer.

A new quest pack is available: FREE to VIPs and available in the DDO Store, featuring five quests related to dragons and a powerful artifact.

Now properly save through character creation instead of returning to a default.

In Vistani Knife Fighter, no longer falls off on death.

Now lasts its intended duration of 30 seconds.

Sound VFX have been added to several of the Mage Hand animations.

Unholy Blight (if you are Good) has been fixed.

Great Shout has been fixed.

Fixed an issue where the DC for the stolen spell Soundburst was not properly calculating based off of your Disable Device.

Locked Away Part 2 does not let warlocks block quest progression.

SunBurst (especially if you are Undead) has been fixed.

Core 6 now grants its Imbue Dice correctly.

Ruinous Schemes does not let warlocks block quest progression.

The Damage Reduction of certain monsters in Time Flies has been reduced on heroic difficulties.

Chaos Hammer (if you are Lawful) has been fixed.

Fixed graphical artifacts in No Refunds related to stencil shadows.

Fixed the cooldown being reversed between Salt Ray and Soundburst stolen spells.

Shout has been fixed.

The maximum caster level for Magic Missile is now correctly set to level 20.

Extra Hand now correctly reduces Metamagic costs for all spells, rather than only affecting spells in the Arcane Trickster's spell book.

The mind flayer in the level 1 version of the quest now has a cold that prevents him from using most of his mind flayer crowd control abilities.

The Past Life Icon has been corrected for Arcane Trickster.

Wrath of the Flame succubus is less of a public nuisance (lost her invincibility).

Arcane Ambush now works with snow ball swarm.

A Cry For Help no longer blocks quest progression if both levers are pulled simultaneously.

Order's Wraith (if you are Chaotic) has been fixed.

Produce Flame has been fixed.

Certain spells were using damage progressions against players that were higher than they should be. This has been fixed.

The passive Dodge bonus for Slippery Magic now works.

Fixed Disable Construct being mislabeled in the Mechanic tree.

Enemy versions of Magic Missile, Chain Missile, Force Missiles, Scorching Ray, and Frost Lance now scale correctly when they damage players.

Aussircaex now has a more dragon-worthy maximum hit point score.

An initial process has been implemented to mitigate poor game performance in public areas and guild airships during higher population times.

Level 36 items placed into Shared Banks, Character Banks, and Reincarnation Caches now display in list results.

Fixed the icons for a lot of abilities.

No longer drops through the ground when using 'Smite Evil'.

Sweeping Strikes now uses the highest of STR/DEX/INT.

Fixed some physics bugs.

The Arcane Trickster is now available for free for a limited time.

Fixed a spelling mistake.

Fixed a typo in Thorn Knight form.

Character sheet no longer displays a baseline of -1% Ranged Attack Speed.

Now correctly indicates recurring saves and frequency.

Fixed a typo in the Sorcerer Savant Awaken Elemental Weakness abilities.

Now displays its correct duration of 30 seconds.

Visuals should more reliably disappear when killed during the attack.

Now have proper spacing in their tooltips.

Now have more accurate tooltips.

Celebrating 20 Years with free gifts, a new Anniversary dungeon, and bonuses.

Now costs the correct amount of Depravity to activate.

Scorching Ray's bolts have been updated to do 7-12 damage per two caster levels.

Now grants 25 MRR instead of blocking spells by level.

Can now be cast while Quelled.

Now properly apply their effects to your weapon.

Fixed a typo in The Golden Curse effect.

Now has its proper name in your character sheet.

Frost Lance's bolts have been updated to do 9-16 damage per two caster levels.

Adjusted tooltips to clarify caps at Dexterity 100 / Doubleshot 100%.

No longer sticks a bad effect in your buff bar.

Now grants its proper Sneak Attack to-hit and damage.

Now properly grants 2 Imbue Dice when you did not have Embodiment of Law.

Now has its correct icon.

Chain Missile now fires 3 mini AOE blasts instead of a long chain.

Updated to allow for item border colors to appear.

Damage per missile now increases by 1 every 2 caster levels.

Fixed a typo in the text of Plague Wolf.

Now properly protects against all variants of Mummy Rot.

Now correctly state that they use Conjuration for their DCs.

Fixed a small typo.

Force damage now interacts with Magic Resistance Rating normally.

Now properly grants its Force, Chaos, and Universal Spell Power.

Adjusted icons in the buff bar to match forms granting those buffs.

Now properly works with Eschew Materials.

Dark Ascendant Bite now has a standardized DC.

Dhampir Traits no longer drop on death.

Now properly save for half damage instead of being totally negated.

Stormrage no longer displays out of date duration info in its tooltip.

Now provides its shield bash % chance.

No longer requires both Grandmaster of Flowers Core 4 AND Dark Philosophy.

Now lasts its listed duration of 1 minute per caster level.

DC and cooldown on Light and Dark versions now match base stunning blow.

The Mystical Band now correctly drops in Isle of Dread.

Earthgrab SLA now correctly states it is a Conjuration spell.

Can now be properly taken at level 22.

A planter floating in the air has been moved to the ground.

Now awards its proper amount of Spell Points.

Lingering instances of the effect not working have been fixed.

Now correctly proc.

Now always shows up as promised in Madness of Crowds.

Now grants Insight bonuses to all skill types.

Now properly scales with Double Strike and Double Shot.

No longer instantly dispels its own martial weapon bonus buff.

Force Missile's damage is now 1d4+1 every 2 caster levels.

Now grants its proper positive Spell Power.

Fog Cloud now lasts its intended duration.

Fix implemented to prevent Thorn Bloom from sometimes failing.

Display DC is now accurate.

Icons now have their proper representation.

Now has its proper name.

The Arcane Trickster is a new Rogue class Archetype that uses Enchantment and Illusion magic.

After the Anniversary Event, the Arcane Trickster will be available for purchase in the DDO Store.

Players can speak to the Giver of Gifts on Anniversary Island to unlock the Arcane Trickster until March 31, 2026.

Corrected an issue where characters with the Vow of Glory effect could not acquire loot when the Symphony of the Fey event was inactive.

The Symphony of the Fey event has been disabled following its re-introduction last week.

Characters will no longer retain the Vow of Glory effect.

Mists of Ravenloft Ultimate Edition owners can now claim the Barovian Mist Weapon Aura from Rex'nall.

Music notes near water will now self-terminate if their spawned enemies fall into deep water.

The Chill of Ravenloft's Guest Pass now properly accesses The Chill of Ravenloft.

It is no longer possible to create brand new characters on a Ghost World.

The end chest in The Chill of Ravenloft raid 'Relentless' now generates the proper amount of loot for all participants.

Bosses and Raid Bosses are now immune to most movement speed reduction debuffs to prevent quest progression issues.

Ghost worlds will now provide more feedback, including alerts for mailbox, auctions, or quests interactions.

Characters on the beach in a Ghost World can now get through the Grotto quest.