What changed in SMITE® in 2018

Includes Pele, Anubis, Nu Wa, Khepri, Odin, Cu Chulainn, and Medusa.

Skins include Righteous Hammer Thor, Imperator Khepri, Typhoon Kukulkan, Battle Maiden Bellona, Hound of Ulster Cu Chulainn, Amethyst Nu Wa, Raven's Throne Odin, and Worldweaver Neith.

Celebrate SMITE’s new Arena with a free bundle including Gods, skins, and voice packs.

Darkblade Pele, Righteous Hammer Chaac, Mystic Archer Artemis, Curious Critter Ratatoskr, Plushie Khepri, Ice Queen Aphrodite, Winter's Curse Cu Chulainn

Kill, Capture, Defend gameplay mode where players defeat Sand Guardians to control capture points.

Includes Mystic Archer Artemis skin, music theme, ward skin, 5 Odyssey Points, 2500 Mystic Jewels, and 1 Gold Key.

For every 3 FWOTD, get 30 gems (total of 90 possible Gems) and receive 2x Favor, Worshipers, and XP.

Earn a free Enigma Chest roll for 1 First Win of the Day. After 3 FWOTD, receive a Hera’s Odyssey Chest roll.

The Reaping returns with special rewards and bonuses for players.

Plenty of chest sales will be available during The Reaping event.

Earn a free Enigma Chest roll for 1 First Win of the Day. After 3 FWOTD, receive a Cutesy Avatar Chest roll.

Damages enemies in a cone and summons Argus to attack.

Grants a shield and movement speed buff.

Summons Argus to attack and defend Hera.

Various adjustments to items and gods.

Transforms enemies into monsters and deals damage.

Reduces Argus' cooldown and heals him based on damage dealt to gods.

Introducing Hera with unique abilities and a passive.

New skins include Cyber Scythe Thanatos, Cosmic Power Anubis, Pixel Chaos Discordia, and General Nosseris Kumbhakarna.

Various balance updates have been made to improve gameplay.

This year’s Odyssey begins in 5.17 and will span over seven updates. Players can purchase Odyssey items and complete Event Quests.

Embark on a journey back in time with a fast-paced 3v3 battle in a medieval backdrop.

Royal Champion Awilix, Abyssal Acolyte Agni, Warp Tech Janus, Shadow Claw Bastet, Riptide Poseidon, Sunny Chibi Amaterasu

Includes Royal Champion Awilix, Recall Skin, Global Emote, Music Theme, Titles, and Gold Key.

Dashes forward dealing damage and applying a slow to the first enemy God hit.

Fires a magma orb that returns shards for damage based on ability rank.

Introducing Pele with unique abilities and passive.

Causes damage and Knockup in an area around her.

Deals damage to nearby enemies and provides movement speed.

Increases Physical Power, Lifesteal, and Ability Lifesteal when health drops below 50%.

Players can commend others for positive actions, gaining points monthly.

Now heals 4% of max HP and restores 2% of Mana every 5s.

Plushie Ganesha, Half-Life Baron Samedi, Nightbane Jing Wei, Hellscape Cernunnos, Geek Beak Thoth, Pup Patrol Cerberus, Cherrybomb Sol

Respawn timers are now less random and scale with team performance.

Phoenixes now attack like normal phoenixes.

Lowest level player on each team receives a 25% increase to shared XP after 2m.

Various adjustments to Speed, Red, Purple, and Blue Buffs.

Base XP reduced from 34 to 24.

Normal and Ranked modes will now show a countdown timer for match starts.

Players will see ticket value effects when Minions and Gods are killed.

Base HP increased from 1400 to 1750.

Assault will now randomly select a god from all gods, not just owned ones.

Damage reduced from 2000 to 1500.

Base HP reduced from 680 to 500.

New XP camp added and visual clarity improvements made.

Fixed an issue where stance changers passive meter cooldowns didn’t match their actual cooldowns.

Clan Rosters will now show avatars.

Gods should no longer fly into the air and die if they become stuck inside walls. Now gods should find the closest safe position and be placed there if they somehow do end up in a wall.

Fixed an issue where god tooltips would remain on screen too long, covering UI on new screens.

Fixed an issue where Janus could ult out of bounds on the Clash map.

Fixed an issue where daily bundle prices didn’t visually update when coupons applied to them.

Fixed an issue where party leaders would get an incorrect 'invite declined' popup after invites were accepted.

Baron applies Hysteria with basic attacks and abilities, affecting damage dealt.

Costs 150g, heals 140 Health and 100 Mana over 20 seconds.

Includes Red Rum Baron Samedi, Plague Lord Hades, Evil Spirits Bacchus, Star Spangled Nike.

New mastery skins available for Baron Samedi.

Roots enemies and deals damage, with enhanced effects based on Hysteria.

Introducing Baron Samedi with unique abilities and passive.

Pulls enemies towards Baron’s Coffin, dealing damage and stunning them.

Damages enemies and heals allies, with additional effects based on Hysteria.

Deals damage and reduces enemy stats if above 30 Hysteria.

Up to 35% off Gem Packs and select chests on sale for a limited time.

Earn double Favor, Worshipers, and XP on all games played during the event.

Fixed an issue where Chernobog could use his Ultimate and hit collision that sent him up into the sky.

Fixed an issue Lock in Sound FX repeating for every god selection.

Fixed an issue where the minimap could be pushed to the top right of the screen behind other UI elements.

Soul Reaver will now correctly cost 2750 gold.

Fixed an issue where the UI would replay the 'lock in' animation for all locked in players each time a player locked in a God.

Fixed an issue where opening multiple chests too quickly would prevent acquisition notifications to be shown for all opened chests.

Fixed an issue where Chernobog had an incorrect pantheon icon.

Fixed an issue where Bots would not always spawn in practice queues.

Fixed an issue with Remaining Booster time not being shown on Profile section of the HUD.

Fixed an issue where purchased skins do not always show as owned until another skin is purchased.

Fixed an issue where players could get into a soft-lock when going to the chest section of the store from god skin page.

Fixed an issue where players can get into a state where they are unable to accept match queue in some circumstances.

Fixed an issue where Chernobog’s Pantheon Icon was not Slavic.

Fixed an issue where players wouldn’t see their proper active booster time displayed.

Fixed an issue with Usernames not appearing on God Leaderboards.

Fixed an issue where using a Skin Booster during a match would show that you owned the skins on subsequent matches.

Fixed an issue where Chernobog can proc The Crusher on enemies with his 3 twice, if he dashes into a wall and dashes out.

Hydra’s Lament no longer applies bonus damage to abilities that are treated as Basic Attacks.

Fixed an issue on where players can show a god as Undefined on the Right Panel in the God Select Lobby.

Fixed an issue where purchasing a skin late on the pre-game lobby causes the skin card to appear over your UI.

Fixed an issue with New Player Level Up Rewards.

Chernobog features a unique passive and multiple abilities including Crystallized Curses and Living Nightmare.

Introducing new skins including Diabol Chernobog, Eunited Cu Chulainn, Chompy Chibi Fenrir, Fat Loki Cabrakan, and Northern Ranger Hachiman.

Soft reset for the first split of Season 5 Ranked, affecting player placements after qualifying.

Players will qualify much closer to the estimated MMR, with reduced discrepancies in placements.

All Jungle buffs will last 60s instead of 120s, but have more powerful effects.

Minions and Juggernauts now walk directly into the portal instead of animating in ways that can confuse players if they are hittable or not.

Includes Inner Demon Hel, Inner Demon Pedestal, Inner Demon Jump Stamp, Inner Demon Level-Up Skin, and Season 5 Gold Key.

The Arena Game Mode has a complete new environment with many new features.

An in-game visual has been added to help players see what actions they are doing that subtract tickets from the enemy team.

Includes Dashing Deceiver Loki, Abyssal Executioner Chaac, Dashing Deceiver Announcer Pack, Raining Skulls Global Emote, Enigma Chest, and SMITE Birthday Present.

3 Serpent Demons will spawn in the center of the map every 2 minutes. Whichever team kills 2 of the 3 will get a Titan Juggernaut.

Dangerous water pools on the map will kill players if they stay there too long.

New skins for Inner Demon Hel, Jackal Tech Anubis, Dashing Deceiver Loki, Abyssal Executioner Chaac, Violet Sorceress Aphrodite, and Road Rebel Hercules.

Respawn times for a team is now consistent based on time/performance.

Includes Elegant Nemesis, Itty Bitty ChiBee Ah Muzen Cab, Poopie Jump Stamp, Birthday Cake Pedestal, Enigma Chest, SMITE Birthday Present.

Includes Elegant Nemesis, Itty Bitty ChiBee Ah Muzen Cab, Poopie Jump Stamp, Birthday Cake Pedestal, Enigma Chest, and SMITE Birthday Present.

Zenko Ratatoskr, Final Fusion Ratatoskr, Revenant Achilles, Basscannon Neith, Beaky Chibi Thoth, Pixel Beast Cernunnos, Sylvan Sentinel Hou Yi

Zenko Ratatoskr, Final Fusion Ratatoskr, Revenant Achilles, Basscannon Neith, Beaky Chibi Thoth, Pixel Beast Cernunnos, Sylvan Sentinel Hou Yi

Includes a Birthday Bundle with various items and discounts.

Quests available to unlock an Awesome Chest using the Birthday Present from the Bundle.

Birthday Bundle available for 25% off during Update 5.4.

Includes a Birthday Bundle with various items and quests to unlock an Awesome Chest.

Birthday Bundle available for 25% off during Update 5.4.

Achilles joins the roster with unique abilities and mechanics.

Introducing new skins: Myrmidon Achilles, Kage Ratatoskr, Abyssal Warrior Sun Wukong, Countess Chang'e, Pot O' Gold Fafnir, Playful Bunny Nu Wa.

Reduced Planning Phase from 30s to 15s and Banked time from 60s to 40s.

Adjusted DJ Skins to allow movement with VXG emotes active.

Achilles adapts to battle with unique abilities and mechanics.

Reduced the Planning Phase from 30s to 15s and Banked time from 60s to 40s.

New skins for various gods including Myrmidon Achilles and Kage Ratatoskr.

Adjusted DJ Skins to move with their VXG emotes active.

Includes Oblivion Hound Cerberus, Oblivion Queen Discordia, Cutesy Cerberus Avatar, Skull Stamp Jump Stamp, and 1 Molten Key.

Includes Senpai Da Ji Skin, Fox Avatar, Loading Screen Skin, Music Theme, and 1 Gold Key.

EDM Music Tech (Emote), What the Puck (Jump Stamp), Playmaker (Announcer Pack).

Protect the adorable vulpine critter from an unending assault of minions, Elite monsters, Bosses, and the Gods themselves.

Kitsune Ratatoskr, Senpai Da Ji, Marvelous Maid Amaterasu, Ragnarok Hades, Oblivion Hound Cerberus, Oblivion Queen Discordia, DJ Ohm Ganesha, Playmaker Ne Zha.

Protect the adorable vulpine critter from an unending assault of minions, Elite monsters, Bosses, and the Gods themselves.

Includes Oblivion Hound Cerberus, Oblivion Queen Discordia, Cutesy Cerberus Avatar, Skull Stamp Jump Stamp, and 1 Molten Key.

Includes EDM Music Tech (Emote), What the Puck (Jump Stamp), and Playmaker (Announcer Pack).

Includes Senpai Da Ji Skin, Fox Avatar, Loading Screen Skin, Music Theme, and 1 Gold Key.

Kitsune Ratatoskr, Senpai Da Ji, Marvelous Maid Amaterasu, Ragnarok Hades, Oblivion Hound Cerberus, Oblivion Queen Discordia, DJ Ohm Ganesha, Playmaker Ne Zha.

The map size has been increased by roughly 20%.

Gold Fury now spawns later and has increased health, while Fire Giant's health and power have been reduced.

Lane minions now deal 40% less damage to Gods and have adjusted XP and Gold rewards.

Completely new visuals with a theme of Mount Olympus vs. Tartarus, featuring a symmetrical layout and significant visual updates.

All characters remodeled and lane minions received a visual update.

Various XP and Gold rewards for jungle monsters and buffs have been adjusted.

Includes Demonic Thanatos, Fiendish Flight Jing Wei, Fiendish Rage Cu Chulainn, Star Salvager Skadi, Knight of Wisdom Athena, Pale Raven Morrigan, Anarchist Bellona, Groovy Aphrodite, Handsome Hunter Hou Yi, Titanium Ronin Susano, and Hired Gun Ares.

5.1 introduces a completely new Conquest map with visual updates and thematic changes.

Includes Demonic Thanatos, Fiendish Flight Jing Wei, Fiendish Rage Cu Chulainn, and more.

New objective replacing the Portal Demon, providing buffs to the team that defeats it.

Reduced XP Split Bonus from +50% to +20% and adjusted various respawn times.

Towers and Phoenixes now deal an additional 15% damage to Minions.

XP Split Bonus reduced from +50% to +20% and other adjustments to minions and jungle monsters.

All characters, minions, and major map features have been visually updated.

Towers and Phoenixes now deal additional damage to minions, with various protection and power adjustments.

Gold Fury spawn time changed and Fire Giant's health and power reduced.

XP and Gold rewards for minions and jungle monsters adjusted, including reductions and increases over time.

New objective replaces the Portal Demon, providing buffs to the team that defeats it.

Includes Brimstone Demon Thor, Brimstone Beast Camazotz, Ragnarok Loading Frame, and Ragnarok Recall Skin.

Cerberus has unique abilities including Spirit of Death, Paralyzing Spit, Ghastly Breath, Soul Expulsion, and Stygian Torment.

New skins for various gods including Hellwatch Cerberus, Sweet Tooth Sol, Brimstone Demon Thor, Brimstone Beast Camazotz, and Grove Keeper Xing Tian.

Includes Brimstone Demon Thor and Brimstone Beast Camazotz skins, Ragnarok Loading Frame, Ragnarok Recall Skin, and 1 Molten Key.

Cerberus has been introduced with unique abilities including Spirit of Death, Paralyzing Spit, Ghastly Breath, Soul Expulsion, and Stygian Torment.

New skins for Cerberus, Sol, Thor, Camazotz, and Xing Tian.