About the Game
Dungeon Defenders: Awakened is a cooperative Action RPG/Tower Defense game that brings loot, leveling, pets, and character customization to a legendary 4 player co-op experience.
The past has been altered! Team up with up to four players as you level up, claim legendary loot, and take on the armies of enemies that await you! Choose your hero and construct an epic defense to fight off hordes of enemies while you jump into the fray to protect Etheria.
Protect your Eternia Crystal!
Master the Squire, Huntress, Apprentice, and Monk to fight off hundreds of minions bent on mayhem!. Build and utilize your arsenal of blockades, towers, traps, and auras to keep the Eternia Crystals safe. The only requirement is to win, but it’s up to you to choose how!Party Up
Defending Etheria is better with friends! Bring three of your friends online to jump into the fray with you!
Make It Rain Loot
Gain a plethora of loot while fighting off waves of foes that approach! Swords, crossbows, staves, polearms, axes, grenade launchers, beam sabers, and so much more are yours for the taking.Customize Customize Customize
Everything about Dungeon Defenders: Awakened is chosen by you. The gear you use, the way your hero looks, where you build your defenses, which defenses you build — you are the master of your destiny in Etheria!
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Official update history
Greetings Defenders,
With today's hot-fix, The Keep and The Forsaken Temple drop double arcanist pieces in mix mode until our patch Tuesday.
Happy Defending,
The Community Development Team
Greetings Defenders,
We've released a small hotfix to address an issue with this week's new special pet reward.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where the Emerald Barron was not properly dropping from its intended reward source.
Fixed an issue where the Emerald Barron was not appearing in the Transmog list after being obtained.
To make up for the inconvenience caused by the Emerald Barron reward issue, we will be releasing another hotfix on Friday that will enable double Arcanist drops on both the keep and The Forsaken Temple until Tuesday 6/22/26 Thank you to everyone who quickly reported the issue and helped us identify the cause.
Thank you for your continued support, Defenders. We'll continue monitoring the update and addressing issues as they arise. As always, we appreciate your support and look forward to hearing your feedback as we continue working to make DD the game it deserves to be.
Happy Defending,
The Community Development Team
Hotfix Patch 5/29/26
Greetings Defenders,
This hotfix focuses on rune drop consistency, tooltip clarity, accessory balance adjustments, and updates to Crystal Core transmogs.
Rune Updates
All runes have had their preferred drop locations updated to match the campaign maps with their highest drop percentages.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where the Summoner was displaying the old tower ordering.
Updated the Decoy GR rune description to better reflect its functionality.
Fixed a typo in the Reflect Field rune tooltip.
Updated the Overclock Beam rune description for clarity.
Updated the Beaming Blossom rune description for clarity.
Updated the Sludge Pool rune description for clarity.
Updated the Noxious Device rune description for clarity.
Updated the Mage Minion rune description for clarity.
Fixed a typo in the Arcane Blast rune description.
Fixed a typo in the Mana Bomb rune description.
Updated the Flameburst Tower rune description for clarity.
Updated the Lightning Tower rune description for clarity.
Fixed a typo in the Thunder Spike Trap rune description.
Updated the Hero Boost rune description for clarity.
Fixed a typo in the Shield Throw rune description.
Updated the Harpoon Tower rune description for clarity.
Fused Monocle's flavor text now properly displays in red.
Fused Seal of the Forsaken's flavor text now properly displays in red.
Fixed an issue where Campaign on Nightmare difficulty was not properly awarding double rune rewards.
Fused Accessory Changes
Fused Nature's Wrap now fuses with Defense 1, changed from Defense 5.
Fused Nature's Wrap now scales properly like other Rift accessories.
Fused King's Face now fuses with Defense 2, changed from Defense 5.
Note: These changes were made to help balance the distribution of fused accessories across defense fusion tiers.
Current Fused Accessory Distribution
Defense 1
Fused Nature's Wrap
Fused Soldier's Bracers
Defense 2
Fused Sapphire Brooch
Fused King's Face
Defense 3
Fused Golden Scarab
Fused Kringler's Cap
Fused Paddy's Lucky Cap
Defense 4
Fused Hallow's Evil Grin
Fused Clearly Not PPE
Defense 5
Fused Seal of the Forsaken
Fused Ancient Monocle
Crystal Core Updates
Added the fan-favorite TE Crystal Core transmog and unlocked it for all players.
Added the Padlock Core transmog and unlocked it for all players.
Added particle effects to the returning DD1 Crystal Core transmogs.
Fixed the ordering of Crystal Core transmogs within the transmog menu.
Thank you for your continued support, Defenders. We appreciate all of the feedback you've provided and will continue refining systems, rewards, and quality-of-life features. We look forward to hearing from the community as we continue working together to make DD:A the game it deserves to be.
Happy Defending,
The community Development Team
Greetings Defenders,
We’ve rolled out another update focused on adjusting Halloween Spooktacular, along with bug fixes
Map Updates
Across all game modes on Halloween Spooktacular, total Defense Units have been reduced to 105.
Reduced enemy spawn timers across all lanes to help speed up wave pacing.
Wyverns now spawn using a percentage-based schedule, with a maximum of 75 spawning on Halloween Spooktacular.
Halloween Spooktacular now spawns fewer enemy lanes in Survival, Mixed Mode, and Pure Strategy.
Halloween Spooktacular now includes proper survival lane behavior.
Increased the number of Sirens spawning during waves 23–25.
Accessories Update
Casting Rate can now roll on non-rift accessories.
Bug Fixes
Fused Hallow’s Evil Grin now properly rolls with passives.
Fixed an issue where excessively high Casting Rate could cause repair speed calculations to reach 0.
As a result, previous Casting Rate changes have been reverted.
Fixed an issue where the Copper Ogre could become stuck behind the north building.
Halloween Spooktacular Survival now properly remembers progression past wave 25.
Thank you for your continued support, Defenders. We’ve still got more content on the way, including additional maps, rewards, new challenges, and a cosmetic Crystal Core DLC coming soon. If you’d like to stay updated and be part of the community discussion, make sure to join our Discord the link will be in the comments.
Happy Defending,
The Community Development Team
Greetings Defenders,
We’ve deployed a small update targeting a reward issue in Map of the Week along with improvements to the Sniper Cannon’s rune functionality. See the details below.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where Map of the Week (Massacre, Mixed Mode) did not properly award Fused Ragnarök.
Tower Updates
Sniper Cannon
Rune projectiles now properly pierce targets instead of being destroyed on impact.
Rune pierce count increased to 3 targets, up from 2.
Thank you for your continued support, Defenders. We’ve got more content coming soon, so keep an eye out for what’s next. If you’d like to stay connected and join the conversation, check out our Discord (linked in the comments).
Happy defending,
The Community Development Team
Greetings Defenders,
In this Hot fix Patch we have fixed the map of the week drops in all of the modes.
Happy defending,
The Community Development Team
Greetings Defenders,
In this Hotfix Update we make the following fixes:
1. Map of the week in survival now properly drops It's reward
2. The initial number of targets hit by the lightning tower is now properly 8. Happy defending! The Community Development Team
Greetings Defenders,
This hotfix focuses on correcting several issues related to Halloween Spooktacular rewards, Rift accessory behavior, and a few loot table inconsistencies. We also added a couple of new Rift accessories for players progressing through Rifted Pure Strategy.
Halloween Spooktacular Updates
Fixed an issue where the Hallow’s Evil Grin was not dropping in Mixed Mode
Fixed an issue where the Hallow’s Evil Grin was not dropping in Survival
Removed the Gold Ramstercan from the Halloween Spooktacular gold accessory loot table
Removed the Fused Ramstercan from the Halloween Spooktacular gold accessory loot table
Loot now properly spawns in regular Massacre mode
Enabled all pumpkin spawn points in Pure Strategy and Mixed Mode
Campaign intentionally does not include these pumpkin spawners, as the mode is meant to help players get their feet wet with the map
Rift Accessory Updates
Fused Soldier’s Bracers no longer completes any Fusion armor set
The fusion effect tooltip has been cleaned up to better reflect what the accessory actually does
Fused Sapphire Brooch no longer completes any Fusion armor set
The fusion effect tooltip has been cleaned up to better reflect what the accessory actually does
Fused Kringler’s Cap now drops properly
New Rift Accessories
Fused Golden Scarab
Fuses Defense 3
Drops from Bazaar on Massacre Rifted Pure Strategy
Fused Nature’s Wrap
Fuses Defense 2
Drops from The Mill on Massacre Rifted Pure Strategy
Known Issue
Halloween Spooktacular still cannot currently be played with Bonus Difficulties enabled. We are actively looking into this and expect it to be addressed in Monday’s patch.
Looking Ahead. Monday’s update is planned to include a new Crystal Core transmog, a new weapon, and the introduction of the Map of the Week system for Pure Strategy and Challenges.
Thank you for continuing to report bugs and provide feedback. Your reports help us track down issues quickly and keep improvements moving forward.
Happy Defending,
The Community Development Team
Greetings Defenders,
This update focuses on Crystal Core transmogs, crash compensation, expanded transmog support, rune fixes, tower balance adjustments, loot updates, and corrected weapon roll pools.
Crystal Core Transmog Updates
• Chromatic Core renamed to Striking Chromatic Core
The following Crystal Core transmogs were granted to players as compensation for the Alchemical Labs crash:
• Lapis Chromatic Core
• Topaz Chromatic Core
• Speedy Chromatic Core
• Sturdy Chromatic Core
• Powerful Chromatic Core
• Obsidian Gemstone
• President’s Day skins from Dungeon Defenders 1
Newly Added Crystal Core Transmogs to Come at Later Date
• Donkey in a Jar
• Juice in a Jar
• Blacksmith
• Fairy in a Jar
• Fused Fairy in a Jar
• Golden Fairy in a Jar
• Gold Chromatic Gemstone
• Rift Chromatic Gemstone
• Corgi in a Jar
• Rifted Corgi in a Jar
• Treasure Chest
• Armor Statue
• Royal Throne Core
• Donkey
• Turkey in a Jar
• Floating Castle
• Creepy Doll
• PC Core
• Original Crystal Core
• 2L Soda Core
• Menorah Core
• Christmas Core
• Pumpkin Core
• Kwanza Core
• Heart Core
• OG Logo Core
• DD:A Logo Core
• Pot of Gold Core
• Fusion Core
• Bio-Container Core
• Sky City Core
• Obelisk Core
• King’s Crown
• Horned
• Skulltacular
• Urn
• Book of Souls
• Pandora’s Box
• Goblet
• Fantasy
• Western
• Eastern
• Waterfall
• Landscaped
• Cell
• Molecular
• Runic
• Mystical
• Geode
• Crystalline
• Prop Cat in a Jar
• Rifted Prop Cat in a Jar
• Golden Prop Cat in a Jar
• Waffle in a Jar
• Fused Waffle in a Jar
• Seahorse in a Jar
• Sea Turtle in a Jar
• Santa Core
• Mrs. Claus Core
• Fused Training Core
Accessory Transmog Updates
• Traffic Cone added
• Rifted Traffic Cone added
• Kringler’s Cap added
• Fused Kringler’s Cap added
• Fused Sapphire Brooch added
• Fused Ancient Monocle added
• Fused Soldier’s Bracers added
• Fused King’s Face added
Weapon Transmog Updates
Swords
• Floppy Fish
• Fused Floppy Fish
• Meat Sword
• Fused Meat Sword
Crossbows
• Fused Leafy Piercer
• Bubble Blaster 9000
• Fused Bubble Blaster 9000
• Balasticus
• Fused Balasticus
Pet Transmog Updates
• Fused Happy Hera now properly appears
• Summoner Action Figure added
• Guardian Action Figure added
Rune Drop Update
• Runes now properly drop upon completing Wave 5 of Campaign maps instead of Wave 4
Tower Changes
Warden
Wisp Den:
• Attack rate hero stat exponent increased from 0.5 to 0.7
• Attack rate base value reduced from 7 to 4
• Tower damage hero stat exponent increased from 1.2 to 1.3
Shroomy Geyser:
• Mortar toss arc parameter adjusted from 0.45 to 0.75
Note: This is the launch angle that the Shroomy Geyser launches its projectile. this increase reduces the amount of arc on the projectile when launched allowing it to hit it's target more often.
• Attack rate base increased from 7 to 10 seconds
• Tower damage exponent reduced from 1.15 to 1.1
• Tower damage base reduced from 750 to 300
Sludge Launcher:
• AoE range increased from 280 to 325
• Sludge duration increased from 2.5 seconds to 3.5 seconds
• DU cost decreased to 5
• Attack rate base set to 9.5 seconds
• Attack rate exponent increased from 0.77 to 0.85
Summoner
Mage Minion:
• Heal cooldown reduced from 10 to 7 seconds
• Heal threshold increased from 75 percent to 85 percent
• Heal targeting range increased from 375 to 425
• Heal validity range increased from 375 to 425
• Attack range increased from 375 to 425
• Can now heal Auras when rune equipped
• Can now heal Traps when rune equipped
Squire
Bowling Ball Tower
• AoE properly set to 600
Harpoon Tower
• Tower damage increased by 10 percent
Sniper Cannon
• Attack rate exponent increased from 0.77 to 0.85
Apprentice
Deadly Striker Tower
• Attack rate base reduced from 11.24 to 9.75 seconds
• Results in approximately 0.35 second attack rate at 20k stat
Pet Updates
• All melee pets now prioritize bosses
Loot Updates
• Castle Armory Pure Strategy loot scaling increased to match Forsaken Temple
Weapon Stat Updates
Comically Large Weapons
• Staff stat scalars increased from 0.9 to 1.8
• Bow stat scalars increased from 0.9 to 1.8
• Polearm stat scalars increased from 0.9 to 1.8
Note: All stat scalars on the other tower weapons remain 0.9. Ability roll scalar remains 1.5.
Updated Weapon Roll Pools
• Spire Blade now rolls with Tower Damage, Tower Range, Tower Speed
• Oak Heart now rolls with Tower Range, Tower Health, Tower Damage
• Fused Fidget Spinner now rolls with Tower Health, Tower Damage, Tower Speed
• Fused Spire Blade now rolls with Tower Damage, Tower Range, Tower Speed
• Tsuda’s Final Creation now rolls with Tower Speed, Tower Damage, Tower Range
• Scarlet Prism now rolls with Tower Range, Tower Health, Tower Damage
• Oak shade now rolls with Tower Damage, Tower Speed, Tower Health
• Fused Astralune now rolls with Tower Health, Tower Speed, Tower Damage
• Fused Oak shade now rolls with Tower Damage, Tower Speed, Tower Range
• Crystal Polearm now rolls with Tower Range, Tower Damage, Tower Speed
• Talonheart now rolls with Tower Range, Tower Damage, Tower Health
• Ankhfeather now rolls with Tower Speed, Tower Damage, Tower Health
• Fused Oak spike now rolls with Tower Health, Tower Speed, Tower Range
• Fused War fang now rolls with Tower Health, Tower Damage, Tower Speed
• Fused Thrustworthy now rolls with Tower Damage, Tower Range, Tower Speed
• Hen Blaster 9000 now rolls with Tower Speed, Tower Range, Tower Damage
• Crystal Bow now rolls with Tower Health, Tower Damage, Tower Range
• Fragmenter now rolls with Tower Speed, Tower Range, Tower Damage
• Fused Scorcher now rolls with Tower Speed, Tower Range, Tower Damage
• Fused Paint storm now rolls with Tower Speed, Tower Range, Tower Damage
• Fused Oak bolt now rolls with Tower Range, Tower Speed, Tower Health
Closing
This update continues our focus on tightening up systems, correcting unintended behavior, and improving overall balance. The tower adjustments in this patch were made intentionally to bring underperforming defenses more in line with the top-performing towers, so more options feel viable and rewarding to use. We are continuing to focus on stability, clarity, and long-term balance. Thank you again for the reports, testing, and thoughtful feedback. It genuinely helps us shape each update and keep the game moving in the right direction.
Happy Defending,
The Community Development Team
Greetings Defenders,
We’ve pushed out a new hotfix addressing a crash issue, some reward corrections, and a few gameplay adjustments.
First, we want to sincerely apologize for the crash on Alchemical Laboratory in Rift Mode when reaching the boss wave. Unfortunately, this issue made it into the live build and remained there for about a week. We know how frustrating that can be, especially for players progressing and deeper survival runs, and we truly appreciate your patience while we tracked it down and resolved it. The fix is now live, and we’re back on track.
Stability Fixes
Fixed a crash on Alchemical Laboratory (Rift Mode) that occurred when transitioning into the boss wave.
UI Updates
Removed Bonus Difficulty options from areas of the UI where they cannot be toggled. This should reduce confusion and clean up the interface.
Reward Changes
Sirloin no longer drops at Wave 250 on Summit Survival. To make up for this change, Gold Gemstones are now a guaranteed drop at Wave 250.
The Assault Challenge now properly awards a Victory Chest when played with Bonus Difficulty enabled. (As a result we are extending the Assault Speed Run Event Until 2/28.
Pure Strategy Changes
Increased Ogre spawns in Alchemical Laboratory (Pure Strategy – Massacre) from 5 per lane to 9 per lane for better scaling and pressure.
Copter Ogre Targeting Adjustment
We’ve adjusted Copter Ogre target priorities to improve counterplay once they are dropped off. Previously, Copter Ogres heavily favored towers after landing, which often left little room for reaction or counterplay when a goblin copter goes through a rift portal. This change should result in Copter Ogres focusing players more often instead of immediately locking onto towers.
Old Target Desirability
Player: 2
Core: 0.5
Tower: 10
New Target Desirability
Player: 10
Core: 2
Tower: 1
Thank you again for the reports and for sticking with us while we clean things up. Your feedback continues to help us improve the game, and we’re committed to keeping things moving in the right direction.
Happy Defending,
The Community Development Team
Greetings Defenders,
We’ve just pushed out a small hotfix focused on stability and a few important fixes related to Crystal Core transmogs and Rift Mode.
Fixes
Fixed an issue with Crystal Core transmogs to ensure they display and function correctly.
Fixed a crash on Magus Quarters when playing in Rift Mode.
Thank you for the quick reports and for continuing to help us track down issues as they come up. Please keep sharing feedback and bug reports, both the good and the bad, as it helps shape the future of DD:A.
Happy Defending,
The Community Development Team
Hey Defenders,
This hotfix is a follow-up to the 12/30 update and focuses on cleanup and consistency across a few key areas: fusion and item card display fixes, clearer pet and gemstone tooltips, Campaign chest and rune reward behavior, Crystal Core improvements, updated drop rules for several rewards, and a couple of important bug fixes. There wasn’t a PTR cycle for this one, so these changes are going live directly.
ITEMS, FUSION, AND UI FIXES
Rifted accessories no longer improperly complete fusion armor sets
Weapon set bonuses now properly display on a weapon’s item card
Golden gemstone tooltips have been updated to reflect their proper effect
PETS
Tower Pet Description Updates
Updated all tower pet descriptions to highlight versatility, movement speed, and cast rate to aid in classification
Yellow Ramster Can Rework
Yellow Ramster Can has been reworked to no longer loop and now applies a flat attack rate increase with a movement speed reduction
Yellow Ramster Can is now classified as a non-combat pet
Yellow Ramster Can no longer applies its effect to other heroes inside the hero deck
Regular variant
Attack rate increase, 30% movement speed decrease
Coefficient 0.5 (down from 1)
Post multiplicative additive value -1
Fused variant
Attack rate increase, 20% movement speed decrease
Coefficient 0.5 (down from 1)
Post multiplicative additive value -0.9
Gold variant
Attack rate increase, 10% movement speed decrease
Coefficient 0.5 (down from 1)
Post multiplicative additive value -0.8
Note on the change
This comes from the looping behavior not working fully as intended due to the pet’s original design. The looping behavior will come back, but on a pet designed from the ground up with this mechanic in mind.
CAMPAIGN CHESTS AND RUNES
Fixed issues with the Campaign Rift + Hardcore chest so runes drop from the Victory Chest rather than the Wave 4 chest
Runes should now be properly awarded upon completing Wave 5 instead of the beginning of Wave 5
The proper Victory Chest should now spawn upon completing any Campaign mission with Rifted and Hardcore toggles enabled
CRYSTAL CORE UPDATES
Golden Crystal Core is now tradeable
Rifted Crystal Core is now tradeable
The Crystal Core is now upgradeable
Crystal Core pets have been added into the transmogs
Crystal Core jump height boost has been doubled for all variants
Base: jump height boost increased to 20% (up from 10%)
Fused: jump height boost increased to 30% (up from 15%)
Gold: jump height boost increased to 40% (up from 20%)
DROPS AND REWARDS
Golden Lil’ Bomber now drops upon completion of the Skyward Revenge challenge with a 10% chance
Must be in massacre mode,have a Bonus Difficulty enabled, and be in Rift Mode
Fused Lil Bomber now properly drops as intended upon completion of the Skyward Revenge challenge
Lapis Gemstone now has a 50% chance to drop upon completing Monster Fest in Massacre mode with Hardcore enabled
Topaz Gemstone now has a 50% chance to drop upon completing Death From Above challenge in Massacre mode with Hardcore enabled
BUG FIXES
Fixed visual bugs on The Keep that caused disappearing terrain
TAVERN UPDATE AND CORGI CYPHER
We’ve updated the Tavern wall with the deciphered corgi message now that the Corgi Cypher has been solved. A special thank you to everyone who participated in our very first cypher event. We learned a lot from running it, and we’ll be using what we learned to make future community events better. One common piece of feedback we heard was that not everyone uses Discord, and some players felt left out. We humbly apologize. This is the first of many community events we plan to hold in-game as development continues, and we’ll make sure everyone has a chance to be included. There were four winners, and they’ve been notified and contacted via Discord. The winners will get to name a weapon or pet and write its unique flavor text for a future update.
CONCLUSION
Thank you again for all the support and patience as we keep tightening things up after the 12/30 update. This hotfix focuses on making rewards behave correctly, improving clarity on items and pets, strengthening Crystal Core functionality, and fixing a handful of bugs and drop issues. Looking ahead, our focus for the next major update is improving the pacing of the game from start to finish, fixing as many bugs as we can, and adding portals to maps that typically run slow to help runs feel smoother and more consistent.
Happy Defending,
The Community Development Team
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