Patch 3/30/26

Greetings Defenders,

This update brings gear fixes, improvements to game modes, transmog corrections, balance changes to defenses and pets, and a new Map of the Week.

Gear Updates

Fixed an issue where Tower-stated Miner Gloves were rolling with hero stats
- They now correctly roll with tower stats
Removed Pick Up Mana passives from:
- Armor
- Fused Accessories
- Melee weapon pools

Game Mode Updates

Pure Strategy

Massacre loot quality increased to match Mixed Mode
- This places Pure Strategy loot at roughly 11% higher than Survival
Pure Strategy now only drops Tower-stated gear from both chests and enemies
- Follows the same philosophy as hero-stated gear in Mixed Mode

Survival

Survival now drops both Hero-stated and Tower-stated gear from chests and enemies starting at Insane difficulty

Note:

Tower pets are not yet included in Survival
They will be added next patch, alongside golden variants

Crystal Core Transmogs

What is Juice Core is now properly awarded from completing Alchemical Laboratory on Massacre Campaign
Donkey Core is now awarded from completing Throne Room on Massacre Campaign
- Requires all other Act 2 maps completed
Donkey in a Jar Core is now awarded from completing The Keep on Massacre Campaign
- Requires all other Act 2 maps completed
Rubber Duck in a Jar Core is now awarded from completing Forsaken Temple on Massacre Campaign
- Requires all other Act 5 maps completed

Defense Updates

Flameburst Tower

Without rune:
- Now fires 2 fireballs, both dealing AoE damage
With rune:
- Fires 1 focused projectile with no AoE damage

Rune Updates

Sniper Cannon Rune

Projectiles now properly pierce enemies
Pierce count increased from 2 → 5 enemies per shots

Weapon Updates

The Harold

Projectile lifespan increased to 2 seconds (up from 1)

Pet Updates

Fused Hippogryph
- Tooltip corrected to reflect actual functionality
Genie’s Lamp
- Fused version now properly deals fusion damage
- All variants now have a 2.5 second cooldown

*Note: *Previously, no cooldown allowed buffs/debuffs to cycle infinitely. Now:

Buffs last 10 seconds
A new buff is applied every 2.5 seconds, allowing stacking before refresh
Little Wizard
- Projectiles now apply 15% armor break for 3 seconds
- Projectile radius increased to 75 (up from 60)

Map of the Week

This week’s Map of the Week is Tornado Valley.

Campaign

Completing the map awards double rune drops on both Nightmare and Massacre

Challenges

Completing Skyward Offense on Insane or higher awards double rewards

Survival / Mixed Mode

(Rift Mode required)

Nightmare

** Fused Ancient**
Fused Katana
Little Wizard

Massacre

Arcanist Boots
Little Wizard
Fused Obsidian Bow

**Note: **** A new Arcanist piece that fuses Defense 5 has been added to the Map of the Week Arcanist loot pool. This means that completing the Map of the Week can now award either the standard Arcanist piece or a variant with Arcane Alignment 5. Arcanist pieces with Arcane Alignment 5 do not contribute toward completing the Fused Primitive set.For example, this week completing the Map of the Week can award Arcanist Boots with either Arcane Alignment 4 or 5.

Pure Strategy