Hotfix – 4/3/26

Greetings Defenders,

This hotfix addresses issues introduced in the 3/30 update, along with additional improvements to hero stats, tower weapons, pets, and reward systems.

Hero Updates

• Minimum value of Hero Casting Rate increased from 0 → 1.5

*Note: *This change helps prevent cases where exceeding 200% casting rate could disable the repair ability. This is a temporary fix while we work on a more permanent solution.

Weapon Updates

• Newly added tower weapons now have their passive loot pools aligned with existing tower weapons

• All newly added tower weapons had their stat scalars increased to 0.9 (up from 0.5)

• Tower weapons obtained from chests now have their stat scalars increased to 1.5 (up from 0.9)

Note:

• Tower weapons with ability stats were not adjusted

• Tower Bubble Blaster

  • Stat scalars increased to 1.7 (up from 0.9)

Pet Updates

• Fused Tower Lycan Prince

  • Now properly grants 25% movement speed

• Fused Tower Steam Robot

  • Now properly grants 15% versatility

• Tower Pets

  • Now drop in Survival alongside normal pets on:

    • Insane

    • Nightmare

    • Massacre

*Note: *Fused variants remain exclusive to Pure Strategy

• Golden Tower Pets

  • Now available in Survival

  • Drop alongside other golden pets at Wave 100

*Reminder: *Golden pets drop on Wave 100 in Survival (Massacre) with:

• Any Bonus Difficulty enabled

• Rift Mode enabled

• Hardcore enabled

• Golden Tower Pets have 5% higher stat scalars than Pure Strategy versions

Event – Double Arcanist Drops

• From now until Tuesday’s patch (4/7/26):

  • Players will receive double Arcanist drops from The Forsaken Temple and The Keep

Requirements:

• Must be on Massacre difficulty

• Must have Rift Mode enabled

Bug Fixes

• Unique tower weapon text in Pure Strategy now properly appears red

• Map of the Week now correctly awards double runes

• Fusion 1 set bonus on Fused Ancient Armor now displays properly

• All Defense 2 fused accessories now correctly display their fusion in tooltips

• Fixed an issue where the tooltip on the new Arcanist Boots from the Map of the Week did not correctly display Arcane Alignment 5; it now properly reflects the correct alignment value.

Closing

This hotfix is aimed at quickly resolving issues from the 3/30 update while continuing to improve item balance, reward clarity, and overall gameplay stability. We’re actively monitoring feedback and will continue making adjustments as needed.

Thank you for your patience and continued support of Dungeon Defenders: Awakened. More updates are coming soon. Happy Defending!

With Love, The Community Development Team