Patch 6/16/26

Greetings Defenders,

This week's update brings a new Map of the Week rotation to Lost Metropolis, introduces a brand-new special pet, includes tavern lighting improvements, and addresses several issues related to movement speed buffs and map audio.

New Map of the Week

This week's Map of the Week is Lost Metropolis.

Campaign

• Completing the Map of the Week on Nightmare or Massacre difficulty awards double Rune drops.

Survival

• Must be completed with the Rifted Mode difficulty modifier enabled.

Nightmare Difficulty Rewards

• Fused Ancient Armor

• Fused Katana

• Lil Bomber

Massacre Difficulty Rewards

• Arcanist Gloves

• Lil Bomber (all variants can drop)

• Fused Harold

Mixed Mode

• Must be completed with the Rifted Mode difficulty modifier enabled.

Nightmare Difficulty Rewards

• Fused Ancient Armor

• Fused Katana

• Lil Bomber

Massacre Difficulty Rewards

• Arcanist gloves

• Fused Harold

• Emerald Barron

New Special Pet: Emerald Barron

• Deals Poison damage.

• Has stats similar to a Golden Lil Bomber, while retaining the range values of a regular Lil Bomber.

• Projectiles have 10% more explosion radius than a standard Lil Bomber.

• Grants 10% movement speed.

• Fires emerald rockets.

• Will become a rare drop from the Promenade Challenge during the next Map of the Week rotation.

Here is what the pet looks like

Pure Strategy

• Must be completed with the Rifted Mode difficulty modifier enabled.

Nightmare Difficulty Rewards

• Flops A Lot

• Squire Guardian

• Fused Ancient Armor

Massacre Difficulty Rewards

• Flops A Lot

• Summoner Action Figure

• Fused King's Face

Lighting Updates

• Updated the Tavern lighting to reduce overall brightness and improve visual comfort.

Bug Fixes

• Reduced the volume of the Lost Metropolis flythrough sequence by 15%.

• Fixed an issue where movement speed buffs from pets were not properly applying their intended 25% movement speed increase.

• Fixed an issue where movement speed buffs granted by pets did not have an infinite duration.

Thank you for your continued support, Defenders.

We're continuing to work on new rewards, balance improvements, quality-of-life updates, and future content. As always, we appreciate the feedback and passion from the community and look forward to hearing your thoughts as we continue working together to make DD:A the game it deserves to be.

Happy Defending, The Community Development Team