Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap

Released: Jan 28, 2025
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Last updated: 14 Sep 2026, 09:17 GMT

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23 Sep 2025Developer post
Orctoberfest (NEW UPDATE) - LIVE NOW!
Greetings War Mages! Welcome back to another Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap update. Our team has been hard at work creating some new content, specifically modes, that will help you further enjoy some of the things you love so much about the series and how it plays. We welcome feedback
Greetings War Mages!
Welcome back to another Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap update. Our team has been hard at work creating some new content, specifically modes, that will help you further enjoy some of the things you love so much about the series and how it plays. We welcome feedback and look forward to you experiencing the challenges we've put into the game this update as well as the rewards! As always, continue to talk to us in the official Orcs Must Die! Discord.
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Note: Please refer to our blog post on the new modes coming in this update for full details on functionality and the decisions behind our design team when creating them.
Challenges
A new Challenges tab has been added to the Mission Select screen in the HUB. This tab contains unique challenge runs of 1 to 5 maps. Each challenge has a set map and distortion order. Completing a challenge for the first time will grant the player an additional reward.
Endurance
A new Endurance tab has been added to the Mission Select screen in the HUB. In Endurance, players will attempt to complete 25 waves on a single map. Completing an Endurance map for the first time will grant the player an additional reward.
Nightmare Endurance
Endurance levels that start at a higher difficulty. These are intended for those wanting a harder version of Endurance and have no reward attached to them.
New Skins, Accessories, and Emotes
Two new emotes, four new skins, and 14 new accessories can be unlocked via Challenge Mode and Endurance Mode.
Traps
Soul Snatcher: Wall Trap that targets one enemy at a time to deal continuous damage based on their current health.
Void Wall: Wall Trap that periodically kills small enemies by pulling them into the void.
New Features
Equip Multiple Accessories
Accessories can now be equipped into different slots. One accessory can be equipped per slot.
Trap Upgrade Indicator
Now if the trap is fully upgraded the icon has a gold border.
Gameplay Adjustments
General
Skull difficulty modifier can now be increased to 20
Traps
Solar Prism: Enemies can only be targeted by one Solar Prism at a time.
Dev note: With this change, the Solar Prism will now more evenly distribute damage to more enemies in the wave instead of multiple traps focusing down the same enemy instantly and going on cooldown.
Other
Re-enabling Life Finds a Way thread
Bug Fixes
Lobby Visibility remains set to current setting instead of being incorrectly set to Public when completing a Run.
Troll Archers now enter Enraged state after receiving melee attacks, like other Large Minions.
Fixed issue with Seed Spitter trap destroying barricades when the Organic Elixir is taken.
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12 Sep 2025Developer post
Challenge Accepted - Coming Soon: New Ways to Play!
Hey War Mages – Kyle here – game director on Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap. We’ve been hard at work on adding some new ways to play and some extra challenge for those looking for it. I’ve been excited to tell you all about this because we’ve been having a ton of fun playing it. So, le
29 Jul 2025Developer post
State of Slay (NEW UPDATE) - LIVE NOW!
Welcome back to a new update War Mages! The State of Slay update is here and a comes bearing good news - crossplay is officially expanding for our Steam audience to even more players with PlayStation 5 support. Please continue to use our community channels to give any and all fee
Welcome back to a new update War Mages!

The State of Slay update is here and a comes bearing good news - crossplay is officially expanding for our Steam audience to even more players with PlayStation 5 support. Please continue to use our community channels to give any and all feedback. And as always, don't forget to join our discord - the ultimate place to connect with other OMD fans!

We appreciate your undying support.
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Levels
Another Classic OMD map makes a return – with a Deathtrap reimagining
Brunch Square
Traps
Seed Spitter
An Organic Wall Trap that has 5 heads that each independently target enemies and fire a three-round burst of projectiles.
Solar Prism
A floor trap that fires a beam attack at up to 3 enemies to deal continuous damage. This trap does additional damage as a percentage of the target’s current health.
Heroes
Wren and Harlow have an updated default style.
Their original skins are still available in the Wardrobe.
Gameplay Adjustments
General
Increased how often repeatable boss missions can show up in mission select.
Other
Temporarily disabling Life Finds a Way to fix a performance issue when players have a significant amount of organic traps.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue with Kalos's thread Nature’s Fury. Special abilities now also properly receive cooldown reduction on killing blows. Killing blows from any hero ability now properly count instead of just Primary attack kills.
Fixed Fractured Steps having the incorrect amount of starting coin.
Fixed button size on modal widgets
Fixed Exit button scale and placement on several menus
Fixed incorrect instances of trap visibility when purchasing traps
Fixed Spellbook duplicating unlocked entries
Fixed trap upgrades not respecting unlocked traps when displaying locked traps
Fix for gamepad cursor scroll action interfering with binding
Fixed a Grenadier statue unlock issue
Fixing light flicker during War Mage draft
Fixing the objects and displays for the status effects in the codex
Fixing trap grid issues on Drydocks
Fixing trap grid on Fractured Steps
Boom Barrels no longer affect friendlies, barricades or the Rift Crystal
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25 Jun 2025Developer post
Orcs Must Die! x YouTooz - Official Plushie Orders Live
Oh no! Another wave of Orcs has spawned! Quick, protect the rift! Sitting at 9 inches tall with their mouth opening up to reveal a series of gross, round teeth protruding from pink gums, this Orc's yellow eyes stare out in different directions from above a wide nose as orange hai
12 Jun 2025Developer post
Magnum Orcus Update (LIVE NOW) - New Map, Lore, & More!
Welcome back, War Mages! We're kicking off the summer hot with another exciting update, Magnum Orcus! With this update we wanted to focus on bringing more to the narrative of Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap for our fans. On top of this we're still dedicated to continued content and poli
Welcome back, War Mages!
We're kicking off the summer hot with another exciting update, Magnum Orcus! With this update we wanted to focus on bringing more to the narrative of Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap for our fans. On top of this we're still dedicated to continued content and polish. Please continue to give us your feedback and join us in our official discord. Enjoy!
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Narrative Updates
New dialogue plays the first time Missions 1, 2, and each Boss level is played.
Players on existing profiles will need to create a new profile to experience the new dialogue.
New cinematic added when defeating last Boss.
Players who have already defeated the last Boss can view the new ‘Final Cinematic’ as a video at Maximilian in the HUB.
Codex
The Codex contains information relating to the Enemies, Status Effects, and Pickups of OMDD. It also includes a section on the History of OMD, to recap the story of the previous games and set the current state of the OMD world.
The Codex can be accessed at any of the stations in the newly opened Library section of the Order Fortress (HUB).
Enemy Figurines
Enemy Figurines can be acquired by completing new Milestones or finding them hidden within levels.
Specifics for unlocking each Figurine can be seen within the Enemies’ page of the Codex.
Once collected, Figurines will be displayed within the Library of the Order Fortress.
Emotes
Emotes can be accessed by opening the Communication Wheel and navigating to the new Emotes page or by holding the ‘Y’ key on Keyboard.
While emoting, players can move the camera around the character. Performing any action or taking damage will stop the Emote.
New Map
Fractured Steps
Another Classic OMD map makes a return – with the Deathtrap reimagining
Skins
Gabriella: Magic Mirror
Unlock after completing the milestone found in the wardrobe.
Maximilian: Magic Mirror
Unlock after completing the milestone found in the wardrobe.
Gameplay Adjustments
Heroes
All Heroes now have Movement Abilities
Dev Notes: We’ve been hearing the feedback on how enjoyable it is to move around with Gabby and Max. They are spreading the joy and have taught the new War Mages their signature traits. Gabby and Max have received new traits to compensate them.
Double Jump: Maximilian, Vaan, Sophie, and Harlow
Blink: Gabriella, Wren, Kalos, Mac
Maximilian
New Trait - “Strong Chin”: +1000 starting health.
Stun Bolt cooldown decreased from 20s to 15s.
Gabriella
New Trait - “Sentinel Budget”: +5000 starting coin.
Harlow
Henry’s base refire rate in both big and small forms lowered from 3 seconds to 2 seconds.
Henry’s AOE radius during Treat Time increased by 50%.
Pretty Lights cooldown reduced from 20s to 10s.
Windblast cooldown reduced from 25s to 15s.
Boom Barrel now does 10% of a target's maximum health as damage in addition to its base damage.
Mac
Gravity Blast has 1 additional base charge.
Wren
Proximity Orbs can be placed faster.
Proximity Orb activation range increased by 50%.
Proximity Orb projectile speed is doubled.
Trap Blast projectile speed increased by 50% to increase effective range.
Vaan
Rift Orb cooldown decreased from 60s to 50s.
Kalos
Berry Bush cooldown decreased from 30s to 20s.
Sophie
Knife Throw cooldown decreased from 10s to 8s.
Knife Throw during a combo increased from 8 knives to 12 knives.
Shadow Form cooldown decreased from 45s to 40s.
Traps
Orc Eater
Cooldown decreased from 20 to 16.
Mini Orc Eater damage increased from 200 to 300.
Mini Orc Eater cost is now half the default cost.
Threads
Anti-Air now prioritizes Fliers instead of only targeting them. The double damage bonus will only affect Fliers. No longer mutually exclusive to Big Game Hunter.
Big Game Hunter now prioritizes large enemies instead of only targeting them. The double damage bonus will only affect large enemies. No longer mutually exclusive to Anti-Air.
Heavy Hookset now prioritizes Heavy Orcs instead of only targeting Heavy Orcs.
General
Bosses now play a cutscene when killed and level immediately ends when the Boss is killed.
Removed a spawner on Patio Library that allowed Kobold Mounds to spawn directly behind the rift.
On Courtyards the first door was adjusted to be one spawner in order to improve performance.
Other
Controller
Increase size of Controller Cursor
Controller Stickiness option added to Settings menu.
Added action buttons on most UI screens. Buttons can still be accessed using the Cursor.
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue that allowed Unstable Rifts, Water Orbs, and Kobold Mounds to be launched by the Rift Burst ability.
Rift Barricade damage buff no longer stacks multiple times on a single trap. This was unintentional.
Fixed an issue with the Mini Orc Eater not being correctly buffed by the Go All In Thread.
Fixed an issue with the Organic Elixir not affecting the Orc Eater trap.
Fixed an issue on Resort where hunter enemies with no target just run to the Rift and wait.
Fixed an issue with Trap Surge locations appearing on the repeatable boss maps for Back Alley and Museum.
Various other minor bug fixes.
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02 May 2025Developer post
Gnomecoming Update (LIVE NOW) - New Content & More!
Gnomecoming is upon us! War Mages, we are excited to deliver another update for Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap. We appreciate your support these past few months, and we are listening to your feedback. This update addresses many of your shared issues while also introducing some fun new
Gnomecoming is upon us! War Mages, we are excited to deliver another update for Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap. We appreciate your support these past few months, and we are listening to your feedback. This update addresses many of your shared issues while also introducing some fun new content! Please keep the conversation going with us, and don’t forget to join the official discord!
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New Sentinel - Gnome Balloonist
Additional Aerial Support has arrived! Gnome Balloonists will position themselves around a map providing extra ceiling space in various locations. Multiple Gnome Balloonists are guaranteed to spawn on larger maps, while on smaller maps there is a chance for a single Balloonist to spawn.
Dev Note: We saw a lot of feedback that the outdoor areas of many of the larger maps were lacking in ceiling space. Ceiling space is intentionally limited on most maps, but the Gnome Balloonist should serve to alleviate the lack of ceiling options in many of the wide-open spaces.
Rift Surges
Rift Surges are an area coursing with Rift magic. Rift Surges have a chance to appear on any map after Mission 1 of a Run. Traps placed within the Rift Surge area will receive a 2x damage buff.
Rift Surge Elixir has been added to the Alchemist. This Elixir guarantees that a Rift Surge will appear on all maps for the Run.
Dev Note: We’ve heard players asking for more reasons to play in different areas of maps. We hope the damage buff provided by Rift Surges will encourage players to swap their boxes to these locations when they appear, without feeling like they are forced to.
Kobold Mounds
Kobold Mounds have a chance to spawn during a wave on any Mission. Once a mound appears, it will begin spawning Kobolds after a brief delay. Kobolds will continue to spawn from the mound until it is destroyed by the player, or it runs out of kobolds to spawn.
Dev Note: We wanted to add another random element to levels that can sometimes draw a player’s attention. While these can increase the difficulty of a Mission when they appear, we believe War Mages will be able to handle the Kobold threat.
Traps
Orc Eater (Organic Trap)
A large plant that instantly kills small enemies by eating them. This is an organic floor trap that can also target fliers.
New Level - Resort Canal
An all-new Dual Rift map.
Dev Note: Resort is a larger map closer to the size of other maps at the launch of the game. This map was originally intended to be our first addition post-launch but was shifted around as we worked on bringing in the recent smaller maps. We will continue evaluating feedback on map size for any future map additions.
Skins
Gabriella: Order Master
Unlock after completing the milestone found in the wardrobe.
Maximilian: Mr. Maximilian
Unlock after completing the milestone found in the wardrobe.
Threads
Shiny Tar
Tar is replaced with Shiny Tar that applies Shiny to enemies that step on it.
Gameplay Adjustments
Enemies
Balloon Orc: adjusted minimap icon to use larger icon to reflect their weight class.
General
Adjusting location of “Free Skip” button during Thread Selection and changing text from “Free Skip” to “Skip Thread” based on player feedback.
Reroll button added to Mission Select screen, allowing players to Reroll the first mission of a Run.
Threads
Shotgun Sniper damage multiplier is now multiplicative instead of additive.
Shotgun Sniper and Unconventional Ammo are no longer mutually exclusive.
Other
Skins and Accessories are now separate categories in the Wardrobe. This allows you to apply an accessory to any available Skin.
Added an animation and VFX to the player when purchasing a potion.
Added VFX for invincibility status on spawn.
Made improvements to many traps to help with performance.
Bug Fixes
Fixed some minor trap grid issues on Castle Plaza.
Fixed the distortion Furloughed not counting for Dwarf Cannoneers.
Fixed a crash that could occur when loading a Quicksave.
Fixed an issue where the Double Wide barricade would become selectable in the spell book after gambling forward or loading a Quicksave.
Freebie thread should now properly carry over to the next mission if the player takes the thread but has not yet opened a chest.
Fixed the Ability Elixir and Wren’s thread The More the Merrier to correctly increase the placement limit along with the number of charges.
Fixed an issue where subtitles were not shown for Max or Gabby’s Hologram versions in the Order Fortress.
Fixed an issue where the Go All In thread could potentially reduce some traps cooldown below 0 effectively breaking the trap.
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08 Apr 2025Developer post
Hotfix 1.1.3
Good afternoon War Mages! It's been our pleasure to see everyone enjoying Gabriella and the Arcane Update! That said, we're rolling out a hotfix to tackle a few issues to make it an even better experience. We're always working on more content and quality-of-life updates for the f
Good afternoon War Mages!
It's been our pleasure to see everyone enjoying Gabriella and the Arcane Update! That said, we're rolling out a hotfix to tackle a few issues to make it an even better experience. We're always working on more content and quality-of-life updates for the future of Deathtrap, so stay tuned!
General Fixes
Fixed an issue where the Quit button could occasionally fall off the main menu.
Fixed a bug causing War Mages to spawn underground.
Fixed an issue where War Mages could become stuck in traps when using movement abilities, including:
Gabriella’s Blink
Sophie’s Shadow Form
Kalos’s Slam Jump
Fixed miscellaneous crashes.
War Mage Fixes
Fixed an exploit that allowed Gabriella to repeatedly cancel her ultimate, extending invulnerability duration.
Fixed a bug causing her ammo to return earlier than expected during reloads, allowing Blink to skip the animation.
Fixed an issue where Gabriella’s Warp Return Trap was sometimes invisible to the host.
Traps & Levels Fixes
Fixed a trap grid issue in the Hedgemaze level.
Fixed an issue where Max’s Showoff Thread was not persisting correctly across missions.
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28 Mar 2025Developer post
Hotfix 1.1.2
Dearest War Mages! It's been fantastic watching our community enjoy our latest update but we did notice some immediate bugs that we were able to find quick fixes for. So we're releasing a small hotfix today (1.1.2) to address those issues. We appreciate your continued support! Bu
Dearest War Mages!
It's been fantastic watching our community enjoy our latest update but we did notice some immediate bugs that we were able to find quick fixes for. So we're releasing a small hotfix today (1.1.2) to address those issues. We appreciate your continued support!
Bug Fixes
Fixed several quicksave issues
Fixed an issue where Bonelord Zadzik would not attack players after all enemies were killed.
Fixed missing translated titles and descriptions.
Improved Web Spinner VFX.
Fixed an issue with Gabby playing the incorrect lines in certain instances.
Fixed a multiplayer quicksave issue where players were getting the wrong heroes when joining a quicksave game in a different order.
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25 Mar 2025Developer post
Arcane Update (LIVE NOW) - New War Mage, Traps, Maps, & More!
Dearest War Mages, the Arcane update has finally arrived! This update introduces exciting new content, along with some gameplay tweaks to only make your experience better. Below, you’ll find details on the changes and the bug fixes we've addressed in this patch. Don't forget to j
Dearest War Mages, the Arcane update has finally arrived! This update introduces exciting new content, along with some gameplay tweaks to only make your experience better. Below, you’ll find details on the changes and the bug fixes we've addressed in this patch.
Don't forget to join our Official Discord for everything Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap and beyond! The fantastic community there is quite active and our devs are too!
Thank you for your never-ending support, we couldn’t do it without you!
New Content
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New War Mage: Gabriella – The Master of the Order has returned!
The legendary War Mage from prior Orcs Must Die! games joins the fight. Gabriella is a master of ranged destruction and arcane magic.
Can be unlocked by finding her Scepter hidden in the Order Fortress
Master Gabriella Abilities
Passive: Pox
Gabriella’s abilities have the chance to apply Pox to enemies causing them to take increased damage from all traps
Hero Trap: The Warp Return
A square shaped trap that aids Gabriella in her Special Ability: Warp
Primary Ability: The Sceptor of Domination
Fire an unconfined beam of arcane magic at your enemies
Secondary Ability: Arcane Blast
A high-speed enchanting projectile that deals high damage
If Arcane Blast explodes on impact, it will apply pox to enemies within range
Special Ability: Warp
Requires placement of Hero Trap: The Warp Return
Gather up nearby enemies and teleport them to The Warp Return
Works on all enemies except for Elementals or Bosses
Overdrive Ability: Mesmerize
This enchantment charms up to 5 nearby enemies to fight for Gabriella
Mesmerized enemies are fully healed and gain increased health and damage
War Mage Trait: Blink
Jumping around while in the air will cause you to teleport short distances
Gabriella will default to teleporting backwards
New Maps – 6 new ones!
Two Classic OMD maps return – but with a Deathtrap reimagining
Order Bathhouse
Unrestricted Section
Four remixed, smaller Deathtrap maps – compact, high-intensity arenas ideal for that perfect killbox. These new versions are titled:
Patio Library
Hedge Maze
Courtyards
Back Alley Sewers
New Traps – fortify your defenses with three wicked new tools:
Beehive (Organic Trap)
Drops a hive that explodes into a swarm of stinging bees. Painful, persistent, and perfect for softening enemy waves
Orc Cannon (Ballista Trap)
Lures in a Light Orc, loads it like a projectile, and blasts it into oncoming foes. A little orc-on-orc violence!
Web Spinner
Slows the horde by suspending them mid-air in sticky webs. Great for crowd control and setting up devastating combos.
New Enemy: Unstable Orc – Slow, Tanky, Deadly
A slow but high HP Orc that ignores War Mages and is worth 10 rift points
Explodes on death disabling traps and damaging War Mages and enemies within a large area
On Crystal Defense mission, explodes when reaching the Rift Crystal – dealing 10 rift points worth of damage to the Crystal
Only appears from Unstable Rifts or when taking the new “Looming Disaster” distortion
New Skins
Minty Fresh
A new minty color palette can be unlocked for each War Mage’s default skin by completing new milestones.
A new milestone can be found for each War Mages when previewing the skin in the Wardrobe.
New Threads
A complete suite of threads for Gabriella
Multiple new threads to accompany the new traps
Floor Scorcher: Turn the Wall Scorcher into a Floor Scorcher
New Distortions
Dev Note: Adding more distortion options to expand the pool
Furloughed: Sentinels cannot be summoned
Price Hikes: All trap prices are increased by an additional 25%
No Combo No Coin: Enemies that die without a combo are no longer worth any Rune Coin
Too Short to Ride: Kobolds are no longer worth any Rune Coin
Missing Moneybags: Ogres are no longer worth any Rune Coin
Troll Exemption: Trolls are no longer worth any Rune Coin
Mage Training: Orcs have a 25% chance to heal nearby enemies when they die
Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: Kobolds are immune to Stun, Slow, and Freeze status effects
Hot Commodity: Physics Traps cost 100% additional Rune Coin
Faulty Parts: All activated traps have a 15% chance to be disabled for 10 seconds instead of activating
Looming Disaster: An Unstable Orc appears with every wave. Unstable Orc trap disable lasts 50% longer
New Features
New NPC: The Alchemist – Sullivan
Purchase Elixirs with Skulls to empower the next run. Only one Elixir per player can be active at a time.
Multiplayer Quicksave
A new station is near the Rift in the Order Fortress where players can save and load their quicksaves
Single Player quicksave has been moved from the main menu to this new station
Multiplayer quicksave will save all the progress of the run for each player with their current state during the run. When loaded, anyone who is not present will be removed from the save. Anyone who joins a save in progress will start from scratch
Free Skip choice during Thread Selection
Dev Note: A new choice added alongside Reroll and the Skip for Coin options. This will allow players deep into a run to avoid taking an unwanted thread, or challenge seekers to attempt thread-less runs
Map Star Rating for Map Size
All maps now have a Star Rating when displayed during Mission Select. The Star Rating shows the relative size of a map using a scale from 1-star (smallest) to 3-stars (largest)
Gameplay Adjustments
Traps
Spike Wall now launches all Hunter enemies by default
Dev Note: Player sentiment was largely that this trap was outclassed by most other options, but since its damage potential is already fairly high for a physics trap, we decided to let it launch hunters by default to increase its situational viability
Added Bounce Count stat to the Magic Orb’s stats page
Dev Note: Since there is a maximum bounce count on this trap, and a thread to increase that bounce count, the community requested visibility on this stat
Enemies
Troll Archers: Adjustments made to attack to aim higher at target
Dev Note: This adjustment is to help reduce unintended damage to barricades
Threads
Wren’s Rollback has been re-enabled but changed so that it has a 50% chance to reset Trap Blast after using it, instead of the 25% chance after a successful reload
This thread originally triggered off Perfect Recharge but it was not intended for a player to trigger repeatedly in a short period of time. Moving the trigger to Trap Blast itself, but with a 50% chance is more in line with the original intent of the thread
Friend of the Dead no longer removes Orc Skeleton Aggro from Sophie Instead, it reduces Orc Skeleton health and damage by 50% each
Undead Hall Pass now makes Orc Skeletons always cost 0 Rift Points instead of having a 50% chance for them to cost nothing
Dev Note: Due to community feedback that these two Sophie threads didn’t feel particularly useful, we reworked them to something we thought would be more appealing options
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where Enemies could walk through barricades with specific setups
Fixed doubled spawn issues when wearing a skin
Fixed issues with solo quicksave not saving all data correctly
Fixed an issue with Hookshot not applying a combo point while holding an enemy
Fixed an issue where Lifebats would rush to the Rift Crystal and ignore healing other enemies on Crystal Defense maps
Corrected the War Mage downed bar color
Fixed issues where Enemies and Wisps were getting stuck on certain Floor Traps placed on the Platform surrounding Rift Crystals
Harlow's boom barrel upgrades to add hero trap now works properly for clients
Fixed the issue where Ogres could become stuck in-place performing their Charging Ability if it did not successfully contact the player
Fixed NonHUD hero portrait icons defaulting incorrectly after hero swap
The Scramble Distortion has been fixed and reenabled
Fixed various issues in maps where players could exit the level or get stuck in geo
Fixed various polish issues with UI’s
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05 Mar 2025Developer post
Patch 1.0.12 - Bug Fix and Gameplay Mega-Update
The team at Robot Entertainment has been hard at work preparing this exciting update for our players! Update 1.0.12 focuses on key fixes and gameplay improvements, driven by feedback and reports we've received since launch. We wanted to get this update to you as quickly as possib
The team at Robot Entertainment has been hard at work preparing this exciting update for our players! Update 1.0.12 focuses on key fixes and gameplay improvements, driven by feedback and reports we've received since launch. We wanted to get this update to you as quickly as possible while we continue to work on a larger content patch set to release later this month. We hope you enjoy this update, and we remain committed to delivering the best gaming experience possible. Thank you for your continued support!
Bug Fixes
Crash & Stability Fixes
Fixes crash in settings when some anti-aliasing methods were not supported by graphics card
Fixes a crash that would occur occasionally when leaving a level or returning to the hub
Fixes a crash that would occasionally occur while placing traps
Fixed a compression crash
Fix for crash on failed login while being invited to a game
Fix for crash that can occur if the game doesn’t start up successfully
Fix for crash that occurs when joining a friend’s game while loading into a game
Fix for crash that occurs when the host leaves the game while a player is searching
Fix for dead characters that are pinged causing a crash when unpossessed
Fixed a crash on adjusting graphics settings
Fixed an engine crash when a combo box selection change removes the combo box
Fixed an Xbox permissions crash
Fix for an async crash when shutting down Xbox
Fixed Xbox crash when opening Gameplay settings offline
Traps Fixes
Fixed a bug where the Swinging Mace would occasionally miss enemies on the back swing.
Fixed a bug where traps wouldn’t be sold in multiplayer if replaced by an item in the hidden loadout bar
Fixing an issue with Molten Gold where the damage was incorrectly dealing five times the intended amount after a previous bug fix where it stopped functioning if the cooldown was lower than the duration.
Fixing the poison flower cloud not appearing on clients
Made minecart self-destruct after 5 seconds if not stopped
Fixed Grinder permanent DPS even when jammed
Maximilian’s hero trap will now appear on the minimap when placed
Distortions & Thread Fixes
Fixed distortion refund issue for barricade destruction after player death
Fixed Supply and Demand Distortion applying multiple times
Fixed an issue with Giant Morningstar and You Get What You Pay For threads not stacking correctly on the Morningstar Shooter
Fixed the Rift Blessing Making Gains to properly give 500 health
Add Rune Coin to Quicksaves to make Playing the Odds thread work
Fixed trap count reset on death
Fixed the Bigger Stronger Flippers thread to correctly double the cost of Flip Traps
Fixed the Disabled Safety Features thread so it no longer targets Hero Traps
Fixed an issue where Mac’s Extra Gravity Grenade upgrade, Max’s Hit ‘Em Again thread, and Harlow’s Free Flying Lessons thread were granting 3 additional charges instead of 1
Fixed Rift Barricade buff being removed when a Rift Barricade is sold while another Rift Barricade was still buffing the trap
Visual Effects & Damage Fixes
Freeze Death Effects now work properly when the No Gore option is enabled
Fixed Ultimate Secondary damage issue for Max by removing extra damage window
UI Fixes
Fixed an issue with tutorial video fade not applying to video image correctly
Fix downed bar not having the right color
Fix draft cancellation leaving host stranded in hero select
Fixed unmapped Social Menu button in Mission Select
Fixed Non-HUD hero portrait icons defaulting incorrectly after hero swap
Fixed persistence issues for "You Dropped This" message in Sniper Thread
Fixing DLSS not working if Anti-Aliasing is set to anything besides TSR
Fix for pings displaying at origin when the enemy despawns
Fix for enemy ping placement for Rift Elementals and Water Elementals
Enemy and Pathing Fixes
Fixed an issue where Ghostfang Boss would die after getting stuck
Fixed Lizardman Thief achievement related to coin spending
Fix Ogre Charge ability to prevent getting stuck
Kobold Sappers now delay explosion upon reaching a barricade and will no longer survive their own explosion on High Difficulties
Units stuck due to path blocking now attempt to find a new movement node
Fixed issue to prevent unnecessary AI re-pathing
Miscellaneous Fixes
Fix for rejoin option not working when getting kicked from a session
Fix for respawning players unable to find a spawn location
Fix doubled spawn when wearing a skin
Ensured Quicksave loads data for all players, not just the host
Fix for lobby list showing private friend's games
Fix for cancelling map draft after launch causing issues when the map loads
Fixing an issue on Patio with the Unstable Rift, Skeleton, and Water Elemental spawners
Improvements
Players are now invulnerable for a brief time after spawning and after being revived.
Xbox Performance Improvements
Optimized overall VFX performance
UI Polish and Texture Memory Optimization
Lighting Improvements for medium and high settings
Difficulty now recalculates on wave change
Improved Go Online functionality when disconnected
Updated Trap VFX
Added Wounded Status VFX to Player
Added Silenced status VFX to Player
Adjusted Sawblade wisp lifetime
Made poison cloud FX more transparent
Added visuals for Lightning Damage Wrench Staff
Excluded password-protected games from lobby search results
Adjusted pickup durations to 300 seconds from 120 seconds
Added Steam Deck default graphics and improved font readability
Additional audio for breakable props has been integrated
Additional sound design added for various enemies, bosses, sentinels, & traps
Additional environmental audio has been added for all maps
The volume of all video playback is now controlled by the overall volume setting
Various audio mix adjustments have been made
Modified scaling on Spellbook icons to fix coin display issues on larger resolutions
Updated text for mission select social button and corresponding UI button
Quality of Life
When a new patch version is detected, players will be notified via chat and in the HUB and lobby browser
Password protected games are now removed from the list when not searched
In the Lobby List, when the star icon is moused over, it now shows friends in game or the host’s name if no friends are in the lobby
Added a message to notify the host to change their settings when a player attempts to join their private game
Add confirmation to Quicksave button on post-game menu
Made options menu more mod-friendly by using names instead of enums
Gameplay Adjustments
Traps
Dev Notes: The barricade scaling was specifically for players getting deep in their runs or starting to scale up the difficulty. Barricades were just getting destroyed too fast at those higher levels. This provides barricade consistency across higher levels of difficulty. The rest are technically bug fixes or provide visual consistency for things affected by said trap.
Barricade and Rift Barricade health now scales with Difficulty and Mission Count
Decreasing trap cost distortions from 100% to 50% and fixing supply/demand distortion text
Making trap cost increase distortions no longer affect the rift barricade
Traps buffed by the Healing Tree’s organic traps thread now display the same glow as the Time Crystal trap
War Mages
All Heroes
Adding Damage and Aggro Immunity during all Ultimate activation animations
Dev Notes: This was intended to allow players more safety when activating ultimate's during the heat of battle.
Kalos
Calling Stone (Special) health now scales with Difficulty and Mission Count
Dev Notes: This allows the Calling Stone to remain consistent across difficulties and later mission runs.
Harlow
Primary damage increased from 28 to 32
Secondary damage increased from 30 to 35
Wind Blast (Special) can now launch all Hunters by default
Big Henry’s damage now scales with Difficulty and Mission Count
Dev Notes: First 3 bullets were specific buffs to add to her dmg ability. There was feedback that she felt a little weak. Big Henry's change was also intended for late game or difficulty constancy.
Sophie
Increasing movement speed modifier during Shadow Form (Special) from 2 to 2.5
Adding Damage and Aggro immunity during start-up of Shadow Form (Special)
Dev Notes: Sophie's changes were mainly to make her move speed feel faster during Shadow Form and to make her safer when activating the ability.
Threads
Reducing Make it Rain thread coin drop chance from 50% to 25%
Levels
Dev Notes: Switching Troll Archers to Ogres was to prevent Troll Archers from hitting barricades that are placed in their line of sight when attacking the Rift Crystal. Troll Archers can still appear in a wave via the random Onslaught nodes. Rift Crystal change was to make sure ALL enemies could hit the crystal. Some enemies would either not attack at all or miss their attack.
Allowing a chest to spawn on boss maps and their repeatable versions
Replaced Troll Archers for Ogres in Fish Market Onslaught
Adjustments made to Rift Crystal to allow minion attacks to more reliably hit the crystal
Dry Docks - Added ceiling trap space along the second-floor market area
Enemies
Dev Notes: Unstable Rift and Water Elemental Orb health were to make them easier to kill as players reached higher level counts or on higher difficulties. Red Rift Elementals were also a bit too hard as they scaled to higher levels or difficulties. The dmg reduction makes them safer to fight for melee heroes. There were complaints of Firelings being a little too hard to counter or to protect barricades from. Especially with many enemies or things happening on screen.
Unstable Rifts
Decreased health from 5000 health to 2500 health
Increased chance to spawn Blue Elementals
Decreased Water Elemental Orb health from 2000 health to 1500 health
Red Rift Elemental
Decreased health from 10000 health to 7500 health
Decreased damage dealt to players from 150 damage to 75 damage
Elemental Firelings are now Player Hunters. They will no longer target barricades, but their explosion can still damage barricades
Cyclops Mage: Adjusted fire point of projectile. This is to help reduce projectile unintentionally hitting barricades
Distortions and Blessings
Reducing Lane Opener from minus 3 barricades to only minus 2 based on player feedback.
Fixing Supply and Demand text to correctly reflect the trap cost increase of 100 additional coin per trap placed
Reducing Ceiling Tax, Floor Tax, and Wall Tax distortions from a double cost increase to a 50% cost increase
Separated the trap cost increase and trap cost decrease multiplier channels so that trap cost reduction threads do not feel as weak when trap cost distortions are taken
General
Dev Notes: This change was to help with the frustration of needing to get the last hit to get credit for the kill.
Changed “kill all enemy” milestone to no longer require Bosses, Little Moneybags, or Blue Elementals
Known Issues
An issue where placed barricades do not place a proper obstruction, causing enemies to walk through them, is known and a fix is in progress
Issue with players not respawning after dying in shallow Arboretum water
Issue where players getting Revived being stuck at 99%
Issue where Sentinels can fall off platform and despawn
Issue where Unstable Rift can spawn in walls
Issue with lost or corrupted profiles
Investigating issues with crossplay connectivity
Investigating issues where enemies can be at zero HP, but not die or enter rift
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18 Feb 2025Developer post
Patch 1.0.11
Greetings, War Mages! We’re pleased to see the positive feedback following last week’s patch, which addressed many of the community’s most pressing concerns. Thank you for your continued support and engagement! This week, we’re focusing on further gameplay adjustments, as well as
Greetings, War Mages!
We’re pleased to see the positive feedback following last week’s patch, which addressed many of the community’s most pressing concerns. Thank you for your continued support and engagement!
This week, we’re focusing on further gameplay adjustments, as well as resolving several bugs that were identified over the past week. Our commitment to delivering high-quality updates remains a top priority, and we’re excited to continue improving Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap with each update. Please continue to report issues as you see them to our support team or in the bug reporting section of our official Discord.
We look forward to seeing you back in the game for another exciting weekend!
Gameplay Adjustments:
Adjusted Shotgun Sniper text to accurately reflect damage reduced to 15%.
Hookshot base cooldown reduced from 15 seconds to 12 seconds.
Spikewall base damage increased from 250 to 300.
Spikewall base cooldown decreased from 15 seconds to 12 seconds.
Bartholomew is no longer targeted by ranged enemies.
Troll Launcher will now only launch basic Trolls and Troll Archers. Mountain Trolls will not be launched.
Ogre Launcher will now only launch basic Ogres and Shield Ogres. Armored Ogres and Fire Ogres will not be launched.
Adjusting text of the Double Wide Barricade thread to reflect the Orc damage increase instead of Rift Point cost increase.
Scramble! distortion is disabled pending client side bug fix.
Increased Bring The Heat distortion from 2 Fire Ogres to 3 Fire Ogres.
Increased Beefy Bosses distortion from 50% health to 100%.
Increased Thick Skin distortion from 25% health to 50%.
Increased Heavy Hitters distortion from 25% damage to 50%.
Increased Budget Cuts distortion from -3,000 starting coin to -4,000.
Increased the quantity of enemies that spawn Random Onslaught Nodes.
Added Healing Flyers to Random Onslaught Nodes.
Added Fire and Earth Elementals to Unstable Rifts.
Increased Lane Opener from barricade per war mage reduced by 1 to barricades per war mage reduced by 3.
Bug Fixes:
Setting Shotgun Sniper and Unconventional Ammo to be mutually exclusive so player's aren't reduced to 0 damage on primary.
Fixed issue where Molten Gold would sometimes not trigger its effect.
Fixed issue where laptops were limited to 60fps.
Fixed issue on Xbox so that players will stay in game or in the hub (offline) if disconnected from the internet.
Fixed issue where players couldn't access the lobby list after being disconnected.
Fixed Troll Launcher thread to launch Troll Archers.
Fixed Auto-Crossbow Sight Range upgrade to properly increase by 10% each upgrade.
Difficulty multiplier no longer multiplying gambled skulls, and only affecting the skulls earned in a mission.
Fixed perception traps (Auto Crossbow, Ice Lance, Hookshot, Poison Flower) not firing on Museum Raining map.
Fixed issue for players at skull cap (99,999) that would lose skulls from losing a gamble.
Fixed an issue where players could reroll coin costs enough times where it would exceed limit and become zero.
Fixed issue where Ghostfang would continue to die on spawn in specific instances.
Fixed issue where Blunderbuss Primary Ammo Thread wasn’t increasing ammo to 8.
Fixed issue where quicksave was not maintaining the correct data on load.
Fixed issue where Maximilian’s Primary/Secondary icons in UI were defaulting to Harlow’s.
Added warning message when profiles were corrupted or not loading correctly.
Fixed an issue on Xbox where the requirements for “Threads of Fate” and “Remember, You Chose This” Achievements were flipped.
Known Issues (Still Investigating)

There are still issues where Ghostfang can die instantly in a level.
Issue where players have issues accessing the Lobby List on PC after a disconnect.
Instances where players sometimes load under the floor. If occurs in the HUB, switching to a different War Mage will respawn the player in the correct location.
Quicksave issue where Playing the Odds Thread (Rune Coin carryover) is not being saved correctly.
Investigating reports of lost or corrupted profiles.
investigating issues with crossplay connectivity
Investigating issues where enemies can be at zero HP, but not die or enter rift
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07 Feb 2025Developer post
Patch 1.0.9 - New Rift Barricade Trap and Thread Reroll!
With the weekend on the horizon, we have some new and exciting updates coming to Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap that we believe will continue to improve your experience. In addition, this patch includes bug and crash fixes. We are continuing to work on the game, and we are excited abou
With the weekend on the horizon, we have some new and exciting updates coming to Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap that we believe will continue to improve your experience. In addition, this patch includes bug and crash fixes.
We are continuing to work on the game, and we are excited about what’s to come. Your feedback is valuable to our process. Please continue to report any technical issues to our support team (link) and feel free to use our Discord to join the conversation.
We appreciate your continued support!
Gameplay Changes
A new Rift Barricade has been added. 
Check your Trap menu. You’ll find a new barricade that Gus and Hugo have infused with a little Rift magic. This barricade takes up a loadout slot and costs rune coins to place. However, it has a ton of health and powers up adjacent traps. This has no effect on your free barricades.
Players now have the choice to spend rune coins to either reroll Thread choices or skip Thread choices.
Thread reroll starts at 1,000 coins and doubles with each reroll. This resets at the start of the next mission. It rerolls all three Thread choices.
Skipping a Thread starts at 5,000 coins and doubles and resets at the start of the next mission. Skipping seems expensive but you also gain a free barricade that stays in your inventory for the remainder of the run.
Complete Thread balance overhaul.

The entire Thread inventory has been adjusted to make Threads more interesting, powerful, and rewarding. Many tiered Threads have been combined into one more powerful Thread, less interesting choices had their weights lowered, and many others received strong buffs. Many previously mutually exclusive Threads are no longer mutually exclusive.
Double Wide is now considered a Cursed Thread that doubles the size of free barricades but doubles the value of orc-type enemies entering the Rift.
Downed players can now choose to give up instead of waiting for their downed timer to run out.
Difficulty now scales per wave based on the number of players.
The game now checks at the beginning of each wave for the number of players and scales the health and damage accordingly. This does not affect coins and barricades, but we are looking into solutions to refund coins and barricades when a player leaves.
Bosses now reward 100 skulls when defeated.
This is intended to make boss levels a more attractive choice during a run.
Gamble HP scaling for enemies reduced to 25% from 50%.
Difficulty Slider HP scaling for enemies increased from 40% to 50%.
Chance for a chest to spawn on a map increased to 100%.
Further tweaks on melee War Mages to allow smoother combat and quicker animation cancelling into and out of secondary attacks.
Removed Gnoll Assassins from Random Nodes
Previously, extra Gnoll Assassins could spawn from Random Nodes in each Onslaught on every map. This chance has been reduced to 0%.
Cyclops Druid health reduced to 3,000 from 5,000.
Bartholomew barricade immunity range increased to 600 units from 300 units.
Buffed Electrified status effect. Double its base damage and chain segment reach.
Disabled Rollback Thread for Wren.
The Victory screen has been reworked to better communicate the Gamble mechanic.
This is part one of a two-part overhaul of the Victory screen. The skull reward size has been increased and the word “Wager” added to the “Gamble Forward” button.
Steam Vent is now super effective at taking out flying enemies.
Unlike other floor traps, flying enemies can now trigger the Steam Vent and take major damage in the process. We hope this adds another option to your loadout for air defense.
Push Trap now stuns large enemies by default.
Increased Max’s Friendly Flip Trap base count to 2 from 1.
Added a Steam Vent Thread that allows it to be placed on the wall
Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where Ghostfang was dying on spawn
Fixed an issue where some players were not spawning correctly and getting stuck in the ground.
Fixed an issue where the Heat Exhaustion Thread would show up with Wall Charger instead of Wall Scorcher
Crash Fixes
A crash with malformed News has been fixed
A crash occurring for some at startup has been fixed
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31 Jan 2025Developer post
Patch 1.0.8
Thank you, dearest War Mages, for your support of Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap. We are listening closely to you, and we are working hard to improve your experience. This latest patch has many changes addressing community feedback. As always, please continue to send your feedback our
Thank you, dearest War Mages, for your support of Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap. We are listening closely to you, and we are working hard to improve your experience. This latest patch has many changes addressing community feedback.
As always, please continue to send your feedback our way. And don’t forget to join our official Orcs Must Die! Discord. It’s not only a wonderful place to connect with other OMD! fans to party up with, but also where you can report bugs and give feedback directly!
Patch Notes:
Bugs:

Crash fixes
Fixed an issue with lobbies not showing all games available
Fixed Briar Patch “Death by 1,000 Cuts” Thread chance to Rend
Fixed typo in Kalos ability text
Fixed typo in Minecart Tracks description
Quality of Life:

Difficulty can now be increased without having to defeat the final boss
Damage flyoffs can now be hidden in the Gameplay settings
Moved animation notifies in primary attack animations for Kalos and Sophie to allow next combo swing or movement earlier
Added Open Trap key to in-mission HUD
Barricades near Bartholomew will no longer take damage from nearby enemy attacks
Added lobby setting visibility and social menu button to Order Fortress Mission Select
Added new player notifications to each NPC in the Order Fortress
Added new player experience requiring new profiles to begin Max’s first two videos in the classroom.
Added new player experience requiring new profiles to play Patio as their first Mission
Balance:

Stone Bat petrify duration decreased from 5 seconds to 3 seconds and ability cooldown increased from 2 seconds to 5 seconds.
Difficulty slider enemy health increments increased from 35% to 40%
Buffed trap upgrade levels previously set at 5%, up to 10%.
Buffed trap Cooldown upgrade levels previously set at 2%, up to 5%.
Changed Gamble Forward values from 40% enemy health and damage to 50% health and 25% damage
Increased last combo hit bonus damage of Kalos and Sophie primary attacks to 50% from 25%
Slightly reduced rune coin values for light orc, medium orc, heavy orc, orc archer, balloon orc, drummer orc, light ogre, and light troll
Changed Elite Lane Changer Thread to be available in single player and multiplayer games
Xbox Series X and S:

Changed framerate cap from 30 fps to 60 fps
Various performance improvements and fixes
Known Issues (In progress, not in Patch):

Bosses can occasionally step on breakable props and die
Investigating an issue with solo players getting disconnected and being sent back to the Order Fortress
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29 Jan 2025Developer post
Patch 1.0.7
Thank you to everyone who has played Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap. We are happy to see so many people jumping into the game on its first day! We are listening to your feedback closely, and we see some players struggling with the level of difficulty, especially solo players. We have a
Thank you to everyone who has played Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap. We are happy to see so many people jumping into the game on its first day!
We are listening to your feedback closely, and we see some players struggling with the level of difficulty, especially solo players. We have a hotfix ready for you that addresses some of your feedback.
Keep your feedback coming, we greatly appreciate it!
Let’s break down a few areas before the patch notes.
Barricades:
When we decided to change barricades to be a free trap with a fixed starting number, we had a few goals in mind. We wanted to design maps knowing the possible setups, help new players not spend too much coin on barricades and then need to rely on War Mage damage. And we wanted to ensure that we were giving experienced players interesting problems to solve with multiple solutions. It was never meant to limit creativity or prevent powerful trap boxes. BUT after listening to a lot of the feedback that came in today, we started with values that aren’t as fun for smaller groups. We do a lot of balance for solo: enemy scaling, more Rift Points, wave pacing, etc., but it doesn’t matter if you feel like you can’t control the map.
All that said, here is the change we can bring you today. Teams under 4 players will now start with more barricades. You’ll find the details below in the notes. This number is not a cap. It can still be increased in any team size with a number of Threads. This isn’t the end of the barricade conversation with you all. Although we feel strongly about how the new system fits within the unique gameplay loop of OMDD, we will continue listening and working with the players to make changes that will improve your orc-slaying experience.
Skulls:
We’re making some adjustments to the number of skulls needed to upgrade your traps and the skill tree. We did plenty of balance work, estimations, and iteration on these values, but we’re seeing that gambling forward is very appealing. Gambling forward and losing should still be fun, but we need to consider how often that’s happening because it affects your skull rewards. We’ve drastically reduced the total number of skulls needed to fully upgrade all traps and slightly reduced this value for the skill tree. We also hope this quicker progression makes the game more manageable, more quickly for solo players.
Patch 1.0.7
*IMPORTANT NOTE*: This patch is ready now (approximately 10:30pm US Eastern Tuesday / 4:30am CET Wednesday) for Steam and Epic Games Store. The Xbox patch build is processing and will go live as soon as it’s ready. Crossplay with Xbox will be unavailable during this window. Xbox and Windows players can still play together.
Gameplay changes:
Starting Barricade Count Increased:
Solo Players will start with 22 barricades (increased from 16)
Duo Groups will start with and share 20 barricades (increased from 16)
Trio Groups will start with and share 18 barricades (increased from 16)
Quad Groups will start with and share 16 barricades (remains the same)
Trap and War Mage Upgrades will see decreased skull costs throughout the skill trees allowing for faster progression
Improved Kalos melee attack advances
Kalos can now target and advance to enemies from a further distance, meaning he will miss swings less often. While there’s more work to do on melee, we hope this improves his game feel.
Unlocking Max made more obvious
Playable Max is unlocked in the hub by collecting 5 shards. One of the shards has been moved lower no longer requiring a specific character ability to reach it. Go unlock Max. He’s got a great kit for orc killing!
Lobby List Filtering
Players will no longer see lobbies of players with different build versions.
Note, players running 1.0.6 may see lobbies of players with 1.0.7. In this scenario, you will get a “can’t connect” message. Please update the game.
Crash Fixes
Crash occurring during login has been fixed
Crash when pinging a dead player using the map has been fixed
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28 Jan 2025Developer post
The Battle Begins Today!
It’s been quite the journey, but we’re finally here! Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap is now available on Steam. This long-running series is back with thrilling third-person combat, more barbaric traps, deeper progression systems, spectacular physics, and expanded map variety. Play any w
28 Jan 2025Developer post
What's Next? Post-Release Plans Revealed
Hi War Mages! We’ve finally arrived at release day for Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap, but the work doesn’t stop here! We have lots of plans for future updates including more War Mages, additional maps, new features, fresh modes, etc. We’ll keep you posted as these details emerge. For
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I will be honest—before I received the review opportunity for Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap , I had no idea the series was still alive and kicking. I remember seeing it back in the good old days of Xbox Live Arcade, and I had assumed, like so many great indies on that platform, it was
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Developer Streams - Solo and Co-Op Gameplay Showcase
Recently, our Game Director, Kyle, hosted two developer live streams. Check out the videos below! Solo Play Thrilling yet manageable solo play is essential to the Orcs Must Die! experience. Here, Kyle shows you how the game’s difficulty scales, and how the single player can contr
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Introducing the Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap Supporter Pack
When Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap releases on January 28, you will have the option to also purchase a Supporter Pack - a special cosmetic bundle for those who want to go the extra mile in supporting us and the game. The Supporter Pack will include: 7 Stunning Hero and Weapon Skins: G
When Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap releases on January 28, you will have the option to also purchase a Supporter Pack - a special cosmetic bundle for those who want to go the extra mile in supporting us and the game. The Supporter Pack will include:

7 Stunning Hero and Weapon Skins: Give each of the seven War Mages a fresh new look with unique Order-themed skins and legendary weapon designs.
Our Endless Gratitude for Your Support of Orcs Must Die!
The Supporter Pack will be priced at $9.99. We greatly appreciate this amazing community!
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Note: All items in this pack are cosmetic and do not affect gameplay.
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Updates & announcements

NEW CONTENT

Challenges

Endurance

New Skins, Accessories, and Emotes

Traps

New Features

Equip Multiple Accessories

Trap Upgrade Indicator

Gameplay Adjustments

General

Traps

Other

Bug Fixes

Difficulty 20

Challenges

Endurance

NEW CONTENT

Levels

Traps

Heroes

Gameplay Adjustments

General

Other

Bug Fixes

New Content

Narrative Updates

Codex

Enemy Figurines

Emotes

New Map

Skins

Gameplay Adjustments

Heroes

Maximilian

Gabriella

Harlow

Mac

Wren

Vaan

Kalos

Sophie

Traps

Threads

General

Other

Bug Fixes

New Content

New Sentinel - Gnome Balloonist

Rift Surges

Kobold Mounds

Traps

New Level - Resort Canal

Skins

Threads

Gameplay Adjustments

Enemies

General

Threads

Other

Bug Fixes

General Fixes

War Mage Fixes

Traps & Levels Fixes

Bug Fixes

New Content

New War Mage: Gabriella – The Master of the Order has returned!

Master Gabriella Abilities

New Maps – 6 new ones!

New Traps – fortify your defenses with three wicked new tools:

New Enemy: Unstable Orc – Slow, Tanky, Deadly

New Skins

New Threads

New Distortions

New Features

New NPC: The Alchemist – Sullivan

Multiplayer Quicksave

Free Skip choice during Thread Selection

Map Star Rating for Map Size

Gameplay Adjustments