Orcs Must Die! Unchained

Robot Entertainment

Released: Apr 19, 2017
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19 Jul 2021Developer post
Scramble Mode is coming to Orcs Must Die! 3!
Reminiscent of Chaos Trials from Orcs Must Die! Unchained, Scramble mode is a reimagined version which progresses faster - providing a debuff at the beginning of each round, and a buff at the end of each round! You'll face 5 levels of increasingly difficult Orc armies using one p
14 Jun 2021Developer post
Orcs Must Die! 3 is coming to Steam on July 23rd!
Orcs Must Die! 3 is coming to Steam, Playstation, and Xbox! Orcs Must Die! 3 is getting ready to break through to Steam! On July 23, you’ll be able to play Orcs Must Die! 3 solo or cooperatively to experience the same great Orc slaying fun from the previous games, along with all
08 Jan 2019Eurogamer
Orcs Must Die! Unchained and Hero Academy games close their doors in April
All good things must come to an end, even Orcs Must Die! Unchained, as developer Robot Entertainment has announced the title - along with games Hero Academy and Hero Academy 2 - will close in a few months. "It's painful to even write this," begins Robot Entertainment's blog post
07 Jan 2019Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Orcs Must Die! Unchained and Hero Academy shutting down April
Free-to-play defend-o-shooter Orcs Must Die! Unchained and both games in Robot Entertainment’s turn-based Hero Academy series are set to close their doors this April. In an apologetic letter to players, CEO Patrick Hudson explains that the games simply cost more to run than they
07 Jan 2019Developer post
Orcs Must Die! Unchained Ceasing Operations
Hi all, It's painful to even write this. We are sorry to say that we will be closing down Orcs Must Die! Unchained, Hero Academy, and Hero Academy 2. Making and supporting a game is a long and challenging journey. Along the way, there are plenty of highs and plenty of lows. The c
20 Mar 2018Developer post
RELEASE 2.7.1 - PATCH NOTES
Compensation: Upon logging in, all current and future players will receive 9,000 Skulls and a seven (7) day Battle Pass as compensation for the outages between March 10th and 11th. The rewards will be automatically added to your accounts and there will be no notification. If you
Compensation:
Upon logging in, all current and future players will receive 9,000 Skulls and a seven (7) day Battle Pass as compensation for the outages between March 10th and 11th. The rewards will be automatically added to your accounts and there will be no notification. If you feel you did not receive the compensation, please create a support ticket.
Bug Fixes:
Fixed an exploit with Brass’ Turret.
Fixed Brass' Scrapuum weaver.
Fixed the Custom Games List from becoming permanently selected and non-interactive.
Removed some skins that were unavailable to players on PC and PS4.
Various backend fixes.
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14 Feb 2018Developer post
Release 2.6.1 - Patch Notes
General: Players can no longer join custom games for battlegrounds they have not unlocked UNLESS invited by a friend. Midnight Market has been made easier in Sabotage. Wu Xing maps are no longer colored red in Battleground Select. Brass: Health increased by 100%. Developer Commen
General:
Players can no longer join custom games for battlegrounds they have not unlocked UNLESS invited by a friend.
Midnight Market has been made easier in Sabotage.
Wu Xing maps are no longer colored red in Battleground Select.
Brass:
Health increased by 100%.
Developer Comment: Brass's health is too low given how close she must get to enemies to use her Shotgun. This should make her SIGNIFICANTLY more durable.
Damage of Cannonball increased by 40%.

Cooldown of Cannonball increased by 50%.
Developer Comment: We heard your feedback. Brass has too many short cooldown abilities competing with each other, making it difficult to utilize all of her skills. This change should preserve the DPS of her cannonball, while providing more opportunities to include it in her flow.
Turret health increased by 100%.

Turret range increased by 20%.

Turret re-target delay reduced to 0.2 seconds, from 0.75 seconds.
Developer Comment: We believe the DPS output of Brass's turret is incredibly powerful. However, it can be hard to keep the turret alive and within range of enemies on higher difficulty battlegrounds. These changes should help alleviate that problem.
Brass Bombs damage lowered by 20%.
Developer Comment: This is the most powerful of Brass's skills. With the other buffs provided, we want to make sure she doesn't go overboard in power.
Reorganized Brass's weaver upgrades to be more competitive.
Junk Yard weaver increased to 2 scrap per second, from 1.
Cannonball Coming! weaver reduced to 33%, from 50%.

Scrap costs lowered by 25%.

Scrap drop chance lowered by 25%.
Developer Comment: These changes are designed to buff Swiss Army Wrench's ability to generate scrap, without making existing scrap generation weaker.
Bug Fixes:
Fixed an issue with Cursed Ground that caused its charges to deplete much faster than intended.
Fixed an issue where health bars had a white outline.
Fixed an issue where player names on health bars were hard to read.
Terracotta Giants are now properly classified as Large.
Fixed an issue with Tundra's Imperial skin weapon not displaying properly.
Fixed an issue where Memory Lanes was not properly hiding the minimap in Solo play.
Fixed an issue where Brass's turret was not providing the correct benefits when taking the healing upgrade.
Fixed an issue where Brass Bombs would not damage Mercs or Unstable Rifts.
Fixed some logic issues with Bouncer Bear's AI. However, he will still behave much differently than in patch 2.5.
Fixed multiple tooltips.
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05 Dec 2017Developer post
Release 2.6 - Brass - Patch Notes
Available December 6! New Hero: Brass Brass is a Master level engineer and considered one of the best in the Order. She is able to use her Blunderbuss, Dwarven Turret, and improvised demolition devices to keep her foes out of the rift. New Feature: Custom Games This new feature i
Available December 6!
New Hero: Brass
Brass is a Master level engineer and considered one of the best in the Order. She is able to use her Blunderbuss, Dwarven Turret, and improvised demolition devices to keep her foes out of the rift.
New Feature: Custom Games
This new feature is meant to address several key community requests: the ability to pick a specific map to play with other players, the ability to more easily play Endless and Chaos Trials with other players, and the ability to battle friends in Sabotage. We believe this addition will offer a tremendous benefit to the community.
New for Sabotage:
New Battleground: Castle Gates
New Consumable: Terracotta Giants
New Consumable: Elemental Mages
New Consumable: Hide Minimap
New: Chaos Trial Modifiers
Additional Terracotta Giants
No Minimap in Combat
General:
Leaderboards will be reset with this update. Due to significant changes over multitudes of patches, the leaderboards have become out of date. This reset includes Survival, Chaos Trials, Sabotage, and Endless. Sabotage will require 5 placement matches to become ranked once again. Note that your old rank will be used to help seed your new rank.
The prologue is no longer presented to new players. Instead, the tutorial is now presented to players and will automatically launch upon logging in for the first time.
Midnight Market and Water Garden have been made significantly easier on all difficulties.
Par time made significantly easier for Master Water Garden.
The "Cheap Support Traps" modifier now reduces cost by 75%, up from 50%.
The "Expensive Barricades" modifier now increases cost by 170%, down from 200%.
Second dyes have been added for several heroes!
Brass and Deadeye have dyes added to the Tough Guy chest.
Temper has a dye added to the Masquerade chest.
Tundra has a dye added to the Costume Trunk chest.
Dobbin has a dye added to the Winter chest.
Music:
Now returns to lower-intensity music during go-breaks.
Several new simple rhythms have been added for go-break variation.
Guardians:
No longer have a placement limit. Previously, 2 guardians were available per player.
Guardians now have an increasing cost of placement with each guardian placed on the team. Free/250/500/1000/2000/4000/etc.The purchased guardian potion consumable with unlimited uses now provides TWO free guardians (up from 1). Developer Comment: We've been searching for the right way to adjust the difficulty of solo play for a while. This change simultaneously adds more decision making to guardian placement, while lowering the difficulty of managing multiple lanes for solo players.
Balance Changes
Gabriella:
When standing still, Blink will now default to backwards. Developer Comment: We've heard a lot of feedback about the recent changes to blink. This is a compromise to help players who are accustomed to the old functionality.
Deadeye:
Now receives a 20% discount on Boom Barrels. Developer Comment: This trap is already very powerful, but we wanted to give Deadeye a special incentive to use this under-valued trap.When standing still, "Outta the Way" will now default to backwards. Developer Comment: Similar to Blink, the same justification applies to "Outta the Way".
Maximillian:
Can now place Decoys for free, instead of receiving a 25% bonus to their health. Developer Comment: Similar to the Deadeye trap affiliation, we wanted to give Max a little more incentive to use this under-valued trap.
Tundra, Bloodspike, and Hogarth:
No longer stop moving when attacking with primary attack. Developer Comment: This has been constant feedback from the community. While there are differing opinions on this change, we believe it will make the largest amount of players happy.
Brimstone:
Recharge rate increased to 0.21 from 0.13. Developer Comment: Brimstone is currently less valuable than other similarly priced traps. These changes should help.
Fire Cracker:
Initial charges increased to 8, from 5. Developer Comment: Fire Cracker is currently less valuable than other similarly priced traps. These changes should help.
Floor Scorcher:
Cooldown increased to 7.4, from 6.6. Developer Comment: Conversely, Floor Scorcher is currently far more valuable than other similarly priced traps. These changes should help.
Ceiling Ballista and Dragon Lance:
Damage increased by 20%.Cooldown increased by 20%. Developer Comment: This change is designed to further accentuate the ballista's role as a large minion killer.
Boulder Chute:
Cost reduced to 0 (from 750).
Now drops 4 waves, up from 3.Now has a placement limit of 4. Developer Comment: These traps are already, by far, the most cost-efficient traps in the game. However, due to their power being heavily limited by manual activation, there's no reason to not further reward players for taking the time to micromanage these traps.
Icicle Impaler:
Cost reduced to 500 (from 1000).
Now drops 4 waves, up from 3.Now has a placement limit of 4. Developer Comment: See boulder chute explanation.
Quarter Pounder:
Now stuns minions for 0.75 seconds, in addition to its existing effects. Developer Comment: Similar to the Boulder Chute, this trap is already very cost-efficient. However, due to its size, it is rarely able to be used. There's a low risk of making this trap too powerful and mandatory, so this buff should really help you feel its strength whenever you find a good place to use it.
Power Generator:
Now gains 8% additional coin per tier, down from 15%.No longer returns coin when sold. Developer Comment: Unlike health and damage, players do not need additional coin to keep up with higher minion levels. As it stands, Power Generator becomes exceptionally strong on end-game content. In addition, the ability to sell the Power Generator for full value eliminates the early-late game trade-off that the trap was designed to create. These changes should allow the trap to better fulfill its intended role.
Big Game Hunter Zapper:
Damage increased by 60%. Developer Comment: This is the least used of the Big Game Hunter traps. Due to its requirement that enemies remain underneath it, this trap is being buffed.
Healing Well and Mana Well:
Cooldown reduced to 3 seconds (from 15). Developer Comment: These traps are incredibly powerful, however, the Mending Root and the Mage's Clover compete heavily with these traps. We hope that this change will allow players to begin substituting in other gear, when using these traps.
Trap Parts
Many of these triggers feel like they change the trap, rather than improve the trap. We really want to encourage players to use triggers, so we are going to make many triggers also provide a sizable buff.
Ambush Trigger
Now also increases trap damage by 25%.
Crowd Control Trigger
Now also increases trap damage by 10%.
Execution Trigger
Now also increases trap damage by 25%.
Heavy Pressure Plate
Now also increases trap damage by 25%.
Light Pressure Plate
Now also increases trap damage by 15%.
Combo Generator
Now also increases trap damage by 10%.
Bug Fixes:
Fixed an issue where Boom Barrel Rollers and Summoner Traps were not tracking damage dealt in post-game.
Fixed an issue where Firelings would target power generators.
Fixed an issue where Hunter minions would not list "Trap Resistance" on their card back.
Fixed an issue where skin names and images could get out of sync.
Fixed an issue where some achievements would not track progress if completed in a single hit.
Fixed an issue where Great Wall Barricades would not always block pathing on Throne Room.
Fixed tooltips that failed to mention that killing mercs would add to boss kill quests.
Fixed an issue where Rift Lord Highlands did not list the correct notable enemies.
Fixed an issue where Revenge Rune was killing enemies on attack, rather than on destruction of the trap.
Fixed an issue where Sorceress's Kinetic Pulse achievement would not reliably track progress.
Fixed an issue where Terracotta Giants were showing as small icons on the minimap.
Fixed several trap grid issues on the new "Wu Xing Battle" battlegrounds.
Fixed an issue where scrolling in the dashboard and changing categories could cause items to become hidden.
Fixed an issue where the Red Panda Shaman did not award coin.
Fixed an issue where Elemental Mages could be out of range to attack, but attempt to attack anyway.
Fixed an issue where lightning effects could persist when shooting the "Dwarf Shaman Merc".
Fixed an issue where the Troll Commander would remove Oziel's soul stacks.
Fixed an issue where Terracotta Giant was spell incorrectly in several locations.
Fixed an issue where Fire Lord was missing a description in the notable enemies section.
Fixed an issue where Kinetic Resonator And Control Resonator was not working on all traps it could be applied to.
Fixed an issue where Yi-Lin and Temper was not saying "Not enough Rage" and "Not enough Energy".
Fixed several card back stats on traps that were not matching in-game values.
Fixed an issue where Kinetic Pulse was not resetting the Grinder.
Fixed an issue where trap selection could get stuck in the tutorial.
Fixed an issue where Power Generators break suicidal minion AI.
Fixed an issue where Yi-Lin could not use Tempest Strike while the Gear Disable modifier was active.
Fixed an issue where rift shard quests were not tracking.
Fixed an issue where Terracotta Giants were not included in quests that require killing Giants.
Fixed an issue where Terracotta Giant's slow was not affected by control reduction.
Fixed an issue where the "Save Deck" was not persisting.
Fixed an issue where Troll quests were not included Pirate troll kills.
Fixed an issue where pause didn't prevent resources from being drained.
Fixed an issue where the Spitfire Wall did not provide combo points for the full duration.
Fixed an issue where the Haymaker was not providing combo points.
Fixed an issue where the Combo Generator was not working on all traps.
Fixed an issue where the Ambush/Execution Trigger was not working on Ballistas or the Saw of Arctos.
Fixed an issue where Pressure Plates were not working on the Saw of Arctos.
Fixed an issue where the Double Strut Frame was not working on the Summoner Trap.
Fixed pathing loops on Maximum Security and Castle Gates.
Fixed invisible geometry on "The Baths", causing specific ceiling locations to not function properly for ceiling traps.
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04 Nov 2017Developer post
Wu Xing Invasion Event Live
Attention War Mages: this is not a drill! The Wu Xing Battles Update is now live on PC and PS4, and with it comes the Wu Xing Invasion Event. Beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday, November 2, and ending at 10 a.m. Sunday, November 26 there will be a series of community challenges featur
Attention War Mages: this is not a drill!
The Wu Xing Battles Update is now live on PC and PS4, and with it comes the Wu Xing Invasion Event. Beginning at 10 a.m. Thursday, November 2, and ending at 10 a.m. Sunday, November 26 there will be a series of community challenges featuring enemies new and old as well as Yi-Lin, the newest Orcs Must Die! Unchained hero.
Each enemy killed, rift point protected, game won, or star earned will count towards their respective community challenge goals, and each successfully completed challenge will award a prize to participants. If 75% of these goals are met over the course of the event, all participating players will also receive the fantastic new Imperial Tundra skin!
This event features a series of shorter, 2-day challenges based on community feedback, so be sure to log in daily throughout November to avoid missing out! Also based on community feedback this event will provide individual participant contribution details for each goal.
But that's not all! This weekend is packed with more Orcs Must Die! Unchained goodness than the Gnoll Breeder's teacup gnoll crate is packed with tiny hairballs and firebat bones.
Tune in this weekend for the Extra Life Charity stream starring OMD!U featured streamers AndrealVox, Cnflct, JBHeroRF, Kefkafish, and tcujazzartist and including a special appearance by the lovely Nananea! Stream begins Saturday at 9 a.m. Central and continues through Sunday at 10 a.m. Central.
Compete for the top spot in the NuNs community event! Register your team and compete for the top score in the brand new Castle Gates Endless map! Bragging rights and awesome prize skins await but don't delay: this event ends on November 8!
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01 Nov 2017Developer post
Wu Xing Battles Update is LIVE!
New Hero: Yi-Lin Yi-Lin is a quick, melee hero who uses her twin swords to devastating effect. Her use of combos can deal devastating damage as well as provide regeneration making her a true force to be reckoned with. Yi-Lin, the Jade Sentinel has awoken to defend Centre once mor
New Hero: Yi-Lin
Yi-Lin is a quick, melee hero who uses her twin swords to devastating effect. Her use of combos can deal devastating damage as well as provide regeneration making her a true force to be reckoned with. Yi-Lin, the Jade Sentinel has awoken to defend Centre once more against the hordes of orcs, soldiers, and her old enemies – the Wu Xing Dynasty.Learn more about Yi-Lin in the Designing Yi-Lin blog.
New Faction: The Wu Xing, Masters of the Five Elements
The Wu Xing are masters of the five elements. Deadly and resilient they make dangerous foes!
Wu Xing Soldiers: These soldiers come in four forms: light, medium, heavy, and ranged. All of the soldiers have magic armor, making physical damage optimal in defeating them.
Terracotta Giant: These slow-moving stone giants do not attack players. Instead, they perform a steady march to the rift, slowing any player that gets too close.
Red Panda: Despite being called the Red Panda, these minions are actually blue! Be careful, these minions cast a powerful speed buff on allied minions.
Water Dragon: This hunter minion focuses on players. Unlike other Hunter minions, this minion has a splash attack, damaging all players within a cone in front of him.
Elemental Mages: These mages throw bouncing orbs of elemental energy.
New Maps: Three Brand New Maps
Water Garden - Survival (Apprentice and Master)
The water gardens of the White Tiger Empire appear to be closest to the first attacks by the Wu Xing Dynasty. Defend three breaches to the best of your ability without too much help from wall traps.
Castle Gates - Survival (Master and Rift Lord) and Endless
Breaching the Castle Gates is a solid strategy for the Wu Xing Dynasty. Once inside, defending this open map will be a challenge. Funneling the front gates to one side is imperative.
Midnight Market - Survival (Warmage and Rift Lord) and Sabotage
These marketplaces of the White Tiger Empire are popular night spots. This seems to be exactly why the Wu Xing Dynasty has chosen to attack them so aggressively.
New Feature: Weekly Challenge Matchmaking
The community has requested this feature for quite a while. We are happy to deliver this highly anticipated feature!

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20 Oct 2017Developer post
Release 2.5 - Wu Xing Battles - Patch Notes
Available November 1! New Hero: Yi-Lin Yi-Lin is a quick, melee hero who uses her twin swords to devastating effect. Her use of combos can deal devastating damage as well as provide regeneration making her a true force to be reckoned with. Yi-Lin is not just any accomplished figh
Available November 1!
New Hero: Yi-Lin
Yi-Lin is a quick, melee hero who uses her twin swords to devastating effect. Her use of combos can deal devastating damage as well as provide regeneration making her a true force to be reckoned with.
Yi-Lin is not just any accomplished fighter. This woman out of time was the greatest and most loyal warrior fighting in service of her friend, Chang’E, Empress of the White Tiger Empire. In centuries past, the White Tiger Empire and its allies were threatened by certain destruction as orcs and other invaders poured into their kingdoms from the Dark World. Seeing no other solution, the dwarves of Thuricvod evacuated the stone halls of their home on Centre. Fleeing to the safety of their homeworld and collapsing the portals behind them to cut off the invading forces left the White Tiger Empire with few options for its defense and even fewer allies.
Desperate for a solution to protect her people and preserve her empire, Chang’E forged new alliances and agreed to share her powerful rift magic in exchange for the White Tiger Empire’s relocation into the clouds in a bargain with the Jade Rabbits. But the Empire’s preservation came at a high cost for Yi-Lin. Left behind as the eternal guardian of the final rift to the reborn Cloud Tiger Empire, Yi-Lin transformed into the Jade Sentinel she had previously been in name only and began her watch over the Lotus Temple.
For over one thousand years Yi-Lin stood vigilant, waiting. Now a shadowy figure known only as “Reve” has unleashed unstable rifts on the Lotus Temple, renewing the ancient assault on the White Tiger Empire with the hope of reaching their new empire in the clouds. Yi-Lin, the Jade Sentinel has awoken to defend Centre once more against the hordes of orcs, soldiers, and her old enemies – the Wu Xing Dynasty. Learn more in our Designing Yi-Lin blog!
New Faction: Wu Xing - Masters of the Five Elements
Wu Xing Soldiers: These soldiers come in four forms: light, medium, heavy, and ranged. All of the soldiers have magic armor, making physical damage optimal in defeating them.
Terracotta Giant: These slow-moving stone giants do not attack players. Instead, they perform a steady march to the rift, slowing any player that gets too close.
Red Panda: Despite being called the Red Panda, these minions are actually blue! Be careful, these minions cast a powerful speed buff on allied minions.
Water Dragon: This hunter minion focuses on players. Unlike other Hunter minions, this minion has a splash attack, damaging all players within a cone in front of him.
Elemental Mages: These mages throw bouncing orbs of elemental energy.
New Battlegrounds
Water Garden - Survival (Apprentice and Master)
The water gardens of the White Tiger Empire appear to be closest to the first attacks by the Wu Xing Dynasty. Defend three breaches to the best of your ability without too much help from wall traps.
Castle Gates - Survival (Master and Rift Lord), Sabotage, and Endless
Breaching the Castle Gates is a solid strategy for the Wu Xing Dynasty. Once inside, defending this open map will be a challenge. Funneling the front gates to one side is imperative.
Midnight Market - Survival (Warmage and Rift Lord) and Sabotage
These marketplaces of the White Tiger Empire are popular night spots. This seems to be exactly why the Wu Xing Dynasty has chosen to attack them so aggressively.
New Feature: Discord Integration
Discord has remained one of the most popular modes of communication for OMD!U. This integration will make communication and community building easier than ever!
New Feature: Weekly Challenge Matchmaking
The community has requested this feature for quite a while. We are happy to deliver this highly anticipated feature!
New: Imperial Skins
New themed skins have been added for Tundra, Ivy, Midnight, Smolder, and Hogarth.
New Guardian: Jade Empire Guardian
This new guardian is available in Warmage, Master, and Rift Lord chests.
Immobilizes enemies for 2 seconds when attacking them. Provides 3 coin per second to nearby allies while in combat.
Dashboard:
The dashboard has been re-skinned for the launch of the Wu Xing Battles expansion.
Notification badge logic has been updated. You'll see fewer and more relevant badges in the dashboard.
The chat UI has been overhauled. The new design features time stamps, channel notifications, and easier browsing of chat channels.
Quests/Achievements:
New Quests have been added for Deadeye and Yi-Lin
New Achievements have been added for Deadeye, Yi-Lin, and Cygnus.
Balance Updates
General:
Restricted Section and Temple Graveyard (Warmage) have been made less challenging.
Crogon Keep and Eventide Stables (Master) have been made less challenging.
Apprentice and Warmage Banquet Hall has been made less challenging during early waves in Sabotage.
First wave of Warmage Restricted Section has been made easier in Sabotage.
Rift Lord Baths has been made more challenging in Sabotage.
Chaos Trials:
The following modifiers have been made less common:
Persistent Barricade Rubble
No Health Drops
No Mana Drops
Additional Northmun Archers
Ice, Fire, Arcane, Lightning, and Physical Armor
Rugged Runners
The following modifiers have been made more common:
Double Rift Points
5 Rift Points
Additional Firefiend Runners
Slow Minions
"Additional Rift Points" will now be paired with easier modifiers, on average.
"Coin Drain" rate has been reduced by 15%.
"Additional Order Mages" will no longer roll on Apprentice and Warmage Chaos Keys.
Firelings:
Health reduced by 70%.
Speed reduced by 30%.
Now only spawn 1 Fireling when a Fire Elemental dies.
Now more reliably wait 1 second before detonating.When spawning directly from a door, firelings will now play a spawn sound. Developer Comment: Firelings were always intended to attack barricades, but when we fixed the bug in the last patch, they became far too powerful. These changes pull back on the strength of firelings dramatically.
Oziel:
Soul collection radius increased 75%.
Fixed an issue where the "Jagged Shards" weaver upgrade was not providing the correct amount of damage.
Sabotage:
Teleportation Staff teleport delay reduced to 3 seconds (from 5).Teleportation Staff will now expire after 90 seconds, regardless of whether or not it is destroyed. Developer Comment: This change allows the teleportation staff to be useful, even when a teammate does not have a consumable to apply control effects to an enemy. In addition, in order to allow melee heroes to deal with this staff, it will now expire after 90 seconds, if not killed.
Minions summoned via consumables no longer reward coin or experience. Base bounties increased in Sabotage to compensate. Developer Comment: This change helps create comebacks by making powerful cards more powerful. In addition, this change also helps solve some inadvertent/unfun strategies that would result in neither team sending minions until sudden death.
Bug Fixes:
Elemental minions will no longer replicate when killed by being knocked off the map. Developer Comment: after we fixed this bug, we noticed that many maps need their kill volumes to be updated. As a result, this can still occur, but it will happen much less frequently. Expect more updates in the future on this issue.
Fixed an issue where the Serpent Guardian was still being listed as promotional.
Fixed an issue with Tundra's Stay Frosty weaver upgrade not providing damage over time.
Fixed an issue where resurrected minions would not have the correct amount of health.
Fixed an issue where matches could not be restarted if the dashboard was closed.
Fixed an issue where the Chaos Key icon would not be shown at full opacity on the login rewards screen.
Fixed an issue where minions that were slowed by Stinkeye's Sermon of Speed weaver would not show foot-shackle effects.
Fixed an issue where Gabby's hair could get stuck in a falling position.
Fixed an issue where the Arcane Bubble Blower could be activated while in mid-air.
Fixed an issue where the icon for the "Tundra 1" quest was incorrect.
Fixed an issue where Deadeye's fourth ability could play duplicate effects.
Fixed an issue where Stinkeye's totems could occasionally fail to hit enemies that are in-range and visible.
Fixed an issue where the Chaos Trial information would be shown each time the hero info panel is closed.
Fixed an issue where the player would receive an invalid trap placement message when trying to place a trap while orbiting the camera.
Fixed an issue where the Saw of Arctos did not display its damage type.
Fixed an issue where the teleportation staff would not function if overlapping.
Fixed an issue where fire trap were consuming charges faster than intended. Balance updated to compensate. Should not result in visible functional changes.
Fixed an issue where community events would not always be displayed.
Fixed an issue where Scurvy does not attack guardians.
Fixed an issue where chest descriptions could overlap quantity descriptions.
Fixed an issue where killing a Chaos Crystal near an environmental trap with lightning damage would cause the server to crash.
Fixed an issue where Smolder's primary attack could not trigger the swinging mace on Throne Room.
Fixed an issue where Chaos Trial wins would provide stars for achievements.
Fixed an issue where Sabotage consumables could be used during a go-break.
Fixed an issue where the Dashboard would occasionally force players to reconnect to non-matchmade games.
Fixed an issue where Temper's Happy Place weaver was not providing a speed boost.
Fixed an issue where Deadeye's Deadlier-Eye weaver upgrade was not providing the full bonus to damage.
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10 Oct 2017Developer post
Free Expansion Wu Xing Battles Launching This Month!
We’re thrilled to announce that the Orcs Must Die Unchained Wu Xing Battles update will be launching on October 25 for PC! This massive update contains three new maps, a brand new faction of enemy invaders, the powerful new hero Yi-Lin, and much more. Update: The Wu Xing Battles
03 Oct 2017Developer post
OMDU Weekly Challenge "We Can Rebuild It"
Be prepared to build and rebuid your killbox to deal with waves of every minion and boss type Centre has to offer. You'll have to think quickly about your strategy to complete this challenge! Can you complete this weekly challenge with Stinkeye, Gabriella, and Midnight?
21 Sep 2017Developer post
A Look into the Future of OMDU!
Hello War Mages! It's been a while since my last update, so I thought I'd give everyone a heads-up on the latest happenings and plans for Orcs Must Die! Unchained over the next few months. The biggest OMDU news of the summer was the release on Playstation 4 in July following the
19 Sep 2017Developer post
OMDU Weekly Challenge "Doublets"
No, you're NOT seeing double. In this weekly challenge, waves double in size each wave for 5 waves. Do you think your hero can stop this prison break? Can you beat this weekly challenge with Temper, Tundra, and Zoey?
12 Sep 2017Developer post
OMDU Weekly Challenge "Do The Trap Shuffle"
Hero abilities deal no damage in this challenge. Use the generous coin your hero is given at the start of the match to set up a killer killbox. Your hero will have to rely on traps and indirect damage to survive. Can you beat this week's challenge with Cygnus, Tundra, and Blackpa
07 Sep 2017Developer post
Endless Summer Continues!
August may be coming to a close but summer is not over just yet, War Mages! The Orcs Must Die! Unchained Endless Summer event is here to end the season in gibtastic fashion. Live now and continuing until 10 am Thursday, September 28 there will be four week-long community challeng
01 Sep 2017Developer post
Endless Summer Event!
August may be coming to a close but summer is not over just yet, War Mages! The Orcs Must Die! Unchained Endless Summer event is here to end the season in gibtastic fashion. Beginning at 10 am Thursday, August 31, and ending at 10 am Thursday, September 28 there will be four week
30 Aug 2017Developer post
Update 2.4 is LIVE!
New Feature: Fast Restart A highly requested feature has finally arrived! We have added the ability for non-matchmade games to be restarted by the party leader (you cannot restart Chaos Trials or Sabotage games). New for Endless: Four Endless Maps Four new Endless maps are now av
New Feature: Fast Restart
A highly requested feature has finally arrived! We have added the ability for non-matchmade games to be restarted by the party leader (you cannot restart Chaos Trials or Sabotage games).
New for Endless: Four Endless Maps
Four new Endless maps are now available as part of the Endless Summer event beginning this Thursday!
Banquet Hall (Apprentice)
Thuricvod Village (War Mage)
Highlands (Master)
Avalanche (Rift Lord)
New for Sabotage: Map and Consumables
Temple Graveyard is now available in Sabotage (Master and Rift Lord).
Frost Giants are now a playable minion card.
Minions Drop Grenades Buff: Causes player sent minions to have a 50% chance to drop grenades on death.
Teleportation Staff: Drops a staff that will teleport players to a random location if they stay within its area for several seconds.
New for Chaos Trials: Modifiers
Guardians Damage Allies: Guardian Spin damages barricades and players.
Unstable Rift Polymorph: Failing to close an Unstable Rift will cause the entire team to be polymorphed.
New Vanity Items: Skins and Achievement Rewards
New skins are available for Smolder, Hogarth, Ivy, Stinkeye, Maximilian, Cygnus, Midnight, Gabbriella, Bloodspike, and Bionka. A number of avatars, backplates, and titles have also been added as rewards for earning in-game achievements!
Read the detailed patch notes and give us your feedback!
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24 Aug 2017Developer post
Release 2.4 - Patch Notes
Update Available August 30! New Feature: Fast Restart A highly requested feature has finally arrived! We have added the ability for non-matchmade games to be restarted by the party leader (you cannot restart Chaos Trials or Sabotage games). New: Sabotage Map - Temple Graveyard Th
Update Available August 30!
New Feature: Fast Restart
A highly requested feature has finally arrived! We have added the ability for non-matchmade games to be restarted by the party leader (you cannot restart Chaos Trials or Sabotage games).
New: Sabotage Map - Temple Graveyard
The Temple Graveyard map is now available in Sabotage Mode! This map is available at Master and Rift Lord difficulty levels.
New: Chaos Trial Modifiers
Guardians Damage Allies - Guardian Spin damages barricades and players.
Unstable Rift Polymorph - Failing to close an Unstable Rift will cause the entire team to be polymorphed.
New: Sabotage Consumables
Frost Giants
Minions Drop Grenades Buff: Causes player sent minions to have a 50% chance to drop grenades on death.
Teleportation Staff: Drops a staff that will teleport enemies to a random location if they stay within its area for several seconds.
New: Skins
Skins have been added for the following heroes: Smolder, Hogarth, Ivy, Stinkeye, Max, Tundra, Cygnus, Midnight, Gabby, Bloodspike, Bionka.
Note: Not all of the skins will be available on patch launch. Many will be enabled over the coming weeks.
Additional Patch Notes Since Last Update:
There have been several patches since the previous update that have introduced changes to OMDU. Here is what you may have missed:
Apprentice Hero victory chests now drop 2 cards, instead of 1.
Oziel max soul stacks increased to 300 (from 75).
Steam Trading Cards have been added to OMDU!
Sabotage matches will occasionally launch 1v1.
General:
Control resistance now reduces the magnitude of slows, rather than the duration.
MANY achievements have had rewards added to them. These rewards are retroactive.
Serpent Guardian (formerly a promotional item) has been added to War Mage, Master, and Rift Lord chests.
Trigger parts no longer drop in apprentice and warmage chests.
Players may now re-roll each quest once per day, rather than a single quest.
"Win 2 Sabotage Games" daily quest has been changed to "Kill 450 minions in Sabotage".
"Win 5 Matchmade Games" daily quest has been changed to "Kill 1200 minions".
Terminology for abilities has been updated to "primary attack, secondary ability, third ability, fourth ability, and fifth ability."
Leaving a Sabotage game will now cause you to lose rank.
Fixed a bug where Kobolds were 20% faster than intended.
User Interface:
A Refer-a-Friend link is now visible in the friends list.
Quests have been added to the daily login reward pop-up on login.
Quests now have minion icons and ability icons to better indicate completion requirements.
The dashboard no longer minimizes when launching a game.
The splash image for launching games has been removed.
Damage, coin, and combo fly-offs have been revamped! These fly-offs are much smoother and have a much smaller performance footprint.
When players leave in non-Sabotage games, a message is now displayed, indicating that the game has re-balanced.
Many dashboard elements now have a higher resolution.
Sabotage enemy mini-maps are now slightly more opaque.
New loading screens have been added to the first three maps of apprentice and the first map of warmage.
Art/Audio:
Explosion sounds have been updated. There's fewer duplicate explosion sounds; sounds are now more unique.
New sounds have been added for when players teleport through portals.
Chaos Trials:
Lower difficulty Chaos Keys will drop on average. This does not affect players level 55+.
Purchased Chaos Keys can now be re-rolled for whatever currency they are purchased with (gibs or gold).
Unstable Rifts now gain less health with each tier in Chaos Trials.
Balance Changes
Medium Earth Elemental:
Health reduced by 20%.
Deadeye:
Infamy no longer reduces the damage of Deadeye's primary attack against a single target.
Infamy splash damage lowered by 25%.
Developer Comment: This change was based on community feedback. Players didn't like that there was a trade-off to obtaining infamy stacks. As a result, the buff now simply adds area damage, rather than also reducing primary damage.
Bouncing Bomb cooldown reduced to 9 seconds (from 12 seconds).
"More Misdeeds" weaver upgrade no longer provides cooldown reduction for Bouncing Bomb. This was not intended.
"Hip Shot" buff duration increased to 5 seconds (from 2 seconds).
"Hip Shot" damage bonus decreased to 20% (from 50%).
Developer Comment: This change was based on community feedback. Players didn't like that Deadeye needed to use her dive skill off of every cooldown in order to maximize her damage. As a result, the buff now persists longer than the cooldown of the skill.
"Outta the Way" roll speed increased by 50%. Distance remains unchanged.
"Outta the Way" now provides invulnerability for its duration.
Developer Comment: This change was based on community feedback. Many players commented that Deadeye's dive skill didn't really feel like it gained her distance. In addition, many players noted that they were taking massive hits while diving, which is what the skill is intended to avoid. As a result, we have increased the dive speed and made the skill provide invulnerability while active.
Gabriella:
Devious Allure cooldown reduced to 12 seconds (from 15).
Devious Allure cancel slow duration increased to 3 seconds (from 2).
Developer Comment: We have decided to make Devious Allure a more "attractive" skill to use. Many players are avoiding using the ability entirely right now, especially in group play.
1st weaver upgrade now also provides 50% mana cost reduction to Blink.
Final weaver upgrade cooldown reduced to 15 seconds.
Blink now teleports you in the direction you are moving.
Developer Comment: Players have asked for the ability to more easily control the direction of Gabby's blink for a long time. Our argument used to be that we liked the skill ceiling associated with teleporting backwards. However, since we made her a starting hero, we decided to revisit the design decision. We hope this will make the ability more useful at all levels of play. Be warned, it can take a bit of getting used to if you are accustomed to the old functionality.
Hogarth:
AMBUSH! cooldown reduction weaver upgrade changed to 50%, rather than 5 seconds. This results in no effect on the power of the skill unless stacked with other cooldown reduction sources.
Maximilian:
In Your Faces cooldown reduced to 12.5 seconds (from 14).
In Your Faces mana cost lowered to 45 (from 50).
Absolutely Stunning Bolt cooldown reduced to 11 seconds (from 12).
Absolutely Stunning Bolt mana cost reduced to 45 (from 50).
Primary attack damage increased by 10%.
Developer Comment: Maximilian is simply weaker than many of the other heroes in the game. Since he is also a starter hero, we want to prioritize a few all-around buffs.
Oziel:
Passive updated: Now gains 5% max mana with each battle level.
Soul stack messaging has been moved to "Haunting Spirits".
Fixed a bug causing Oziel to gain far too many stacks from "Vexing Surge".
Fixed a bug where Oziel would not gain the full number of souls from certain weaver upgrades.
Fixed a bug where certain effects would not trigger if a minion was killed with Haunting Spirits active.
Developer Comment: We revamped Oziel in patch 2.3. These changes were oriented around making him more useful in modes other than Endless and Rift Lord levels. However, we also recognize that this has made the hero more generic. As a result, we made several changes based on community feedback: Bringing back scaling mana (but not damage) and increasing his soul cap to 300.
Smolder:
Fixed an issue where Smolder's mana costs were higher than intended.
Ballistas:
Re-fire delay slowed by 10%.
Developer Comment: While this is likely a change that will have mixed reception, we have been struggling to make other ceiling traps (and other traps in general) compete with the Ballista. As a result, we are making a small nerf to the ballista traps and making many other options SIGNIFICANTLY more powerful. In addition, we have also made other ceiling traps more accessible on high ceilings by increasing their range.
Big-Game Zapper:
Vertical range increased by 1.
Cost reduced to 500 (from 1000).
Brimstone:
Damage reduced by 5%.
Cursed Ground:
Cooldown lowered to 15 seconds (from 36).
Decoy:
Health increased by 40%.
Quarter Pounder:
Range increased by 0.25.
Cost reduced to 750 (from 1000).
Fire Cracker:
Damage reduced by 5%.
Floor Scorcher:
Re-trigger delay slowed by 20%.
Damage increased by 10%.
Ice Vent:
Charges increased to 30 (from 25).
Lightning Rod:
Vertical range increased by 1.
Overload Trap:
No longer disables floor traps that do not deal damage.
Trigger delay increased by 1 second.
Power-up Traps:
Buff duration increased to 24 seconds (from 15).
Shock Zapper:
Vertical range increased by 1.
Damage increased to 400 (from 350).
Floor Spikes:
Damage lowered by 5%.
Summoner Trap:
Damage increased by 40%.
Trip Wire:
Placement collision reduced to a 2 trap width (from 3). Effect area remains the same.
Bug Fixes:
Fixed a bug where Arcane Phaser would regain its charges during Go-Breaks.
Fixed a bug where "Spudging Pickups" would cause Bloodspike's pigs to cause him to become spudged.
Fixed an issue where minions were getting stuck in walls regularly.
Fixed a bug where Stunning Accumulator was affecting all minions, rather than flipped minions.
Ring of Last Stand now properly provides 3 seconds of immunity. It was only providing 1.5 seconds before.
Smolder's passive no longer knocks back mercenaries.
Fixed a bug that was causing hero death sounds not to play.
Fixed an issue where achievement rewards were not always shown.
Fixed an issue where community events could be shown in the wrong language.
Fixed missing icons for Poison and Homing keywords.
Fixed an issue where bosses' drain life would continue functioning while stunned.
Fixed an issue where post-game stats would very rarely fail to report.
Fixed an issue where whisper tabs don't properly re-position in rows when exiting a lobby.
Fixed an issue where opening a whisper from the friends list would cause the button to remain lit.
Fixed a bug causing Oziel's achievements for soul collection to not function properly.
Minions will now be killed if they are knocked against the wall on Throne Room.
Fixed an issue where firelings would not explode if the player is standing still.
Fixed mismatching icons for Debilitation Resonator.
Fixed several situations where the iMage could get stuck when spawning.
Fixed an issue where ballistas would revert to lower-tier textures when disabled.
Fixed an issue that caused minions to dramatically backtrack on Crogon Keep.
Many ability tooltip fixes.
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Updates & announcements

Orcs Must Die! 3 is coming to Steam, Playstation, and Xbox!

Play Orcs Must Die! 2 for free this week!

General:

Brass:

Bug Fixes:

Available December 6!

New Hero: Brass

New Feature: Custom Games

New for Sabotage:

New: Chaos Trial Modifiers

General:

Music:

Guardians:

Balance Changes

New Hero: Yi-Lin

New Faction: The Wu Xing, Masters of the Five Elements

New Maps: Three Brand New Maps

New Feature: Weekly Challenge Matchmaking

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Available November 1!

New Hero: Yi-Lin

New Faction: Wu Xing - Masters of the Five Elements

New Battlegrounds

New Feature: Discord Integration

New Feature: Weekly Challenge Matchmaking

New: Imperial Skins

New Guardian: Jade Empire Guardian

Balance Updates

Bug Fixes:

New Hero

New Maps

New Enemies

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Event Goals!

Sweet Summer Rewards

THE DETAILS

New Feature: Fast Restart

New for Endless: Four Endless Maps

New for Sabotage: Map and Consumables

New for Chaos Trials: Modifiers

New Vanity Items: Skins and Achievement Rewards

Connect!

Update Available August 30!

New Feature: Fast Restart

New: Sabotage Map - Temple Graveyard

New: Chaos Trial Modifiers

New: Sabotage Consumables

New: Skins

Additional Patch Notes Since Last Update:

General:

User Interface:

Art/Audio:

Chaos Trials:

Balance Changes

Bug Fixes: