Hey Defenders,
This hotfix is a follow-up to the 12/30 update and focuses on cleanup and consistency across a few key areas: fusion and item card display fixes, clearer pet and gemstone tooltips, Campaign chest and rune reward behavior, Crystal Core improvements, updated drop rules for several rewards, and a couple of important bug fixes. There wasn’t a PTR cycle for this one, so these changes are going live directly.
ITEMS, FUSION, AND UI FIXES
Rifted accessories no longer improperly complete fusion armor sets
Weapon set bonuses now properly display on a weapon’s item card
Golden gemstone tooltips have been updated to reflect their proper effect
PETS
Tower Pet Description Updates
Updated all tower pet descriptions to highlight versatility, movement speed, and cast rate to aid in classification
Yellow Ramster Can Rework
Yellow Ramster Can has been reworked to no longer loop and now applies a flat attack rate increase with a movement speed reduction
Yellow Ramster Can is now classified as a non-combat pet
Yellow Ramster Can no longer applies its effect to other heroes inside the hero deck
Regular variant
Attack rate increase, 30% movement speed decrease
Coefficient 0.5 (down from 1)
Post multiplicative additive value -1
Fused variant
Attack rate increase, 20% movement speed decrease
Coefficient 0.5 (down from 1)
Post multiplicative additive value -0.9
Gold variant
Attack rate increase, 10% movement speed decrease
Coefficient 0.5 (down from 1)
Post multiplicative additive value -0.8
Note on the change
This comes from the looping behavior not working fully as intended due to the pet’s original design. The looping behavior will come back, but on a pet designed from the ground up with this mechanic in mind.
CAMPAIGN CHESTS AND RUNES
Fixed issues with the Campaign Rift + Hardcore chest so runes drop from the Victory Chest rather than the Wave 4 chest
Runes should now be properly awarded upon completing Wave 5 instead of the beginning of Wave 5
The proper Victory Chest should now spawn upon completing any Campaign mission with Rifted and Hardcore toggles enabled
CRYSTAL CORE UPDATES
Golden Crystal Core is now tradeable
Rifted Crystal Core is now tradeable
The Crystal Core is now upgradeable
Crystal Core pets have been added into the transmogs
Crystal Core jump height boost has been doubled for all variants
Base: jump height boost increased to 20% (up from 10%)
Fused: jump height boost increased to 30% (up from 15%)
Gold: jump height boost increased to 40% (up from 20%)
DROPS AND REWARDS
Golden Lil’ Bomber now drops upon completion of the Skyward Revenge challenge with a 10% chance
Must be in massacre mode,have a Bonus Difficulty enabled, and be in Rift Mode
Fused Lil Bomber now properly drops as intended upon completion of the Skyward Revenge challenge
Lapis Gemstone now has a 50% chance to drop upon completing Monster Fest in Massacre mode with Hardcore enabled
Topaz Gemstone now has a 50% chance to drop upon completing Death From Above challenge in Massacre mode with Hardcore enabled
BUG FIXES
Fixed visual bugs on The Keep that caused disappearing terrain
TAVERN UPDATE AND CORGI CYPHER
We’ve updated the Tavern wall with the deciphered corgi message now that the Corgi Cypher has been solved. A special thank you to everyone who participated in our very first cypher event. We learned a lot from running it, and we’ll be using what we learned to make future community events better. One common piece of feedback we heard was that not everyone uses Discord, and some players felt left out. We humbly apologize. This is the first of many community events we plan to hold in-game as development continues, and we’ll make sure everyone has a chance to be included. There were four winners, and they’ve been notified and contacted via Discord. The winners will get to name a weapon or pet and write its unique flavor text for a future update.
CONCLUSION
Thank you again for all the support and patience as we keep tightening things up after the 12/30 update. This hotfix focuses on making rewards behave correctly, improving clarity on items and pets, strengthening Crystal Core functionality, and fixing a handful of bugs and drop issues. Looking ahead, our focus for the next major update is improving the pacing of the game from start to finish, fixing as many bugs as we can, and adding portals to maps that typically run slow to help runs feel smoother and more consistent.
Happy Defending,
The Community Development Team