Dungeons & Dragons Online® — patch notes and updates
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| Update 79.1 Release Notes | 2026-05-13 | Update 79.1 Release NotesHere are the release notes for Update 79.1, released on Wednesday, May 13th, 2026.News and Notes:Back end system changes have been implemented to assist in server maintenance.The Shard Storm enhancement in the Primal Avatar tree now properly requires the upgrade enhancement in Tier 3 in order to grant its hit point buff.Quick Cutter now properly works with handwraps.The message "You have attained the Highest level in the Game" no longer displays when reaching level 30.Invasive Fey Flowers now have a hit box more appropriate for their size to make ranged weapons hit them more reliably. |
| Update 79.0.1 Release Notes | 2026-04-16 | Update 79.0.1 Release NotesHere are the release notes for Update 79.0.1, released on Thursday, April 16th, 2026.News and Notes:The Dragons' HandLegendary difficulty dungeons now properly drop Sun/Moon Augments and Rare items.Copies of the Legendary Drysvayla's Axe that did not have their Returning property now do.Various typos and string table errors have been corrected.The "Ruin" card is no longer being described as the "Rogue" card.Searing Servants in "Wish Upon a Card" can now be properly hit by projectiles.One of the optional chests in Savaran's Fortress now gives the correct treasure.An issue in "Thrall of Duty" has been corrected that c |
| Update 79 Release Notes | 2026-04-08 | Update 79 Release NotesHere are the release notes for Update 79: The Dragon's Hand, released on Wednesday, April 8th, 2026.New Quest Pack: The Dragon's Hand!A new quest pack is available: FREE to VIPs and available in the DDO Store! What's more powerful than a Dragon? A Dragon with a Deck of Many Things, one of the most powerful magic artifacts around. Several different Dragons have acquired Decks, and it's up to you to deal with the resulting chaos. Can you stack the deck in your favor, or will you end up folding? The Dragons' Hand Adventure Pack is level 10 on Heroic and level 36 on Legendary and contains five quests. The NPCs to acquire th |
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| Update 78.1 Release Notes | 2026-03-11 | Update 78.1 Release NotesHere are the release notes for Update 78.1, released on Wednesday, March 11th, 2026.News and Notes:Bug Fixes:The maximum caster level for Magic Missile is now correctly set to level 20.Enemy versions of Magic Missile, Chain Missile, Force Missiles, Scorching Ray, and Frost Lance now scale correctly when they damage players.Certain spells were using damage progressions against players that were higher than they should be. This has been fixed.Chaos Hammer (if you are Lawful)Unholy Blight (if you are Good)Order's Wraith (if you are Chaotic)Produce FlameGreat ShoutShoutSunBurst (especially if you are Undead)Fixed graphica |
| Update 78.0.1 Release Notes | 2026-03-05 | Update 78.0.1 Release NotesHere are the release notes for Update 78.0.1, released on Thursday, March 5th, 2026. News and Notes:An initial process has been implemented to mitigate poor game performance in public areas and guild airships during higher population times.Level 36 items placed into Shared Banks, Character Banks, and Reincarnation Caches now display in list results. |
| Update 78 Release Notes | 2026-02-25 | Update 78 Release Notes Here are the release notes for Update 78: Natural 20, released on Wednesday, February 25th, 2026. Of Special Note: Celebrating 20 Years! Dungeons & Dragons Online is celebrating its 20th Anniversary with free gifts, a new Anniversary dungeon, a new Anniversary public area, bonuses and boosts, the return of the 10th Anniversary event, Sterling's Remnant Rush, a new class archetype available for FREE for a limited time and more! Learn more about how we are celebrating 20 years with you on DDO.com: DDO.com/20th-anniversaryThe Anniversary event begins February 25th and continues through March 31st, 2026. Sterling's Remnant |
| The Arcane Trickster arrives soon! | 2026-02-18 | The Arcane Trickster is a Rogue class Archetype who dabbles in their own kind of magic to augment their abilities. Arcane Tricksters have modest skill in Enchantment and Illusion magic, but they can also “steal” spells from other classes. This archetype also summons a magical Mage Hand to cause mischief, aid in battle, and disable traps from a distance! Once Update 78: Natural 20 is released and through March 31st, 2026 you can speak to an NPC called “Giver of Gifts”, located on Anniversary Island, which is accessible by speaking to the NPC Fred in either House Jorasco or House Phiarlan near the location of the 10th Anniversary Event. The Giv |
| Update 77.2.1 Release Notes | 2026-02-11 | Update 77.2.1 Release NotesHere are the release notes for Update 77.2.1, released on Wednesday, February 11th, 2026.News and Notes:This update corrects an issue with the Vow of Glory effect that was causing characters with the effect to not be able to properly acquire loot when the Symphony of the Fey event was inactive. The Symphony of the Fey event has now been disabled following its re-introduction last week. Characters will no longer retain the Vow of Glory effect. |
| Update 77.2 Release Notes | 2026-01-21 | Update 77.2 Release NotesHere are the release notes for Update 77.2, released on Thursday, January 22nd, 2026.News and Notes:Bosses and Raid Bosses are now immune to most movement speed reduction debuffs that they were not already immune to, to prevent issues it can cause with quest progression.Symphony of the Fey: If a music note spawns near the edge of water and its spawned enemies fall into deep water they will now self-terminate, allowing you to claim the mote once other mote enemies are defeated.The end chest in The Chill of Ravenloft raid "Relentless" now generates the proper amount of loot to all participants.Mists of Ravenloft Ultimat |
| Update 77.1 Release Notes | 2025-12-17 | Update 77.1 Release NotesHere are the release notes for Update 77.1, released on Wednesday, December 17th, 2025. News and Notes:We have corrected issues with re-summoning and dismissing the North Wind Wolf Pup Creature Companion in the Patron's Coffer of the North Winds.The North Wind Wolf Pup Creature Companion no longer appears as the Black Rose Pup Creature Companion. The new Update 77 free quest "Body and Mind" now has its proper end chest. |
| Update 77 Release Notes | 2025-12-10 | Update 77 Release NotesHere are the release notes for Update 77: Presents and Pain, released on Wednesday, December 10th, 2025. Of Special Note:A new free dungeon is available!You hear a voice calling for help from the mists, then plunge into the frigid fog to investigate..."Body and Mind" is a new free quest that is level 8 on Heroic difficulty and level 36 on Legendary difficulty! This quest takes place in Lamordia, the location of our newest expansion The Chill of Ravenloft, but access to The Chill of Ravenloft is not required. Get started by going to the places where Ravenloft's mists are found: House Jorasco in Stormreach or Eveningstar |
| Update 76 Release Notes | 2025-11-19 | Update 76 Release NotesHere are the release notes for Update 76: Symphony of the Fey, released on Wednesday, November 19th, 2025.Of Special Note:The Symphony of the Fey event has arrived!Hyrsam has been corrupted, cursed by the Fomorian King now residing in the Shadowfell following his defeat. This curse has scattered Hyrsam’s power across all worlds, and it is up to you to gather this power back in order to put an end to the Fomorian King’s threat. Align with the Summer or Winter Court, equip one of five special Lutes, discover musical Motes, complete special encounters, and earn cosmetic and musical rewards! Read more about the Symphony of |
| Update 75.6 Release Notes | 2025-10-22 | Update 75.6 Release NotesHere are the release notes for Update 75.6, released on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025.News and Notes:VIP Crafting Material Tokens have been renamed to VIP Rare Crafting Material Tokens to help differentiate them from the new VIP Uncommon Crafting Material Tokens.Further work has been done to change the way wilderness areas are loaded to make their handling more efficient. The changes in Update 75.6 bring the work done in 75.5 to most of the remaining wilderness areas in the game.As a result of the changes, objects created and left unattended fully out of sight in some wilderness regions now expire after approximately |
| Update 75.5 Release Notes | 2025-10-15 | Update 75.5 Release NotesHere are the release notes for Update 75.5, released on Wednesday, October 15th, 2025. News and Notes:This game update includes a change to the way some landscapes are loaded to make their handling more efficient.As a result of the changes, objects created and left unattended fully out of sight in some landscape regions now expire after approximately 2 minutes, such as Bigby's Guiding Hands, Dimension Door entrances, or Hirelings left guarding an area by themselves. In the case of Hirelings, the Hireling will disappear from the party but can be re-summoned if you still have their contract available.An issue has been c |
| Update 75.4 Release Notes | 2025-09-24 | Update 75.4 Release NotesHere are the release notes for Update 75.4, released on Wednesday, September 24th, 2025.News and Notes:An issue has been corrected with hireling pathing that could cause significant server performance issues if they could not path to their players.A bug has been corrected that could allow more hirelings to be summoned than intended.This update includes preparation for this year's Night Revels event, which begins on Wednesday, October 1st and runs through Tuesday, November 3rd. In addition to the returning slate of rewards this year's Night Revels includes a new version of the Night Revels cloak, hat, and robe called t |
| Update 75.3 Release Notes | 2025-09-11 | Update 75.3 Release NotesHere are the release notes for Update 75.3, released on Thursday, September 11th, 2025.News and Notes:Extensive work has been done to clean up incorrectly flagged decorative objects which were being tracked by the server and causing our garbage collection processes to back up when under heavy load conditions. These objects are mostly things like bones, flowers, bushes, and grass. Other then improving server performance these adjustments should have no impact on game play.Certain rock formations and walkable trees have had their physics simplified. These objects were found to be excessively complex and were taxing the |
| Update 75.2 Release Notes | 2025-09-03 | Update 75.2 Release NotesHere are the release notes for Update 75.2, released on Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025. News and Notes:This game update focuses on the first of several phases of game performance improvement work planned in the coming weeks.This update addresses some of the more frequent objects that impact a cleanup process known as "entity destruction", or more commonly called "garbage collection", that games like ours use to clean up no-longer-necessary information while you play. This update adjusts the system to no longer need to pay attention to these objects, thus optimizing the way the game handles decorative landscape and oth |
| Update 75.1 Release Notes | 2025-08-28 | Update 75.1 Release NotesHere are the release notes for Update 75.1, released on Thursday, August 28th, 2025. News and Notes:The Chill of Ravenloft:A frost giant rare in Lamordia no longer gets stuck in a cave.Rejecting a Dark Gift feat now has a debuff that lasts for five minutes.Various polish has taken place in the Lamordia landscape to deal with some floating objects and other issues.Typos have been corrected in NPC dialog in The Chill of Ravenloft.Viktranium Picks no longer list a minimum level of 26.All Gravekeeper armor-slot items (from Lamordia) now have 3 Lamordia Augment Slots. (Items in this category that had 4 slots no longer have |
| Update 75: The Chill of Ravenloft Release Notes | 2025-08-20 | Update 75: The Chill of Ravenloft Release NotesHere are the release notes for Update 75, The Chill of Ravenloft, released on Wednesday, August 20th, 2025. Of Special Note:Return to the Mists of Horror! The Chill of Ravenloft has been released!Step back into the haunting mists of Ravenloft in the chilling new Dungeons & Dragons Online expansion The Chill of Ravenloft. Venture to Lamordia, a land forever bound by ice and shrouded in darkness. Amidst bleak alleys, derelict factories, and grotesque laboratories, sinister secrets fester beneath the surface; mysterious disappearances, grisly murders, and ghastly experiments gone awry. Confront the |