Patch 6/23/26

Greetings Defenders,

Today’s update changes the Map of the Week. We wanted to give you guys another week to farm Lil Bombers. The emerald Barron will be a rare drop from the Promenade challenge next week.

New Map of the Week

This week's Map of the Week is Castle Armory. Completing the map of the week in each mode awards the following.

Campaign

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

Survival

Must be completed with the Rifted Mode difficulty modifier enabled.

Nightmare Difficulty Rewards

Fused Ancient Armor Fused Katana Lil Bomber

Massacre Difficulty Rewards

Arcanist Chest Piece Lil Bomber (all variants can drop) Fused Harold

Mixed Mode

Must be completed with the Rifted Mode difficulty modifier enabled.

Nightmare Difficulty Rewards

Fused Ancient Armor Fused Katana Lil Bomber

Massacre Difficulty Rewards

Arcanist Chest Piece Little Wizard Emerald Barron

Special Pet: Emerald Barron

Deals Poison damage. Has stats similar to a Golden Lil Bomber, while retaining the range values of a regular Lil Bomber. Projectiles have 10% more explosion radius than a standard Lil Bomber. Grants 10% movement speed. Fires emerald rockets. Will become a rare drop from the Promenade Challenge during the next Map of the Week rotation.

Pure Strategy

Must be completed with the Rifted Mode difficulty modifier enabled.

Nightmare Difficulty Rewards

Flops A Lot Squire Guardian Fused Ancient Armor

Massacre Difficulty Rewards

Flops A Lot Summoner Action Figure Fused King's Face

Loot Update

The Keep and The Forsaken Temple no longer drops double arcanist pieces.

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

Happy Defending!