Dungeon Defenders

Patch 10.9.0 - Retro Mecha EV

Chromatic Games

Hello Defenders. Over the next 4 weeks, we'll be releasing 3 more anime skins in the following order, starting with E.V. on this patch. Guardian, Warden and Summoner.

New Content

Retro Mecha EV

A new E.V. skin arrives in Etheria

The skin DLC is available now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5225960/Dungeon_Defenders__Retro_Mecha_EV_Skin/

Balance Changes

  • Made TBR Ruthless have a forced blocking percentage value of 56%
  • Made TBR Nightmare have a forced blocking percentage value of 67%
  • Ship no longer shoots fire during build phase on Return to Sky City
  • Goblin Turrets no longer shoot rockets during build phase on Return to Sky City
  • Darkness trap weakens blinded enemies, from -5% to -20% damage, scalling with your tower damage stat
  • Made Valentine's Citadel cupid not have a -0.11 aiming offset. Should make them go less under reflect beams

General Changes

  • Manatee pet equip sound and hit sound
  • Tower tooltip now shows damage dealt
  • Mage minion tooltip shows heal stats + heal radius indicator ring
  • Made Pirate Mana Tokens stackable
  • Reflect walls count projectiles reflected on tower tooltip
  • Run counter: wins, losses and restarts per map and mode (incl. MOTW) on Player Stats, saved to UDKRunCounter.ini
  • CDT setting in-game Options: Survival starting wave selector (0-32 arrows) for the saved start wave setting. 0 disables the setting
  • Enrage aura: frenzy smoke/icon effect on enraged enemies and a contagion streak, replaces the old ? pawn effect

Bug Fixes

  • Made divine judgement only be able to spawn two on hit procs
  • You can no longer kill the bosses inside the airship with dealing damage to the gem on Return to Sky City
  • Moved the logic of the 1.85 ev skin unlock
  • Made new heroes unlock the needed costumes on CD (Hermit, Gunwitch, Warden and Guardian)
  • Removed trigger to swap reward setting on CD map 4 if you're on Crystalline Dimension
  • Changed map name for Ultimate Old One and Great Old One true boss rush
  • Fixed Proton Charge Beam not resetting cooldown on phase changes
  • Game setup keeps a manually picked survival start wave when closing the UI while in tavern
  • Disabled broken in-game voice chat

This announcement was originally published by Chromatic Games on Steam on Sep 14, 2026.

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