In-game event7 Aug 2026Update 81.1.1 Release NotesUpdate 81.1.1 Release Notes Here are the release notes for Update 81.1.1, released on Friday, August 7th, 2026. News and Notes: · Random items that recently lost their background item scaling values have gained item scaling values back, which should restore effects on those items to level-appropriate values. · The Axe crest in "For Want of a Heart" once again appears in the correct location and…
Update 81: Terror of Demogorgon Release Notes Here are the release notes for Update 81: Terror of Demogorgon, released on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026. Of Special Note: Terror of Demogorgon has arrived! Descend into the depths of the Underdark in the newest Dungeons & Dragons Online expansion. Explore Gravenhollow, an ancient Stone Giant library turned last refuge against the madness consuming th…
Update 80 Release Notes Here are the release notes for Update 80, released on Wednesday, June 17th, 2026. Of Special Note: The Underdark, a World Beneath the World The Abyss Has Come to Claim It Descend into the depths of the Underdark in the newest Dungeons & Dragons Online expansion. Explore Gravenhollow, an ancient Stone Giant library turned last refuge against the madness consuming the deep…
Update 79.1 Release Notes Here 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 ha…
Update 79.0.1 Release Notes Here are the release notes for Update 79.0.1, released on Thursday, April 16th, 2026. News and Notes: The Dragons' Hand · Legendary 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…
Update 79 Release Notes Here 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…
Spring Savings! Special sales through March 26! 30% off Astral Shards 40% off Traveler's Terrific Trunk LIMITED TIME: 50% off Select Supporter Packs - Mechanized Warrior's Coffer & Astral Traveler's Coffer The Midnight Wing Patron's Coffer has returned for a limited time! Learn more about this special bundle on DDO.com. Available through March 25th! Store More Loot! Get 30% off: Select Characte…
Update 78.1 Release Notes Here 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 pr…
Update 78.0.1 Release Notes Here 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 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…
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 an…
Update 77.2.1 Release Notes Here 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-…
Update 77.2 Release Notes Here 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 fa…
Update 77.1 Release Notes Here 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…
Update 77 Release Notes Here 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 qu…
Update 76 Release Notes Here 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 powe…
Update 75.6 Release Notes Here 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…
Update 75.5 Release Notes Here 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, s…
Update 75.4 Release Notes Here 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 prepar…
Update 75.3 Release Notes Here 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, bus…
Update 75.2 Release Notes Here 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…
Update 75.1 Release Notes Here 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 is…
Update 75: The Chill of Ravenloft Release Notes Here 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 l…
Update 74.1.2 Release Notes Here are the release notes for Update 74.1.2, released on Wednesday, July 30th, 2025. Of Special Note: · Packing and Unpacking is now restricted to the inside of the Lordsmarch Bank in The Marketplace of Eberron. If you are not focused on packing or unpacking, we strongly recommend performing normal banking activity at one of the other banking locations throughout th…
Update 74.1.1 Release Notes Here are the release notes for Update 74.1.1, released on Thursday, July 24th, 2025. News and Notes: · The Lifeshaper no longer allows a character to start a Reincarnation process that is destructive to that character's Packed data. Players should unpack their character(s) prior to reincarnation. · Guild members who experienced an issue unpacking due to a change in g…
Transfer Guidance for our 64-bit server transfers Get your questions answered here! We have now launched new 64-bit game worlds! This article will teach you what to do and how to transfer. What is Happening: Three new 64-bit game worlds are available, with two of the new worlds located in the United States and one world located in Europe. Their names are: US: · Shadowdale · Thrane EU: · Moonsea…
Update 74.1 Release Notes Here are the release notes for Update 74.1, released on Tuesday, July 15th, 2025. Of Special Note: Transfers to our 64-bit Game Worlds begin at 2:00 PM Eastern (-4 GMT) July 15th! THE LATEST (Tuesday, July 15th: Our 32-bit game worlds and Cormyr have reopened with Transfers and Packing disabled. We will have further guidance on the opening of our 64-bit game worlds and…
Update 74 Release Notes Here are the release notes for Update 74, released on Wednesday, June 18th, 2025. Of Special Note: Return to the Mists of Horror! Step back into the haunting mists of Ravenloft in the chilling new Dungeons & Dragons Online expansion. Venture to Lamordia, a land forever bound by ice and shrouded in darkness. Amidst bleak alleys, derelict factories, and grotesque laborator…
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