Update 22 Patch Notes

March 30, 2026
Greetings, Heroes of Holdfast!

Here is a detailed overview of the changes in our latest update-


The Chosen of the Forgotten God Event

The Chosen have emerged, bound by blood and ancient rites. Face a limited time event focused on ritual sacrifice, grim devotion, and forbidden rewards.

  • Offer Blood to an ancient god to complete the ritual and claim powerful rewards.
  • Each ritual demands a different Blood offering, challenging you to hunt, strategize, and endure.
  • The Chosen of of the Forgotten God event runs until the 30th of April 2026, 00:00 UTC.


New Faction: The Chosen

Three new Faction Heroes emerge from the abyssal depths.

  • Chosen Dreadknight
  • Chosen Mercenary
  • Chosen Brigand

Inspect this new faction through the Event Hub, capable of silencing their opponents and reflecting damage.


Ritual of Battle and Blood

  • Hunt down Wealdborne, Bandits and Dirge to collect their blood to complete rituals and be rewarded.
  • Ritual requirements change after every use.
  • A dedicated Mercy path guarantees progress toward a Chosen Hero and exclusive rewards.
  • Obtain New Trinkets exclusive to the Dreadknight, Mercenary and Brigand.


New Event Dungeon

  • Descend into the Sacred Offering event dungeon, and play as the new Chosen Faction.
  • Encounter a New Enemy, The Hellfaun.
  • Treasure Chests can be found in rooms with Hellfaun.
  • New Torch Totem, Interact with this Totem to reset Torch light in a room.


New Event Boss Variant – The Spore Queen

A new Witch of the Deep variant, Spore Queen Virella, has been added to the event dungeon.


Spore Queen Abilities

Basic Attack
  • Target 3 opponents and performs a ranged attack, with 30% chance to inflict poison.
Summon Ocular Symbiote
  • Summons an orb on a random tile. The orb heals its summoner, each turn. It will be destroyed once the Spore Queen is dead.
Summon Talon Symbiote
  • Summons a claw on a random tile. The claw performs a ranged attack with a 30% chance to inflict Poison. It will be destroyed once the Spore Queen is dead.
Scream
  • Applies Sickened to all targets for 2 turns, reducing their Poison Resistance.
Cage
  • Stuns a random target for 3 turns. While caged, the target also loses 7% of their maximum health.  
  • A caged ally can be rescued by moving next to them and performing a Kick.  

Chosen Event Shop and Rewards

  • Chosen Contracts and Event Currencies are available through the Event Shop.
  • Legendary Chosen Brigand Shards convert to standard Legendary Brigand Shards when the event ends.


Dungeon Balance Changes

  • Resolved an issue where dungeon tiers had no limit. Max tiers across all dungeon chambers have been added.
  • Forlorn Hollow max tier 9.
  • Descent of Dread max tier 19.
  • Elder Abyss max tier 29.
  • Uncharted Crypt max tier 9.

Dev Note:

This change helps ensure that the difficulty does not increase past what the recommended hero level is capable of

achieving.


Caravan & Shard Summoning Changes

  • Replaced Rate-Up Recruit Caravan with Exclusive Recruit Caravan.
  • Drop rates for recruitment and summoning have been adjusted and now have different tiers based on class.


Hero Tome Changes

  • Tomes are no longer class specific.
  • Added Assault, Tank and Support Tomes.
  • Each class will give one of three types of Tomes based on their role.
  • All owned Hero Tomes will be automatically converted to their respective Tome type based on the classes role.
  • Tomes have been removed from Dungeons.

Dev Note: It should be a lot easier to obtain tomes and ascend your desired heroes without gaining a stockpile of tomes for a hero you aren't interested in investing in.


Shop Improvements

  • Rebalanced and reorganized items featured in daily shops.
  • Added Daily Exchange Shop, exchange Militia Tomes for valuable hero summoning resources.
  • Added UI to purchase multiple items at once.


Visual Improvements

  • Mercenary 3d model has been optimized and polished.
  • Shambler animations improved for smoother combat.


Additional Changes

  • Hero Extended Ability Animations are now fully voiced.
  • Increased Brigand ability values for all subclass mastery levels.
  • Updated stat icons within subclasses.
  • Fixed an issue where the "Battle" tutorial prompt was showing up after the prologue.
  • Fixed an issue where the Backstab bonus from Paragon was not triggering Backstab for non-melee units.
  • Fixed multiple translation issues.
  • Removed promo code support for iOS due to App Store policy.
  • General bug fixes & balance changes.

Thanks for reading!
The Outerdawn Team