Patch Notes

Minor Update - 07-09-2026

Published July 09, 2026 by Steam. This is a short summary with a link to the official post.

Source: forums.playdeadlock.com Open official post

Urn Runner sprint bonus reduced from +2m to 0 (trailing bonus reduced from +7m to +5m)

Urn Runner move speed bonus reduced from +3.5m to +2m

Urn Runner Stamina Recovery increased from +15% to +25%

Urn talking frequency increased from every 8s to every 6s

Urn talking sound distance increased (easier to hear a nearby Urn Runner)

Unstable Rift warning time reduced from 25s to 20s

Rift Troopers now have Spirit Resist (30/35/40/45%)

Rift Troopers now have Melee Resistance (25%)

Rift Troopers spawn interval increased from every 0.3s to 0.5s (spawns slightly more staggered)

Unstable Rift comeback resist aura radius increased from 20m to 35m

Rift Troopers max comeback count increased from 12 to 14

Objectives bounty split for nearby heroes reduced from 40% to 30% (this means slightly more portion of the bounty is split team wide rather than towards an individual player)

Scourge: Max Health Per Second reduced from 2.6% to 2.5%

Billy: Rising Ram T3 spirit scaling reduced from 0.035 to 0.03

Doorman: Bullet damage rescaled from 29.26 + 1.1/boon to 26 + 1.19

Doorman: Crit scaling reduced from -25% to -30%

Doorman: Hotel Guest T3 increased from 13s Cooldown on Failure to Check Out to 15s

Drifter: Bullet damage per boon reduced from +0.616 to +0.49

Drifter: Bloodscent T3 reduced from +12% to +11%

Drifter: Stalker's Mark cooldown increased from 20s to 24s

Drifter: Stalker's Mark T2 increased from -8s Cooldown to -12s

Drifter: Stalker's Mark T3 reduced from +2% Bleed to +1.5%

Graves: Jar of Dead T1 heal spirit scaling increased from 0.1 to 0.16

Graves: Jar of Dead now build up faster from neutral creeps

Graves: Grasping Hands immobilize duration reduced from 1.25s to 1s

Graves: Grasping Hands T3 cooldown increased from -10s to -14s

Graves: Essence Theft now procs from melee hits

Graves: Essence Theft T3 now also increases Max Steal Targets from 3 to 4

Graves: Borrowed Decree T1 changed from "-15s Cooldown" to "-15s Cooldown and +25% Ghoul Speed"

Graves: Borrowed Decree T2 changed from "+25% Ghoul Speed and +10s Duration" to "-0.3s Time to Spawn and +10s Duration"

Haze: Sleep Dagger T2 now also applies 15 Fixation Stacks

Haze: Sleep Dagger T2 reduced from -18s Cooldown to -17s

Holliday: Powder Keg spirits caling reduced from 1.2 to 1.05

Mirage: Fire Scarabs T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.17 to +0.13

Mirage: Dust Devil T3 spirit scaling reduced from +1 to +0.6

Mirage: Djinn's Mark cooldown reduced from 3s to 2.75

Mirage: Djinn's Mark T3 cooldown reduced from -1s Cooldown to -0.75s

Mirage: Traveler T3 increased from -70s Cooldown to -90s

Pocket: Affliction duration reduced from 11s to 10s

Shiv: Serrated Knives T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.09 to +0.07

Shiv: Slice and Dice spirit scaling reduced from 1.44 to 1.2

Shiv: Slice and Dice T2 reduced from -6% Spirit Resist to -4%

Shiv: Bloodletting cooldown increased from 20s to 25s

Shiv: Bloodletting T1 increased from -10s Cooldown to -15s

Shiv: Bloodletting Damage Cleared reduced from 35% to 30%

Shiv: Bloodletting T2 Damage Cleared increased from 35% to 40%

Shiv: Killing Blow Health Threshold reduced from 20% to 18%

Shiv: Killing Blow T3 Health Threshold increased from +8% to +10%

Silver: Lycan Curse cooldown reduced from 80s to 60s

Victor: Shocking Reanimation cooldown reduced from 275s to 240s

Viscous: Splatter T3 spirit scaling reduced from +1.0 to +0.9

Yamato: Flying Slash range reduced from 28m to 26m

Yamato: Flying Slash T3 Charge Delay increased from 3s to 4s

Yamato: Flying Slash T3 Ally Targeting now requires alt cast input