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6 October 2026

Areas

23 changes in this update

Co-op

Runes

Rime - New Mage rune. Grants an ice shield that absorbs up to 4 damage from each hit, with 32 capacity per rune. Replenishes every 8 seconds, whether depleted or not. Absorbing a hit briefly freezes the attacker; damage over time bypasses the shield. Multiple instances of this Rune increase the capacity, not the absorb.
This rune should provide the Mage with a good source of mitigation against many small hits, but has a minor contribution vs large hits.

Awakened Runes

Overcharge - New Storm Cage awakened rune. Your other damage inside the cage charges its final thunderstrike, granting up to 400% more damage.
Faultline - New Storm Cage awakened rune. Turns the cage into a lightning corridor with stronger discharges and twice the stun duration.
Loaded Dice - New awakened rune for Conduit of Calamity's Arcane Roulette. Each spell has a 50% chance to cast another random spell. That spell can do it again. And again.

Achievements

Runes

Fortitude - Mage armour bonus increased from 20 to 30, matching Warrior.
Celerity - Mage movement speed increased from 6% to 10%, matching Warrior.
Escape - Mage movement cooldown recovery increased from 12% to 25% per rune. Warrior stays at 12%.

Loot

Round rewards - Rounds now drop more equippable items as you progress. Previously, only item rarity increased.

Weapons

Reaping Turn - Damage reduced by 12.5%. Knockback distance and stun duration reduced by 50%.
Weapon critical strikes - Gravecall's axe and falling skull, and Bloodwake's slash and wave, now roll critical strikes independently. This means that both those Weapons can now trigger Conduit of Calamity twice as often.

Items

Cloudweave Robe - Maximum life increased from 15 to 25; life regeneration increased from 1.2 to 2 per second.
Quicksilver Wraps - Movement speed increased from 12% to 20%.

Gameplay

Round recovery - Clearing a round now restores full life. This is mostly just a presentation change, since previously you would be fully healed at the start of a new round anyway.

Interface

Co-op UI/UX - Many improvements:
Co-op menu - Redesigned the party panel, with Steam avatars, clearer player slots and invitations.
Party HUD - Your teammate's life and status now sit at the top left.
Preparation - Redesigned the co-op preparation panel.
Localization - Co-op menus, player statuses and chat announcements now support English, Portuguese, French and Russian.
Rimefang Wand - Its description now explicitly says that hits Chill and critical strikes Freeze. Just a clearer description; no gameplay changes.

Loot displacement - Fixed a bug where loot could occasionally not drop at the center of the arena.

Mage Runes, Loot & Co-op Chat