Update Jul 9, 2026
Updated · Patch Nov 4, 2026
At a glance
Official patch notes
What Valve says
General
- Urn Runner sprint bonus reduced from +2m to 0 (trailing bonus reduced from +7m to +5m)+2m → 0
- Urn Runner move speed bonus reduced from +3.5m to +2m+3.5m → +2m
- Urn Runner Stamina Recovery increased from +15% to +25%+15% → +25%
- Urn talking frequency increased from every 8s to every 6severy 8s → every 6s
- Urn talking sound distance increased (easier to hear a nearby Urn Runner)
- Unstable Rift warning time reduced from 25s to 20s25s → 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)every 0.3s → 0.5s
- Unstable Rift comeback resist aura radius increased from 20m to 35m20m → 35m
- Rift Troopers max comeback count increased from 12 to 1412 → 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)40% → 30%
13 heroes
Heroes
- Rising Ram T3 spirit scaling reduced from 0.035 to 0.030.035 → 0.03
- Bullet damage rescaled from 29.26 + 1.1/boon to 26 + 1.1929.26 + 1.1/boon → 26 + 1.19
- Crit scaling reduced from -25% to -30%-25% → -30%
- Hotel Guest T3 increased from 13s Cooldown on Failure to Check Out to 15s13s Cooldown on Failure → Check Out to 15s
- Bullet damage per boon reduced from +0.616 to +0.49+0.616 → +0.49
- Bloodscent T3 reduced from +12% to +11%+12% → +11%
- Stalker's Mark cooldown increased from 20s to 24s20s → 24s
- Stalker's Mark T2 increased from -8s Cooldown to -12s-8s Cooldown → -12s
- Stalker's Mark T3 reduced from +2% Bleed to +1.5%+2% Bleed → +1.5%
- Jar of Dead T1 heal spirit scaling increased from 0.1 to 0.160.1 → 0.16
- Jar of Dead now build up faster from neutral creeps
- Grasping Hands immobilize duration reduced from 1.25s to 1s1.25s → 1s
- Grasping Hands T3 cooldown increased from -10s to -14s-10s → -14s
- Essence Theft now procs from melee hits
- Essence Theft T3 now also increases Max Steal Targets from 3 to 4
- Borrowed Decree T1 changed from "-15s Cooldown" to "-15s Cooldown and +25% Ghoul Speed"-15s Cooldown → -15s Cooldown and +25% Ghoul Speed
- Borrowed Decree T2 changed from "+25% Ghoul Speed and +10s Duration" to "-0.3s Time to Spawn and +10s Duration"+25% Ghoul Speed and +10s Duration → -0.3s Time to Spawn and +10s Duration
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- Sleep Dagger T2 now also applies 15 Fixation Stacks
- Sleep Dagger T2 reduced from -18s Cooldown to -17s-18s Cooldown → -17s
- Powder Keg spirit scaling reduced from 1.2 to 1.051.2 → 1.05
- Fire Scarabs T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.17 to +0.13+0.17 → +0.13
- Dust Devil T3 spirit scaling reduced from +1 to +0.6+1 → +0.6
- Djinn's Mark cooldown reduced from 3s to 2.753s → 2.75
- Djinn's Mark T3 cooldown reduced from -1s Cooldown to -0.75s-1s Cooldown → -0.75s
- Traveler T3 increased from -70s Cooldown to -90s-70s Cooldown → -90s
- Affliction duration reduced from 11s to 10s11s → 10s
- Serrated Knives T3 spirit scaling reduced from +0.09 to +0.07+0.09 → +0.07
- Slice and Dice spirit scaling reduced from 1.44 to 1.21.44 → 1.2
- Slice and Dice T2 reduced from -6% Spirit Resist to -4%-6% Spirit Resist → -4%
- Bloodletting cooldown increased from 20s to 25s20s → 25s
- Bloodletting T1 increased from -10s Cooldown to -15s-10s Cooldown → -15s
- Bloodletting Damage Cleared reduced from 35% to 30%35% → 30%
- Bloodletting T2 Damage Cleared increased from 35% to 40%35% → 40%
- Killing Blow Health Threshold reduced from 20% to 18%20% → 18%
- Killing Blow T3 Health Threshold increased from +8% to +10%+8% → +10%
- Lycan Curse cooldown reduced from 80s to 60s80s → 60s
- Shocking Reanimation cooldown reduced from 275s to 240s275s → 240s
- Splatter T3 spirit scaling reduced from +1.0 to +0.9+1.0 → +0.9
- Flying Slash range reduced from 28m to 26m28m → 26m
- Flying Slash T3 Charge Delay increased from 3s to 4s3s → 4s
- Flying Slash T3 Ally Targeting now requires alt cast input
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Items
- Max Health Per Second reduced from 2.6% to 2.5%2.6% → 2.5%













