# Deadlock Minor Update - 07-09-2026

- Product: Deadlock (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/deadlock)
- Vendor: Valve
- Date: 2026-07-09
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1422450/view/688635449342696590
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/deadlock/releases/2026-07-09-minor-update-07-09-2026

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- **changed** — Urn Runner sprint bonus reduced from +2m to 0 and trailing bonus reduced from +7m to +5m
- **changed** — Urn Runner move speed bonus reduced from +3.5m to +2m
- **changed** — Urn Runner Stamina Recovery increased from +15% to +25%
- **changed** — Urn talking frequency increased from every 8s to every 6s
- **changed** — Urn talking sound distance increased
- **changed** — Unstable Rift warning time reduced from 25s to 20s
- **changed** — Rift Troopers now have Spirit Resist at 30/35/40/45%
- **changed** — Rift Troopers now have Melee Resistance at 25%
- **changed** — Rift Troopers spawn interval increased from every 0.3s to 0.5s
- **changed** — Unstable Rift comeback resist aura radius increased from 20m to 35m
- **changed** — Rift Troopers max comeback count increased from 12 to 14
- **changed** — Objectives bounty split for nearby heroes reduced from 40% to 30%
- **changed** — Scourge Max Health Per Second reduced from 2.6% to 2.5%
- **changed** — Billy Rising Ram T3 spirit scaling reduced from 0.035 to 0.03
- **changed** — Doorman Bullet damage rescaled from 29.26 + 1.1/boon to 26 + 1.19
- **changed** — Doorman Crit scaling reduced from -25% to -30%
- **changed** — Doorman Hotel Guest T3 cooldown increased from 13s to 15s on Failure to Check Out
- **changed** — Drifter Bullet damage per boon reduced from +0.616 to +0.49
- **changed** — Drifter Bloodscent T3 reduced from +12% to +11%
- **changed** — Drifter Stalker's Mark cooldown increased from 20s to 24s

- 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 spirit scaling 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