# Dota 2 Dota 2 Update - 3/19/2025

- Product: Dota 2 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dota-2)
- Vendor: Valve
- Date: 2025-03-19
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/570/view/537722458840499889
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dota-2/releases/2025-03-19-dota-2-update-3-19-2025

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- **changed** — Immortal Draft threshold increased from 6500 MMR to 8500 MMR for guaranteed Immortal Draft games
- **changed** — Immortal Draft games no longer show up in public match history and replay access is restricted to game participants
- **added** — Players above 8500 MMR are now required to register an official name to queue for ranked, which cannot be changed and will be displayed during Immortal Draft pre-game player draft phase
- **changed** — Players above 8500 MMR guaranteed to play Immortal Draft games may not queue for ranked as a party
- **changed** — MMR gain and loss in Immortal Draft games now takes into consideration possible outcomes based on player draft choices

**Immortal Draft Changes:**

-  Immortal Draft rules will now be used if any player is above 8500 MMR (roughly the top 0.5% of players). (Previously, the cutoff was 6500 MMR, roughly the top 1.5% of players.)

-  Immortal Draft games do not show up in public match history. Replay access is restricted to game participants, and these games are not listed in Web APIs.

-  Players who are above 8500 MMR (the top 0.5% of players) are now required to register an official name to queue for ranked. This name cannot be changed and will be displayed during the pre-game player draft phase of Immortal Draft games. Approximately half of players at this rank already have an official name registered.

-  Players above 8500 MMR who are guaranteed to play an Immortal Draft game may not queue for ranked as a party. Unranked is unchanged.

-  Changed the way MMR gain/loss works in Immortal Draft games to better take into consideration the possible outcomes based on player draft choices.

**In summary:**

-  If your MMR is 8500+, all of your ranked games will be Immortal Draft. All matches will be private. You're required have an official name registered. You cannot queue for ranked matches as a member of a party. Unranked is unchanged.

-  If your MMR is 6500+, your ranked games will only be Immortal Draft if matched with a player above 8500 MMR. Otherwise you'll play using standard ranked match rules. Unranked is unchanged.