# Dungeon Defenders II Dungeon Defenders 2 - Hotfix 12/10/24 - Product: Dungeon Defenders II (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dungeon-defenders-ii) - Vendor: Chromatic Games - Date: 2024-12-10 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/236110/view/500558980530045726 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dungeon-defenders-ii/releases/2024-12-10-dungeon-defenders-2-hotfix-12-10-24 What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **changed** — Increased Earth/Fire/Storm/Water Counter Chip damage by 60% - **changed** — Increased Earth/Fire/Storm/Water Counter Servo damage by 75% - **changed** — Increased Elite Counter Chip damage by 102% - **changed** — Increased Elite Counter Servo damage by 100% - **changed** — Increased drop rates for Elemental Armor - **changed** — Reenabled the character swap cooldown timer with 3s cooldown in Town Hub, Private Tavern, and Combat Phases, and 0.1s timer in Build Phases - **fixed** — Fixed Owl pet not working with some support abilities - **fixed** — Fixed an issue where purchasing the Frostweaver hero would display a splash screen with incorrect text and/or imagery - **fixed** — Fixed an issue where enemies could damage players while Blizzard's Embrace is active - **fixed** — Fixed an issue where finishing Lava Caverns Survival wave 100 would mark Crystal Mines as completed and vice versa - **fixed** — Fixed an issue where ground-based portals would not disappear on Frostbound Arena - **fixed** — Fixed an issue where Polar Vortex did not stack correctly when used by multiple Frostweavers on the same enemy - **fixed** — Fixed an issue where portal warnings would not display correctly on Frostbound Arena - **fixed** — Fixed an issue where some flying enemies couldn't reach cores on Embermount Volcano - **fixed** — Fixed an issue where the Frostweaver could not use equipment with the Ghastly Halberds or Sand Path mods - **fixed** — Fixed an issue where the Grog-a-tov weapon mod didn't work on the Frostweaver - **fixed** — Fixed a typo when hovering over hero icons - **fixed** — Fixed Blizzard's Embrace buff icon - **fixed** — Fixed floating cores on Embermount Volcano - **added** — Added an auto-collect option for Ancient items ##### Balance Changes - Buffed several Elemental Rumble M.O.D.S.; - Increased Earth/Fire/Storm/Water Counter Chip damage by 60%. - Increased Earth/Fire/Storm/Water Counter Servo damage by 75%. - Increased Elite Counter Chip damage by 102%. - Increased Elite Counter Servo damage by 100%. - Increased drop rates for Elemental Armor. - Reenabled the character swap cooldown timer. Character swapping now has a 3s cooldown in Town Hub, Private Tavern, and Combat Phases, and a 0.1s timer in Build Phases. ##### Fixes - Fixed 'Owl' pet not working with some support abilities. - Fixed an issue where, when purchasing the Frostweaver hero, a splash screen displaying incorrect text and/or imagery would appear. - Fixed an issue where enemies could damage players while Blizzard's Embrace is active. - Fixed an issue where finishing Lava Caverns Survival wave 100 would mark Crystal Mines as completed and vice versa. - Fixed an issue where ground-based portals would not disappear on Frostbound Arena. - Fixed an issue where Polar Vortex did not stack correctly when used by multiple Frostweavers on the same enemy. - Fixed an issue where portal warnings would not display correctly on Frostbound Arena. - Fixed an issue where some flying enemies couldn't reach cores on Embermount Volcano. - Fixed an issue where the Frostweaver could not use equipment with the Ghastly Halberds or Sand Path mods. - Fixed an issue where the Grog-a-tov weapon mod didn't work on the Frostweaver. - Fixed a type when hovering over hero icons. - Fixed Blizzard's Embrace buff icon. - Fixed floating cores on Embermount Volcano. - Fixed Icicle Fragmentation and Flurry talent descriptions. - Fixed name of Elite Counter Servo. - Fixed pathing issues where enemies sometimes moved to unintended areas on Embermount Volcano. - Fixed players being able to equip relics on Ice Wall. - Fixed some lane billboards not working correctly on Happy Ramparts and Throne Room. - Fixed Iron Reaper swing-speed icon and empty mod. ##### QoL Changes - Added an auto-collect option for Ancient items. ##### Miscellaneous - Changed the 'Increase Critical Chance and Damage' buff icon on Frostbound Arena. - Renamed 'Restoring Ice' Frostweaver shard to 'Blizzard Resurgence'. - Snowflake Wings flair can no longer be equipped on the Frostweaver. - Shortened the lingering effect of Polar Vortex from 5s to 1s. - The [Holiday Emporium Sale](https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/236110/view/500558980530045736) is now active. For Etheria!