# Dungeons & Dragons Online Update 72 Release Notes - Product: Dungeons & Dragons Online (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dungeons-dragons-online) - Vendor: Standing Stone Games - Date: 2025-02-26 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/206480/view/507321809704583738 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dungeons-dragons-online/releases/2025-02-26-update-72-release-notes 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'. --- - **added** — Dragon Disciple monk archetype is available for free from February 26th through March 25th, 2025 - **added** — Anniversary Event has returned with portal access near Gnoa Bn'for at the Phiarlan Chapterhouse through March 18th, 2025 - **added** — Champion Hunter Week runs March 5th through March 11th with Mysterious Remnants Vendor in Eberron Hall of Heroes - **added** — Free 19th Anniversary Scarf available daily through March 18th, 2025 from the Djinni in House Phiarlan and Eberron Hall of Heroes - **added** — Djinni offers +10% Discovery boost for six hours that stacks with Elixirs of Discovery during Anniversary Event - **changed** — Monk Combo System and its builders/finishers have been retired with effects moved into Monk Enhancement Trees - **changed** — Light vs. Dark Path choice for Monks no longer grants specific benefits but opens enhancement choices at Tier 3 - **changed** — Quivering Palm's DC now uses Strength if it is highest of Strength, Dexterity, or Wisdom Modifier - **changed** — Stunning Fist's DC now uses the highest of Strength, Dexterity, or Wisdom - **changed** — Unarmed Strike Feat now grants +5 Melee Power while Centered and using Handwraps for each copy of the feat - **changed** — Sun and Stars item effect updated to grant increased Melee Power and Positive Healing Amplification when activating Hand of Healing or Hand of Harm from Shintao enhancement tree - **changed** — Grandmaster of Flowers Core 4 redesigned with Disciple of Philosophy multiselector offering Light and Dark versions with different damage types and enhancements - **changed** — Action Point costs reduced across Ninja Spy, Shintao, and Henshin Mystic trees, primarily in Tier 5 - **changed** — Poisoned Darts now applies between 4 and 8 stacks of Ninja Poison with updated scaling and cooldown mechanics - **changed** — Diversion removes Critical bonus in exchange for +5 Melee and Ranged Power - **changed** — Ninja Master now grants +10% Fortification Bypass, +15 Melee and Ranged Power, and additional +10 Melee Power if Self Defense is possessed - **changed** — Ninjutsu Tier 1 replaced with new version granting +1 to Attack and Damage while Centered with antirequisite restrictions - **changed** — Subtlety now reduces Ranged Threat in addition to existing effects ##### Update 72 Release Notes Welcome to the release notes for Update 72: Balance the Scales, released on Wednesday, February 26th, 2025. ##### Of Special Note: ##### Celebrating Our 19th Anniversary! This year marks the 19th Anniversary for Dungeons & Dragons Online, and we are celebrating with special bonuses, the return of our Anniversary Event, free gifts, and more! The Anniversary Event has returned! Find the portal to the Anniversary Event next to Gnoa Bn'for near the Phiarlan Chapterhouse. The Anniversary Event runs through March 18th, 2025. We have two weeks of bonuses! Now through March 11th, get: - +19% Heroic and Epic XP - +19% Guild Renown - +19% Reaper XP - +19% Crafting XP Additionally, starting on March 5th through March 11th we'll have a Champion Hunter Week! Find the Mysterious Remnants Vendor in the Eberron Hall of Heroes. Reminder: Free access to our 64-bit Cormyr server continues through April 15th! [Read more about this server and its Lanterns in the Mists event on DDO.com](https://www.ddo.com/news/ddo-cormyr-free-access). ##### Year of the Dragon: Free Dragon Disciple! Make sure to claim your FREE Dragon Disciple monk archetype! Starting February 26th through March 25th, 2025, speak to Xatheral in the Eberron Hall of Heroes to add the class archetype to your account. Read more about the Dragon Disciple lower in the release notes. ##### Free Anniversary Gifts! Now through March 18th, 2025, speak to the Djinni in House Phiarlan to claim your free 19th Anniversary Scarf, and keep coming back for a buff! The scarf can be acquired once per day per character, and you can pick up as many scarves as many times as you wish during the Anniversary Event's run. The Djinni can also be found in the Eberron Hall of Heroes across from the guild ship access point. You may also speak with the Djinni to receive a +10% Discovery boost for six hours, which provides a +10% chance to receive named loot that stacks with Elixirs of Discovery. You can speak to the Djinni again to re-acquire this buff for as long as the Anniversary Event is active (through March 18th!) ##### News and Notes: ##### Monk Changes: - Overall Class Adjustments​ - The Monk Combo System and its builders/finishers has been retired. Many of its effects have moved into the Monk Enhancement Trees. - Monks still gain their Stances and your choice of Light vs. Dark Path. However, the Light vs. Dark Path choice no longer gives something specific on being taken, but opens up enhancement choices at Tier 3 in each Monk Enhancement Tree. - Quivering Palm's DC now uses Strength if it is highest (highest of Strength, Dexterity, or Wisdom Modifier) - Stunning Fist's DC now uses the highest of Strength, Dexterity, or Wisdom. - The Unarmed Strike Feat now grants +5 Melee Power while Centered and using Handwraps for each copy of the feat you have. - The Sun and Stars item effect now reads "When you activate Hand of Healing or Hand of Harm from the Shintao enhancement tree, you benefit from increased Melee Power and Positive Healing Amplification for a short time." - Core 4 of Grandmaster of Flowers is now: - Disciple of Philosophy: Multiselector: - Disciple of Philosophy: Light: +3% Dodge Bypass, +10 Magical Resistance Rating Cap. You gain special versions of the Stunning Blow and Stunning Fist feats, which deal 1d10 Light damage on hit that scales with 200% Melee Power. (Note: these appear as separate feats in your feat list.) You may take Monk enhancements that require Fists of Light. - Disciple of Philosophy: Dark: +3% Dodge Bypass, +10 Magical Resistance Rating Cap. You gain special versions of the Stunning Blow and Stunning Fist feats, which deal 1d10 Poison damage on hit that scales with 200% Melee Power. (Note: these appear as separate feats in your feat list.) You may take Monk enhancements that require Fists of Darkness. - Action Point costs across Ninja Spy, Shintao, and Henshin Mystic have been reduced, primarily in _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/206480/view/507321809704583738]_