# Dungeons & Dragons Online Update 80 Release Notes - Product: Dungeons & Dragons Online (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dungeons-dragons-online) - Vendor: Standing Stone Games - Date: 2026-06-17 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/206480/view/678501715215911358 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dungeons-dragons-online/releases/2026-06-17-update-80-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** — Add Duergar playable race with unique enhancement trees and past lives - **added** — Add Mindcleaver Iconic class for Duergar that conjures Mindcleaver axes - **added** — Add Underdark expansion area featuring Gravenhollow, Mantol-Derith, and Menzoberranzen - **added** — Add thirteen new dungeons across CR 11 Heroic and CR 37 Legendary difficulties - **added** — Add new raid encounter against Demon Lords including Demogorgon, Baphomet, Yeenoghu, Graz'zt, and Zuggtmoy - **added** — Add Cosmetic Teleportation system allowing players to toggle different teleportation animations via a Feat - **changed** — Raise level cap to 36 - **changed** — Adjust Dwarf race Tier 3 enhancement to contain Multiselector for Favored Enemy: Vermin, Giant, or Monstrous Humanoid - **changed** — Reduce Child of the Mountain to 1 Action Point per rank - **changed** — Reduce Stand Like Stone movement speed penalty from 50% to 20% - **changed** — Change Hands of Stone to use Stun DCs instead of Transmutation with base DC starting at 14 - **changed** — Add +1 Competence Bonus to Critical Threat Range with Dwarven Waraxes to Dwarven Axe Training 4 - **changed** — Add +1 Competence Bonus to Critical Threat Range with Warhammers and Heavy Picks to Dwarven Pick & Hammer Training 4 - **changed** — Make Teleport spells standing inductions with 2.5 second duration that can be interrupted by movement and can no longer be Quickened - **changed** — Set all teleportation items and expansion teleportation items to 20 second cooldown - **changed** — Move Use Magic Device checks on scrolls much earlier in the animation cycle - **changed** — Increase spell DC values on random loot, crafted loot, and named loot to boost DC caster progression, with larger increases after level 30 ##### Update 80 Release Notes Here are the release notes for Update 80, released on Wednesday, June 17th, 2026. ##### Of Special Note: ##### The Underdark, a World Beneath the World ##### The Abyss Has Come to Claim It Descend into the depths of the Underdark in the newest Dungeons & Dragons Online expansion. Explore Gravenhollow, an ancient Stone Giant library turned last refuge against the madness consuming the deep. Demon Lords roam freely, spreading ruin and insanity wherever they go, and the factions that once held this realm together are tearing each other apart. Rally unlikely allies and gather the components for a desperate ritual to banish the fiends. Confront Demogorgon himself before his rampage tears the world apart from below! Harness the resilience of the new Duergar race, brave thirteen deadly dungeons and a brutal new raid as you face the dark beneath the surface. Pre-purchase Terror of Demogorgon now to gain immediate access to the Duergar race, the Mindcleaver Iconic, and exclusive cosmetics! **[Get more information about Terror of Demogorgon here!](https://www.ddo.com/terror-of-demogorgon)** ##### Key Features - **Forge Your Path as a Duergar** - Unlock the all-new Duergar playable race! Born in the sunless caverns beneath the world, the Duergar are as tough and unyielding as the stone around them. Play as the Mindcleaver Iconic and conjure devastating Mindcleaver axes that shatter the will of your enemies on every strike. - **Explore the Underdark's Hidden Caverns** - Navigate sprawling grottos, fungal forests, and ancient ruins across the Underdark. Broker uneasy truces in the madness-stricken trading post of Mantol-Derith. Infiltrate the Drow city of Menzoberranzen to pull off a daring heist inside the wizard tower of Sorcere. Every shadow hides danger and discovery. - **Face the Demon Lords** - Battle legendary fiends ripped straight from the Abyss. Survive encounters with Baphomet, Yeenoghu, Graz'zt, Zuggtmoy, and the two-headed terror himself: Demogorgon. The Demon Lords have brought madness to the Underdark, and only you can send them back. - **Level Cap Raised to 36** - The Demon Lords won't fall to the unprepared. Push your characters to new heights of power to match the horrors waiting in the dark. - **Thirteen Dungeons and a Thrilling Raid** - Take on a gauntlet of new adventures across CR 11 Heroic and CR 37 Legendary quests as you hunt down the components to banish the Demon Lords back to the Abyss. Will your party survive what waits below? - **Get More with Collector's or Ultimate Fan Bundles** - Instantly unlock powerful items, sinister cosmetics, and exclusive bonuses with the Collector's or Ultimate Fan Bundles. Choose your edition and plunge into the Terror of Demogorgon! Once purchased, you can claim your in-game items by speaking with a Dragonborn NPC named Naarell, who is located in the Eberron Hall of Heroes and in Eveningstar in the Forgotten Realms near the burned temple. You may speak with Naarell at any time to claim your items. ##### News and Notes: ##### Duergar and Iconic Duergar Mindcleaver: - We have created an article on DDO.com that delves into the enhancement trees, Past Lives and more for both the Duergar and Iconic Duergar Mindcleaver. [Find our guide on DDO.com.](https://www.ddo.com/guides/ddo-the-duergar) - Dwarf Race Adjustments: In conjunction with the new Duergar, we're also making the following changes to the base Dwarf's tree: - Tier 3: The hole here now contains Multiselector: Favored Enemy: Vermin / Giant / Monstrous Humanoid. - Child of the Mountain is now 1 Action Point per rank. - The movement speed penalty on Stand Like Stone is now 20% (was 50%). - Hands of Stone now uses Stun DCs instead of Transmutation. - The base DC of Hands of Stone now starts at 14 (was 10). - Dwarven Axe Training 4 now also adds a +1 Competence Bonus to Critical Threat Range with Dwarven Waraxes. - Dwarven Pick & Hammer Training 4 now also adds a +1 Comp _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/206480/view/678501715215911358]_