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An Update is a new version of the current build of a game that adds and adjusts content. Said content typically includes new or adjusted game modes, balance changes, and bug fixes. Deadlock gets updated several times a week and not all changes are recorded in patch notes. This page contains only changes what are listed on the Official Deadlock forum and some that were discovered by other sources after the fact. Update times are based on the Pacific Standard Time zone (PST) of Valve Corporation's headquarters in Bellevue, Washington.

Previous Builds[edit | edit source]

Deadlock is currently in an open alpha state running on Build 5,282 - last updated Oct. 18th 2024.

Previous Updates[edit | edit source]

This is a list of all documented updates to the current build.

Update Summary Hero Changes
November 10, 2024 Update
  • Post-lane soul sharing ratios reduced
  • Hero changes.
November 8, 2024 Update
November 7, 2024 Update
  • Added Trapper to Hero Labs.
  • Added Quickbuy.
  • General gameplay changes.
    • Troopers no longer change soul sharing rules after laning phase ends (meaning 2 heroes don't split souls)
    • Hero Kill gold increased from 150->1400 to 175->2000 (0 min to 45 min)
    • Guardians will now focus their attack on enemy players if an enemy player shoots a hero and the enemy player is within 15m of the Guardian
  • Map changes.
    • Moved 8 neutral camps (4 on each side) from outside the outer lanes behind the Walkers to in between inner and outer lanes
    • Added Cosmic Veils to the ground floor entrances to Mid that grant vision looking in but block vision looking out
    • Redesigned warehouse interior
    • Various changes to stairs and roof props
  • Item changes.
    • Removed Soul Rebirth
  • Hero changes.
November 1, 2024 Update
October 27, 2024 Update
  • Urn net worth lead requirement increased from 8% to 10%
  • Majestic Leap: Cooldown reduced from 45s to 40s
  • Hero changes.
October 24, 2024 Update
  • Added Hero Lab mode with 6 new heroes (Holliday, Calico, Wrecker, Fathom, Viper and Magician).
  • Added Commends.
  • General gameplay changes.
    • AP no longer granted for Walkers, AP/Souls no longer granted for Shrines and Patron (redestributed along soul reward line)
    • Urn comeback properties now at 8% net work lead, drop-off location now variable based on team ahead being closer to losing team side.
    • Guardian resist vs troopers scales from 60% to -35% at 8 minutes.
    • Guardians resist vs players scales from 40% to -35% at 8 minutes.
    • Walkers not have resist vs troopers and players scales from 60% to -30% at 14 minutes.
  • Map changes.
    • Redesigned stairs from central canal to the outer lanes (near Urn spawn).
    • Connection hallways behind the Chapel and Firehouse now has an option to continue inside to the Walker arena, with added a Bounce Pad and Neutral camps moved from the ground floor to the upper floor.
    • Redesigned traversal from ground floor to upper floor of the Garage and Night Club to get to the Sinner's Sacrifice neutrals.
  • Item changes.
  • Hero changes.
October 18, 2024 Update
  • Ranked Matchmaking Update:
    • Adjusted the matchmaking schedule to not be split across many different hours throughout the day, primarily to help address queue times. There will now be a wider continuous, but more concentrated, set of hours that it is enabled in. The schedule is now more simplified as well, as there is no more user selection component.
    • Ranked now has weekend specific hours (starts 5 hours earlier)
    • Fixed some regions (South America, Oceania, Asia) that were off by 1-2 hours from their intended times
October 15, 2024 Update
  • Urn now reveals you after 20s from initial pickup
  • Urn sprint changed from +3/5 for winning/losing team to +2/6
  • First flex slot is now granted after 3 Guardians die instead of 4
  • Base kill bounty reduced from 225 to 150 (still scales to 1400 over time)
  • Respawn time at 20 minutes reduced from 45s to 40s
  • T3 Golden Statues spawn time moved from 25 min to 30 min
  • Range to attack lane Guardians increased from 19m to 20m
  • Hero changes.
October 11, 2024 Update
  • Pause no longer restricted before 3 minutes (we plan to bring this back in the future, but we want to allow this for now while we are early and have technical issues sometimes)
  • Torment Pulse now scales with cooldown again
  • Torment Pulse power scaling reduced from 0.33 to 0.3
  • Fixed Ethereal Shift scaling with duration
  • Hero changes.
October 10, 2024 Update
  • Added Ranked mode.
  • Added 3rd casting mode, Quick Cast.
  • Added input buffering.
  • General gameplay changes.
    • Players need to be above the ramp to attack Lane Guardian.
    • Medium camp spawn times changed to 5 minute mark.
    • Hard camp spawn times, teleporters and trooper bounty ltime changed to 8 minute mark.
    • Urn causes runner to be revealed on minimap, heavy melee makes it drop, bouty increaesd by 15%.
  • Map changes.
    • Moved teleporters to travel between outer lane Walker.
    • Moved Guardians back slightly futher from stairs.
    • Added upper level connection through the Subway Entrance Building.
  • Item changes.
  • Hero changes.
October 7, 2024 Update
October 2, 2024 Update
  • Respawn time at 20min reduced from 50s to 45s (was 40s previous patch)
  • Zipline Boost cooldown reduced from 340s (5.6min) to 280s (4.6min)
  • Fixed certain player name lengths not being reportable
  • Ivy, Mirage, Pocket changes.
September 29, 2024 Update
  • Outer ziplines hero speed increased by 20% relative to inner lanes. (same as troopers on outer lanes zipline being faster)
  • Initial respawn reduced from 12s to 8s.
  • Urn now drops when teleporting with Mirage's Traveler
  • Fixed Wraith Cards, Shiv Rage and lifesteal from increasing by shooting the shop.
September 27, 2024 Update
September 26, 2024 Update
  • New hero: Mirage.
  • Added an initial anti-cheat to the game.
  • Added custom matches and private lobbies enhancements.
  • General gameplay changes.
    • Lane setup now always 1-2-2-1
  • Map changes.
    • Side lanes farther from Middle lanes
    • Added connection from canal near the urn platforms through the Radio Station and Apartment buildings
    • Reworked interior corridors of Fish Market/Nursery
    • Redesigned outer lane path from Walker to Guardian on Amber Yellow and Sapphire Purple
  • Item changes.
  • Hero changes.
September 19, 2024 Update
  • Replaced the recent soul duplication hotfix with new solution.
  • Private lobbies can now assign players to duo and solo lanes.
  • Fixed Vindicta's Flight bugs.
  • Nerf to Veil Walker.
September 17, 2024 Update
  • Fix for a Soul sharing exploit across multiple lanes.
  • Fixed troopers sometimes not dying after doing their death flash state.
  • Fixed Unstoppable state not preventing fire rate reductions.
  • Fixed Grey Talon's Charge Shot and Vindicta's Assassinate cameras not working properly.
September 14, 2024 Update
September 12, 2024 Update
  • Matchmaking Open 24/7.
  • New Minimap and Hero icons.
  • New behavior system.
  • Changed Orange Lane to Green Lane
  • General gameplay changes.
    • Flex Slot moved from "First Walker" to "Two Walkers"
    • All ability and item cooldowns increased by 6% globally
  • Map changes.
    • Changes to cover and connections at Inner Lane.
    • Changes to walkway and added juke closets in Base.
    • Removed exterior ropes and replaced interior stairway with ropes.
  • Item changes.
  • Hero changes.
September 01, 2024 Update
August 29, 2024 Update
  • Added Profile Page.
  • Added Wall Jumping & Ropes.
  • General gameplay changes.
    • Moved a flex slot from "Set of enemy Base Guardians" to "All Enemy Lane Guardians"
    • Guardians no longer give 1 AP, now at Soul levels: 3500, 5200, 8000, 9700
  • Map changes.
    • Buildings made taller and shorter to allow rooftop access.
    • Teleporters moved. (and closed for the first 10 minutes)
  • Item changes.
  • New Item: Headhunter.
  • Hero changes.
August 23, 2024 Update
  • Deadlock is announced and restriction on sharing game footage is lifted.
August 22, 2024 Update
  • Ivy: Air Drop now silences the ally being carried until they are released,
  • Shiv: Bloodletting incoming damage deferred reduced from 40% to 35%.
August 18, 2024 Update
August 16, 2024 Update
August 15, 2024 Update
August 6, 2024 Update
  • General gameplay changes and fixes.
  • Viscous changes and fixes.
August 1, 2024 Update
  • New Hero: Viscous.
  • Hero Builds System rework.
  • Added Oceania matchmaking region.
  • General gameplay changes.
    • Minimum hero roster requirement from 4 to 3
  • Map changes.
  • Item changes.
  • Hero changes.
July 23, 2024 Update
  • General fixes
  • Changes to Mid Boss
July 18, 2024 Update
  • General gameplay changes.
  • Map changes.
    • Reworked mid temple area and upper area's drop down entrances to the pit.
  • Item changes.
  • Hero changes.
July 11, 2024 Update
  • Reworked Weakened Patron to low terrain pit.
  • General gameplay changes.
  • Map changes.
  • Item changes.
  • Hero changes.
July 4, 2024 Update
  • Added Asia and South America matchmaking region.
  • Reworked top bar HUD.
  • Added damage report feature, shows incoming and outgoing damage.
  • General gameplay changes.
  • Map changes.
  • Item changes.
  • Hero changes.
June 27, 2024 Update
  • Added hero based mmr system.
  • General gameplay changes.
  • Map changes.
  • Item changes.
  • Hero changes.
June 23, 2024 Update
June 20, 2024 Update
June 16, 2024 Update
  • Carrying the Soul Urn no longer causes your hero to be revealed to enemies.
June 14, 2024 Update
  • This update reverts the communication changes from yesterday.
June 13, 2024 Update
  • Voice/Text chat is now opt-in, with a prompt pre-match for joining the chat.
  • General gameplay changes.
    • Rejuvinator is no longer area pickup, requires heavy melee.
  • Map changes.
    • Added two new underground tunnels.
    • Added two new teleporters.
  • Item changes.
  • Hero changes.
June 7, 2024 Update
  • Rejuv buff to candle troopers reduced from +100% HP to +50%.
  • Fixed rejuv buff applying to objectives.
  • Fixed various performance related issues.
June 6, 2024 Update
  • Added Match History link.
  • General gameplay changes.
  • Item changes.
  • Hero changes.
June 1, 2024 Update
May 30, 2024 Update
  • Reworked Watch tab.
  • Added temporary matchmaking ban for leaving games.
  • General gameplay changes.
  • Item changes.
  • Hero changes.
May 24, 2024 Update
May 23, 2024 Update
  • Added in-game custom item build support.
  • General gameplay changes.
  • Map changes.
  • Item changes.
  • Hero changes.
May 19, 2024 Update
May 16, 2024 Update
  • General gameplay changes.
  • Map changes.
  • Item changes.
  • Hero changes.
May 13, 2024 Update
  • Added matchmaking, match no longer starts when 12 players in queue.
  • Parties of too high skill gap will have pop-up warning.
  • Fixed a bug when combining shields and resistance.
  • Nerf to Alchemical Fire.
May 10, 2024 Update
  • General gameplay changes.
  • Item changes.
  • Hero changes.
May 3, 2024 Update
  • Added Recommend a Friend button.
  • Added Resources page with browsable item shop.
  • General gameplay changes.
  • Hero changes.