Deadlock patches and news
Official changelogs and announcements from Valve, updated automatically.
·Steam
Listen up, Crumbums! Your King is here.
Out of the sewers and into the streets, the rightful King of the Rats is here at last. Rodent-hating citizens of Manhattan won't be prepared to see his Scrap Grenade bouncing down Broadway, nor for his Swarm of Rats biting at their heels. By donning his Royal Pestments , the Rat…
·Official forumPatch
09-29-2026
Deadlock - City Never Sleeps - Steam News The Cursed Apple is ever changing, and these streets are nothing like you remember. store.steampowered.com
·Steam
City Never Sleeps
The Cursed Apple is ever changing, and these streets are nothing like you remember. A massive visual update to the map and neutrals, six new heroes, HUD updates, numerous quality-of-life additions, accessibility options, and more. Check out everything that's new at: We also…
·Official forumPatch
09-16-2026 Update
Deadlock - Minor Update - 09-16-2026 - Steam News [ General ] - Unstable Rift comeback resist max values now scale over the course of the game. Previously the max values were 35%. Now it is 10% + 1% per minute (around ~20% for the first one), with an upper limit of 40% at 30…
·Official forumPatch
08-22-2026 Update
Deadlock - Minor Update - 08-22-2026 - Steam News - Radiant Regeneration: Heal on cast reduced from 70 to 65 - Restorative Locket: Spirit Resistance reduced from 10% to 8% - Celeste: Dazzling Trick cooldown increased from 32s to 34s - Celeste: Dazzling Trick T2 barrier rescaled…
·Official forumPatch
08-12-2026 Update
Deadlock - Minor Update - 08-12-2026 - Steam News - Apollo: Riposte melee resist reduction increased from -22% to -25% - Apollo: Riposte T2 changed from "-30% Melee Resist" to "-25% Melee Resist and +0.4s Stun Duration" - Apollo: Riposte T3 increased from 60% Lifesteal for 7s to…
·SteamPatch
Minor Update - 09-16-2026
\[ General ] - Unstable Rift comeback resist max values now scale over the course of the game. Previously the max values were 35%. Now it is 10% + 1% per minute (around ~20% for the first one), with an upper limit of 40% at 30 minutes. - Removed a fixed amount of extra bonus…
·SteamPatch
Minor Update - 08-22-2026
- Radiant Regeneration: Heal on cast reduced from 70 to 65 - Restorative Locket: Spirit Resistance reduced from 10% to 8% - Celeste: Dazzling Trick cooldown increased from 32s to 34s - Celeste: Dazzling Trick T2 barrier rescaled from "+80 and +0.7 scaling" to "+70 and +0.76" -…
·SteamPatch
Minor Update - 08-12-2026
- Apollo: Riposte melee resist reduction increased from -22% to -25% - Apollo: Riposte T2 changed from "-30% Melee Resist" to "-25% Melee Resist and +0.4s Stun Duration" - Apollo: Riposte T3 increased from 60% Lifesteal for 7s to 75% Lifesteal for 13s - Apollo: Fixed Itani Lo…
·SteamPatch
Matchmaking Update
This update includes a revamp to how the matchmaking system works, as well as the introduction of a new matchmaking mode. You can now choose to play in Standard Mode (unranked), or the new Ranked Mode introduced in this update. STANDARD MODE Standard mode provides a lower-stakes…
·Official forumPatch
06-30-2026 Update
Deadlock - Minor Update - 06-30-2026 - Steam News [ Urn / King of the Hill ] - King of the Hill objective has been rethemed and renamed to "Unstable Rift" - Unstable Rift no longer requires an Urn delivery to trigger the start of the event. It now has a variable start time of…
·SteamPatch
Minor Update - 07-28-2026
\[ General ] - Stamina bucket 3 heroes (slowest) have their ground dash time increased from 0.7s to 0.72s and air dash time from 0.49s to 0.51s - The Orb Spawners in base that give 10 souls on hit now split to nearby players on expire - Fixed the party member / team mate audio…
·SteamPatch
Minor Update - 07-09-2026
- Urn Runner sprint bonus reduced from +2m to 0 (trailing bonus reduced from +7m to +5m) - Urn Runner move speed bonus reduced from +3.5m to +2m - Urn Runner Stamina Recovery increased from +15% to +25% - Urn talking frequency increased from every 8s to every 6s - Urn talking…
·SteamPatch
Minor Update - 07-01-2026
- Shiv: Alt Fire ammo cost reduced from 5 to 4 - Shiv: Weapon now has fixed pellet spread - Shiv: Slice and Dice is now back to doing spirit damage and reducing Spirit Resistance from enemies - Shiv: Slice and Dice damage increased from 60 to 75 - Shiv: Killing Blow T3 reduced…
·SteamPatch
Minor Update - 06-30-2026
\[ Urn / King of the Hill ] - King of the Hill objective has been rethemed and renamed to "Unstable Rift" - Unstable Rift no longer requires an Urn delivery to trigger the start of the event. It now has a variable start time of +/- 1 minute. There is a global announcement 25s…
·Official forumPatch
05-22-2026 Update
Deadlock - Gameplay Update - 05-22-2026 - Steam News [ General ] - Base HP reduced by 10 for all heroes - HP per boon reduced by 3 - Guardians scaling resistance from +75%->-50% over 12 minutes to +50%->-50% (takes more damage early) - Medium neutrals initial spawn time…
·Official forumPatch
04-30-2026 Update
Deadlock - Gameplay Update - 04-30-2026 - Steam News [ General ] - Base health per boon reduced by 7 - Vitality Investment bonus increased from 8/10/13/17/34/39/44/48/52/56% to 9/12/15/20/38/42/46/50/56/62% - Weapon Investments bonus rescaled from 7/9/13/20/49/60/80/95/115/135%…
·Official forumPatch
04-10-2026 Update
[ General ] - Parrying is now allowed while ground dashing in order to bring it in-line with air dashing - Parry anti mash protection previously would last for 0.25s after the parry success (so you couldn't parry again for that duration). It is now for 0.25s only after the…
·Official forumPatch
03-25-2026 Update
- Bebop: Base health regen increased from 1.5 to 2.5 - Calico: Leaping Slash base damage increased from 50 to 60 - Celeste: Base regen reduced from 2 to 1 - Celeste: Dazzling Trick T3 silence duration reduced from +2s to +1.5s - Doorman: Call Bell slow increased from 30% to 35%…
·Official forumPatch
03-21-2026 Update
- Vitality investment tree bonus reverted back to % base hp increase rather than raw constant bonus (back to how it was set up in december) - Hero health growth increased by +3 and 4% - Spirit investment rescaled from 7/11/15/19/38/52/64/76/89/101 to…
·Official forumPatch
03-06-2026 Update
Deadlock - Gameplay Update - 03-06-2026 - Steam News [ General ] - Can now jump during slide - Dash jump grants a very brief period with increased air control (30% for 0.25s) - Shrine is now easier to kill for the first one and harder for the second. HP from 8100 to 5000/10000…
·Official forumPatch
01-30-2026 Update
- Added hero banning to Standard Mode and Street Brawl. You can now select one hero in your roster screen (using middle click) to tell the matchmaker that you prefer to avoid that hero. When the game starts, it will tell you which heroes were banned. We are doing just 2 total…
·Official forumPatch
12-29-2025 Update
- Bebop: Stamina increased from 2 to 3 - Bebop: Stamina regeneration cooldown increased from 4.55s to 6s - Bebop: Bebop Health per boon increased from +46 to +52 - Bebop: Sticky Bomb base damage reduced from 100 to 75 - Bebop: Sticky Bomb T2 damage reduced from 63 to 60 - Bebop:…
·Official forumPatch
12-16-2025 Update
- The 10% move speed slow from taking damage is now a 20% slow only for the portion over the hero's base move speed - Move Speed bonuses now stack diminishingly - Base move speed reduced by 0.1 (except for heroes lower than 6.5) - Heroes with move speed spirit scaling have the…
·Official forumPatch
11-21-2025 Update
[ General ] - Trooper bounty mechanics have been reworked. The first half of the souls still fly out as deniable orb, however rather than the other half being instantly given to nearby players it will fall to the ground as an orb that you need to get near to pick up. It has a…
·Official forumPatch
10-24-2025 Update
* Getting damaged during the initial launch window (0.6s) after using a Jump Pad will cause you to be stunned (similar to ziplines having an initial knockoff period). When you are stunned, you will lose control and continue towards the landing destination. The stun will wear off…
·Official forumPatch
10-02-2025 Update
[ General ] * Weapon Investment bonus increased from 7/9/13/20/29/40/58/72/83/93% to 7/9/13/20/29/40/60/75/95/115 (for 0.8/1.6/2.4/3.2/4.8/7.2/9.6/16/22.4/28.8k spent) * Applying a CC to an enemy is reduced in duration when affected by other CCs in a short interval. Each…
·Official forumPatch
09-04-2025 Update
- Rejuv only heals the person hitting the crystal - Dying to a non-player (when there is no bounty/assists) now increases the respawn time for that death by 10 seconds - Patron 1st death time is now a constant 12s instead of being variable between 8 and 15 seconds - Abrams:…
·Official forumPatch
08-18-2025 Update
Deadlock - Six New Heroes - Steam News ... coming to the streets of the Cursed Apple store.steampowered.com
·Official forumPatch
07-29-2025 Update
[ General ] - Mid Boss HP is now fixed at the spawn time. Base HP increased from 6725 to 12500 and growth reduced from 470 to 200. - Reworked Rejuv reward from Mid Boss. No longer buffs troopers, reduces respawn time and buffs various stats. Upon death, 3 rejuv crystals fall to…
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