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A Patron is a deity which takes the form of a large metallic golem. Each team’s base houses a Patron, and victory is secured by defeating the opposing team's Patron, completing the ritual. The Patrons' avatars are spherical, with a golden, mask-like face, and can magically levitate above the ground. During gameplay, the Patrons will comment on player performance, announce any major events, and offer boons that allow players to level up.

PatronWeakened Patron

Patron
Stats
Health
Base Health:
Health Regen:	/s
Bullet Resist:	0%
Spirit Resist:	%
Damage
DPS:
Range:	76.2m
Movement
Move Speed:	m/s
Information
Voice Actor:	Debra Wilson (Sapphire)
Voice Lines:	Amber Hand; Sapphire Flame

Weakened Patron
Stats
Health
Base Health:
Health Regen:	/s
Bullet Resist:	0%
Spirit Resist:	%
Damage
DPS:	Ability Not Found
Range:	28m (Pulse Radius)
Information
Voice Actor:	Debra Wilson (Sapphire)
Voice Lines:	Amber Hand; Sapphire Flame

“

Who wants to summon an elder god?

— Dynamo

The two Patrons are the Amber Hand and the Sapphire Flame.

Overview

Patrons are formidable units found hovering in each team's base. In its first phase, the Patron is completely unkillable until both Shrines are destroyed.

Destroying the Shrines makes the Patron vulnerable to damage, but also empowers its primary attack: a slow-moving beam of energy that deals heavy damage over time. The beam does not lock onto targets, making it possible to dodge.

• With Shrines Active: The laser deals DPS to Heroes and DPS to NPCs.
• After Shrines are Destroyed: The laser's damage increases to DPS to Heroes and DPS to NPCs.
• In both states, the laser also deals an additional % of the target's maximum health per second.

After its health bar is depleted, the Patron enters its second phase. It becomes invulnerable again and moves into a small pit within the base over 12s. Once it has finished travelling, it becomes vulnerable again as a Weakened Patron.

Defeating the Patron's first phase shortens the remaining respawn time of any dead players on the defending team by up to 20s (see Last Stand Buff).

The Patron is the only structure that regenerates health out of combat, restoring health/s. It is also protected by backdoor protection, which increases this regeneration to health/s when no enemy Troopers are nearby.

Health Scaling

The Patron's maximum health is not static and increases as the match progresses, starting at specific times during each phase.

Phase	Scaling Starts At	Max Health Gained per Minute
Phase 1	minutes
Phase 2	minute

Weakened Patron

In its second phase, the Patron enters its Weakened form, losing its limbs and hovering inside the pit of its team's base. In this state, it activates a damage pulse ability that deals Ability Not Found damage every second to nearby enemies within a 28m radius. Similar to Mid Boss, the Patron is also immune to all incoming damage from outside the pit, forcing players to get in close if they want to damage it. The Weakened Patron has more HP than the first phase.

The Weakened Patron has 50% damage resistance when an ally is in the pit for more than 2s, and 100% damage resistance when two or more allies are in the pit.

Lore

The Patrons are extraplanar elder gods who petition heroes to participate in a ritual. Each Patron must form a covenant with 6 Heroes in hopes of being summoned to walk amongst them. In order for the ritual to be completed, the enemy Patron must be destroyed.

Once the ritual is completed, the Patrons can grant one wish to each hero who helped summon them. However, they have limitations, such as being unable or unwilling to bring Grey Talon's deceased family back to life. They also may require a sacrifice in exchange for the wish. The specifics of the Patron's powers and their limitations are unclear.

The Patrons have telepathic powers and can read the thoughts and desires of the heroes (with the exception of Warden), as well as communicate with them during the ritual. They use this knowledge to manipulate the heroes to do their bidding.

This is the first time in history that humanity has been able to make contact with the Patrons. Such rituals used to be impossible, as well as forbidden, before the second Maelstrom. The orders of the Amber Hand and the Sapphire Flame were supposed to safeguard humanity from the Patrons, but recently have changed their objectives.

A Patron looming over humans

There are other Patrons besides the Amber Hand and the Sapphire Flame, but they haven't yet made contact with humanity.

The Patrons are familiar with the Doorman, another extraplanar being, and express surprise at seeing him fighting on their behalf. The Doorman calls the Patrons "old friends" and refers to them as City Mother and Amber King.

The Binding of Oathkeeper's multiple endings shows potential wishes granted by the Patrons:

• An answer to one of Abrams' questions regarding the Tome;
• Binding Oathkeeper back to the Tome and allowing Lady Geist to stay young;
• The sacrifice of Johann Jr. in exchange for 200 years of Oathkeeper's complete obedience to Lady Geist;
• The self-sacrifice of Lady Geist in exchange for banishing Oathkeeper from Earth;
• Safely removing Oathkeeper from Geist, but making her return to the natural age she had before their pact.

Update history

View the full update history: Patron/Update history

Update	Changes
January 22, 2026	Patrons redesigned and renamed as the Hidden King and the Archmother Patrons now have a special attack that can deal damage and curse players
December 17, 2025	Weakened Patron now gains 50% damage reduction if one defender is in the pit and 100% if two or more are (defenders must be in pit for at least 2s for reduction to kick in)
September 4, 2025	Patron 1st death time is now a constant 12s instead of being variable between 8 and 15 seconds

Gallery

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  Patron artwork
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  Amber Hand Patron
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  Sapphire Flame Patron
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  Neon Prime Titan (Patron)

Trivia

• In Neon Prime, the Patron was called Titan, and the Weakened Patron was the Core. The Patrons are still called "Titans" in the game files.
• The Patron damage to the player is listed as "Condemned by the Patron" in the damage report.
• The text across the Patron's crest reads

  

  The Patron's crest

KILOZS BOTAREX UNDT VOXT DIOKOTOS DEOS TOPAX DE OS HOLINAS UXFAXT TOV LIMOT OBERXO

GOL EN TAX FOXIST HARFT DEOS MAX OPUS DEONI SUX TOS DUO POLINUAX DREOX SIDWEG

REBTIS AST MECTONUS MAX DERIKT POLTERMUSON DEFONAL WEKMOXAN GETOX D

• The language seems to be inspired by Latin ("Opus" is Latin for "work"), but most of the words don't exist.