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| prev_update = {{Update link|December|30|2025}}
| month = January
| day = 20
| year = 2026
| next_update = {{Update link|January|30|2026}}|January|22|2026}}
| source = https://forums.playdeadlock.com/threads/12-29-2025-update.95233/post-185824
| source_title = 12-29-2025 Update (Reply)
| notes =
* Respawn time at 19 minutes reduced from 35s to 30s
* Respawn time at 30 minutes reduced from 75s to 70s
* You now have a longer respawn time if you die and are meaningfully richer than the enemy team's average net worth (scales from +6s to +22s penalty, based on networth being 15 to 30% higher and game time being 10min to 25min, if under 15% NW or 10min, nothing happens)

* Neutral respawn times, hp, and bounty reduced by 30% (sinner's sacrifice unaffected)

* Urn no longer requires a drop off channel time
* Urn is now knocked out of your hands with a light melee (instead of only with a heavy melee)
* Urn pickup channel time is reset if you get hit with a light or heavy melee
* Can no longer parry while channeling to pickup the urn
* Urn carrier resist reduced from 50% to 30%
* Down Dash stamina cost reduced from 1 to 0.5
* Stamina Regen in the healing zone is now dramatically increased
* {{ItemIcon|Kinetic Dash}}: Ammo count reduced from +8 to +6
* {{Undocumented}} Removed Winter event decorations and added props in the [[Hideout]] teasing upcoming heroes

=== Patch 2 ===
* Urn now drops if it travels through {{HeroIcon|The Doorman|l1=doorman}} {{AbilityIcon|Doorway|l1=portals}}
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 | day = 20
 | year = 2026
-| next_update = {{Update link|January|22|2026}}
+| next_update = {{Update link|January|30|2026}}|January|22|2026}}
 | source = https://forums.playdeadlock.com/threads/12-29-2025-update.95233/post-185824
 | source_title = 12-29-2025 Update (Reply)
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 === Patch 2 ===
-* Urn now drops if it travels through {{HeroIcon|The Doorman|l1=The Doorman}}'s {{AbilityIcon|Doorway|l1=Doorway}}
+* Urn now drops if it travels through {{HeroIcon|The Doorman|l1=doorman}} {{AbilityIcon|Doorway|l1=portals}}
-===Undocumented changes===
-*VO pass for the {{PageRef|Shopkeeper}}
-**New lines towards the upcoming [[Old Gods, New Blood]] heroes
-*Various props were hidden around the [[Hideout]], teasing the release of the [[Old Gods, New Blood]] heroes (such as {{HeroIcon|Apollo}}'s sword and {{HeroIcon|Rem}}'s pillow)
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