Update:January 20, 2026

{{Update layout | prev_update = December 30, 2025 | month = January | day = 20 | year = 2026 | next_update = | 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%
• Urn now drops if it travels through doorman portals
• Down Dash stamina cost reduced from 1 to 0.5
• Stamina Regen in the healing zone is now dramatically increased
• 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 doorman portals }