Following our first look at the Holiday event and the economic changes comes this week’s patch notes. Following Thursday, December 11th’s server maintenance at 7:00 am CET, this update will include the Winter Holiday event, changes to how Marks of Fellowship are earned, UI updates, and bug fixes.
Quick Patch Summary
To kick off the December 11th patch notes, here is a quick summary of the changes coming this patch:
- Holiday event, The Stronghold Hearthwarming, is live.
- 2 skins per hero, 5 mounts to unlock.
- 3 new, themed Dungeon Curses.
- Added Rich Presence to Friends List.
- Economy Changes.
- Marks of Fellowship are removed from Quickplay rewards.
- Marks of Fellowship are now earned in Leagues and Eternal.
- Nerf to Tariq and Vigour armor.
- Buff to Elarion armor.
- Elarion Grappling Arrow bug fix.
- Rime Wrath of Winter bug fix.
- Meiko tooltip update for Earthfist Barrage.
Below are the detailed patch notes for the December 11th patch.
PATCH NOTES – FOR THE DECEMBER 11, 2025 PATCH
Fellowship Limited Event: The Stronghold Hearthwarming
Over the holiday period our team is going to be taking a break and enjoying the midwinter with family and friends. This will be the last scheduled update until the new year and we wanted to leave players with something to keep them warm.
We’ve decorated the Stronghold with snow and festive fun, and our very jolly vendor has unlockable skins and mounts available through in-game activities until January 15th.
Quickplay Experience
As part of our continued review of existing experiences, we’ve wanted to take a look at the effectiveness of Quickplay for some time. Our immediate goal is to ensure the intentions of Quickplay are preserved without veteran players being made to feel required to play in modes they are not interested in. As a result we’ve made major changes to how Marks of Fellowship are earned.
We will continue to monitor how these changes to Quickplay affect not just the experience of the mode, but the economy as a whole as we look at how it affects the rate of progression from here. This is unlikely to be the last change we make to the mode, but we wanted to see the effect of these changes to base our next steps on.
GENERAL
NEW – The ‘Stronghold Hearthwarming’ Event
Festive cheer warms the Stronghold through the midwinter!
- Added snow piles throughout the Stronghold that can be picked up, adding a ‘Special’ festive ability.
- Added the Notice Board to the Stronghold to allow players to receive information about major content changes in the game.
- Added the ‘Old Thistlefrost’ NPC Vendor to the Stronghold with a sackful of new cosmetics!
- Added Captain’s Uniform Helena Skin.
- Added Admiral’s Regalia Helena Skin.
- Added Holly Snowcoat Meiko Skin.
- Added Thistlefrost Costume Meiko Skin.
- Added Northern Comforts Tariq Skin.
- Added Lumberjacked Outfit Tariq Skin.
- Added Chic Winterwear Mara Skin.
- Added Fashionista Attire Mara Skin.
- Added General’s Ensemble Elarion Skin.
- Added Commandant’s Uniform Elarion Skin.
- Added Grumpy’s Garbs Ardeos Skin.
- Added Mister Million’s Suit Ardeos Skin.
- Added Winter Helper’s Outfit Rime Skin.
- Added Idedancer Regalia Rime Skin.
- Added Snugglebug Outerwear Sylvie Skin.
- Added Playful Pajamas Sylvie Skin.
- Added Rascal Onesie Vigour Skin.
- Added Mischievous Pajamas Vigour Skin.
- Added Warmheart Drafthorse Mount.
- Added Whitemane Wolf Mount.
- Added Cindermaw Mount.
- Added Willy Wind-Up Mount.
- Added Brum the Winter Warmth Mount.
- Updated the underlying system for tracking the Stronghold Tutorial. Known Issue: Will reset progress but should be more reliable in the future.
UI
- Added a ‘Recently Met’ tab on the friends list screen, listing players that have been in the same sessions as you, making it easier to build social connections with players at your level.
- Added Rich Presence to the player’s friends list, letting them see what their friends are up to while playing elsewhere in Fellowship.
- Added Armor categories (Cloth, Leather, Mail, and Plate) to item tooltips. These values have always been present in the item but haven’t been exposed to tooltips until now. These categories give a quick indication of stat values of each item for comparison.
- Updated the clarity of the UI elements (buttons and icons) for more contrast and greater readability across all screens.
- Updated the UI for strict tier select elements on the Eternal Matchmaking screen.
- Fixed an issue where items were incorrectly being referenced as ‘Unique’
PROGRESSION
Marks of Fellowship
- Removed Marks of Fellowship from the Quickplay reward pool. Quickplay now only rewards Supplies.
- Increased Marks of Fellowship rewards to League matches:
- Challenge 1-Boss Dungeons: 1 Mark guaranteed + % Chance of 1 more based on Difficulty
- Challenge 3-Boss Dungeons: 2 Marks guaranteed + % Chance of 1 more based on Difficulty
- Ransack of Drakheim would therefore drop 3 Marks Guaranteed
- Eternal 1-Boss Dungeons: 2 Marks guaranteed + % Chance of 1 more based on Difficulty
- Eternal 3-Boss Dungeons: 4 Marks guaranteed + % Chance of 1 more based on Difficulty
- % Chance of 1 More Caps at guaranteed in Eternal 100+
- Added direct purchase of Ingots, Aethers, and Godstones at different prices for each level of rarity in exchange for Marks of Fellowship.
- Fixed an issue where Godstones were not dropping in leagues correctly.
- Removed Timed Boxes from the Resource Vendor.
Winter Event
- Added 48 nodes to the starmap tied to the Winter Event, rewarding players with ‘Warm Wishes’, a festive currency to be exchanged for festive gifts.
HEROES
General
- Tariq and Vigor now use Mail armor instead of Plate. This will lower their armor stat based off of gear.
- Elarion now uses Mail armor instead of Leather. This will increase their armor stat based off of gear.
- Updated the random target sequence to ensure Cold Snap doesn’t stay on the player if they die during the sequence.
Rime
- Fixed an issue where Wrath of Winter would not generate resource orbs if players were not in combat.
- Fixed an issue where Rime’s Resource Orbs were not scaling correctly when scaled in the HUD Edit tool.
Elarion
- Fixed an issue where Grappling Arrow was not pulling enemies to correct locations across difficult terrain.
Meiko
- Updated tooltip for Earthfist Barrage to correctly show a Haste-scaled channel time rather than the base value.
DUNGEONS
Winter Event
Each dungeon in Adept league and above will include one additional curse which adds an optional ‘Spirit of Winter’ boss fight to the dungeon. Completing this fight will give players a bonus for the duration of the dungeon and extend the dungeon’s timer.
- ‘Ghorn, the Avalanche’ – Defeating Ghorn will cause him to return as an ally in subsequent boss fights.
- ‘Krumbug, the Naughty’ – Defeat Krumbug will extend the Dungeon Timer by 1 minute and add a chance for subsequent attacks to spawn an Explosive Windup Mouse that charges your selected target.
- ‘Eira, the White Witch’ – Defeating Eira will extend the Dungeon Timer by 3 minutes and causes her to return periodically during the dungeon to protect players in combat.
General
- Updated the AI system to add padding after being Crowd Controlled or Interrupt so they don’t immediately start casting their next ability.
- Fixed an issue with the opacity system which would make weapons to not fade in/out when bosses reset, and other problems.
- Fixed an issue where bosses sometimes are visible while resetting and are facing the wrong way after they have been reset.
Ransack of Drackheim
- Fixed an issue where players who die and are resurrected while attached to the [Grasping Pillar] have inconsistent behavior after resurrection.
- Fixed an issue where Auga Haghafi would spawn in the ground or overlapping other objects.
Heart of Tuzari
Fixed an issue where the Prophet Ez’roth’s Grip was not targeting the closest player.
