Full Game Release
Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot Patch Notes — January 22, 2026
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🔥The dwarven furnaces roar with fire as the FULL GAME RELEASE is finally here🔥
With the full release, Season 4 rises from the anvil. The leaderboards are reforged from scratch - only newly founded clans may carve their names into the highscores. Fear not, though: all your hard-earned progress remains untouched, including your Gems, your Runes, and your existing clans.
This update is packed to the beard with new content:
🔥 Full controller & Steam Deck support
🔥 The final Raid boss, the mighty Forge Demon, now awaits challengers
🔥 New Artifacts to switch up your playstyle
🔥 A wealth of new Runes to reshape your builds and strategies
We’ve also hammered in major Quality-of-Life improvements. Dwarves and items can now be managed with Drag & Drop, dozens of bugs have been crushed, and the entire experience has been polished to a mirror-shine.
And for the first time ever, the adventure marches beyond Steam:
🛡️ Dwarves is coming to Nintendo Switch and mobile, letting even more bearded warriors join the fray - wherever the road may lead.
Sharpen your axes. Rally your clan.
🍺 Season 4 is here - and the forge demands Glory, Death and Loot. ⚒️
Full Release Patch Notes (v2.0.0)
*New Features*
Season 4 is here: Reset of all leaderboards
Added controller and full Steam Deck support:
Added interface setting to disable controller rumble
Added interface setting to disable controller detection
Added final Raid:
Forge Demon: Unlocks after clearing 'Storm Wyvern' Raid
Added 3 new Artifacts:
Ham Hock: Cave, Battle 50+ \
Thornmail: Forest, Battle 140+
Arkenstone - Raid 'Forge Demon' reward
Added 15 new Runes:
Martial Arts: Offensive, Unique, Clear-Cut, T3
Way of the Fist: Offensive, Unique, Element, T3
Iron Fists: Offensive, Unique, Clear-Cut, T3
Thornward: Defensive, Unique, Clear-Cut, T3
Crown of Thorns: Offensive, Unique, Clear-Cut, T3
Ephemeral Echo: Offensive, Unique, Clear-Cut, T3
Elementalist: Offensive, Unique, Clear-Cut, T3
Matyrdom: Defensive, Unique, Clear-Cut, T3
Chilled to the Bone: Offensive, Unique, Clear-Cut, T3
Hypothermia: Offensive, Clear-Cut, T3
Frostborn: Defensive, Clear-Cut, All Tiers
Absolute Zero: Offensive, Unique, Clear-Cut, T3
Shattering Ice: Offensive, Clear-Cut, All Tiers
Overcrit: Offensive, Unique, Clear-Cut, T3
Critical Thinking: Offensive, Unique, Clear-Cut, T3
Added 2 new Steam Achievements:
For the Forge! - Kill the Forge Demon. Reward: 100 gems.
The Final Quest - Upgrade the Arkenstone to mythic quality. Reward: 100 gems.
Enabled Drag & Drop for Dwarves and Items
Clicking on a Dwarf Portrait on the battlefield will now make the camera follow that dwarf
*Changes and QoL*
Obtainable modifiers will now be displayed when placing an item on the anvil in the Forge
Changes to 'Worldbreaker' 2H Hammer (only applies to new loot):
Increased Stamina, Weight, Attack Speed and Attack Damage
New Ultimate: Earthquake
'Titan Set' now additionally grants 'Earthquake' a 30% chance to cause Fractured
Will now be dropped from the Orc Chieftain with 'Earthquake' Ultimate
Charge button will now become available after 60 seconds of battle as intended (up from 10)
Reworked 'Shatter' Ultimate scaling and removed limitation against super heavy targets (e.g. Trolls)
Orcs gained access to new Artifacts: Hot Coal, Tesla Coil, Frost Armor
'Frostbringer Ring' damage scaling changed from 1x INT to 2x WIS
'Stormbringer Ring' mana burn and damage scaling changed to DEX
The Formation icon in the Inventory will now indicate if quests are available or completed
Navigating to the 'Raid' hall will now always be possible once it is unlocked
The result of a Forge Recipe will now show a preview on the anvil before forging
Advanced Shop button will now be highlighted when activated for the first time
Reduced base number of arrows from 'Arrowgance' from 7 to 5
Orcs can no longer fire more than 20 arrows at once with 'Arrowgance'
Memory optimizations for long battles
Improved contrast for headline text
'Archangel Figurine' Artifact has been moved to Glacier biome
'Martyrdom' is now a standard T3 Defensive Rune and will be granted to new players
Re-ordered Runes to always show clear-cut ones last
'Hot Coal', 'Tesla Coil' and 'Frost Armor' will now show their activations during combat
Lowered Weight of Trolls
Changes to Spider Raids:
Increased 'Nightfall' Ultimate cost of Spiders from 100 mana to 180
All Spiders will now deal Physical instead of Poison damage with all their direct attacks
Lowered Weight, Intelligence, Dexterity and Wisdom of Spiders
Increased Stamina, Intelligence and Wisdom of all Wyverns and adjusted their weight
Optimized battle performance and visuals
Updated battle portrait sprites
Potions given to a dwarf will now be listed in its History
'Potion of Growth' can now be used multiple times to override growth stat imprints
Updated Rare/Elite/Champion Orc visuals on Battle Cards
Added on hover color highlights for most item slots
Tooltips will now be placed smarter to avoid overlap with the cursor
Adjusted title menu layout
Changed 'Spirited' Veteran Passive effect
'Thundering Shuriken' Ultimate is now undodgeable
'Thunderwave' Ultimate is now undodgeable and unblockable
Increased text size in several areas
Updated localization for German, French and Spanish
Changed Orc spawn behavior for Eternal mode:
The wave should now be correctly completed at the exact threshold number
Elite Orcs will now spawn as the frontline of the wave (instead of the backline)
*Bug Fixes*
Fixed an issue where class indicators would sometimes not update correctly in the Inventory
Fixed an issue where Consumable Potions could not be sorted in the Storage
Fixed an issue where Consumable Potions were not unlocked correctly in the Shop
Fixed an issue when a Consumable Potion could not be given to a Dwarf
Fixed some issues with the 'Chain Heal' and 'Kugelblitz' Ultimate behavior
Fixed an issue where the hair of Dwarves with a blindfold was not shown correctly during combat
Fixed an issue where the DPS Meter position would not be saved for the next battle
Fixed an issue where Regeneration was not displayed correctly in the Battle Report
Fixed an issue where the 'Jackpot!' achievement was not granted correctly when card animations were turned on
Fixed a few minor bugs that might have caused small performance issues
Fixed an issue where the death of a Beastmaster would not work correctly
Fixed an issue where you could enter the leaderboards with the Free Black Market enabled
Fixed an issue where the wrong music tracks were playing
Fixed an issue when using the 'Ascension' Rune and trying to complete the Tutorial
Fixed an issue where the gem reward after battle was displayed incorrectly
Fixed a rare issue where the inventory could stop working if it got overfilled
Fixed an issue where 'Deliverance' Ultimate description was not displayed correctly
Fixed an issue with the 'Inheritance' Rune and Rune Circle Loadouts
Fixed an issue where displayed gold was rounded up
Fixed an issue where the 'Horror' Rune was not applying any damage
Fixed an issue where the details for 'Punch' would not be displayed correctly
Fixed an issue where the 'Toxic' Rune was not spreading poison correctly (it should deal more damage now)
Fixed an issue where healing from the 'Kakapo Egg' Artifact was not affected by increases to heal from Runes
Fixed a rare issue where the battle report was not shown correctly