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Over the past few days we've made various bug fixes and improvements:
Dark CarnivalPatch 7.41d is out now and you can check out the patch notes here.
In addition, we've recently addressed the following issues:Throughout the year, Dota teams around the world battle to prove themselves worthy of direct invitation to The International — and a chance to compete for the Aegis of Champions on the world's biggest stage. Teams that secure invites can begin to focus on their final preparations, while the remaining contenders face one last chance to fight their way in.
With less than three months until we raise the curtains on the big show, we’re excited to extend these seven teams invitations to Shanghai, China to compete in The International 2026:
The seven teams above have already earned invitations, which means there are still nine slots available at TI, just waiting for the squads that can survive the crucible of Regional Qualifiers. This year, we've merged the Eastern and Western Europe qualifiers into one single European qualifier with four advancement slots. Check out the full schedule below.
Once qualifiers wrap up on June 28, we'll have the full tournament field decided, and the next stop is Shanghai. Group Stage kicks off August 13 - 16 with a three-day, five-round Swiss bracket, followed by five elimination matches played on Sunday. The eight remaining teams bring the competition into the arena August 20 - 23, where the Aegis of Champions awaits.
Patch 7.41c is out now and you can check out the patch notes here.
In addition, over the last few days we've addressed the following issues:Over the past few days we've addressed the following issues:
Patch 7.41 is out now and you can check out the patch notes here. In addition, we've made the following improvements and bug fixes:
Added an overhead indicator when a consumable item is being used on an ally or given to one within 1200 units (e.g., Tango)
Added an option in Settings to show your hero's current vision while holding the 'Select Hero' hotkey, amended by Fog of War
Item recipe components are now consistently ordered from most expensive to least expensive to make Quick Buy more predictable (exceptions include boots, Blink Dagger, and a few others)
Fixed certain on hit effects not working consistently after there were more than 256 projectiles in flight at the same time
Fixed certain scenarios under which a player's Observer and Sentry wards were replaced with an error model
Trying to craft a Neutral Item while your inventory is full and your Neutral Item Slot is occupied with an innate item (e.g. Witch Doctor's Gris Gris) will now fail instead of automatically consuming the item
Fixed Neutral Crafting hotkeys overriding regular hotkeys if you clicked on the neutral crafting button of a hero you could not control
Ability Draft:
All heroes now have their innate ability when drafted
Updated ability pool to match the added/removed abilities for 7.41
Fixed Lone Druid's Spirit Bear not spawning after some time
Fixed Rearm not granting Keen Conveyance
Fixed Techies' Reactive Tazer not working with Largo's Aghanim's Shard
Deprecated support for GPUs that do not support DirectX 11/SM5. Upcoming graphics features and performance improvements require DX11/SM5, and a future update will remove support for older devices. (99.96% of active players have DX11/SM5-capable devices.)
Over the past few days we've addressed the following issues:
Fixed a bug where Clinkz's Skeleton Archers were doing more than the intended amount of damage to buildings.
Fixed a bug where Slark's Depth Shroud was not applying the intended move speed and health regen to allies.
Fixed a bug where Spectre's Shadow Step had an interaction with attack range extension items, which was leading to a longer than intended duration.
Fixed a bug where Muerta's Gunslinger bonus damage talent did not scale when applied to illusions, leading to more damage than intended.
Fixed a bug where Turbo games would sometimes deduct 2 gold on ban phase completion.
Fixed Largo's Croak of Genius damage proccing other abilities (Batrider's Sticky Napalm, Searing Signet, etc.)
Fixed a performance issue with network encoding which substantially reduces the number of 'server hitch' frames.
Restructured how cosmetic items interact with Dota network traffic: Most cosmetic items now take zero network bandwidth after game start, improving both client and server performance.
Fixed a bug where cosmetic items were being created every time a hero spawned, gradually reducing performance.
Items equipped in only ability effects slots no longer appear as if equipped on the hero in post-game or MVP screens.
Patch 7.40c is out now and you can check out the patch notes here.
As a reminder, the Monster Hunter event ends February 6, 2026, after which you'll no longer be able to earn progress or craft items. Today's update also adds new Universal Material packs for purchase, providing an alternative way to get materials and finish crafting any remaining items before the event ends.
In addition, we've addressed the following issues:
Fixed Blood Grenade bonus health not being updated when stack count changes
Fixed Helm of the Dominator and Helm of the Overlord granting experience to Lone Druid's Spirit Bear, instead of Lone Druid
Fixed Helm of the Overlord not granting bounty and experience for dominating creeps
Fixed Illusion Rune not disjointing projectiles upon activating
Fixed physical lifesteal working when attacking a unit with an all-damage barrier
Fixed Quick Buy sometimes not removing queued items when recipes are combined
Fixed Smoke of Deceit being castable from the stash
Fixed Anti-Mage with Shard and Magebane's Mirror Facet instantly killing Spectre when using Counterspell while walking on a Spectral Dagger path targeted at another unit.
Fixed Arc Warden's Tempest Double being able to pick talents
Fixed Bounty Hunter unable to target Spirit Bear with Friendly Shadow
Fixed Brewmaster's level 25 talent not applying to brewlings
Fixed Clinkz's Infernal Shred ignoring more armor than intended
Fixed Doom not getting Ancient Prowler Shaman's Petrify ability when devouring the neutral
Fixed Largo's Encore sometimes not refreshing an existing buff on yourself or the target
Fixed Morphling not losing the bonus damage from unused stones when replicating back from Earth Spirit
Fixed Morphling perpetually spawning Monkey King's Wukong's Command soldiers when replicating Monkey King with Aghanim's Scepter
Fixed Medusa being able to get infinite health when purchasing a heart while Lifestealer has infested medusa and then using Shadow Demon's Disseminate with the Promulgate Facet targeting Medusa
Fixed Spectre Arcana's idle and idle rare animations
Patch 7.40b is out now and you can check out the patch notes here. In addition, over the last few days we've addressed the following issues:
Fixed Dota+ Talent Pickrates and Winrates not properly aggregating
Fixed "Learn Ability" toggle not closing automatically after level 24
Fixed incorrect hitboxes for multiple Observer and Sentry ward cosmetics
Fixed Smoke of Deceit not working from the backpack if it started in the backpack
Fixed Rattlecage damage not being classified as reflection
Fixed Rattlecage not working if crafted while dead
Fixed Bloodseeker's Scepter upgrade not having the correct cooldown
Fixed Bounty Hunter revealing his location if casting Track while invisible in the fog of war
Fixed Brewmaster's Aghanim's Shard Health Regen always being active below 50% health, even if the strong drink wasn't drunk
Fixed Skeletons summoned by Clinkz having incorrect attack priority
Fixed Clockwerk Cogs not bouncing enemies properly with the Expanded Armature Facet
Fixed Enchantress Rabble Rouser not applying to skeletons summoned by Dark Troll Summoner and Shard Golems
Fixed Juggernaut's Omnislash and other abilities that require continuous vision over their target not functioning during Mars' Arena of Blood and other abilities that conditionally remove vision sharing between allies
Fixed Kez Bleed Stack getting removed if the impale was a backstab
Fixed Kez impale failing causing it trigger incorrectly later
Fixed Kez being unable to trigger Raven's Veil mark with his first attack after casting if it was at his maximum attack range
Fixed Kez being able to trigger Marks twice during Raptor Dance with specific settings and items configuration
Fixed Largo's Catchy Lick not dispelling allies if they are under the effect of Black King Bar
Fixed Largo's Catchy Lick dispelling High Five
Fixed Largo's Amphibian Rhapsody HUD not showing for people who have disabled map_enable_portrait_worlds
Fixed Largo's Froglings blocking neutral camp respawns
Fixed Lotus Orb not dispelling when copied by Largo's Aghanim's Shard
Fixed Linken's Sphere not being copied by Largo's Aghanim's Shard
Fixed Lina's Combustion also combusting Croak of Genius damage
Fixed Spirit Bear not breaking Phantom Assassin's Blur
Fixed Oracle's Fate's Edict interactions with Debuff Immunity
Fixed Oracle being unable to dispel the disarm portion of Fate's Edict on allies
Fixed Phantom Lancer's shard illusion not benefting from Illusory Armaments
Fixed Rubick losing abilities when dying or stealing another ability while casting Amphibian Rhapsody with Aghanim's Scepter
Fixed Shadow Demon Disruption effects not being visible if Shadow Demon himself is in Fog of War
Fixed Spectre's level 25 talent not applying to all types of illusions
Fixed Tiny's Avalanche lasting 0.2s longer than intended
Fixed Troll Warlord's Battle Trance dispelling Ice Blast when Ice Blast's kill threshold is triggered while Troll Warlord is stunned and Troll Warlord has Battle Trance cast queued
Fixed Ursa roaring when casting Earthshock with Aghanim's Shard
Fixed Visage Familiar recall ability not working
It's open season on the world's most dangerous heroes, and you're just the hero we need to track them all down. We're happy to announce a massive Dota/Monster Hunter crossover with new sets, new pets, a new in-game hunt and crafting system, and of course monsters. (For everyone who thinks Dragon Knight turning into a dragon is awesome but would be more awesome if he turned into Rathalos instead, great news: Capcom was just as excited as we were to make this happen).
There are six Monster Hunter-themed item sets to collect in all, each bringing a classic Monster Hunter armor set into the Dota world, and each with three craftable alternate versions. There's also a new Palico courier with craftable costumes, and even your very own pet Poogie with craftable outfits. Your Poogie will hang out in your base, waiting to give you love whenever you return (and, assuming he is house trained, not pooping on your base).
The core version of each hero set is available to all Dota players for free, and can be crafted once you've harvested the necessary materials from hero hunts. In addition, the Hero Atlas will help you track your progress, explore hero lore, and gather dispatches from the farthest realms, penned by Axe's loyal scribe Goodkind.
For those that want more, the Expedition Pack includes more of everything: usable Monster Hunter monsters (Rathalos for Dragon Knight and the Bullfango for Beastmaster), a Monster Hunter music pack and seasonal spray collection, and a bundle of crafting materials to get you started. Expedition Pack holders can also craft exclusive Poogie, Palico, and hero set variants with custom ambient and Immortal effects.
The hunt is on, and will run for the next three months. Get in the game, vanquish your enemies, and transform your victories into new items. Oh, and look out for monsters.
Since the 7.39e gameplay patch, we've addressed the following issues:
Items on trade cooldown can no longer be listed on the Steam Market
Removed separate "Market Cooldown" timer from item tooltips as it is no longer relevant
Fixed people being able to find the server id of non-friends playing matches
Fixed relic progress displaying for the enemy team
Fixed server crash involving Helm of the Dominator
Fixed various interactions with ethereal state and debuff immunity
Fixed an issue where the number of charges for an ability could be displayed as "..."
Fixed Kez base agility being unintentionally decreased
Fixed Kez's Falcon Rush removing Parry
Fixed various issues for Kez's Aghanim's Scepter
Ability Draft Fixes
Shadow Demon: Shadow Servant no longer spawns illusions from clones created with Wukong's Command
Io: Spirits Aghanim's Scepter no longer passively creates spirits around clones created with Wukong's Command
Fixed a number of visual issues with the following Collector's Cache Vote sets
Pudge's "Pudgette"
Arc Warden's "Splinter of the Primordial Origin"
Centaur Warrunner's "Knight of the Lilies"
No matter what else is happening in the world of Dota, the Community Workshop artists never stop dreaming up cool new item sets for all their favorite heroes. Which of course means the workshop is near-to-bursting with game-worthy sets, and — you guessed it by cleverly reading the title above — we'd love your help choosing which of those awesome sets next make their way into the game. If that sounds fun, it's easy to chime in. Just jump on into the Dota 2 dashboard, click the Collector's Cache Voting button, and then upvote or downvote the sets as you see fit. Voting is open from now until October 22, so make sure you dig through all the offerings before then. You'll soon see the most popular sets strutting, slithering, and skittering through your lanes. So many of our updates, ranging from treasures like Collector's Caches and Heroes' Hoards all the way to events like Crownfall, include amazing contributions from our community artists who first and foremost are Dota fans just like you. In this and countless other ways, Dota fans don't just play the game we all love, they help shape it. We hope you'll jump into the voting queue and have your say.
Patch 7.39e is out now and you can check out the patch notes here.
The Secret Shop once again has two separate storefronts this year, depending on what part of the globe you're in. We Are Nations offers both US deliveries and international deliveries, and Perfect World offers domestic China deliveries and international deliveries. Each store offers different items, so make sure to check out both.
You don't need to be in Hamburg to feel like you're a part of The International. For the duration of the event, everyone has four all-new seasonal chat wheel voice lines to bring the gravitas of The International into every match you play. Remember, with great gravitas comes great responsibility. We trust you'll choose your moments well.
Lastly, we'd like to congratulate everyone who correctly predicted the placement of all sixteen teams at the Road to the International. All zero of you. That's right, despite millions upon millions of predictions, exactly no-one got this right. (0.02% of you got at least ten right, so if that's you, it's time to be proud.) To everyone whose fantasy and Road to The International predictions didn't pan out, now's your chance to get your predictions for the main event locked. World-class Dota at the best esports event of the year resumes on Thursday. We'll see you there.
Right now, millions of Dota players are already studiously constructing new Fantasy rosters, loyally repping favorite talent and player bundles, and endlessly serenading enemies and allies with the freshest of voice lines. If you're not one of them, there's no better time than now to dig in. Because as you read this, final preparations are well underway in Hamburg, Germany — and The International 2025 is almost here.
The Road to The International: Playoffs kick off with sixteen teams vying for the Aegis of Champions, but only eight will survive the first trials on the path to victory. The action starts with a five-round Swiss bracket: Over the first three days, sixteen teams will play best-of-three matches against other teams with the same overall series record. A fourth series win will earn a team an automatic berth at The International; a fourth loss will result in elimination. After five rounds of Swiss, three teams will have secured spots in The International and three teams will have been eliminated. The ten remaining teams will face off in a special elimination round, with the five winners advancing to The International and the five losers failing to join them. This first part of the tournament runs from Thursday, September 4th through Sunday, September 7th, and every series on Sunday carries the threat of elimination.
The International itself begins Thursday, September 11th in Barclays Arena, running across four days and culminating with the Grand Finals on Sunday, September 14th. Tickets for Saturday and Sunday are sold out, but you can still snag spots for the first two days over on AXS. Thursday offers the chance to catch the live component of the Opening Ceremony, along with a ton of top-tier Dota. As an added bonus, all eight teams who reach The International will have at least one signing session at the arena on Thursday or Friday. Stop by for a little face time with your favorite squads. We'll be back to provide more details about on-site events, badges, Crimson Witness drops and more as we move closer to the show.
If you read all the above, you're well aware there's an immense amount of Dota in store. In fact, it's physically improbable to catch every single game live. That said, we know some of you are going to try it, so here are all the links you need to know for your valiant attempts:
English: Twitch: Stream A, Stream B, Stream C, Stream D; Steam: All Streams; YouTube: All Streams
Spanish: Twitch: Stream A, Stream B, Stream C, Stream D; Facebook: All Streams; Steam: All Streams; YouTube: All Streams
Russian: Twitch: Stream A, Stream B, Stream C, Stream D; Steam: All Streams; YouTube: All Streams
Chinese: Twitch: Stream A, Stream B, Stream C, Stream D; Steam: All Streams
We've also handed out a dozen broadcast licenses to help you connect with your local community and watch together online.
Bahasa Melayu: YouTube
Brazilian Portuguese: YouTube
Bulgarian: Twitch
Finnish: Twitch
French: Twitch
German: Twitch
Mongolian: YouTube
Tagalog & Bahasa Indonesian: Twitch, Facebook, YouTube, Kick, YouTube
Vietnamese: YouTube
As some of you may have noticed, WeAreNations already have a ton of new swag available online. They have two handy links, depending on where you are: NA Store: https://na.dota2secretshop.com/ International Store: https://int.dota2secretshop.com/ Our friends over at Perfect World are also offering a new collection for this year: For fans in China: https://wmsjdj.world.tmall.com/ International Store: https://pwrdesports.aliexpress.com/store/1103775565 Finally, for those of you with an eye for flashy furniture, our longstanding partner Secretlab will once again be supporting all stages of this year's tournament with both chairs and desks custom built for The International 2025. Players will navigate their TI journeys ensconced in full Secretlab setups, featuring the TITAN Evo chair and MAGNUS Pro Sit-to-Stand Desk.
The Dota auteurs turned out and now it's time for us to tune in and select our finalists. We've narrowed the submissions down to get the reel rolling, but we're calling on fans everywhere to help us vote for the rest. The nominees will be available to vote on in the client until Tuesday, September 2. The top ten entries selected by the community will be shown during The International, where we'll also announce the overall winners. As mentioned, we'll be back with more badge, treasure, and other event info next week for those heading to the venue to join the fun. For now, we'll leave everyone with a set of TI wallpapers to help freshen up the themes on your flat-screens as we head towards the big show.
We have added a Team Supporter's Club bundle for Yakutou Brothers, available for purchase now. As a reminder, 50% of all sales of Team, Talent, and Community bundles go to the contributor and 30% go to the prize pool of The International.
Additionally, over the last few days we have fixed the following issues:
Fixed buying Team Bundles without being able to participate in Fantasy & Predictions not granting the user sticker capsules
Fixed a couple spots in both Roshan pits where heroes could hide without being seen by others in the pit
Fixed client not showing correct armor reduction amount when reflecting Nasal Goo from a Bristleback with the Snot Rocket facet
Fixed Gyrocopter's Sidegunner attacks being blocked by an allied Mars' Arena of Blood
Fixed Invoker's Ice Floe not slowing enemies if they had previously been affected by Invoker's Ghost Walk with the shard upgrade
Over the last few days we've addressed the following issues:
Fixed emoticons from previous fan content bundles that were supposed to be permanent being unavailable
Fixed basic talent stickers all looking like a specific player sticker from 2022
Fixed accounts ineligible to participate in The International Predictions & Fantasy being able to circumvent the rules
Fixed one prediction being missing for Road to the International: Playoffs on certain resolutions
Fixed rare client crash when viewing your fantasy roster
Fixed common client crash when viewing anything on a mac
Fixed the Tyrian Regalia item "Tyrian Bloodfeather Feast" incorrectly showing as owned if the player had the Queen of Pain Arcana
Fixed sales of Talent Sticker Bundles not contributing to the prize pool
Fixed bots in locally hosted matches not purchasing any items
Fixed default Pudge bot never casting Meat Hook
Fixed Arc Warden's Tempest Double being able to summon a Tempest Double by capturing an experience shrine on the double, gaining a level, and then skilling Tempest Double
Fixed Meepo's Poof ocassionally inadverently getting into the wrong alt-cast state
Fixed Nature Prophet's Teleport and Io's Relocate using the wrong sounds when the teleport finishes
Fixed Silencer's Last Word not triggering Spell Absorbtion, Phylactery or Khanda
Fixed Troll Warlord's Fervor incorrectly granting bonus attack speed and gaining stacks when Troll Warlord is broken
Fixed Troll Warlord's Berserker's Rage incorrectly granting bonus stats when Troll Warlord is broken
Fixed rare server crash with Witch Doctor's Death Ward
Fixed rare crash with Marci's Dispose
The International draws near: All sixteen teams are set to head to Germany, and we've just now announced the full on-screen talent roster in-game. Like Dota itself, The International is a global affair, with team members hailing from more than thirty countries and talent representing even more.
Recognizing those players and personalities, this year we're continuing The International's tradition of offering team and talent supporter bundles in game. Each bundle contains content created by the team or talent in question, including loading screens, stickers, voice lines, and more. 50% of every sale goes directly to the team or talent and, this year, an additional 30% from each supporter bundle sale will go into the prize pool for the tournament.
The International has four official language broadcasts, but even that's not enough to reach Dota players everywhere. All around the world fans gather to support their local communities in their language and so for the first time, we've added supporter bundles for some of the larger community broadcasts as well. We've selected a few of the community broadcasts with the largest audiences this year, including Brazilian Portuguese, Filipino, and Ukrainian. (As with the individual talent bundles, 50% go to the group in question and an additional 30% to the prize pool.)
You can browse all the team and talent bundles from the main menu. Whether you have a favorite player, a favorite broadcaster, a favorite community, or you're just hunting for the best voice line, now's your opportunity.
Enough about the professionals: Let's talk about you.
Millions of fans go into The International with, let's say, strongly-held opinions. Which region is strongest? What's the real reason pros keep picking that hero with a 16% winrate? Was Earthshaker buffed enough?
The only thing better than being right is being able to show everyone who was wrong how right you've always been. With that in mind, we've taken the most popular features from The International Compendium over the last few years and we're making them available to every Dota player for free: Fantasy and Predictions are available right now, and include leaderboards so you can compare yourself against your friends and the entire Dota community.
"But," you say, "these leaderboards are temporary and my rightness needs to last forever." We hear you. That's why this year we're also introducing the Tyrian Regalia, a collection of Immortal items refashioned for this year's International color. They aren't for sale: These account-locked items are exclusively rewards for the top-ranked predictors and fantasy managers. If you want them, the only path is victory.
In the spirit of fair competition, we've also banned more than 75,000 win traders, smurfs, and other bad actors. At all levels of play, Dota is a game best enjoyed on an even field.
The International is just a couple weeks away. Whether you're here to cheer on your favorite teams, or here to match your skills against the millions of other fans in the audience, or whether you're just here to watch the games unfold, we're glad to have you. We'll see you when the games start.
Over the last few days we've addressed the following issues:
Ctrl+Alt pinging enemy abilities or items will now display that the ability or item could be on cooldown
Fixed an issue with quickbuy where, if a stackable item existed in inventory and another was marked for buy in quickbuy, the item would keep being bought as long as gold and stock were available
Fixed an issue where Quartero rewards could not be claimed
Fixed green range indicator appearing briefly when casting abilities with quickcast on press
Fixed Mjollnir description stating that Chain Lightning deals bonus damage to illusions
Fixed Alchemist losing bonus damage gained from granting scepter when dying
Fixed a bug where Bristleback's Seeing Red facet caused enemies in vision to disappear when the buff expired
Fixed Dark Willow's Cursed Crown and Silencer's Last Word debuffs sometimes expiring without triggering
Fixed allies being able to target Dark Willow while she has Shadow Realm active
Fixed Ember Spirit not getting remnant charges from allied hero kills when having the Aghanim's Shard
Fixed Invoker's twister interval not matching twister radius
Fixed Invoker's Tornado cast range being different than it's travel range
Fixed crash with Kez Katana bleed
Fixed Kazurai Katana overhead damage numbers not representing spell amplification
Fixed Kazurai Katana impale causing its non-damage effects to debuff immune targets
Fixed Kazurai Katana shard lifesteal applying to triggered attacks
Fixed Grappling Claw attacking targets outside of the melee buffer range when landing
Fixed Grappling Claw being able to escape Kinetic Field
Fixed Raptor Dance giving inconsistent amounts of invulnerability with cast speed bonuses
Fixed Falcon Rush gaining rush speed incorrectly in some scenarios
Fixed Shodo Sai Cancel sub-ability granting magic stick charges
Fixed a parry interaction that could cause Kez to Echo Slash into the 3rd dimension
Fixed Lycan's Wolf Bite casting on allies that have disabled help
Fixed Morphling being able to retain Necrophos Sadist stacks when morph ends
Fixed Pugna being unable to use Magic Stick or Magic Wand while channeling
Fixed Queen of Pain Bondage visual effects pointing towards enemies if they are invisible
Fixed a crash in Shadow Demon Demonic Purge
Fixed Snapfire being unable to target ethereal units during Mortimer Kisses
Fixed Tusk shards disappearing for all players when Tusk goes into snowball
Fixed Weaver's bug bug where Hivemind XP was granted when a Swarm beetle attacked an allied hero
Fixed Zeus +1 Heavenly Jump Target talent giving +2 attack speed slow
Fixed workshop tools not loading due to XML/CSS issues
In addition to gameplay patch 7.39d, today we're shipping a new dashboard feature in Dota. For years now, outside of events, the dashboard's mostly just shown the results of your last match. We crunched the math on this, and it turns out that means for half of all players, every time you boot up the game all you're rewarded with is a sad reminder of your last loss. We're optimistic we can do better.
So we sifted through mountains of feedback until a clear pattern stood out: players like hero cosmetics. We sifted still further: What kinds of hero cosmetics? It turns out: free ones.
We can work with that.
Today we're introducing Quartero, a completely trustworthy new character who wants nothing more than to sit on the main menu of Dota and give you free cosmetics while you play games.
The only catch is that there is no catch: It's all free. Dota matches are already full of triumphant highs and devastating lows. Think how much more fun they'll be now that every game gets you that much closer to brand new content, helped along by a brand new character with a brand new tragic backstory that, trust us, he's more than happy to tell you all about. (Try and get him to shut up about it.)
And of course, Quartero's Curios isn't meant to replace the big Dota events we're working on—it's a smaller, free feature designed to run alongside them. When things are quiet, you might see more of Quartero on the dashboard. But when the next major event rolls in, he'll happily slide aside to make room.
Patch 7.39c is out now and you can check out the patch notes here. In addition, over the last few days we've addressed the following issues:
Allow items which are locked for combining to be delivered by the courier
Fixed Abaddon's Mist Coil not dealing self damage when cast on enemies with The Quickening facet
Fixed several bugs where changing styles in the armory didn't update your model's appearance in demo mode.
Fixed a bug where changing styles while previewing an item in demo mode would not update the large preview in the armory.
Added a new setting hero specific setting for Rubick to allow players to configure what quickcast mode should be used by stolen spells.
Fixed Ghost Walk's duration being refreshed every time Aghanim's Scepter was dropped or picked up.
Fixed Elder Titan being able to repeatedly get the same Damage and Debuff Immunity buffs by alt casting stomp without casting Astral Spirit
Fixed Lich's Level 25 "Frost Shield Provides +50 HP Regen" working on units with pip-based health (Undying Tombstone, Shadow Shaman Mass Serpent Wards, etc)
Fixed Exorcism spirits not respecting the equipped cosmetic
Fixed a bug where items could not be dragged from a courier's inventory to the stash, but could instead only be put in the stash via the Return Items ability
Fixed not showing an error message when requesting delivery and the courier is dead
Fixed courier preserving its orders through death and respawn
Fixed Queen of Pain's Sonic Wave dealing infinite damage and healing when cast on a unit with very high status resistance
Fixed units forever being stuck at 1hp as a knock on effect of something doing infinite healing
Fixed "Owned By:" tag showing up on items used while in fog of war on dire side only
Fixed Undying level 20 talent not spawning Tombstone on death
Fixed being able to activate a watcher when two allies decapture the same watcher
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