Deadlock Patch Notes – June 4, 2026 Update

Deadlock Balance Update & Gameplay Changes

3 months ago Minor Update - 06-04-2026By Yoshi (Valve Developer)EnglishOfficial Deadlock Forums0 Hero Changes • 0 Item Changes

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These Patch Notes are from the Official Deadlock Forums.

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Raw Patch NotesThe complete unformatted patch notes as released.
- Urn mechanics have been reworked.

Primary details:
- Delivering the urn now starts a king of the hill style capture point, rather than using melee to flip the urn back and forth.
- Both teams can progress at the same time, but the urn will only be fully claimed once there is only one team in the circle.
- The Urn runner now gets their normal 35% bonus bounty and stats immediately on initial deposit (rather than on deposit conclusion only if your team won it)

Other Details:
- Urn overall bounty reduced by 20% (unreduced for trailing team)
- Progress radius is 20m
- Progress rate is fixed regardless the number of allies in the area
- Progress duration for favored/neutral/unfavored is 6/12/18s
- If Urn has been in progress for over 75s, it will give up and throw all the souls as orbs into the sky (they will float for a long time)
- Increased time allowed to run the urn before taking damage by 10s
- Trailing team sprint speed bonus from +4m to +5m
- Urn comeback resistance now also grants +35% Debuff Resistance ontop of the 35% Bullet and Spirit Resistance
- Urn comeback resistance aura reduced from 60m to match the 20m progress radius
- Drop off location is above the bridges on the side lanes, rather than below.