Front End Changes

Changelog

The current item drop system doesn’t function well as a reward mechanism. It drops many items on players who aren’t interested in them (the items are extremely common, or they’re for a hero the player doesn’t play), and in the process dilutes the value of the items. We’d like to get to a place where dramatically fewer uninteresting items enter the economy. We don’t have a complete solution yet, so we’re going to move forward step by step, taking feedback from you as we go.

– Item drops are now entirely time based instead of level based.

Drop list now includes full sets, treasures, bundles and Arcanas at a rare rate instead of frequently dropping common items

– Battle boosters have been removed from the game entirely (we actually removed them from the store in September).

Players with an active battle booster will receive a free Treasure of the Rotted Gallows.

Players who had an unused purchased battle booster in their armory will receive a free Treasure Redemption Token.

– A new treasure, the “Treasure of the Rotted Gallows” has been added to the game.

Treasure Redemption Tokens and other items that can be redeemed for treasures can select this new treasure.

International 2013 Treasure Keys may now be redeemed for treasures.

The items in this treasure can be traded/marketed in 3 months (February 1, 2015).

The rare rewards from this treasure are not subject to the trade or marketing restriction.

Treasure Dedemption Token

The token has been updated to support the latest treasure chest.

Bug fixes

• Fixed custom Pudge chains not appearing on both sides.
• Fixed unusual Greevils not having their particle effects.
• Fixed alternate hero icons not showing consistently in the UI
• Buyback button now only accepts left clicks.

New League Pass Bundles

DotaCinema Presents the XMG Captains Draft 2.0

“DotaCinema presents the second version of their popular Captains Draft tournament. Eight of the best western teams battle in the unique Captains Draft mode, from which its limited hero pool is sure to keep team captains on their toes. 25% of each bundle will contribute to the prizepool. The bundle contains a full compendium, DotaTV ticket, Lich set, Mirana mount, special emotes and much more!”

Dota TV Ticket

DotaCinema Pack

Loading Screen

Dark HUD Skin

Bright HUD Skin

Lich Set

Mirana Mount

The Mirana mount is currently missing its particle effect.

Special Emotes

Compendium

DotaCinema’s Juggernaut Set

Balance of the Bladekeeper

Purchases of this set contributes to the XMG Captain’s Draft 2.0 prize pool.

Custom Ability Icons

Kinetic Gems

Custom Particle Effects

The critical strike particle effect currently isn’t working properly.

In Game Shots

New Treasure Chests

Treasure of the Rotted Gallows

Ghastly Matriarch

Includes custom Exorcism ghosts and ability icon

The Fiend Cleaver

Legacy of Infernal Wings

Includes a custom ambient particle effect on his staff.

Battletrap

Eldwurm’s Touch

Includes a custom ambient particle effect on the bow.

Monstrous Reprisal

Includes a custom ambient particle effect on his tail and eyes.

Champion of Discord

Agaric Flourish

Random Bonus Rewards

Echo the Locator

Bewitcher’s Bundle

Includes

Babka the Bewitcher

The courier will switch the purple coloured version when playing on Dire.

Babka the Bewitcher Loading Screen

Featherhutch

Featherhutch Ward Loading Screen

Back End Changes

Updated Strings

You can now import custom cosmetic wards for Venomancer in the Workshop Importer tool.

+ “DOTA_Import_Veno_Ward” “Plague Ward”

+ “DOTA_Import_Veno_Ward_Desc” “Venomancer’s Plague Ward requires a single model.”

New player brand added for Versuta.

+ “DOTA_PlayerName_Versuta” “Aren ‘VeRsuta’ Zurabyan”

New store banner strings.

+ “StoreBanner_Header_DCCaptainsDraft2” “The XMG Captain’s Draft 2.0”

+ “StoreBanner_Text_DCCaptainsDraft2” “Eight top western teams battle in the unique Captain’s Draft Mode!”

+ “StoreBanner_Header_TreasureOfRottedGallows” “Treasure of the Rotted Gallows”

+ “StoreBanner_Test_TreasureOfRottedGallows” “Seize hallowed treasures!”

+ “StoreBanner_Header_BalanceOfTheBladekeeper” “Balance of the Bladekeeper”

+ “StoreBanner_Text_BalanceOfTheBladekeeper” “New legendary set for Juggernaut! 10% of purchase goes to support the XMG Captain’s Draft 2.0 prizepool.”

New asset modifier strings. (With references to the unreleased DotaCinema Centaur set)

+ “DOTA_Asset_Mod_DC_Bladekeeper_Healing_Ward” “Bladekeeper’s Healing Ward”

+ “DOTA_Asset_Mod_DC_Bladekeeper_Bladefury” “Bladekeeper’s Bladefury”

+ “DOTA_Asset_Mod_DC_Bladekeeper_Omnislash” “Bladekeeper’s Omnislash”

+ “DOTA_Asset_Mod_DC_Bladekeeper_Crit” “Bladekeeper’s Blade Dance”

+ “DOTA_Asset_Mod_Double_Edge_of_the_Berserker” “Berserker’s Double Edge”

+ “DOTA_Asset_Mod_Monstrous_Reprisal_Back_Stab” “Monstrous Reprisal Back Stab Icon”

+ “DOTA_Asset_Mod_Monstrous_Reprisal_Blink_Strike” “Monstrous Reprisal Blink Strike Icon”

+ “DOTA_Asset_Mod_Monstrous_Reprisal_Permanent_Invisibility” “Monstrous Reprisal Permanent Invisibility Icon”

+ “DOTA_Asset_Mod_Monstrous_Reprisal_Smoke_Screen” “Monstrous Reprisal Smoke Screen Icon”

+ “DOTA_Asset_Mod_Agaric_Flourish_Eyes_Guise_Icons” “Agaric Flourish Eyes and Guise Icons”

+ “DOTA_Asset_Mod_Agaric_Flourish_Overgrowth_Icon” “Agaric Flourish Overgrowth Icon”

+ “DOTA_Asset_Mod_Agaric_Flourish_Armor_Icon” “Agaric Flourish Living Armor Icon”

+ “DOTA_Asset_Mod_Agaric_Flourish_Leech_Seed_Icon” “Agaric Flourish Leech Seed Icon”

+ “DOTA_Asset_Mod_Fiend_Cleaver_Great_Cleave_Icon” “Fiend Cleaver Great Cleave Icon”

+ “DOTA_Asset_Mod_Fiend_Cleaver_Warcry_Icon” “Fiend Cleaver Warcry Icon”

+ “DOTA_Asset_Mod_Fiend_Cleaver_Gods_Strength_Icon” “Fiend Cleaver God’s Strength Icon”

+ “DOTA_Asset_Mod_Fiend_Cleaver_Storm_Bolt_Icon” “Fiend Cleaver Storm Bolt Icon”

+ “DOTA_Asset_Mod_Eldwurms_Touch_Bow_Icons” “Eldwurm’s Touch Bow Icons”

+ “DOTA_Asset_Mod_Eldwurms_Touch_Wave_of_Silence_Icon” “Eldwurm’s Touch Wave of Silence Icon”

+ “DOTA_Asset_Mod_Ghastly_Matriarch_Exorcism_Icon” “Ghastly Matriarch Exorcism Icon”

New style strings for the recently added sets.

+ “DOTA_Item_Fiend_Cleaver_Axe_Style0” “Style One”

+ “DOTA_Item_Fiend_Cleaver_Axe_Style1” “Style Two”

+ “DOTA_Item_Warmachine_Metal_Mask_Style0” “Steel Breather”

+ “DOTA_Item_Warmachine_Metal_Mask_Style1” “Steel Cigar”

New Compendium error strings.

+ “CompendiumPageError_BtnBadSel” “‘selection_force_to’ setting in element ‘%s1’ isn’t in the choices list for selection ‘%s2′”

+ “CompendiumPageError_CmdSelIdx” “Element ‘%s1’ in compendium page ‘%s2’ has missing or invalid command ‘selection_index’ or ‘force_selection_index'”

+ “CompendiumError_BadCmdVar” “set_local_variable command in element ‘%s1’ has an invalid local variable named ‘%s2′”

+ “CompendiumError_BadVisVar” “Could not find a local variable named ‘%s1’ specified in element ‘%s2’.”

Unreleased Cosmetic Item Sets

The majority of these sets will be part of an unreleased DotaCinema Treasure Chest.

Centaur’s Set

Clockwerk’s Set

Timbersaw’s Set

Venomancer’s Set

Unreleased Couriers

DotaCinema Angel & Demon Courier

Other Changes

Portrait Updates

Phantom Assassin’s Arcana now has a portrait file entry.

Updates to the Radiant Melee Mege and Ranged Mega creeps portraits.

The portrait entry for the Kanyu Shark courier was removed.

Portraits for the unreleased Dotacinema Angel and Demon couriers and DotaCinema ward have been added.

Oracle’s portrait has been updated to point to a new background texture.

Hero Script File

Crystal Maiden’s scale has been changed from 0.81 to 0.95

Comparison Slider

Slide all the way to the right to see the new hero scale.

Lich now has a separate cosmetic slot for his head.

• “SlotIndex” “4”
• “SlotName” “head”
• “SlotText” “#LoadoutSlot_Head”
• “TextureWidth” “256”
• “TextureHeight” “256”
• “MaxPolygonsLOD0” “400”
• “MaxPolygonsLOD1” “300”

New Loot List

All of the master loot lists have been redone to take into account that now full item sets, treasure chests, bundles etc can now drop.

Treasure Chest Drops

• Treasure of Crystalline Chaos
• Treasure of Dark Implements
• Treasure of Dire Arms
• Treasure of Earth Essence
• Treasure of Ember Essence
• Treasure of Incandescent Wax
• Treasure of Molten Steel
• Treasure of Radiant Arms
• Treasure of Rubiline Sheen
• Treasure of Sinister Arcanery
• Treasure of Vermilion Renewal
• Treasure of the Bottled Cloud
• Treasure of the Cannon’s Fuse
• Treasure of the Cloven World
• Treasure of the Cosmic Abyss
• Treasure of the Cursed Wood
• Treasure of the Diligent Artisan
• Treasure of the Elemental Trophy
• Treasure of the Emerald Polycount
• Treasure of the Eternal Alliance
• Treasure of the Forbidden Lotus
• Treasure of the Malignant Amanita
• Treasure of the Shaper Divine
• Treasure of the Shattered Hourglass
• Treasure of the Silver Storm
• Treasure of the Sunken Maiden
• Treasure of the Tangled Keepsake
• Treasure of the Trapper’s Pelt

Common Drops

• Armor of Renewed Faith Set
• Bloodletters Pack
• Bloodmist Armor Set
• Bonds of Vincere Set
• Dials of Claszureme Set
• Direstone Bindings Set
• Etched Crescents of Yoskreth Pack
• Fashion of the Scorching Princess Set
• Furyblades Pack
• Hunter of the Blood Stained Sands Set
• Radiant Crystal Bindings Set
• Revered Arms Set
• Royal Daggers of the Tahlin Watch
• Shards of the Falling Comet Set
• Tahlin Occult Daggers
• The Berserker’s Blood Set
• The Brood Queen Set
• The Eternal Light Set
• The Gallows Understudy Blade Pack
• The Might and Bite of a Slithereen Knight
• The Second Disciple Set
• War Blades Pack
• Wicked Succubus Set
• Wings of the Paladin Set

Uncommon Drops

• Armor of the Purist Champion Set
• Arms of the Bladebreaker Dagger Pack
• Aspects of Beast and Man Set
• Back Hooks Pack
• Barbed Edges of the Nomad Protector
• Bindings of Frost Set
• Bird’s Stone Set
• Blades of the Slithereen Exile Pack
• Bonehunter Slicers Pack
• Councilor’s Raiment Set
• Cryogenic Embrace Set
• Custom of Karroch Set
• Demonic Vandal’s Set
• Dragon Forged Set
• Eki Bukaw Wand Pack
• Enchanted Plate of the Crimson Wyvern Set
• Falconer’s Design Set
• Fire-Blessed Mail of the Drake Set
• Flamestitched Suitings Set
• Hardened Hunter’s Gear Set
• Heartwood Vanguard Set
• Heavy Steel Armor Set
• Highborn Reckoning Set
• Honors of the Golden Mane Set
• Luminary of the Dreadful Abyss Set
• Master of Beast and Bole Set
• Regalia of the Bonelord Set
• Regalia of the Wraith Lord Set
• Reprieve of the Clergy Ascetic Pack
• Riki’s Sange and Yasha
• Riptide Blades Set
• Ritual Garb of the Seeker Set
• Scion of the Savage Set
• Shards of Polymorphia Set
• Swordmaster of the Vigil Set
• Sylvan Guard’s Finery Set
• Tahlin Occult Set
• Talon of the Scarlet Raven Pack
• The Admirable Admiral Set
• The Alpine Stalker’s Set
• The Boar God’s Honor Set
• The Dauntless Set
• The Defiant Axe Set
• The Dreaded Bravo Set
• The Fires of Exort Set
• The Forgemaster’s Tools Set
• The Hierophant’s Protection Set
• The Iron Bear’s Set
• The Nomad Protector Set
• The Paleogeneous Punisher Set
• The Savage Age Set
• The Seers Command Set
• The Slithereen Knight Set
• The Subtle Demon’s Blades
• Traveling Tale-Teller’s Set
• Woodland Outcast Set
• Zaru’Kina Protector’s Garb Set

Rare Drops

• Acolyte of Clasz Set
• Adornments of Blight Set
• Agaric Flourish
• Alchemy Essentials Set
• Alpha Predator Set
• Ancestors’ Pride Set
• Ancestral Fortune
• Ancestral Luck Set
• Ancestral Trappings Set
• Ancient Armor Set
• Anointed Armor of Ruination
• Aqwanderer Set
• Araceae’s Tribute Set
• Arctic Hunter Set
• Ardor of the Scarlet Raven Set
• Aria of the Wild Wind Set
• Armaments of Leviathan Set
• Armor of Eternal Reign
• Armor of the Stalwart Soul
• Armored Exoskeleton Set
• Armour of The Iron Drakken
• Arms of the Bladebreaker Order Set
• Arms of the Bramble Lord Set
• Arms of the Deep Vault Guardian Set
• Arms of the Gwimyeon Warrior Set
• Arms of the Penitent Nomad Set
• Array of Tranquility
• Aspects of Summer
• Augur’s Curse Set
• Balkan Championship
• Barathrum’s Fury Set
• Battleseeker Set
• Battletrap
• Bindings of Enduring Torment Set
• Bindings of the Storm-Stealer Set
• Birot’s Bindings Set
• Black Blades of the Qaldin Assassin Set
• Blacksmith’s Blessings
• Bladesrunner
• Blaze Armor
• Blessings of the Eternal Eclipse Set
• Blessings of the Wildwing
• Blood Covenant Blade Pack
• Bobusang’s Traveling Necessities Set
• Bones of the Slain Dragon Set
• Cabalist of Dark Magic Set
• Carapace of the Hidden Hive Set
• Caustic Steel Set
• Ceremonial Carapace of Qaldin Set
• Chained Mistress Set
• Chained Slayers Set
• Chains of the Summoned Lord Set
• Champion of Discord
• Chronite Defense Set
• Cloud Forged Battle Gear Set
• Councilor’s Complete Raiment Set
• Crypt Guardian’s Set
• Curse of the Malignant Corruption Set
• Dame de Carreau
• Dark Reef Escape
• Dark Ruin Set
• Dark Wraith Set
• Darkness Wanderer’s Armor Set
• Dead Winter Set
• Death Shadow Set
• Deep Warden Haul Set
• Delicacies of Butchery Set
• Desert Gale Set
• Dimensional Infestation Set
• Divine Ascension
• Dragon’s Ascension
• Dragonfire
• Dragonterror
• Dreadhawk Armor
• Dressings of the First Light Set
• Eki Spiritual Implements Set
• Eldritch Ice Set
• Eldwurm’s Touch
• Ember Tipped Carapace Set
• Embers of Endless Havoc Set
• Emerald Frenzy Set
• Engulfing Spike
• Ensemble of the Crystalline Comet
• Eternal Nymph
• Father of the Forest
• Fire Dragon of Doom
• Firestarter
• Flight of the Sparrowhawk Set
• Forest Hermit Set
• Foreteller’s Robes Set
• Forged in Demons’ Blood Set
• Forsaken Beauty Set
• Frostiron Raider Set
• Frostiron Sorceress Set
• Frozen Emperor
• Frozen Feather Set
• Garbs of the Eastern Range Set
• Gear of the Tally-Ho Hunter Set
• Ghastly Matriarch
• Gift of the Sea Set
• Gifts of the Heavenly Guardian
• Gifts of the Shadowcat Set
• Glaives of the Mage Slayer Pack
• Golden Reel Guardian Set
• Guardian of Silence Set
• Gunslinger Set
• Harbinger of the Inauspicious Abyss Set
• Heart of the North Set
• Heavy Armor of the World Runner Set
• Heavy Barbed Armor Set
• Heirlooms of Aeol Drias
• Hell’s Ambassador Set
• Hidden Flower
• Hunter in Distant Sands Set
• Hunter of the Red Talon Set
• Hunter with No Name
• Immemorial Emperor Set
• Immortals Pride
• Impending Transgressions Set
• Imperial Relics
• Implements of the Tahlin Watch Set
• Instruments of the Claddish Voyager Set
• Iron Clock Knight
• Jewel of the Forest Set
• Jewels of Teardrop Ice Set
• Jini the Bright Moon Set
• Judge of the Battlefield
• Keeper of the Northlight Set
• Kunkka’s ‘But I’m Not A Pirate!’ Pack
• Legacy of Infernal Wings
• Legacy of the Awakened Set
• Light of the Solar Divine
• Lost Hills Set
• Malicious Efflorescence Set
• Malicious Sting
• Master Weaver Set
• Mentor of the High Plains
• Mnemonus Arcanus Set
• Monstrous Reprisal
• Moon Rift
• Mortar Forge
• Nether Lord’s Regalia Set
• Nimble Edge Set
• Obsidian Guard
• Of Ebony and Ivory Set
• Outcast of the Deep Set
• Penumbral Vesture Set
• Phasma Phasmatis
• Radiant Protector Set
• Raiment of the Chiseled Guard
• Red Dragon
• Red Mist Reaper Set
• Redmoon Assassin’s Secret Set
• Regalia of the Crystalline Queen Set
• Regalia of the Mortal Coil Set
• Relics of the Putrid Pontiff Set
• Relics of the Sundered King
• Remains of the Dreadknight Set
• Resentment of the Banished Princess
• Ritual Garb of the Father Spirits Set
• Rune Forged Set
• Saberhorn’s Armor Set
• Sacred Bones Set
• Sacred Orb Set
• Samurai Soul
• Sanguine Royalty
• Scarlet Quarry
• Sentinel of the Lucent Gate
• Shadowshards
• Silent Champion
• Sky-High Warship
• Snowstorm Huntress
• Sorcerer of the Black Pool
• Spider of Purple Nightmare
• Spikes of Frost Set
• Spinal Slicers Pack
• Spirit of the Howling Wolf Set
• Spoils of the Bone Ruins Set
• Star Series 8
• Starlight Set
• Starrider of the Crescent Steel
• Steelweb of Pytheos Set
• Styles of Unending Battle
• The Ancient Sovereign Set
• The Apocalyptic Fire Set
• The Arms of Retribution Set
• The Atniw’s Fury Set
• The Axecutioner Set
• The Battle Caster Set
• The Bone Scryer Set
• The Bonehunter Set
• The Boreal Watch Set
• The Burden of Eleven Curses Set
• The Caustic Consumption Set
• The Clergy Ascetic Set
• The Commendable Commodore Set
• The Conquering Tyrant Set
• The Corpse Maiden’s Set
• The Creeper’s Cruelty Set
• The Crimson Cut-throat Set
• The Deadly Nightshade Set
• The Drunken Warlord Set
• The Ephemeral Haunt Set
• The Exiled Demonologist Set
• The Exiled Ronin Set
• The Fiend Cleaver
• The Gallows Understudy Set
• The Garments of the Charred Bloodline Set
• The Gifts of Yoskreth Set
• The Hare Hunt Set
• The Hidden Talent Set
• The Mage Slayer’s Set
• The Magus Magnus Set
• The Maniacal Machinist
• The Master Assassin Set
• The Mourning Mother
• The Mysterious Vagabond Set
• The Nether Grandmaster’s Robes Set
• The Nightwatcher’s Set
• The Northern Wind Set
• The Obsidian Blade Set
• The Ol’ Chopper’s Set
• The Pirate’s Booty Set
• The Radiance of the Crusade Set
• The Red Conqueror Set
• The Regal Forest Lord Set
• The Riftshadow Roamer’s Set
• The Sea Dragon’s Set
• The Sharpshooter Set
• The Slithereen Exile Set
• The Spellbinder’s Shape Set
• The Steadfast Voyager Set
• The Stoneshard Majesty Set
• The Stormcrow’s Spirit Set
• The Subtle Demon Set
• The Tentacular Timelord Set
• The Third Insight Set
• The Thorns of Sundering Set
• The Twisted Arc Set
• The Ursine Ravager Set
• The Witch Hunter
• The World Splitter
• Thousand Faces Set
• Throes of Anguish Set
• Thunderwrath’s Calling Set
• Tools of the Demon Witch Set
• Toxic Siege Armor Set
• Trappings of the Pangolin Guild Set
• Traveler on the High Plains Set
• Tribal Stone Set
• Twisted Wisdom Set
• Vestments of the Infinite Waves
• Vestments of the Ten Plagues Set
• Viridi Inanitas Set
• Volatile Firmament
• War-Vestments of the Magnoceri
• Warlord of Hell
• Warrior of the Steppe Set
• Warrior of the Stormlands
• Web of Thorns Set
• Webs of Perception Set
• Weight of Omexe Set
• Whispering Dead Set
• Wicked Bad Voodoo Set
• Wings of Obelis Set
• Wings of the Gilded Falcon Set
• Winter Snowdrop
• Witch of the Outlands Set
• Wrath of the Blood Covenant Set
• Wrath of the Highborn Pack
• Yuwipi Set

Mythical Drops

• Arcs of Manta Pack
• Armor of the Sanguine Moon Set
• Arms of Burning Turmoil Set
• Artisan of Havoc
• Assembly of Announcers Pack
• Attributes of the Foretold Set
• Axe Announcer Pack
• Bastion Announcer Pack
• Cadenza Magic Master
• Clockwerk Announcer Pack
• Collection of Couriers Pack
• Commander of the Dragon Guard Set
• Crescent
• Defense Grid Announcer Pack
• Ember Crane Set
• Empowered Vestments of the Gods Set
• Epitaphic Bonds
• Equine Emissary
• Everlasting Heat
• Featherfall
• Flames of Prosperity Set
• Flight of the Crescent Moon
• Form of the Great Grey Set
• Formed Alloy Set
• Fungal Lord Set
• Garb of the Cruel Magician Set
• Garments of the Nightsilver Sentinel
• Gemmed Armor of the Priest Kings Set
• Gifts from the Gloom Set
• Gifts of Fortune Set
• Glacier Duster Set
• Gladiator’s Revenge
• Hunter of Kings
• Iceborn Trinity
• Iceforged Set
• Juggernaut Announcer Pack
• Lina Announcer Pack
• Lord of the Scouring Dunes
• Mystic Instruments of Tang-Ki
• Nature’s Prophet Announcer Pack
• Peculiar Prestidigitator Set
• Primeval Prophet
• Pyrion Flax Announcer Pack
• Rage of the Three
• Redwood Arms Set
• Resonant Vibrance Set
• Rider of the Storm Set
• Sermon of the Frozen Apostle Set
• Shadow Hunter Set
• Sinister Lightning
• Spoils from the Shifting Sorcerer Bundle
• Static Lord
• Stonehall Royal Guard Set
• Storm Spirit Announcer Pack
• Strength of the Demon Stone Set
• Techies’ Bombastic Box
• The Demonic Archivist Set
• The Inscrutable Zeal Set
• The Moon Rider Set
• The Pirate Cap’n Announcer Pack
• The Rough Rider of Yama Raskav Set
• The Stanley Parable Announcer Pack
• The Three Virtues Bundle
• The Wolf Hunter
• Timberthaw
• Tools of the Haruspex Set
• Tools of the Mad Harvester Set
• Trine Announcer Pack
• Twin Blades Assassin
• Vestige of the Arsenal Magus
• Wandering Demon of the Plains Set
• Wandering Harlequin’s Regalia

Legendary Drops

• Arsenal of the Demonic Vessel
• Bindings of Deep Magma
• Blessings of Lucentyr Set
• Chains of the Black Death
• Reminiscence of Dreams

Arcana Drops

• Blades of Voth Domosh
• Demon Eater
• Fiery Soul of the Slayer
• Fractal Horns of Inner Abysm
• Rune of the Duelist Indomitable
• Swine of the Sunken Galley Bundle

Predictions For The Next Hero