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2026 Patch History

The official changelog collection contains 10 patch-note entries dated in 2026. Each entry includes an English summary and a link to the official patch notes.

January

Patch Notes 16/01/2026

Date: 16 January 2026 Type: Live changelog Original notes: Read the forum post

Hexensnacht returns January 16–26 with updated tasks, new rewards, Morrslieb Coins, dyes, mounts, and the new Terror Takes Flight ORvR PQ.
New charge-based Purple Seeds are being added, including six arriving in Bastion Stair.
Bastion Stair updates include new Bled Rings, Liquid Serenity upgrades, new voice acting, new Tome stories, and quest reward resets.
Champion’s Mark Vendors now sell Bags of Bloody Seeds with a rare chance at charged Purple Seeds.
Warband Leader Crowns now clearly labeled as bound-to-account.
Multiple bug fixes across combat, items, scenarios, bolster, UI, Tome unlocks, and abilities.
Weekend Warfront kill requirements standardized across most scenarios.
Live Event tasks have been changed. All tasks requiring participation/victory in scenarios have been removed and replaced with other tasks. New tasks are to complete 10 quests of your choice, to resurrect fallen allies, to participate in the Terror Takes Flight ORvR PQ, and to collect Hexenschädel.

February

Patch Notes 12/02/2026

Date: 12 February 2026 Type: Live changelog Original notes: Read the forum post

It's a huge patch this month with a brand new Live Event, the new Scenario Matchmaker, Dungeon Updates, Class Balance changes, and more!.
The new Scenario Matchmaker is finally here! Special thanks to all players who helped us test and improve it over the last few months.
A brand new Mentor System has been added to the game, rewarding players who spend time helping lower levels.
Five new cosmetic Masks , a new cape design, new Rose Trophies, and two new Mounts are arriving in the new Night of Masks Live Event!.
Bastion Stair has a new secret boss , and Sigmar's Crypts has been improved for Order with new Boss 1 mechanics and other QoL fixes!.
Slayer and Choppa , Shield DoKs/Warrior Priests, and various classes are all getting some new changes.
Matches now balance Archetypes, so both teams have similar amounts of healers, tanks, and DPS.
Matches now prioritize Premade groups hitting other Premade groups, instead of hitting pugs.

March

Patch Notes 13/03/2026

Date: 13 March 2026 Type: Live changelog Original notes: Read the forum post

Introducing Waking Day: Today's patch introduces a brand new Kislev-themed Live Event!.
Stuck no more: A number of areas where players often found themselves stuck in RvR have been fixed.
Matchmaker Improvements: The new Scenario Matchmaker gets a number of improvements in today's patch.
Dungeon Upgrades: Various Dungeons are getting touch-ups and QoL improvements, including Bilerot Burrow.
Liniment items now drop properly from Butchering again, alongside many other bug fixes!.
We're recruiting! The RoR team is expanding: check out our open positions here.
The riding animation for the Oblast Elk has been fixed (particularly noticeable on dwarfs, who are no longer in gyropack hand-grip pose).
Riding animations have been fixed for short-legged riders for the bears (dwarfs & goblins) ; new items were created for the Lynsk bear, so any dwarfs/goblins who had this mount from the exotic mount vendor will have to trade it in for one specific to their race.

April

Patch Notes 03/04/2026

Date: 3 April 2026 Type: Live changelog Original notes: Read the forum post

Lockouts now begin their timer when you gain renown in the RvR lakes.
Even when locked out, you can now still login to the other faction.
Lockout now gives you a debuff with a 90 minute timer (from your last renown gain) that blocks XP, Influence, Renown, Contribution and any rolls/drops of crests in the RvR lakes.
Scenarios, as well as PvE and Dungeon drops outside of the RvR lakes, are unaffected by the lockout.
When either realm is outnumbered by 20% or more (AAO), and as long as one warband+ of players from both factions are on the map, a special non-attackable NPC has a chance to spawn at a strategic location in the RvR lake. This NPC will broadcast a call to arms exclusively to the underdog team.
A Warband Leader with at least 16 members may speak to the NPC to accept the challenge and begin the King of the Hill event at their location.
How to win: The Warband Leader must survive and defend their current location for 10 minutes. If the enemy fails to kill them or does not show up, their entire faction wins and is granted winner bonuses (below). If the Warband Leader is killed, the event ends in victory for the outnumbering team.
To help Leaders survive the incoming hordes, they are granted bonus Wounds, Outgoing Damage, Outgoing Healing, and a reduction to Incoming Damage, and grow in size, similar to how the King Fights work in Stage 3 of City Sieges.

May

Patch Notes 14/05/2026

Date: 14 May 2026 Type: Live changelog Original notes: Read the forum post

The Lockout debuff has been reduced to 60 minutes.
The Lockout debuff should no longer have any effect if you are also under the effect of Against All Odds .
If the AAO buff vanishes, the debuff will once again apply if the timer is still running.
Activities in T1 should not trigger the realmlock.
Supplyboxes collisions has been reduced, we cannot remove it fully but this means you can effectively walk over them. Note that since we cannot remove collision entirely and keep its function it means that if the box is not on the ground then it will still cause blocking issues and we are looking at this as well but was not done in time for this update.
Land of the Dead expeditions can now occur at a wider range of possible times .
For players in West Coast NA and Oceanic times , this may help make joining these more realistic than before.
Renown for points is increased significantly.

June

Patch Notes 12/6/2026

Date: 12 June 2026 Type: Live changelog Original notes: Read the forum post

The Citrine Blood-Iron and Bled Blood-Iron rings have been renamed to Moonstone Blood-Iron rings , to unify the naming pattern with the new Twilight's Tide Rings. Stats on the Blood-Iron rings now also follow the stats of their Twilight's Tide and Vale counterparts.
Librarian tome-unlock accessories now all increase in rarity based on number of "pips".
Franzed Palomino Warhorse, Golden Dark Bay Warhorse, and Silver Skewbald Warhorse are now rare quality.
Weekly live events which arbitrarily had doubled War Crest rewards (and were not anniversaries) have been fixed.
Twitch Drops.
12 Years of Return of Reckoning.
Live Event: Twilight's Tide.
Twilight's Tide Rings.

July

Patch Notes 17/7/2026

Date: 17 July 2026 Type: Live changelog Original notes: Read the forum post

Basic reward: Grudgesettler's Ink - An ingredient required to craft your Personal Book of Grudges.
Advanced reward: the Bitter Brew which rewards Order players with the title "Grimnir's Own", and Destruction players with the title "Oathrender"; or a Potion of Acclaim.
Live Event: Saga.
Saga will start on July 17th and last until July 31st.
Grudgesettler's Ink, Bitter Brew, Potion of Acclaim, and Gareksson's Brutebashin' Ring are among the event rewards.

August

Patch Notes 6/8/2026

Date: 6 August 2026 Type: Live changelog Original notes: Read the official patch notes

Pie Week runs August 14-28, with new rewards, dyes, achievements, baking recipes, and Tarts that let characters below level 40 complete event tasks.
New portals in starting zones connect players to the other starting areas in their realm, available shortly after character creation.
New speed-run quests and quality-of-life changes were added to Lost Vale and Hunter's Vale.
War Emblems were introduced as a Scenario currency used with War Crests to reduce weapon costs. The Scenario Weekly track now rewards points earned in play; Weekend Warfront bonuses fell from 50% to 25%, item rewards were removed, and base Scenario Renown increased by 20%.
Talabec Dam changed from carrying a bomb to escorting a giant that plants it at the enemy bridge.
The first phase of the armor rework updated T1-T4 sets, with new costs and set bonuses. The notes also include extensive ranged DPS career balance changes.

September

Patch Notes 17/09/2026

Date: 17 September 2026 Type: Live changelog Original notes: Read the official patch notes

Silver Falls Pass and Blood River Canyon opened as new six-player Tier 3 dungeons for level 25+ groups, with optional hard modes, a debolster system, Oathkeeper armor, and Shiny Treasure rewards.
March of the Greenskins ran September 18-28, adding the Rogue Idol public quest, realm-wide teeth donations and relic escorts, Ancestral Statues, and event rewards.
Phase I of the armor rework updated Tier 1-4 sets, their level requirements, stats, set bonuses, and costs. Tier 4 sets gained a sixth belt piece while retaining a five-piece bonus.
Scenario matchmaking now tries to make the largest match possible. Guard positions and aggro ranges were adjusted, and several maps received objective or timing changes, including Twisting Tower's change to a three-objective Domination scenario.
Renown Trainer costs and several career abilities were rebalanced. The experimental client also received Discord Rich Presence, graphics, and performance updates.

October

Patch Notes 29/10/2026

Date: 29 October 2026 Type: Live changelog Original notes: Read the official patch notes

Daemon Moon Rising returned as a Slaanesh-themed live event from October 30 to November 9, with the R'nyth public quest, thirteen masks, new dyes, capes, mounts, and event rewards.
A dropped connection now leaves a character in the world for 60 seconds. Rejoining on the same character restores the session; the character remains visible and vulnerable, and logging in another character ends the wait.
The rebuilt chat system adds custom realm channels, improved ignore controls, updated spam and language filters, and 14-day logging for public channels.
NPC and pet navigation, combat movement, and line of sight were rebuilt, with changes to chasing, pathing, and returning home.
Guild leader inactivity, warnings and handover rules were updated. Officer notes and rank permissions also received new protections.
Most Scenario barriers were removed, with guards restored or repositioned where needed. Barriers remain in Garden of Morr and Sacellum Arena.
Tier 4 Annihilator, Mercenary, and Ruin gear can no longer be salvaged. Blood River Canyon and Silver Falls Pass quest minimum levels were lowered from 25 to 20.
The patch also includes campaign, scenario, dungeon, quest, vendor, item, mount, user interface, and career fixes.

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