The Festival of Hearts

Chromatic Games February 11th, 2025

Greetings, Defenders! Today—among the reactivation of Player Shops and a slew of bug fixes—we’re introducing a new seasonal event; the Festival of Hearts!

This modest, but nevertheless lovely limited-time event sees the introduction of Violet Marygold, a new vendor who sells event-unique consumables, as well as the introduction of the Cupid Hunter costume and Valentine accessories!

The Festival of Hearts will run through March 11th.

Additionally, with the reintroduction of Player Shops, we’ll be holding a tax-free event until February 16th AND double Defender Pass XP over the weekend; February 15th and 16th.

Violet Marygold’s Valentine Shop

Etheria is like a box of chocolates—you never know what you’re gonna get. One moment it could be raining loot, and the next, exploding Kobolds! Thankfully, with the aid of Violet Marygold’s concussive cupcakes and speed-boosting chocolate strawberries, Defenders will be well-equipped to conquer any opposition that besets them this Valentine’s season.

Event Consumables

Violet Marygold can be found in the Tavern and Town Hub selling Festival of Hearts Crates. These can be purchased once each day for 100 gold, and contain a variety of consumables that—for 60 minutes—grant a powerful effect;

Chocolate Strawberry – The impending sugar rush after consuming one of these increases movement speed by 25% and ability power by 10%.
Chocolate Heart – Instantly revives the hero after death. Can only occur once every 80 seconds.
Cupcake – Causes basic Attacks to have a 25% chance to stun, and you deal 25% more damage to enemies effected by crowd control.
Rose – Upon taking damage, reflects 100% of you max heath back to the attacker.
Teddy Bear – The comfort this bear brings increases Heath by 10%, armor by 25%, and when struck, increase your hero damage by 15% for 3 seconds.

Emporium

Additions

Hunter Cupid Hunter Costume – 800 gems.
Valentines Accessory Bundle – 1280 gems. This bundle includes;

Cupid WIngs
Heart Glasses
Crown of Hearts
Floating Hearts Ground Flair

Festival of Hearts Bundle – 1900 gems. This bundle includes;

Cupid WIngs
Heart Glasses
Crown of Hearts
Floating Hearts Ground Flair
Hunter Cupid

Player Shops

Player shops have been re-enabled. Rejoice!
Players must now wait 15 seconds between purchases when using player shops.
Player-shops may be used tax-free until February 16th!

Fixes

Fixed Ancient Armor Glove recipe upgrading with scales as opposed to rings.
Fixed an issue where players could not place defenses in select locations on Wild Westival.
Fixed an issue where the Amber DIno pet egg would unintentionally rot.
Fixed a typo within the description of Elemental Candy.
Fixed Blessing of the Dragon shard description.
Fixed Chaos X mastery having the incorrect power level.
Fixed grammatical error in Blizzard’s Resurgence shard name.
Fixed Ice Wall health scaling with pet empowerment.
Fixed Malakai’s Manor not working on Elemental Rumble.
Fixed wyverns becoming stuck on Tornado Canyon.