Summer cedes soon to autumn, sending signals to the smeevils that the time for another seasonal Dota Plus update has now arrived. The autumn-ready additions that await include several features from the Nemestice Battle Pass transitioning into Dota Plus's core, as well as a new seasonal treasure and refreshed guild quests & rewards.
Nemestice Features
As part of the Nemestice Battle Pass, we improved the Dota Plus Item Assistant with Neutral Item Suggestions and enhanced Quick Buy Recommendations. Though the Nemestice storms have passed, both of these features have now been transferred to Dota Plus core and are available to all Plus members.
For Plus members interested in expanding their in-lane audio libraries, the Chat Wheel sound effects from the Nemestice Battle Pass are now available for purchase via shards in the Dota Plus Shard Store.
Dota Plus Seasonal Treasure
The Fall 2021 Seasonal Treasure is here, available for purchase with shards. Exclusive to Dota Plus members, this treasure features all new sets for Vengeful Spirit, Abaddon, Nature's Prophet, Witch Doctor, Disruptor, Shadow Demon, Tusk, Legion Commander, and Dark Seer. There's also a chance to unlock Ol' Joe the koala courier, a chill little guy preloaded with random prismatic and kinetic gems.
Updated Seasonal Quests & Guild Rewards
Today’s update also comes with a new set of Dota Plus quests to help harvest some extra shards for new relics and the Seasonal Treasure — offering up to 115,200 shards over the course of the season.
Rounding out today's update in addition to the changes above, the guild rewards for silver, gold, and platinum tier guilds have all been switched for the fall season. We were saddened to hear recently of the passing of Aldrin Paulo "Dunoo" Pangan, an icon of the Filipino casting community. As a tribute, for the next season, the selected chat wheels feature some of his most iconic lines.
Today's patch unveils the 7.30 gameplay update, complete with new and reworked hero abilities; updated talents, shards, and scepters; and a new batch of neutral items for everyone to explore as we barrel through the final weeks before The International kicks off in Bucharest in October.
With tweaks and changes across the board, there's a lot of fun stuff to absorb. Head over to the 7.30 Update page for a fresh list of all that the update has in store.
This patch also marks the end of the Nemestice event. Thank you to all players who participated in the event, and make sure to claim any of your final rewards.
Battle Level Bundle
The Nemestice 2021 Battle Level Bundle has arrived, bringing with it the opportunity for Battle Pass customers to advance further along the rewards line at a steep discount. Each bundle purchase contains 60 Battle Levels, 6 Nemestice Immortal Treasures, and 3 Nemestice Themed Treasures, all for $14.99 each--a 70% savings on the combined value of the levels and treasures. Each Battle Pass owner is able to buy up to two bundles.
This bundle is a great chance to earn many of the rewards within the Battle Pass, including the Davion Dragon Knight persona at Level 195, the Kid Invoker Dark Artistry set at Level 275, and the Phantom Advent Spectre Arcana at level 330. Now is the time to boost your Battle Level, as this bundle will only be available through the weekend, ending Monday, August 9th.
In other news, Gameplay Patch 7.30 will be arriving after the Battle Pass ends. We're working on it.
Short Film Contest Extended
Each year, The International is not just a tournament of the best professional Dota teams on the planet, but also a place to celebrate the Dota community as a whole. Nowhere is this more evident than with the Short Film Contest, where the community's creators get a chance to showcase their talents on the big screen.
With The International moving to October in Bucharest, there is more time available than originally expected, so we've decided to re-open submissions for the Short Film Contest until September 12th. Creators can continue to perfect their current submissions or even submit new ones.
The Nemestice 2021 Collector's Cache has arrived, featuring a new round of selections from the Dota 2 Workshop. Available until the end of the Nemestice Battle Pass for $2.49, each cache offers one of thirteen item sets for a wide range of heroes -- in addition to the chance to unbox a Rare Sven set, Very Rare Witch Doctor set, or Ultra Rare Morphling set.
To help unlock even more rewards, Battle Pass owners can earn up to 32 levels by opening these treasures. Your first treasure will grant 2,000 Battle Points, with 6,000 more points coming after a sixth treasure and 24,000 arriving after the thirteenth.
If you unbox a set you don't plan to use, unopened item bundles from this treasure can be recycled for two Battle Levels each. The Ultra Rare Morphling set will be marketable, but the remainder of the contents are untradeable and unmarketable.
We'd like to thank the community artists who submitted sets for consideration, as well as the fans who visited the Workshop to help with the voting. We look forward to seeing all of these new additions out in the lanes.
Announcing New Location and Dates for The International - Dota 2 Championships
We are thrilled to announce The International 10 - Dota 2 Championships will be held this October in Bucharest, Romania, and the epic battle for the Aegis of Champions will fittingly unfold inside the country's largest stadium — Arena Nationala.
Group Stage will run October 7 - 10, with Main Stage play kicking off on October 12. Then on October 17, the two finest Dota 2 teams in the world will face off for the Aegis and their shares of the $40,018,195 prize pool that awaits. Additional information on ticket sales will come shortly.
We are grateful for the partnership we have formed with Romania and the city of Bucharest, and very much look forward to gathering with the global Dota 2 community, both in-person and virtually, to celebrate the elite players and amazing fandom at The International. Prepare yourselves. At long last, the battle begins.
Dota 2 Update - July 6th, 2021
Client performance improvements
Team Mystery now has silver and gold content in the Supporters Club.
Team Unknown has been added to the Supporters Club.
Dota 2 Update - June 29th, 2021
Fixed a pathfinding issue with stationary units and body blocking.
New teams have been added to the Supporters Club.
Nemestice Falls and New Powers Rise
New Event Mode & Battle Pass
In the wake of the Mad Moon's destruction, willful fragments of Radiant Ore and Direstone crashed upon our world. But a third type of stone—Nemestice—was left drifting behind. Now, a prophesied Nemestice Storm strikes the heart of the battlefield, and the clash of the Ancients has been forgotten. For Nemestice offers power over both Ancients, and in this land, there is no greater prize.
Prepare for impact over at the Nemestice Battle Pass page, where you can learn more about the free event game and all the rewards in store for those who participate in the Battle Pass—like an all-new Dragon Knight Persona, Spectre Arcana, Young Invoker Dark Artistry Bundle, Immortal Treasure, and heaps more. And this is just the first offering in this year’s cadence of events—we’re planning a second Battle Pass later this year.
AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution
This update also adds support for AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution. This technique allows the game to render at a lower resolution and then upscale the results with improved image quality. The result is high quality rendering at a lower performance cost than full resolution rendering, which allows for higher framerates even on less powerful graphics cards. Players can enable this setting in the Video options by turning the "Game Screen Render Quality" to less than 100%, and then turning on the "FidelityFX Super Resolution" checkbox. FidelityFX Super Resolution works on any GPU compatible with DirectX 11 or Vulkan.
The International Regional 10 Qualifiers
Regional Qualifiers for The International will begin as scheduled on June 23 and run through July 10. View the brackets for each region and make predictions in the watch tab of the Dota 2 client. More information on The International event itself will be available soon.
An Important Update on TI10: The International - Dota 2 Championships in Sweden
We started working with Sweden back in 2019 to get everything in place to hold TI10 there in 2020. When the global pandemic necessitated a postponement, we doubled our efforts to work in tandem with officials there to make sure we provided them with everything they needed to make this a safe and successful event for everyone.
Over the course of the past year, Stockholm Live and Visit Stockholm continued to reassure us in our regular and constant communications with them that The International - Dota 2 Championships qualified for the same exemptions other elite sporting events there received.
However, despite previous reassurances, we were informed two weeks ago that the Swedish Sports Federation had just voted not to accept esports into the sports federation.
In subsequent (and immediate) meetings with the Swedish Esports Federation (SESF) and Visit Stockholm we discovered our only remaining option was to ask Sweden's Minister of the Interior to reclassify The International - Dota 2 Championships as an elite sporting event. Our request was immediately denied.
With the Minister of the Interior failing to recognize The International - Dota 2 Championships as an elite sporting event, anyone attempting to procure a visa for travel into Sweden for TI10 (including players, talent, and staff) would be denied. The absence of this official recognition also means individual border agents would be making decisions about entry for those traveling to the event from countries outside the EU who do not typically need a visa to enter Sweden.
We filed an appeal directly with the Swedish government on June 9, but they were unable to provide assistance. On June 14 we followed up asking them to reconsider, and they have so far been unable to offer a resolution. As a result, and in light of the current political situation in Sweden, we have started looking for possible alternatives elsewhere in Europe to host the event this year, in case the Swedish government is unable to accommodate The International - Dota 2 Championships as planned. We feel confident that in either instance we will have a solution that allows us to hold TI10 in Europe this year, and that we will be able to announce an updated plan in the very near future.
We remain committed to hosting The International this year in a way that is both safe for all involved, and properly celebrates the players and fans of Dota 2. We will be communicating what we find out as soon as we are able. In the meantime, TI qualifiers will still be happening on the originally scheduled dates starting June 23. And later this week, the all-new summer event Nemestice will arrive.
