Watcher of Realms Patch Notes – March 2, 2026

Here are the official Watcher of Realms update notes for March 2, 2026. Update Duration: 03/02/2026, 16:15 – 03/02/2026, 20:15 (UTC-8). Compensation: Diamond x500.

Patch Overview

Guild War: Guild War S13 begins, Gladiator’s Gauntlet returns, Bot Stronghold changes arrive, and Mystery Demon Chest updates are included.
Hero Adjustments: Astrael and Sargak receive major updates, with multiple additional hero fixes and text optimizations.
New Content: New Abyssal Rift stages, new achievements, and new Odyssey quests added.
Other Updates: Security Lock improvements, Odyssey difficulty reductions, Void Rift improvements, Tower of Deception tag updates, and Arena lineup saving improvements.

Guild War

Guild War S13 Starts

Updated Central Keep and Defense Towers maps for the new season.
Updated new season theme, Avatar Border, and Emote rewards.
New season Demon Soldier [Pharaoh’s Guard] can be obtained through Guild War.

Demon Soldier – Pharaoh’s Guard: A high-DPS melee Demon Soldier capable of inflicting debuffs.

Guild War S12 – Gladiator’s Gauntlet Starts

Overall Season Schedule:

Server 5:
Gladiator’s Gauntlet Duration: 03/16 – 03/28
Preparation Phase: 03/16 – 03/28
Battle Phase: 03/20 – 03/27
Calculation Phase: 03/28

Server 6:
Gladiator’s Gauntlet Duration: 03/16 – 03/26
Preparation Phase: 03/16 – 03/26
Battle Phase: 03/20 – 03/25
Calculation Phase: 03/26

Adjusted the deployment limit of Demon Captains in Gladiator’s Gauntlet from 3 to 2.

Optimizations

Optimized the visual performance of the Results screen.
Removed Bot Strongholds for all Tier A Guilds, effective from the next season.
Adjusted the BP display for Bot Strongholds and reduced their difficulty in Gold Rank.
Added a shortcut to view the opponent’s Demon Soldier team in defense replays.
Added a display to the battle replay list, showing the specific number of Soul Cores destroyed.

Mystery Demon Chest and Demon Soldier Adjustments

New Demon Soldier added to Mystery Demon Chest: Demon Soldier – Frozen Raider.
Optimized the visual effects of Twin Demon Soldier.
Optimized the pity mechanism for obtaining Faction Demon Captains from the Mystery Demon Chest.
Fixed an issue where Demon Captain – Countess Mariath’s active skill sometimes failed to take effect during Auto-fights.

Hero Adjustments

Astrael, The Duskborn Marquis

[Ultimate Talent]

Before:
Basic ATK has a 30% chance to become a Deep Bite and inflict 20% Vulnerability (P. DMG) on the target for 5 sec. While shielded, the Talent trigger chance increases by 20%.

After:
Basic ATK has a 30% chance to become a Deep Bite and inflict 20% Vulnerability (P. DMG) on the target for 5 sec. While shielded, the Talent trigger chance increases by 30%.

[Crimson Embrace]

Before:
Can choose and charge to an empty ground tile within 3 tiles, dealing 120/120/200/200/200% AoE DMG to up to 5 enemies in path. After casting this skill, the hero is enhanced: gains 40/50/50/60/60% ATK and guarantees that the next Basic ATK during this enhancement becomes Deep Bite. This enhancement buff lasts for 15 sec.

After:
Can choose and charge to an empty ground tile within 4 tiles, dealing 120/120/200/200/200% AoE DMG to up to 5 enemies in path. After casting this skill, the hero is enhanced: gains 40/50/50/60/60% ATK and guarantees that the next 3 Basic ATKs during this enhancement become Deep Bites. This enhancement buff lasts for 15 sec.

[Vampiric Aura]

Before:
After casting the Ultimate, grants a shield equal to 100/115/115/130/130% of the hero’s ATK to the hero and 1 adjacent ally with the lowest HP percentage. Upon gaining this shield, dispels all debuffs, and while the shield exists, grants 10% ATK Interval Decrease. The shield lasts for 10/10/12/12/15 sec.

After:
After casting the Ultimate, grants a shield equal to 100/120/120/130/130% of the hero’s ATK to the hero and 1 adjacent ally with the lowest HP percentage for 10/10/12/12/15 sec. Upon gaining this shield, dispels all debuffs; while the shield exists, grants 10% ATK Interval Decrease. When applying this shield to self, increases Shield Strength by 50%.

Awakened I

Before:
The damage of each instance from Deep Bite increases to 220%.

After:
Increases every single instance of Deep Bite’s DMG to 220%. After casting Deep Bite, increases the hero’s Crit. DMG by 40% for 10 sec. Stacks up to 2 times.

Sargak, The Gruesome Spear

Ultimate Talent Adjustment

Before:
All DMG dealt has a 25% chance to trigger Blood Spear, inflicting Bleed on the target. If the target is already inflicted with Bleed, Blood Spear ignores 50% of their DEF.

After:
All DMG dealt has a 25% chance to trigger Blood Spear, inflicting Bleed on the target. If the target is already inflicted with Bleed, Blood Spear ignores 50% of their DEF and inflicts 10% DEF Reduction to them.

[Bloodshed Fury]

Before:
When triggered, consumes 10% of current HP per sec, reduces DEF by 30%, and increases ATK by 35/40/45/45/45%. Additionally, each Basic ATK lands 2 consecutive strikes. Lasts for 15/15/15/20/20 sec.

After:
When triggered, dispels debuffs on self. During the Ultimate, becomes immune to debuffs, and consumes 10% of current HP per sec when HP is above 25%. Increases ATK by 35/40/45/45/45%, and each Basic ATK lands 2 consecutive strikes. Lasts for 15/15/15/20/20 sec.

[Bellicosity]

Before:
Increases ATK Spd. by 6/7/8/9/10 for every 1% HP lost. The effect of Specialized ATK Spd. is stronger when HP is lower.

After:
Increases ATK Spd. by 10/11/12/13/15 for every 1% HP lost. The effect of Specialized ATK Spd. is stronger when HP is lower (max effect at 25% HP).

Awakened I

Before:
During the effect of Bloodshed Fury, if the hero’s HP is below 50%, additionally increases ATK by 10% and reduces DEF by 10%.

After:
During the effect of Bloodshed Fury, if the hero’s HP is below 50%, additionally increases ATK by 10% and reduces DEF by 10%, as well as increasing Blood Spear’s trigger chance by 10%.

Awakened III

Before:
Blood Spear deals 50% increased DMG to Elites or Bosses.

After:
Blood Spear restores 2% Rage to the hero and deals 50% increased DMG to Elites or Bosses.

Awakened IV

Before: Crit. Rate +8%
After: Penetration +8%

Awakened V

Before:
When any unit (including allies and enemies) in range dies, increases ATK by 1%. ATK will be increased by an extra 1% if the unit is killed by the hero. The increase is capped at 20%.

After:
When any unit (including allies and enemies) in range dies, increases ATK by 4%. ATK will be increased by an extra 4% if the unit is killed by the hero. The increase is capped at 24%.

Additional Hero Fixes and Text Adjustments

Fixed an issue where Prismite: Malachite and Prismite: Cobalt failed to trigger Passive – Perspective in certain edge cases.
Fixed an issue where Prismarch could not deal Splash DMG to invisible enemies.
[Ezareth, The World Eater] Adjusted descriptions of some skill effects without changing the actual effects.
[Lyra, The Cosmic Seer] Modified the description of the Awakened V skill. The actual effect remains unchanged.
[Hatssut, The Avenging Empress] Fixed an issue where the hero was not in the Invisibility state for 0.1 sec upon deployment.
[Pierre, The Painter] Adjusted the names of summoned units in certain languages.

New Content

Added new stages AR8-5 – AR8-8 to The Abyssal Rift in Campaign Chapter VIII.

New Achievements

Conqueror V: Clear Stage 24 of all 3 Gear Raids. Reward: Legendary Hero Pact (Conqueror). You can randomly get 1 Legendary hero from a selected pool.
Guild War Elite: Claim rank rewards for Platinum or higher in Guild War 1 time. Reward: Legendary Faction Demon Soldier Choice Chest. You can choose from Demon Soldier – Frozen Cleric, Demon Soldier – Emberfire Templar, or Demon Soldier – Specter Skeleton Archer.

New Odyssey quests added. Rewards include Praetus’s Skin, Init Soulstone, Odyssey-Exclusive Camp Music, Advanced Recasting Hammers, various Gems, Summoning Crystals, and more.

Other Optimizations and Adjustments

Added a Force Unbind feature to Security Lock. Commanders who have enabled the Security Lock can now use verification to forcibly unbind current login methods (e.g., Facebook, Apple, Google Play).
Reduced the difficulty of some existing Odyssey quests.
Optimized the prompt for Titanic Ruins – Matrix I, and added a pop-up prompt when entering battle.
Optimized Void Rift gameplay, allowing players to exit or change mounts at any time during exploration.
Added new tags to all Boss stages and Hidden Chamber stages in Tower of Deception. Commanders can challenge them when the next Tower of Deception event begins.
Added a BP display to Arena Auto-fights.
Previously, unsaved adjustments to the Arena lineup in Team interface were lost when switching to the Hero interface; now these adjustments will remain saved.

Source: Official Watcher of Realms update announcement.