Demeo x Dungeons and Dragons Battlemarked Warlock Update Adds New Hero, Frozen Quest

Azruss Drevontir didn't just get added to Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked's hero roster - the new Warlock has to be earned. Resolution Games' March 17 "Warlock Update" (build 4.0.31528-release) ties the permanent unlock to completing "Auril's Cradle," a frozen north side quest introduced in the same patch. Clear it within the campaign and Azruss becomes available across all your future runs. Skip it and you're leaving a Warlock slot empty.

According to the official press release, Azruss "wields eldritch magic born of infernal promise," with a class-based deck built around pact-bound spells, battlefield manipulation, and high-variance plays. TurnBasedLovers described the deck as centering on "pact magic, positioning, curses, and volatile, high-risk strategies" - which is exactly what you'd want from a Warlock. This isn't a safe, consistent support hero; it rewards players who can read a board and commit to a big swing.

"Auril's Cradle" does double duty as both the Warlock unlock mechanism and a standalone One Shot once cleared. Veterans replaying the second campaign get the same deal: finish the quest, bank the One Shot for future play. The update also scales One Shot dungeon difficulty with elite enemy variants and boss variations, so the challenge adjusts based on what you select going in.

The mechanical changes extend well beyond the new hero. Phase 2 of the hirelings redesign removes AI-controlled hirelings from multiplayer entirely - every hero in a party must now be created and progressed by an actual player. Resolution Games announced this redesign in two phases following player feedback, and this update closes it out. For groups running four-player cross-platform sessions across Steam, PlayStation, and Meta Horizon, the change means no more padding a roster with hirelings; everyone at the table has to pull their own weight.

On the balance side, Resolution Games added Tymora's Blessing as a bad-luck protection system that kicks in when attack rolls go cold, plus respawn toggle buttons and a broader pass of quality-of-life fixes. The full line-by-line entries under the patch's Gameplay Bug/Balance Fixes, UI, and Localization headers are published on the official Battlemarked patch notes page.

The update also pushed localization into four new territories: Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese Simplified, and Chinese Traditional. Battlemarked launched in November 2025 in collaboration with Hasbro subsidiary Wizards of the Coast, and this expansion brings the supported language count up meaningfully for a co-op game that leans hard on cross-platform coordination.

Battlemarked currently carries an 80% rating on Metacritic, though its VR requirement - Steam VR, PS VR2, and Meta Quest are the only ways in - keeps its audience narrower than a traditional console release. The game supports up to four players in cross-platform co-op across PC, Mac, PlayStation 5 (including PSVR and PSVR2), and Meta Quest. The Warlock Update is live now across all platforms.