Multiplayer online dungeon adventure game Fellowship is about to get a bit more festive as soon as its December 11 patch goes live, bringing us The Stronghold Hearthwarming holiday event alongside some fairly notable quickplay changes and more.
Starting today, December 11, and ending on January 15, 2026, The Stronghold Hearthwarming holiday event gives the hub area a festive makeover while spreading piles of snow throughout it. Interacting with them adds a special ability to our action bars, allowing us to throw snowballs at other players waiting to set off on their next dungeon.
Fellowship December 11 Patch Notes
Fellowship’s Stronghold Hearthwarming event also adds a series of festive mounts and armor skins that we can claim by using Warm Wishes, a seasonal currency obtained by unlocking a new group of nodes in the rewards tree.
In addition, festive optional minibosses spawn in dungeons, granting bonuses and extending the timer for parties brave enough to challenge and defeat them.
Fellowship’s December 11 Patch also introduces the notice board, which makes keeping track of events and updates easier while in-game.
In addition, the update also removes Marks of Fellowship as a reward earned from Quickplay matches, increasing the amount earned in League matches. The currency can also be used to directly purchase materials like Ingots, Aethers, and Godstones, rather than relying on timed boxes.
Below, you’ll find the full Fellowship December 11 patch notes, as shared by the developer on Steam:
Fellowship Limited Event: The Stronghold Hearthwarming
Over the holiday period our team is going to be taking a break and enjoying the midwinter with family and friends. This will be the last scheduled update until the new year and we wanted to leave players with something to keep them warm.
We’ve decorated the Stronghold with snow and festive fun, and our very jolly vendor has unlockable skins and mounts available through in-game activities until January 15th.
Quickplay Experience
As part of our continued review of existing experiences, we’ve wanted to take a look at the effectiveness of Quickplay for some time. Our immediate goal is to ensure the intentions of Quickplay are preserved without veteran players being made to feel required to play in modes they are not interested in. As a result we’ve made major changes to how Marks of Fellowship are earned.
We will continue to monitor how these changes to Quickplay affect not just the experience of the mode, but the economy as a whole as we look at how it affects the rate of progression from here. This is unlikely to be the last change we make to the mode, but we wanted to see the effect of these changes to base our next steps on.
GENERAL
NEW - The ‘Stronghold Hearthwarming’ Event
Festive cheer warms the Stronghold through the midwinter!
- Added snow piles throughout the Stronghold that can be picked up, adding a ‘Special’ festive ability.
- Added the Notice Board to the Stronghold to allow players to receive information about major content changes in the game.
- Added the ‘Old Thistlefrost’ NPC Vendor to the Stronghold with a sackfull of new cosmetics!
- Added [Captain’s Uniform] Helena Skin.
- Added [Admiral’s Regalia] Helena Skin.
- Added [Holly Snowcoat] Meiko Skin.
- Added [Thistlefrost Costume] Meiko Skin.
- Added [Northern Comforts] Tariq Skin.
- Added [Lumberjacked Outfit] Tariq Skin.
- Added [Chic Winterwear] Mara Skin.
- Added [Fashionista Attire] Mara Skin.
- Added [General’s Ensemble] Elarion Skin.
- Added [Commandant’s Uniform] Elarion Skin.
- Added [Grumpy’s Garbs] Ardeos Skin.
- Added [Mister Million’s Suit] Ardeos Skin.
- Added [Winter Helper’s Outfit] Rime Skin.
- Added [Idedancer Regalia] Rime Skin.
- Added [Snugglebug Outerwear] Sylvie Skin.
- Added [Playful Pajamas] Sylvie Skin.
- Added [Rascal Onesie] Vigour Skin.
- Added [Mischievous Pajamas] Vigour Skin.
- Added [Warmheart Drafthorse] Mount.
- Added [Whitemane Wolf] Mount.
- Added [Cindermaw] Mount.
- Added [Willy Wind-Up] Mount.
- Added [Brum the Winter Warmth] Mount.
- Updated the underlying system for tracking the Stronghold Tutorial. Known Issue: Will reset progress but should be more reliable in the future.
UI
- Added a ‘Recently Met’ tab on the friends list screen, listing players that have been in the same sessions as you, making it easier to build social connections with players at your level.
- Added Rich Presence to the player’s friends list, letting them see what their friends are up to while playing elsewhere in Fellowship.
- Added Armor categories (Cloth, Leather, Mail, and Plate) to item tooltips. These values have always been present in the item but haven’t been exposed to tooltips until now. These categories give a quick indication of stat values of each item for comparison.
- Updated the clarity of the UI elements (buttons and icons) for more contrast and greater readability across all screens.
- Updated the UI for strict tier select elements on the Eternal Matchmaking screen.
- Fixed an issue where items were incorrectly being referenced as ‘Unique’
PROGRESSION
Marks of Fellowship
- Removed Marks of Fellowship from the Quickplay reward pool. Quickplay now only rewards Supplies.
- Increased Marks of Fellowship rewards to League matches:
- Challenge
- Regular Dungeons: 1 Mark guaranteed + % Chance of 1 more based on Difficulty
- Capstone Dungeons: 2 Marks guaranteed + % Chance of 1 more based on Difficulty
- Ransack of Drakheim would therefore drop 3 Marks Guaranteed
- Eternal
- Regular Dungeons: 2 Marks guaranteed + % Chance of 1 more based on Difficulty
- Capstone Dungeons: 4 Marks guaranteed + % Chance of 1 more based on Difficulty
- % Chance of 1 More Caps at guaranteed in Eternal 100+
- Challenge
- Added direct purchase of Ingots, Aethers, and Godstones at different prices for each level of rarity in exchange for Marks of Fellowship.
- Fixed an issue where Godstones were not dropping in leagues correctly.
- Removed Timed Boxes from the Resource Vendor.
Winter Event
- Added 48 nodes to the starmap tied to the Winter Event, rewarding players with ‘Warm Wishes’, a festive currency to be exchanged for festive gifts.
HEROES
General
- Tariq and Vigour now use Mail armor instead of Plate. This will lower their armor stat based off of gear.
- Elarion now uses Mail armor instead of Leather. This will increase their armor stat based off of gear.
- Updated the random target sequence to ensure [Cold Snap] doesn’t stay on the player if they die during the sequence.
Rime
- Fixed an issue where [Wrath of Winter] would not generate resource orbs if players were not in combat.
- Fixed an issue where Rime’s Resource Orbs were not scaling correctly when scaled in the HUD Edit tool.
Elarion
- Fixed an issue where [Grappling Arrow] was not pulling enemies to correct locations across difficult terrain.
Meiko
- Updated tooltip for [Earthfist Barrage] to correctly show a Haste-scaled channel time rather than the base value.
DUNGEONS
Winter Event
Each dungeon in Adept league and above will include one additional curse which adds an optional ‘Spirit of Winter’ boss fight to the dungeon. Completing this fight will give players a bonus for the duration of the dungeon and extend the dungeon’s timer.
- ‘Ghorn, the Avalanche’ - Defeating Ghorn will cause him to return as an ally in subsequent boss fights.
- ‘Krumbug, the Naughty’ - Defeat Krumbug will extend the Dungeon Timer by 1 minute and add a chance for subsequent attacks to spawn an Explosive Windup Mouse that charges your selected target.
- ‘Eira, the White Witch’ - Defeating Eira will extend the Dungeon Timer by 3 minutes and causes her to return periodically during the dungeon to protect players in combat.
General
- Updated the AI system to add padding after being Crowd Controlled or Interrupt so they don’t immediately start casting their next ability.
- Fixed an issue with the opacity system which would make weapons to not fade in/out when bosses reset, and other problems.
- Fixed an issue where bosses sometimes are visible while resetting and are facing the wrong way after they have been reset.
Ransack of Drackheim
- Fixed an issue where players who die and are resurrected while attached to the [Grasping Pillar] have inconsistent behavior after resurrection.
- Fixed an issue where [Auga Haghafi] would spawn in the ground or overlapping other objects.
Heart of Tuzari
- Fixed an issue where the Prophet Ez’roth’s [Wicked Hook] was not targeting the closest player.
Fellowship is available now on PC via Steam Early Access.
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