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Deadlock reshapes King of the Hill into Unstable Rift
Valve's June 30 minor update removes the Urn delivery trigger and adds a 25-second warning before the objective spawns.
Valve posted Deadlock’s June 30 minor update on Steam, and the biggest change renames King of the Hill to Unstable Rift while changing how the event begins. The notes say the objective no longer waits for an Urn delivery and now uses a variable start time of plus or minus one minute, with a global warning 25 seconds before it appears in the Steam News post.
Patch Notes
This is a small but meaningful pacing tweak. By removing the Urn trigger, Valve made the objective less tied to a single delivery and gave both teams a clearer heads-up before the spawn window opens.
- [ Urn / King of the Hill ] – King of the Hill objective has been rethemed and renamed to “Unstable Rift” – Unstable Rift no longer requires an Urn delivery to trigger the start of the event. It now has a variable start time of +/- 1 minute. There is a global announcement 25s before it spawns…
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Source: PlayDeadlock Forums
Deadlock
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