Darkest Hours Updates & Events

Darkest Hours is at Pre-Alpha v0.2.18 HOTFIX 1.3 as of July 14, 2026. The game has surpassed 9M+ visits on Roblox with regular playtest windows. This page tracks verified changelog highlights from v0.1 through the latest July patches—cross-reference spotlight guides for The Founder, Subspace Tripmites, SourceVoid, and Murdon.

Watch the featured video above for v0.2 crossover gameplay context. Sitemap policy remains English-only subpages plus five localized homepages—full translations live on locale routes like /fr/updates/.

New entities: Blue James, Executioner, horoer, and Ragdolls joined the roster. Ragdolls spawn a guaranteed Pilgrim first, then activate another member every 70 seconds—treat them as escalating group pressure.

New maps: Bygone Memory, Adusuze's Origin, area77, Baseplate, and Survivor's Outpost. Chimera AI Innovation Facility was reworked and re-added. Spawn count ranges were tuned per map for 15+ player lobbies.

Systems: Last Prisoner Standing now requires only 3 players (down from 4). Downed expiration timers accelerate based on distance from the last survivor. Overtime tension audio added. Lita removed from lobby after pledge campaign ended.

Fixes: Riot Coil invulnerability edge cases, Streamer sliding, horoer Peacekeeper despawn behavior, Wanderer hitbox tuning.

Murdon map and Uncle Sam Mk. IV entity launched for the July 4th week with elevated Uncle Sam spawn weight (later nerfed 3 → 0.3). SourceVoid and Concrete spawn counts set to 2–5 at high player counts. Grocery Store music updated. Map voting AFK softlock fixed.

Read the dedicated Murdon map guide for routing tips after the event week ends.

Subspace Tripmites and Kool Killer entities added. SourceVoid and Hougoumont Farm maps joined the pool. Kool Killer received multiple hotfixes for minion AI and chainsaw ride failsafes. Agony puddle rendered double-sided. Cloud rendering added to Brick Maze, Forest Camp, Horror House, and Neighborhood.

Entity guide: Subspace Tripmites. Map guide: SourceVoid.

Incursion, Crash Dummy, and YELLOW entities added. Silver Mall, Vibrance, Campus, and Manufacturing maps shipped. Exit Trial now spawns additional entities during the round for higher pressure. Guttertank and Streamer received new animations and executions. Concrete map updated; Big Maze, Chimera AI Innovation Facility, and The Dream temporarily disabled then re-enabled in hotfixes.

The Founder collaboration entity launched with Hunt Mode, Infected debuff clouds, and ground slam attacks. Same-day hotfixes added swing damage falloff and removed attack endlag. Full counter guide: The Founder entity page.

The landmark v0.2 drop added 23 entities, 26 maps, 11 items, the Capture objective, Last Prisoner Standing, trial difficulty scaling, and randomized loadouts. Crossover maps include Even Care, Deserted Stable, revamped 3008, and Wonderland. Items like Radar, Revolver, Speed Coil, and Camera Monitor reshaped meta.

Foundational guides: objectives, Last Prisoner Standing, item tier list.

v0.1 (November 2025) established the four-round trial loop with 14 entities and 43 maps including Corridor, Grocery Store, and Generator Facility. Core mechanics—stamina, revive channels, entity spawn scaling—remain unchanged in spirit.

Upcoming roster entries (Blue James and Executioner now live; Seek, Rush, Figure still datamined) are tracked via community wiki and our Community hub. No official public Trello exists yet. Promotional codes remain inactive until a redemption UI ships.