Nacon and developer Eko Software have released the free Harrower Update for Dragonkin: The Banished, introducing a fifth playable character, a permanent-death Survival mode, additional weapons and new character customization options. The update launched on November 12, 2026, for PC via Steam, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
The second major content update for the hack-and-slash action RPG brings the game to version 1.7.79.58651. Alongside its two headline additions, the release includes six Ancestral Grid modifiers, six new draconic affixes, combat balance adjustments, performance improvements and numerous bug fixes.
The Harrower introduces a combat system built around elemental Instability. Unlike characters specializing in particular elements, the Harrower can equip up to 10 Wyrmling skills regardless of their elemental type. Using these abilities destabilizes the associated elements, allowing players to build toward a more powerful combat state.
Once all four elements become unstable, the Harrower enters an Unleashed state that significantly increases damage output. The character also specializes in summoning minions and moving rapidly around the battlefield, providing a different approach to combat compared with the existing roster.
Eko Software has equipped the Harrower with 17 active skills and 16 unique passives and talents, giving players multiple ways to combine elemental attacks, summons and movement abilities.
The update’s other major addition is Survival mode, a hardcore challenge where character death is permanent. Players must create a dedicated Survival character and attempt to progress as far as possible without dying.
Survival characters share town progression with regular characters but operate within a separate progression system with restrictions on equipment sharing. Defeated characters can also be commemorated in the Pantheon, which preserves a record of their achievements.
Character customization has expanded through six Ancestral Grid modifiers. Four are available across the existing character roster, while Instability and Torment are exclusive to the Harrower.
The new modifiers include Whirling Mastery, which causes projectiles to rotate around the player, Omni-strike, Order and a reworked Double Attack. Together with six additional draconic affixes, these additions provide more combinations for character builds.
Eko Software has also expanded the Ravenous Weapons collection with additional unique equipment and effects. Players can discover the new weapons through the Purgatory, an endgame activity introduced in the game’s previous major update.
Beyond the new content, the patch makes several adjustments to existing combat mechanics. The cooldown for dash snaps has been reduced from three seconds to one second, while selected Knight, Oracle, Barbarian and Tracker abilities have received changes to movement, damage or attack behavior.
Summon-focused builds receive a dedicated command that forces minions to attack a targeted enemy. The command uses the mouse wheel on keyboard-and-mouse setups or the left joystick on controllers. A new interface widget also displays information about active summons, including their numbers and health.
Quality-of-life improvements include increasing fragment storage capacity from 432 to 660 slots across all tabs. Unlocked cosmetic equipment is now shared between characters of the same class rather than remaining exclusive to individual characters.
The update also improves texture streaming and addresses numerous issues involving skill interactions, enemy encounters, movement targeting, loot drops and interface behavior. Notable fixes include correcting primordial dust drops above Apocalypse II difficulty, resolving certain movement-control problems and addressing a performance issue during rift-opening sequences.
A separate paid Harrower Cosmetics Pack has launched alongside the update, offering additional appearance customization for the new character. The playable Harrower, Survival mode and other gameplay additions are included in the free update.
Dragonkin: The Banished originally entered Steam Early Access in March 2025 before receiving its full release in March 2026. Its previous major update arrived in July, introducing cross-platform play, the Purgatory endgame activity and the original Ravenous Weapons collection.
The Harrower Update is available now on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.
