Dungeons & Dragons Online’s Court of Strahd Event Starts October 14 With Update 82

Dungeons & Dragons Online is getting a new Ravenloft-themed event on October 14, 2026, when The Court of Strahd arrives with Update 82. The event is scheduled to go live at 1:00 p.m. Eastern, and it sends players after Strahd’s minions as the Mists spread beyond Barovia.

Players will begin by visiting the Mists in Korthos, Delera’s Graveyard, or the graveyard in Eveningstar, then completing an introductory quest. From there, the Order of the Guardians will hand out special lanterns used to track and fight Strahd’s forces during regular questing.

With a lantern equipped, Mists can appear while players are out on quests, causing enemies tied to Strahd’s court to spawn and attack. Defeating those enemies fills the lantern, but players need to be near the Mists when the enemy dies for the progress to count. Full lanterns can then be turned in to the Order of the Guardians for rewards.

The event will have both standard lantern progression and a Hardcore lantern track. The Hardcore version has stricter rules: the lantern must be equipped at level one, and dying ends further progress on that lantern. Higher-level characters may also run into rarer, more dangerous ambushes.

Standing Stone Games says more details will be shared around the event’s launch. A new leaderboard system is also planned to arrive alongside The Court of Strahd.

Further reading: Official DDO Court of Strahd announcement