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Events
From Liquipedia Dota 2 Wiki
In-game Events are held annually, and for one-time promotional purposes. Events often come with special game modes, as well as limited trophies, cosmetic items and more.
Annual Events
[edit]New Bloom
[edit]This event took place every year around Chinese New Year.
| Event | Banner | Date |
|---|---|---|
| New Bloom 2025 | Not Held. However, a Lunar Year of the Snake themed Treasure, The Charms of the Snake, was released and advertised in the frontpage. The panorama layout for the ad spot was labeled newbloom2025 |
2025/01/30 |
| New Bloom 2024 | Not Held. However, a Lunar Year of the Dragon themed Treasure, Dragon's Hoard, was released and advertised in the frontpage. |
2024/02/08 |
| New Bloom 2020 | 01/23/2020– 02/13/2020 | |
| New Bloom 2019 | 02/01/2019– 02/11/2019 | |
| New Bloom 2017 | Not Held Replaced by the Dark Moon special event, which was still categorized as 'New Bloom 2017' in the game files. |
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| New Bloom 2016 | Not Held However, a themed Path of the Blossom (New Bloom) was released as part of the Winter 2016 Battlepass |
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| New Bloom 2015 | 02/12/2015– 03/02/2015 | |
| New Bloom 2014 | 01/29/2014– 02/20/2014 |
Diretide
[edit]This event took place every year around Halloween.
| Event | Banner | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Diretide 2022 | 11-03-2022- 1-12-2023 | |
| Diretide 2020 | 10-29-2020- 12-22-2020 | |
| Diretide 2016 | Not Held However, a themed The Twin Forks questline released for the 2016 Fall Battlepass |
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| Diretide 2015 | Not Held However, a themed custom game, Haunted Colosseum, was released |
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| Diretide 2013 | 11/14/2013– 11/28/2013 | |
| Diretide 2012 | 10/30/2012– 11/14/2012 |
Frostivus
[edit]This event took place every year around Christmas.
| Event | Banner | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Frostivus 2024 | 12/18/2024- 01/15/2025 | |
| Frostivus 2023 | 12/14/2023- 01/11/2024 | |
| Frostivus 2019 | 12/18/2019- 01/02/2020 | |
| Frostivus 2018 | 12/19/2018- 01/07/2019 | |
| Frostivus 2017 | 12/14/2017- 01/03/2018 | |
| Frostivus 2013 | 12/12/2013– 01/06/2014 | |
| Frostivus 2012 | 12/19/2012– 01/04/2013 |
Season Pass Events
[edit]2020
[edit]| Event | Banner | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Summer 2020 | 05/25/2020– 10/09/2020 |
2019
[edit]| Event | Banner | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Summer 2019 | 05/07/2019– 09/09/2019 |
2018
[edit]| Event | Banner | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Summer 2018 | 05/08/2018– 09/10/2018 |
2017
[edit]| Event | Banner | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Winter 2017 | 01/26/2017– 05/01/2017 | |
| Summer 2017 | 05/04/2017– 09/18/2017 |
2016
[edit]| Event | Banner | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Winter 2016 | 01/27/2016– 03/30/2016 | |
| Summer 2016 | 05/16/2016– 08/30/2016- | |
| Fall 2016 | 10/05/2016– 01/02/2017- |
Special Events
[edit]| Event | Banner | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Quartero's Curios (Summer 2026) | 2026/06/05- 2026/09/03 | |
| Quartero's Curios (Spring 2026) | 2026/03/11- 2026/06/04 | |
| Quartero's Curios (Winter 2025) | 2025/12/11- 2026/03/06 | |
| Dota 2 X Monster Hunter | 2025/11/11- 2026/02/06 | |
| Quartero's Curios (Fall 2025) | 2025/08/05- 2025/11/05 | |
| Crownfall | 2024/04/19- Ongoing | |
| Aghanim's Labyrinth: The Continuum Conundrum | 2021/12/05-? | |
| Nemestice | 06/24/2021- 8/17/2021 | |
| Aghanim's Labyrinth | 07/14/2020– 10/09/2020 | |
| Wrath of the Mo'rokai | 07/07/2019– 09/09/2019 | |
| The Underhollow | 06/13/2018– 09/10/2018 | |
| Siltbreaker | 06/08/2017– 09/18/2017 | |
| Dark Moon | 01/26/2017– 02/06/2017 | |
| Nemesis Assassin | 11/20/2014– 12/07/2014 |