New players will be able to try out a fresh adventure in the game

Mar 1, 2013 08:05 GMT  ·  By

Valve has just released a brand new update for Dota 2, this time bringing not just various gameplay tweaks and improvements, but also a fresh tutorial for new players that gets them up to speed with the game's different mechanics.

Dota 2 has been in closed beta for almost a year and more than 3 million people are already playing the multiplayer online battle arena title each month.

Valve has made sure that all players are thrilled with the game and has released various updates each week for it, bringing various bug fixes but also new heroes and mechanics.

The latest patch, which can now be downloaded via the Steam digital distribution service, is no exception.

The update includes various balancing tweaks relating to certain heroes, like Tusk, but also various gameplay improvements.

New players will also be able to experience a special tutorial adventure that lets them play as Davion, the Dragon Knight, and understand the basics of the game.

Check out the full changelog below, via Steam.

- Added Mechanics I for new players! - Added 7 new item sets to the Dota store. - Immortal and Tournament items can now be traded on the Steam Community Market.

GAMEPLAY

- Clockwerk: Fixed Power Cogs pulling more than just heroes inside the cogs. - Huskar: Fixed Berserker's Blood not stacking at the proper health thresholds. - Keeper of the Light: Fixed Mana Leak accumulating mana loss during magic immunity. - Phantom Lancer: Fixed an issue where illusions made by a player on the other team would create uncontrollable Juxtapose illusions. - Tusk: Fixed a case where heroes with very small collision size could escape Ice Shards. - Tusk: Fixed a rare bug where teleporting could cause Walrus Punched units to end up in odd positions. - Fixed various aspects of Spectral Dagger logic being dispellable. - Fixed sometimes being revealed if your projectile hits the target after you become invisible with Shadow Blade. - Improved TP interaction with FoW - Fixed being able to get units stuck with Telekinesis and Vacuum around the rune area

UI

- Added the ability to examine chests. - Added a Game History tab to the Team Profile. - Added checkbox for filtering Live Games to just Team games. - You can now click on Team names in Live or Recent games to view their team profiles. - Added a post-game Match Quality survey panel. - Added an icon to backpack slots if that item is currently equipped. - Fixed the courier delivery icon popping when the courier collected stash items. - Fixed courier delivery being delayed by 0.5 seconds if there were no items to get from the stash. - Fixed courier move orders not clearing the transfer items buff icon. - Players can now set a custom rich presence status that can be displayed on the UI. - Fixed Lina's Fiery Soul buff not showing the correct cooldown if it was refreshed with 3 stacks.

BOTS

- When a push is happening into a base, global desire to farm is significantly decreased. - Fixed a case where bots far from the lane front could thrash into and out of Push Lane mode. - Single-player bot games now run locally on the user's machine. - Increased reaction time by about 50% in all modes.

AUDIO/VISUAL - Updated Arc Lightning's visual effects and sound - Updated Shadow Shaman's attack sound - Updated Ether Shock's visual effects and sound - Updated Mjollnir and Maelstrom visual effects

The brand new update is already live on Steam and will be automatically downloaded when you start its client.