Play Dota to fight your way through a spider-legged convoy of deadly robots, heartstopping secrets, and unique rewards, in a sprawling ongoing story event free to all players. Also featuring 20 new hero sets and five Automaton hero personas.
All Aboard
the Midnight Run
Hoodwink and Legion Commander wake up as prisoners on a circus train lumbering to an unknown destination. Who could their mysterious captor be? Given the giant Ringmaster-shaped face on the front of the train, our guess is The Ringmaster. Luckily, there are more tantalizing mysteries than this to unravel, as you guide your favorite heroes (and Tinker) to the front of the train to confront your captors, disrupt their dark bargains, and escape for good.
Step Right Up to the Story So Far
How did Hoodwink and Legion Commander wake up in a prison car with no memories, except the memory they really hate each other? Why not take a minute or two and read this comic to find out?
How it works
Play Dota, Earn Tickets
Playing Dota matches during Dark Carnival will award you themed tickets, with different heroes granting different ticket types.
Redeem Tickets, Earn Rewards
Redeem your tickets to open a pathway through Ringmaster's dark convoy, revealing more of the story and unlocking new rewards.
Rewards
Treasure
Our heroes take to the center ring in Dark Carnival-themed outfits, dressed in fashionably sinister circus finery. Unpack an all-new treasure brimming with 15 carnival-themed item sets.
Discount Coins
Gather ten Discount Coins and redeem them in the Dark Carnival store for a discount on any item costing $7.99 or more (exact discount varies by region and currency).
Candy
Back by popular demand, the Candyworks has returned to help transform your spare cavity-causing confectionaries into a pile of new hero sets, wards, couriers, and more.
Hero Cosmetics
Four new themed sets for Phantom Assassin, Crystal Maiden, Invoker, and Magnus are hidden throughout Ringmaster's train. The only way to earn them is by exploring the Dark Carnival story.
Carnival Goodies
Express yourself with showcase decorations, loading screens, sprays and emoticons.
Secret Rooms Pack
All Dota players are free to explore the main story event—play Dota to earn the tickets needed to make your way from the caboose to the engine room. But there are hidden areas to explore as well, filled with secrets and side quests. The Secret Rooms Pack grants extra-curious adventurers access to more rooms, more rewards, and additional story.
Purchasing the pack immediately grants Dark Carnival Creeps and the Dark Carnival Music Pack. The pack also includes special Secret Room Tickets that will unlock various side stories throughout the train, each with their own rewards.
$14.99
Discount available using Dark Carnival Discount Coins
Emporium of curiosities
Every carnival needs a little spectacle. Step right up, step right up, then down this flight of stairs, watch your head, you're almost there, then a sharp right into our Emporium of Curiosities—the Dark Carnival event's official souvenir stand. Check our full showstopping sartorial selection, ranging from the humblest of cosmetic sets to the flashiest new Automaton Personas for your grand entrance (and your enemies' final bow).
Automaton Personas
Your favorite Dota heroes, lovingly dismantled and reassembled as unspeakable clockwork abominations carnival automatons! Each Automaton Persona comes complete with new animations, custom effects and icons, altered voice processing, and more!
Automaton Persona
Axe
Automaton Axe was almost smelted down because he is an engine of murderous rage with a single goal: The death of all things. If you see this as more of a feature than a bug, this is the automaton for you.
$14.99
Discount available using Dark Carnival Discount Coins
Treasure of Wonders
Step into the spotlight with a brand-new treasure of 15 truly unique and eye-catching cosmetic sets.
Io
Madame Scrio
The big show starts now, and you've got a front row seat.
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