The current Dark and Darker wipe is Early Access Season 11: Reclamation. Its end date has not been announced. The next wipe has not been announced.
Early Access Season 11 reintroduces the Dark Swarm, with light sources providing protection from its effects. The season also includes a two-week SSF event, with the Marketplace and Trading Post opening on October 23.
Also tracking seasons for Escape from Tarkov, ARC Raiders, and Destiny 2 plus other extraction dungeon crawler games.
Early Access Season 11 reintroduces the Dark Swarm, with light sources providing protection from its effects. The season also includes a two-week SSF event, with the Marketplace and Trading Post opening on October 23.
Early Access Season 10 reset character levels, items, stashes, inventory, reward tokens, karma, quests, affinity, and triumph levels. It added new perks, skills, spells, artifacts, melee riposte mechanics, and Firedeep content.
Ninth early access season starts April 28, 2026. Officially announced features include a redesigned Inferno floor in the Forgotten Castle, Ranger and Rogue class skill/perk updates, the Squire Royale mode update, and new ping and party finder systems.
Eighth early access season launched January 29, 2026, introducing the Firedeep dungeon as a lava-filled second floor of the Goblin Caves. The season opened with a three-week Solo Self Found event before the Trading Post and Marketplace unlocked on February 20, 2026; the official Arena season also began February 20.
Seventh early access season launched September 23, 2025, with the EA#7 Seasonal Pack available on Steam. Ran approximately four months through January 2026.
Sixth early access season beginning approximately mid-March 2025, with the EA#6 Seasonal Pack available on Steam. Ran through September 2025 before the Season 7 wipe.
The current wipe is Early Access Season 11: Reclamation (vEA#11). Early Access Season 11 reintroduces the Dark Swarm, with light sources providing protection from its effects. The season also includes a two-week SSF event, with the Marketplace and Trading Post opening on October 23.
Based on tracked completed wipes, a typical wipe lasts about 115 days (roughly 3.8 months).
Check the SeasonDex news page for Steam news, or the links page for official patch notes and other resources.
Dark and Darker is an extraction dungeon crawler.