Roll to Defend Events Schedule: New Update End Time and Countdown

Roll to Defend is a Roblox tower-defense experience built around rolling for units, sending them into battle against endless waves of zombies, and buying up new zones to expand your operation. It has now cleared about 14,000,000 visits and sits above about 29,000 favorites, with about 250 players in the experience at any given moment — a number that spikes sharply whenever a scheduled event goes live.

This page covers Roll to Defend’s scheduled in-game events, so you can see what’s live now, what recently wrapped, and what’s coming next. New Update, the developer’s latest headline drop, is live now and holds the featured spot through Saturday, August 1. Right behind it, a placeholder the developer has labeled Next Update is set to take over at noon Eastern that same day, marking the date the following drop is due. Last updated August 24.

Exact start and end times for every event are in the schedule below.

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Current and upcoming events

New Update

New Update is Roll to Defend’s current headline event, live now after going up around midday Eastern on Saturday, July 25. The developer kept the specifics under wraps — like the game’s other recent drops, it’s billed only as the next big update rather than a spelled-out feature list — so the entry mainly fixes the date the content arrives. It holds the featured spot through Saturday, August 1, with a few days left before Next Update takes over. about 33,000 players have marked interest, already ahead of where Huge Update finished.

Next Update

Next Update is the following placeholder, set to go live at noon Eastern on Saturday, August 1 — right as New Update ends. As with the current drop, the developer hasn’t said what it includes; the entry simply marks the date the next update is due to land, contents unannounced. It’s set to run as the featured event through the following week. about 20,000 players have already marked interest.

Noon Eastern on August 1 works out to 11:00 AM CT, 10:00 AM MT, 9:00 AM PT, 4:00 PM UTC, and 5:00 PM BST.

Huge Update

Huge Update was the previous headline drop. The developer launched it just after noon Eastern on Saturday, July 18, and it wrapped up on Friday afternoon, July 24 — a little ahead of the full-week runs the game has used for its other Saturday drops. True to its teaser billing, the developer never spelled out specifics beyond promising a big update. More than 24,000 players had marked interest by the time it closed.

A weekly update rhythm

Roll to Defend has held to a steady weekly pattern for its main drops, each landing on a Saturday around midday Eastern: Huge Update on July 18, New Update on July 25, and now Next Update lined up for August 1. If the pattern holds, the drop after Next Update would be expected the following weekend, though nothing past August 1 has been announced yet. We update this page as new dates are confirmed.

Frequently asked questions

When is the next Roll to Defend update?

New Update is live now and runs through Saturday, August 1. The one after it, a placeholder the developer has labeled Next Update, is scheduled to go live at noon Eastern on Saturday, August 1, right as the current drop ends. It follows the same weekly Saturday timing Roll to Defend has kept through July. The developer hasn’t revealed what either drop contains, and no date beyond August 1 has been announced yet. We’ll update this page when the developer confirms one.

What time do Roll to Defend updates go live?

Roll to Defend’s updates have consistently launched around midday Eastern on Saturdays. Next Update is scheduled for noon ET on August 1 — that’s 11:00 AM CT, 10:00 AM MT, 9:00 AM PT, 4:00 PM UTC, and 5:00 PM BST.

How many players does Roll to Defend have?

about 250 players are usually in the experience at once, with sharp spikes during scheduled events. Roll to Defend has passed about 14,000,000 total visits and topped about 29,000 favorites.