Dota 2 update of Jan 30 fixed a Turbo games bug that sometimes deducted 2 gold

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An update for Dota 2 appeared in the Steam announcements on Jan 30, 2026, covering fixes made over the previous few days. The fixes included bugs involving heroes such as Clinkz, Slark and Muerta, and one in Turbo games that sometimes deducted 2 gold when the ban phase finished. The notes also listed a network encoding fix said to reduce server hitch frames, and a restructuring of how cosmetic items interact with network traffic. The post with the list of fixes is in the Steam announcements of Dota 2.1^,2^,3^,4^,5^,6^,7^,8^,9