The International 2025

We don’t really know. Valve seems to have gone away from the traditional Battle Pass campaigns of old, instead going back to the Compendium that started with TI3. It’s more likely that we’ll see that instead of a Battle Pass this year, as it has been for the past two editions of The International. At TI12 and TI13, 25 percent of all Compendium sales were funneled into the prize pool. Valve will probably do the same this year if they don’t put out a Battle Pass. Alternatively, Valve could do a Crownfall-like event to tie in with this year’s Compendium. Crownfall was a massive success and bar none the highest quality in-game event that we’ve ever seen in Dota 2, so the developers would be remiss not to do something like that for this year’s International.

The International Compendium is an in-game digital companion of sorts that offers many features and rewards related to the tournament itself. The Compendium can be leveled up to unlock more rewards, most of which are cosmetic items. The Compendium also has hero, game, and tournament predictions, with the latter known in other games as “pick ‘ems”. Players with correct predictions will earn more Compendium levels, and thus in turn receive additional rewards. There’s also the Fantasy Challenge, where you put participating players into a lineup of five each day. The better those players do in terms of their stats like kills, towers destroyed, etc., the more Compendium points you get.

Admittedly, no — nothing will ever replace the Battle Passes from 2022 and earlier. If you’re someone that really wants a ton of cosmetic items, the Compendium doesn’t really offer enough of those to replace what would have been in the Battle Pass otherwise. This translates directly to the much lower prize pools of the last two tournaments. For example, TI13 only featured $2.6 million in prize money, whereas TI10 offered a whopping $40 million. The tournament beating its own prize pool record year in and year out was never going to be sustainable in the long run, though, so doing things with the Compendium rather than the Battle Pass is probably healthier for the future.