Tinker Time event art, Slay the Spire 2

Tinker Time

Navigating through an endless sea of corpses, you find a mad scientist scavenging for various scraps.

“Yes. Hi, hello! You look like a capable fighter... I need a tester for my next atrocity device! How about it?”
“What kind of tool will help you kill everyone?”
“Excellent choice! Now what should it DO?”
The scientist rubs her hands together with glee.
“Whew! All done. This is for you! Now get out there and slaughter!!”

Little did you know, that scientist went on to create hundreds of weapons, resulting in several thousand deaths within the Spire.
Individual choiceEach player picks their own

What you can obtain

Card
CustomChoice: Accept
Card
RandomChoice: Chaos

Where it appears

How ? rooms roll ›
Act 3Glory

What each choice does

Accept

Create a custom card to add to your Deck.

CardA custom card
What the game says
“What kind of tool will help you kill everyone?”

Weapon

Make an Attack.

What the game says
“Excellent choice! Now what should it DO?”
The scientist rubs her hands together with glee.

Chaos

Add a random card into your Hand. It's free to play this turn.

One of 9: Chaos, Choking, Curious, Energized, Expertise, Improvement, Sapping, Violence, Wisdom

CardRandom
What the game says
“Whew! All done. This is for you! Now get out there and slaughter!!”Little did you know, that scientist went on to create hundreds of weapons, resulting in several thousand deaths within the Spire.

Which option to take

Every version is above rate for 1 Energy. Prefer Violence for damage, Expertise for a Power you want on turn one, and Energized, which nets 1 Energy plus 8 Block. Upgrade it early so it is always in your opening hand.

Accept

CardA custom card

Chaos Choose Rider

CardRandom
  • Chaos and Improvement are the weakest riders.

How it plays

Accept

  • Accept is the only opening choice. The scientist shows two of three card types at random: Weapon makes an Attack, Protector a Skill, Gadget a Power.
  • Then you see two of that type's three riders, again at random, and the result is Mad Science, a 1-cost card added to your deck.
  • Upgrading makes it Innate.

An Attack card

  • Deals 12 damage; riders are Sapping (apply 2 Weak and 2 Vulnerable), Violence (hit three times, 36 total) and Choking (apply 6 Strangle, the enemy loses 6 HP per card you play that turn).

A Skill card

  • Gains 8 Block; riders are Energized (gain 2 Energy), Wisdom (draw 3 cards) and Chaos (add a random card from your pool to hand, free this turn).

A Power card

  • Has no base effect, only its rider: Expertise (2 Strength and 2 Dexterity), Curious (Powers cost 1 less) or Improvement (upgrade a random card when each combat ends).

Changes by version

  1. 26 Mar 2026CostMad ScienceChaosBeta branch
    Mad Science Skill Chaos option (In the Tinker Time event) now uses Free to Play instead of Costs 0 Energy
  2. 12 Mar 2026Bug fix
    Fixed an issue with the "Violence" option in the Tinker Time event when playing in Korean
  3. 26 Feb 2026ChangeInternal playtest
    Now randomly offers 2 out of the possible 3 options for card type and effect
All 19 patch notes16 older
  1. 29 Jan 2026ChangeInternal playtest
    Tinker Time event is now unlocked by default
    ChangeTrash HeapInternal playtest
    Trash Heap is now the first unlocked event instead of Tinker Time
  2. 18 Dec 2025ReworkInternal playtest
    Reworked the Tinker Time
  3. 16 Oct 2025TextInternal playtest
    Updated text
  4. 18 Sep 2025ChangeInternal playtest
    The Calm Epoch: Tinker Time
  5. 7 Aug 2025Bug fixStrengthInternal playtest
    Tinker Time event now properly shows the "Body" word choice as giving the card 3 Strength instead of 5
  6. 13 Feb 2025Bug fixInnateInternal playtest
    Tinker Time event's "Speed" choice no longer incorrectly claims to add Innate when creating a Power
  7. 6 Feb 2025Cost12Internal playtest
    Cost changed from 1 to 2 and base damage and block values are changed accordingly
    TextInnateInternal playtest
    Tinker Time event's Speed option now properly mentions that it adds Innate if you're creating a power card
  8. 9 Jan 2025TextInnateInternal playtest
    Tinker Time event's "Speed" choice no longer claims to add Innate to powers
  9. 12 Dec 2024ChangeInternal playtest
    Majorly reworked Tinker Time event
  10. 21 Nov 2024Bug fixInternal playtest
    Speed option in Tinker Time displays the correct keyword after choosing Power
  11. 1 Nov 2024ChangeInternal playtest
    Changed Tinker Time event
  12. 5 Jul 2024Bug fixInternal playtest
    Non-power Tinker Time cards no longer corrupt save files
    Bug fixInternal playtest
    Tinker Time's Power card focus now properly saves and persists
  13. 29 Jun 2024ArtInternal playtest
    Updated Bedlam Beacon, Cursed Choice, Field of the Forgotten, and Tinker Time event art
  14. 19 Apr 2024Bug fixInternal playtest
    Tinker Time event now has correct intro room description, the issue with enchantments failing has been fixed, and the power received is now shown
  15. 8 Sep 2023ArtInternal playtest
    Updated event art
  16. 25 Aug 2023AddedInternal playtest
    Added "Tinker Time" event to Act 3

Internal playtest notes are from before the Early Access release. Names and numbers in them can differ from the game today.

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