Playtest notes 16 Jan 2025

Internal playtest141 entries67 content additions38 balance changes21 bug fixes8 art updates7 wording fixes

This is a pre-release internal note from the closed playtest, quoted as it was written for testers. It describes a build that no longer exists; treat it as history, not as a description of the current game.

Items in this note

44 cards

Lose 2 Strength.
Gain at the start of each turn.

Whenever you play a Soul, Summon 1.

Gain .
Draw 1 card.
Next turn, draw 1 card.

Whenever you spend or gain , deal 3 damage to ALL enemies.

Add 2 Inky Shivs into your Hand.

If Osty is alive, he deals 9 damage to ALL enemies and you gain 9 Block.
Osty dies.

Call of the Void

At the start of your turn, add 1 random card into your Hand. It gains Ethereal.

Forge 3.
Sovereign Blade deals double damage to the enemy this turn.

Next turn,
gain and .
Retain your Hand this turn.

Cosmic Indifference

Gain 6 Block.
Put a card from your Discard Pile on top of your Draw Pile.

Whenever you play a card that costs or more, gain 4 Block.

Gain 6 Block.
If you applied Doom this turn, gain Block 2 additional times.

Apply 21 Doom and 1 Weak to ALL enemies.

Ethereal.
Deal 13 damage.

Gain 11 Block.
Next turn,
gain .

Deal 30 damage.

Gain 8 Block.
Add a Soul into your Draw Pile.

Whenever you play a Soul, a random enemy loses 6 HP.

I Am Invincible

Gain 10 Block.
At the end of your turn, if this is on top of your Draw Pile, play it.

Deal 27 damage.
Whenever you draw this card, reduce its cost by 1.

Deal 8 damage.
Whenever you draw this card, increase its damage by 4 this combat.

Deal 30 damage.
If this kills an enemy, gain .

Whenever you play a card this turn, gain 1 Strength this turn.

Summon 5.
Whenever Osty loses HP,
ALL enemies lose that much HP as well.

Gain 5 Block.
Apply 7 Doom to ALL enemies.

Gain 8 Plating.

If you play 5 or more cards in a turn, draw 1 card at the start of your next turn.

Sovereign Blade now gains 10 Block.

Osty deals 6 damage.

Choose 1 of 3 random Colorless cards to add into your Hand.

Retain.
Deal 27 damage.

Gain 15 Block.
Next turn, draw 2 cards and gain .
Exhaust.

Exhaust all non-Attack cards in your Hand. Gain 5 Block for each card Exhausted.

Deal 7 damage to ALL enemies 7 times.

Sovereign Blade

Retain.
Deal 10 damage.

At the start of your turn, add 1 random Colorless card into your Hand.

Whenever you play an Ethereal card, gain 4 Block.

Put Sovereign Blade into your Hand from anywhere.
Forge 8.

Deal 5 damage.
Deals 3 additional damage for each card you created this combat.

Deal 11 damage.
The next Attack another player plays on the enemy is played an extra time.

Deal damage equal to the enemy's Doom.
Exhaust.

Add 3 Shivs into your Hand.
Reduce this card's cost by 1.

Relics, potions and powers

Phylactery Unbound

Ringing Triangle

Ship in a Bottle

Chains of Binding

Enemies and events

Content

Silent

Added new cards:
- Up My Sleeve
- Strangling Strike
Reworked Blade of Ink card

Necrobinder

Added new cards:
- Danse Macabre
- Death's Door
- Delay
- Jumpscare
- Reap
Reworked the following cards:
- Bone Shards
- Camaraderie
- Empower
- Favorite Stick
- Friendship
- Guillotine
- Reanimated

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Necrobinder (continued)

Deprecated the following cards:
- Sap Will
- Communion
- Read the Bones
- Marrow

Regent

No longer has a max Star cap!
Added new card: Shiny Strike
Reworked the following cards:
Deprecated the following cards:
- Eclipse
- Pull
- Red Giant

Potions & Relics

Bosses now drop unique relic rewards!
Added new Boss relics:
- Blessed Antlers
- Ritual Staff
- Rotten Brain
- Hungering Belly
- Inky Growth
Added new relics:
- Ringing Triangle
- Starter Flare
Added new potions:
- Cleansing Potion
- Fortifying Brew
- Phantom Drought
- Phylactery Unbound
- Ship in a Bottle
Reworked Milk potion
Deprecated Toothpick relic

Ancients

Deprecated Orobas' blessing: Grasping Tentacle, Rebirth
Reworked Orobas' Discover blessing
Reworked Tezcatara's Pitch Black Oil relic
Reworked Zlatir's Power blessing and Zlatir's Cape relic

Enemies

Reworked the following enemies:
- Fabricator
- Globe Head
- Kin
- Vine Shambler
Deprecated Lieutenant Knight combat

Balance

Necrobinder

Changed Bone Wall card: now Exhausts
Changed Call of the Void card: upgrade changed from 1 additional card -> gains Innate
Buffed Deathbringer card: Doom increased from 21(27) -> 23(29)
Buffed Defile card: damage increased from 12(16) -> 13(17)
Nerfed Etherburst card: now only single target
Nerfed Grave Warden card: Block gain decreased from 7(8) -> 6(7)
Changed Necro Mastery card:
- Rarity increased from Uncommon -> Rare
- Summon increased from 2(3) -> 3(4)
Buffed Negative Pulse card: Block gain increased from 7(9) -> 8(9)
Nerfed Plague Carrier card: Doom decreased from 10(15) -> 6(9)
Nerfed Poke card: damage decreased from 10(15) -> 7(10)
Nerfed Time's Up card: cost increased from 1 -> 2
Changed Tag Team card: reworked and renamed to Tag In

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Regent

Nerfed Cosmic Indifference card: Block gain decreased from 9(12) -> 6(9)
Nerfed Glow card: Stars gained decreased from 3(4) -> 2(3)
Nerfed Summon Forth card: now also costs 2 Stars
Changed Supermassive card: rarity decreased from Rare -> Uncommon

Potions & Relics

Changed Dragon Fruit relic: rarity changed from Rare -> Shop
Changed Golden Ring relic:
- Rarity changed from Uncommon -> Shop
- "Enchant an Attack with Momentum" -> "Enchant an Attack with 5 Momentum"
- Damage increased from 2 -> 5

Ancients

Buffed Orobas' Glass eye blessing:
- Now 2 Common, 2 Uncommon, 1 Rare cards
- Moved to pool 2
Changed Orobas' Seeking Tentacle blessing: now allows you to reroll each card reward once
Changed Oracle Bone relic: is now a Tanx relic
Nerfed Zlatir's Immortality blessing: HP loss increased from 15% -> 20%
Buffed Neow's Chosen One blessing: "Choose 1 of 2 Rare Cards" -> "Choose 1 of 3 Rare cards"
Buffed Pael's Relax card:
- Block gain increased from 12(16) -> 13(17)
- Card draw increased from 2 -> 2(3)
- Energy gain increased from 2 -> 2(3)

Enemies

Changed Ceremonial BeastL A1 Regen buffed from 8 -> 9
Nerfed Vantom: A1 Slippery decreased from 12 -> 11

Events

Changed Stone of All Time Event: "Push" choice HP cost decreased from 12 -> 6
Changed Telepathic Spiders event: now only appears if player has enough gold to select the second choice

Art

Added portrait art for the following Regent cards:
- Convergence
- Glow
- Lunar Streak
- Monologue
- Quasar
- Spectrum Shift
Updated Necrobinder flame VFX on character select screen

Wording

Changed Oversized Nail wording from "Enchant it with Sharp 2" -> "Enchant it with 2 Sharp"
Changed Strange Hoof wording from "Enchant it with Nimble 2" -> "Enchant it with 2 Nimble"
"Exhaust" is now properly keyworded on Devour Life card's text
Improved wording on Devour Life, Haunt, and Second Wind cards
Dybbuk Cube relic now specifies that it does not double the effects of debuffs applied to players
Pilebunker card renamed to Devastate
Spirit of Ash card's power hovertip no longer incorrectly states that all cards are Ethereal

Bug fixes

Necrobinder

Fixed an issue where the Slippery power was preventing damage from Osty's Friendship attack in addition to the attack card that triggered it
Friendship card's power now triggers properly on multi-attacks and AOE attacks

Potions & Relics

Foul Potion and Tanx's Whistle can now only be received via their respective events

Enemies

Kin minions no longer end up getting the minion power applied to them twice
Fixed an issue where Thieving Hopper's health bar momentarily displayed glitchy colors after fluttering up
Fixed softlock when defeating Knowledge Demon with Doom
Fixed softlock when you kill the Knowledge Demon as he is trying to say something
Flyconid no longer missing SFX when it damages the player
Gravity no longer affected by Ceremonial Beast's Plow damage
Knockout Blow card now properly triggers after killing a Decimillipede Segment
Test Subject can no longer be hit by AOE when Adaptable activates
Test Subject no longer finishes multi-hit if Adaptable procs on the first hit
Test Subject no longer becomes invincible if Adaptable triggers off of Perfect Reflection power
Sovereign Blade card no longer loses its extra Forge damage after being downgraded by Magi Knight

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Misc

Can no longer open card preview while holding left click on a card in the Smith room
Chains of Binding is now properly categorized as a Debuff
Fastest time is now saved correctly
Fixed an issue where health bar animations would temporarily pause while other combat actions were taking place
Fixed cards highlighting incorrectly when you scroll down on an Enchant card selection
If you enter an encounter that is part of an event (like Dense Vegetation or Battleworn Dummy) as one of your first three encounters in an act, it will no longer be counted towards your three "weak" encounters in that act
The room icon in the top bar now properly shows a question mark when you're in an event and choose an option that transitions to a combat

Newer: 23 Jan 2025 All patch notes Older: 9 Jan 2025

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