Playtest notes 30 Jan 2025

Internal playtest145 entries70 balance changes29 content additions21 bug fixes11 art updates9 interface changes4 wording fixes1 audio update

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

41 cards

Mind Rot
Status
Draw 1 fewer card each turn.
Orbit
Power
2
Every 4 you spend,
gain .
Ascender's Bane
Curse
Ethereal.
Unplayable.
Eternal.
Bash
Attack
2
Deal 8 damage.
Apply 2 Vulnerable.
Beat into Shape
Attack
1
Deal 5 damage.
Forge 5.
Forges an additional 5 for every other time you've hit the enemy this turn.
BEGONE!
Skill
1
Choose a card in your Hand to Transform into Minion Strike.
Black Hole
Power
1
Whenever you spend or gain , deal 3 damage to ALL enemies.
Bodyguard
Skill
1
Summon 5.
Borrowed Time
Skill
1
Gain 4.
Cards cost an additional this turn.
Break
Attack
1
Deal 20 damage.
Apply 5 Vulnerable.
Capture Spirit
Skill
1
Enemy loses 3 HP.
Add 3 Souls into your Draw Pile.
Cloak of Stars
Skill
0
1
Gain 7 Block.
Colossus
Skill
1
Gain 5 Block.
You receive 50% less damage from Vulnerable enemies this turn.
Conflagration
Attack
1
Deal 2 damage to ALL enemies 4 times.
Cosmic Indifference
Skill
1
Gain 6 Block.
Put a card from your Discard Pile on top of your Draw Pile.
Crimson Mantle
Power
1
At the start of your turn, lose 1 HP and gain 8 Block.
Death's Door
Skill
1
Gain 6 Block.
If you applied Doom this turn, gain Block 2 additional times.
Demon Form
Power
3
At the start of your turn, gain 2 Strength.
Devour Life
Power
1
Whenever you play a Soul, Summon 1.
Discovery
Skill
1
Choose 1 of 3 random cards to add into your Hand. It's free to play this turn.
Exhaust.
Falling Star
Attack
0
2
Deal 8 damage.
Apply 1 Weak.
Apply 1 Vulnerable.
Gather Light
Skill
1
Gain 8 Block.
Gain .
Glitterstream
Skill
2
Gain 11 Block.
Next turn, gain 5 Block.
Guiding Star
Attack
1
2
Deal 12 damage.
Draw 2 cards.
Heavenly Drill
Attack
X
Deal 8 damage X times.
Double X if it's 4 or more.
Heirloom Hammer
Attack
2
Deal 20 damage.
Choose a Colorless card in your Hand. Add a copy of that card into your Hand.
Kingly Kick
Attack
4
Deal 27 damage.
Whenever you draw this card, reduce its cost by 1.
Lethality
Power
1
Ethereal.
The first Attack each turn deals 50% additional damage.
Meteor Shower
Attack
0
2
Deal 14 damage to ALL enemies.
Apply 2 Weak and Vulnerable to ALL enemies.
Necro Mastery
Power
2
Summon 5.
Whenever Osty loses HP,
ALL enemies lose that much HP as well.
Neutralize
Attack
0
Deal 3 damage.
Apply 1 Weak.
Pale Blue Dot
Power
1
If you play 5 or more cards in a turn, draw 1 card at the start of your next turn.
Parry
Power
1
Sovereign Blade now gains 10 Block.
Pull Aggro
Skill
2
Summon 4.
Gain 7 Block.
Seance
Skill
1
Ethereal.
Transform a card in your Draw Pile into Soul.
Solar Strike
Attack
1
Deal 9 damage.
Gain .
Spoils Map
Quest
Unplayable.
Marks a site of 600 extra Gold in the next Act.
Stardust
Attack
0
Deal 5 damage to a random enemy X times.
Suppress
Attack
0
Innate.
Deal 11 damage.
Apply 3 Weak.
Time's Up
Attack
2
Deal damage equal to the enemy's Doom.
Exhaust.
Veilpiercer
Attack
1
Deal 10 damage.
The next Ethereal card you play costs 0 .

Relics, potions and powers

Foul PotionLasting CandyPendulumPowdered DemiseRed MaskSilver CrucibleTanx's WhistleVambraceDoomStrengthDexterityFrailGalvanicIntangiblePoisonWeak

Enemies and events

OrobasCubex ConstructKin PriestKnowledge DemonMecha KnightThe ForgottenBattleworn DummyBygone EffigyChomperFlail KnightGlobe HeadKin FollowerMawlerOstyPaelSoul NexusSpectral KnightTanxThe LostThieving HopperVantomVine Shambler

Content

Misc

  • Multiplayer is here!!

Ironclad

  • Reworked Fight Me card
  • Deprecated Veteran card

Necrobinder

Regent

Potions & Relics

  • Added new relics:
    • Bent Nail
    • Broken Mirror
    • Lattice of Eyes
    • Pendulum
    • Shoehorn
    • Traveler's Flask
    • Used Notepad
    • Red Mask
    • Rolling Sphere
  • Reworked Silver Crucible relic
  • Deprecated Boss relic rewards
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Potions & Relics (continued)

  • Deprecated Mutagen potion

Ancients

Ascensions

  • Deprecated Tight Belt ascension, replaced with new Warden ascension

Balance

Ironclad

  • Nerfed Colossus card: block decreased from 6(10) -> 5(8)
  • Nerfed Conflagration card: damage decreased from 8(11) + 3(4) -> 8(9) + 2(3)
  • Nerfed Crimson Mantle card: Block from 9(13) -> 8(11)
  • Changed Demon Form card: rarity decreased from Legendary -> Rare

Necrobinder

  • Buffed Borrowed Time card: self Doom decreased from 9 -> 6
  • Changed Capture Spirit card:
    • HP loss increased from 3(4) -> 4(6)
    • Souls created decreased from 3(4) -> 2(3)
  • Nerfed Devour Life card: no longer gains Dexterity
  • Reworked Etherburst: is now based on Ethereal cards played instead of Souls
  • Nerfed Necro Mastery card: Necromancy decreased from 3(4) -> 2(3)
  • Changed Pull Aggro card:
    • Summon increased from 5 -> 6(7)
    • Block decreased from 10(15) -> 6(8)
  • Changed Time's Up card: rarity increased from Uncommon -> Rare
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Regent

  • Buffed Beat into Shape card:
    • Damage increased from 6(7) -> 7(8)
    • Forge increased from 3(4) -> 4(5) Forge
  • Nerfed Black Hole card: damage decreased from 9(12) -> 7(9)
  • Nerfed Cloak of Stars card:
    • Star cost decreased from 3 -> 1
    • Block decreased from 13(17) -> 9
  • Nerfed Cosmic Indifference card: Block decreased 6(9) -> 5(8)
  • Nerfed Gather Light card:
    • Upgrade no longer increases the Star gain
    • Block decreased from 8(9) to 6(9)
  • Nerfed Glitterstream card: upgraded Block decreased from 7(11) -> 7(9)
  • Changed Orbit card: now gains Block multiple times instead of combining it all into a single instance of Block gain
  • Nerfed Pale Blue Dot card: card draw decreased from 2(2) -> 1(2)
  • Changed Perfect Reflection card:
    • Energy cost increased from 0 -> 1
    • Block gain increased from 6(10) -> 8(11)
  • Nerfed Solar Strike card: upgraded damage decreased from 9(12) -> 9(11)
  • Nerfed Stardust card: damage decreased from 5(8) -> 4(5)
  • Nerfed Voidborn card: Block decreased from 3(4) -> 2(3)
  • Reworked Kingly Kick card:
    • Cost increased from 3 -> 4
    • Cost reduction applies for this combat instead of just for this turn

Potions & Relics

  • Changed Vambrace relic: now only doubles Block gained by cards, but it doubles all Block from cards like Death's Door that gain Block multiple times

Enemies

  • Changed Battleworn Dummy: now takes its last turn before the turn limit is up, allowing it to be killed on the last turn by Poison or Doom
  • Nerfed Decimilipede:
    • HP slightly decreased on low ascension
    • Now gains less Strength
  • Changed Kin encounter:
  • Changed Knowledge Demon:
  • Buffed Lost and Forgotten: HP values increased
  • Nerfed Vine Shambler: damage values slightly decreased
  • Changed Ruby Raider encounter:
    • Ruby Brute now attacks on first turn
    • No longer possible for duplicate raiders to appear
  • Buffed Scrolls of Biting:
    • HP and damage values increased
    • Strength gain from 1 -> 2
  • Buffed Soul Nexus: damage values increased

Ancients

  • Nerfed Vlad's Crimson Pendant relic: Intangible decreased from 2 -> 1
  • Changed Tanx's Whistle relic:
    • No longer deals self damage
    • Damage decreased from 100 -> 50
  • Reworked Lasting Candy relic:
    • Is now Pael relic
    • "Every other card reward gains an additional Power card"
  • Changed Hungering Belly relic
    • Is now a Tanx relic
    • HP healed decreased from 4 -> 3

Misc

  • Increased costs of colorless cards in merchant room by 15%

Art

Audio

Wording

User interface & experience

  • Added a small delay before card rewards can be selected
  • Brainbug event's "Share Knowlege" choice now flashes if it will kill you
  • Healing now occurs when you enter an Ancient room
  • Skipped Ancient choices are now included in run history
  • Relics in relic history now use their base values instead of modified ones throughout the run
  • Added settings option to display card count in hand
  • HP loss is now shown on event rooms in the run history
  • Room history is now shown when hovering over old points in the map
  • Curses are now sorted to the top in deck removal screen

Bug fixes

Necrobinder

  • Fixed an issue with Unending Service card enchanted with Momentum while Osty is dead not previewing Momentum's extra damage
  • Seance card no longer shows draw pile in order

Regent

  • Orbit card now properly mixes your discard pile into your draw pile instead of putting the shuffled discard pile on the bottom of your draw pile

Potions & Relics

Enemies

Events

  • Spoils Map card now correctly shows new art
  • Brainbug event's "Filter" choice can no longer give basic cards
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Ascensions

  • Fixed issue with ascension panel incorrectly showing on characters you haven't beaten A0 with
  • Updated A9 title to Ancient's Scorn

Misc

  • Card removal hover tip still can show up if you click on the used removal button
  • Fixed issue with save/reloads duplicating encounters in the run history
  • Fixed shop music fadeout so that it only happens upon opening the map
  • Map prompt no longer blocks clicking on the node
  • Merchant card removal hovertip now accounts for price increase from A3
  • Relic bar now shows up when submitting feedback from settings menu
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