Playtest notes 3 Jul 2025

Internal playtest114 entries35 content additions33 balance changes19 art updates19 bug fixes6 interface changes2 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

40 cards

Invoke
Skill
1
Next turn, Summon 2 and gain .
Pyre
Power
2
Gain at the start of each turn.
Abrasive
Power
3
Sly.
Gain 1 Dexterity.
Gain 4 Thorns.
Alignment
Skill
0
3
Gain .
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.
Black Hole
Power
1
Whenever you spend or gain , deal 3 damage to ALL enemies.
Bombardment
Attack
3
Deal 18 damage.
At the start of your turn, if this is in your Exhaust Pile, play it.
Exhaust.
Bubble Bubble
Skill
1
If the enemy has Poison, apply 9 Poison.
Conqueror
Skill
1
Forge 3.
Sovereign Blade deals double damage to the enemy this turn.
Convergence
Skill
1
Next turn,
gain and .
Retain your Hand this turn.
Cosmic Indifference
Skill
1
Gain 6 Block.
Put a card from your Discard Pile on top of your Draw Pile.
Crash Landing
Attack
1
Deal 21 damage to ALL enemies.
Fill your Hand with Debris.
Devastate
Attack
1
4
Deal 30 damage.
Gather Light
Skill
1
Gain 8 Block.
Gain .
Glasswork
Skill
1
Gain 5 Block.
Channel 1 Glass.
Glitterstream
Skill
2
Gain 11 Block.
Next turn, gain 5 Block.
Glow
Skill
1
Gain .
Draw 1 card.
Next turn, draw 1 card.
Hang
Attack
1
Deal 10 damage.
Double the damage ALL Hang cards deal to this enemy.
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.
Hidden Cache
Skill
1
Gain .
Next turn, gain .
Jackpot
Attack
3
Deal 25 damage.
Add 3 random 0 cards into your Hand.
Make It So
Attack
0
Deal 6 damage.
Every 3 Skills you play in a turn, put this into your Hand.
Manifest Authority
Skill
1
Gain 7 Block.
Add 1 random Colorless card into your Hand.
Murder
Attack
3
Deal 1 damage.
Deals 1 additional damage for each card drawn this combat.
Oblivion
Skill
0
Whenever you play a card this turn, apply 3 Doom to the enemy.
Orbit
Power
2
Every 4 you spend,
gain .
Pagestorm
Power
1
Whenever you draw an Ethereal card, draw 1 card.
Refract
Attack
3
Deal 9 damage twice.
Channel 2 Glass.
Royalties
Power
1
At the end of combat, gain 30 Gold.
Seven Stars
Attack
2
7
Deal 7 damage to ALL enemies 7 times.
Shatter
Attack
1
Deal 7 damage to ALL enemies.
Evoke all of your Orbs twice.
Sovereign Blade
Attack
2
Retain.
Deal 10 damage.
Spinner
Power
1
At the start of your turn, Channel 1 Glass.
Sword Sage
Power
2
Sovereign Blade gains Replay 1.
The Hunt
Attack
1
Deal 10 damage.
If Fatal, gain an additional card reward.
Exhaust.
The Scythe
Attack
2
Deal 13 damage.
Permanently increase this card's damage by 4.
Exhaust.
The Smith
Skill
1
4
Forge 30.
Toxic
Status
1
At the end of your turn, if this is in your Hand, take 5 damage.
Exhaust.
Wrought in War
Attack
1
Deal 7 damage.
Forge 7.

Relics, potions and powers

King's CourageOrnamental FanPen NibFocusRitualSwipe

Enemies and events

NeowOrobasOstyDrowning BeaconField of Man-Sized HolesKin PriestKnowledge DemonMagi KnightMorphic GrovePaelRanwid the ElderSnapping JaxfruitThe Lantern KeyThe Round Tea PartyThieving HopperTough EggTrash HeapVantom

Content

Defect

  • Added new Orb type, Glass
  • Added the following new cards:
  • Glasswork
  • Refract
  • Shatter
  • Spinner
  • Deprecated Scrap Orb
  • Deprecated the following cards:
  • Junk King
  • Shredder
  • Scrappy

Necrobinder

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Regent

Ancients

  • Added new Orobas blessing, Mutation
  • Added new Zlatir blessings:
  • Control
  • Potential
  • Reworked Zlatir's Immortality blessing
  • Reworked Pael's Cloning Capsule blessing

Balance

General

  • Warden Ascension can no longer spawn 2 Elites in a row

Necrobinder

  • Buffed Enfeeble card: no longer Ethereal
  • Buffed Hang card: damage increased from 6(9) -> 10(13)
  • Buffed Oblivion card: no longer Exhausts
  • Nerfed Swipe card: damage decreased from 10(14) -> 9(12)

Regent

  • Changed Alignment card:
  • Star cost decreased from 3 -> 2
  • Energy gain decreased from 3(4) -> 2(3)
  • Buffed Beat Into Shape card:
  • Damage increased from 7(8) -> 10(11)
  • Forge increased from 4(5)->7(9)
  • Rarity increased from Common -> Rare
  • Buffed Constellation card: no longer Exhausts
  • Nerfed Convergence card: upgrade no longer draws an additional card
  • Buffed Cosmic Indifference card: Block increased from 5(8) -> 6(9)
  • Nerfed Devastate card: Star cost increased from 3 -> 4
  • Buffed Gather Light card: Block increased from 6(9) -> 7(10)
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Regent (continued)

Enemies

  • Changed The Kin:
  • Slightly reworked moveset
  • Kin Priest no longer applies Ritual to himself
  • Buffed Knowledge Demon:
  • Heal move's healing increased from 25 -> 30
  • HP increased from 357(379) -> 387(399)
  • Buffed Vantom: HP increased from 163(173) -> 173(183)
  • Nerfed Hatchlings: HP decreased from 21(22)-26(27) -> 19(20)-22(23)
  • Changed Goop Bowlbug: reworked moveset
  • Nerfed Tough Egg: HP decreased from 14(15)-19(20) -> 14(15)-18(19)
  • Buffed Toxic status card: damage increased from 4 -> 5

Art

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User interface & experience

  • UI that is hovered over by mouse is now unfocused when controller is detected
  • At the end of combat, Orbs now continue to reflect how much Focus there was
  • Osty's attack cards now glow red if Osty is dead
  • Cards rerolled by the Seeking Tentacle relic now appear as skipped cards in the run history
  • The Impossible Pyre and Drowning Beacon events now show "Lose X HP" highlighted in red
  • When a card's energy cost has been decreased for the entire combat, it now displays in green

Wording

  • Fixed punctuation in The Hunt card
  • Fixed wording of Grab card to read as "Enemy deals 50% damage this turn"

Bug fixes

Necrobinder

  • Fixed softlock with Invoke card when you tried to inspect it
  • Invoke card now correctly reads that it deals 4 -> 6 damage in Smith screen

Regent

  • Fixed King's Courage potion not updating the value of the newly created Sovereign Blade card correctly
  • Gamma Beam card is now correctly a single target attack

Potions & Relics

  • Fixed potion popup hovertip positioning for card previews (i.e. King's Courage)
  • Ornamental Fan relic now correctly stops flashing when combat ends

Ancients

  • Fixed softlock caused by getting offered Murder card by Orobas
  • Neow's Focus blessing now correctly has "Lose 10 Max HP" in red text
  • Unknown rooms spawned by Neow's Explorer blessing now have the correct outlines
  • Wax Pen Nib relic no longer flashes if it is melted

Enemies

  • Fixed issue where powers would become unhoverable when Wasp Prism prevented its own death before exploding
  • Fixed Snapping Jaxfruit attack animation
  • Fixed softlock with Magi knight magic bomb animation
  • Fixed Thieving Hopper's card stealing animation
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Events

General

  • Fixed adjacent nodes pulsing even if the current room is not completed
  • Fixed map icon oscillating even when closed
  • Fixed path length overflow bug when loading climb history with corrupt files
  • Fixed off-by-one error in run history when highlighting relics and seeing the room they were obtained in
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