Playtest notes 27 Aug 2025

Internal playtest132 entries74 wording fixes27 bug fixes14 art updates11 interface changes6 balance changes

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.

A new patch is here--a whole day early!! We're off to PAX West this week, so this is a slightly smaller one. There's no new content to speak of, but a lot of placeholder assets, writing updates, and UX/UI changes are here.

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33 cards

Call of the Void

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

At the start of your turn, play the top card of your Draw Pile.

Deal 1 damage.
Deals 1 additional damage for each card drawn this combat.

Draw 2 cards.
Exhaust.

Whenever you gain Block on your turn, other players gain half that much Block.

Deal 4 damage.
Deals 2 additional damage for each Vulnerable on the enemy.

Whenever you play an Attack, add a random Attack into your Hand.

Channel 1 random Orb.

Consuming Shadow

Channel 2 Dark.
At the end of your turn, Evoke your leftmost Orb.

Skills cost 0 .
Whenever you play a Skill, Exhaust it.

Deal 8 damage.
Deals 2 additional damage for ALL your cards that have a cost.

Gain 10 Block.
Deal 10 damage.

Choose 1 of 3 random cards to add into your Hand. It's free to play this turn.
Exhaust.

Put 3 cards from your Discard Pile into your Hand.
Exhaust.

Ethereal.
Deal 9 damage to ALL enemies. ALL enemies lose 9 Strength this turn.

Exhaust your Hand.
If 9 cards were Exhausted this way, gain 1 Intangible.

Reduce the cost of ALL cards in your Hand to 1 this turn.
Exhaust.

Howl from Beyond

Deal 16 damage to ALL enemies.
At the end of your turn, if this is in your Exhaust Pile, play it.

Infinite Blades

At the start of your turn, add 1 Shiv into your Hand.

Deal 25 damage.
Add 3 random 0 cards into your Hand.

Add a copy of the third Attack you play each turn into your Hand.

Whenever Attacks deal damage, apply that much Doom.

Osty deals 7 damage.
Add Retain to a card in your Hand.

Sovereign Blade

Retain.
Deal 10 damage.

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

Choose 1 of 3 random Attacks from another character to add into your Hand. It's free to play this turn.

At the end of your turn, 1 random Attack in your Hand is played against a random enemy.

Whenever you shuffle your Draw Pile, choose a card from it to put into your Hand.

Sovereign Blade gains Replay 1.

Weak enemies take double damage from Attacks.

Add Replay to a card in your Hand.
It costs an extra .
Exhaust.

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

Deal 10 damage.
The next Ethereal card you play costs 0 .

Relics, potions and powers

Enemies and events

Balance

Necrobinder

Buffed Eidolon card: no longer Exhausts, now has Retain
Buffed Snap card: upgrade damage increased from +1 -> +3

Enemies

Buffed Exoskeletons: Hard to Kill power's HP loss per-turn cap decreased from 15 -> 9
Changed Scroll of Biting: moveset is less randomized
Nerfed Vine Shambler: Chomp damage decreased from 17(18) -> 16(17)

Events

Changed Brain Leech event: now uses card reward Rarity odds when you pick the Share Knowledge option

Art

Added placeholder assets for the following relics:
Forever Ice
Soup Recipe
Burning Sticks
Mystic Lighter
Amethyst Aubergine
Big Hat
Bookmark
Bread
Helical Dart
Jewelry Box
Orange Dough
Added animations for Wasp Prism
Removed invisible images that caused a VFX glitch on Soul Fysh death

User interface & experience

General

Added a smooth transition for targeting arrow when switching targets via the controller
Epoch reveals now look correct no matter the zoom level
Added new icon for Technify enchantment (as it was renamed from Toothed)
Updated Relic Collection UI and added some info text to its headers
Added new UX for unidentified relics (no more question mark)
Spectral card now glows gold if you have Weak or Frail
Stone Humidifier relic now has extra text in the Rest Site rest option
Undiscovered cards in the card library now have "?" for their energy cost
Updated combat basics FTUE and removed margin container
Updated power FTUE to match up with Buff and power card terminology (changed from StS1)

Multiplayer

Discovery order now applies in multiplayer, using the superset of all players' discoveries

Writing

Renamed the following relics:
Soul Buddy -> Lost Soul
Renamed the following events:
Field of the Forgotten -> Grave of the Forgotten
Forsaken Citadel -> Jungle Maze Adventure
Living Cocoon -> Spirit Grafter
Renamed Toothed enchantment -> Technify (to match theming as it applies Artifact)
Updated the wording of attacks that do dynamic damage (such as Bully and Crescent Spear) to be more consistent
Updated wording for the following cards:
Call of the Void
Dredge
Dying Star

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Bug fixes

General

Bound affliction no longer prevents cards from being auto-played
Players can no longer click on rewards that are outside of the reward UI mask
Effects that set a card's energy cost to a new absolute value (ex. Mummified Hand relic, Enlightenment card) now interact properly with effects that offset a card's existing cost (ex. Transfigure card)
Fixed being able to keep the potion popup open when you open the pause menu via controller shortcuts
Fixed card alternative hotkey button for non-combat "Choose a Card" screens
Fixed controller input for "Give Up" confirmation screen
Fixed issue with potion hovertip when you use a targeted potion via controller

Ironclad

Stampede card's autoplay effect now properly prevents Ripple Basin relic from triggering

Silent

Dash card now properly gains block before attacking, protecting the player if the enemy has Thorns power
Fixed Murder base damage not being affected by the Corruption enchantment
Murder card now only deals 7 damage turn 1

Defect

Cracked Core relic now properly triggers before Imbued enchantment

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Necrobinder

Fixed Symbiosis card upgrade
Reaper Form card no longer does stupid amounts of damage to invincible enemies

Regent

Fixed Sovereign Blade animation not working
Sword Sage card no longer causes an infinite damage loop when it's triggered while you have Fencing Manual relic

Potions & Relics

Kifuda relic now lets you pick less than 3 cards to enchant
Light Bulb relic no longer triggers when receiving card rewards outside of combat
Unceasing Top relic is no longer triggered by card plays from effects that occur before the player draws their hand (ex. Mayhem card)

Ancients

Neow's Bundle choice now only appears if there are enough bundles with all of their cards unlocked

Mutiplayer

You can no longer access the multiplayer Daily/Custom unless you have unlocked the corresponding Epochs
Merchant Robes relic no longer triggers for everyone in multiplayer
Fur Coat relic no longer causes state divergences
New version of Hard to Kill power no longer scales with player count
Ping button now always animates out at end of combat
Rewards icon no longer shows next to remote players after they're done taking rewards
Reaction emotes no longer can block input

Newer: 4 Sep 2025 All patch notes Older: 21 Aug 2025

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