Playtest notes 6 Nov 2025

Internal playtest104 entries42 balance changes24 bug fixes19 content additions8 audio updates8 interface changes2 wording fixes1 art 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.

Greetings, playtesters! This week's patch brings various balance changes and reworks--including a total rework of Ascension 10--along with a few new relics and combat encounters. You'll also notice that quite a few enemies may have some snazzy new sounds or visual effects. Time to dig in...

Items in this note

23 cards

Claw
Attack
0
Deal 3 damage.
Increase the damage of ALL Claw cards by 2 this combat.
Flatten
Attack
2
Osty deals 12 damage.
This card costs 0 if Osty has attacked this turn.
Rattle
Attack
1
Osty deals 7 damage.
Hits an additional time for each other time he has attacked this turn.
Afterlife
Skill
1
Summon 6.
Exhaust.
Banshee's Cry
Attack
9
Deal 33 damage to ALL enemies.
Costs less for each Ethereal card played this combat.
Comet
Attack
0
5
Deal 33 damage.
Apply 3 Weak.
Apply 3 Vulnerable.
Countdown
Power
1
At the start of your turn, apply 6 Doom to a random enemy.
Decisions, Decisions
Skill
0
6
Draw 3 cards.
Choose a Skill in your Hand and play it 3 times.
Exhaust.
Dominate
Skill
1
Apply 1 Vulnerable.
Gain 1 Strength for each Vulnerable on the enemy.
Exhaust.
Echoing Slash
Attack
1
Deal 10 damage to ALL enemies.
Repeat this effect for each enemy killed.
Eternal Armor
Power
3
Gain 9 Plating.
Genesis
Power
2
At the start of your turn, gain .
Make It So
Attack
0
Deal 6 damage.
Every 3 Skills you play in a turn, put this into your Hand.
Momentum Strike
Attack
1
Deal 10 damage.
Reduce this card's cost to 0 .
Prep Time
Power
1
At the start of your turn, gain 4 Vigor.
Reaper Form
Power
3
Whenever Attacks deal damage, apply that much Doom.
Resonance
Skill
1
3
Gain 1 Strength. ALL enemies lose 1 Strength.
Soul Storm
Attack
1
Deal 9 damage.
Deals 2 additional damage for each Soul in your Exhaust Pile.
Spectrum Shift
Power
2
At the start of your turn, add 1 random Colorless card into your Hand.
Spinner
Power
1
At the start of your turn, Channel 1 Glass.
Squeeze
Attack
3
Osty deals 25 damage.
Deals 5 additional damage for ALL your other Osty Attacks.
Terraforming
Skill
1
Gain 6 Vigor.
Void Form
Power
3
Ethereal.
End your turn.
The first 2 cards you play each turn are free to play.

Relics, potions and powers

OrichalcumAstrolabeDarkstone PeriaptFencing ManualIntimidating HelmetKusarigamaLucky FyshMangoMercury HourglassPen NibPhylactery UnboundReptile TrinketTungsten RodTuning ForkVexing PuzzleboxWeakFrailDoomStrength

Enemies and events

NeowSapphire SeedWaterfall GiantBygone EffigyCrystal SphereDense VegetationDoll RoomFat GremlinFrog KnightGuardbotJungle Maze AdventureLiving FogOrobasPaelPhantasmal GardenerPunch ConstructSlithering StranglerStabbotTanxThe Insatiable

Content

General

  • Reworked Ascension 10

Ironclad

  • Reworked Grapple card

Defect

Necrobinder

Regent

Colorless Cards

Potions & Relics

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Enemies

  • Added new Glory Weak encounter - Construct Menagerie
  • Added new Hive Weak encounter - Exoskeletons

Ancients

  • Reworked Tanx's Oddly Heavy Stone relic

Events

Balance

General

  • Changed Ascension 2 - Weary Traveler: now also affects your starting HP

Ironclad

Defect

  • Changed Spinner card:
  • No longer requires an empty Orb slot
  • "At the start of your turn, Channel 1 Glass."

Necrobinder

  • Buffed Countdown card:
  • Doom increased from 11(14) -> 13(17)
  • Now triggers at the start of the turn
  • Changed Flatten card:
  • Energy cost decreased from 2 -> 1
  • Damage decreased from 15(25)->10(10)
  • Rarity decreased from Uncommon -> Common
  • Changed Rattle card: rarity increased from Common -> Uncommon
  • Changed Soul Storm card: now adds Souls to your Draw Pile instead of your Hand
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Regent

  • Buffed Comet card: Star cost decreased from 6 -> 5
  • Nerfed Decisions, Decisions card: Star cost increased from 5 -> 6
  • Changed Genesis card:
  • Energy cost increased from 1 -> 2
  • Rarity increased from Uncommon -> Rare
  • Star gain from increased 1 -> 2(3)
  • Upgrade no longer grants Innate
  • Nerfed Resonance card: cost increased from 1 Energy -> 1 Energy + 2 Stars
  • Changed Spectrum Shift card: rarity decreased from Rare -> Uncommon
  • Buffed Void Form card now makes cards "free to play" instead of lowering Energy cost to 0 (i.e. Star costs also get reduced)

Colorless Cards

  • Changed Eternal Armor card: rarity increased from Uncommon -> Rare

Potions & Relics

  • Changed Common relic rarity roll from 48% -> 50%
  • Changed Intimidating Helmet relic: rarity increased from Uncommon -> Rare
  • Changed Kusarigama relic: rarity increased from Common -> Uncommon
  • Changed Mercury Hourglass relic: rarity decreased from Uncommon -> Common
  • Changed Reptile Trinket relic: rarity increased from Common -> Uncommon

Enemies

  • Nerfed Bygone Effigy: no longer gains Strength when attacking
  • Nerfed Doormaker: Door now gives Dazed statuses instead of Void
  • Changed Frog Knight:
  • Strike Down Evil move damage changed from 10(12)x2 -> 21(23)
  • Tongue Lash move no longer gives Dazed statuses, now -> applies 2 Frail
  • Nerfed Guardbot: Block decreased from 20 -> 15
  • Nered Stabbot:
  • Damage decreased from 14(15) -> 11(12)
  • Debuff applied changed from Weak -> Frail

Ancients

Art

  • Added new Shout and Spooky Shout VFX

Audio

User experience & interface

  • Added Rest Site FTUE
  • Added temp SFX & VFX to Doll Room, Dense Vegetation and Jungle Maze Adventure events
  • Ancient names now persist on screen
  • Card types are no longer gilded in event, potion, and relic descriptions (similar to how cards display them)
  • Pressing the Peek button now shrinks the currently-playing card and moves it above the Peek button instead of moving it to the top-right of the screen
  • When pressing the Peek button on a card selection screen, the currently-being-played card now shrinks in addition to moving to the top-right of the screen

Multiplayer

  • Added a poor network indicator when a poor network connection is detected
  • Network problem overlay is now shown when client hasn't heard from host in a long time

Writing

  • Added missing periods to the end of a few encounter death quotes
  • Mango??? relic now has the correct title

Bug fixes

General

  • Fixed Steam cloud sync softlocking in rare circumstances
  • Cards with built-in energy cost reduction effects (ex. Ambush, Banshee's Cry, Force Field) no longer double their reduction when cloned
  • Fixed an issue where damage values on multi-target cards (ex. Echoing Slash) would stop previewing modifications from relics (ex. Pen Nib) when you dragged the card up out of your had to prepare to play it
  • Fixed Continue panel not being sized correctly
  • Peek button now only plays buzzer when trying to play cards
  • Statistics screen now has the correct value for the total number of Epochs
  • The "damage fully blocked" VFX no longer plays when HP loss is fully prevented (by an effect like Tungsten Rod) while you have Block
  • The relic dev console command no longer returns the fake version of a relic when the real version's ID is entered
  • The player's energy counter now properly flashes if they spend and gain the same amount of energy while playing a card

Potions & Relics

  • Astrolabe relic now displays the transformed cards in a grid instead of randomly scattered
  • Fixed an issue where certain relics that trigger when a card is added to your deck (ex. Darkstone Periapt, Lucky Fysh, and Fable) weren't triggering when a card in your deck was transformed
  • Fixed Potion of Sadness liquid VFX rendering too large and playing on player instead of monster
  • Magic Pot relic no longer lets you select unupgradable cards
  • Orichalcum and Orichalcum??? relics now stack properly
  • Screamer Pod throw VFX now is no longer thrown at player
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Enemies

  • Fixed Fat Gremlin run animation when game is in Fast Mode
  • Fixed issue with The Insatiable sometimes not playing its roar animation
  • Fixed Make It So VFX causing weird visuals in the Decimillipede fight

Ancients

  • Pael's Goopy enchantment now states that it applies Exhaust

Events

  • Can no longer click on invisible corner cells in Crystal Sphere event minigame

Multiplayer

  • Fixed potion throw VFX positioning for self-targeting potions in multiplayer
  • Fixed map drawing issues when drawing really fast
  • Hardened map drawing against packet loss
  • You can no longer hover over allies' powers when their HP bars are invisible
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