Hey Duelysts! For the month of December 2018, here are the Boss Battles to prepare for:

DECEMBER 2018 BOSS BATTLE SCHEDULE

12/6 – 12/11: SOLFIST

As the Eternal Flame consumes him, he plans to take you with him.

12/13 – 12/18: AUTOMATON 8

"I may be broken, but you I will shatter."

12/20– 12/25: SANTAUR THE TERRIBLE

He's green, he's tall, he's ready to maul!
And every elf he summons carries a holiday gift.
AT the start of the turn, more answer his call.
So it may be best for you to beat him rather swift!

12/27 – 1/1: ORIAS THE HERETIC

A thaumaturge so dangerous, even The Crimson Flame had to cast him out.

ABOUT BOSS BATTLES
Duelyst Boss Battles are weekly in-game events where players can fight bosses for rewards. The events start each Tuesday at 2:00 PM PDT and last until the following Sunday at 2:00 PM PDT. Each boss varies in difficulty but in general, players can expect to win against them using basic and common cards, along with skill and luck. Since these are PvE battles, there is no time limit to fight against them. Each win against a boss yields a free Boss Crate and a Core Orb.

Jump into Duelyst and experience the fun! Duelyst is free-to-play and Boss Battles are a great way to get free rewards just for playing the game. We hope you’ll join us!

Happy Holidays, Duelyst community!

Starting on Friday, December 7, 2018, at 11:00 AM PST until Monday, December 10th at 11:00 AM PST, Duelyst players can enjoy a 20% discount on all Trials of Mythron Orb Packages! Plus, don’t forget about our Permanent 50% Bonus Diamonds sale!

This means that whether you’re looking to beef up your Magmar eggs with the Extinction Event, or just need more Lodestars, now is the time to purchase your Trials of Mythron Orbs!

Make sure to get your Trials of Mythron Orbs in Duelyst now! This sale only lasts until 12/10.

Thanksgiving is here and we’re thankful for our amazing Duelyst community! Here’s how we’re celebrating with you this month:

Hey Duelysts! Log into Duelyst anytime between Friday, November 16, 2018 at 11:00 AM PST and Friday, November 23, 2018 at 11:00 AM PST to receive five (5) FREE Core Orbs plus a Random Legendary Card*!

*Prizes only awarded upon first login during the promotional period.

In addition to the login event, beginning Friday, November 16, 2018 at 11:00 AM PST and lasting until Monday, November 26, 2018 at 11:00 AM PST, Duelyst players can take advantage of our November Holiday Orb Sale to get 30% off all Orbs.


Thanks for being a part of the Duelyst community!

Hey Duelysts,

Server Instability Issues

As many of you noticed, we had some server stability issues a couple of weekends ago. Our servers had connection problems for much of the weekend. We apologize for that!

Artificer Academy Ending

Additionally, it is with heavy hearts that we are announcing the official closure of our Artificer Academy program. As many of you remember, the program was put on hold in earlier this year in July. The program itself was more lofty than we could sustain and we greatly apologize for that.

As a thank you for previously participating in the Artificer Academy, we’d like to send a special gift to each and everyone of our participants based on their previous participation. We will send these rewards as a code via email on Friday, November 16, 2018.

We also encourage you to keep streaming and being active in Duelyst. If you tweet us with your stream info, we’ll do our best to RT your streams and give shout outs where we can. You can also contact us via PM to arrange some orb codes for community giveaways if you have some good ideas. We’ll do our best to accommodate you.

Thank you for creating such great content and streams on behalf of Duelyst. We appreciate all the hard work you’ve put into making the game great.

Make-Good

As a make-good prize for being patient with us over the server instability issues a few weekends ago and for losing the Artificer Academy program, we are awarding all Duelyst players who are active email subscribers with three (3) free Trials of Mythron orbs, which we will distribute via email on Friday, November 16, 2018. To be eligible, you must be an active subscriber to the Duelyst Mailing List, which you can sign up for here. Email signups must be received by no later than Tuesday, November 13, 2018 at 12:00 PM PST. Then, on Friday, November 16, 2018, we will send out an email containing your gifts. Note that the codes are one per account.

Hey Duelysts! For the month of November 2018, here are the Boss Battles to prepare for:


11/1 – 11/6: SHINKAGE ZENDO

He has walked the path to oblivion and now, so shall you!

11/8 – 11/13: D3C

A perfectly engineered weapon designed to destroy MECHZ0R and all those who would protect it.

11/15 – 11/20: CALIBERO

Calibero is roaring for a fight!

11/22 – 11/27: MONOLITH GUARDIAN

The Monolith Guardian waits stoically for his next challenge. Are you up to the task?

11/29 – 12/4: WU’JIN THE TRICKSTER

A master of cunning and deception, Wu’Jin has journeyed far in search of a worthy adversary.


Duelyst Boss Battles are weekly in-game events where players can fight bosses for rewards. The events start each Tuesday at 2:00 PM PDT and last until the following Sunday at 2:00 PM PDT. Each boss varies in difficulty but in general, players can expect to win against them using basic and common cards, along with skill and luck. Since these are PvE battles, there is no time limit to fight against them. Each win against a boss yields a free Boss Crate and a Core Orb.

Jump into Duelyst and experience the fun! Duelyst is free-to-play and Boss Battles are a great way to get free rewards just for playing the game. We hope you’ll join us!

Good news Duelysts! We're extending the 50% Bonus Diamond Sale through the end of 2018! This is a special thank you to our dedicated players.



From now on, all of our Diamond packages will feature an increased amount of 50% Bonus Diamonds! Enjoy the savings and thank you for sticking with us, Duelysts!

We’re having a Halloween Diamond sale and login event!

HALLOWEEN DIAMOND SALE



Beginning this Friday, October 26, 2018, at 11:00 AM PDT and lasting until Monday, October 29th at 11:00 AM PDT, Duelyst players can take advantage of our October bonus sale to get even more Diamonds with an increased Bonus of 50%.

HALLOWEEN LOGIN EVENT



In addition to the Diamond Sale, log in anytime between Friday, October 26, 2018 at 11:00 AM PDT Friday, November 2, 2018 at 11:00 AM PDT for 3 FREE* Trials of Mythron Orbs!

*Orbs only awarded upon first login during the promotional period.
Happy Halloween, Duelysts!

Starting on Friday, October 12, 2018, at 11:00 AM PDT until Monday, October 15th at 11:00 AM PDT, Duelyst players can enjoy a 20% discount on all Trials of Mythron Orb Packages!

This means that whether you’re looking to beef up your Magmar eggs with the Extinction Event, or just need more Lodestars, now is the time to purchase your Trial of Mythron Orbs!

Make sure to get your Trials of Mythron Orbs in Duelyst now! This sale only lasts until 10/15.

Hey Duelysts, Boss Battles are back! This time, we’re giving you a heads up on the whole month, so you can plan your decks ahead of time. For the month of October 2018, here are the Boss Battles to steel yourselves for:


10/4 – 10/9: BOREAL JUGGERNAUT



Enter the domain of the Boreal Juggernaut and test your strength against his!

10/11 – 10/16: UMBRA



From the shadows comes a twisted visage. Enter an alternate dimension where Umbra warps light and shadow to create imperfect reflections of life.

10/18 – 10/23: CADE THE DESOLATOR



Hordes of Desolators gasp in awe, for from their gaunt and bony kind, a champion has risen. Cade’s current incarnation has lived long enough to build a body that no longer fears death. He has mastered the ways of war through countless battles.

10/25 – 10/30: UNHALLOWED



The Unhallowed has risen from the grave with a dark design to curse all of Mythron. Not all of her tricks are devious, though. If luck is on your side, some of her twisted malcontents might even hold a treat.


Duelyst Boss Battles are weekly in-game events where players can fight bosses for rewards. The events start each Thursday at 2:00 PM PDT and last until the following Sunday at 2:00 PM PDT. Each boss varies in difficulty but in general, players can expect to win against them using basic and common cards, along with skill and luck. Since these are PvE battles, there is no time limit to fight against them. Each win against a boss yields a free Boss Crate and a Core Orb.

Jump into Duelyst and experience the fun! Duelyst is free-to-play and Boss Battles are a great way to get free rewards just for playing the game. We hope you’ll join us!

Duelyst Patch 1.96 is expected to deploy later on May 22nd, 2018




When we released the Trials of Mythron expansion, we introduced two formats into the game (Standard and Unlimited). While our hopes and ambitions were aimed at expanding the diversity in Duelyst, your actions as players speak the loudest. The number of games played in Unlimited (compared to Standard) was staggering! As such, we want to tailor Duelyst to what's most popular for our players. With this patch we will be removing the concept of rotations and unifying the online matchmaking system to what is currently known as "Unlimited." In other words, everyone can play with their full collection instead of having to restrict their decklists to certain sets.

Coupled with this change, we will also merge the two constructed queues together. Some of the common complaints from our social platforms came from the mismatched rankings in Casual or the prolonged queue times in Ranked. Without the different formats in place, we have no strong reason to maintain two different queues and will reunite them into one "Ranked Ladder Queue." These changes should address both the occasional prolonged wait times while maintaining the fun aspect of fighting your peers.


As many of our former Unlimited players know, there are some frightening and powerful card combinations that exist from accessing both Trials of Mythron and Denizens of Shim'Zar.

Since we are reintroducing the Denizens of Shim'Zar expansion back into the fold, we found a unique opportunity to do a wide sweep of changes.

LYONAR KINGDOMS

• Dawn's Eye
  • Cost changed from 6 to 5
• Peacekeeper
  • Stats changed from 5/5 to 6/6
• Radiant Dragoon
  • Ability can now target itself
• Solarius
  • Cost changed from 6 to 5
  • Stats changed from 3/3 to 3/2

SONGHAI EMPIRE

• Bombard
  • Cost changed from 6 to 5
• Calligrapher
  • Now adds cards to your Action Bar immediately, rather than at the end of your turn
• Coalfist
  • Stats changed from 4/4 to 5/4
• Dusk Rigger
  • Stats changed from 2/3 to 3/3
• Katara
  • Backstab (3) changed to Backstab (1)
• Manakite Drifter
  • Stats changed from 3/3 to 5/5
• Mask of Shadows
  • Gained "Your General gains +1 Attack"
• Mind-Cage Oni
  • Stats changed from 4/3 to 3/2
• Penumbraxx
  • Stats changed from 3/1 to 4/1
• Sparrowhawk
  • Stats changed from 3/2 to 3/3
• Suzumebachi
  • Stats changed from 1/3 to 1/4
• Twilight Fox
  • Stats changed from 3/3 to 3/4
• Grandmaster Zendo
  • Stats changed from 4/6 to 3/6

VETRUVIAN IMPERIUM

• Accumulonimbus
  • Cost changed from 4 to 5
• Duskweaver
  • Stats changed from 1/1 to 2/1
• Equality Constraint
  • Cost changed from 2 to 1
• Falcius
  • Cost changed from 3 to 4
• Lost in the Desert
  • Now deals 5 damage instead of 6
• Notion of the Starless Eternity
  • Cost changed from 5 to 6
• Oserix
  • Cost changed from 7 to 6
  • Stats changed from 8/6 to 6/5
• Pantheran
  • Stats changed from 6/6 to 8/8
• Portal Guardian
  • Stats changed from 0/6 to 0/8
• Sand Sister Saon
  • Stats changed from 3/4 to 4/4
• Sandswirl Reader
  • Stats changed from 3/4 to 3/3
• Whispers of the Sands
  • No longer draws a card
• Windstorm Obelysk
  • Cost changed from 3 to 2
  • Stats changed from 0/6 to 0/4

ABYSSIAN HOST

• Aphotic Drain
  • Cost changed from 2 to 1
• Desolator
  • Stats changed from 3/1 to 2/1
• Horrific Visage
  • Now gives -4 Attack instead of -3 Attack
• Night Fiend
  • Stats changed from 3/3 to 4/4
• Skull Prophet
  • Stats changed from 3/3 to 2/4
• Sphere of Darkness
  • Cost changed from 1 to 2
  • Effect changed to "Turn an enemy minion's space into Shadow Creep. Draw a card"
• The Releaser
  • Cost changed from 3 to 2

MAGMAR ASPECTS

• Dreadnought
  • Stats changed from 4/6 to 4/7
• Flaming Stampede
  • Now deals 8 damage instead of 5
• Morin-Khur
  • Cost Changed from 5 to 6
• Omniseer
  • Ability can now be used on any nearby space
• Silithar Elder
  • Stats changed from 6/6 to 7/7
• Tremor
  • Cost changed from 2 to 1
• Verdant Fulmination
  • Cost changed from 4 to 3
• Veteran Silithar
  • Stats changed from 4/3 to 4/4
• Visionar
  • Stats changed from 6/3 to 5/6

VANAR KINDRED

• Aspect of Shim'Zar
  • Cost changed from 2 to 3
• Essence Sculpt
  • Cost changed from 1 to 0
• Frigid Corona
  • Can now only target minions
• Ice Age
  • Cost changed from 7 to 8
• Mana Deathgrip
  • Cost changed from 1 to 2
• The Dredger
  • Cost changed from 3 to 1
• Wind Sister Maia
  • Ability changed to "Friendly minions with Infiltrate have +1/+1"

NEUTRAL

• Alter Rexx
  • Stats changed from 4/4 to 5/5
• Architect T2k5
  • Stats changed from 1/4 to 1/5
• Artifact Hunter
  • Stats changed from 3/3 to 3/4
• Astral Crusader
  • Ability changed to "Whenever you replace this card, it cost 3 less and gains +3/+3"
• Calculator
  • Cost changed from 5 to 4
• Dioltas
  • Stats of Tombstone token changed from 0/10 to 0/8
• EMP
  • Stats changed from 9/9 to 7/7
• Envybaer
  • Stats changed from 3/7 to 3/10
• Grincher
  • Now reduces the cost of the artifact by 3 instead of 2
• Hydrax
  • Stats changed from 3/3 to 3/4
• Inquisitor Kron
  • Stats changed from 4/4 to 4/5
  • Can no longer produce a minion with Forcefield
• Lady Locke
  • Stats changed from 2/2 to 2/3
• Purgatos
  • Stats changed from 3/4 to 3/5
• Sanguinar
  • Ability changed to "Your Bloodbound Spell costs 0"
• Soboro
  • Stats changed from 2/4 to 3/4
• Spriggin
  • Stats changed from 6/6 to 8/8
• Sunsteel Defender
  • Stats changed from 4/3 to 3/3
• Thunderhorn
  • Stats changed from 4/5 to 4/4
• Zyx
  • Cost changed from 1 to 2

For roughly one week after these changes, we will be offering full spirit refunds on cards that negatively adjusted or nerfed (marked with underlines).  Here's a quick reference list of cards eligible for refunds:

• LYONAR - Solarius
• SONGHAI - Katara, Mind-Cage Oni, Grandmaster Zendo
• VETRUVIAN - Accumulonimbus, Falcius, Lost in the Desert, Oserix, Sandswirl Reader, Whispers of the Sands, Windstorm Obelysk
• ABYSSIAN - Desolator, Skull Prophet, Sphere of Darkness
• MAGMAR - Morin-Khur, Visionar
• VANAR - Aspect of Shim'Zar, Frigid Corona, Ice Age, Mana Deathgrip, Wind Sister Maia
• NEUTRAL - Dioltas, EMP, Inquisitor Kron, Sunsteel Defender, Thunderhorn, Zyx.

The shop has been updated with several new items!

Notable mentions are the missing set of General MkII skins, as well as the inclusion of Boss Skins.

Pick up some new looks for your units today and terrorize your opponents with style!




We're excited to introduce a new feature for our Boss Battles, the introduction of Bloodbound Spells!

Each Boss is now associated with a specific elemental spell that will help them control the battlefield.

These spells are aimed to patch up weaknesses in a boss fight and thus provide either much-needed utility or removal.

So load up your Sarlacs, protect that backline of Grow or Ranged minions and get ready for a whole new challenge of fights!

• Added new SpellFXs to the game
• Various updates to comply with GDPR regulations
• End of Season Rewards now contain cards from all sets, including Trials of Mythron
• Free Card of the Day can pull commons from all sets, including Trials of Mythron
• Fixed an issue where reloading the game would reset Trial progression
• Fixed an Issue with Lionize where the spell could target any unit "behind" the General (instead of the tile directly behind them)
• Updated the wording on Hatefurnace to "Cast 7 spells that cause a minion to gain +Attack"
• Fixed an issue with Aspect of Ego that caused it to transform into the same minion
• Fixed an issue with Aspect of Ego that caused the minion to forget its current active state
• Fixed an issue with Mnemevore that caused burnt cards to count as drawn cards