Friends, you definitely noticed that for a couple of weeks no one has pleased you with new incendiary content. But, you should know, we are not on vacation, and not in autumn melancholy – the team is working on something important and interesting.

We are preparing an update that will combine many storylines into one exciting journey and will turn the game 180 degrees. The word "card" in our roguelike will sound in a new way! Don't lose us and wait for a major patch😍

your RedBoon team

In the meantime, we are working on the update, it will surprise you 🤯, We decided to please you with fixes and fix the errors that you have found over the past couple of weeks:

― Fixed buff "Shaman Tricks", now the block is given only to the Shaman;
― Worms' effect of poisonous thorns no longer loops damage;
― Added a description of the attack from the Keeper of Greed;
― Now the bonus from the Thundering Mountain set x3 is calculated correctly;
― Fixed the logic of behavior of opponents in the event "Worm catcher";
― Fixed the effect of Handmade Magic at Lycan;
― Fixed looping of damage from the "Fire Shield" buff for the Firebrothers knight;
― Changed the Cursed sickle of Björn;
― The bonus of the Knight's set x4 and x5 no longer kills the character at the end of the turn;
― Added negativity to the "Acid Gush" effect of the Ritualist;
― Fixed moving cards in the battle with the Fat Orc;
― Percival's healing received in the camp has been increased;
― In events, when you select an action again, the effects are better than before;
― Orc's Boots now work correctly;
― Bjorn's card "Devouring" now works correctly;
― The Tower Shield and the card "Barricade" interplay correctly;
― Trophies "Toy Wolf" works correctly;
― The energy of the Veteran perk is replenished correctly;
― Card "Risky Stroke" has a correct cost increase;
― Fixed boss animation of the Thing;
― Fixed duplicate moves during the game;
― The starting bonus for Strength and Dexterity for Bjorn now gives the rapper Strength and Spirit;

That's all the edits for today. But this does not mean at all that the fight against bugs is over! We are always waiting for your bug reports inside the game.

Immersed in the work on the new patch, the RedBoon team

Hey! We continue to move towards the release of the game and are ready to present to you what you have been asking for a long time - the roadmap. Now our development is transparent for you and it will be more interesting for you to follow the project. We do not relax for a minute!

We divided all further work into 8 stages:



Now a little more detail about each of them:

• We are planning a new game mode "Millennis Nightmares" will be available after the first play for any hero.
  
• Finally, a leaderboard will appear in the game so that the community knows their heroes by sight!
  
• For those who are tired of the game and require mire action, we are going to present a completely new game mechanic - quests. It will include unique trophies, cards, enemies, and even (drum roll) dungeons!
  
• Those who actively follow the plot will see the full story of Björn with videos and travel notes.
  
• Suddenly and unexpectedly, it turned out that we can add a Chinese translation. This is a serious and important step for us, we hope the Chinese localization will attract more players!
  
• We offer to shout and stomp ― very soon (well, relatively), we will delight you with a new hero! We have plans to develop game mechanics and open Vanadis on test brunch. It seems like it's time to learn how to go to the test branch :)
  
• Mechanics are certainly good, but where without history? After we deal with the technical part, it's time to share the Vanadis story as well.
  
• The canon ending ― we will probably leave this intriguing point without explanation :)
  
• And yes! We highlighted the item "porting the game to mobile devices" with a red marker. (there is a chance that we are waiting for this more than you)

These are the Napoleonic plans we have for KOTCL. Of course, this amount of work takes time to implement. But, in spite of everything, we will definitely cope! All thanks to the unburning enthusiasm of the team and your warm support ✨

Thank you for continuing explore Midian,
your dedicated RedBoon team💙

Here we are! Returned with a great and beautiful update. In the latest patches, we have revisited the entire game, from maps to enemies. We are now close to leveling the game. We hope to end the war on balance soon and finally move on to implementing other ideas.

We invite you on an exciting long journey through the vastness of the updated Midian:

Content update:
⭐️ Added 2 new events at the North Gate;
⭐️ Added unique screens of death from Millenis and Mortis;
― Now maps can be used by clicking, without aiming at the enemy;
― Added missing voice acting for units;
― Added missing animation for units;

Balance changes:
⭐️ Reworked enemies in the Crimson Steppes and the North Gate;
⭐️ Now you can not restart the battle in the final event;
⭐️ Some potions can now be used directly from the inventory;
― There is no more pause between the final battles;
― Added new videos when replaying the game;
― Card "Carousel" now adds fatigue immediately to the hand, rather than to rebound;
― Changed the values ​​of damage and negative effects for status cards and curses;
― Changed map "Natural Protection";
⭐️ Reworked the Veteran class;
⭐️ Increased bonuses for the Knight class
― Reworked the map of the Northern Gate, now the last three battles before the meeting with Sigismund are not always elite;
⭐️ Changed the amount of gold received in battles, depending on the biome;
― Plague contagion is now blocked by resistance;
― Changed condition cards that the Ritual Keeper mixes;
― Added a new attack to Ritual Keeper;
⭐️ Completely reworked the mechanics of Björn, his curse and his forms;
⭐️ Reworked the Lunar Druid;
⭐️ Reworked class Madman;
⭐️ Added more improvements for Björn's talents;
⭐️ Corrected the values ​​of damage and healing of cards for the new mechanics of Lycan's form;
― Reduced the number of attacks on the Percival card "Dance of Death";
⭐️ Slightly increased the chance of the appearance of set items at merchants and in chests;
⭐️ Increased chance of "?" on the map;
⭐️ Reduced the required value of "karma" for selection at the end of the game;

Bugs and technical fixes:
― Fixed tooltip window;
⭐️ Changed the design of social media buttons in the main menu;
― Fixed bugs of layering sounds from different events;
― Fixed problems when choosing a resolution in the game;
― The "Bored Demon" event now works correctly;
― For the "Veteran" class, the reduction in the cost of cards is now valid until it is used;
― Fixed "invisible paths" on the Crimson Steppes map;
― Bjorn's health is now displayed correctly;
― Card "Frenzied Race" now correctly increases the draw of cards;
― Poisonous armor no longer imposes poison in the absence of thorns on the hero;
― Fixed possible freezes when the High Goblin summons a Giant Worm;
― For Bjorn, when playing for the "Madman" class, the reduction in the cost of cards has been fixed;
― Fixed the sound of death of Percival;
― Now the "Carousel" card is not added to Bjorn under the "Mind breakdown" effect;
― Armor of the Crimson Steppes now correctly increases Björn's strength;
― Fixed a bug when playing Percival for the "Knight" class in the "Double, Double Toil and Troubl" Event;
― Fixed incorrect intention of Millenis in phase 3;
― Fixed Percival icon in Björn's dialogue in the Crimson Steppes;
― Fixed the image of the Golden Buffalo's Head;
― The "Satisfy Hunger" card now heals correctly;
― Fixed boss Thing, now it does not interrupt the player's turn;
― Bloated zombies no longer react to damage from thorns;
― The "Cursed Deal" card is now selected correctly;
― Fixed localization errors;
― A hero under the effect of "Ward" is no longer involved in a retaliatory attack;

As we said, the changes now will be less about balance. The team aims to create new content. Therefore, we invite you to come up with new opponents and elite bosses to knock on the coffin lid. Leave your ideas in the comments under this update and in no case limit your imagination! Our team will bring the best ideas to life and place the most interesting opponents at the side of Mortis and Millenis.

The dedicated RedBoon team, waiting for your ideas!

You have been so active in helping us find bugs in the last update that we have already prepared a hotfix that fixes almost all of the bugs we found!

🟢Content changes and updates:
― Added the ability to view the deck when choosing instinct from Bjorn;
― If the character has evasion, and the next attack breaks the block, then the attack is absorbed by the evasion, ignoring the block;
― Added new arts to the cards;

🔴Bugs and technical fixes:
― Set of Crimson Steppes x3, now the modification of strength is performed correctly;
― Set of Crimson Steppes x3, now correctly calculates strength at the beginning of the battle;
― Helmet of the Firebrothers on the 3rd turn works correctly;
― Bomber's bomb no longer receives negative effects;
― The Ritualist no longer gets stun from damage by negative effects;
― Fixed descriptions of effects and cards;
― In battles with the Assassin and the Berserker warchief, the player's turn is no longer interrupted;
― Lycan again gets the "Unity with Nature" effect;
― Fixed the logic of the Demoman's behavior, in which he did nothing;
― Changed the logic of the behavior of wolves ― zombies;
― Fixed effect "Irascibility" on Trolls;
― The "Musing" effect now works correctly with the "Irascibility" effect;
― Fixed the "Parasite" effect for the Fasto;
― Fixed "Earthworm Eggs" icon;
― Fixed the "The Golden Buffalo's Head" trophy icon;
― Fixed duplicate effect icons for Björn;
― Fixed incorrect calculation of damage from the curse of Lycan;
― Fixed the "Drawing blood" effect;
― The effect of the card "Readiness" is no longer blocked by resistance;
― Fixed the icon in the "Coveted Trophy" event for Bjorn;
― The Crimson Steppes map is now lined up correctly;
― The Idol now always appears in the Rotten Bog
― Special cards in the final battle now select targets correctly;
― Starting rewards of Mortis cards are now given correctly;
― The "Insubstantiality" effect is now applied only under certain conditions;
― Fixed freezing of the game when using the Fiery Aura and the Barbed Set in the battle with the Firebrothers;
― Fixed animation of a blow with a spear;
― Now the volume of sounds correctly affects the volume of clips in the game;
― Riveted Gauntlets can no longer reduce the cost of the card being played;
― Fixed freezing of some sounds when exiting a menu or from an event;
― In the "Turmoil" event, the reward is issued correctly;
― After playing Travel Notes, the map no longer freezes;
― Fixed voice acting in some of Percival's Travel Notes;
― Fixed freezing of the game when killing the Boomer;
― Fixed descriptions in the glossary;
― Fixed flickering tooltips when hovering over the card;
― The reward in the "Traveling Merchant" event is now given correctly;
― Fixed timer in the final battle with Millennis;

Thank you for the reports inside the game and in all our other networks ⚡️ Thanks to you, we are growing and getting better!

Your RedBoon team 💙

Here we are again! We brought not only bug and balance fixes, this time a gorgeous Supporter pack!


While we are receiving feedback on the latest patch, you can support us by purchasing the Supporter pack.

Supporter pack includes something really attractive and symbolic nice attributes:

👑 Access to artbook - we have a lot of delicious widescreen art that looks great as a desktop background. You can not only watch, but also download in high definition.
👑 Access to OST - our composer tried to make the soundtrack fit, atmospheric and memorable. Download, listen and see for yourself how self-sufficient it came out.
👑 A gold plaque in the main menu will remind you that you are a Supporter. Looks especially good on streams;)
👑 Ingvar's Crown in-game item. Mercilessly good, ergonomic - does not take up an item slot. It does not interfere with anything, does not affect anything, but it looks beautiful.

P.S.: We are waiting for screenshots of your desktops with our art on the splash screen in Discord,
your RedBoon team

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1608610/Knock_on_the_coffin_lid__Supporter_Pack/

And now, exactly one month later, we come back to you with a new, large patch!

Slowly we are approaching the balance that we want to see in the game, and in the near future, not just new things await you, but completely new content! But you will have to wait a little longer, because you need to finalize everything before releasing such global updates 😉

By the way, the main menu now has links to Discord, Steam, VK KOTCL - now it's even easier to join the conversation, share your opinion or let off some steam! Our community is just a click away ☺

💥These changes are bigger than you think:
― Reworked all effects from things. Many things that have existed in the game for a long time do not fit the current realities. Therefore, we balanced them.

― Reworked all trophies in the game. We strengthened them, since they were often "one-sided" and one of several options was always chosen - the strongest, so we pulled up other trophies to make it more interesting for you.

― Added 14 new events, scattered across all biomes. In the near future, we plan to introduce several more events with interesting mechanics into the game.

― Set items will now drop more often. Many have complained that sets have become more difficult to assemble. We constantly monitor the statistics and adjust the numbers, focusing on it and your feedback 😜

🪲Bugs and technical fixes:
― The "Terror" card now applies vulnerability correctly;
― Attacks with multiple hits now correctly show potential damage;
― Poisonous armor and poisonous helmet now work correctly with the effect of thorns;
― Fixed bugs and inaccuracies in the Glossary;
― Perk "Veteran" no longer gives a block for the remaining energy;
― Fixed Arcane counter for Millenis;

🎯Content update:
― Added new instincts for Björn, which take into account the choice of "instinctive cards";
― Added new trophies for Björn in some events and battles;
― Added a new elite battle in the steppes ― "Divine buffalo";
― Changes in the world map - the chances of falling out of events, battles, elite battles and merchants have been adjusted;
― Percival's starting shield now grants 1pc. armor (trifle, but nice);
― Items of the cursed set add curses to the deck, even when they are in the inventory;
― Changing the mechanics of "piercing damage": the piercing attack does not ignore the block, but increases the damage from subsequent piercing attacks;
― Changed the conditions for using the "Sacrificial Burn" card, now it cannot be used if there are no cards in hand for burning;
― Buff "Hot Potato" now does not disappear after the death of the owner and is carried only by attacks, skills and talents;
― Difficulty balance panel now opens at level 4;

🗺 Biome changes
We've got something new for you in the Frontier and Rotten Bog, with the Crimson Steppes and the North Gate coming soon.

🔸Frontier:
― Enemies have rebalanced the values ​​of damage, block and health;
― New mechanics have been added to many opponents and the logic of their behavior has been fixed;

🔸Rotten Bog:
― Reworked opponents. Changed attack values, health level, added new mechanics, buffs and types of attacks;
― Boss Something is not the same! We completely redesigned it;
― Now, to apply most of the negative effects, the Queen of the Mites must deal damage to the hero;
― At the boss Mite Queen, the "Eternity" buff has been reworked;
― Keeper of the cult has new mechanics;
― Added a new negative effect ― "Plague". Attacks on the infected carry the disease, keep your distance 🙂

And of course we are expecting your reports. There have been a lot of technical changes in the game, so there can be a lot of mistakes. Our team will also intensively test the game, but without your help, there is no way.

See you next week,
Your RedBoon team ✨

In this update, we delved into the technical part: we fixed bugs, worked with game mechanics, so there is very little time and effort left for new content, but we cannot leave you completely without surprises!

Content update:

⚔️Weapon
― Added 3 new "claws" for Bjorn (When calculating, we found that ― Percival had slightly more different two-handed weapons than Bjorn's paired ones, we fixed this terrible misunderstanding)

🛡Sets
― Added 3 new sets of things! Find them in the game to find out more :slight_smile:
― Sets are now tied to certain biomes (with the exception of chests and merchants - anything can drop here).

Now, having some part of the set, you can plan your trip and increase the chance to collect exactly what you need.

― Reworked the rarity of sets. Now each set always consists of: 1st common, 3x rare and 1st legendary items;
― In the bonus from the set "Lunar druid" x2, the starting bonus is now taken into account - regeneration from things;
― Fixed bonus from the x5 elven set: an attack with the "thorns" effect does not miss the opponents;

⚖️Balance:
― Potions of healing now heal 25% of the maximum health of the character;
― "Elven Ale" now gives 2 Evasions instead of 3;
― Changed the cost of items: rare items are slightly cheaper than before, and legendary items are slightly more expensive;
― Cards in the weapon "Spiked club" are replaced with the card "Sepsis";
― Buff "Hot Potato" does not disappear after the death of the owner and is activated only by attacks, skills and talents;
― Changed the set of items from merchants;
― Added the probability of falling out of an ordinary item after a normal battle;
― Now you can not stun zombies when respawning;

🛠Bugs and technical fixes:
― The "Animal healing" card can no longer be applied to the enemy;
― The "Gut feeling" card can no longer be applied to the enemy;
― The "Combat " card now works correctly with the "Beast" mechanic;
― Improved version of the "Barricade" card now works correctly;
― When switching to a weak form, Bjorn no longer has the debuff from the Lycan form;
― Temporarily disabled the chance of falling out of the "Determined Ferocity" card (due to problems with the cost of the cards that it summons);
― Fixed work of "Ferocious cards";
― Fixed card "Refresh";
― Bjorn no longer gets notches if he is missed;
― Notches now accumulate at the moment the enemy hits, and not at the beginning of the enemy's turn;
― The "Carousel" card is no longer issued every time a card is played when the draw runs out of cards;
― Fixed Bjorn's ability to get notches for increasing maximum health;
― "Circlet of Life" no longer affects the effect of the "Devour" card;
― The energy of the "Veteran" perk now does not accumulate above the maximum;
― Icons in tooltips with cards now correspond to the hero;
― Fixed inability to open inventory when moving from biome to biome;
― Fixed incorrect display of the hero in some events
― Fixed the work of negative condition cards with Bjorn's mechanic "Mind Breakdown"
― Talent "Frenzied Run" now works correctly;
― Fixed game freezing when killing and summoning at the same time
― Millenis' Sign of the shape counter now works correctly;
― Card "Ecstasy" now burns the correct amount of status cards;
― Fixed empty intentions in the final battle;
― Fixed missing attack animation when missing;
― "Poisonous Armor" and "Worm's Head" now correctly apply poison;
― Fixed problems with starting the game with some regional settings;

We look forward to your comments on new sets and weapons for Bern! Don't forget that your thoughts and opinions about the game are just as important as in-game bug reports.

P.S .: Druids herald a tsunami from content in the next update, who are we not to trust them?)

Your intriguing RedBoon team 🧡

You played great over the weekend and found a lot of bugs. It's time to fix everything and correct your
mistakes!

Bugs and technical fixes:
― Changed the work of Block and Dodge. Evasion is now only triggered if the hit deals more damage than the character's block.
― "Lightning Strike" card. Cost increased by 1.
― Fixed a special event in the swamps. The asterisk will no longer disappear from the map.
― When using the "Feint" card, now everything is considered correct.
― In starting rewards from Mortis, now only rare or common items are found;
― The "Payback" card now works correctly;
― Card "Luck for the Strong" - now works correctly;
― Map "Bandage" now works correctly;
― Map "Blood thinning" now works correctly;
― The "Thorns" card no longer has the erroneous "Beast" feature;
― Map "Pressure" now works correctly;
― The game no longer freezes in the last battle;
― In all events, you cannot receive an item from the inventory as a reward;
― Fixed multiple issue of "Worm's Head" in events;
― Map "Readiness" now works correctly;
― The "Dedication" card no longer burns itself;
― "Vampire Claws" now correctly heal from bleeding;
― Game settings are no longer reset when creating a new save;
― "Curse of the Lycan" no longer remains in the deck if you exit the menu and restart the battle.
― Fixed bugs of the "Spiked set" x2: now bleeding is applied only to the attacking enemy;
― Added a description of the set of Firebrothers x2;
― Fixed attack from the block at the Orc with shield;

Most of the bugs have been fixed, but you shouldn't lose your guard! Thank you for your attention to detail (and not only) and your help with Knock on the coffin lid!


Your grateful Redboon team!

So who's missing the updates here? And who demanded radical changes? - Your requests have been heard! We have prepared a lot of new content for you and reworked some old! It's time to check out the long list of updates

Important changes that will affect the gameplay:
― If the deck is empty after using the Draw card, the release will not automatically mix into the Draw. Instead, the player will receive a "Carousel" card in his hand, which can be used to mix Rebound into Draw, but will add a "Weakness" card to Rebound.

*We know what you're thinking: this will nerf endless decks! Yes, but it's not as scary as it might seem. We strive to make the move long, but still finite (using the "Carousel" card, the player will score a hand with "bad" cards after 6-8 deck spins), nevertheless, an endless deck is still real! True, it is now much more difficult to make it, moreover, certain things and maps will be required.

― There are no more neutral cards in the game, most of them are distributed between Bjorn and Percival. Also added several completely new maps for heroes.

*With the advent of Björn, neutral cards lost their original meaning, since he does not need a block and energy. We decided to remove universal cards, but add new ones to each of the characters to make the gameplay even more interesting.

― Reworked over 100 cards for Bjorn and Percival: adjusted damage, cost and various effects.

*Not all the changes will be outstanding and noticeable at first glance, but we are sure that some of them will surprise you :)

― Reworked all sets in the game. A bonus for a set of 2 and 4 items has been added, and some old set bonuses have also been changed. The maximum level of sets is now x5.

*Believe me, it is worth the effort spent on its extraction! :))

― Reworked the drop rate of rare and legendary cards. Normal and rare cards now drop from regular battles, and rare or legendary cards will always drop from events with elite battles. Bosses now always drop legendary cards.

― Percival's starting health increased to 80!
― Adjusted the price of items at a rare merchant. Prices in the 1st and 2nd biomes have become lower.
― The number of items available for purchase from merchants has been increased.
(Collecting sets has become easier)
― Potions are no longer tied to the biome. Any potion can drop in any battle. Evasion potion is now easier to find ;)
― Difficult events such as "Patrol" no longer appear in the first half of the biome.

Other changes and content updates:
― "Batu Vassal Shield" can no longer be selected as an event reward;
― In the "Lunar druid" set, the accrual of additional health for curses now works correctly;
― The "Cleansing" card now works correctly in the battle with Millenis;
― Fixed the mechanics of the "Fetters" cards, now the debuff is summed up;
― The ferocity of the "Ferocious Vengeance" cards has been corrected;
― Milenis buff counter is immune to special cards;
― Firy aura no longer deals damage through fiery aura invulnerability;
― Buff "Ghost" now prevents bleeding damage;
― The "Ghost" buff is now correctly removed when one of the sisters dies in the "Two Sisters" event;
― Now, when playing the "Chaos" card, you cannot target it;
― Added a small pause between the travel notes dialogs;
― Added background music to the character select screen and to travel notes;
― Now the rewards will not appear items that are already in the inventory;
― Added highlighting of active bonuses for the set;

World map changes:
― Changed the chances of the appearance of events / bonfires / shops under the question mark;
― There are fewer forks on the map. The choice of the path now has an even stronger effect on the further game.

Bugs and technical fixes:
― Fixed spelling and punctuation errors;
― The world map no longer scrolls when scrolling the glossary;
― The counter on the "Veteran" buff when you miss is now calculated correctly;
― The message "Balance changed" is now correctly displayed at all events;
― The "Replace item" suggestion window now works correctly with Bjorn's claws;
― The tooltip about the amount of mana for the next turn now works correctly with the Veteran perk;
― Cards with a choice of effect now correctly display damage;
― Fight with the Berserker warchief now works correctly;
― Enemy can no longer make a move after killing blow;
― Fixed work of the counter on the Troll's Club;
― Help cards from Mortis are no longer considered played;
― The "100th Buyer" upgrade now correctly reduces the cost of goods;
― Music of final battles no longer changes to default music;

Friends, we know that many people do not like some of our decisions (such as changes in the "Assault Shell"), but, as we said, if we take somewhere, then we give somewhere. So many mechanics that were nerfed in previous patches have received a direct or indirect buff. Remember that we always read your reviews, and they influence what we do. Thank you very much!

P.S .: Wait! The Frontier has finally become easier. We hope you appreciate :)

Your attentive Redboon team!