Battlerite - Stunlock_Christian
At the moment there are three different Legendary Mounts in Battlerite and there has been some confusion over how they can be obtained. We’ll attempt to try and clear up some of that confusion with this post. As you have probably noticed, you can’t see any of the Legendary Mounts when you go into the “Mount” section of the “Customize” menu.



What this means is that none of the current Legendary mounts are obtainable through Silver or Gold Chests. Everything obtainable through chests is listed in the “Customize” menu, whether you already have it or not.

Of the currently available Legendary Mounts, let’s start with some information on the Goblin Throne:



The Goblin Throne Mount is obtainable by purchasing the Ultimate Fan Pack. This is the only way to get it, and there are no individual keys floating around for it. These are somewhat rare but anyone who wants one can buy the Ultimate Fan Pack.

The second one is the Molten Warhound:



The Molten Warhounds are handed out to Streamers/Influencers for them to have themselves and to give away to viewers. Our intention has always been that influencers should give these away. They are not meant to be purchased, and are obtained by redeeming a code on Steam. If you’re a streamer/influencer, you can get these if you are above a specific target reach or if you have a great idea for promoting the game. The Molten Warhounds are pretty rare, a rough estimate would be that slightly below 5% of the current Battlerite accounts have access to one.

The last one is the Lightning Warhound:



The Lightning Warhounds are only given away to very specific people, and everyone who has one has been handpicked by Stunlock Studios. So far, the following groups of people have or will soon have access to these:
  1. Developers.
  2. Winners of Battlerite contests, such as the “Recruit” art campaign, and the recent video contest.
  3. People who have gone above and beyond what can be expected to help the studio or the community out, and have contributed in exceptional ways. Examples include volunteer translators of the game and one of the organizers of the first promotional Battlerite tournament (Tasty Fish Cup), who took the initiative to create it on his own.
  4. Influencers who have dedicated a lot of time and effort specifically on Battlerite, who we feel have represented and showcased our game in really good ways.
The Lightning Warhound is EXTREMELY rare, only a handful of people have them so you will not see them often. These are handed out via codes redeemed on Steam, directly to the recipient. They will never be given away randomly and Stunlock Studios will continue to hand pick the people awarded one. If you as a influencer want access to one, show us that you’re dedicated to the game and want to continue to promote it and you might get one. If you are part of the community and want one, get involved and help the community grow!

DISCLAIMER: If you should attempt to purchase one of the Legendary Mounts from other players or from a third party, keep in mind that there is no way for either the seller, or you, to know that the key is genuine without actually using it. If you choose to purchase a mount this way, you do so at your own risk! Some additional information about selling/buying mounts:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/504370/discussions/3/343788552528969340/
Battlerite - Stunlock_Christian
At the moment there are three different Legendary Mounts in Battlerite and there has been some confusion over how they can be obtained. We’ll attempt to try and clear up some of that confusion with this post. As you have probably noticed, you can’t see any of the Legendary Mounts when you go into the “Mount” section of the “Customize” menu.



What this means is that none of the current Legendary mounts are obtainable through Silver or Gold Chests. Everything obtainable through chests is listed in the “Customize” menu, whether you already have it or not.

Of the currently available Legendary Mounts, let’s start with some information on the Goblin Throne:



The Goblin Throne Mount is obtainable by purchasing the Ultimate Fan Pack. This is the only way to get it, and there are no individual keys floating around for it. These are somewhat rare but anyone who wants one can buy the Ultimate Fan Pack.

The second one is the Molten Warhound:



The Molten Warhounds are handed out to Streamers/Influencers for them to have themselves and to give away to viewers. Our intention has always been that influencers should give these away. They are not meant to be purchased, and are obtained by redeeming a code on Steam. If you’re a streamer/influencer, you can get these if you are above a specific target reach or if you have a great idea for promoting the game. The Molten Warhounds are pretty rare, a rough estimate would be that slightly below 5% of the current Battlerite accounts have access to one.

The last one is the Lightning Warhound:



The Lightning Warhounds are only given away to very specific people, and everyone who has one has been handpicked by Stunlock Studios. So far, the following groups of people have or will soon have access to these:
  1. Developers.
  2. Winners of Battlerite contests, such as the “Recruit” art campaign, and the recent video contest.
  3. People who have gone above and beyond what can be expected to help the studio or the community out, and have contributed in exceptional ways. Examples include volunteer translators of the game and one of the organizers of the first promotional Battlerite tournament (Tasty Fish Cup), who took the initiative to create it on his own.
  4. Influencers who have dedicated a lot of time and effort specifically on Battlerite, who we feel have represented and showcased our game in really good ways.
The Lightning Warhound is EXTREMELY rare, only a handful of people have them so you will not see them often. These are handed out via codes redeemed on Steam, directly to the recipient. They will never be given away randomly and Stunlock Studios will continue to hand pick the people awarded one. If you as a influencer want access to one, show us that you’re dedicated to the game and want to continue to promote it and you might get one. If you are part of the community and want one, get involved and help the community grow!

DISCLAIMER: If you should attempt to purchase one of the Legendary Mounts from other players or from a third party, keep in mind that there is no way for either the seller, or you, to know that the key is genuine without actually using it. If you choose to purchase a mount this way, you do so at your own risk! Some additional information about selling/buying mounts:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/504370/discussions/3/343788552528969340/
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Battlerite - Stunlock_Christian


More servers! More locations! The latest ones are Spain (Madrid), EU East (Vienna), and Chile (Santiago).

The complete server list once again:
  • Asia
    • Hong Kong
    • India West (Mumbai)
    • Singapore
    • Tokyo
  • Europe
    • East (Vienna)
    • North (Stockholm)
    • Spain (Madrid)
    • West (Luxembourg)
  • North America
    • East (Virginia)
    • West (Seattle)
    • SouthWest (Los Angeles)
    • SouthEast (Atlanta)
  • Oceania
    • Sydney
  • South America
    • Chile (Santiago)
    • Lima
    • São Paulo
Community Happenings
A number of things have been happening in the Battlerite community this last week, and there's unfortunately no way we could cover everything. But here are a couple of them that we want to highlight. First, some tournaments:


ESL Play will be holding three regional 2v2 tournaments this weekend:
  1. Asia, on Sunday October 2nd (starts at 15:00 GMT+8)
  2. Europe, on Saturday October 1st (starts at 15:00 CEST)
  3. North America, on Saturday October 1st (starts at 1:00 PM PDT)
You can find more information about the tournaments here:
http://play.eslgaming.com/new-games/pc/news/267638/


Masters of Bacon ( https://www.twitch.tv/mastersofbacon ) will host their second community run 3v3 qualifier tournament, with a 64 team bracket this Sunday (October 2nd). The top 2 teams will qualify for the final tournament held between November 4th and 6th. You can find more information here:
https://battlefy.com/mastersofbacon/masters-of-bacon-qualifier-2/57e82f904b7247150cf7c978/info


Panda Gaming ( https://www.twitch.tv/tvpandagaming ) will host their second 3v3 weekend tournament with a 128 team bracket, on Sunday October 2nd 7:00 PM BRT. Signups and more information can be found here:
https://battlefy.com/panda-gaming/copa-america-alpha-season01/57ec229450e8731d0c52997c/info
(note: the information is in Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish)

Finally, an interesting website was created by some members of the community this week. Check out http://masterbattlerite.com/ to see who the current top ranked players are as well as an estimate of your own place on the leader board!


Last week we held a video contest where we asked you to create and submit the coolest Battlerite videos possible. We have now chosen three winners!
Congratulations to the worthy winners! You can see their videos by clicking their names.

We also have a one honorable mention, the adorably tragic Ashka's BBQ Party by Nick.

Rewards for the Video Contest (as well as the final rewards for the Nouncy campaign) will be sent out next week.

PS: In case you missed it, some information regarding yesterday's patch was edited in later: A small rating update was also included in the patch; you can now no longer visually lose rating when winning a match.
Battlerite - Stunlock_Christian


More servers! More locations! The latest ones are Spain (Madrid), EU East (Vienna), and Chile (Santiago).

The complete server list once again:
  • Asia
    • Hong Kong
    • India West (Mumbai)
    • Singapore
    • Tokyo
  • Europe
    • East (Vienna)
    • North (Stockholm)
    • Spain (Madrid)
    • West (Luxembourg)
  • North America
    • East (Virginia)
    • West (Seattle)
    • SouthWest (Los Angeles)
    • SouthEast (Atlanta)
  • Oceania
    • Sydney
  • South America
    • Chile (Santiago)
    • Lima
    • São Paulo
Community Happenings
A number of things have been happening in the Battlerite community this last week, and there's unfortunately no way we could cover everything. But here are a couple of them that we want to highlight. First, some tournaments:


ESL Play will be holding three regional 2v2 tournaments this weekend:
  1. Asia, on Sunday October 2nd (starts at 15:00 GMT+8)
  2. Europe, on Saturday October 1st (starts at 15:00 CEST)
  3. North America, on Saturday October 1st (starts at 1:00 PM PDT)
You can find more information about the tournaments here:
http://play.eslgaming.com/new-games/pc/news/267638/


Masters of Bacon ( https://www.twitch.tv/mastersofbacon ) will host their second community run 3v3 qualifier tournament, with a 64 team bracket this Sunday (October 2nd). The top 2 teams will qualify for the final tournament held between November 4th and 6th. You can find more information here:
https://battlefy.com/mastersofbacon/masters-of-bacon-qualifier-2/57e82f904b7247150cf7c978/info


Panda Gaming ( https://www.twitch.tv/tvpandagaming ) will host their second 3v3 weekend tournament with a 128 team bracket, on Sunday October 2nd 7:00 PM BRT. Signups and more information can be found here:
https://battlefy.com/panda-gaming/copa-america-alpha-season01/57ec229450e8731d0c52997c/info
(note: the information is in Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish)

Finally, an interesting website was created by some members of the community this week. Check out http://masterbattlerite.com/ to see who the current top ranked players are as well as an estimate of your own place on the leader board!


Last week we held a video contest where we asked you to create and submit the coolest Battlerite videos possible. We have now chosen three winners!
Congratulations to the worthy winners! You can see their videos by clicking their names.

We also have a one honorable mention, the adorably tragic Ashka's BBQ Party by Nick.

Rewards for the Video Contest (as well as the final rewards for the Nouncy campaign) will be sent out next week.

PS: In case you missed it, some information regarding yesterday's patch was edited in later: A small rating update was also included in the patch; you can now no longer visually lose rating when winning a match.
Battlerite - Stunlock_Christian


We've made the following tweaks to try to even out the current balance. Some additional smaller tweaks may happen before the next big content patch (late October), but don't expect any bigger changes before then.
  • Croak
    • Attack Speed when Weapon Charges are active reduced by ~15%
    • Battlerite
      • Twin Stikes
        • Damage reduced to 4 from 5
  • Lucie
    • Barrier
      • Cooldown reduced to 10s from 12s
    • Crippling Goo
      • Impact damage increased to 18 from 12
      • Now deals area damage instead of over time damage (which means that the goo can deal lethal damage)
  • Oldur
    • Chronoflux
      • Now reflects projectiles a lot quicker
    • Quick Sand
      • Damage increased to 18 from 14
  • Poloma
    • Other Side
      • Cooldown increased to 12s from 10s
    • Soul bolt
      • Range reduced to 8 from 9

EDIT: A small rating update was also included in the patch; you can now no longer visually lose rating when winning a match.

We also made a matchmaking hotfix earlier today. You can find information about it here.
Battlerite - Stunlock_Christian


We've made the following tweaks to try to even out the current balance. Some additional smaller tweaks may happen before the next big content patch (late October), but don't expect any bigger changes before then.
  • Croak
    • Attack Speed when Weapon Charges are active reduced by ~15%
    • Battlerite
      • Twin Stikes
        • Damage reduced to 4 from 5
  • Lucie
    • Barrier
      • Cooldown reduced to 10s from 12s
    • Crippling Goo
      • Impact damage increased to 18 from 12
      • Now deals area damage instead of over time damage (which means that the goo can deal lethal damage)
  • Oldur
    • Chronoflux
      • Now reflects projectiles a lot quicker
    • Quick Sand
      • Damage increased to 18 from 14
  • Poloma
    • Other Side
      • Cooldown increased to 12s from 10s
    • Soul bolt
      • Range reduced to 8 from 9

EDIT: A small rating update was also included in the patch; you can now no longer visually lose rating when winning a match.

We also made a matchmaking hotfix earlier today. You can find information about it here.
Battlerite - Stunlock_Christian

We have patched a matchmaking change to improve team-balance for premades and players that solo-queue. When queuing as a party the matchmaking system will now prioritize matchups against other parties of the same size.

Another change we’ve implemented is win-streak matching. If you won your last game you will have a greater chance of being matched vs opponents that also won their last game. This will prevent players from getting matched against the same opponents two or more games in a row.

These changes will probably result in slightly longer queues, but better games. The restrictions are lifted when you've been in queue for long enough though.
Battlerite - Stunlock_Christian

We have patched a matchmaking change to improve team-balance for premades and players that solo-queue. When queuing as a party the matchmaking system will now prioritize matchups against other parties of the same size.

Another change we’ve implemented is win-streak matching. If you won your last game you will have a greater chance of being matched vs opponents that also won their last game. This will prevent players from getting matched against the same opponents two or more games in a row.

These changes will probably result in slightly longer queues, but better games. The restrictions are lifted when you've been in queue for long enough though.
Battlerite - Stunlock_Christian

Once again we have recently added another server location! The latest one is called India West, and is located in Mumbai.

Complete server list:
  • Asia
    • Hong Kong
    • India West (Mumbai)
    • Singapore
    • Tokyo
  • Europe
    • North (Stockholm)
    • West (Luxembourg)
  • North America
    • East (Virginia)
    • West (Seattle)
    • SouthWest (Los Angeles)
    • SouthEast (Atlanta)
  • Oceania
    • Sydney
  • South America
    • Lima
    • São Paulo
Gold Chest for Logging In

By now everyone who logged in before yesterday should have gotten their free Gold Chest. Hope you got something nice from it!

Stunlock Studios AMA

Tomorrow, September 29th, between 14:00 to 18:00 CEST, we will be holding a reddit AMA over on r/pcgaming. Be there and ask us any questions you want!

Nouncy Contest Winners

Here are the 10 people who won Early Access keys from the Nouncy campaign!
  • Никита Бабиков
  • Zachary Kitchener
  • Vadim Chilli Orlov
  • Tomá S Alejandro Schmauck Medina
  • Tyler Odenthal
  • Stuart Lindsay
  • Pokedollar
  • Nino Fabbri
  • Michael Washington
  • Liew Zi Yuan
The Early Access keys were sent out before Early Access could be purchased. The avatars will be sent out in the near future!

As for the winners of the Video Contest, they will be announced on this Friday (September 30th).

Some Statistics
Finally, after one week of Battlerite in Early Access, here are some fun statistics:



P.S
Here's a quick reminder that if you haven't already joined the Steam Group, make sure to do so to get 1 Gold Chest and 3 Silver Chests! If you've followed Battlerite, you've already joined the group. Otherwise, press "Join" in the top right here:
http://steamcommunity.com/games/504370
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