Hey everyone,

This week's patch focuses on input settings and a third character. The third character is now available in the beta branch! (You just need to start and end a Silent run to unlock the third character)

The beta branch is a separate build of Slay the Spire you can opt into from Steam. Various content and features are tested in this branch before pushed into the main branch. As the third character is incomplete, it is available only in the beta branch until all the design quirks, art, effects, achievements, cards, and general balance are ironed out in the beta branch.

If interested in helping us finish up the third character, follow these handy instructions!

1. Access the Properties of Slay the Spire from your Games Library.
   
2. Select the BETAS tab within the Slay the Spire - Properties window.
   
3. Navigate the dropdown "Select the beta you would like to opt into:" and select "beta".

IMPORTANT: If you want to use your saves from the main branch, copy/paste the preferences folder and rename it to betaPreferences. This folder can be found by accessing the Properties of Slay the Spire from your Games Library. Then in the LOCAL FILES tab, select the BROWSE LOCAL FILES... button.

This is part one in implementing keyboard/controller support for Slay the Spire! While full non-mouse controls are not yet available, your feedback and requests are greatly appreciated.

• Fixing crashes for ZHS when viewing Rage card.
  
• Updates for various languages.
  
• ZHS logo reverted back to English logo.

Patch Notes

• Game Menu is now Game Settings and has an Input Settings tab.

• Now always showing score in Run History Dropdown (even if 0).
  
• Run History now always shows score, even if 0.
  
• Run History would duplicate displayed runs when reopened.
  
• Scrollbar now renders behind confirm button in GridCardSelect Screen.
  
• Some redundant code on the red slaver removed for slight performance increase.
  
• exhausted -> Exhausted on card descriptions.

• Credits and Main menu logo are now localized for ZHS.
  
• Shop assets are now translated for DEU, FRA, ITA, and KOR.
  
• Updates for DEU, FRA, ITA, KOR, SPA, RUS, ZHS.
  
• Strength and Dexterity power can now properly utilize localized periods.

See you next week! Though if you are in the beta, probably sooner.

Hey everyone,

It's time for the weekly patch! This week's focus was on tasks to ensure a smooth launch for character three into the beta branch next week. However, there are bug fixes as usual, a new language (Serbian!), seed consistency, and scroll bars! The scroll bars are really nice.


What could these orbs be?

Patch Notes

• Anger card damage buffed by 1.
  
• Crippling Poison rework: Apply 4 (7) Poison and 2 Weak to ALL enemies. Exhaust.
  
• Feel No Pain card nerf. 4 -> 3 block. Upgraded: 6 -> 5 Block.
  
• Immolate card buff: Adds a Burn to discard pile instead of draw pile.
  
• Immolate card buff: 18 -> 21 damage.
  
• Immolate+ card buff: 24 -> 28 damage.
  
• J.A.X. Dealer event's cost of J.A.X. updated 100 -> 77 Gold.
  
• Reckless Charge card is now Uncommon.
  
• Reckless Charge+ card nerfed damage by 1.
  
• Sneaky Strike card buff. 8 -> 10 damage. Upgraded: 12 -> 14 damage.
  
• Wild Strike card is now Common.

• Adding apostrophe to Pandora's Box.
  
• Ascender's Bane was using the wrong apostrophe, causing data upload issues.
  
• Bite now correctly works when last hitting in fast mode.
  
• Calling Bell can no longer give multiple campfire option relics.
  
• Curses that player's receive are now seeded.
  
• Falling Event now correctly previews upgraded cards.
  
• Falling Event's RNG is now seeded.
  
• Fixed bug where Orichalcum relic never stopped flashing.
  
• Fixed crash when travelling to a new room while a Bottle relic's screen was open.
  
• Fixed issue where Awakened One could growl multiple times.
  
• Gremlin Leader's minion summon is now seeded.
  
• Match and Keep event is now seeded.
  
• Membership Card relic no longer incorrectly lowers ? room chance.
  
• Obtaining a bottled relic no longer removes other relics in the rewards screen/chest.
  
• Patch Notes screen can scroll to the bottom now.
  
• Saving and returning to the main menu on a boss now properly silences the boss BGM.
  
• Saving improved so files are saved more consistently for slower hard drives.
  
• Sensory Stone event wording fix.
  
• Shiny Daily mod no longer has card upgrading-related bugs.
  
• Shiny Daily Mod now correctly marks cards as seen (no longer shows ??? cards).
  
• Slimes no longer make sounds if game is running in background and bg sounds are muted.
  
• Thorns now correctly works when killing the spiker as the last enemy in fast mode.
  
• Delay loading Run History data until the screen is opened.
  
• Fixed several Shop screen assets that caused memory leaks.
  
• Seeds are now utilized for gold rewards from events, chests, and various rooms.
  
• Seeds are now utilized for many enemy actions that had unseeded randomness.
  
• Seeds are now utilized for Matryoshka and Mummified Hand relics.
  
• Seeds are now utilized for The Joust event.
  
• Seeds are now utilized for The Mausoleum event.
  
• Seeds are now utilized for various events and some missed Shuffle-based actions.
  
• Seeds are now utilized for Wheel of Change event.
  
• Seeds are now utilized for Wing Statue event.

• Adding disclaimer for Daily Climb that Achievements are disabled.
  
• Adding disclaimer for Seeded Runs that Achievements and Leaderboards are disabled.
  
• Card Quick Select now deselects hovered card on double tap.
  
• Crippling Poison -> Crippling Cloud.
  
• Cursed Key now pulses when you are in a chest room.
  
• Language dropdown menu now has a larger max.
  
• Pickup vs Pick up wording consistency.
  
• Question Card indicates it works on future card rewards as it's no longer a boss relic.
  
• Scroll bars have been added to many screens.
  
• Updated art for Card Removal Service at shops

• Added new language: Serbian (Cyrillic) and Serbian (Latin)
  
• Cleaning up whitespaces/tabs for ENG json files (formatting). Thanks Vlad
  
• Several images in the shop are now localized for ZHS.
  
• Updates for DEU, FRA, ITA, JPN, KOR, POL, PTB, RUS, SRB-CYR, SRB-LAT, ZHS, ZHT.
  
• Support for custom capitalization on card keywords (for French).

Don't read all the announcements if you hate spoilers!

Hey everyone,

It's patch day!

We worked on a UI to improve the Card Library. Players no longer need to scroll as much when trying to view cards. This is especially useful as we add more card-related content in the future.


You can now select cards by pressing numbers 0 - 9. If you want to view the corresponding hotkeys, they can be turned on in the Game Settings. Here it is in action.


We've been working on a lot of cards over at Mega Crit headquarters for our third character. While in the process, we also reworked some of our most unpopular cards.

There will probably many reworks in the future so we're trying out a new format. Pictures!

Reckless charge is now Common and shuffles a Dazed into your draw pile rather than making you Vulnerable.


Immolate now costs 2, deals considerably more damage, and shuffles a Burn into your draw pile.


Wraith Form is completely reworked to give you 3 turns of Intangible while progressively decreasing your Dexterity each turn.


Patch Notes

• Awakened One nerf. Curiousity is now 2 -> 1. Ascension: 3 -> 2.
  
• Cleave card damage buff. 7 -> 8 (10 -> 11).
  
• Combust+ card damage buff. 6 -> 7.
  
• Seeds are now Timestamp based and "seed_source_timestamp" has been added to .run files.
  
• Wild Strike card is now Uncommon.

• Card Randomizer (affects rarity droprates of cards) is now correctly reset when starting a new run.
  
• Card Randomizer values are properly saved/loaded now.
  
• Edge case fixes for incorrect Block rounding with multiple powers.
  
• Fix for chests giving the wrong relic rarity.
  
• Fixed incorrect score calculation from Collector bonus.
  
• Potential fix for End of Turn card effects.
  
• Potential fix for Pandora's Box and Calling Bell issues and exploits.
  
• Seed no longer flashes when you hit cancel in Seed Panel.
  
• Statuses and Curses autoplay at end of turn again.
  
• Typo fix in Pandora's Box helper text.
  
• Unceasing Top relic + Queueing End Turn should now function properly together.
  
• Unceasing Top relic no longer triggers after Statuses and Curses autoplay.
  
• Wording fixes in Sensory Stone event.

• Add OSX Command + V paste support for Seed Panel.
  
• Added Ctrl + V paste support for Seed Panel.
  
• Added Custom Seed indicator to Run History.
  
• Cleaned up Positive & Negative Seed Panel UI things.

• Updates for DEU, FRA, ITA, KOR, POL, RUS, ZHS, ZHT.

Hey hey,
This patch brings in seeded runs and improvements to the dailies.

You can now set your starting seed. Now you can play the same run as your friend or streamer. You can also answer those "What if?" questions as the seed of all of your runs are now visible on the Run History screen. Simply input a seed from the character select screen.

Keep in mind that Seeded Runs will not post a score to the leaderboards or allow you to unlock achievements.



Some of you may have noticed some lighter patches the last few weeks, our dev efforts have been focused mainly on a third character. Internal testing has begun recently and we've had good progress in making this character balanced, interesting, and fun!

If all goes well, we will be testing this character in our beta branch later this month. Thank you for your continued patience and support.

Patch Notes

• Combust card buff. Damage 4 -> 5.
  
• Grand Finale card buff. Cost 1 -> 0.
  
• The Specimen relic rarity changed. Boss -> Rare.
  
• Daily Climb can no longer unlock achievements.
  
• All Star daily mod altered to give 5 cards instead of 2.
  
• Diverse daily mod reworked. Now allows cards from other characters to appear.
  
• Shiny daily mod rework: You now start with all Rare cards for your current character, not 1 rare.
  
• Fixed the turn order for Chosen + Byrd encounter. Chosen no longer applies Vulnerable before Byrd attacks.

• Added Seed to run history. Click it to copy to your clipboard.
  
• You can now manually set the game seed before embarking.
  
• You can now right click cards in the card reward screen to view their upgrades and details.
  
• You can now right click cards in the Shop screen to view their upgrades and details.

• End of turn cards (curses & statuses) are no longer "played". Should fix issues with Unceasing Top.
  
• Fix for Peace Pipe sometimes causing the wrong effect to happen if you cancel.
  
• Fixed issue where Ascension 10 Achievement was unlocked 1 level early.
  
• Giant Head's attack intent now properly caps to match its damage output.
  
• Grammar improvements for Sensory Stone event.
  
• Potential fix for Calling Bell and Pandora's Box edge case issues.
  
• Put vs Place wording inconsistency on Thinking Ahead and Exhume cards.
  
• Typo fix for message when you cannot play a card.

• Updates for FRA, ITA, JPN, POL, PTB, RUS, ZHS, ZHT.

Hey hey,
This patch brings in seeded runs and improvements to the dailies.

You can now set your starting seed. Now you can play the same run as your friend or streamer. You can also answer those "What if?" questions as the seed of all of your runs are now visible on the Run History screen. Simply input a seed from the character select screen.

Keep in mind that Seeded Runs will not post a score to the leaderboards or allow you to unlock achievements.



Some of you may have noticed some lighter patches the last few weeks, our dev efforts have been focused mainly on a third character. Internal testing has begun recently and we've had good progress in making this character balanced, interesting, and fun!

If all goes well, we will be testing this character in our beta branch later this month. Thank you for your continued patience and support.

Patch Notes

• Combust card buff. Damage 4 -> 5.
  
• Grand Finale card buff. Cost 1 -> 0.
  
• The Specimen relic rarity changed. Boss -> Rare.
  
• Daily Climb can no longer unlock achievements.
  
• All Star daily mod altered to give 5 cards instead of 2.
  
• Diverse daily mod reworked. Now allows cards from other characters to appear.
  
• Shiny daily mod rework: You now start with all Rare cards for your current character, not 1 rare.
  
• Fixed the turn order for Chosen + Byrd encounter. Chosen no longer applies Vulnerable before Byrd attacks.

• Added Seed to run history. Click it to copy to your clipboard.
  
• You can now manually set the game seed before embarking.
  
• You can now right click cards in the card reward screen to view their upgrades and details.
  
• You can now right click cards in the Shop screen to view their upgrades and details.

• End of turn cards (curses & statuses) are no longer "played". Should fix issues with Unceasing Top.
  
• Fix for Peace Pipe sometimes causing the wrong effect to happen if you cancel.
  
• Fixed issue where Ascension 10 Achievement was unlocked 1 level early.
  
• Giant Head's attack intent now properly caps to match its damage output.
  
• Grammar improvements for Sensory Stone event.
  
• Potential fix for Calling Bell and Pandora's Box edge case issues.
  
• Put vs Place wording inconsistency on Thinking Ahead and Exhume cards.
  
• Typo fix for message when you cannot play a card.

• Updates for FRA, ITA, JPN, POL, PTB, RUS, ZHS, ZHT.

This weekly patch brings in some events, a daily mod, and a lot of card balancing!

Three new events have been added to the Spire. Here's a preview of what they look like.


Patch Notes:

• Fixed issue where Sensory Stone event may give you colored cards.

• Daily Mod: Draft. Draft a custom starter deck of 15 cards.
  
• Event (Beyond): Secret Portal.
  
• Event (Beyond): Sensory Stone.
  
• Event (City): Council of Ghosts.
  
• Event-only Card: Apparition.

• Ascender's Bane nerf: now has Ethereal.
  
• Awakened One nerf: 2 Voids -> 1 Void
  
• Better prevention for uploading invalid times to leaderboard.
  
• Blood for Blood card buff. 16 -> 18. Upgraded: 18 -> 22.
  
• Carnage card buff: 18 -> 20. Upgraded: 26 -> 28
  
• Daily Mods can now have between 0 - 2 positive-only mods (used to always be 1).
  
• Deadly Poison card buff: 4 -> 5. Upgraded: 6 -> 7.
  
• Evolve rework: No longer gives Wounds. Now triggers on any Status card, not just Wounds.
  
• Game will no longer call you a cheater or dock score even if you cheat (score isn't uploaded, however).
  
• Question Card relic is now Uncommon. (was Boss).
  
• Slime Boss nerf: 3 Slime attack no longer deals damage.

• Exploder now explodes on its turn, so Poison will trigger before its explosion.
  
• Fix for Block calculation with multiple modifiers incorrectly rounding.
  
• Fix for Calling Bell/Library/Pandora's Box exploit.
  
• Juggernaut was not working properly. Fixed.
  
• Neow can no longer remove Ascender's Bane.
  
• Perfected Strike now counts Strikes from other characters.
  
• Time Dilation daily mod no longer affects Giant Head enemy.
  
• Time Eater's Time Warp no longer increments when Curses play themselves.
  
• Void card can no longer get you to negative energy.

• Updates for DEU, FRA, ITA, JPN, KOR, POL, PTB, RUS, ZHS, ZHT.

This weekly patch brings in some events, a daily mod, and a lot of card balancing!

Three new events have been added to the Spire. Here's a preview of what they look like.


Patch Notes:

• Fixed issue where Sensory Stone event may give you colored cards.

• Daily Mod: Draft. Draft a custom starter deck of 15 cards.
  
• Event (Beyond): Secret Portal.
  
• Event (Beyond): Sensory Stone.
  
• Event (City): Council of Ghosts.
  
• Event-only Card: Apparition.

• Ascender's Bane nerf: now has Ethereal.
  
• Awakened One nerf: 2 Voids -> 1 Void
  
• Better prevention for uploading invalid times to leaderboard.
  
• Blood for Blood card buff. 16 -> 18. Upgraded: 18 -> 22.
  
• Carnage card buff: 18 -> 20. Upgraded: 26 -> 28
  
• Daily Mods can now have between 0 - 2 positive-only mods (used to always be 1).
  
• Deadly Poison card buff: 4 -> 5. Upgraded: 6 -> 7.
  
• Evolve rework: No longer gives Wounds. Now triggers on any Status card, not just Wounds.
  
• Game will no longer call you a cheater or dock score even if you cheat (score isn't uploaded, however).
  
• Question Card relic is now Uncommon. (was Boss).
  
• Slime Boss nerf: 3 Slime attack no longer deals damage.

• Exploder now explodes on its turn, so Poison will trigger before its explosion.
  
• Fix for Block calculation with multiple modifiers incorrectly rounding.
  
• Fix for Calling Bell/Library/Pandora's Box exploit.
  
• Juggernaut was not working properly. Fixed.
  
• Neow can no longer remove Ascender's Bane.
  
• Perfected Strike now counts Strikes from other characters.
  
• Time Dilation daily mod no longer affects Giant Head enemy.
  
• Time Eater's Time Warp no longer increments when Curses play themselves.
  
• Void card can no longer get you to negative energy.

• Updates for DEU, FRA, ITA, JPN, KOR, POL, PTB, RUS, ZHS, ZHT.

Another week, another patch!

This week's patch brings in some polished art, improvements to certain combats, and general bug fixes pertaining to the Daily Climb.

We updated the art for both Ironclad and The Silent in the character select screens.

• Ascender's Bane: Replaces Parasite for Ascension 10.
  
• Slimed: Replaces Wounds and Draw Reduction debuff from Slime enemies.
  
• Void: Replaces the Darkness debuff from the Awakened One.

Patch Notes:

• Ascender's Bane can no longer be removed by Back to Basics event.
  
• Ascender's Bane can no longer be removed through the Wheel event.
  
• Ascender's Bane gets marked as seen when you obtain it now.
  
• Fixed issue where Specimen triggering + Exploder Explosion caused a crash.
  
• Neow can no longer remove Ascender's Bane.

• Curse Card - Ascender's Bane: Unplayable. Cannot be removed from your deck.
  
• Status card - Slimed: Cost 1: Exhaust.
  
• Status Card - Void: Unplayable. When this card is drawn, lose 1 Energy. Ethereal.

• All Out Attack card rework + buff. Now discards 1 card at random rather than card draw reduction.
  
• Ascension 10 now gives you Ascender's Bane rather than Parasite.
  
• Awakened One now gives you a Void card instead of the Darkness debuff.
  
• Exploder no longer gains Block so it is easier to kill.
  
• Exploder's intent now telegraphs the explosion.
  
• Frozen Eye is now a shop relic.
  
• Self damage should no longer prevent Perfect and Champion achievement/score bonuses.
  
• Several Slime enemies now give you Slimed rather than a debuff.

• Abandon Run button/banner in Settings menu is now longer to accompany wordier languages + gets a shadow.
  
• Fixed issue where energy orbs were rendering incorrectly on 4k monitors.
  
• Font used for Map Legend/Options Banner/? on unknown cards is now 5% smaller.
  
• If text doesn't fit on an event button, a smaller font will be used now. 26pt rather than 30pt.
  
• If the label on the Skip button is too long (non-English languages), the font is reduced in size by 20%.
  
• Improved spacing between Level & Act name for the level transition effect.
  
• On Run History screens, hovering room icons now reveal more info.
  
• Underhand Strike is now called Sneaky Strike.

• Exploder's explosion no longer ignores block.
  
• Fixed issue where level music didn't stop if you Save & Quit to main menu.
  
• Fixed issue where Shield Gremlin and Orb Walker had upped values in the wrong Ascension Level.
  
• Fixed issues where if you died, the last room's info was not saved for Run History.
  
• Hoarder daily mod now correctly duplicates the upgraded status of the copied card.
  
• Multiple attempts for the Daily were being submitted as high scores.
  
• Purity achievement should no longer trigger on tutorial.
  
• Seeds are now utilized for Enchirdion and Codex.
  
• Seeds utilized for several events for consistent outcomes: Accursed Blacksmith, Cursed Tome, Scrap Ooze, N'loth.

• Updates for FRA, ITA, JPN, KOR, POL, PTB, RUS, SPA, ZHS, ZHT.

I'm starting to run out of patch names.

Another week, another patch!

This week's patch brings in some polished art, improvements to certain combats, and general bug fixes pertaining to the Daily Climb.

We updated the art for both Ironclad and The Silent in the character select screens.

• Ascender's Bane: Replaces Parasite for Ascension 10.
  
• Slimed: Replaces Wounds and Draw Reduction debuff from Slime enemies.
  
• Void: Replaces the Darkness debuff from the Awakened One.

Patch Notes:

• Ascender's Bane can no longer be removed by Back to Basics event.
  
• Ascender's Bane can no longer be removed through the Wheel event.
  
• Ascender's Bane gets marked as seen when you obtain it now.
  
• Fixed issue where Specimen triggering + Exploder Explosion caused a crash.
  
• Neow can no longer remove Ascender's Bane.

• Curse Card - Ascender's Bane: Unplayable. Cannot be removed from your deck.
  
• Status card - Slimed: Cost 1: Exhaust.
  
• Status Card - Void: Unplayable. When this card is drawn, lose 1 Energy. Ethereal.

• All Out Attack card rework + buff. Now discards 1 card at random rather than card draw reduction.
  
• Ascension 10 now gives you Ascender's Bane rather than Parasite.
  
• Awakened One now gives you a Void card instead of the Darkness debuff.
  
• Exploder no longer gains Block so it is easier to kill.
  
• Exploder's intent now telegraphs the explosion.
  
• Frozen Eye is now a shop relic.
  
• Self damage should no longer prevent Perfect and Champion achievement/score bonuses.
  
• Several Slime enemies now give you Slimed rather than a debuff.

• Abandon Run button/banner in Settings menu is now longer to accompany wordier languages + gets a shadow.
  
• Fixed issue where energy orbs were rendering incorrectly on 4k monitors.
  
• Font used for Map Legend/Options Banner/? on unknown cards is now 5% smaller.
  
• If text doesn't fit on an event button, a smaller font will be used now. 26pt rather than 30pt.
  
• If the label on the Skip button is too long (non-English languages), the font is reduced in size by 20%.
  
• Improved spacing between Level & Act name for the level transition effect.
  
• On Run History screens, hovering room icons now reveal more info.
  
• Underhand Strike is now called Sneaky Strike.

• Exploder's explosion no longer ignores block.
  
• Fixed issue where level music didn't stop if you Save & Quit to main menu.
  
• Fixed issue where Shield Gremlin and Orb Walker had upped values in the wrong Ascension Level.
  
• Fixed issues where if you died, the last room's info was not saved for Run History.
  
• Hoarder daily mod now correctly duplicates the upgraded status of the copied card.
  
• Multiple attempts for the Daily were being submitted as high scores.
  
• Purity achievement should no longer trigger on tutorial.
  
• Seeds are now utilized for Enchirdion and Codex.
  
• Seeds utilized for several events for consistent outcomes: Accursed Blacksmith, Cursed Tome, Scrap Ooze, N'loth.

• Updates for FRA, ITA, JPN, KOR, POL, PTB, RUS, SPA, ZHS, ZHT.

I'm starting to run out of patch names.

Hey everyone,

I just got back from vacation. I heard there was a surprise patch last week? I just found out, what a surprise!

Fortunately, our company is 2 people so there's a patch this week, too.
Many have asked us if we will be at GDC this year. We will NOT be attending this year, sorry. Good news, we'll be working on the game instead!

Patch Notes

• Fix for daily mod causing cheater flag to turn on. (Flag has been reverted as well)
  
• Russian localization updated.
  
• Portuguese-Brazilian localization updated.
  
• Seed is now visible under game version number in-game.

• Fix for Daily Climb creating unusual circumstances, triggering cheat checks.
  
• The keyword TODO is removed as it was causing issues in Spanish.
  
• Resetting cheater flags.

• Daily Mod: Hoarder: Whenever you obtain a card, two extra copies are also obtained. Cards can't be removed at Shops.

• Champ has less randomness in his AI after enraging. Will use Metallicize less.
  
• Exploder enemy rework. They now explode in 3 turns, deals more damage, and has less HP.
  
• Hexaghost slightly nerfed on Ascension 4+. (Deals less damage).
  
• Rage card gets a buff, cost 1 -> 0. Block 4 -> 3.
  
• Shovel relic now uses reward screen so that you can skip the relic if you do not want it.
  
• Underhanded Strike card rework: Cost 2: Deal 8 damage. If you have discarded a card this turn, gain 2 Energy.

• Cursed Tome Event now uses reward screen for the earned book relic (optional pickup).
  
• Dailies no longer bring up the Credits screen on victory.
  
• Falling Event now shows the chosen cards when hovering the event choices.
  
• Save and Quit in a run now returns the player to the Main Menu instead of closing the game.
  
• Time Dilation wording improvements.
  
• Updated animations for Lagavulin.
  
• You can now view your deck or the map when the grid card select screen is up (Such as The Library event)

• Fixed crash if twitchconfig was empty or invalid.
  
• Increased timeout on dailies time lookup.
  
• Moved the twitch button so it isn't covering other buttons.
  
• Relics and Potions in the shop now correctly set their prices when restocked with the Courier.
  
• Slow debuff now correctly works with single target cards in multi-enemy combats.
  
• Split Slimes and other spawned minions should now correctly have the Slow power when Time Dilation mod is on.

Work will now proceed as normal again.