Hello hello,

It's another Friday and another progress report!
We made a few potions and increased the rare potion drop rate, cleaned up some UI elements, improved performance, and balanced several cards. Lots of stuff in lots of categories.

We'll be looking at adjusting some non-Watcher stuff next week, stay tuned!

Slay the Spire is available in several languages due to community translations. Helping out is easy, just come say in our localization channels in the Slay the Spire Discord server.
Our official Discord is also the best place to interact with us directly, file bug reports, and help suggest improvements to the game!

I should have participated in Inktober, gotta up my art game to match these talented folks.


Scry... by @Densetsu_VII


Slime Boss by @AzoryKeron


Teamwork Makes the Dream Work by @VictorTatkowski

Patch Notes

• New Rare Potion - Cultist Potion.
  
• New Uncommon Potion - Distilled Chaos.
  
• New Uncommon Potion - Liquid Memories.

• Common potion drop rate decreased from 70% -> 65%.
  
• Rare potion drop rate increased from 5% -> 10%.
  
• Beta+ card now costs 1 and generates Omega (not Omega+)
  
• Blasphemy+ card now gives Retain on upgrade, cost remains at 1.
  
• Carve Reality card damage buffed from 5 -> 6.
  
• Carve Reality+ card damage buffed from 9 -> 10.
  
• Conjure Blade+ and Expunger+ get slight rework.
  
• Empty Fist card damage buffed from 8 -> 9.
  
• Empty Fist+ card damage buffed from 12 -> 14.
  
• Evaluate+ card block buffed from 9 -> 10.
  
• Like Water card nerfed Block 7 -> 5.
  
• Like Water+ card nerfed Block 9 -> 7.
  
• Reach Heaven card damage buffed from 8 -> 10.
  
• Reach Heaven+ card damage buffed from 12 -> 15.
  
• Toolbox relic buffed. Choose 1 of 3 Colorless cards instead of obtaining a random one.

• Adding polished card portraits for 20 cards.
  
• Adding a new power icon for 7 powers.
  
• Adding pulsing and particle VFX for Peek button during peek.
  
• Fame and Fortune card gets a VFX.
  
• Champ boss now recognizes if you have his belt.
  
• Bag of Marbles relic now grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Bag of Preparation relic now grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Blood Vial relic now grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Centennial Puzzle relic now grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Fossilized Helix relic now grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Lantern relic now grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Ninja Scroll relic now grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Nuclear Battery relic now grays out when its effect is triggered.
  
• Anchor relic now grays out when its effect has triggered.
  
• Captain's Wheel relic now grays out when its effect has triggered.
  
• Horn Cleat relic now grays out when its effect has triggered.
  
• Stone Calendar relic now grays out when its effect has triggered.
  
• Adding controller support for Peek UX (Left Analog Stick down).
  
• Adding hotkey for Peeking (Spacebar) which can be reassigned in the Input Settings.
  
• Increased scroll speed by 3x when using mousewheel to scroll for Input Settings screen.
  
• Reckless Charge card now utilizes the card preview UX to show Dazed.
  
• Halt card wording improvements.
  
• Cleaned up spacing on Deva Form for improved legibility.

• Fix for Distilled Memories potion description typo.
  
• Fixed Confirm/Cancel buttons requiring two taps in touchscreen mode for Rename panel.
  
• Fixed Evaluate+ card giving Insight+ when it shouldn't be.
  
• Fixed rare instances of Wrist Blade affecting cost X cards.
  
• Fixed Reach Heaven+ incorrectly upgrading Through Violence.
  
• Fixed Swivel and cost 2+ attacks triggering Necronomicon.
  
• Fixed Swivel and freeToPlayOnce cards bypassing effects like Velvet Choker and Entangled.
  
• Fixed Swivel spending energy with cost X attacks.
  
• Fixing Reach Heaven card portraits not fitting in card templates correctly.
  
• Inner Peace card is no longer incorrectly capable of drawing itself.
  
• Nilry's Codex now correctly works with Master Reality.
  
• When using Wish card, cards shown in the Choose One screen are now marked as seen (for Card Library).

• Rendering grayscaled relic assets using a shader now. Deleted grayscale assets.
  
• Rendering grayscaled rest site assets using a shader now. Deleted grayscale assets.

• Localizability added for Statistics screen's fastest and total playtimes.
  
• Updates for DEU, EPO, ITA, JPN, KOR, POL, RUS, SPA, THA, VIE, ZHS, ZHT.

Hey everyone!

This week we worked on some non-beta stuff but still made some card changes and also a peek button has been added so players can make more informed choices while utilizing Scry, Skill potions, or any other card selection screen during combat.


This handy GIF should show off how it works! Improved visuals, bug fixes, and controller/hotkey support are still coming.

If you haven't voted for us in the Golden Joystick Awards, do so now!

But on a serious note, recognition for working on games and exposure through these events can really help out game developers so vote for your favorite games in all the categories!


We'll nerf your favorite card if you don't vote.

All this Watcher art is sooooo great :D.


Deva Form by /u/AzulCrescent


The whole cast by /u/MochaSNotsosweet


The Watcher by @Victor_Sama

Patch Notes

• Adding Like Water card.
  
• Adding Study card.

• Discipline card is deprecated.
  
• Flow State card is deprecated.
  
• Reworked Path to Victory card.
  
• Foreign Influence card upgrade changed.
  
• Beta card gets buffed. Now shuffles Omega into the draw pile, rather than bottom of draw pile.
  
• Brilliance+ card buffed 4 -> 5.
  
• Carve Reality card damage buffed 4 -> 5.
  
• Carve Reality+ card damage buffed 7 -> 9.
  
• Flurry of Blows and Weave cards have their rarity swapped.
  
• Follow Up+ damage increased by 1.
  
• Master Reality card cost lowered from 3 -> 1.
  
• Master Reality+ card cost lowered from 2 -> 0.
  
• Prostrate card gets buffed 1 -> 2 Mantra.
  
• Prostrate+ gets buffed 2 -> 3 Mantra.
  
• Safety+ card block buffed from 15 -> 16.
  
• Scrawl card cost nerfed from 1 -> 2.
  
• Scrawl+ card cost nerfed from 0 -> 1.
  
• Smite+ card damage buffed from 15 -> 16.
  
• Through Violence+ card damage buffed from 25 -> 30.
  
• Wish card gets nerfed. Cost 2 -> 3.
  
• Akabeko relic nerfed 9 -> 8.
  
• Ceramic Fish relic gets a buff 7 -> 9 gold.
  
• Ink Bottle relic is now Uncommon (was Common).

• Peek feature. Should work for several selection-based screens during combat
  
• Akabeko relic assets updated.
  
• Ceramic fish relic asset updated.
  
• Sacred Bark relic asset updated.
  
• Teardrop Locket relic asset updated.
  
• Path To Victory card gets improved wording.
  
• Vault card description updated to clarify its effect.

• Entropic Brew now gives all potions outside of combat.
  
• Fear No Evil now correctly switches stances even if the attack causes the intent to change (eg slime split)
  
• Master Reality now works with Foreign Influence, Nilry's Codex, and Dead Branch.
  
• Potential fix for Expunger card not always working.
  
• Retro-active check to make sure The Ending achievement unlocks is triggered upon opening the Stats screen.

• Updates for DEU, DUT, EPO, ITA, JPN, KOR, RUS, SPA, THA, VIE, ZHS, ZHT.

Thanks to BDWSSBB, Reina, and Blank The Evil for the following!

• Modding flexibility for Stances + onEndTurn trigger.
  
• Vampire event now uses a standardized remove card function.
  
• Fix end of turn relics activating twice if Conclude card and Time Eater's ability triggers at same time.
  
• Fixed Omniscience card making some cards disappear on use.
  
• Fixed several double card play interactions.
  
• Wrist Blade was affecting attacks from double-play effects like Necronomicon.

Happy Friday,

This week we've been continuing work on art polish and card design via some A/B testing!
While we'll still be doing some card work, more efforts will be put into UX and bug fixes + some work on non-card content.

The physical editions for Slay the Spire have been delayed from 11/8 -> 11/15.
Sorry for the delay :(.


Ironclad Word Art by /u/WInchesterB


This super hype Watcher art by @m_a_p_p_u

Patch Notes

• Adding new Discipline card.

• Reworked Fasting card.
  
• Reworked Scrawl card.
  
• Reworked Vault card.
  
• Reworked Wave of the Hand card.
  
• Reworked Weave card.
  
• Battle Hymn+ gains Innate instead of more Smites.
  
• Blasphemy card now exhausts when played.
  
• Carve Reality card upgrade reworked.
  
• Deceive Reality card upgrade reworked.
  
• Devotion and Pray card rarities swapped.
  
• Evaluate card upgrade reworked.
  
• Intangible now affects both attacks and HP loss as before (revert).
  
• Master Reality card reworked.
  
• Nirvana card rarity is now uncommon.
  
• Pray card upgrade reworked.
  
• Reach Heaven card is now Uncommon (was Rare).
  
• Reach Heaven card upgrade reworked.
  
• Rushdown card rarity is now Uncommon.
  
• Signature Move card rarity changed from Rare -> Uncommon.
  
• Tantrum card now deals 3 damage 3 times to the same target.
  
• Unraveling card is removed from the game.
  
• Wallop card damage nerfed from 10 -> 9.
  
• Wallop+ card damage nerfed from 13 -> 12.
  
• Wish card no longer loses HP, costs 2, and its effects are reduced.

• Custom Mode now unlocks even if you play a Daily Climb offline now.
  
• Fixed + at end of upgraded cards not being colored yellow.
  
• Fixed bug where players could not return to Choose One screen (Stance Potion/Wish) after looking at map/deck/settings.
  
• Fixed ESC buttons causing unusual behavior on card reward screens (blank maps, hiding the reward screen).
  
• Fixed Omamori not affecting certain card obtain types including Curse of the Bell.
  
• In touchscreen mode, choose one card option now works.
  
• Omamori relic now interacts with Calling Bell as intended and fixes controller crash.
  
• Plated Armor power now caps at 999.
  
• Wheel Kick card was incorrectly affected by Strike Dummy/Perfected Strike.

• Adding beta art for 10 cards.
  
• Adding polished art for 19 cards.
  
• Cards/powers/potions that generated Upgraded Cards now just describe them with a + in their name.
  
• Deleting two unused font files.
  
• Ink Bottle gets shiny new art.
  
• When hovering Map Legend items, the tips now appearing in a fixed position not blocking the map.

• Updates for DEU, DUT, EPO, ITA, JPN, KOR, THA, VIE, RUS, ZHS, ZHT.
  
• Fixing asterisk/coloring issue for JPN/ZHS/ZHT card preview words.

The Watcher has been available on the beta branch for about 18 days now!

This patch continues balance and design work while also integrating new and polished artwork to various assets!

We're still tweaking cards to improve the overall flow and have increased the Watcher's base health as the low health made non-combat interactions unnecessarily punishing. Lots of great feedback from various communities! We encourage discussion and we're most active at our Discord server but we read all the feedback in our inboxes and sites like Reddit even when we aren't responding to everything.

While we know that our beta testers enjoy placeholder artwork, artwork is getting cleaned up and polished as we continuously get improved card portraits in.



Details!


Some relics get polished and others get shiny assets



Watcher by /u/NightmareRoach who also did the beta art for Sash Whip!


This pixel Snecko and Merchant by @BstojaGraphics


We can't really link to the source for the safety of the artist.

Patch Notes

• Beta art added to about 20 cards.
  
• Adding art for Horn Cleat relic.
  
• Adding asset for Captain's Wheel relic.
  
• Adding polished art for Tungsten Rod.
  
• Cleaning up the Watcher's corpse asset.
  
• Updating art for Watcher campfire asset.
  
• Updating Empty Fist, Mind, and Body cards to have more recognizable silhouettes.
  
• Remove GlowColor Enum to allow mods to have custom card glow easier.
  
• When a card is in Stasis by Bronze Automaton, the card name is now Gold color in the power tip.
  
• Added VFX for Just Lucky card.

• Adding Rare Watcher relic: Golden Eye.

• Watcher's Max HP Increased from 65 -> 72.
  
• Mantra in excess of 10 now rolls over when you enter Divinity instead of being lost.
  
• Adaptation card removed and replaced by Rushdown.
  
• Cleanse Evil card removed and replaced by Conjure Blade.
  
• Metaphysics removed and replaced by Indignation.
  
• Step and Strike card removed and replaced by Wheel Kick.
  
• Master Reality card reworked.
  
• Tantrum card reworked.
  
• Wave Of The Hand card reworked.
  
• Wish card's effects are now on Omniscience card.
  
• Wish card reworked.
  
• Conclude card damage increased 10 -> 12.
  
• Conclude+ card damage increased 14 -> 16.
  
• Establishment card rarity changed Uncommon -> Rare.
  
• Face Trader event can no longer appear past Act 2.
  
• Halt card additional Block increased from 7 -> 9.
  
• Halt+ card additional Block increased from 9 -> 14.
  
• Intangible nerfed for the player. Now only affects Attack damage.
  
• Melange relic rarity changed from Common -> Shop.
  
• Neow Colorless card choices now let the player choose 1 of 3 colorless cards.
  
• Omega card buff. Now deals its damage at end of turn.
  
• Pray now gives Insight instead of Miracle.
  
• Step and Strike unlock is now Foreign Influence card unlock.
  
• Windmill Strike card damage decreased from 8 -> 7.
  
• Windmill Strike card ramp increased from 2 -> 4.
  
• Windmill Strike+ card damage decreased from 12 -> 10.
  
• Windmill Strike+ card ramp increased from 3 -> 5.

• Centennial Puzzle and Tungsten Rod relics now interact correctly.
  
• Colorless card option at Neow will no longer contain duplicates.
  
• Fixed memory leak in Blight initialization. Thanks to Quincunx.
  
• Fixed memory leak in Merchant initialzation. Thanks to Quincunx.
  
• Fixed Rare Potion sparkles not occurring in some instances.
  
• Fixing Path to Victory beta art not showing up.
  
• Fixing typo in Master Reality power tip description.
  
• Plated Armor and Tungston Rod now correctly interact.
  
• Purple Cards custom/daily mod now actually adds purple cards.
  
• Runic Cube and Tungsten Rod relics now interact correctly.
  
• Rupture and Tungsten Rod relics now interact correctly.
  
• Self Forming Clay and Tungsten Rod relics now interact correctly.
  
• Storm of Steel+ card now shows upgrades Shivs for the card preview.
  
• True Grit card now Exhausts randomly again.
  
• Tungsten Rod and Emotion Chip relics now correctly interact.
  
• Typo fix in Golden Eye relic.

It's quite incredible that we have community translators that make the game available for so many people by keeping the beta branch translation updated daily in 11 languages.

• Updates for DEU, DUT, EPO, FRA, ITA, JPN, KOR, RUS, VIE, ZHS, ZHT.

Time for another progress report,

We're still working on compositionally and thematically adjusting the Watcher's cards but we also brought in a slew of new potions & sparkles!

Next week we'll probably still be changing a lot of cards, make some visual effects for cards, and maybe polish up some relic arts.


Shiny!

We're on the shortlist for Best Indie Game and PC Game of the Year!
Vote for Slay the Spire on the Golden Joystick Awards :)






The Silent looking really menacing by @xiaozhuo_wu



A short break from fan art to appreciate some hard work on these costumes by @MissMariaCos

Patch Notes

• New Defect Rare Potion - Essence of Darkness.
  
• New Defect Uncommon Potion - Potion of Capacity.
  
• New Ironclad Rare potion - Heart of Iron.
  
• New Ironclad Uncommon Potion - Elixir.
  
• New Silent Uncommon Potion - Cunning Potion.
  
• New Watcher Common potion - Bottled Miracle.
  
• New Watcher Rare potion - Ambrosia.

• Adaptation card is now rare.
  
• Adaptation nerfed. Cost increased by 1. No longer upgrades to Innate.
  
• Battle Hymn reworked.
  
• Block Actions now still occur post-combat, allowing Blocking of Beat of Death and others.
  
• Blood Potion is now Common.
  
• Blood potion nerfed from 25% -> 20%.
  
• Brilliance card is now Ethereal.
  
• Brilliance card reworked.
  
• Cloak Clasp relic Block lowered to 1.
  
• Collect card reworked. Now gives Miracle+ instead of energy.
  
• Crush Joints card damage lowered by 1.
  
• Deva Form card reworked.
  
• Empty Mind card is now Uncommon.
  
• Eruption+ no longer gets a damage buff. Costs 2 -> 1 instead.
  
• Flow State card is now Uncommon.
  
• Focus Potion is now Common.
  
• Ghost in a Jar is now Rare.
  
• Master Reality card reworked.
  
• Meditate card reworked.
  
• Mental Fortress card values nerfed from 4(6)->3(4).
  
• Nirvana card reworked.
  
• Poison Potion is now Silent only.
  
• Sash Whip card damage lowered by 1.
  
• Through Violence card now retains.

• Beta art added to 50+ cards.
  
• Polished art added to 20+ cards.
  
• Class-specific potions now render a colored outline in the Potion Lab screen.
  
• Outlines for both relics and potions in the compendium are now more visible.
  
• Potions hovered in Potion lab screen now have their tips displayed in a fixed position (rather than cursor).
  
• Updating Windmill Strike, Sands of Time and Perseverance card descriptions to be shorter.
  
• Uncommon and Rare potions now emit particles in card reward and shop screens.

• Enable manual and auto line breaking mode for ZHT.
  
• Fixed NL clashes with auto line breaks for ZHS, JPN font rendering.
  
• Implementing more logic to remove period-only lines from CJK languages.
  
• Scrawl only uses UPGRADE_DESC if it's not empty now.
  
• Updates for DEU, ITA, JPN, KOR, POL, RUS, VIE, ZHS, ZHT.

• Card Library screen no longer scrolls up on first open.
  
• Card Library screens cards were smaller for Purple, Colorless, Cursed. Fixed.
  
• Fix for Power tips being offset when there are a lot of Powers.
  
• Fixed Just Lucky card doing its effects out of order.
  
• Fixed Spirit Shield card applying wrong values when played in non-standard ways (eg Wish).
  
• Halt card's additional Block is now affected by Powers.
  
• Lesson Learned card can no longer spawn from card generating effects mid combat.
  
• Potential fix for stance potions + touchscreens not interacting correctly.
  
• Removing Truth and Wisdom cards from Card Library as they're deprecated.
  
• Swapping action orders for Empty Mind so it follows the card's description.

Hey everyone,

It's been a week since the 4th character came to the beta branch. Things are still pretty chaotic in terms of design and balance work and we thank you for your continuous support and feedback.

We'll be continuing work on core design and balance this week and we'll also be accepting beta art (see below) so that players can more easily differentiate cards! Please see the patch notes section at the bottom to see a list of all the changes since the last report.

We're now accepting beta art submissions for new cards implemented for this set of content!
However, please keep in mind that we're undergoing many changes and this may result in cards being cut or reworked.

Please see our initial Beta Art submission guidelines post for templates and general information regarding beta art submissions

We're getting Watcher fan art!!! Very exciting.


The Watcher by /u/AzoryKeron


The Watcher in action by /u/MaltyCrab

Patch Notes

EDIT: A hotfix was also pushed out to fix a crashing issue.

• Adding Captain's Wheel relic. Rare.
  
• Adding Sash Whip card. Common attack.
  
• Adding Horn Cleat relic. Uncommon.
  
• Reworked Brilliance card.
  
• Reworked Flurry of Blows card.
  
• Reworked Inner Peace card.
  
• Reworked Prostrate card.
  
• Reworked Vengeance card -> Simmering Fury.
  
• Reworked Vigilance card.
  
• Reworked Tungsten Rod relic.

• Akabeko damage buffed from 3 -> 9.
  
• Carve Reality card gets slightly reworked.
  
• Clarity card Deprecated.
  
• Consecrate deals +1 damage.
  
• Consecrate+ deals +2 damage.
  
• Deceive Reality card gets slightly reworked.
  
• Follow Up card damage increased from 6 -> 7.
  
• Follow Up+ card damage increased from 8 -> 10.
  
• Horn Cleat block increased to 14.
  
• Sancitity card gains 2 less Block but draws 1 additional card.
  
• Slight rework of Path To Victory.
  
• Smite card buffed from 10 -> 12 damage.
  
• Snecko Oil reworked.
  
• Tranquility (Previously Clear The Mind) buffed to Retain.
  
• Tungsten Rod is now a rare relic.
  
• Wallop card is now Uncommon, costs 2, and deals 2 less damage.
  
• Wireheading now triggers at start of turn to better interact with Weave.
  
• Worship upgrade changed from giving Innate to Retain.

• Beta, Omega, and other new cards now appear in the Card Library.
  
• Brilliance card no longer gets stuck when played with 0 cards.
  
• Curse removal shrine will no longer incorrectly appear when you have Curse of The Bell.
  
• Fix for Attack/Skill/Power potion extras not having its cost set to 0.
  
• Fixed Discovery card giving two cards.
  
• Mental Fortress power now displays the correct name.
  
• Re-adding a font that caused some text to not appear in some languages.
  
• Smite card now appears in Card Library.
  
• Snecko Oil potion no longer displays the confused keyword.
  
• Tantrum's Cannot Change Stance power now correctly flagged as a debuff.
  
• Tungesten Rod no longer stops Blasphemy from killing you.

• Removed double initialization of card descriptions on game load.
  
• Wireheading card renamed to Foresight.
  
• Cards which have Mantra now show the Divinity tip as well.
  
• Talk To The Hand card wording updates.
  
• Watcher leaderboards should now be working.
  
• Wording improvements for 10+ cards.
  
• Worship card now also contains Divinity keyword tip.
  
• Adding a VFX for Judgement card.
  
• Lightning strikes down the Blasphemer.
  
• Clear the Mind renamed to Tranquility to better differentiate from Empty Mind.
  
• Fixed spelling error in Judgments name.
  
• Typo Fix for Watcher's memory in the Sensory Stone event.
  
• Wireheading power now states start of turn.

• Credits for VIE updated (not in-game yet).
  
• Manual and auto line break mode for card descriptions enabled for JPN/ZHS languages.
  
• Updates for DEU, DUT, ITA, JPN, KOR, RUS, SPA, THA, VIE, ZHS, and ZHT.

Hey everyone!

In these reports we will be writing up what we've changed, what's going to be changing and probably what we're working on every week or so.
The main focus of this week is fixing all of the new issues and interactions.

Second of all, we'd like to thank our community members and /u/ForgottenArbiter for making a post with all that's changed in the game outside of the 4th character!
It's formatted beautifully on the reddit post.

This summary is posted here:

• Fire Breathing: New effect: Cost 1, "Whenever you draw a Status or Curse card, deal 6 (10) damage to ALL enemies."
  
• Sever Soul: Now deals 22 damage when upgraded (was 20)
  
• Fiend Fire: New wording (same effect): "Exhaust your hand. Deal 7 (10) damage for each card Exhausted. Exhaust."
  
• Reprogram: New wording (same effect): "Scry 4 (6)."
  
• Curse of the Bell (new card): "Unplayable. Cannot be removed from your deck.
  
• Various Cards: "upgraded" has been capitalized
  
• Various Cards: Tooltips for temporary cards created in combat have been added to existing cards like Immolate and Blade Dance

Shop Relics now cost 150 gold (down from 200)

• Pure Water (Starter, Watcher): At the start of each combat, add a Miracle into your hand.
  
• Akabeko (Common, all classes): Your first attack each combat deals 3 additional damage.
  
• Ceramic Fish (Common, all classes): Whenever you add a card to your deck, gain 7 gold.
  
• Ink Bottle (Common, all classes): Whenever you play 10 cards, draw 1 card.
  
• Melange (Common, Watcher): Whenever you shuffle your draw pile, Scry 3.
  
• Tungsten Rod (Common, all classes): At the start of your turn, if it is before turn 6, gain Block equal to the current turn.
  
• Strike Dummy (Uncommon, all classes): Cards containing "Strike" deal 3 additional damage.
  
• Teardrop Locket (Uncommon, Watcher): Start each combat in Calm.
  
• Yang (Uncommon, Watcher): Whenever you play an Attack, gain 1 temporary Dexterity.
  
• Cloak Clasp (Rare, all classes): At the end of your turn, gain 2 block for each card in your hand.
  
• Holy Water (Boss, Watcher): Replaces Pure Water. At the start of each combat, add 3 Miracles into your hand.
  
• Sacred Bark (Boss, all classes): Double the effectiveness of potions.
  
• Slaver's Collar (Boss, all classes): During Boss and Elite combats, gain [E] at the start of your turn.
  
• Violet Lotus (Boss, Watcher): Whenever you exit Calm, gain an additional [E].

The Abacus: "Whenever you shuffle your draw pile, gain 6 block."

• Meal Ticket: Now Common (was Shop)
  
• Toy Ornithopter: Now Common (was Shop)
  
• Eternal Feather: Now Uncommon (was Boss)
  
• White Beast Statue: Now Uncommon (was Boss)
  
• Lizard Tail: Now Rare (was Boss)
  
• Black Blood: Now heals for 12 HP (was 10)
  
• Calling Bell: New effect: "Upon pickup, obtain a unique Curse and 3 relics." (see Curse of the Bell, above)
  
• Hovering Kite: New effect: "The first time you discard a card each turn, gain [E].
  
• Wrist Blade: Now adds 4 additional damage (was 3)
  
• Orrery: Now Shop (was Boss)

• New Character: The Watcher
  
• New Mod: Purple Cards
  
• New Potion: Stance Potion (Watcher Only)
  
• New Potion: Duplication Potion
  
• Fairy in the Bottle: 10% HP -> 30% HP
  
• New Achievement: Amethyst (This achievement is currently bugged, though, and you get Sapphire instead)
  
• New Achievement: Amethyst+

That's quite a lot of changes!
/u/baefeather made the first fan art of the Watcher! Here it is in all its glory.


Since release we've made a couple of changes already- and we're pushing out a patch today, too!

Patch Notes 09-10-2019

• Consecrate and Consecrate+ deal 1 more damage.
  
• Exiting a stance via cards like Empty Mind now count as stance change for cards like Adaptation and Controlled Change.
  
• Followup and Folloup+ card deal 1 more damage.
  
• Halt card's Wrath bonus increased by 1.
  
• Halt+ card's Wrath bonus increased by 2.
  
• Lesson Learned card deals 2 less damage.
  
• Lesson Learned+ card deals 3 less damage.
  
• Path to Victory+ now exhausts.
  
• Protect card gains 2 less Block.
  
• Protect+ card gains 3 less Block.
  
• Sacred Bark now works with Attack, Skill, and Power potions.
  
• Sacred Bark relic now works with Duplication potion.
  
• Weave card deals 1 more damage.
  
• Weave+ card deals 2 more damage.

• Fix for banner text not showing up for JPN/KOR/ZHS/ZHT.
  
• Fixed 10+ Devotion power not entering Divinity every turn.
  
• Fixed issue where stance related idle sounds weren't stopped if you abandoned a run.
  
• On grid card select screens. Picking the maximum anount of cards you can choose no longer auto confirms your selection.
  
• Scrying Weave with a full hand now discards the extra Weave cards.

• Empty Mind now draws cards before exiting stance to be consistent with other Empty cards.
  
• Scrollable dropdowns now supports scroll wheel and arrow keys.
  
• Completing a run -> Winning a run for Watcher unlock.
  
• Tantrum description updated wording.

• Applying the Mantra power now has a unique SFX.
  
• Updating all Watcher-related SFX (pitch/volume/etc).

• Updates for DEU, DUT, ITA, KOR, RUS, ZHT.

Hello!

The 4th character is now available in the beta branch. Beating the game and having the Defect unlocked will unlock this character. If these requirements are already met, the character will be available as soon as you start the game!



This update comes with one new character, new relics, new potions, balance changes, and other unnamed goodies will be added during this test period. Also, the Fire Breathing card was reworked.

Participating in the beta is easy! Opt into the beta through the BETAS tab for Slay the Spire. For more info, see here.


Yep. Open the game properties and under the LOCAL FILES tab select BROWSE LOCAL FILES... and create a copy of your preferences folder and rename it betaPreferences (case sensitive).
If you run into issues, we recommend asking the nice folks at the Slay the Spire Discord server or reach us at support@megacrit.com.


We worked with our publisher, Humble Bundle, to release on other platforms and now physical editions are available for pre-order! Physical editions are available for PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.


Our composer Clark Aboud is releasing a special vinyl edition of the Slay the Spire soundtrack! The cover also features unique artwork by our illustrator Anailis Dorta.

It's up for pre-order now! Check it out at Ghost Ramp.

Sometimes I think about posting all the memes. However, we must remain professional.
Take a look at some art!


The Ironclad looking pretty JAXXed by @arkalpha


This great rendition of all the characters in cubism by /u/MochaSNotsosweet


Hexa-Ghost by /u/NightmareRoach

That's all for now, we'll be using Steam's new Event system to push out minor patch announcements so be sure to Follow us on Steam or our twitter (@megacrit) if you want to stay on top of updates.

Hey everyone,

We've got a few things to share!

Testing and balancing for the 4th character will be available on the Steam Beta branch on September 9, 2019.
As much as we would love to test it out on all the platforms, the logistics and patching process is only possible through Steam.

Once testing and polishing is complete, this free DLC will be available on Steam and all the other platforms!

Speaking of platforms, we're now available on Xbox One through either the Xbox Game Pass or the Microsoft Store!

We're pushing out a special build of Slay the Spire with a game engine update.
This build upgrades our game from LibGDX 1.9.2 -> LibGDX 1.9.9. This update gives multi-monitor support, DPI scaling fixes, improved performance, updated controller support, and allows screenshake to perform correctly in 16:10 aspect ratios.

Due to a few backwards compatibility issues we're pushing this build out in a separate branch titled LibGDX199 and this build will be updated alongside the beta branch until we confirm it's safe to merge into the beta branch. This can be found in the game's BETA tab in the same way you would access the beta branch.

Note: Save files for the beta branch are shared with the saves in the LibGDX199 branch.

Hey everyone,

It's been quite a while since release. The past few months have been pretty busy with ports and the patching of those ports but we wanted to update the PC version to contain all of the fixes, optimizations, and quality of life changes we worked on during this process.

• All the ports! Eventually, you'll be Slaying the Spire on your smart fridge (not really, but never say never).
  
• Additional translations.
  
• Free DLC containing a 4th character and additional content.

Whoa, did we team up with Fangamer and now you can get an awesome Slay the Spire shirt by Nina Matsumoto? Yes. Get one here!

We'll be getting more merch soon. Stay tuned!


A lot of work has been put into ensuring that players who use touchscreen computers (or Steam Link on mobile) can enjoy the game fully!

Two-step confirmations have been added to several screens so you can review options before you choose a card/boss relic/shop item. To turn this on, toggle the Touchscreen Mode option found at the bottom of the Input Settings screen.


The amount of fan art we received since release is outrageous and we’re happy to have inspired so many brilliant works of art! Let’s take a look:


The Silent by Fausuto


Demon Form and Wraith Form by selemina


r... rain? by bluehightoptrainers


Chibi Silent by LuriaHirai


This shiny portrait of The Champ by @fraudulentyoshi


The Silent Fire by Densetsu VII


A fusion of the Act 1 Bosses: Hexaslimedian! by /u/Dragonclaude


This gritty rendition of the Silent by @TheHalret


Gremlin Leader except I get lazier the further right the pictures goes by /u/pulfian


This cute Silent by @ewilio

While we’ve tried our best to keep backwards compatibility as stable as possible, many performance and UX improvements that were added will inevitably break some mods.

For this release we worked a lot closer with our modding community and very grateful for sharing their insights in making the game more modder friendly, bug free, and generally helping the community stay informed of upcoming changes.

These kind folks include (but aren’t limited to) BDWSSBB, Blank The Evil, brianfubar, Evil Pickle, and kiooeht. They have done tons of optimizations, fixes, moddability improvements, and even features like the sort bar in deck view screen! As always, if you have questions about modding or want to get into modding yourself, visit the Slay the Spire Discord’s #modding channel!

Maybe just stop by to thank a modder for all their hard work :).


Version 1.0 of Slay the Spire (January 23, 2019) will be archived in the Steam branch: [V1.0] can be found in the BETAS tab for the game (Similarly to how you would access the beta branch).

Patch Notes

• While the potion popup is open, the potion's tip is now displayed.
  
• JPN reverted to previous JPN translation.
  
• Updates for GRE, ITA, and SPA.
  
• Updates for TUR credits.

• Exit Game button now changes button asset if the button is remapped.
  
• Fix for issue where Save Slot 0 wasn't reloaded upon deleting a different Save Slot.
  
• Fix for non-Steam builds always showing 0 damage at the heart.
  
• Fixed issue where playtimes and some character data was copied to a new save slot.
  
• Fixed run save files not being deleted when deleting slots, allowing continuing of runs from deleted profiles.
  
• Fixed unnecessary dispose() calls on monster assets.
  
• Fixing touchscreens requiring you to double tap to do anything.
  
• If width or height is set lower than minimum allowed, your display config resolution is now reset.
  
• Updates for DEU, DUT, EPO, GRE, ITA, JPN, KOR, POL, UKR, RUS, SPA, THA ZHS, ZHT.
  
• Updates for EPO credits.

• Added Eternal One achievement, unlocked when all other achievements are unlocked.

• Berserk card buffed. Self Vulnerable 3 -> 2.
  
• Blood Potion buffed to heal 10% -> 25%.
  
• Bottled Flame no longer appears if all of your Attacks are starter cards.
  
• Bottled Lightning no longer appears if all of your Skills are starter cards.
  
• Heel Hook+ card buffed. 7 -> 8 damage.
  
• Bullseye card buffed. Lock-On 1 -> 2.
  
• Bullseye+ card buffed. Damage 10 -> 11.
  
• Colosseum event now appears only at the top half of Act 2.
  
• You no longer run into The Cleric or Beggar events if you do not have enough gold.

Many quality of life changes such as a larger potions menu, a long-press End Turn option, sorting options for your deck, improved rendering for tips, and a condensed top panel have been added.

• Patch Notes screen is back.
  
• Touchscreen Mode can now be enabled in the Input Settings (at the bottom).
  
• End Turn button can now utilize long-press confirmations for controllers and keyboard (not mouse). Turn on/off in Game Settings.
  
• Improved trackpad support for laptops.
  
• Potion menu is way bigger now (easier to click on for mouse/touchscreen).
  
• Top panel's floor number indicator is now an icon + number.
  
• Top panel gold icon, health icon, potion slots, and modifiers now scale up when hovered.
  
• Top panel elements gets their spacing updated.
  
• Adding a right stick button asset when highlighting volume sliders via controller.
  
• Ascension description tips are now numbered in English.
  
• Ascension level is now an icon + number in the top panel (gold when max level).
  
• Black screen when viewing a grid of cards (such as removing a card from deck) is now darker (50% -> 70% opacity).
  
• Boss node on map now has a hover reticle when using controller.
  
• Campfire sleep VFX is now slightly darker.
  
• Cards with glowing effects now have a border that appears instantly along with the VFX.
  
• Cleaning up the tick asset used on various checkboxes and dropdowns.
  
• Combat reward screen's items now get a reticle when hovered/highlighted. Much more noticeable.
  
• Completion percentages in save slot view do not show tenths place if 0% or 100% now.
  
• Confirm buttons now place the controller prompt icon dynamically, preventing text overlap.
  
• Credits screen can now be scrolled up/down using controller.
  
• Custom Mode screen's modifiers are now more obviously hovered/highlighted.
  
• Defect gets a glow-version asset at Rest Site like Ironclad/Silent.
  
• Disabling particle effects now disables the particles which appear upon applying buffs/debuffs.
  
• Fixing some grammar and typos in Potion popup text.
  
• Game and Input Settings tabs get larger hitboxes.
  
• Game Saved VFX now appears below the top panel if more than 3 game modifiers are enabled.
  
• Grand Finale card is now 0.3s faster in Fast Mode.
  
• Highlight box now resizes so text isn't blocked when highlighting view upgrade option in Card Library.
  
• Highlighted cards in RunHistoryScreen are now more obvious when using controllers.
  
• Letterboxing for unsupported aspect ratios no longer have a 1px gap.
  
• Line spacing in Menu Panel headers reduced by 15%.
  
• Lose HP action is now much faster in Fast Mode.
  
• No Run Histories found text is now centered and has improved line spacing.
  
• Offering card is now faster in Fast Mode.
  
• Options in Custom Mode screen are now more obviously highlighted.
  
• Plated Armor power description is more accurate now.
  
• Removed the 'Build:' text on version number as it's unnecessary.
  
• Rich Presence now contains Ascension level (unless 0).
  
• Seek card now organizes cards by rarity and alphabetically.
  
• Silent's starting Strikes are put before Defends (to be consistent with other characters)
  
• Sort button's highlight UI when using controllers are now dynamically sized based on text length.
  
• Static Discharge card now clarifies that it triggers when you receive unblocked attack damage.
  
• Text in Game Preferences settings now aligns better with checkboxes.
  
• Tips for boss relics are now offset so they can no longer cover a relic when hovered/highlighted using controller.
  
• Tips for potions now show up when hovered in Reward screens and Shops (not just in the Potion panel after acquisition).
  
• Vampires and Council of Ghosts events now show how much Max HP is lost (rather than showing %)
  
• Well-Laid Plans card plays slightly faster now.
  
• When hovering various tips in the Game Settings, they're now rendered on the left side instead of at cursor position.
  
• When previewing card for upgrade via controller, the upgrade result is now hovered, no longer obscuring your view.
  
• When viewing your deck, you can now sort it by obtained order, alphabetical, rarity, and cost.
  
• With controllers, end turn now disables cards from being hovered, so cards don't obscure enemies.

A lot of work was done to improve boot time, rendering performance, and to find and fix memory leaks which led to crashes when playing for extended periods of time.

• Card UI elements now utilize a texture atlas (uses less VRAM and improves performance)
  
• Compressed lots of images.
  
• Fixed memory leaks in several monsters, events, ui, and other objects.
  
• Flame Particles and Lightning Orb VFX assets are now pre-loaded.
  
• Font generators are now cached better, improving load time and reducing memory usage.
  
• Hexaghost and Lagavulin enemies now pre-cache music so there's no lag when music starts mid-combat.
  
• Improving render performance of several UI, VFX, and Fonts.
  
• Merged 3 identical fonts, reducing memory usage and improving load up time.
  
• Removed dual initialization of several assets.
  
• Removed a lot of unused assets.
  
• Many VFX assets are now pre-cached, preventing stutter when certain cards or moves occur.

Most of this improves moddability, extensibility, and future-proofing various functions and objects within the game.

• Confusion and Corruption cards utilize improved hooks.
  
• Improved lifesteal logic for Reaper and Shelled Parasite.
  
• Refactored Hologram card to not have to verify number of cards in the card itself.
  
• Specimen relic now uses the same code as other relics for applying its effect.
  
• Unhardcoded various cards, relics, and enemies.

• Fixed card and relics unlocking earlier than they're supposed to.
  
• All-Out Attack, Madness, and Reboot cards no longer affect Card Rewards when used (rng issue).
  
• Astrolabe relic now works even if your deck contains 3 cards or less.
  
• Back button is now hidden in Save Slots screen if all saves are deleted.
  
• Blank The Evil's bug fix for Card Reward screen non-skip issue.
  
• Bottled Cards upgraded from Mind Bloom event have their description updated correctly.
  
• Can no longer accidentally bring up the rename screen with controller when navigating through Settings.
  
• Changed Input settings are now correctly retained when changing save slots.
  
• Darkstone Periapt relic now works with Hoarder mod.
  
• Empty Cage relic now works with 1 or less valid cards in your deck.
  
• Envenom's Poison is now applied immediately after the damage occurs.
  
• Fix for Cost X cards utilizing extra energy when playing quickly.
  
• Fix for crash when pressing RIGHT using controller when viewing 5 cards in grid card select screen.
  
• Fix for Map and View Deck top panel buttons sometimes skipping card rewards.
  
• Fix for part of the map UI remaining on the screen after hitting Return in certain circumstances.
  
• Fix for thank you message in credits displaying prematurely.
  
• Fixed Automaton's orbs preventing scaling of Genetic Algorithm and Ritual Dagger.
  
• Fixed Bag of Preparation not drawing cards affected by Confusion power.
  
• Fixed bug where a certain set of actions could disable tips for a card for the rest of combat.
  
• Fixed bug where deleting a save slot would generate dummy files in a ghost slot.
  
• Fixed bug where dialog bubbles moved faster if higher resolution.
  
• Fixed bug where Exhaust Pile can be viewed using controller even if it's empty.
  
• Fixed bug where screenshake and SFX were played when navigating to locked character select option via controller.
  
• Fixed card tips that remained on screen when you died.
  
• Fixed certain Status and Curses triggering their end of turn effects by playing them normally with Medical Kit or Blue Candle under specific circumstances.
  
• Fixed crash when attempting to hover view upgrade in Card Library using controller.
  
• Fixed crash when highlighting mods in top panel using controller.
  
• Fixed crash when navigating left on controller when colorless cards are sold out.
  
• Fixed crash when opening deck view if you have 0 cards (e.g. when you start a run with the Draft modifier)
  
• Fixed crash when pressing down on controller on 3rd option at Rest Site if you have 4 options.
  
• Fixed crash when pressing right on controller in Run History with 0 runs.
  
• Fixed damage and block values showing green increased values when the end value was the same.
  
• Fixed enemies not applying powers if they died in the process (e.g. Thorns).
  
• Fixed enemy order issues in Slime Boss, Gremlin Leader, and Reptomancer encounters.
  
• Fixed Enlightenment+ not reducing cost of cards with 1 or 0 cost for turn.
  
• Fixed errors with moving around relic compendium screen with a controller for Event relics.
  
• Fixed exploit of playing Normality while already having played 3+ cards.
  
• Fixed Fission+ evoking Orbs in reverse order.
  
• Fixed non-Steam platforms showing 0 total damage dealt on the victory screen.
  
• Fixed inability to inspect relics when Shopscreen is open via controller.
  
• Fixed incorrect scaling on draw and discard piles making them very large on high resolution.
  
• Fixed Invincible power with interactions such as The Boot and Block.
  
• Fixed issue where ending turn with Retain while hovering the player could make the leftmost card act strangely via controller.
  
• Fixed issue if cards are queued and turn is ended after an enemy dies, Nilry's Codex can open and cause issues.
  
• Fixed issue where map can be opened during room transitions, cancelling certain functionality.
  
• Fixed issue where moving cursor to bottom of window would cause cards in hands to bounce indefinitely.
  
• Fixed issue where Rest Site option text wasn't placed correctly (scaling).
  
• Fixed issue where tips weren't appearing correctly in single relic popup view.
  
• Fixed issue where up/down on controller in potion drink/discard also navigated to monsters/cards during combat.
  
• Fixed issue where you briefly see the map when you start a run due to its default transparency.
  
• Fixed lingering campfire sounds from rest sites.
  
• Fixed Machine Learning card affecting hand size even when negated.
  
• Fixed Meal Ticket not working on Shops from ? rooms.
  
• Fixed Nemesis gaining Intangible too early and messing up damage from Thorns.
  
• Fixed Normality card not stopping cards affected by Setup and Forethought.
  
• Fixed Regret causing less HP loss than normal if other cards played themselves first.
  
• Fixed Reptomancer not triggering some important logic after death.
  
• Fixed Rip and Tear, Sword Boomerang, and Thunder Strike continuing its hits over Thorns and Shifting powers.
  
• Fixed Second Wind doing its effects in reverse and only gaining one instance of block.
  
• Fixed slash attack VFX used by some enemies being the wrong size in high resolutions.
  
• Fixed Spit Web move's VFX appearing from wrong spot in high resolutions.
  
• Fixed the opening of Input Settings allowing skipping of unskippable screens and potentially getting to an unplayable state.
  
• Fixed the seedSet flag not resetting, preventing Achievements from unlocking in subsequent runs before game is reloaded.
  
• Fixed Wrist Blade not affecting Sword Boomerang, Rip and Tear, and Thunder Strike.
  
• Game and Input Settings panels are now taller so the input rows stay within the panel.
  
• Improved precision of volume sliders with a controller so that values can be set precisely back to 50%.
  
• Knowing Skull event can no longer give you a potion if you have the Sozu relic.
  
• Leaderboard filters labels are now displayed for the options selected when opening the screen.
  
• Library event can no longer contain duplicate cards.
  
• Neow's Lament relic now grays out when it is used up.
  
• No longer possible to interact with the map with a controller while single card view screen is open.
  
• Relic Collection menu no longer scrolls erratically in some cases when using controller.
  
• Removed note about Leaderboards being reset weekly as Early Access is over.
  
• Reptomancer no longer creates daggers with more HP than intended.
  
• Reset To Defaults option in Option Menu now resets all controller mappings properly.
  
• Run History screen's cards and floor nodes can navigated easier with controllers.
  
• Shop and Boss BGM now correctly mutes when game is minimized with the Mute While in BG option on.
  
• Slider in the Character Stats menu no longer gets stuck before reaching the bottom with a controller.
  
• Torch particles in Exordium now rise at the same speed on all resolutions.
  
• Twitch plugin now works if language isn't English and system encoding isn't set to UTF-8.
  
• Various card selection effects that don't update RNG are now seeded.
  
• When a dropdown menu is open in RunHistory screen, the controller up/down no longer affects selection outside the dropdown menu.
  
• WobblyLine VFX used in Snecko's glare is now larger and scales correctly with resolution.

Thai and Turkish languages are now available. Big thanks to our community translators :D.
New languages and localization improvements, hooray!

• Portuguese Brazilian was out-of-date so it has been removed from main branch.
  
• JPN translation overhaul by Kakehashi Games.
  
• JPN and THA now have translated Merchant Shop images.
  
• THA fonts updated.
  
• Updated credits for JPN, POL, THA, and TUR.
  
• Added logic to disallow periods to cause line breaks in Asian languages.
  
• Rewrote how Asian languages are rendered, fixing several formatting issues.
  
• Asian languages now utilize lineSpacing variable in renderSmartText.
  
• Asian languages no longer have A~Z sorting filters in Card Library screen.
  
• JPN renders card descriptions from left to right.
  
• Rest Site options' rest option info text now uses localized period character.
  
• Run History and Daily Screens now use YEAR/MONTH/DAY by default for dates except in English.
  
• Run History date format in JPN utilizes localized AM/PM.

Note: Asian languages referred to in these patch notes refer to Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), and Chinese (Traditional) which utilize a separate way of rendering text.