The time has come to introduce you to the shady individuals available to hire as part of your mercenary troupe in Jaws of The Lion.

Each of these characters brings something new to combat within Gloomhaven Digital, including their own unique powerful ability when they reach level 5 so be prepared for spoilers about their gameplay and stop reading now if you want it to be a surprise!

[[i]Note: some parts of this article are hidden under black lines to avoid spoilers - Hover over them if you wish to reveal the content![/i]]

The important thing to know is that these characters are available to use in your core Gloomhaven scenarios and core mercs can take part in Jaws scenarios, neither are limited to their own content, so the amount of combos has increased massively.

For example, base Gloomhaven Digital has a total of 2380 mercenary combinations for a group of 4 characters, with the extra four Jaws mercs added unlocked, the number of combinations almost triples with 5985!

(Just be glad you aren’t the ones who have to ensure every single possible combination of abilities works!)



The Inox Hatchet comes fully loaded with an infinite array of deadly Axes, but like any other good craftsman, they have their Favorite. In this case it is represented by an ability that adds a reusable +3 modifier when used on your enemies.
Be aware though, that as an axe, it tends to get stuck in vital organs, demonic viscera and other people’s faces. Therefore an important thing to remember is that after you use the Favorite, you’ll have to go pick it up when the enemy is dead. Be careful not to spend turns retracing your steps while the rest of your party gets murdered in the next room!



The Hatchet’s abilities generally enjoy a fresh breeze, so pairing them with Cthulhu or a character with access to infuse or consume any brand of element will unlock their more powerful effects.

At Level 5, the Hatchet gets access to an even better weapon that adds Wound and Push to the ranged attacks of your choice - unfortunately, they didn’t come up with a particularly imaginative name for the new axe.


Even though the Hatchet is primarily a range damage dealer, they share the Brute’s penchant for shoving enemies around dungeons. This makes them a great choice for those dungeons full of traps and hazardous terrain. Of course, you can always bring along someone to make some traps for you.




The Valrath Red Guard has a decent selection of both melee and ranged attacks, but where they excel is targeting and damaging adjacent enemies with fire or just hitting them with a thing on a chain!
Flame Shroud is an early powerhouse and works somewhat like a simplified Retaliate, although the enemy only needs to become adjacent to trigger it.
Combine that with a wide array of abilities which Pull hapless adversaries towards you and follow up with radial attacks and damage and the Red Guard can hold the front line - especially against Shielded enemies.

At Level 5, the Red Guard has access to the Sand Devil ability. Similar to a Summon, the Sand Devil allows the Red Guard to move enemies around the dungeon, triggering Muddle and dealing damage as they go. Combine this with their adjacent enemy targeting abilities and you’ll see the Red Guard is a master of positional combat.
Be aware, the Sand Devil can also move allies to give them an extra speed boost, just make sure to ask first, many people don’t enjoy the damage and muddling that comes with a free ride!

The Red Guard uses both Light and Flame elements and therefore combos well with Sun and certain Spellweaver builds. You’ll always need to balance both using the Elements but also setting up infusions to be used the next turn, the Red Guard without access to their consumes isn’t quite as effective.



That’s it for today! We will see you next time with a blogpost about the 2 remaining mercenaries of Jaws of the Lion: Voidwarden and Demolitionist.
Make sure to check it out since we will be explaining key differences between the physical and digital format of the game!
Until then, why not tell us which merc you're most excited to try, or come to our Discord server and discuss strategies or find other players to take Jaws on with?

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Soaked by the pouring rain, chilled by the cold and without any contract, four suspicious mercenaries are waiting. Soon, it will be their turn. Soon...






Jaws of the Lion takes you through the undercity of Gloomhaven to investigate a series of disappearances. There, you will uncover a sinister threat and offer your kind (and self-interested) assistance.
In addition to this new questline, the DLC brings a generous amount of content for you to add to your existing campaign. This includes new monsters, bosses, items, city events and something else I can't quite remember...
Ah yes, of course, the new mercenaries!
The Valrath Red Guard, the Inox Hatchet, the Human Voidwarden and the Quatryl Demolitionist will join your party to enrich your Gloomhaven experience.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/1809490/Gloomhaven__Jaws_of_the_Lion/

To access The Jaws of the Lion content in multiplayer co-op every player has to own the DLC.







No, you are able to integrate the content of the DLC (4 mercenaries, 10 items and 25 new scenarios) with a simple click of a button into an existing Story campaign without having to start over. Alternatively, all new Story campaigns will have all new mercenaries available from the start and the new scenario content available after core mission 2.
Note - DLC enabled save games cannot be reverted to non-DLC games.
If you play in the Guildmaster mode, once converting the save or starting a new game the 4 mercenaries will be immediately available and the items will be added to various treasure tables.

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You can expect about 30+ hours to finish the main campaign.

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You will be able to play online up to 4 players, the same as the base game. Once a saved game is converted to be DLC compatible, all players will require the DLC to be able to join.
When starting a new campaign you will have the option to activate Jaws of the Lion or play with the base game only.

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Although we cannot share anything at this point, we will keep supporting the game after the release of Jaws of the Lion.

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All the languages of the base game will be supported.

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The DLC will be available on Steam and GoG for Windows & MacOS.




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As you venture through the lands of Gloomhaven in the newly released board game campaign, share with us your thoughts, screenshots, gameplay and virtually anything that you please on Twitter.
We also post fun content (*meeeeemes*) and share tips & tricks!

You can also join our dedicated Discord server here: discord.gg/gloomhaven to receive help and advice, meet other players and discuss any topic you want!
You will be received with tremendous friendliness and warmth!

• Fixed an issue with Scenario #60 Alchemy Lab
  
• Fixed an issue with buying and selling items in multiplayer.

Quick update to fix a few issues.

• Fixed an issue with the item Cloak of Phasing
  
• Fixed an issue with Music Note Defensive Ditty
  
• Fixed an issue with Lightning Vengeful Barrage, after taking damage from a wound when there are no monsters adjacent
  
• Fixed an issue with Music Note Inspiring Anthem and Power Ballad
  
• Fixed a multiplayer error in Campaign when traveling to a scenario when a client joins after the host has sold items in the shop.
  
• Fixed an error when a flying monster dies on a hex where an obstacle previously existed.

Don't forget to add Jaws of the Lion to your Wishlist!

UPDATES:

Added - A House Rule for Summons dropping gold
Added - A 'Retry scenario' function (Players can retry a scenario from the results screen without loading back to map)
Updated - Better GUI for Scenarios 88 & 69, players now able to see which merc is carrying the The Lurker claw & The Doll
Updated - Better GUI for Reputation unlock Sunkeeper (+10) & Nightshroud (-10) now better explained when they occur
Updated - When a Merc levels up they have the Merc's name not the Player's
Updated - Some personal quests that previously unlocked the Sunkeeper class, have been changed to unlock Sawbones or Berserker. This change will apply retroactively to your save file if you've completed those personal quests so you may find these characters are now unlocked when loading on the latest version.

FIXES:

Fixed - Issue with Scenario 81 Boss, The Colorless, spawning incorrect Night Demon Elite
Fixed - Softlock that could be caused by Spellweaver's Mystic Ally
Fixed - Issue with Scenario 34 Elder Drake's dark pits not displaying correctly
Fixed - Issue with Scenario 36 Prime Demon not spawning correctly past Round 9
Fixed - Multiplayer desync caused by Players being able to click on actions while another Player is acting
Fixed - Multiplayer desync that could be caused by BG selection while other players still catching up to loadout screen
Fixed - Crash & softlock that could happen in specific cases with Mindthief's Phantasmal Killer
Fixed - Multiplayer issue that could lock a party slot if players switched same class merc in this slot a certain way
Fixed - Ability card Nightshroud's Smoke Step to correctly add bonus
Fixed - Some issues with the Personal Quest GUI not tracking progress correctly
Fixed - Ability card Mindthief's Many as One to correctly apply bonus for allies
Fixed - Issue with Undo / Skip regarding some Scenario Special Rules (Forgo top/bottom half) that could cause a crash
Fixed - Ability card Beast Tyrant's Soaring ally Loot Command so it correctly now loots
Fixed - Issue with element not correctly being consumed with Item Robes of Evocation
Fixed - Ability card Doomstalker's Predator & Prey now applies correct bonus to attacks on Doomed enemy
Fixed - Ability card Elementalist's Shaping the Ether now grants Push correctly (not twice)
Fixed - Ability card Enhancement for Soothsinger's Knimble Knife Top, now correctly adds additional Bless if enhanced with Bless
Fixed - Issue where it was possible for allies to move through enemies in doorways
Fixed - Issue with a certain Boss counting towards a Personal Quest Perfect Poison & Giant Ooze
Fixed - Ability card Plagueherald's Spread the Plague incorrectly poisoning its user
Fixed - Multiplayer desync that could occur using Brute's Skewer Top with consumed element
Fixed - Issues that could cause error & desync with Quartermaster's Continual Supply & Refreshment
Fixed - Issue with Scenario 71 Windswept Highlands, where enemies would not correctly wake up from sleep condition when they are moved by the scenario rule
Fixed - Issue with Scenario 68 where special rule would cause an error when the tree takes damage
Fixed - GUI for multiple scenarios such as 22, 52 & 75 where the 'Forgo action' button would incorrectly display even if Merc was not adjacent to the target
Fixed - Issue with skipping the first Push on an AoE Attack in which all targets should be pushed, incorrectly skipping all pushes
Fixed - Ability card Nightshroud's Spirit of Night Top that would not behave correctly when Disarmed and an element was consumed to make it a 'Kill' ability
Fixed - Issue with Scenario 79 relating to The Betrayer's mind control ability
Fixed - Ability card Cragheart's Dirt Tornado Top + Consumed element
Fixed - Ability card Elementalist's Volatile Consumption sometimes causing an error
Fixed - Ability card Doomstalker's Sap Life Bottom where the session could get stuck requiring reload
Fixed - GUI getting stuck on screen sometimes when failing to join a multiplayer session
Fixed - Multiplayer issue in card selection phase that could happen when using Berserker's Unstoppable Destruction
Fixed - XP rewarded for Scenario win when changing difficulty before loading in
Fixed - Multiplayer issue with Scenario 22 that could incorrectly affect Monster's stats when Client's re-joined
Fixed - Ability card Plagueherald's Virulent Strain not correctly applying damage
Fixed - Issue with a specific combo using Berserker's Bone Breaker Bottom + Stun when a monster has Flying and is on same hex as a Trap
Fixed - Ally Summon focus issue in Scenario 48 Shadow Weald, where summons would incorrectly focus the 'invisible' (but teleported out) Dark Rider boss
Fixed - Multiplayer issue buying items in 'Shared gold' Guildmaster mode
Fixed - Unlimited movement bug with Berserker's Careless charge when used in combination with a certain Item Battle Axe
Fixed - Ability card Sawbone's Triage could cause an issue while Long resting
Fixed - Issue skipping the Sawbone's Triage ability incorrectly ending the turn even if actions were available
Fixed - Multiplayer issue that could result in an error due to a duplicate item in 'shared gold' Guildmaster mode
Fixed - Multiplayer issue that could result in a desync using Cragheart ability Clear the way Top
Fixed - Multiplayer issue when using Soothsinger's Song - Power Ballad with a summon controlled by another player
Fixed - Multiplayer issue regarding 'Mind Control' abilities that could result in a desync
Fixed - The hover UI to display the correct sell prices for Enhancements in the Enchantress screen
Fixed - Issue with Scenario 26 Skipping the 'Cleanse pump' action would skip Merc's entire turn incorrectly
Fixed - Possible sofltock when levelling up a Mercenary
Fixed - Tooltip that displays when using Doomstalker's Frightening Curse Top - 'Transfer Doom' tooltip now displays better
Fixed - Issue where discarding a card during card selection to give a total of 2 discarded cards would still not allow Long Rest
Fixed - Issue with a specific combo Beast Tyrant's bear with a command action killing an enemy affected by Doomstalker's Detonation doom ability

“So what, you’re a party now? A Quatryl, an Inox, a Valrath and a… whatever this one may be. Going to investigate? Don’t trouble yourselves. It is the work of vermlings I tell y’all. Ain’t nothing worse than these. Always eyeing. Always plotting. Caught one chuckling in a corner the other day. Was alone that one. Didn’t laugh for very long. I’ll tell y’all what. You prove they did it. You end them. You bring back the people, and I’ll make sure it’s worth your time.”

Lo and behold, fellow guildmasters!










A new sinister threat is looming over Gloomhaven. A series of disappearances have plagued the city and it falls upon you, brave mercenaries, to cast a light on these shadowy events.

As we roar in anticipation, here is what you can expect from this DLC:

• 25 new scenarios for 30+ hours of gameplay, leading you to the undercity of Gloomhaven.
  
• Four new playable mercenaries that can also be used in the original Gloomhaven campaign:
  
  • Valrath Red Guard (tank, crowd control), an outcast from Jhinda, wielding their own kind of weapon, a chained sickle. None shall escape the Red Guard’s grasp…
    
  • Inox Hatchet (ranged damage), a sinister marksman, hunter of beasts and men alike. Hatchet’s quarries are already dead, they simply don’t know it yet.
    
  • Human Voidwarden (support, mind-control), who survived an encounter with the void as a child and is now able to wield its mysterious powers. Minds are open books, reality can be bent… But always at a price for the Voidwarden.
    
  • Quatryl Demolitionist (melee damage, obstacle manipulation), ready to destroy anything that stands in their way towards, well… Destruction. You might want to move aside.
• 10 new monster types and bosses
  
• 22 new city events full of tough moral choices
  
• 10 items brought to the market through chests and scenarios
  
• 24 Battle Goals to let down your group over whole new reasons

You will be able to access the DLC through Gloomhaven’s story campaign, unlocking Jaws of the Lion’s missions after the second campaign scenario. Alternatively, you will be able to play with the new mercenaries and items in the Guildmaster and Story campaigns.

Jaws of the Lion can be played solo or in Coop mode for up to four players.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/1809490/Gloomhaven__Jaws_of_the_Lion/

To access The Jaws of the Lion content in multiplayer Coop every player has to own the DLC.





Is the DLC going to be a standalone campaign?
No, you are able to integrate the content of the DLC (4 mercenaries, 10 items and 25 new scenarios) with a simple click of a button into an existing Story campaign without having to start over. Alternatively, all new Story campaigns will have all new mercenaries available from the start and the new scenario content available after core mission 2.

Note - DLC enabled save games cannot be reverted to non-DLC games.

If you play in the Guildmaster mode, once converting the save or starting a new game the 4 mercenaries will be immediately available and the items will be added to various treasure tables.

How long is the game going to be at launch?
You can expect about 30+ hours to finish the main campaign.

How many players can play together online?
You will be able to play online up to 4 players, the same as the base game. Once a saved game is converted to be DLC compatible, all players will require the DLC to be able to join.
When starting a new campaign you will have the option to activate Jaws of the Lion or play with the base game only.

Can we expect further updates / DLCs after that?
Although we cannot share anything at this point, we will keep supporting the game after the release of Jaws of the Lion.

How many languages will be supported on Jaws of the Lion?
All the languages of the base game will be supported.

On which platforms will Jaws of the Lion be released?
The DLC will be available on Steam and GoG for Windows & MacOS.




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As you venture through the lands of Gloomhaven in the newly released board game campaign, share with us your thoughts, screenshots, gameplay and virtually anything that you please on Twitter.
We also post fun content (*meeeeemes*) and share tips & tricks!

You can also join our dedicated Discord server here: discord.gg/gloomhaven to receive help and advice, meet other players and discuss any topic you want!
You will be received with tremendous friendliness and warmth!

Fixed - Issues with desyncing while using the Merchant in Multiplayer
Fixed - Unwanted '!' notification remaining on the Trainer screen in Guildmaster mode
Fixed - Issue with flying monsters opening doors if they were trying to move to avoid disadvantage
Fixed - Issue when skipping Trample when immobilized in Multiplayer
Fixed - Issue if a client leaves a multiplayer game during character creation
Fixed - Softlock when being pulled through a pressure place in scenario #66
Fixed - Softlock when moving over hazardous terrain with Divine Intervention
Fixed - Error when AI is moving towards a target hex/obstacle
Fixed - Issue with Volatile Consumption in Multiplayer
Fixed - Issue with autoequipping chest items in Multiplayer
Fixed - Issue to prevent late Ready Up messages causing desynchs in Multiplayer

Updated - Better error logging for Mac specific game directory permissions
Updated - Better error reporting for broken mods

Standing in front of an ominous dungeon, Spellweaver did not feel as confident now as she did back at the tavern. Over there, she would gloat about how she earned all of these achievements. But other mercenaries challenged her, and she had to show them all... as bragging only gets you so far.

And let me tell you, her companions did not make things any easier.
Scoundrel spent quite a while staring obsessively at a nearby chest, visibly trapped, and muttering “Mine…All Mine”.
Brute, for his part, repeatedly yelled “I’ll kill them all!" and "Get over Here!” at an immobile skeleton, amidst a sea of profanities.

Suddenly, she caught movement in the shadows of the dungeon. Hungry things lurking, waiting, observing. A shiver ran down her spine, but the job had to be done. With a grim grin, she starting preparing a chromatic explosion...
A normal day in Gloomhaven.




We are gathered here today to celebrate the new update, containing a lot of new content, many bug fixes and the awaited Steam achievements.
You can find more details below.


We are adding new optional rules coming from Gloomhaven, Jaws of the Lion and Frosthaven alongside the update of several existing features. These changes and additions should let you customize your experience to a far greater extent!

Added - House Rules to the options screen and Campaign start:

• Permanent Enhancements option
  
• Summons Movement option
  
• Rolling Modifiers variant option
  
• Reduced Randomness option
  
• Line of Sight variant option
  
• Split Gold option now available in Campaign and Guildmaster

Updated - Ping system (now on Ctrl + key) to be usable during your own turn
Updated - Scenario preview UI on the map to display chests you did not loot previously
Updated - Enabled restart round in Multiplayer for the host
Updated - New Personal Quests UI
Updated - More information on the gold distribution UI
Updated - New Main Menu screen
Updated - New UI to help show when additional targets are available


Fixed - Missing Worldmap location names
Fixed - Issue with the Frost Demon movement on cards 624 and 625
Fixed - Issue with the Fast Healer Battle Goal
Fixed - Issue where players are unable to relocate mercenaries to different starting hexes after discarding cards due to a road event
Fixed - Issue with scenario 41 where you were unable to escape through the exit if you had been stunned on the exit tile
Fixed - Softlock with Psychic Projection + Heavy Basinet
Fixed - Undo button being available during movement when using Trample bottom with no enemy targets
Fixed - Issue with using Chimeric Formula top in multiplayer
Fixed - Issue when selling an item in a road event in multiplayer
Fixed - Issue with Lead to Slaughter top softlocking if the attack kills the target
Fixed - Issue with the boss Harvester where the end of round active bonus is applied more than once
Fixed - Issue with Scenario 54 where you are able to kill a Harrower Infester with a "kill" card if you are not the wielder of the Staff Of Xorn
Fixed - Issue with Dark Rider summoning two imps on the same hex
Fixed - Issue with Formless Power consuming different items for players in Multiplayer
Fixed - Issue with skipping Cold Fire top in Multiplayer
Numerous minor fixes and optimisations.



You can now 100% Gloomhaven in a new way: Steam achievements, assemble!
Also, it earns you big-time bragging rights.
On top of completing the Guildmaster and board game campaigns, which is quite the accomplishment in and of itself, you can now also attempt to get the Steam achievements!
You get to look awesome in another brand new shiny way, as you can showcase it on your Steam profile.


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As you venture through the lands of Gloomhaven in the newly released board game campaign, share with us your thoughts, screenshots, gameplay and virtually anything that you please on Twitter.
We also post fun content (*meeeeemes*) and share tips & tricks!

You can also join our dedicated Discord server here: discord.gg/gloomhaven to receive help and advice, meet other players and discuss any topic you want!
You will be received with tremendous friendliness and warmth!

Hello there mercenaries!

Soon, it's December. You know what this time of the year means, don't you..?
*small drum sounds for intense suspense*

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(Yes, you probably got it wrong, we know.)

And what better Award Category for Gloomhaven than the "Best Game You Suck At", because everyone loves to hate curses and neverending oozes.
It would really mean a lot to us to even make the short list for an award and we can think of none better than this one. So get your votes in and tell all your friends and family to do the same!




Looking at where we came from, and realizing where we're standing now, it feels incredible to be in a position to compete for a Steam Award.

We're very grateful and happy to have made that journey with you guys.
From our Steam Early Access a little more than two years ago now, to the full 1.0 launch in October and now the macOS release... it's been one hell of a ride. And a wonderful one.
And we're not done.


XOXO
The Gloomhaven Team

Good day, glorious adventurers!

Today is generous with us, as Gloomhaven is finally available on macOS.
*YAY*

We worked hard to release a macOS version that would be fully stable and of a quality level we deemed appropriate for Gloomhaven players.
As of right now, we are happy to announce that we have met the standards we set for the macOS version to be released, hence this brilliant update.
We are very excited to be giving macOS players the opportunity to join us on Gloomhaven.
Welcome!


You will find below the minimum and recommended specs to run Gloomhaven on your beloved and dear macOS!

MINIMUM
OS Version: Big Sur (11)
Processor: 2.7GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: 4 GB

RECOMMENDED
OS Version: Monterey (12)
Processor: 3.2GHz
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: 8 GB





MERCENARIES!
We heard you.
We received lots of feedback regarding the enhancements and randomness issues, and thanks to you all, we have been able to carefully evaluate and discuss these topics.
The next major update coming in December will thus implement the following changes:

Enhancements:
We are working on implementing the permanent enhancements for the retirement system from the original board game to the Gloomhaven Digital Campaign. This will be a toggleable option in the campaign that will allow a mercenary to keep their enhancements after they’re retired. Consequently, if you or another member of your party wants to play the same character, the unlocked enhancements will remain.
In the non-permanent enhancements mode, the enhancements’ pricing will be reduced and rebalanced to allow you to create new build ideas. These changes were approved by Isaac Childres and his team.

Game variant - reduced randomness:
This board game variant allows players to reduce the variance in damage caused by the x2 (or “Bless”) and x0 (or “Curse”) attack modifiers by instead treating them as a +2 and -2 modifiers respectively.

> These are two of the numerous improvements and changes we will be bringing in the upcoming update next month.
We felt it was cool to let you know we were working on these specific two as there has been a huge demand and tons of feedback about it, and since we’re cool, too. <





Steam Award Nominations are open now!



It would really mean a lot to us to even make the short list for an award, and we can think of none better than the "Best Game You Suck At" Award.

"This is the game that rewards persistence, and is not for the faint of heart. It's the toughest game we've ever loved."

https://store.steampowered.com/steamawards/nominations

So get your votes in and tell all your friends and family to do the same!




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As you venture through the lands of Gloomhaven in the newly released board game campaign, share with us your thoughts, screenshots, gameplay and virtually anything that you please on Twitter.
We also post fun content (*meeeeemes*) and share tips & tricks!

You can also join our dedicated Discord server here: discord.gg/gloomhaven to receive help and advice, meet other players and discuss any topic you want!
You will be received with tremendous friendliness and warmth!