Hello Stormbounders! A new version of Stormbound is coming in early December, bringing new cards, balance changes, some generous offers, and various bonuses!

1. Balance changes
   
2. New cards
   
3. New Brawls
   
4. Christmas Event
   
5. Base Demolisher
   
6. FAQ

BALANCE CHANGES

This release, just like any other, will bring some balance changes. We planned on buffing all vanilla cards but decided to do that in several stages for safety reasons. In December, the first group gets the buff, and other cards will be buffed with future updates.

1. Obelisk of Souls’ ability now drains 1/1/1-2/2/2 (down from 1/1/2/2/3).
   
2. Eternal Ethereals’ strength is now 6/7/8/10/12 (up from 5/6/7/9/11).
   
3. Obliterators’ strength is now 5/6/7/8/9 (up from 4/5/6/7/8).
   
4. Salty Outcasts’ strength is now 6/7/8/9/11 (up from 5/6/7/8/10).
   
5. Sleetstompers’ strength is now 8/9/10/12/14 (up from 6/7/8/10/12).
   
6. Bluesail Raiders’ strength is now 4/5/6/7/8 (up from 3/4/5/6/7).
   
7. Warfront Runners’ strength is now 3/4/5/6/7 (up from 2/3/4/5/6).

NEW CARDS

Two new cards will be introduced in December: a new legendary pirate which brings a new mechanic, as well as another Shadowfen toad.

Acid Greenhorns (Toad)

On play, poison itself and X surrounding unit

Mana: 3
Str: 1/2/3/4/5
Mov: 0/0/0/0/0
Ability: 1/2/3/4/all

Malicious Finch (Pirate)

On play, create a random single‑use Malicious Card and put it in the enemy’s deck

Mana: 4
Str: 4/5/6/7/8
Mov: 1/1/1/1/1

As usual, there will be $9.99 exclusive packs for every new card to get 10 copies as well as 750 coins and 5 fusion stones.

About Malicious Finch
When played, one of the following 3 Malicious Cards gets picked at random and inserted into the opponent’s hand. These cards are single-use, so they disappear as soon as they are played. They can be cycled at will though.

There are 3 different Malicious Cards:

• Deal 1/2/2/3/3 damage to your base (Mana 0)
  
• Discard a random card from your hand (Mana 0)
  
• Do nothing (Mana 1)

NEW BRAWLS
Similar to what we did in the last months — we will introduce 2 new Brawl modifiers for the 2 new cards. We think it’s a good way for you to be able to try, play with and enjoy newly added cards before you start collecting them.

Like last time, a 0-mana level 1 (unless owned and leveled) copy of the new card will be added to everyone’s deck (thus causing all decks to have 13 cards).

• The Warrior Brawl starting on December 15th will be for Acid Greenhorns.
  
• The Warrior Brawl starting on December 22th will be for Malicious Finch.

Moreover, as a part of the Christmas Event, we will introduce a special Brawl for this occasion: Snowball Battle Brawl.

At the beginning of the battle, a Snowman is randomly spawned on the second row for each player. Friendly and enemy Snowmen are placed in the same tile from the player’s perspective (so they’re never face to face). For instance on the 3rd tile from the left for each player. The structure has 10/15/20 strength depending on the Brawl difficulty, does not come back once destroyed and does not impact the frontline.

The following Brawls will be festive:

• The Casual Brawl starts on December 22nd.
  
• The Warrior Brawl starts on December 29th.
  
• The Ultimate Brawl starts on January 5th.

Players can get special a Christmas avatar (in the 6th milestone) in each Brawl difficulty.

Finally, the Brawl starting on December 22nd (and only that one) is going to be cheaper. All fights will be 50% off. Owners of the Premium Pass will also have their usual discount applied, leading to a 60% reduction.

CHRISTMAS EVENT

Similar to last year, we’ll have a Christmas event in the game. It will take place between December 22nd (8AM CET) and January 1st (8AM CET).

Like most holiday events, there will be some one-time-only special offers for people willing to put some money into the game. The Christmas exclusive packs will be available from December 22nd. Each of them will include one Christmas avatar.

On top of that, all books (including Noble, but not the Humble book) will yield an extra card until the end of the Christmas event. Similarly, the paid bundles yielding coins and rubies will grant +30% more resources for the duration of the Christmas event. Additionally, everyone who will log into the game during the Christmas Event, will receive 40 rubies and 400 coins.

Last but not least, matches will yield twice as many coins, and the coin cap will be raised to 800 coins (1,400 coins for Premium Pass holders) for the duration of the event.

BASE DEMOLISHER

We are introducing a new permanent feature: Base Demolisher.

Players will gather points by dealing damage to the enemy base in any competitive game (ranked, draft or brawl): 1 damage equals 1 point. The amount of points scored is determined by the difference between the opponent's starting base health and the opponent's base health at the end of the match. Forfeiting counts as full damage to the base.

As players collect points, they can reach milestones that grant resources. The higher the milestones, the more points needed but also the bigger the reward. When a milestone is reached, the reward can be collected and the points to the next milestone are reset to 0.

FAQ

When is the update going to be released?

The balance changes will be deployed with the season reset as usual. The Christmas event itself (on which all the exclusive offers and bonuses are bound) will start on December 22nd.

The 2 cards will be introduced on December 9th for Acid Greenhorns and December 16th for Malicious Finch. Base Demolisher will start gathering points on December 8th.

Additionally, with the new update, players will be able to purchase packs with newly released cards more than once.

Hello Stormbounders! A new version of Stormbound is coming early November, bringing new cards, balance changes, another beta for the new login system, and some spooky Halloween offers as well as Black Friday deals!

1. Balance changes
   
2. New cards
   
3. New Brawls
   
4. Holiday Events
   
5. New login beta
   
6. Drawing Mechanics
   
7. New VS animation
   
8. FAQ

BALANCE CHANGES

Recently, we have changed CPU levels in Ranked Mode to be higher based on players’ league.

• Level 2 for Silver League
  
• Level 3 for Gold League
  
• Level 4 for Platinum League
  
• Level 5 for Diamond League

We believe this change will give players a better experience from playing Ranked matches, even though it’s now a bit tougher. This release will also fix the bug with CPU having 1 level cards in friendly matches in Heroes League.

Furthermore, this release, just like any other, will bring some balance changes.

• Chaotic Pupil now deals 4/5/6/7/8 damage (up from 3/4/5/6/7) and which is spread randomly among bordering units (changed from a single target).
  
• Fortification Tonic now grants 3/4/5/6/7 strength (up from 2/3/4/5/6).
  
• Aged Duskbringers’ strength is now 6/7/8/9/11 (up from 5/6/7/8/10).
  
• Trekking Aldermen’s ability now deals as much as damage as received (changed from 3/3/4/4/5).
  
• Va’vel the Looper’s strength is now 1/2/3/3/4 (down from 2/3/4/4/5).
  
• Prime Oracle Bragda’s ability now targets up to 2/3/3/4/4 units (changed from all).

NEW CARDS
Two new cards will be introduced in November: a new Swarm structure, and another Ironclad construct.

Cursed Cemetery (Structure)

At the start of your turn, spawn X strength Undead on both sides

Mana: 4
Str: 3/4/5/6/7
Ability: 1/2/2/3/3

Frontline Engineers (Construct)

On play, gain X strength for each surrounding friendly structure

Mana: 4
Str: 2/3/4/4/5
Mov: 1/1/1/1/1
Ability: 2/2/3/4/4

As usual, there will be $9.99 exclusive packs for every new card to get 10 copies as well as 750 coins and 5 fusion stones.

NEW BRAWLS
Similar to what we did in the last months — we will introduce 2 new Brawl modifiers for the 2 new cards. We think it’s a good way for you to be able to try, play with and enjoy newly added cards before you start collecting them.

Like last time, a 0-mana level 1 (unless owned and leveled) copy of the new card will be added to everyone’s deck (thus causing all decks to have 13 cards).

• The Warrior Brawl starting on November 10th will be for Cursed Cemetery.
  
• The Warrior Brawl starting on November 17th will be for Frontline Engineers.

Moreover, as a part of the Halloween Event, we will introduce a special Brawl for this occasion: Spooky Pumpkin.

During this brawl, every dead enemy will spawn a Spooky Pumpkin structure that explodes under special conditions. The structure has 3/5/7 strength, depending on the Brawl difficulty.

The following Brawls will be spooky:

• The Casual Brawl starting on October 27th.
  
• The Warrior Brawl starting on November 3rd.
  
• The Ultimate Brawl starting on November 10th.

Players can get special a Halloween avatar (in the 6th milestone) in each Brawl difficulty, from silly to terrifying.

Spooky Pumpkin (Structure)

At the start of your turn, if there are at least 3 friendly pumpkins, destroy them and deal 1 damage for each to the enemy base

HOLIDAY EVENTS

Halloween (Oct 27 – Nov 6)
To celebrate Halloween, there will be 3 premium bundles and a small gift of 20 rubies for anyone logging into the game between October 27th and November 6th.

13 Scary Stories Bundle ($9.99):

• Witch cat avatar
  
• 3 Books of Magic
  
• 3 Books of Elders
  
• coin 300 coins
  
• ruby 30 rubies

Trick or Treat Bundle ($29.99):

• Cute pumpkin avatar
  
• 6 Mythic Tomes
  
• 6 Heroic Tomes
  
• 6 Classic Tomes

13 Scary Stories Bundle ($79.99):

• Frankenstein’s monster avatar
  
• 13 Books of Legends
  
• 5,000 coins
  
• 500 rubies
  
• 50 fusion stones

There will also be some special weekly and monthly vanishing packs available throughout the month of November, just like last year.

Finally, the Brawl starting on November 3rd (and only that one) is going to be cheaper. All fights will be 50% off. Owners of the Premium Pass will also have their usual discount applied, leading to a 60% reduction.

Black Friday (Nov 24 – Nov 28)
There will be some one-time only special offers for people willing to put some money into the game. The Black Friday exclusive packs will be available from November 24th until November 28th (8AM CET) so be sure to jump on them!

Raining Cats bundle ($9.99):

• Pirate cat avatar
  
• Guaranteed 3 copies of each of the 6 rare and epic felines
  
• 3 Classic Tomes

Edrik’s Army bundle ($19.99):

• Hipster avatar
  
• 2 copies of Edrik the Fierce
  
• 18 cards amongst the most played across the last 3 months globally

Emblem of Heroism bundle ($49.99):

• Afro avatar
  
• 35 Heroic Tomes

The Greatest Treasure bundle ($99.99):

• Cyclops avatar
  
• 30 cards from each rarity
  
• 1,000 rubies
  
• 5,000 coins

On top of that, all books (including Noble) will yield an extra card until the end of the event. Similarly, the paid bundles yielding coins and rubies will grant between +10% and +30% more coins, and between +10% and +60% more rubies for the duration of the Black Friday event.

Moreover, all coin gains will be doubled between that time period, except for quests. The coin cap will also be doubled.

Finally, the Brawl starting on November 14th (and only that one) is going to be cheaper. All fights will be 50% off. Owners of the Premium Pass will also have their usual discount applied, leading to a 60% reduction.

NEW VS ANIMATION
The upcoming update will also introduce a new animated “Versus” animation. It will appear in the middle of the screen and will include a “VS” text with spinning white lines.

As soon as the text with spinning lines starts to fade, the following elements will appear on the screen: players name, kingdom name and league emblem with number.

From now on, it will also be possible to click on the opponent’s details to expand information presented on a VS screen.

NEW LOGIN BETA
The new login system is nearly ready for release on both Android and iOS. All we need are some additional tests to ensure that everything works as expected. This gives you the opportunity to sign up and be one of the first players to try the new system and earn 50 rubies!

If you are interested in participating, here is what you need to do. Send an email to new.login.beta@stormboundgames.com with the following information:

• Your Stormbound player ID (e.g. 102390249)
  
• Your Discord  name + tag (e.g. Kitty#1909)
  
• Your country of residency (e.g. United States of America)
  
• The platform you play on (i.e. iOS or Android)
  
• The email you will be using to sign in with Google or Apple

It is important the subject of the email you send matches this very format: <Discord ID> <Stormbound ID> <Platform (iOS/Android)> login. For instance, Kitty#1909 1002216742 Android login.

From there, a handful of players will be chosen and invited to a private Discord channel mid-July to participate in the beta. All instructions will be given in due time.

DRAWING MECHANICS
Players have frequently reported that there might be a problem with the drawing mechanics, that makes getting back cards that were just played too often. After thorough testing, we’ve found out that this mechanic is working as expected.

For clarity: a card can be played more than once within the same turn, albeit rather rare. When a card is played, it goes back into the deck with a “weight” of 1. Another draw will cause a reweighing of the deck, which makes the card’s weight non null. From there, a subsequent draw (through card ability or cycling) can cause the card to be drawn (and played) again, even though the odds are not in favor.

Playing a few cards (and additionally cycling a card) in a turn causes a few draws at the end of the turn, therefore, with every draw, all cards in a deck are shuffled with new weights. Collector Mirz for example, creates a card with a weight of 1.

Note that cards generated by Guardi the Lightbringer used their own custom weighted draw algorithm. It will now be tuned down with the Balance Changes update on 2nd of November.

The logic of drawing mechanics goes more or less like this:

1. The deck is initially shuffled. This is to make sure the weights do not match the card order (lowest weight on cheaper cards, and higher weights on more expensive ones).
   
2. The first card of the shuffled deck is assigned a weight of 1.
   
3. Every card is then assigned a weight based on the weight of the previous card following the formula: weight × 1.6 + 100. As a result, the second card has a weight of 101.6 (1 × 1.6 + 100) and the third card of 262.56 (101.6 × 1.6 + 100) and so on and so forth.
   
4. From there, 4 cards are drawn with the weighted random to compose the initial hand. That means the cards with the highest weights are most likely to be drawn, but that’s not a guarantee.

FAQ
When is the update going to be released?

The balance changes will be released with the season reset as usual, although on November 2nd due to the holiday. The 2 cards will be introduced on November 4th for Cursed Cemetery and November 11th for Frontline Engineers.

The Halloween event will extend from October 27th to November 6th (8AM CET) and the Black Friday event will extend from November 24th to November 28th (8AM CET).

How does the Spooky Pumpkin ability work?

In that Brawl-only, friendly Spooky Pumpkin spawn as enemy units die.

At the start of a turn, the first friendly Spooky Pumpkin on the board checks if there are at least 3 of them, and if there are, trigger its explosive ability.

Because all friendly Spooky Pumpkins end up being destroyed to deal damage to the enemy base, only the first one can use its ability. When it activates, all the others are destroyed.

What’s worth pointing out is that it possible to deal more than 3 damage to the base. Killing many units in one turn, and therefore spawning as many pumpkins, may result in explosive damage!

Hello Stormbounders! A new version of Stormbound is coming early October, bringing new cards, balance changes, Heroes League adjustments and a new daily calendar.

1. Compensation
   
2. Balance changes
   
3. New cards
   
4. New Brawls
   
5. Heroes League
   
6. Daily Calendar
   
7. FAQ

COMPENSATION

As some of you may know, there was an issue with the Anniversary Event ending a day too early. It was supposed to last until end of day September 25th, and ended early in that day instead.

This is unfortunate and something that should not have happened. We would like to extend our apologies to everyone impacted and intend to make up for this inconvenience with some compensation.

We have already returned the difference in coins you would have saved on Sunday’s Brawls. Additionally, everyone who bought books on Sunday received the missing free cards. Furthermore, this Sunday only (October 2nd), books containing more cards will be available in the shop, and all coins gained will be doubled throughout the day.

Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience. We’ll do everything to prevent situations like this to ever happen again.

BALANCE CHANGES

We are back with our monthly balance changes:

• Wolfcloaks now cost 7 mana (up from 6).
  
• Draconic Roamers now spawn dragons with 2/2/3/3/4 strength (up from 1/1/2/2/3).
  
• Aged Duskbringers’ ability now grants 5/6/7/8/10 strength (up from 4/5/6/7/9).
  
• Temple Guardians’ ability now triggers when playing bordering any Temple Structure or base (instead of in front or sides of a friendly Temple Structure or base).

NEW CARDS

Two new cards will be introduced in October: a new Shadowfen structure, and another Ironclad rodent.

CHEESY LURERS (RODENT)

On play, pull the first enemy in front and deal X damage to it

Mana: 3
Str: 1/2/3/4/5
Mov: 1/1/1/1/1
Ability: 2/3/4/5/6

OBELISK OF SOULS (Structure)

At the start of your turn, drain strength from the strongest enemy unit

Mana: 3
Str: 2/3/4/5/6
Ability: 1/1/2/2/3

As usual, there will be $9.99 exclusive packs for every new card to get 10 copies as well as coin 750 coins and fusion stone 5 fusion stones.

NEW BRAWLS

Similar to what we did in the last months — we will introduce 2 new Brawl modifiers for the 2 new cards. We think it’s a good way for you to be able to try, play with and enjoy newly added cards before you start collecting them.

Like last time, a 0-mana level 1 (unless owned and leveled) copy of the new card will be added to everyone’s deck (thus causing all decks to have 13 cards).

• The Warrior Brawl starting on October 6th will be for Cheesy Lurers.
  
• The Warrior Brawl starting on October 13th will be for Obelisk of Souls.

HEROES LEAGUE

Top 500

The Heroes League is now limited to 500 players at any given time. To get into that league, players need to reach a higher peak score than the other players, or be one of the first 500 persons to reach the league.

If a player reaches all ranks and stars in the Diamond League, there are two scenarios that can happen:

1. If there are less 500 players in the Heroes League, the player automatically gets in.
   
2. Otherwise, the player stays in the Diamond League. From that point onward, they will see information about their current and peak scores and how high they need to reach to get in the Heroes League.

Rewards in Heroes League

The Heroes League rewards (seasonal chest and special rewards based on the Hero score) are given differently than rewards in other leagues.

• Avatar: The top player in the Heroes League gets a unique avatar (just as before).
  
• Heroes Chest: The Heroes chest is given to all 500 members of the league, no matter which position they end the season at. However, players who were kicked out of the Heroes League cannot claim the Heroes chest; they get the Diamond chest.
  
• Books & Fusion Stones: The rewards in each Top List are given to all Heroes League members who end the season in this top list or higher. For instance, a player ending the season #96 collects additional rewards from the Top 100 and also from the Top 250.

The top 250 players at the end of the season will receive additional fusion stones (remember these are cumulative):

• Top 1: 100 Fusion Stones
  
• Top 10: 50 Fusion Stones
  
• Top 100: 30 Fusion Stones
  
• Top 250: 20 Fusion Stones

The top 250 players at the end of the season will also receive additional books, just like it happens right now. What changes is that the type of book will be randomized. For instance, the top player will get either a Mythic Tome, a Book of Archdragons or a Book of Legends, at random. Then in the next season, it will be one of the other 3, and so on and so forth. For the other Top 250 players, all specialized books are available (similarly random and rotating).

DAILY CALENDAR

The daily calendar which has been around for well over a year now will be revamped to add new mechanics.

Instead of one reward per day, the new calendar will have 15 gifts in total (regardless of which month).
Collecting a reward unlocks the next one, but there is a 24-hour cooldown period between collects. That means you don’t have to collect a certain reward on a specific day per se — you will be able to collect it whenever, provided you are not within your 24 hours cooldown period.

Premium Pass holders will still get an additional reward with every gift (collected at once like before). Buying a Premium Pass throughout the month will automatically grant the additional reward for all previously collected gifts, so nothing is lost.

Additionally, and perhaps more importantly, the Premium Pass is now a 30-days buy that’s not tied to the current calendar month. This means if one buys the Premium Pass on the 12th at 1pm, they will be a holder for exactly 30 days (ending at 1pm).

FAQ

When is the update going to be released?

The balance changes will be released with the season reset as usual. The 2 cards will be introduced on October 7th for Cheesy Lurers and October 14th for Obelisk of Souls. The Heroes League update will be effective as of October 1st.

Hello Stormbounders! A new version of Stormbound is coming early September, bringing new common cards, general game improvements, and a lot of generous offers to celebrate Stormbound’s 5th anniversary! On top of that there is a new beginning ahead of us.

1. Announcement
   
2. Balance changes
   
3. New cards
   
4. Anniversary Gifts
   
5. Cheapened Brawl
   
6. Exclusive offers
   
7. New Brawls
   
8. Demote in ranked mode
   
9. Peak Leaderboard
   
10. FAQ

ANNOUNCEMENT

Many of you have probably recently noticed a small but definitely big change in our game: the Sheepyard logo has been replaced with a new logo, from Stormbound Games. We can finally proudly announce the reason: our game is moving to a dedicated company managed by the original creators, Paladin Studios.

After two years of great cooperation between both companies, it has been decided that it would be best to form a new partnership: a fusion of the entire Stormbound team who worked on the game for the past two years and Paladin Studios, the original creators of our beloved title. We would like to extend our gratitude towards Sheepyard for reviving Stormbound two years ago and supporting its growth ever since. Without their support, we wouldn't have been able to add so many amazing features to the game.

What does that mean for Stormbound? The team remains unchanged (even expanding), but many new opportunities are available now, thanks to the renewed cooperation with Paladin Studios. Now more than ever, Stormbound is our biggest priority as this is the only project we will continue working on.

We could not think of a better time to share this news than on the game’s 5th anniversary. We believe Stormbound has a bright future ahead, and we wish for another amazing 5 years with you Stormbounders!

BALANCE CHANGES

For the very first time since Sheepyard took over the game over 2.5 years ago, the next update will not introduce any balance changes. Between the aforementioned studio change and the summer holidays, we did not find enough time to assess, introduce and test balance tweaks. Next ones in October!

NEW CARDS

Two new cat-themed cards will be introduced in September: a cat structure and a cat spell.

CHATEAU DE CARDBOARD (Structure)

At the start of your turn, confuse the most forward enemy unit

Mana: 4
Str: 4/5/6/7/8

Catnip's Charm (Spell)

Confuse a target unit and give X strength to the weakest friendly feline

Mana: 2
Ability X: 1/2/3/4/5

As usual, there will be $9.99 exclusive packs for every new card to get 10 copies as well as 750 coins and 5 fusion stones.

ANNIVERSARY GIFTS

To celebrate this special event, anyone logging into the game between September 15th to September 25th will receive the following bundle: 500 coins, 50 rubies, 5 fusion stones and 1 legendary card.

On top of that, all coin gains will be doubled between during that time period, except for quests. The coin cap will also be doubled, reaching 800 coins for all players, and 1,400 coins for Premium Pass holders.

Last but not least, all books will contain more cards during that timeframe. Books normally holding 3 cards will be contain 4, and books usually containing 6 cards (Mythic, Heroic and Classic) will yield 8!

CHEAPENED BRAWL

Similar to previous events, the Brawl starting on September 15th and the one starting on September 22nd are going to be cheaper. All fights will be 50% off. Owners of the Premium Pass will also have their usual discount applied, leading to a 60% reduction.

EXCLUSIVE OFFERS

For those of you willing to put a few bucks into the game and supporting the creators, this anniversary event will introduce 4 special in-app purchases. They will all be available for 10 days from September 15th.

The $4.99 pack will yield:

• New Avatar
  
• 1 Mythic Tome
  
• 100 coins

The $19.99 pack will yield:

• New Avatar
  
• 4 Mythic Tomes
  
• 4 Heroic Tomes
  
• 500 coins

The $49.99 pack will yield:

• New Avatar
  
• 10 Mythic Tomes
  
• 10 Heroic Tomes
  
• 10 Classic Tomes
  
• 1,500 coins

The $99.99 pack will yield:

New Avatar

• 20 Mythic Tomes
  
• 20 Heroic Tomes
  
• 20 Classic Tomes
  
• 5,000 coins
  
• 50 fusion stones

On top of that, every Ruby bundle will yield double the original amount of rubies. This is not time-bound, and effectively lasts forever until every bundle has been bought once.

NEW BRAWLS

Similar to what we did in the last months — we will introduce 2 new Brawl modifiers for the 2 new cards. We think it’s a good way for you to be able to try, play with and enjoy newly added cards before you start collecting them.

Like last time, a 0-mana level 1 (unless owned and leveled) copy of the new card will be added to everyone’s deck (thus causing all decks to have 13 cards).

• The Warrior Brawl starting on the September 15th will be for Catnip’s Charm.
  
• The Warrior Brawl starting on the September 22nd will be for Chateau de Cardboard.

DEMOTE IN RANKED MODE

We would like to introduce a new feature for Ranked Mode which allows you to lower your league if you feel like you don’t belong to your current league.

This will be offered if you happen to lose three battles in a row while having 0 stars at the lowest possible division of your current league. For instance, if you have 0 stars at Silver 5, you will be offered to demote down to Bronze — division 3 with 0 stars, bang on in the middle.

Note that this does not influence the chest you will get at the end of the season. In other words, you get the chest associated to the highest league you’ve reached during the season, regardless of whether you‘ve demoted or not.

PEAK LEADERBOARD

Screenshot of the Heroes League leaderboard featuring a “Peak” column showcasing the highest rank every player has ever reached in Heroes League.
This second feature is targeted towards our end-game players in Heroes League, who often were demotivated to play at the highest level for fear of falling down the ladder.

The new Heroes League “Peak” system will save players’ highest achieved rank, which will be deciding their place on the current Heroes League board.

FAQ

When is the update going to be released?

The new Ranked Mode features will be added to the game on September 12th. The 2 cards will be introduced on September 15th for Catnip’s Charm and September 22nd for Chateau de Cardboard.

Hello Stormbounders! A new version of Stormbound is coming early August, bringing balance tweaks, 2 new legendary cards, exclusive offers and some information about the new login beta!

1. Disclaimer
   
2. Balance Changes
   
3. New cards
   
4. New Brawls
   
5. Heroes League queueing
   
6. New login beta
   
7. FAQ

DISCLAIMER

We’re right in the middle of the summer, so most of our team members are currently on holiday. This leaves us with limited capacity to build new features, but we should be able to speed up the pace in September. Thank you for understanding!

BALANCE CHANGES

This release, just like any other, will bring some balance changes.

• Eloth the Ignited now costs 4 mana (down from 5), but his strength is now 3/4/5/6/7 (down from 5/6/7/8/10) and its ability deals 2/3/4/5/6 damage (down from 3/4/5/6/7).
  
• Visions of the Grove now cost 6 mana (down from 8) and have one movement (up from 0), but their strength is now 6/7/8/9/10 (down from 8/10/12/15/18). Finally, their ability is linearized across all levels, converting every 3 mana point remaining into 1 damage.
  
• Flaming Stream now costs 4 mana (down from 5) but its ability deals 3/4/5/6/7 damage (down from 4/5/6/7/8).
  
• Soap Cleanse now gives (instead of restoring) 1/2/3/4/5 strength (down from 3/4/5/6/7) to friendly poisoned units.
  
• Snake Eyes now costs 4 mana (down from 5) but their strength is 4/5/6/7/9 (down from 6/7/8/10/12).

NEW CARDS

Two new neutral legendary cards coming this month!

VA’VEL THE LOOPER (DRAGON ANCIENT HERO)

Before moving, teleport to the first empty tile behind

Mana:3
Str: 5/6/7/8/9
Mov: 1/1/1/1/1

GUARDI THE LIGHTBRINGER (ANCIENT HERO)

Before moving, if there are no enemy units in front, create a 0 cost level X single‑use non‑common Temple card and add it to your deck

Mana:3
Ability: 1/2/3/4/5
Str: 6/7/8/10/12
Mov: 0/0/0/0/0

As usual, there will be $9.99 exclusive packs for both cards to get 1 copy as well as 750 coins and 5 fusion stones.

NEW BRAWLS

A brand new Brawl is introduced to the game: Focused Energy. In this mode, all units benefit from an additional movement. Think of it as if there was a Temple of Focus behind them. This causes Ancient units to trigger their ability twice.

Additionally — similar to what we did in the last months — we will introduce 2 new Brawl modifiers for the 2 new cards. We think it’s a good way for you to be able to try, play with and enjoy newly added cards before you start collecting them.

Like last time, a 0-mana level 1 (unless owned and leveled) copy of the new card will be added to everyone’s deck (thus causing all decks to have 13 cards).

The Warrior Brawl starting on the August 18th will be for Va’vel the Looper.
The Warrior Brawl starting on the August 25th will be for Guardi the Lightbringer.

HEROES LEAGUE QUEUEING

Over the last few weeks, our backend engineers worked hard to optimize the queueing time in the Heroes League. From approximately mid-August onwards, you should no longer have to wait long to find opponents to challenge!

NEW LOGIN BETA

As announced last month, we have started beta-testing the new login system. The iOS beta ended with great results. We will start the Android beta during the first week of August.

In the meantime we’re still waiting for some work to be done from Kongregate’s side to make login work perfectly via Steam, so we can’t really give a date about Steam’s login beta yet.

FAQ

When is the update going to be released?

The balance changes will be deployed with the season reset as usual. The 2 cards will be introduced on August 12th for Va’vel and August 19th for Guardi.

Hello Stormbounders! A new version of Stormbound is coming early July, bringing balance tweaks, 2 new cards, exclusive offers and the new login beta!

1. Balance Changes
   
2. New cards
   
3. New Brawls
   
4. New login beta
   
5. FAQ
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BALANCE CHANGES

This release, just like any other, will bring some balance changes.

• Chilled Stonedames’ strength is now 5/6/7/8/9 (up from 4/5/6/7/8).
  
• Bounded Daemons’ strength is now 4/5/5/6/7 (up from 3/4/4/5/6).
  
• Olf the Hammer’s strength is now 7/8/9/11/13 (up from 6/7/8/10/12).
  
• Excited Mousers’ ability is now board-wide instead of surrounding only.
  
• Rockworkers’ movement is now 1 (up from 0) and their strength is now 3/4/5/6/7 (down from 4/5/6/7/8).
  
• Midwinter Chaos’ ability now targets units with 5/6/7/8/9 strength (up from 4/5/6/7/8).
  
• Temple of Space’s strength is now 4/5/6/7/8 (up from 3/4/5/6/7).

NEW CARDS

Two new cards coming this month, one of them dedicated to Reckless Rush, the popular community member who made waves for being an aggressive rush player reaching high leagues with low-level cards. If you haven’t read Reckless’ guide, be sure to do so!

RECKLESS RUSHERS (Undead)

Before attacking, deal 1 damage to your base

Mana: 1
Str: 1/2/3/4/5
Mov: 3

AWAKENING OF THE WILL (Spell)

Give strength to X random friendly unit with no ability equal to their mana cost, then give them additional strength up to Y of their mana cost

Mana: 2
Ability X: 1/1/2/2/3
Ability Y: 1/2/2/3/5

As usual, there will be $9.99 exclusive packs for every new card to get 10 and 3 copies respectively as well as 750 coins and 5 fusion stones.

NEW BRAWLS

A brand new Brawl is introduced to the game: Godspeed. In this mode, Ancient units will have 2 movement, regardless of their initial movement. Note that this doesn’t cause their ability to proc twice — still only once per movement phase. This Brawl will premiere on July 21st in all Brawl difficulties.

Additionally — similar to what we did in the last months — we will introduce 2 new Brawl modifiers for the 2 new cards. We think it’s a good way for you to be able to try, play with and enjoy newly added cards before you start collecting them.

Like last time, a 0-mana level 1 (unless owned and leveled) copy of the new card will be added to everyone’s deck (thus causing all decks to have 13 cards).

• The Warrior Brawl starting on the July 14th will be for Reckless Rushers.
  
• The Warrior Brawl starting on the June 28th will be for Awakening of the Will.

NEW LOGIN BETA

The new login is finally just around the corner and we are going to start an open beta very soon! This gives you the opportunity to sign up and be one of the first players to try the new system and earn ruby 50 rubies!

If you are interested in participating, here is what you need to do. Send an email to new.login.beta@stormboundgames.com with the following information:

• Your Stormbound player ID (e.g. 102390249)
  
• Your Discord name + tag (e.g. Kitty#1909)
  
• Your country of residency (e.g. United States of America)
  
• The platform you play on (i.e. Apple, Android or Steam)
  
• The email you will be using to sign in with Google or Apple

It is important the subject of the email you send matches this very format: <Discord ID> <Player ID> <Platform type (Apple/Steam/Android)> login. For instance, Kitty#1909 1002216742 Android login.

From there, a handful of players will be chosen and invited to a private Discord channel mid-July to participate in the beta. All instructions will be given in due time.

FAQ

When is the update going to be released?

The balance changes will be deployed with the season reset as usual. The 2 cards will be introduced on July 10th for Reckless Rushers and July 24th for Awakening of the Will.

Hello Stormbounders! A new version of Stormbound is coming early June, bringing balance tweaks, 3 new cards, exclusive offers and some info about the new login system!

1. Balance Changes
   
2. New cards
   
3. New Brawls
   
4. New login
   
5. FAQ

Balance Changes
This release, just like any other, will bring some balance changes.

• Rain of Frogs now costs 3 mana (up from 2).
  
• Boomstick Officers’ ability now deals 5/6/7/8/10 (up from 4/5/6/7/8).
  
• Goldgrubbers now replace 2 non-Pirate cards at level 4 and 5 (up from 1).
  
• Northsea Dog’s ability now grant 6/7/8/10/12 (up from 5/6/7/8/10).
  
• Call for Aid now spawns units with 4/5/6/7/8 strength (up from 3/4/5/6/7).

As usual, some compensation in the form of coins and fusion stones will be provided to owners of Rain of Frogs, proportional to the level and rarity of the card. Find below the compensation values for each rarity and level.

Epic card: 15 coins and 2 fusion stones at level 2, 40 coins and 5 fusion stones at level 3, 120 coins and 10 fusion stones at level 4, 250 coins and 20 fusion stones at level 5.

New cards

Three new neutral spells will be introduced, two of them common, one rare.

FINAL SACRIFICE (Spell)

Trigger the ability of a friendly non‑legendary unit with up to X strength, then destroy that unit

Mana: 4
Ability: 3/4/5/6/7

QUAKEFALL OF THE SKIES (Spell)

Deal X damage to non‑temple structures, then spread the amount received among surrounding enemy units and structures

Mana: 2
Ability: 1/2/3/4/5

STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Destroy a target friendly Ancient unit and play a random level X non‑Ancient unit on the same tile

Mana: 3
Ability: 1/2/3/4/5

As usual, there will be $9.99 exclusive packs for every new card to get 3 copies as well as 750 coins and 5 fusion stones.

New Brawls

Similar to what we did in the last months, we will introduce 3 new Brawl modifiers for the 3 new cards. We think it’s a good way for you to be able to try, play with and enjoy newly added cards before you start collecting them.

Like last time, a 0-mana level 1 (unless owned and leveled) copy of the new card will be added to everyone’s deck (thus causing all decks to have 13 cards).

• The Warrior Brawl starting on the June 16th will be for Final Sacrifice.
  
• The Warrior Brawl starting on the June 23rd will be for Quakefall of the Skies.
  
• The Warrior Brawl starting on the June 30th will be for Stream of Consciousness.

New login

A bit of an update about the new login system. First things first: it’s not exactly ready, but it’s almost there. Our team has put a massive amount of effort into it lately and we’re making some good progress. It really is a technical milestone that might as well dwarf the complexity of the Draft mode. But I digress.

The new login system will let players create or move their current account (which uses Kongregate under the hood) to Google Play or Apple Game Center. This ensures their progress doesn’t get lost, and is more consistent with players’ experience on their usual operating system.

To move the account, one can:

• Log in with Kongregate, then follow the dedicated process in the options popup to create a new account with the current progress.
  
• Create a new account, then follow the dedicated process in the options popup to merge both accounts. This will overwrite all the data from the new account with the one from the Kongregate account.

About usernames:

• When moving the account to the new system, players will be able to change their username (provided it remains unique). Doing so will free the old nickname for other players to use.
  
• Existing usernames will be preemptively reserved on the new system so that people can transfer their account without having to rename.
  
• Furthermore, players will be able to update their username more conveniently using the new accounts.

To encourage everyone to move to the new platform, we will be rewarding players with in-game resources once the transfer has been successfully done.

FAQ

When is the update going to be released?

The balance changes will be deployed with the season reset as usual. The 3 cards will be introduced on June 12th, June 19th and June 26th respectively. The new login does not have a specific release date yet but we hope to wrap it up soon.

How does Stream of Consciousness work?

First of all, Stream of Consciousness spawns a random non-Ancient unit from the game, not from your hand or your deck. That means you could get anything from Lawless Herd to Chillbeards—this is a gamble. The spawn is not limited to your faction either, so you could unlock some interesting combos.

We crunched the numbers: the average mana value in the game for non-Ancient units is 4.56. Playing Stream of Consciousness means spending 3 mana, losing a friendly unit (which should have at least 1 or 2 mana worth of value left), so on paper this is balanced at the mana cost.

Hello Stormbounders! A new version of Stormbound is coming early May bringing balance changes, 3 new cards and some exclusive offers!

1. Balance changes
   
2. New cards
   
3. New Brawls
   
4. FAQ

BALANCE CHANGES

This release, just like any other, will bring some balance changes.

• Demotivating Strike now costs 3 mana (down from 4) and its ability deals 2/3/4/5/6 (down from 3/4/5/6/7).
  
• Underground Spring’s ability now grants 1/1-2/2/2-3/3 (up from 1/1-2/1-2/2/2).
  
• Blessed with Brawn now costs 5 mana (down from 6) and its ability grants 6/8/10/12/15 (down from 8/10/12/15/18).
  
• Emerald Towers’ ability now grants 2/2/3/4/5 (up from 2/2/3/3/4).
  
• Broodmother Qordia’s strength is now 4/5/6/7/9 (down from 5/6/7/8/10) and her dragonlings’ strength is 2/3/4/5/6 (down from 3/4/5/6/7).

NERF COMPENSATION

As usual, some compensation in the form of coins and fusion stones will be provided to owners of Broodmother Qordia, proportional to the level and rarity of the card. Find below the compensation values for each rarity and level.

Legendary card: 1 fusion stone at level 1, 20 coins and 5 fusion stones at level 2, 50 coins and 10 fusion stones at level 3, 150 coins and 20 fusion stones at level 4, 300 coins and 50 fusion stones at level 5.

NEW CARDS

Three new Epic Ancients will join the Neutral pack during the month of May.

BIG SISTERS OF GROWTH (ANCIENT)

Before moving, vitalize itself then give x strength to weaker friendly units

Mana: 4
Str: 4/5/6/7/8
Mov: 0/0/0/0/0
Ability: 1/2/2/3/3


AGILE WARRIORS (ANCIENT)

Before moving, deal x damage to a random bordering enemy unit for each friendly unit. If that unit dies, move towards its tile instead

Mana: 4
Str: 2/3/4/5/6
Mov: 1/1/1/1/1
Ability: 1/1/1/2/2


TIMBER ALCHEMISTS (ANCIENT)

Before moving, steal all status effects from all friendly units and gain x strength for each unique status effect received

Mana: 2
Str: 1/1/2/2/3
Mov: 1/1/1/1/1
Ability: 1/2/2/3/3


As usual, there will be $9.99 exclusive packs for every new card to get 3 copies as well as 750 coins and 5 fusion stones.

NEW BRAWLS

Similar to what we did in the last months, we will introduce 3 new Brawl modifiers for the 3 new cards. We think it’s a good way for you to be able to try, play with and enjoy newly added cards before you start collecting them.

Like last time, a 0-mana level 1 (unless owned and leveled) copy of the new card will be added to everyone’s deck (thus causing all decks to have 13 cards).

• The Warrior Brawl starting on the May 19th will be for Big Sisters of Growth.
  
• The Warrior Brawl starting on the May 26th will be for Agile Warriors.
  
• The Warrior Brawl starting on the June 2nd will be for Timber Alchemists.

FAQ

When is the update going to be released?

The balance changes will be deployed with the season reset as usual. The 3 cards will be introduced on May 15th, May 22nd and May 29th respectively.

How do Timber Alchemists work?

The status effects Timber Alchemists steal are vitalized, poisoned, confused, frozen and silenced. Note that they steal statuses in regular order (top-to-bottom, left-to-right), which matters when stealing both vitality and poison.

Disclaimer

Unfortunately, the friends notification system has been more complex than originally anticipated which, coupled with one of our engineers being absent, has caused some delay in our backlog.
As a result, we intend to finish shipping the friends notification toggle and multibuy features promised last month, and would like to apologize for the delay.

Balance changes

This release, just like any other, will bring some balance changes.

• Herald’s Hymn’s ability now grants 2/3/4/5/6 (up from 1/2/3/4/5).
  
• Rimelings now cost 4 mana (down from 5) and gain 2 mana (down from 3).
  
• Conflicted Drakes’ ability now deals 2/2/3/3/4 (up from 1/1/2/2/3).
  
• Temple of the Mind’s strength is now 3/4/5/6/7 (up from 2/3/4/5/6).
  
• Bounded Daemons’ strength is now 3/4/4/5/6 (up from 2/3/3/4/5).
  
• Diehards now cost 3 mana (down from 4).
  
• Martyr Spongers’ movement is now 1 (up from 0).
  
• Flameless Lizards’ strength is now 7/8/10/12/14 (down from 7/9/11/13/16).

As usual, some compensation in the form of coins and fusion stones will be provided to owners of Flameless Lizards, proportional to the level and rarity of the card. Find below the compensation values for each rarity and level.

New cards

There will be two new neutral legendary heroes introduced next month: Gray the Balancer on April 3rd and Siro the Resurrector on April 17th. There will also be an alternative to Execution in the form of a new spell: Demotivation Strike.

DEMOTIVATION STRIKE

Silence a target unit then deal x damage

Mana: 4
Ability: 3/4/5/6/7

SIRO THE RESURRECTOR (ANCIENT HERO)

Before moving, respawn x surrounding non‑legendary friendly unit destroyed since the beginning of the turn

Mana: 7
Str: 7/8/10/12/15
Mov: 1/1/1/1/1
Ability: 1/2/3/4/ALL

GRAY THE BALANCER (ANCIENT HERO)

Before moving, destroy the weakest unit from the player who has most units on the board

Mana: 4
Str: 4/5/6/7/8
Mov: 1/1/1/1/1


As usual, there will be exclusive packs for every new card to get immediate copies as well as 750 coins and 5 fusion stones.

NEW BRAWLS

Similar to what we did in the last months, we will introduce 3 new Brawl modifiers for the 3 new cards. We think it’s a good way for you to be able to try, play with and enjoy newly added cards before you start collecting them.

Like last time, a 0-mana level 1 (unless owned and leveled) copy of the new card will be added to everyone’s deck (thus causing all decks to have 13 cards). If you also have that card in your base deck, it will cost 0 mana as well.

• The Warrior Brawl starting on the April 14th will be for Demotivation Strike.
  
• The Warrior Brawl starting on the April 21st will be for Siro the Resurrector.
  
• The Warrior Brawl starting on the April 28th will be for Gray the Balancer.

Cheapened Brawl

The Brawl starting on April 15th (and only that one) is going to be cheaper. All fights will be 50% off. Owners of the Premium Pass will also have their usual discount applied, leading to a 60% reduction.

Easter offers

As usual, exclusive packs will be available from April 1st until April 5th:

• Ament pack ($9.99): 3 Mythic Tomes, 2 Heroic Tomes, 1 Classic Tome, 500 coins and 1 exclusive avatar
  
• Helpful Bunny pack ($19.99): 20 rare cards, 15 epic cards, 10 legendary cards and 1 exclusive avatar
  
• Easter Edrik pack ($49.99): 650 rubies, 6500 coins and 1 exclusive avatar

Note that the following 3 avatars will no longer be available after Easter. This is the only way to unlock them, so be sure to seize it!

All rubies offer from the shop will be boosted, by 5% for the cheapest one, all the way to 50% for the highest one. This will last between April 14th and April 17th (end of the Brawl).

English copy improvements

I recently undertook going through all card abilities to improve their English version in an effort to make them more consistent and readable. I then pitched it to our development team to bring these changes to the game itself, which has been accepted.

These changes will be slowly rolled out in all languages in the next few months. Please be patient and it takes a significant amount of time to apply such transversal changes in so many languages.

In the meantime, here are the newly defined guidelines for English content on both Stormbound and Stormbound-Kitty.

Locale

• Stormbound uses American English over British English. There are subtle differences between the two languages. The most relevant ones for our project are:
  
• Words with an ending similar to “vitalize” are spelled with a “z”.
  
• Words with an ending similar to “defense” are spelled with a “s”.
  
• Words with an ending similar to “color” are spelled without a “u”.
  
• The word “canceled” is spelled with a single ”l”.

Capitalization

• Unit types (e.g. Feline) and modifiers (i.e. Ancient, Hero and Elder) should be capitalized.

Card abilities

• An ability should never end with a full stop, no matter whether it is made of several sentences.
  
• The word “all” should be omitted when possible as it is implied.
  
• The term “on the board” should be omitted as it is implied.
  
• The term “to fight for x” should be omitted as it is implied.
  
• The term “itself” should be preferred over “this”.
  
• The term “Before attacking” should be preferred over “When attacking”.

Pluralization

• The words “damage” and “strength” are never pluralized.

Highlighting

• Main actions should be highlighted (i.e. “build”, “command”, “confuse”, “convert”, “deal”, “deconfuse”, “decrease”, “destroy”, “disable”, “drain”, “draw”, “explode”, “fly”, “force”, “freeze”, “gain”, “give”, “increase”, “jump”, “move”, “play”, “poison”, “pull”, “push”, “remember”, “remove”, “restore”, “return”, “set”, “spawn”, “spend”, “split”, “teleport”, “trigger”, “vitalize”).
  
• Amounts (whether variadic or not) should be highlighted with their unit (e.g. “1/2/3/4/5 strength”, “1 unit”, “1/2/3/4/5 damage”, etc.).
  
• The words “bordering" and “surrounding” should be highlighted.

Acknowledgement

Kind thanks to DVRP#5076 for their ground work in their SBLocPatcher repository. A significant amount of the implemented changes were suggested by them.

FAQ

When is the update going to be released?

The balance changes will be deployed with the season reset as usual. The 3 cards will be introduced on April 10th, April 17th and April 24th respectively. The UI improvements will land some time during April.

Is Gray the Balancer counting themselves?

Gray the Balancer does not count themselves when resolving its ability.

1. Balance changes
   
2. New cards
   
3. New Brawls
   
4. Quality of life improvements
   
5. FAQ
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BALANCE CHANGES

This release, just like any other, will bring some balance changes.

Melodious Sisters’ ability will now deal damage to the units surrounding the target instead of bordering it.
Temple Guardians’ ability now also triggers when played on the sides of a temple.
Fluffy Badboxers’s strength is now 5/6/7/8/10 (down from 6/7/8/10/12).
Excited Mousers’ strength is now 6/7/8/10/12 (up from 5/6/7/9/11).
Rogue Sheep’ strength is now 4/5/6/7/9 (up from 3/4/5/6/7).
Function Wilds’ strength is now 2/3/4/5/6 (up from 1/2/3/4/5).

NERF COMPENSATION
As usual, some compensation in the form of coins and fusion stones will be provided to owners of Fluffy Badboxers, proportional to the level and rarity of the card.

NEW CARDS

As promised last month, here are the last 2 of the 4 new epic Ancient cards.

ABSORBING VARMINTS (Rodent Ancient)
Before moving, make all friendly ancients on the board pull enemy units from behind, then deal x damage to all pulled units

Mana: 4
Str: 3/4/5/6/7
Mov: 1/1/1/1/1
Ability 1: 1/2/2/3/3

PLAGUE MONARCHS (Toad Ancient)
Before moving, make all friendly ancients on the board drain 1 strength from a surrounding enemy poisoned unit

Mana: 5
Str: 3/3/4/4/5
Mov: 1/1/1/1/1
Ability 1: 1/2/2/3/3

As usual, there will be exclusive packs to collect early copies of the new Ancient cards. They all cost $9.99 and bring 3 copies of the given card + 750 coins and 5 fusion stones.

Absorbing Varmints will be introduced on March 7th along with its promotional pack, which can be purchased until March 13th.

Plague Monarchs will be introduced on March 21st along with its promotional pack, which can be purchased until March 28th.

NEW BRAWLS

Similar to what we did last month, we will introduce 2 new Brawl modifiers for the 2 new cards. We think it’s a good way for you to be able to try, play with and enjoy newly added cards before you start collecting

Like last time, a 0-mana level 1 (unless owned and leveled) copy of the new card will be added to everyone’s deck (thus causing all decks to have 13 cards). Only difference with last time is that if you also have that card in your base deck, it will cost 0 mana as well.

• The Warrior Brawl starting on the March 10th will be for Absorbing Varmints.
  
• The Warrior Brawl starting on the March 24th will be for Plague Monarchs.

QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS

We are happy to introduce a handful of bug fixes as will interface improvements in this release, starting with the friends notifications toggle. When turned off, other players cannot send you invites.

Another small but highly requested feature: being able to buy several books at once. This is now possible with the new multi-buy feature!

FAQ

When is the update going to be released?

The balance changes will be deployed with the season reset as usual. The 2 cards will be introduced on March 7th and March 21st. The UI improvements will land some time during March.