It’s time for the Community Weekly!



Another chapter in the Book of Lore has arrived, read more about Blossom in Leaving Home, here.

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Last week of Battlerite Pro League Season 3 is upon us, watch it live this weekend! For more information on schedules, standings and teams, head over to http://bpl.gg

Don't miss your last chance this season to win Silver and Pro League Chests! Go to https://predict.bpl.gg/ and predict the outcome of matches, for your chance to earn some sweet loot!

BPL Season 3: NA this weekend starts on December 1st at 13:00 PT, and BPL Season 3: EU will start on December 1st at 18:00 CET. Watch them at http://twitch.tv/battlerite

BPL Season 3: SA starts on December 1st at 20:00 BRT, and can be seen at http://twitch.tv/battleritesa

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We have a ton of talented artists in our community, and they’ve been hard at work!

If you want a chance at being featured in the Community Weekly, share your art on twitter with #BattleriteArt and we may see it!

First up, we have Ashka and Freya in these cool illustrations by Mực.





View the originals here.

Croak is wielding his poisonous death blades and showing off his agility, in this piece by Pedragolho.



View the original here.

Jade is looking extra fierce this week, with just a little bit of sass! Thank you RobertoGonJ for sharing!



View the original here.

Freya showing off her muscles, make way for the queen of lightning! Thank you Sigma!



View the original here.

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Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!

Xiomaro goes through the new Champion reveal, and if you head over to his channel you can also check out his stream where he participated in the latest Battlerite Royale tournament.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJjzc-G17HU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POUjrbp1nE4
Halorin goes through his previous matches and shares some helpful tips on how to improve in Battlerite Royale!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSSE551IXHM
NPVG is getting better at Battlerite, check out some ranked Jade gameplay right here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqhoGzkv528
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It’s time for the Community Weekly!




Our latest Dev Update is up on the blog, read up on development on the game and changes to the roadmap here.




A new chapter has been added to the Book of Lore! Read up on Ashka’s story - The Living Shroud.

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We have a ton of talented artists in our community, and they’ve been hard at work!

If you want a chance at being featured in the Community Weekly, share your art on twitter with #BattleriteArt and we may see it!

This week we’re having an art extravaganza!

First up, Ruh Kaan is looking extra dark and sketchy in this piece by archanze



Find the original here.

Ever wanted to know how the chibi version of Freya would look like? Well, now you can, and we think it's adorable! Thank you to zulcat!



Find the original here.

And if you don't like Freya, perhaps it's comforting to know that somewhere out there, there is a Freya dummy. Thank you MsiBekon.



Find the original here.

Over on twitter, @season_autumnal features Oldur, Lucie, and some red maple:



Find the original here.

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It’s time for the Community Weekly!



A new chapter has been added to the Book of Lore! Read up on Freya’s story - The Three Labors.



Help us improve Battlerite and Battlerite Royale!

We’ve got a survey up in-game now for the upcoming Tournament System - make sure you log in and take it!

Unfortunately, as the survey is a google form, we are unable to link to it in the Community Weekly.

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We have a ton of talented artists in our community, and they’ve been hard at work!

If you want a chance at being featured in the Community Weekly, share your art on twitter with #BattleriteArt and we may see it!

First up is Darinuska, making an ink piece of their main, Poloma:



https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1559627820

Next up, Lystra_oleg shows off their skills with a depiction of Destiny in her Legendary outfit:



https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1563743283

Sharla somehow makes adorable Desert Traveler Blossom into an even more adorable Blossom:



https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1550981951

One more little celebration of Halloween, I promise! We just couldn’t not include this adorable Poloma by annyongblack



https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198130402685

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Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!

It’s a Battlemanly double header! This week the Battlemanly Boys brought out both a Best of Battlerite and Best of Battlerite Royale:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WUcz-CHA1U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_znDLIu45A
Teldo continues to impress with this duo of him and Hafu and their sick comeback:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkK36kkgNms
John Phoelix dives into some BPL analysis:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_qgWCISU9U
And last, but never not least, Electrocute delivers on Ruh Kaan.exe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvHIdnAxKGI

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It’s time for the Community Weekly!



It’s been one year since Battlerite became Free-to-Play, and we’re celebrating - don’t miss out on the fun! We’ve released the Anniversary Chest, which contains all items from previous events! Take part in the fun now before the event ends on the 14th!



Patch 0.3.0 is out for Battlerite Royale, and bring a new Champion from the Arena to the Island - Ezmo the Mischievous! Enjoy the balance and gameplay change, the new Champion, and implementation of Replays!

Check out everything that’s been updated and change in our patch notes, found here.

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The winners of the Curse of the Night Content Contest have been announced!

Head on over to our blog to see if you’ve won, and who’s taking home what prizes!

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We have a ton of talented artists in our community, and they’ve been hard at work!

If you want a chance at being featured in the Community Weekly, share your art on twitter with #BattleriteArt and we may see it!

First up is one of the Battlerite Art communities usual suspects, Darinuska, who’s created two creepy drawings in celebration of the Curse of the Night event:





View the originals here and here.

Next up are some of the entries to the Curse of the Night Content Contest, starting with Sodano and their gunslinger Jade:



View the original here.

Next up is SerenaNocte with a concept for Blossom and a piece that includes two sinister-looking Alysias:





View the originals here and here.

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Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!

First up is Battlemanly, with their usual highlight videos: this one themed around the spooks that were going on in Battlerite Royale:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzg0VA02yPI
Teldo shows off his sick Jamila skills as well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBb4Vua_pXw
Xiomaro dives into the Book of Lore, searching for hints about the next Champion coming to Battlerite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76Uuex_GAUM
Finally, Electocute delivers not one, but two .exe:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmCX21r8Xj4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGsrIw47B6Y



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Battlerite Royale Patch 0.3.0 is scheduled to go live on Wednesday, November 7th, at 08:00 UTC. There will be minimal downtime.


It'll be a year since Battlerite was released as Free-to-Play on November 8th!

Between November 7th to November 14th we're celebrating with the Anniversary Chest - a chest that contains all droppable Creepy, Frozen, Lunar, and Prehistoric items. It guarantees a non-duplicate Epic or Legendary drop from any of these events. All event items that can be dropped can be viewed in your collection, but cannot be purchased for Tokens or Diamonds.

In Battlerite Royale, you can obtain these chests by:

• Purchasing them directly for 200 Diamonds per Chest
  
  • Purchase 5 Chests for 1,000 Diamonds and receive 1 bonus Chest for free
    
  • Purchase 20 Chesets for 4,000 Diamonds and receive 7 bonus Chests for free
• Completing this Event Quest:
  
  • Grab 6 Player with the Rocket Booster

If you're looking for a way to earn more Chests, you can also log in to Battlerite between November 8th 8:00 AM UTC to November 9th 8:00 UTC to get a free Anniversary Chest and avatar. There are also two Event Quests that can be found there. Read up on them over in the Battlerite Arena Patch Notes.

• Fixed a performance issue that was caused by having a lot of friends in the friendslist. Players affected would get random fps drops while in-game.
  
• Improved the look of the line of sight effect.

End of Curse of the Night

• Account level rewards have been switched back to Silver Chests
  
• Silver Chests are purchasable again
  
• Spooky and Creepy Chests are no longer purchasable
  
• Halloween Cosmetics can no longer be directly purchased

UI

• Boosts can now be purchased with Diamonds
  
• Fixed an issue where some players were unable to purchase some items correctly
  
• Fixed and issue where Event Chests would not display how many items were owned in that specific Chest
  
• Fixed an issue were daily quests from Battlerite were shown when browsing Champions in Royale

Audio

• Sound effects for Warpstone have been updated
  
• Voice-over balance update for Pestilus, Blossom, Iva, Alysia, Rook, Jade, Ruh Kaan.

New Feature - Replays

Formerly known as the Odeum in Battlerite and renamed to Replays in both Battlerite and Battlerite Royale. Players can now watch, edit and post replays in the Replays area of the main menu.

New Feature - Export Replays Beta

Players can now opt in to use the new export replay feature under Options / Misc. This feature allows players to export their replay clips in video format to their hard drive and/or upload directly to YouTube. There may be bugs with this feature and it may not work correctly for everyone, please report bugs to the support website.

• Trick or Treat Shrines can no longer be found in game
  
• Drop-chance for an ability you don't own now increases with every container you open
  
• Air Drop now guarantees an upgrade or a side-grade for equipment
  
• Match starting timer reduced from 2:00 to 1:30
  
• Jump Pads around the map now begin the game on cooldown

Equipment and Consumables

• Vampiric Potion and Scarecrow can no longer be found in game
  
• Dropping Rocket Boosters or Warp Stone while casting now interrupts the cast
  
• Sheep Medallion
  
  • Duration reduced from 10/8/6/4s to 8/7/6/5s
    
  • Sheep is no longer immune to crowd control effects
    
  • Dispels negative effects when transformed into a sheep

• Arcane Fire (M1)
  
  • Launch bolts of fire that deals 5/7/9 damage.
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Displace increases your Arcane Fire attack speed by 30% for 1.4s
• Chaos Grip (M2)
  
  • Hold to charge a projectile for up to 1.3s to increase damage and range. It deals 12-24 damage, inflicts Silence, knocks nearby enemies back and pulls enemies far away towards you.
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Increase Silence duration to 0.8s
• Displace (Space)
  
  • Turn into arcane energy, travel to target location and reload Arcane Fire. Can be recast.
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Displace grants a shield that absorbs up to 10 damage for 2s.
• Arcane Barrier (Q)
  
  • Negate melee and projectile attacks in front of you. Negating attacks grants Arcane Fire charges. You gain 1 charge per 10 damage absorbed or 1 charge for each non-damaging attack.
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Negating attacks with Arcane Barrier grants twice as many weapon charges. For each charge gained, heal yourself for 5 health.
• Shackle (E)
  
  • Manifest shackles at target location, dealing 12 damage and inflicting Root to enemies in the area.
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Summon a Tome of Destruction when casting Shackle that fires up to 3 Arcane Fire bolts alongside yours.
• Siphon Life (R)
  
  • Consume Arcane Fire charges to channel a sapping beam that drains 15-30 health from enemies based on charges consumed.
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Slow enemies movement speed by 30%.
• Grimoire of Chaos
  
  • Throw the Grimoire of Chaos to target location. The power of the grimoire draws nearby enemies towards it. It explodes after 2s, dealing 40 damage.

Iva

• ROCKET X-67 (M2)
  
  • Cooldown decreased from 6s to 5s
    
  • Damage scaling now increased across rarities
• Tazer (E)
  
  • Stun duration increased from 1s to 1.4s
    
  • Stun duration scaling now increased across rarities
• Tractor Beam (R)
  
  • Cooldown decreased from 16s to 14s
• Oil (Debuff)
  
  • Duration increased from 3s to 3.5s

Pestilus

• Infest (Space)
  
  • Cast time reduced from 0.2s to 0.1s

Rook

Rook gained a large buff with the leaping change to Crushing Blow a few patches ago. While this put him in a better spot for Royale, it also encouraged Rooks to play in a rather cowardly playstyle – Rooks could play a midrange neutral game through boulders and punish his enemy with either Crushing Blow or Berserk on reaction. While having a safe option is strong in Royale, it would be more fitting for Rook to want to rush into the thick of things and pummel people into the ground. These changes are aimed at giving Rooks a reason to get in there and brawl. Damage has been moved from both Crushing Blow and Rush into the guaranteed Berserk on successful Rushes. His Berserk also causes reduced damage taken to improve trades, while its movement speed component has been scaled back to make it worse for running away. Pummel's movement speed while attacking has been increased during berserk to offset the nerf to Berserk's movement speed bonus, causing a net increase in Rook's movement speed when attacking during Berserk.

• Pummel (M1)
  
  • Movement speed while attacking during Berserk increased from 70% to 80%
• Crushing Blow (M2)
  
  • Damage decreased from 18 to 12
    
  • Damage scaling increased across rarities
• Rush (Space)
  
  • No longer inflicts Stun
    
  • Damage decreased from 14-26 to 10-20
    
  • Hitting an enemy interrupts non-Ultimate abilities and grants Berserk for 1.2s
    
  • Legendary Bonus no longer grants Berserk for 1.5s when Rush hits a target
    
  • Legendary Bonus now causes Rush to inflict a Stun for 0.5s-1s
• Berserk (Q)
  
  • Counter duration increased from 1s to 1.2s
    
  • Berserk movement speed buff reduced from 30% to 20%
    
  • Berserk buff now grants Rook 20% damage reduction
    
  • Legendary Bonus no longer increases movement speed by 30% during Berserk
    
  • Legendary Bonus now doubles movement speed bonus and damage reduction

Thorn

• Leeching Thorns (M2)
  
  • Damage and heal scaling increased across rarities
• Evil Clutch (Q)
  
  • Range increased from 9 to 10
    
  • Now Incapacitates for 1.5s when pulling enemies into a wall
• Entangling Roots (E)
  
  • Cooldown decreased from 12s to 11s
    
  • Damage increased from 8 to 12
    
  • Heal over time decreased from 16 to 12
    
  • Tooltip has now been updated to include damage over time
    
  • Entangle duration no longer scales across rarities
    
  • Damage and heal now scale across rarities

Battlerite Royale Patch 0.2.1 has just rolled out, and contains some adjustments to gameplay and Champions.

The Curse of the Night Event has NOT been removed with this patch, and will continue for a while more.

• Chest Respawn Event
  
  • Now happens about 45 seconds earlier than before on average
    
  • Number of chests respawned increased from 8 to 10 per area
• Airdrop Event
  
  • Now happens about 60 seconds earlier than before on average

During testing, melee Champions were highly oppressive due to their sticking power remaining about the same in an environment with a much shorter time-to-kill. This led us to greatly reduce the movement speed while attacking in order to clearly see the impact of the change and how it impacts the meta on a large scale when melee Champions didn't automatically stick on their targets. It proved to work a bit too well, making ranged Champions a bit more favored to get good placements and win games. We're restoring some of the movement speed to give melee champions a bigger edge in close combat.

• Increased movement speed for Melee Champions while casting M1 from 60% to 70%

While adapting Champions for Royale, something we've been particularly focused on is ensuring the right balance of mobility and survivability versus damage. Given that Croak was always focused on mobility and survivability as some of his most important traits in Arena, he understandably lost a lot in that department when moved to Royale. The hit-and-run playstyle is important to Croak, but it's also important that he's able to hit hard when he does pick an engage now that he has to be so much more careful. Frog Leap will now instantly recharge Blade Flurry, allowing for a series of fast attacks immediately after landing his leap strike. Aggressive players capable of engaging with Frog Leap will be greatly rewarded for it, while not buffing the passive playstyle that we want to shy away from. These changes should help address both Croak's early game issues and also the final duel to secure a win in Royale.

• Frog Leap (Space)
  
  • Damage reduced from 18 to 16
    
  • Fully charges Blade Flurry on hit
• Sludge Spit (R)
  
  • Energy gains increased from 0% to 8%
    
  • Legendary Bonus energy gain from bonus projectiles increased from 0% to 4%

• Defensive Matrix (R)
  
  • Cooldown changed from 16s that scales with rarities to 14s at all rarities
    
  • Initial Shield value and Shield Blaster Shield value decreased from 10 to 8
    
  • Shield Blaster damage increased from 6 to 8
    
  • Shield Blaster energy gain reduced from 6% to 5%
    
  • Damage and Shield scales slightly better with rarity

We're still experimenting with granny to find her place in Royale, the latest changes was a step in the right direction but we're continuing to try out bigger changes. These changes aim to increase her offensive power and her ability to lock down targets. Replacing the slow Concussion Shot with the more quick and offensive Tazer, replacing her Zap with an improved version of Tractor Beam and upping the power of her Flamethrower.

• Boomstick (M1)
  
  • Legendary Bonus no longer reloads Boomstick with 2 extra shots after Zap
    
  • New Legendary Bonus - Your next Boomstick after Jet Pack inflicts Oil
• Jetpack (Space)
  
  • Increased travel speed by ~10%
    
  • Legendary Bonus no longer causes your next Boomstick to inflict Oil
    
  • New Legendary Bonus - Increases movement speed by 30% to 2s
• Flame Thrower (Q)
  
  • Reduced cast time from 0.5s to 0.4s
    
  • Reduced duration from 2.25s to 1.5s (increasing damage per second)
    
  • Now grants 10% energy
• Concussive Shot (E)
  
  • Removed
• New Ability - Tazer (E)
  
  • Fire a shot that inflicts Spell Block for 0.5s. When Spell Block interrupts an ability, it inflicts a Stun for 1s
    
  • Legendary Bonus - Dispells enemies and allies in an area around impact
• Zap (R)
  
  • Removed
• Returning Ability - Tractor Beam (R)
  
  • Channel a beam that drags enemies towards your position while blocking projectiles and melee attacks in front of you
    
  • Legendary Bonus - Tractor Beam inflicts Stun for 1s to enemies caught in the beam when the effect ends
    
  • Channel duration reduced from 2s to 1.5s
    
  • Can now move while channeling at 33% reduced speed
    
  • Rotation speed while channeling slightly increased

Ruh Kaan's fearsome shadow looms over Talon Island, terrorizing its inhabitants. While he has certainly had a popular debut, there is nothing to indicate the Crypt Warden's particular dominance in Royale. The range of his Claw of the Wicked is designed to catch unsuspecting foes, and his Legendary perk allows him to reach for even the most defensive ranged Champions. We think this is overall a good direction for Ruh Kaan's playstyle and the Royale meta, so we've removed the self healing aspect of Claw of the Wicked instead. His healing is now entirely dependent on hitting with his charged Defiled Blade. On the topic of Shadowbolt, abilities with long cast time that require standing still need to be high impact to be worth doing at all in Royale. On a melee Champion like Ruh Kaan who also has limited mobility, this is extra relevant - rendering yourself immobile might be the difference between winning a fight or losing it, or having your prey escape from you. Overall, we wanted to err on the side of a spooky Shadowbolt than an unusable one. The damage has been reduced slightly so that followups from an ambush or incapacitate situation are less deadly but should remain a potent tool in his arsenal.

• Shadowbolt (M2)
  
  • Damage reduced from 36 to 33
• Claw of the Wicked (E)
  
  • Self-healing removed

• Hand of Judgement (M2)
  
  • Legendary Bonus - fixed a bug where Hand of Judgement would deal damage to targets who were countering or using a directional shield
• Wuju (Q)
  
  • Increased the air time when the counter is hit from 0.8s to 1s
• Shatter (E)
  
  • Increased cooldown from 4s to 6s
    
  • Cooldown now scales slightly with rarity
    
  • Damage reduced from 12 to 10
    
  • Bonus damage when consuming Judgement debuff increased from 6 to 8
• Corruption (Debuff)
  
  • Damage and healing output reduction reduced from 15% to 10%
• Judgement (Debuff)
  
  • Damage amplification reduced from 15% to 10%

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



Patch 0.2 is here and it’s brought a whole bunch of tricks (and treats!) for you to enjoy! With this patch comes the beginning of the Curse of the Night event, along with a host of balance updates, bug fixes, a private lobby, and a new Champion - Ruh Kaan, the Crypt Warden.

While we initially did not allow for purchasing Creepy Chests during this event, we have brought them back. You are now able to either purchase the cosmetic you desire directly with Diamonds or Tokens, or purchase a Creepy Chest and have a chance at finding them there.

Read up on all of the changes here.



Curse of the Night is here, and there’s so much to do! Besides the new cosmetics (which can now be directly purchased with Diamonds), there are new in-game items and mysterious Trick or Treat Shrines have appeared across Talon Island. Who knows what happens when you activate them? You’ll have to stop by try it out!

Make sure you get started on your Event Quest too! The first has already begun and ends on October 24th at 8:00 UTC!



The Halloween Content Contest has begun, and we’re open for anything and everything that’s both Battlerite and Halloween! Check out full rules and how to enter here.

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Are you creating awesome Battlerite content? Show us on twitter @Battlerite with hashtag #battleriteart or post it here on Steam!

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We have some amazingly talented artists in the Battlerite community!

First up we have Darinushka back again with a beautiful interpretation of Winter Kitty Blossom:



https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1528463952

Over on DeviantArt, SplashBrush has drawn Desert Traveler Blossom - and boy does she look adorable!



Find the original here.

And finally, IIINoodlesIII decided to make a compilation piece of all the Battlerite Champions - and it’s amazing!



Find the original here.


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Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!

Iva got some attention in the last Royale Patch, and 2Lainz delivers his opinion on the changes in the most artistic way possible
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1chXNeqOIw
Electrocute shows off some of the best of Destiny gameplay in Battlerite Royale, in his own way:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFl9LJDn3VE
For the French-speaking community, ZeratoR has you covered with his latest gameplay video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSBMcjaSyCs
Amaz also shows off his skills in Battlerite Royale in his latest video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8bJwapooXo
And Battlemanly is back with yet another highlight video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBfFnVUh-xA

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Battlerite Royale Patch 0.2 will go live at 7:00 UTC on October 17th and contain the Curse of the Night Halloween Event, the Battlerite Royale private lobby, and new Champion Ruh Kaan.

During this patch we are planning on experimenting with the player count in matches during select time windows. During these times we will be increasing the amount of players in game to 40. Players will be notified when these theses have begun and ended via the in-game chat system.

Follow us on Twitter or join our Discord Channel to keep up to date on any more information.


Creepy items are back in the world of Battlerite, along with the dark and dangerous things in the world. Three new Creepy Outfits and new Creepy Weapons are now in game, and all past Creepy Outfits, Weapons, Mounts, and Poses return to take part in the devious delights. Purchase these ghoulish items directly with Diamonds or Tokens or find them exclusively in Creepy Chests or Spooky Chests.

Spooky Chests can be earned by leveling up your Account Level, where they have temporarily replaced Silver Chests. These chests contain 3 random drops and guarantees at least 1 Rare item and 1 random Creepy item. They can also be purchased at 400 Battle Coins each.

Creepy Chests can only be obtained by completing limited time Event Quests and will not be directly purchasable with Diamonds. These chests contain 3 random drops and guarantees 1 non-duplicate Epic or Legendary Creepy item. Owning all items results in duplicate items.

Trick or Treat Shrines

A set number of Trick or Treat shrines spawn randomly across the map during the Halloween Event. Interact with the shrine to gain an unknown effect. Trick or Treat? Who knows!

Players can activate each shrine one time per player. A shrine always grants the same effect to any player interacting with it but the effect itself is randomized for each shrine.

Halloween Consumables

• Vampiric Potion - Epic Consumable
  
  • Drink to gain 75% life leech for 8s
• Scarecrow - Legendary Consumable
  
  • Spawn a Scarecrow that Fears anyone that enters the area

Creepy Items

Creepy Items can be directly purchased with Diamonds or Tokens at the following costs:

• Legendary Outfits:
  
  • 1,250 Diamonds or 40,000 Tokens
• Weapons
  
  • 400 Diamonds or 6,000 Tokens
• Poses
  
  • 200 Diamonds or 4,000 Tokens
• Legendary Mounts
  
  • 1,250 Diamonds or 40,000 Tokens
• Epic Mounts
  
  • 650 Diamonds or 20,000 Tokens

Curse of the Night Event Quests

• October 17-24 (active until 8:00 UTC)
  
  • Get 30 Trick or Treats
    
  • Reward: 3 Spooky Chests
• October 24-31 (active from and until 8:00 UTC)
  
  • Scare 20 enemies with the Scarecrow
    
  • Reward: 1 Creepy Chest
• October 31 - November 7 (active from and until 8:00 UTC)
  
  • Get 5 Trick or Treats in a match
    
  • Reward: 1 Creepy Chest

• CPU has been optimized for the effect systems. This should be noticeable when there are many active effects at the same time.

Solo/Duo Private Lobby

• Solo and Duo Private Lobby is now supported for up to 40 players and 6 observers

UI

• Fixed an issue where some players would not receive the avatar and title rewards from Champion levels
  
• Leaderboards now correctly show Champion composition percentages
  
• Added a scrollbar to General Options
  
• Fixed an issue where the chat would be filled with log in/out notifications when briefly losing connection to chat
  
• Fixed an issue where pressing tab in chat would not toggle chat session if a message was already written in the input field
  
• Token drops in chests will now show the correct rarity color when hovered
  
• The reward screen will now show Solo or Duo depending on what mode is played
  
• The minimap in the upper corner no longer says "Alpha"
  
• The minimap background image is now opaque

Ranking System

• The Leaderboards will use highest achieved rating instead of current rating
  
  • This change is meant to encourage people to continue to play, even at higher ranks, since they can never go down in leaderboard rating

• Players can now undo their purchases in the starting area
  
• In order to reduce network stress whenever a player dies, items are now dropped over a short duration of time instead of all items dropping instantly. This makes deaths less subject to lag.
  
• When a player dies, they can now drop their M1 ability as long as it's rare or higher quality

Talon Island Map

• Players now spawn in 4 different locations on Talon Island during the starting phase and no longer on the isolated island.

This will give players the chance to get more accustomed to the map during the starting phase when waiting for players to connect. We are also spreading out players for technical reasons as gathering all players in the same location affects client and server performance. We intend to do time-slotted testing with 40 players on the map making the isolated island even more cramped. We will see how these changes affect the experience and will continue to work on the map in upcoming patches.

Sky Dive

• You can now be hit by enemies during the recovery animation after landing
  
• Now knocks nearby enemies away from you upon landing

Jump Pads

• You can now be hit by abilities during the recovery animation after landing

Equipment and Consumables

• Sheep Medallion
  
  • Drop chance from Chests and chance to show up at vendors reduced by 50%
• Key Ring
  
  • Name changed to Lucky Keyring
    
  • No longer gives increased chest unlock rate
    
  • Now gives +16/24/32/40% bonus Gold gain
• Spring Trap - New Epic Consumable
  
  • Place a trap that flings enemies into the air
• Deployable Jump Pad - New Legendary Consumable
  
  • Place a jump pad

Abilities

• Defiled Blade (M1)
  
  • Melee attack that deals 8 damage. Your weapon charges over time. When fully charged, it deals 18 damage, inflicts Curse and Silence, and heals you for 12 health on hit.
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Increases your movement speed by 10% while your Defiled Blade is fully charged.
• Shadowbolt (M2)
  
  • Launch a dark bolt of energy that deals 36 damage.
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Shadowbolt hits inflict 20% Amplify for 4 seconds, causing your target to take 20% additional damage.
• Sinister Strike (Space)
  
  • Dash forward, then deal 16 damage to nearby enemies.
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Sinister Strike hits recharge your weapon 50%.
• Consume (Q)
  
  • Negate melee and projectile attacks in front of you. Negating an attack fully charges your weapon and resets the cooldown of Shadowbolt.
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Negating an attack with Consume steals 25% of your attacker's movement speed for 2 seconds.
• Claw of the Wicked (E)
  
  • Launch a claw that deals 10 damage and pulls an enemy towards you. Hitting an enemy heals you for 5 health.
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Increases range of Claw of the Wicked by 33%.
• Reaping Scythe (R)
  
  • Spin your scythe for 1.2 seconds, increasing your movement speed by 70% and dealing 25 damage to nearby enemies. Heals yourself for 25 health for each enemy affected by Curse hit over the duration.
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Reduces your damage taken by 30% during Reaping Scythe.
• Shadow Beast (F)
  
  • Transform into a shadow beast with leeching attacks for 5 seconds. Replaces your abilities with a cleaving attack, a pulling projectile attack, and a teleport. Recast to end this effect early.

Croak

• Frog Leap (Space)
  
  • Cooldown now scales better with rarity
• Camouflage (Q)
  
  • Fading Haste duration increased from 1.5s to 2s
• Noxious Lunge (E)
  
  • Damage increased from 16 to 18
    
  • Damage now scales with rarity

Freya

• Bash (M1)
  
  • Increased range on the third hit from 1.9 to 2.3
• Spring (Space)
  
  • Haste duration increased from 1s to 1.5s
    
  • Legendary Bonus no longer increase Haste duration
    
  • Legendary Bonus: the next Bash inflicts a 1s Fading Snare
• Static (Debuff)
  
  • Now also reduces enemy movement speed by 10%

Iva

We are tuning Iva to grant her more offensive value and a bit less defensive tools to generally make her more viable. We want Oil and Burning Oil to play a bigger part in her kit and have thus improved how to apply and consume Oil with the introduction of Flame Thrower in her kit and a couple of other changes.

• Rocket X-67 (M2)
  
  • Damage reduced from 24/12 to 22/10
    
  • No longer consumes Oil to inflict Burning Oil, instead applies Oil
    
  • No longer scales Burning Oil damage based on rarity
• Jet Pack (Space)
  
  • No longer scales Oil duration based on rarity
    
  • Oil slow factor reduced from 25% to 20%
• Zap (Q)
  
  • Keybind changed from Q to R
• New Ability - Flame Thrower (Q)
  
  • Deals 30 damage in a cone over time and consumes Oil to inflict Burning Oil
    
  • Damage of Burning Oil scales with rarity
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Increases movement speed during Flamethrower by 25%
• Concussion Shot (E)
  
  • Now inflicts a 0.7s Stun instead of a 1.5s Incapacitate
    
  • Now knocks enemy back based on distance
• Tractor Beam (R)
  
  • Removed, R keybind is now Zap
• Machine Gun (F)
  
  • Duration increased from 2s to 2.5s
    
  • Bullets increased from 16 to 20
    
  • Damage per bullet reduced from 6 to 5
    
  • Can now move at reduced speed when firing

Jade

• Stealth (Q)
  
  • Increased Fading Haste from 30% to 70%
    
  • Legendary Bonus no longer increases Fading Haste factor
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Drop a bomb that deals 12 damage and inflicts a 1.5s Fading Snare

Jamila

• Shuriken (M2)
  
  • No longer bounces to or from invulnerable target
    
  • Legendary Bonus no longer heals you from hitting Chests

Jumong

• Hunting Arrow (M1)
  
  • Legendary Bonus bouncing damage reduced from 12/8 to 8/4
    
  • Legendary Bonus no longer bounces to or from invulnerable targets (including Fake Chests)
• Prowl (R)
  
  • Duration reduced from 1.5s to 1.2s
• Seeker's Mark (Debuff)
  
  • Decreased healing for consuming Seeker's Mark from 10 to 8

Sirius

• Crescent Strike (M1)
  
  • Recharge time increased from 5s to 6s
• Crescent Gale (M2)
  
  • Damage reduced from 24 to 20
• Celestial Split (Space)
  
  • Minimum and maximum range reduced by 0.5
    
  • Legendary Bonus increased from 25% to 30%
    
    • Due to reduced range, overall new total range is shorter than previous total range
• Prismatic Strike (E)
  
  • Range reduced from 5.5 to 4.5

Pestilus

• Swarm (R)
  
  • Legendary Bonus no longer consumes Moth buffs
• Scarab Pack (F)
  
  • Now inflicts a Fading Blind to enemies hit

Varesh

• Hand of Corruption (M2)
  
  • Damage increased from 13 to 14
    
  • Removed 2 healing per hit
• Shatter (E)
  
  • Increased healing from consuming corruption from 6 to 8

Zander

• Grand Conjuration (M2)
  
  • Damage now scales less with rarity
• Portal (Q)
  
  • Legendary Bonus rabbit form duration reduced from 2s to 1.5s
• The Prestige (F)
  
  • Increased cast time from 0.4s to 0.6s
• Arcane Catalyst (Debuff)
  
  • Reduced duration from 3.5s to 3s
    
  • Reduced damage amplification from 25% to 20%

It’s time for the Community Weekly!

We’ve been super busy with the Battlerite Royale release, but it’s time to get back to your regularly scheduled program!

We’re still discussing if there’s going to be any changes to the Weekly, and how things will move going forward. For now we’ll be mixing the content from both Battlerite and Battlerite Royale and posting them on both the Battlerite Community Forums and the Battlerite Royale Community Forums.



Halloween is coming to Battlerite and Battlerite Royale, with all your favorite Creepy Items making an appearance!



We published our second Roadmap for Battlerite and Battlerite Royale not long ago, and said we would update you all if we had any changes to plans or were able to give more accuracy to when things are coming. The roadmap had been updated! Check out what’s changing here.

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Are you creating awesome Battlerite content? Show us on twitter @Battlerite with hashtag #battleriteart or post it here on Steam!

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We have some amazingly talented artists in the Battlerite community!


First up is the cutest Alysia you’ve ever seen, made by annyongblack.


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1524054221

Midnight Animal shared their own adorable Blossom - and doesn’t she look lively!


https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1532526227

Finally, long-time community artists Darinushka shows off their beautiful inkwork in this piece of Ashka’s new Adventure outfit.



Find the original here.


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Our content creators have been busy at work making new videos!

Battlemanly is back, and besides the Battlerite Royale highlights they’ve been doing, they’re still doing highlights for Battlerite Arena!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI_VmH8umBs
2Lainz is here to give you the most authentic, purest content on how it feels to play Battlerite Royale:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5uEbdl7qsQ
Teldo gives us a duo with BPL player Mini, showcasing a Battlerite Royale match that’s non-stop action from start to finish:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c83_4qzT7Q
Joltz decides to show off his Zander play in Battlerite Royale, making the game just look positively easy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggi4qfQ8z-c

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That’s all for the Community Weekly this week! We hope you’re looking forward to everything that’s coming and that you’ve enjoyed everything that’s happened!

Battlerite Royale Patch 0.1.2 will be patched in at 13:00 CEST today, October 5th. This patch contains some bug fixes, some gameplay changes, updates to matchmaking, and updates to Champions. There will be no downtime, but players will be required to exit the game to download the new version.

Follow us on Twitter or join our Discord Channel to keep up to date on any more information.


Bug Fixes

• Hunter's Quickblade can no longer trigger from damage over time effects that are applied by Pestilus' Moth (M1) or Ashka's Fireball (M1)
  
• Fixed a bug during airdrop landings where the camera would occasionally make a quick and heavy yank towards the center of the map
  
• Fixed an issue where kills would become increasingly unresponsive as a match progressed.
  
• Fixed a bug causing enemy movement to sometimes feel laggy.
  
• Alysia's Ice Lance (M2) Legendary Bonus now properly works when not hitting a target

API

• Made some internal changes to how we report data to the third party API, which hopefully will fix the issues which occurred for third party data consumers with the recent launch of Battlerite Royale. It should now work just like it did back before the launch.

UI

• Fixed an issue where players with a lot of friend requests would receive a large wave of notifications upon login.
  
• Fixed an issue where Champion statistics did not always show correct data in the profile

Matchmaking and Rating Changes

The matchmaker has seen a few adjustments that should more accurately reflect player performance in a given match. If a player wants to make it to the top, placing well is still important but so is getting a few kills. Overall, there's also a much larger middle ground where your rank won't change much whereas the old system you either gained a lot of MMR or lost a bit each match. Due to the fact that the new ranking system is harsher than the previous, we are rolling out a soft reset to allow players to get to their actual ratings more quickly.

• Soft reset to everyone's ranking. The higher your current rank, the bigger the reset, up to a maximum of 2 leagues.
  
• The leaderboard and win/loss statistics will be cleared.
  
• Match Score has been changed to better reflect player performance. It is no longer possible to get to climb to Champion League without kills.
  
• Rating change based on difference between Match Score and your MMR has been adjusted to allow for faster adjustments for both gaining points and losing points at the extreme ends. Additionally, there is a wider spread of point change in the center. This will make it more difficult than before to gain a large amount of rating from a match when your performance wasn't great.
  
• Newly created teams are no longer always in bronze. The initial rank is based on the ranking of both players making up the team.

Resurrection Shrines

• Number of Shrines increased from 5 to 7
  
• Item quality of ability drops from reviving now scales with elapsed game time. Resurrecting early grants Common (green) abilities and late game grants a mix of Rare and Epic (blue and purple) abilities

Storm Wyvern

• Improved clarity on the minimap during skydiving phase
  
  • Each wyvern is now marked on the map. Your wyvern is colored blue and the other is red
    
  • The flight path of each wyvern is now visible to everyone

Blossom

• Boom Bloom (M2)
  
  • Cooldown reduced from 8s to 7s
• Hop (Space)
  
  • Legendary Bonus no longer provides a Lesser Hop
    
  • Legendary Bonus now grants the Vigor buff, increasing damage and healing by 20%
• Forest Sanctuary (Q)
  
  • Healing changed from 14 when the tree is summoned to 16 over the tree's 2.2s duration
    
  • Legendary Bonus haste duration reduced from 2.5s to 2s
• Rampant Growth (E)
  
  • Cooldown increased from 6s to 7s

Jamila

• Assassin's Cut (M1)
  
  • Energy gain reduced from 6% to 5% on each hit
    
  • Damage changed from 6/6/6/14 to 5/5/5/15
    
  • Legendary Bonus dagger no longer heals when used on Chests
• Elusive Strike (Space)
  
  • Legendary Bonus Lesser Phantom Cut damage reduced from 14 to 12
• Hook Shot (E)
  
  • Energy gain reduced from 8+5% to 6+6%
• Deadly Blow (R)
  
  • Cast time increased from 0.6s to 0.7s
    
  • Energy gain reduced from 9% to 8%

Jumong

• Black Arrow (Space)
  
  • Fading Haste reduced from 50% to 40%
• Rain of Arrows (Q)
  
  • No longer inflicts Snare
    
  • Legendary Bonus no longer increases Snare factor of Rain of Arrows
    
  • Legendary Bonus now increases max range by 30%

Pestilus

• Moth (M1)
  
  • Moth buff duration decreased from 7s to 6s
    
  • Ally heal over time reduced from 12 to 9
• Bloodsucker (M2)
  
  • Increased damage from 28 to 30
    
  • Reduced healing from 28 to 20
    
  • Increased range from 9 to 10
• Infest (Space)
  
  • Cooldown reduced from 12s to 11s
    
  • Now heals Infested allies for 6 over duration
    
  • Now damages Infested enemies for 6 over duration
• Arachnophobia (E)
  
  • Damage reduced from 10 to 8
• Swarm (R)
  
  • No longer sends Moth projectiles when destroyed
    
  • Now sends Moth to any enemy who attacks the shielded target
    
  • Legendary Bonus now consumes Moth buffs from nearby allies and enemies to increase shield health. Increases shield by 6 for each consumed Moth.
• Scarab Pack (F)
  
  • Scarab debuff damage over time reduced from 20 to 16

Rook

• Pummel (M1)
  
  • Energy gain increased from 6 to 7
    
  • No longer reduces cooldown of Crushing Blow
• Crushing Blow (M2)
  
  • Can now be used to leap towards a target location
    
  • Leap length is 4.5
    
  • Cooldown increased from 6s to 7s

Ulric

• Smite (M2)
  
  • Knockback distance reduced from 2.5 to 1.5
    
  • Movement speed when casting projectiles changed from 30% to 60/40/20%
• Radiant Shield (Q)
  
  • Cooldown increased from 9s to 10s
• Sanctuary (R)
  
  • Cooldown increased from 10s to 14s
    
  • Cooldown now scales with rarity
    
  • Healing now scales less with rarity

Varesh

• Inhibitor's Guard (R)
  
  • Duration reduced from 2.5s to 2s