It’s time for the Community Weekly!



We released Arena Patch 2.0.2 and Royale Patch 1.0.2 this week, with report feedback notifications, new items and more. Read the patch notes for Arena here and for Royale here.

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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!

There's nothing like art that touches your heart. Ice sculptor Alysia painted with watercolors, thank you Artndy!



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Khionih is showing off their MS Paint skills!



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Sigma has created a Battlerite emote for Draktok, AshkaS!



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One of the really awesome entries in our Concept Art Contest; Pearl, Witch of the Sea.
Made by Ghostimu.


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

Epic plays coming right up, BattleManly with Best of Battlerite #95!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C8xByNMlLA
I’m shook, bros. I’m hella shook, says Proxolol after this match in Royale. Watch the video below for intense fights, narrow escapes and whirlwinds.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW9S0S9Bses
Awesome gameplay, good music and cool cinematics - it has it all, check out this video from
Vispa!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drjCrvW8C1g
Alninio9 goes with into League with his main, Jade.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE1gvcmH5hg

Battlerite Royale Patch 1.0.2 is scheduled to go live on Wednesday, March 27th at 8:00 UTC. Downtime is scheduled to last up to one hour.


Report Feedback Notification

A notification will now be displayed on login when action has been taken against a player that you have recently reported for misconduct! This notification will appear once when you log in if applicable, so y'all good fellas reporting naughty gremlins will not be spammed with notifications.

UI

• Daily quest notifications should now properly trigger upon login.
  
• Fixed an issue where achievements related to Champion Levels did not progress correctly

Audio

• Black Steed mount has received the proper sprint sound
  
• "Yo" phrase removed from Jamila's wave emote

Bugfixes

• Fixed a bug where it was possible to drop items when dead.
  
• Anti-Teaming Countermeasure disabled in private games.

Match Start Timer

Royale matches now start as soon as a clear majority of players are connected. You'll no longer have to wait for the final few stragglers. Overall wait time has also been reduced. Less waiting, more gaming!

• Match goes to reduced timer as soon as 80% of players connect (rather than 100% of players)
  
• Maximum wait time reduced from 90s to 80s
  
• Timer after players connect reduced from 30s to 20s

Death Vortex Timings

Further adjustments have been made to the death vortex to improve the pacing in the late game. The vortex now closes considerably faster for the final two circles, reducing the maximum game length from 13 minutes 20 seconds to 12 minutes flat. Overall, this change reduces the percentage of time the vortex is closing from 42.5% to ~35%. Players who are able to keep ahead of the circle are rewarded for their decision-making.

• Circle 5
  
  • Delay increased from 35 to 45
    
  • Shrink Duration reduced from 90 to 30
• Circle 6
  
  • Shrink Duration reduced from 60 to 30

Consumables

• Butcher's Hook
  
  • Rarity increased from Rare to Epic
    
  • Max stacks reduced from 3 to 2

Equipment

• New Equipment - Arcane Eye
  
  • Max Health +8/12/16/20%
    
  • Standing still reveals Champions and hidden objects within 6/8/10/12 radius
    
  • Legendary Bonus: Dealing damage to an enemy reveals their location for 5s

Bakko

Bulwark (Q) has been made consistent with other directional shield abilities in the game. You can use escape or mobility skills while Bulwark is active, but you will not be able to use regular abilities unless you cancel cast first.

• Bulwark (Q)
  
  • Using War Axe, Blood Axe, or War Shout no longer cancels your Bulwark automatically
    
  • All other abilities can still be used while Bulwark is active to cancel Bulwark early

Destiny

• Charged Bolt (M2)
  
  • Movement Speed while casting increased from 20% to 40%
    
  • Legendary Bonus Movement Speed increased from 65% to 75%
• Sky Strike (Q)
  
  • Jump distance after firing the projectile increased from 4 to 6

Ezmo

• Chaos Grip (M2)
  
  • Minimum cast time reduced from 0.4s to 0.2s
• Siphon Life (R)
  
  • Legendary Bonus no longer slow enemy movement speed by 30%
    
  • Legendary Bonus now increases movement speed by 15%
    
  • Legendary Bonus now removes the movement speed penalty on the ability channel

Jade

• Stealth (Q)
  
  • Legendary Bonus now inflicts a 1s Root instead of a 1.5s Fading Snare
• Explosive Shells (F)
  
  • Max Range increased by 666%
    
  • No, seriously. It was 12, now it's 80
    
  • She's a sniper
    
  • Get over it

Pestilus

• Moth (M1)
  
  • Renamed Moth Command
    
  • Moth buff and Moth debuff both remain named Moth
• Queen (Q)
  
  • Movement Speed increased from 6.4 to 7

Poloma

• Soul Transfer (E)
  
  • Cooldown reduction now scales more with rarity

Rook

• Rush (Space)
  
  • Cooldown reduction now scales more with rarity

Shen Rao

• Jet Stream (Q)
  
  • Self Knockback increased from 2 to 3
    
  • Knockback increased from 2.5 to 3.5
• Dragon's Roar (E)
  
  • Movement speed while casting increased from 10% to 80%

Shifu

• Impale and Tendon Swing have received updated SFX
  
• Fleet Foot (Space)
  
  • Damage reduction increased from 30% to 50%
• Kunju (Q)
  
  • Tooltip text for Readiness (buff) has been improved for accuracy, since the Readiness Spear Slash damage scales solely with Kunju's rarity and not with Spear Slash's
    
    • Old: "Your next Spear Slash has increased range and deals 8 bonus damage"
      
    • New: "Your next Spear Slash has increased range and deals 18 damage"
  • Legendary Bonus text now refers to countering an attack with Kunju specifically

Taya

• X-Strike (M2)
  
  • Fixed a bug where X-Strike would trigger hits multiple times after being thrown through a wall

Ulric

Like Bakko's Bulwark, Ulric's Radiant Shield has been made consistent with other directional shield abilities in the game. You can use escape or mobility skills while Radiant Shield is active, but you will not be able to use regular abilities unless you cancel cast first.

• Radiant Shield (Q)
  
  • Using Hammer of Justice, Smite, and Sanctuary no longer cancels your Radiant Shield automatically
    
  • All other abilities can still be used while Radiant Shield is active to cancel Radiant Shield early

Varesh

• Shatter (E)
  
  • Damage increased from 10 to 12
    
  • Legendary Bonus Movement Speed while casting increased from 60% to 75%

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



This week we held a QA Stream with questions from the community, watch it here. Due to a few minor technical difficulties, we couldn’t stream from our official Battlerite channel, but future streams will hopefully be held there!



Top 8 entries have been announced, head over here to vote on your favorite! Polling period ends on March 27 at 23:59 CET.



PentaStealz is hosting a crowdfunded Battlerite tournament, donate to get an exclusive title! Read more here and here.



Learn more about Alysia in the latest chapter in the Book of Lore, A Winter’s Wish. Read it here.

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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!

Lucie is still the Star of the Show, with brilliant magic tricks and maybe a potion or two.
Made by Winter59.



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Time for mischief. Ezmo is up to no good. Made by shurkin.



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Interrogator Pestilus, frightening his victims - teddy bears?! - with needles and claws. Made by feng-shui1301.



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The meanest and toughest girl in Battlerite! Made by Zul Zul.



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

Check out this promo by Jenius20 for the upcoming Players Pro League tournament.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXc0KwF0pXg
Fails and Funny Moments Episode 3! Proxolol is back this week with tons of awesome content.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-iagfqlnyU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3fYpmXwMPE
Become the best Lucie you can be with this in depth guide from Khioni.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-y1K_1ugBI

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



Top 8 entries have been announced, head over here to vote on your favorite! Polling period ends on March 27 at 23:59 CET



Hex Doll Pestilus and the Rotten Reaper are available now! For a limited time you can purchase both at 75% off in the Pestilus Hex Doll Bundle at 400 Gems.

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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!

Over 250 unique concepts were submitted in the Concept Art Contest, check out some of the amazing entries below.

One of the very cool entries in the Concept Art Contest, Ashtiki! Made by SoulManatee.



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Goddess Alysia, graceful and elegant as always. Made by AshdA.



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Thorny branches have corrupted Ruh Kaan and he has become one with the forest. Made by Lucy.



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The spirit of Varesh, possessing an ancient armor. Made by Yakov Yakovenko.



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Poloma and Toki, with both grace and style. Made by Darinushka.



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Freya is dressed and ready for a fight in the desert kingdom of Trolobe. Made by Ahkito Dess.



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

Mr.Fruit is back on Talon Island, check out more awesome Royale gameplay below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCzTaQgBpzo
If you interested in participating in a Battlerite tournament, check out Jenius20’s video below and get some tips on how to get out of Champion League at the same time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1-k4KFYIiQ
Why so Sirius? Proxolol is back this week with a sirius-ly intense fight in Royale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rve9RMsPa_I

At 14:30 UTC we deployed a hotfix to address an issue from last week's patch.

Raigon

• Slicing Winds (R)
  
  • Fixed an issue where only the first Sword Slash after activating Slicing Winds would create a projectile

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



We go through some of the positives and negatives of the new Armory system in this dev update, and where we’ll be taking it in the future. Read it here.



Read up on the latest patch notes now, several bug fixes and the first Premium outfit were added. Click here for Arena, and here for Royale.
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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!

The Battlerite Concept Art Contest ends today, check out some of the impressive and really awesome entries below!

Taya is rockin’ the bandit queen outfit, by jericho_rus.



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Throw a little steam and a little punk in Battlerite, and you’ll get Steam Crawler Iva, by feertyn.



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Lucie has taken some inspiration from Ruh Kaan to make one pretty cool looking Crypt Fiend, by Sayned.



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Zander, more marvelous than ever before, by Gatsbunny.



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

BattleManly with Best of Battlerite #94, check out the clutch plays with Overload and new combos with the Armory!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-LhNTAWrU
Sp4zie with an awesome mix of epicness and humor, and freeesh feesh.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEJiiUY-wEA
If you’re looking to learn more about the newly added Armory, Xiomaro gives you a few valuable tips!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHHfsDbcNv0
Jenius20 discusses dungeons in Battlerite, and how the gameplay could be adapted to a PvE setting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZLnR1LfVvI
Proxolol is back this week with more intense gameplay in Battlerite Royale.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhx1cxR4R0w
Yoehn returns to Battlerite Royale with an impressive victory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffi0TtPNvJk

Battlerite Royale Patch 1.0.1 is scheduled to roll out on Thursday, March 7th, at 8:00 UTC. Downtime is expected to be one hour.


Pestilus Hex Doll Bundle



A new Legendary Pestilus Weapon and Outfit have been added to the game! Hex Doll Pestilus and the Rotten Reaper are our first Premium items, being only obtainable by directly purchasing them with Gems or Diamonds. For a limited time you can purchase both at 75% off in the Pestilus Hex Doll Bundle for 400 Diamonds.

You can also purchase the items directly at the following prices:

• Hex Doll Pestilus
  
  • 950 Diamonds
• Rotten Reaper
  
  • 650 Diamonds

New Mounts

New color variations have been added to two of the previously existing Rare Mounts. You can now directly purchase the Quick Furrycorn, Agile Furrycorn, Silverdeep Moose, and Glorious Moose with Diamonds or Tokens, or find them in chests.

UI

• Fixed a bug where signing a sponsor requiring a specific league was impossible if that league was achieved in Battlerite Royale.
  
• Equip All has been added to emotes, allowing you to equip an emote on all Champions on a specific slot
• Updated the nameplate texture shown in the lobby, which fixed some pixel artifact issues
• Daily Quests now reset at 8:00 UTC

Audio

• Certain victory poses have received sound effects
• Fixed a bug that would cause Champion voicelines to be heard in the center of the map
• Fixed a bug affecting sound when playing a Champion with a charged ability

• Fixed a bug where charged-up abilities would be released when hovering over the ability bar

Equipment and Consumables

• Breastplate of Vitality
  
  • Health bonus reduced from 16/24/32/40% to 14/21/28/35%
  • Legendary Bonus shield chance increased from 10% to 12%
  • Legendary Bonus cooldown increased from 5s to 15s
• Reaper's Edge
  
  • Life Leech reduced from 14/16/18/20% to 9/11/13/15%

Death Vortex

The Death Vortex has been slightly adjusted to increase pressure during the early vortexes. By constraining more of Talon Island earlier, players will have a steady source of new confrontation. Generally, delay times have also increased while shrink durations have decreased, causing a slightly faster Vortex on average. The maximum duration remains unaffected.

• Circle 1:
  
  • Radius decreased from 225 to 200
  • Shrink Duration reduced from 50s to 45s
• Circle 2:
  
  • Radius decreased from 145 to 130
  • Shrink Delay increased from 65 to 75
  • Shrink Duration reduced from 40s to 35s
• Circle 3:
  
  • Radius decreased from 90 to 80
  • Shrink Delay increased from 50 to 60
  • Shrink Duration reduced from 40s to 30s
• Circle 4:
  
  • Radius remains at 40
  • Shrink Delay increased from 40 to 45
• Circle 5:
  
  • Radius remains at 10

Lucie

• Roll (Space)
  
  • Cooldown increased from 14s to 16s

Oldur

• Chronobolt (M2)
  
  • Damage reduced from 20 to 18
  • Cooldown increased from 5s to 7s
• Time Bender (Q)
  
  • Cooldown reduction now scales less with rarity
• Temporal Strike (R)
  
  • Radius reduced from 2.4 to 1.8

Pearl

• Aqua Pulse (M2)
  
  • Damage reduced from 26 to 24
• Ocean Sphere (R)
  
  • Healing reduced from 28 to 21
  • Cooldown increased from 12s to 14s
  • Cooldown reduction now scales more with rarity
  • Legendary Bonus Haste reduced from 33% to 25%

Pestilus

• Bloodsucker (M2)
  
  • Cooldown increased from 4s to 5s
  • Damage increased from 30 to 36
  • Healing increased form 20 to 24

Raigon

• Sword Slash (M1) with Slicing Winds buff
  
  • Fixed a bug where movement speed of Slicing Winds cast was faster than regular Sword Slash

Shifu

• Impale (M2)
  
  • Damage reduced from 12 to 10
• Kunju (Q)
  
  • Damage increased from 7 to 8
• Javelin (E)
  
  • Damage now scales less with rarity

Taya

• Razor Boomerang (M1)
  
  • Cooldown reduced from 1s to 0.9s
  • Bonus damage from Haste reduced from 3 to 2
  • Movement speed while casting during Haste increased from 75% to 100%
• Haste (Space)
  
  • Duration increased from 2s to 3s
  • Haste factor reduced from 80% to 60%
  • Haste indicator bar now made more prominent
• Zephyr (Q)
  
  • Maximum air time reduced from 0.4s to 0.3s
  • Minimum air time reduced from 0.3s to 0.2s
  • Minimum range reduced from 3.5 to 2
• Tornado Trap (R)
  
  • Now has two charges

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



Have an idea for a new outfit in Battlerite? We’d love to see it! Check out the Concept Art Contest here! You have until 11:59 PM CET on March 8th to submit your skin, the winning design will be added to the game!


A new chapter has been added to the Book of Lore, learn more about mysterious Talon Island now!



https://store.steampowered.com/app/879160/Battlerite_Royale/
Don’t miss out, Battlerite Royale is now free-to-play!

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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!

Lucie is the Star of the Show this week, thank you zulcat!



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Darinushka is back again with more beautiful artwork!



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Our favorite faun is here to spread the love, thank you spacelazy for this amazing piece!



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Charged up and ready to blast! Made by KrimChers.



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

BattleManly with Best of Battlerite Royale #11, tune in for a good laugh and intense gameplay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1FLcsx1q9c
Jenius20 reflects over mind games in Battlerite, and introduces us to Oldur the Cat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1x9_j13QfAs
Check out Proxolol as he runs into some bubble trouble!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuyTlozo_a4
Top-notch Battlerite highlights with some chill music, what's a better way to spend your Friday?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juNeeYelN_o

It’s time for the Community Weekly!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBPBood2Rhw
Battlerite Royale is now free-to-play, watch the launch trailer and get in on the fun!



Got an awesome idea for a new outfit in Battlerite? Don't miss your chance to share it with us in the Concept Art Contest, the winning outfit will be added to the game! All details here.



https://store.steampowered.com/app/1024610/Battlerite_Royale__Legendary_Adventure_Pack_Vol2/
Looking to get your hands on more cool outfits? Check out the Legendary Adventure Pack Vol.2.



Hotfixes were added this week, read the hotfix notes here.

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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!

KrimChers has shared two beautiful pieces this week; Blossom playing the guitar, and gorgeous Poloma.




View the originals here and here.

SplashBrush is back this week, and it looks like Lucie has learned how to pull a rabbit out of a hat, and not just any rabbit! It's Zander!



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Applestream drew one of their favorite Champions, Ashka. Ashka like fire.



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

Xiomaro goes through the changes in Battlerite 2.0, check it out here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmwJBa5i0cY
BattleManly is here for another week, with Best of Battlerite #93 and Best of Battlerte Royale #10.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RceVDn915Vw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaE6okB6BE8
Joltzie tried a Raigon build with the new changes in Battlerite!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPhp_fjr-es
Jenius20 is here as well to try out Battlerite 2.0!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy7CFiY_Rf8

Battlerite Royale is Free to Play NOW!

Grab a friend and get in on the action now - everyone's invited!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/879160/Battlerite_Royale/