The Last Spell

Ishtar Games · Nacon, The Arcade Crew, Gamera Games, DANGEN Entertainment

Released: Mar 9, 2023
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Last updated: 13 Sep 2026, 00:57 GMT

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03 Jun 2026Developer post
The Last Spell is 5 years-old!
Hello Heroes! Our last "big" blogpost was a while ago (in February) and now it's already summer (we nearly died of heat last week, but it's okay). Today, we are SO EXCITED to celebrate the 5 YEARS anniversary of The Last Spell. Just 5 years ago right now, we were pushing the big
Hello Heroes!
Our last "big" blogpost was a while ago (in February) and now it's already summer (we nearly died of heat last week, but it's okay).
Today, we are SO EXCITED to celebrate the 5 YEARS anniversary of The Last Spell. Just 5 years ago right now, we were pushing the big scary "Release" button on Steam and released what turned out to be our biggest success yet, followed by 3 DLCs, and LOTS AND LOTS of updates!
But enough talking about the past, first of all, we wanted to share with you a very special illustration that Jacques, the art director of The Last Spell made to celebrate the occasion:
And on top of that, we've now officially sold over 750k units of The Last Spell across all platforms! This is a HUGE number for us, and again, it's only thanks to YOU, the best players in the world.
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
Modding
We also wanted to talk about the modding scene of The Last Spell!
As you know, we've recently added a bit more modding support in the game: namely, the modding of perks.
However, we were so impressed by what the community did with the game that we HAD to put a spotlight on two of our favourite mods!
Grobo's Tactical Overhaul
One of our most active community members, Grobo, is working on a very ambitious mod called "Grobo's Tactical Overhaul". We're very impressed by the work that is being done on this mod!
LastSpellMapMod
Another VERY impressive mod that we got sent lately is basically a map editor for The Last Spell. The player 清蒸猫锅 is currently working on a hugely ambitious mod that basically "enables injecting custom XML content and provides texture interfaces, allowing you to add new maps, units, buildings, items, and skills."
Although we knew that this was technically possible, we are extremely impressed and we believe this mod will open brand-new possibilities for the modding community of The Last Spell!
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An amazing cover!
This week, we received this kickass cover of "The Oath" by SanatoriumProd, and we're OBSESSED with how good it is!!
Watch on YouTube
A question for you!
Last but not least, we want to ask YOU a question about The Last Spell! A totally hypothetical one, obviously.
IF (that's a huge if) we were to make a new "TLS" game, what would be:
Top 3 features from TLS 1 that you would want to keep
Top 3 new features that you would love to see added
We can't wait to read your responses!
Take cares, Heroes <3
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16 Apr 2026Developer post
The Last Spell X Blighstone Bundle!
Hello Heroes! Today, we are pausing our regular program to celebrate Blightstone's latest update, from our friends at Unfinished Pixel! View game page With a new story, increased difficulty, and additional variety including anomalies, enemy variants, and runes, there's a whole lo
02 Apr 2026Developer post
Changelog 1.3.32.10
Hello Heroes! A new hotfix has just arrived! We've fixed some reported issues on The Last Spell! BUGFIX Fixed an issue where Falcon Seed and Snake Seed didn’t count for the “Commander of Amberwald” condition “hit enemies with seed skills Fixed issues where Big Stomp would trigger
Hello Heroes!
A new hotfix has just arrived!
We've fixed some reported issues on The Last Spell!
BUGFIX
Fixed an issue where Falcon Seed and Snake Seed didn’t count for the “Commander of Amberwald” condition “hit enemies with seed skills
Fixed issues where Big Stomp would trigger even without a target, and would not trigger with certain Jump Over skill variations. It also could not be canceled after a leap, even when no damage was dealt.
Don't forget to update your game!
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26 Feb 2026Developer post
Changelog 1.3.32.8
Hello Heroes! A new patch is available for The Last Spell, fixing two bugs! BUGFIX Fixed an issue where poison effet of Unique weapons didn't scale, they are now considered as level 5 weapons Fixed an issue where the Material Instability perk didn’t count all attacks, like dodged
Hello Heroes!
A new patch is available for The Last Spell, fixing two bugs!
BUGFIX
Fixed an issue where poison effet of Unique weapons didn't scale, they are now considered as level 5 weapons
Fixed an issue where the Material Instability perk didn’t count all attacks, like dodged ones, to trigger the Burst skill.
Don't forget to update your game!
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20 Feb 2026Developer post
Our new game, Dead in Antares is now OUT on Steam!
Hello Heroes! Today, we have a very special announcement (and no patch!). Yesterday, we released our newest game, Dead in Antares, a survival/management RPG set in space! Please take a look at the launch trailer: Dead in Antares was made by a part of the original team of The Last
Hello Heroes!
Today, we have a very special announcement (and no patch!).
Yesterday, we released our newest game, Dead in Antares, a survival/management RPG set in space!
Please take a look at the launch trailer:
Watch on YouTube
Dead in Antares was made by a part of the original team of The Last Spell, so you may find this "big mix of genres"+"intertwined systems"+"tactical combat" that you loved so much in The Last Spell:
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Some of the cool features that are in Dead in Antares:
Gorgeous hand-drawn 2D art, made by humans, for humans
A mysterious planet to explore and study
2 factions to interact with, and their intricate backstories
Survival and resource management at its best
Deep story with tough choices, a home to save, an endless conflict to put an end to, and more!
Up to 20 work stations to manage and more than 130 upgrades to craft!
Full RPG progression system, with traits, levels, skills… The whole package!
10 characters to manage, each with unique traits
Build the relationships between your characters! Every pair of main character has its own interactions.
Tactical turn-based combat with over 60 battle skills to acquire
Unleash their full potential with the brand-new power surge, ultimate skills that will turn the tide in combat
4 levels of difficulty so there’s a challenge for everyone (and of course, a "True Captain" mode for the most hardened players!)
Hours of story content, with 5 different endings
Dead in Antares is currently 15% off so you definitely do not want to miss it!
We hope you'll like our new little baby!
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19 Feb 2026Developer post
Changelog 1.3.32.7
Hello Warriors! Yesterday, we released patch 1.3.32.6, but unfortunately, one of the fixes introduced a very bad issue where players would have their save broken. Thankfully, we reverted the fix, managed to repair the saves of players, and now we're finally able to release the fi
Hello Warriors!
Yesterday, we released patch 1.3.32.6, but unfortunately, one of the fixes introduced a very bad issue where players would have their save broken.
Thankfully, we reverted the fix, managed to repair the saves of players, and now we're finally able to release the fix without breaking the saves! (we're very sorry again)
Fixed an issue where Manaflower Petal Storm Skill could kill the caster when you have unlocked Extended Reach Epiphanie.
Fixed an issue where Cetusia’s unique offhand skill could kill the caster depending on the skill’s target.
Headburst Unique rifle has now -10% propagation damage like other rifles
Fixed an issue where Allied Soulbounds were mistakenly counted as enemies in your Haven in the HolyGround perk conditions. The perk now also grants the correct damage bonus to the hero.
Fixed an initialization issue on the epiphany tooltip which could cause a softlock
Don't forget to update your game!
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18 Feb 2026Developer post
REVERTED - Changelog 1.3.32.6
UPDATE Unfortunately, we discovered that one of our fixes in version 1.3.32.6 could corrupt your saves if you had unique weapons in your run. To limit the issue as quickly as possible, we have reverted to version 1.3.32.4 while we work on fixing it. If you are affected by this is
UPDATE
Unfortunately, we discovered that one of our fixes in version 1.3.32.6 could corrupt your saves if you had unique weapons in your run. To limit the issue as quickly as possible, we have reverted to version 1.3.32.4 while we work on fixing it. If you are affected by this issue, please send us your save folder so we can check with you whether it’s possible to recover a backup of your save. Thank you for your understanding, and we are truly sorry for the inconvenience caused.
You can find your saves here :
%Appdata%/../LocalLow/Ishtar Games/The Last Spell/Save/Steam
Please send your files to support[at]Ishtar[dot]games
~~Hello Warriors!~~
~~We have a new hotfix for this week, bringing more bugfix!~~
~~Fixed an issue where Manaflower Petal Storm Skill could kill the caster when you have unlocked Extended Reach Epiphanie.~~
~~Fixed an issue where Cetusia’s unique offhand skill could kill the caster depending on the skill’s target.~~
~~Headburst Unique rifle now has -10% propagation damage like other rifles~~
~~Fixed an issue where Allied Soulbounds were mistakenly counted as enemies in your Haven in the HolyGround perk conditions. The perk now also grants the correct damage bonus to the hero.~~
~~Fixed an issue where poison effet of Unique weapons didn't scale, they are now considered as level 5 weapons~~
~~Fixed an initialization issue on the epiphany tooltip which could cause a softlock~~
~~Don't forget to update your game!~~
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12 Feb 2026Developer post
Changelog 1.3.32.4
Hello Heroes! A new hotfix is available for The Last Spell, fixing more reported issues: Fixed an issue where portable items could be built infinitely by undoing immediately after construction. Fixed an issue where heroes available at the same level had inconsistent prices when t
Hello Heroes!
A new hotfix is available for The Last Spell, fixing more reported issues:
Fixed an issue where portable items could be built infinitely by undoing immediately after construction.
Fixed an issue where heroes available at the same level had inconsistent prices when the apocalypse modifier “Reduce Inn Heroes Level” was enabled.
Fixed selling price being higher than the buying price when taking epiphanies with item cost reduction and shop uprades or Omen of Bargaining
Fixed a bug where dodge value in the skill attack UI wasn't correct when a perk added an Inaccurate skill effect
Fixed an issue where the dodge multiplier was not properly refreshed when hovering over an enemy while a skill was selected.
Fixed a visual issue where an isolated enemy appeared as non-isolated in the skill preview after a propagation attack.
Tooltips are now adaptive to prevent them from going off-screen horizontally at lower resolutions.
Fixed tooltips of some perks using Damage instead of Perk Damage
Fixed a tooltip issue, there was missing % in some perk descriptions
Fixed an issue where "Elusive" Perk could softlock the game when it killed a "Boomer" or "Hopper" enemy under certain conditions
Fixed an issue where a new god dialogue entry didn't show the right text
Don't forget to update your game!
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10 Feb 2026Developer post
Patch 1.3.32.3
Hello Heroes! A new patch is out, fixing many reported issues! Fixed « Guard Practice » Perk not resetting at the end of a night. Fixed an issue where the “Human Clawer-Opener” perk did not apply damage to enemies stunned by the “Septic Shock” Perk. Fixed « Vicious Venom » Perk n
Hello Heroes!
A new patch is out, fixing many reported issues!
Fixed « Guard Practice » Perk not resetting at the end of a night.
Fixed an issue where the “Human Clawer-Opener” perk did not apply damage to enemies stunned by the “Septic Shock” Perk.
Fixed « Vicious Venom » Perk not activating at the correct times.
Fixed Corpse Piles sometimes offering level 6 items.
Fixed Wall upgrade price not being reduced by the Arrowslit Epiphany.
Fixed a bug where the next night after their summon, allied units were counted as enemies to kill (you were not able to end the night, unless going to the main menu and reloading the game)
Fixed « Bloodcoated » Unique Weapon Perk counter resetting to 4 needed hits instead of 5 after killing a unit.
Fixed an issue where the game softocked when Nessie's tail get attacked by "Elusive" Perk during the Nessie spawn.
Fixed an issue where quests would not be fulfilled even when the conditions were met.
Don't forget to update your game!
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06 Feb 2026Developer post
Patch 1.3.32.2
Hello Heroes! A new patch is out, fixing softlock issues, and more! BUGFIX Fixed an issue where a softlock could occur when quitting and reloading a game, and have enemies die from poison applied by a hero with the "Blood Thirst" Perk. Fixed an issue where a softlock could occur
Hello Heroes!
A new patch is out, fixing softlock issues, and more!
BUGFIX
Fixed an issue where a softlock could occur when quitting and reloading a game, and have enemies die from poison applied by a hero with the "Blood Thirst" Perk.
Fixed an issue where a softlock could occur when a gravely wounded hero with an active "Back Protection" Perk regained health.
Fixed an issue where heroes with "Throw Potion" Perk or "Runic Gift" Perk in their perk tree reduced consumable and trinket slots each time after returning to the main menu. (Unfortunately, the fix will not apply to heroes that already lost their slots)
Fixed the first condition of Weapon Eposes continually increasing once it has been completed.
Fixed "Starter Epiphanies IV", "Production Epiphanies" and "Defense Epiphanies" Eposes not being counted as completed after beating the requested night.
Fixed a localization issue where some menus did not refresh properly when changing the language.
Don't forget to update your game!
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05 Feb 2026Developer post
Tales of Torment DLC OUT NOW
Hello Heroes! This is it! The FINAL DLC for The Last Spell, Tales of Torment, is finally available! View game page First and foremost, please take a look at the launch trailer for the game: LAUNCH TRAILER Tales of Torment Features Tales of Torment is the final DLC for The Last Sp
05 Feb 2026Developer post
The Last Spell Patch Note (Free Update + Tales of Torment DLC) - Version 1.3
Hello Heroes, today's the day! The FINAL Major update (bringing the final DLC) for The Last Spell is finally available! This final major update brings new apocalypses, a ton of balancing, a full rework of the ballistae, and so much more! We also have some AMAZING news: The Last S
Hello Heroes,
today's the day! The FINAL Major update (bringing the final DLC) for The Last Spell is finally available! This final major update brings new apocalypses, a ton of balancing, a full rework of the ballistae, and so much more!
We also have some AMAZING news: The Last Spell is now officially VERIFIED on Steam Deck!
But we KNOW what you're waiting for, the one thing some of you will read before even launching the game: the BIG changelog for this new version!!
Watch the Tales of Torment DLC Trailer
Watch on YouTube
NEW APOCS
We have added 4 new Apocalypse modifiers, bringing the maximum possible Apoc level to 100. We of course don’t recommend using all of them at once, but this should let you tailor the difficulty of the game even more, especially since Tales of Torment encourages you to play with apocs on. Here are the new modifiers:
CORPSE PILES VS PANIC
One issue that we wanted to address for a long time is that the rewards coming from corpse piles were worth much more than what people could get from achieving an A or S rank night, which incited players to play counter-intuitively and let enemies come into the Haven. We have rebalanced both mechanics so that both are viable and equal strategies.
DEFENSES
For a while now, we have felt that defense building was a bit too one-dimensional. To address this, we have made two major changes:
First, the Ballista now has 3 different upgrades instead of just one. Each upgrade has its own unique strengths: the mounted ballista has vision and extended range, the heavy ballista has much higher damage and armor piercing, while the split ballista can hit multiple targets at once. With this change, defending your base will not just be spamming the same fully upgraded ballistas everywhere: you will have to think about your needs, and which type of ballista fits them best.
Second, all defenses now have global upgrades that improve their damage or effect. This will let them scale better in the late game.
REWORKED SKILLS
Two weapon skills have been reworked for balance purposes:
The second skill of the Longbow has been replaced by a new skill, Acid Shot, which is a debuff skill with multi-hit. It can be very strong against beefy targets.
Since we don’t like to throw things away entirely, Watchout, the old skill from the Longbow, is now available to Heroes sitting inside a Watchtower.
The main skill of the Rifle has been reworked and renamed into Shrapnel Shot. It now has 1 Propagation Bounce, and still has very high damage.
And now, the full changelog!
GENERAL
Apocalypse
Added 4 new modifiers :
Hastened Enemy Scaling
Reduced Inn Heroes Level
Worse Hero Traits
Super Elite Affixes
End of Night
Ending a night at rank S now grants two items instead of one. One of them is guaranteed to be a weapon.
Ending a night at rank B now also grants an item
Rescaled the average rarity and level of items when ending a night at rank S or A: in the first nights, their level should be higher than before. In the late nights, their rarity should be better than before.
Other
Propagation Damage: Minimum reduced from 75% to 60%
Enemies are now capped at 95% Resistance instead of 100%
Increased minimum of multiple damage stats from 0% to 5%
WEAPONS
Physical weapons
Sword
Blade Rush (Skill 3):
Cost: 2 AP, 2 Mana > 1 AP, 3 Mana
Ranged Weapons
Longbow
Watchout (Skill 2) has been replaced by a new skill, Acid Shot:
Cost : 1 AP
2 Uses per Turn
Single Target
5-12 Range
Multi-Hit x3
Applies : -20% Dodge, -200 Armor
Rifle
Stat malus changed from –1 Move Points to –10% Propagation Damage.
Rifle Shot (Skill 1):
Renamed to “Shrapnel Shot”
Added Propagation x1
Magic Weapons
Tome of Magic
Base Damage at level 0: 70-111 -> 76-126
Weakening Touch (Skill 2):
Propagation Bounces: 6 > 8
Fireball (Skill 3):
DMG x1.1 (77-122) > DMG x1.2 (91-151)
Lightning Strike (Skill 4):
DMG x1.3 (91-144) > DMG x1.4 (106-176)
Propagation Bounces: 9 > 10
Other Items
Fixed some levels of Teleportation Scroll having the exact same effects as the previous level by rescaling use gains between levels.
BUILDINGS
Seer
Repel Mist now has 2 uses per Production phase instead of 1
Goldmine
Base Cost: 60 -> 50 Gold
Upgrade “Production +” cost: 60 -> 75 Gold
“Production +” upgraded effect: 40 -> 50 Gold produced
Scavenger Camp
Base Cost: 60 -> 50 Gold
Base production: 40 -> 50 Materials
Upgrade “Production +” cost: 60 -> 75 Gold
“Production +” upgraded effect: 60 -> 100 Materials produced
Temple
“Blessing” worker cost: 2 -> 1 workers
“Blessing” effect: +24 -> +20 Health
Upgrade “Blessing +” cost: 80 -> 50 Gold
“Blessing” upgraded effect: +32 -> +35 Health
Ruins
Increased the resource yields of all ruins :
1-Tile ruin :
Gold Focus : 14 Gold & 13 Materials > 18 Gold & 16 Materials
Material Focus : 4 Gold & 40 Materials > 5 Gold & 50 Materials
2-Tile ruin :
Gold Focus : 32 Gold & 28 Materials > 38 Gold & 32 Materials
Material Focus : 9 Gold & 90 Materials > 10 Gold & 120 Materials
3-Tile ruin :
Gold Focus : 54 Gold & 45 Materials > 60 Gold & 48 Materials
Material Focus : 15 Gold & 162 Materials > 15 Gold & 210 Materials
4-Tile ruin :
Gold Focus : 80 Gold & 68 Materials > 84 Gold & 64 Materials
Material Focus : 24 Gold & 240 Materials > 20 Gold & 320 Materials
Corpses
Reduced the average level and rarity of items obtained through corpse scavenging (except Elite Corpse Piles).
Rebalanced the resources obtained through corpse scavenging:
Small Corpse Pile (Gold Focus): +16 Gold > +15 Gold
Small Corpse Pile (Material Focus): +30 Materials > +32 Materials
Medium Corpse Pile (Resource Focus): +18 Gold & +32 Materials > +15 Gold & +48 Materials
Large Corpse Pile (Resource Focus): +72 Gold & +128 Materials > +45 Gold & +192 Materials
Elite Corpse Pile: +22 Gold & +38 Materials > +15 Gold & +48 Materials
DEFENSES
Walls
Reduced panic generated by ~50%
Ballistae
Added two new ballista variants, Heavy Ballista and Split Ballista, which are upgrades of the regular Ballista, similar to how the Mounted Ballista works.
Added a global upgrade to Ballistas that increases the damage of all Ballistas :
Level 1: +0% > +25% Damage, costs 200 Materials
Level 2: +25% > +50% Damage, costs 400 Materials
Removed the “Seasoned Operator” upgrade (the Seasoned Operator Favor now unlocks global defense upgrades instead).
Mounted Ballista
Damage : 140-170 > 120-140
Range : 8 > 10
Heavy Ballista
Damage : 220-280
Range : 8
Attack has “Armor Piercing”
Split Ballista
Damage : 80-120
Range : 8
Attacks 3 targets per turn
Traps
Slow Trap:
Material Cost: 7 > 6
Added a global upgrade to Slow Traps that increases the debuff from 2 to 3 Move Points
Stun Trap:
Material Cost: 10 > 8
Added a global upgrade to Stun Traps that increases the number of uses from 1 to 2
Damage Trap:
Material Cost: 13 > 12
Added a global upgrade to Damage Traps that increases damage from 80-130 to 120-195
Catapults
Added a global upgrade to Catapults that increases the damage of all Catapults :
Level 1: +0% > +25% Damage, costs 200 Materials
Level 2: +25% > +50% Damage, costs 400 Materials
Watchtower
Now grants +2 Skill Range to Heroes inside a watchtower
Now grants the skill Watchout to Heroes inside a Watchtower
Poison Seeds
Skill range: 0-3 -> 0-5
PERKS
Dwarf Perks
Jolly Drinker
Now also grants +30% Healing Received
Hard as Rock
Block buff duration increased from 1 to 2 turns
Against the Wall
Bonus damage: 10% + 2 per level -> 12% + 3 per level
Stoneheart Shield
Block gained : 6 -> 10
Maximum block bonus : 30 -> 40
Now also grants +40 to Maximum Block
Aggressiveness
Armor threshold: 15 -> 10
Condensed Hate
Hits Needed: 8 -> 3
Shower of Blows
Stat changes now cap after 10 consecutive hits
Damage bonus per hit: 5% -> 7%
Accuracy malus per hit: -4% -> -3%
OTHERS
The last favors are now revealed when there are only 10 favors left, helping players track their final objectives.
Tales of Torment DLC
Tales of Torment is the third and final DLC, now available!
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Tales of Torment adds new challenges, bold and new rewarding new objectives, and powerful items and perks!
Addition of the Altar, a new building granting permanent bonuses known as Epiphanies: unique weapons, armors, trinkets, unique perks, and more.
Exchange Memories for Epiphanies
Addition of Ordeals, additional objectives that you will be invited to complete each night to gain Memories
Addition of Epiphanies, brutal new modifiers that will grant you Memories
Addition of a new God, inviting you to complete Eposes, tasks similar to the Favors in the main game, to unlock even more Epiphanies
And that's all!
Take care, Heroes <3
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21 Jan 2026Developer post
The Last Spell - Tales of Torment DLC will be released on February 5th 2026
Hello Heroes, it's a very small blogpost today, but we've just launched the steam page for the final DLC of The Last Spell! View game page This DLC will add brand-new features to the game, that will add new challenges, bold and rewarding new objectives, and let you access to the
Hello Heroes,
it's a very small blogpost today, but we've just launched the steam page for the final DLC of The Last Spell!
View game pageThis DLC will add brand-new features to the game, that will add new challenges, bold and rewarding new objectives, and let you access to the most powerful new items and perks ever added to the game, as you meet a mysterious new god seeking to reclaim his lost memories.
Access the Altar, a new building that grants permanent bonuses known as Epiphanies, that you can get for a few precious Memories.
During each night, you will be challenged with additional objectives called Ordeals. Complete up to 3 of them to earn precious Memories and unlock rewards.
Every night, a Divergence will reshape the fights and twist the upcoming night with brutal new modifier that will also earn you precious Memories.
Meet a new God by completing up to 50 Eposes, tasks similar to the Favors in the main game, and unlock even more Epiphanies. Nearly 100 Epiphanies await to fully unleash your most ruthless builds.
This final DLC will bring bloody new tools of savagery for newcomers and brutal new challenges for hardened players.
And don't forget that the DLC will be released on February 5th, so don't forget to add the DLC to your wishlist to be among the first players to play it when it finally comes out!
Take care! <3
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16 Jan 2026Developer post
Tales of Torment DLC pt. 4/4: Eposes + Meet Weltschmerz!
Hello Heroes! A new year is upon us, and so is the FINAL DLC of The Last Spell, called “Tales of Torment”. This shall be our final blogpost teasing the content of the DLC 😊 As for us, this is the final lap before the end. We’ve JUST closed the last beta for the DLC yesterday. We
Hello Heroes!
A new year is upon us, and so is the FINAL DLC of The Last Spell, called “Tales of Torment”. This shall be our final blogpost teasing the content of the DLC 😊
As for us, this is the final lap before the end. We’ve JUST closed the last beta for the DLC yesterday. We had a LOT of feedback from players, so those last few weeks will be spent analyzing the results and balancing the DLC, as well as putting the last touches on it.
Release date of Tales of Torment
We’re VERY happy to announce that Tales of Torment will be released VERY soon: the DLC will be available on February 5th 2026! So, only a few weeks to wait until the release!
But let’s not get too emotional (yet), for we still have a blogpost (and a DLC) to finish 😊 And once again, I’ll let Victor talk about it! Today, we’re focusing on the new God and the Eposes, introduced in Tales of Torment.
Introducing Eposes
Hello! Today, I’ll be talking mainly about what we call Eposes. Once again, here’s the diagram of the new systems to show you what I’ll be talking about:
To summarize everything : Divergences and Ordeals are in-run challenges that allow you to gain Memories, which are used to complete Epiphanies. Each epiphany grants you a unique bonus until the end of the run. As for Eposes, they unlock new Epiphanies between your runs.
But before I talk about Eposes, I will be talking about who gives them to you, namely “Weltschmerz”.
Meet Weltschmerz
Players owning the DLC will have access to a new screen that has similarities to the Oraculum. A new, mysterious character will greet them, and later introduce themselves as “Weltschmerz” (yes, we do love our unpronounceable german words).
Meet this enigmatic traveler, a disillusioned master whose power resonates all the way to the Havens through his Altar. While Weltschmerz's past is shrouded in mystery, his offer is clear: help him relive the glory of his Eposes, and he will reward you with forgotten powers, in the form of new Epiphanies. He is a warrior looking for an equal. Dive into his memories, unlock his ancient teachings, and forge your own path within your story.
Weltschmerz, like the goddesses, proposes a deal: re-enact his Eposes, and he will share with you his teachings from times immemorial, in the form of new epiphanies.
Eposes
Eposes are the equivalent to Favors in the Oraculum. Like Freude’s Favors, they require you to achieve specific deeds.
The main differences from Favors are :
They specifically unlock Epiphanies, and nothing else
They all require a certain level of apocalypse
Other than this, their requirements vary greatly, but have generally been designed as little challenges for the players. Here are a few examples (as usual, even though we are nearing the end of development, keep in mind that all values are still subject to change):
For players telling themselves, “I’m already struggling on the vanilla game, there is no way I will be able to complete any of the Eposes if they require you to play in Apocalypse!”, fret not! Eposes are designed to introduce players to Apocalypse modifiers, thus the vast majority of Eposes only require very low apocalypse levels, and do not require you to win a run. Here are a few examples:
Still, for players looking for a challenge or a reason to try out the new features from the DLC, there are a few Eposes than are more challenging:
These have conditions that have to be completed in a single run, all together, which makes it a true “challenge run”.
In total, there are 54 Eposes to complete just in this DLC. If you own all DLCs of The Last Spell, the number of Eposes goes up to 66, as a few Eposes will be exclusive to Dwarves of Runenberg and Elves of Amberwald.
Quickstart
Lastly, one mechanic we have added following player feedback is the “Quickstart” option for the DLC. Some Eposes seemed a bit grindy for players who had already played a lot of the base game. However, we couldn’t just make all the Eposes super quick to unlock, as that would make the DLC experience way too fast on fresh saves, and overlap with the normal progression of the game.
So, here’s how the quickstart works: after buying the DLC, if you load up a save that was last played without the DLC, and meeting Weltschmerz for the first time, you will be shown a “Quickstart” popup.
If you accept, some Eposes will be completed or advanced according to your base game meta progression. Some will progress even if you haven’t played yet in apoc, so you don’t have to do everything in apoc again.
If you want the “true” experience of the DLC, you can of course refuse the quickstart.
A few more Epiphanies
Like in every blogpost since we revealed Epiphanies, I’ll be showing you a few more Epiphanies:
Ghastly Energy
Ghastly Energy is an Epiphany that grants a perk with the same name to all of your Heroes. It reduces the mana cost of their skills depending on their Resistance Reduction attribute.
Here, for example, we have a Hero with 46% Resistance Reduction, which reduces the cost of Fireball from 4 to 3 and the cost of Lightning Strike from 6 to 4. This Epiphany can be extremely useful if you are planning to use very mana-intensive weapons in your run, like the Tome of Magic.
Bonepull
Bonepull is the Unique version of the Spear. Like all unique weapons, it comes with a special perk, in this case “Gutting”.
After hitting a certain number of enemies in a single turn, your “Impale” skill –the first one- will be upgraded with bonus AoE. The first upgrade adds 6 tiles, 3 on each side, and the second upgrade 6 additional ones, 3 on each side once again. You can see the fully upgraded version in the tooltip right here:
The bonus is reset at the end of each turn, but by carefully planning which skills to use in what order, you should be able to use the upgraded skill nearly every turn. Here’s what it looks like in action:
Broken Bell
Broken Bell is an Epiphany that grants a unique Trinket. This Trinket grants a very powerful skill called “Curse Wish”. It applies very powerful alterations to 2 targets, and these last for the entire night. As one of the alterations is Contagion, if you use the skill in the right way, you can propagate these alterations to a lot more enemies. This can be a very powerful item if one of your Heroes is running a debuff or poison build.
And here’s the skill in action:
As a reminder, there will be nearly a hundred epiphanies to uncover in Tales of Torment. As this is the last blogpost on the subject before release, these are the last ones we will tease before then. Thank you once again for reading through this blogpost and see you then!
And this is it for this final blogpost of teasing before the release of the DLC. In three weeks (!) you’ll finally be able to play this last DLC for our little game. We hope you’ll enjoy playing it as much as we did making it.
Take care, Heroes! <3
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23 Dec 2025Developer post
Happy Holidays from the team + Some news!
Hello Heroes! This year is finally coming to an end! This blogpost will be a little special as it's not a "DLC blogpost" like usual, but we still have one more blogpost dedicated to the DLC coming up in January 😉 So this time, we wanted to do a very special "Holidays" blogpost!
Hello Heroes!
This year is finally coming to an end! This blogpost will be a little special as it's not a "DLC blogpost" like usual, but we still have one more blogpost dedicated to the DLC coming up in January 😉 So this time, we wanted to do a very special "Holidays" blogpost!
For The Last Blogpost (before 2026), we have a lot of things to discuss with you, so let’s go!

Meet the team of Tales of Torment!
Some of you may know us from the Discord server (and if you haven’t already, join our awesome community), but we thought the holidays would be a cool time to know more about the people who’ve been working hard on the DLCs of the game 😉 So, everyone working on the DLCs of The Last Spell had a little something to share with you all!
Manon Fontaine, Producer:
My job is a bit of a mix between a happiness manager and a living reminder. I make sure everyone is in the right mindset to do their work: prioritizing certain tasks so we can make a trailer for marketing, postponing other parts because the game designers aren’t sure yet (to avoid changing everything fifteen times), and regularly reminding everyone about small details we had put aside. Basically, my goal is to offer the team a space where they can create calmly, without having to think about all of that. It’s not always easy, it’s real teamwork, with constant adjustments. I wasn’t there for the release of DLC 2 because I was busy creating a little baby, so I’m really excited to be part of the release of DLC 3! And during the holidays, between two snails (yes, I’m French…), I’ll probably finally finish Cult of the Lamb. Honestly, it’s a bit like my job when I think about it…
Victor Ternisien, Game Designer:
Hello! Victor here. You may remember me from the recent blogposts. I'm one of the Game Designers on the team, and I tend to focus a bit more on the balancing & numbers side of the game. I am currently hard at work trying to balance out all of the things we are adding in the new DLC, which represents... a LOT, given the vast amount of Epiphanies we have added. Beta testers have given us ample feedback, and the challenge is now to improve as many things as possible, while staying within the development schedule and keeping the content accessible to newer players.
During the winter break, I plan on playing a bit of Victoria 3's newest DLC, and probably a lot of boardgames with friends and family - my favorite at the moment being "Earth", which I wholeheartedly recommend if you are a seasoned boardgame player.
Robin Fau, Game Designer
Hello! My name is Robin, aka Biggs, and I’m in charge of the GD team for the DLCs of The Last Spell. Thanks to the team, we were able to put in place the different features of this DLC (and the previous ones, of course)… And how cool was it to work on that!
I’m especially proud of having been able to experiment so much on this DLC and make it a bit more roguelike and unpredictable, while respecting the philosophy of the game.
Offering systems like divergences and Ordeals was something complicated to put in place, but it turned out to be very fun to allow players to show their capacity to adapt and also try new strategies. And it’s all connected by the Epiphanies, that really let you create your fantasy of overpowered hero saving what’s left of the world!
And outside the systemic design, I also work on the whole narrative parts and the localization of the DLCs. (Nothing better than a dwarf yelling on an elf!)
During the holidays, I’ll probably play Sulfur (Hello Simon!), and probably find a hack & slash that I’ll play way too much during the holidays… (Let’s face it, we all know it’s going to be Path of Exile 2).
Morgane Lainard, Game Designer
Hi there I'm Morgane, one of the game designers on the team. I focus on the user experience. I'm making sure that, when we are adding new content, all players, regardless of experience or play type, have the information needed to understand the new systems and that this info is delivered in an efficient manner for smooth and efficient decision making without sacrificing challenge or fun.
Which is quite the challenge with a game like The Last Spell!
By collecting and compiling feedback from the Discord and from the beta surveys, we could see that you all have very different play styles and wants and needs from the game. While making this DLC that affects a lot of game systems, it's been a fun juggling act for us to confront that feedback with our creative vision, while taking into consideration the experience of new and very experienced players alike.
I also try to improve usability wherever possible within our dev constraints and budget.
During the holidays, I will live my best dwarven life in the last DLC of Return to the Moria and prepare to GM the Tainted Grail tabletop RPG.
Simon Hembert, Programmer
This DLC is really different from its predecessors. As a programmer, I spent quite some time thinking about the architectures of the new features and create their foundations in the code. During the last few weeks, I’ve been working on improving the code and improving a million little things after the feedback we got during the previous betas.
More generally, on The Last Spell and our other games, a big part of my work is about integrating the UIs because we have a LOOOT of UIs.
During the holidays, I’ll probably keep playing Sulfur, an extract shooter (I blame my coworker Robin for introducing me to the game) and also Rocket League because I’m addicted to it 😊
Frederic Durey, Programmer
Hi, I'm Frederic and one of the programmers of the DLCs! In this DLC I mainly worked on epiphanies, it was fun to implement different effects.
I hope that with the content this dlc brings, it'll please a lot of players and that they will have fun in trying to play differently than they usually do.
Regarding the holidays, i think I'll play "And roger" and maybe finish "Coffee talk episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly". And if I find the time, start a chaos dwarves campaign in Total War Warhammer 3".
Adrien Feugere, Artist
Hi, I’m Adrien, I’m the main artist on the DLCs of The Last Spell! I also was in charge of the animations for the base game, so I’ve been working on the game for quite some time now!
I love working on the skills of the game, but I got to work on some of my favourite ones in this DLC! I’m very proud of the identity of the skills I was able to give to some of the weapons.
As a small holiday present, here are some animations I worked on for the epiphanies of this DLC

Bruno Laverny, Comms
And it’s my turn! I’ve been the main voice of Ishtar Games for quite some time now (almost 9 years!). I’m kind of multitask as I handle social media, community management, marketing, strategy, support… On this DLC specifically, I worked on organizing the beta sessions, oversaw the blogposts, pretty much everything related to the steam pages!
I had my birthday just a few days ago, so I know I’ll probably spend way too much time on JRPGs, this year I’ll play Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army, and I’ll take way too many pictures of my guinea pigs and my cat.
A Steamdeck update is coming!
We’re aware that a lot of Steamdeck users had some feedback regarding The Last Spell on the deck. We know this one has been a long time coming, but we can officially say that an official Steamdeck support is coming to The Last Spell next month!
So, if you’re getting a steamdeck under the tree this year, you’re in for a very good time! (on top of all the amazing games verified on steamdeck!).
Modding
As you may remember, we included modding in our roadmap that we had released last year. Modding is something that we REALLY wanted to do for a LONG time, but with ambitious DLCs and not infinite resources, that’s something we haven’t been able to properly do.
Unfortunately, we had to make the decision to cut our ambitions on modding for The Last Spell, at least for the time being.
That being said, we do have a little thing you’ll be able to mod before the release of the DLC, so please look forward to it!

Some fun numbers
As you may remember, in May 2024 we added some analytics to the game to understand analyze players’ behaviors so we can have more data about the balancing of the game, for instance.
For the first time, here are some fun numbers that we collected during that time:
Players launched more than 1 million runs
Most played maps: Lakeburg, Gildenberg, and then Elderlicht
We also have the most used perks:
Mana Growth for tier 1
Magic Fuel for tier 2
Runic Gift for tier 3
Critical Master for tier 4
Big Game Hunter for tier 5
Finally, we can talk about skills!
The most used skill is Centipedes (Druidic Staff) with over 4 million (!) uses
The deadliest skill is Shred (Axe) that killed over 2 million enemies

Happy Holidays!
And with that final note this blogpost comes to an end!
Now, we’re going to take a well deserved rest, sleep and eat way too much.
We can’t wait to launch Tales of Torment, coming early 2026! 😊
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12 Dec 2025Developer post
Final Beta of Tales of Torment DLC - January 5-12th
Hello Heroes! We hope you're doing okay. We're getting closer to the release of Tales of Torment DLC (like VERY SOON, and we will announce the release date BEFORE the holidays!), and next month, we're going to have the FINAL Beta of this DLC. As you may know, we've done several c
Hello Heroes!
We hope you're doing okay. We're getting closer to the release of Tales of Torment DLC (like VERY SOON, and we will announce the release date BEFORE the holidays!), and next month, we're going to have the FINAL Beta of this DLC.
As you may know, we've done several closed betas prior to that one, with a small group of players who helped us very much in fine-tuning the new systems of the new DLC, and we can never thank them enough for giving us so many valuable feedback!
As the release of Tales of Torment is soon upon us, we want to do one last closed Beta.
IMPORTANT
The goal of this beta is :
To collect feedback regarding the balancing of the DLC
And to chase all the bugs who managed to get past our devs
This Beta will take place from January 5th to January 12th, but all selected players will receive an invitation before December 23rd.
As this will be a private Beta, you will be required to sign an NDA and you won't be able to share it online with other players outside the beta.
Requirements:
Be on our discord server
Own The Last Spell on Steam
Submit your participation here: https://forms.gle/RngqxpusddaCkscu8
Take care! <3
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27 Nov 2025Developer post
Final part DLC 3/4: Ordeals + DLC Title Announced! (+ a date for our new game!)
Hello everyone! Phew, third blogpost already about the DLC! We’re getting closer to the release (early 2026!) and we’re making great progress on it. This month, we organized a private beta with some selected members of our community, and that beta allowed us to improve some of th
Hello everyone!
Phew, third blogpost already about the DLC! We’re getting closer to the release (early 2026!) and we’re making great progress on it.
This month, we organized a private beta with some selected members of our community, and that beta allowed us to improve some of the new systems (more on that in the blogpost!). We want to thank our amazing beta players for their involvement and their many comments and feedback posts <3
And we’re VERY happy to finally announce the name of the DLC: The Last Spell: Tales of Torment!
Today, we’re going to talk about another new mechanic of the DLC: Ordeals! And once again, I’ll let Victor, game designer on The Last Spell, take over this blogpost!
Presenting Ordeals
Hello once again! I’m here to talk about Ordeals, the third new mechanic introduced in this DLC. If you recall the diagram from the last blogpost, here’s what I’m talking about:
So, what’s an ordeal ? Ordeals are short-term objectives that will appear during nights, and let you gain Memories if you complete their requirements. Here’s an example:
Ordeals are composed of:
A main action: dealing damage, killing enemies, using skills... it requires the player to do the following action a given amount of times.
One or two additional constraints: in this case, there are two. One is “Target has a Negative Alteration”, and the other is “Target is at full health”. This means that the player has to deal damage to enemies that have a negative alteration AND are at full health.
A time limit: the player has to complete the Ordeal within the time limit. After that, the ordeal will disappear. The time limit generally ranges between 1 and 4 turns.
A reward: how many memories the ordeal will grant if you complete it.
We have a multitude of actions and constraints. The general idea of Ordeals is to force the player to do something they would not naturally do, so that it is an added challenge. Here are a few examples:
There are also Ordeals that require you NOT to do something for a given amount of turns:
The System
Now that you know how an ordeal works and what it looks like, here’s a bit more about the system in its entirety, across a whole night.
Each night, the player has a “quota” of 3 ordeals to accomplish. If that amount is reached, a certain amount of Memories is awarded as a bonus, which we call the Covenant Bonus. After that, all current ordeals disappear, and no other ordeals can be completed for the night.
For the record, this is a recent change we have made after feedback from our beta testers. Before, we had no limit on the amount of Ordeals players could complete during the night. This meant that, in order to maximize the Memories you obtained, you had to try and complete every single Ordeal that showed up. Because of this, Ordeals quickly turned into frustrating chores for our players.
With the Covenant system, players just have to find 3 ordeals they want to complete every night, and can thus ignore the ones they dislike or find too difficult to achieve in their current situation. Generally speaking, during a night, 6 to 8 ordeals will show up, which means you have to complete -at best- 50% of them.
Now, in terms of UI, here’s where the ordeals will show up during the night:
To recapitulate our intentions: Ordeals are meant to break the repetitiveness you can sometimes encounter during runs, where every turn feels like it plays the same. These short-term challenges should change that, while making you progress toward the next Epiphany. They are also meant as a counterpart to Divergences. While Divergences can be planned for and are visible ahead of the night, Ordeals rely more on surprise and quick adaptation during the night.
That’s it for Ordeals, but I’ll keep this blogpost going for just a bit longer to show you a few more epiphanies.
More epiphanies
As promised in the last Blogpost, here are a few more examples of Epiphanies that you will be able to activate in your runs. As a reminder, Epiphanies are bonuses that last for your entire run, and that can be obtained by collecting Memories (if you want more information on them, you can read the Blogpost here).
Less is more
Less is more is an epiphany that grants a perk to all heroes. It grants a LOT of experience gain, but this bonus is reduced for each Hero you have.
This is an epiphany you will want to take if you like to focus more on having a small number of very strong Heroes, instead of recruiting a lot of Heroes.
Extended Reach
Extended Reach is an Epiphany that increased the range of all melee skills, allowing them to reach one tile further.
Holy Ground
And here we have Holy Ground, which grants a special perk to all your Heroes: as long as no enemies have entered the Haven during a night, the Hero gets +20% Damage.
Corrupted Weapons
Lastly: in the previous Blogpost, I teased a screenshot of what looked like new versions of existing weapons. Today, I’ll be presenting you what they are: Unique Weapons.
For each weapon, the DLC adds an Epiphany that grants the player a unique version of this weapon. Each of them also has a name.
These weapons have 3 main advantages:
Their damage automatically scales with the Hero’s level, so they will keep being relevant for the entire run
Their damage is adaptative
They have a unique new perk
They are Unique Items, so, like other Unique items, you can only equip one per Hero.
Here are two examples of what Unique Weapons look like:
Flayed
Flayed is the Unique version of the Tome of Magic. It comes with the unique perk “Eye of the Storm”, which will automatically cast Stray Lightning and random enemies every 3 Mana Spent.
Bloodtendon
Bloodtendon is the unique version of the Shortbow. It has upgraded AoEs on all of its skills.
And this is just an extract of the many Epiphanies you’ll be able to play with in this DLC. Once again, we’ll show you a few more in the next Blogpost. See you next time!
One Last word: our newest game, Dead in Antares, comes out on February 19th 2026
As you may know, the Ishtar Games studio is made of two teams currently:
The “TLS” team, working on the DLCs and the post-release support of the game
The “Dead in Antares” team, working on the new game of the “Dead in” series
And, we’re very happy to announce that Dead in Antares is releasing on February 19th 2025!
(And don’t worry, we’ll have a release date for Tales of Torment DLC soon, and it’s coming out sooner than you may think).
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The “Dead in” series and The Last Spell share a lot of the same DNA (complex, hard games with RPG elements), so if you liked The Last Spell, there’s a high chance you might find a lot to love in Dead in Antares! 😉
There’s a free demo for Dead in Antares, so feel free to try it yourself!
Take care, heroes! <3
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30 Oct 2025Developer post
Final DLC Part 2/4: Altar + Epiphanies (+ Closed Beta!)
Hello Warriors! Halloween is nearly upon us, and until next week, The Last Spell AND its DLCs are on sale, so that could give you an idea of screaming when losing AGAIN against Cetusia. Last time, we showed you one of the new features of the upcoming DLC, the Divergences. That br
Hello Warriors!
Halloween is nearly upon us, and until next week, The Last Spell AND its DLCs are on sale, so that could give you an idea of screaming when losing AGAIN against Cetusia.
Last time, we showed you one of the new features of the upcoming DLC, the Divergences. That brought a LOT of... passionate comments from players! We definitely read them all, and we understand that didn’t fully explain the core loop of the DLC, and how each system works with each other.
This is why before going deeper into the Epiphanies, we will present to you the Altar, and how all the new systems work with each other!
Like the last time, I will let Victor, game designer on The Last Spell, take over this blogpost!
The Altar
Hello! Before presenting the true subject of this blogpost – Epiphanies – I will be presenting the Altar, which is a new building that will appear in any runs you launch if you have the DLC. It grants the player access to a new interface that centralizes most of the new features from the DLC.
The Altar has two tabs: one of them is the Divergence tab, which we talked about in the last Blogpost, and the other is the Epiphanies tab.
Epiphanies are a new mechanic we are introducing with this DLC. They are bonuses that last for the whole run and let the player specialize their run. To activate an Epiphany, the player must choose that Epiphany and then complete it by gaining Memories and filling the Memory gauge. Once an Epiphany is completed, the player can choose another one.

Epiphanies can have various effects:
Give a very powerful item
Grant a perk to all Heroes
Grant a global passive effect
These last for the entire run.
Now that you know about Divergences and Epiphanies, we can show you how the 4 new mechanics of the DLC will mesh together. Here’s a simple diagram of the new mechanics:

Epiphanies
There are a total of 100+ Epiphanies in the DLC. At the start, the player has access to 25 of them, and the rest can be unlocked by playing the DLC.
Our objective with Epiphanies is to make global bonuses that have an impact on your entire run, and shape how you build your haven, your heroes, or how you play the nights. Think of it as something that can create “builds” not just for your Heroes, but for your entire Haven. Different Epiphanies will affect different aspects of the game: Heroes, Economy, Defenses... and will generally reward you for committing to a certain playstyle.
When starting a run, a given number of Epiphanies are chosen at random to constitute the Epiphany pool for this run. This lets players adapt and plan their run from the start, and makes it so that you won’t have to go for the same Epiphanies every run. For example, if you start a run and see multiple Epiphanies that affect Defenses in the Altar, you may want to focus more on building defenses during this run.

As we don't have Icons at this stage of development, we use the names of the Epiphanies for now. Some of them give a good idea of what their effect could be.
Epiphanies are separated into 3 tiers with different Memory values: these represent how many Memories you have to accumulate to complete the Epiphany. After completing an Epiphany, the cost of all other Epiphanies is increased for the remainder of the run. This means that the first Epiphanies you complete are cheaper than the rest, so be careful about what you want to complete first, as some have an effect that is more interesting to get early. In a single run, players should be able to complete at least 3-4 Epiphanies, but you can go higher by playing on longer maps, completing as many Divergences as possible, or just taking the Epiphanies that cost less.
Next, here are various examples of Epiphanies that will be available in the DLC:
Examples
Spiked Walls:

This Epiphany, as the name says, grants spikes to your walls, which will automatically damage nearby enemies during the night. Here’s how it looks in-game:
If you take this Epiphany, you’ll probably want to build a lot of walls to maximize its effect. Maybe you can even think of a clever pattern in which to build your walls?
Efficiency:

This Epiphany focuses more on the economic aspect of the run. When you complete a night at rank S or rank A, you will gain more Gold and Materials. You will probably want to take this Epiphany early, in a run where you focus on keeping Panic low.
Aello’s Head:
This Epiphany grants an item called “Aello’s Head”. It’s a new kind of item called a Unique Item. Unique Items are, as the name says, unique: every Unique Item can only be obtained through a specific Epiphany. Moreover, a single Hero can only equip a single Unique Item at a time, so choose carefully.

As usual, all values here are subject to change: damage, range, cost... may be higher in the final version.
Aello’s Head is one in a series of Unique Items inspired by the Bosses of The Last Spell. This one lets you use “Flying Assault” a skill of the Harpies from Gildenberg. Players following us on Discord or other social media may have already seen it as a sneak peak, but here’s the item in action:
While most Epiphanies have a global effect, Unique items can only be equipped on one Hero at a time, so they will only affect one of your Heroes. This one grants a high mobility skill for cheap, which can be strong for a Hero that plays with momentum, or a build that generally lacks mobility. Since the skill uses Adaptative damage, you can use it to full effect on Heroes specialized in any kind of damage.
Nighttime Cravings:
Nighttime Cravings is an Epiphany that is inspired by the Ripper enemy, which can eat clawers to boost himself. This Epiphany grants a special skill to all your Heroes, that lets them “eat” a Clawer every turn for just 1 Action Point, to regenerate health.
As the range is restricted to melee and it grants health, this Epiphany is best used with many Heroes that play in melee range and risk losing Health.

That's it for today, but we'll keep revealing a bit more Epiphanies in the next Blogposts. I’d just like to tease one last type of Unique Item that will come in this DLC...

What do you think these are, and what do you think they do? You’ll get the answer in a future blogpost. That’s it for me, as I’ll let Bruno conclude this blogpost.
A closed beta!
We’re getting closer to the release of the final DLC of The Last Spell. (yes, we’re not calling it The Last DLC, we know), and we would like to invite YOU to play an early version of this DLC for a limited time.
We’re looking for ~20/25 players to try the new features of this DLC, and give us some feedback about them!
To participate in this beta:
Join our Discord server: https://discord.com/invite/ishtargames
Be part of the “Ishtar Betas” role
And once you have that role, fill the form you will find in the “ishtar betas announcement” channel!
We’re very excited about this final DLC! Next time, we will talk about the Ordeals.
Take care <3
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22 Oct 2025Developer post
Vagrus - The Riven Realms “At the Heart of Ruin” Expansion is Live Now
Hello! We've known Lost Pilgrim Studio for nearly 10 years, since our early days for Dead in Vinland! And we couldn't be happier about their new release! Vagrus: The Riven Realms is an award-winning, turn-based, open-world dark fantasy strategy-RPG set in a deeply immersive world
Hello!
We've known Lost Pilgrim Studio for nearly 10 years, since our early days for Dead in Vinland! And we couldn't be happier about their new release!
Vagrus: The Riven Realms is an award-winning, turn-based, open-world dark fantasy strategy-RPG set in a deeply immersive world shaped by over two decades of tabletop roleplaying. Developed by Lost Pilgrims, a team who built their own setting – the Riven Realms – through countless DnD-style campaigns, the game features over 2.5 million words of story-driven, lore-heavy, richly-branching narrative that captures the spirit of classic tabletop adventures. In the game, the player takes the role of a vagrus - a sort of a caravan leader who makes a living in a strange and dangerous dark fantasy world by leading a traveling company on all kinds of ventures.
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Lost Pilgrims have just posted a huge announcement on their Steam development blog about releasing their second expansion of Vagrus – At the Heart of Ruin along with a Ruinous Supporter Pack – on Steam and various console platforms. This expansion offers a tight but multi-layered and dense region fraught with conflict and rich with opportunities. Vagri who decide to brave the forsaken paths of this broken realm will be challenged not only by new foes and villains, but also by the very nature one must traverse the mountainous terrain.
New Content and Features
A fresh, dangerous region unfettered from Imperial dominance and brimming with peril
A dark narrative adventure with several overarching stories as well as shorter adventures
Deep quests with multiple outcomes and a plethora of personalities
Many new opportunities and challenges for traders, mercenaries, and explorers
A host of new enemies, be they crazed scavengers or creatures cursed beyond recognition
A large cast of NPCs, some new and some old, who can be a part of your story
New minor factions the likes of which few vagri have ever had the chance to befriend or fight against
New obstacles, rewards, lore, and more of our signature visual art
So, if this sounds like something you may like, check out the main game and its expansion!
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14 Oct 2025Developer post
Patch 1.2.20.4
Hello Heroes, we hope you're doing good! We're still working hard on DLC 3, and on future blogposts to tell you more about the new systems we have yet to introduce you to! In the meantime, we have a small bugfix issue for the game today! Security issue We want to let you know tha
Hello Heroes,
we hope you're doing good! We're still working hard on DLC 3, and on future blogposts to tell you more about the new systems we have yet to introduce you to!
In the meantime, we have a small bugfix issue for the game today!
Security issue
We want to let you know that a security issue was recently found in some versions of the Unity Editor. In certain cases, it could have allowed unsafe file loading. Good news: the issue has been completely fixed. We’ve applied the official Unity updates to make sure our games stay safe and stable. There is no evidence that the issue was ever exploited, and no player data has been affected.
Bugfix
Fixed a text formatting issue in the perk Feral Instinct tooltip
Fixed an issue where potions could not be used when the "Condensed Hate" (Stone Medal perk) was active
Fixed an issue where old save versions could have troubles to unlock Battle Ready Achievement
Don't forget to update your game!
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Updates & announcements

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT

Modding

Grobo's Tactical Overhaul

LastSpellMapMod

An amazing cover!

A question for you!

BUGFIX

BUGFIX

UPDATE

BUGFIX

LAUNCH TRAILER

Tales of Torment Features

Ordeals: New Objectives

Divergences: Deadly Challenges

Epiphanies: The most powerful items added to the game

Free Update: New Apocalypses + New Ballistae Upgrades + LOTS of balancing

Watch the Tales of Torment DLC Trailer

NEW APOCS

CORPSE PILES VS PANIC

DEFENSES

REWORKED SKILLS

GENERAL

Apocalypse

End of Night

Other

WEAPONS

Physical weapons

Sword

Ranged Weapons

Longbow

Rifle

Magic Weapons

Tome of Magic

BUILDINGS

Seer

Goldmine

Scavenger Camp

Temple

Ruins

Corpses

DEFENSES

Walls

Ballistae

Traps

Catapults

Watchtower

Poison Seeds

PERKS

Dwarf Perks

OTHERS

Tales of Torment DLC

Release date of Tales of Torment

Introducing Eposes

Meet Weltschmerz

Eposes

Quickstart

A few more Epiphanies

Ghastly Energy

Bonepull

Broken Bell

Meet the team of Tales of Torment!

Manon Fontaine, Producer:

Victor Ternisien, Game Designer:

Robin Fau, Game Designer

Morgane Lainard, Game Designer

Simon Hembert, Programmer

Frederic Durey, Programmer

Adrien Feugere, Artist

Bruno Laverny, Comms

A Steamdeck update is coming!

Modding

Some fun numbers

Happy Holidays!

Presenting Ordeals

The System

More epiphanies

Less is more

Extended Reach

Holy Ground