Seasons greetings, Heroes!
We have a special announcement to kick things off: We can now confirm we are on track for an Early Access release in Q2 2026!
We simply can't wait to share the many gameplay changes, improvements, and polish that we've been cooking up. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for your support. As a team of two, we truly couldn't do this without your feedback and enthusiasm.
Now, onto the update! We’ve been hard at work adding a major new layer of depth to your runs, repainting the world, and squashing some pesky bugs. This update introduces the new Blessings system, a complete visual overhaul of the Whispering Wildwoods, and a significant balance pass on cards and artifacts.
New Feature: Blessings
We are introducing a new way to gain power from the Aspects. Eternium battles now drop Offerings, which you can offer to the Aspects to receive their favor. You have a chance of gaining a Blessing (a powerful passive effect) or Max HP for the hero who gave the offering.
Boltrik
Tinker Tailor Solder: When added, gain 3 Backpack slots and obtain 1 random Tinker gems. You can now loot Tinker gems from gem rewards.
Jury Rigging: At the start of battle, Craft 5: Summon a random summon beside Boltrik.
Supply Chain: When added, gain 100 Gold. Card and Artifact rewards offer 1 additional reward to choose from.
Flint
Tactical Luck: Whenever Flint gains Strategy, add a Happy Accident to your hand.
Daily Briefing: At the start of each Day, apply Briefing (Strike) to your Slayer or Briefing (Hold) to your Defender at random. Remove any existing Briefing.
Flanking Maneuver: The leftmost Utility in your hand that gives Armor gives 1 more. The rightmost Attack in your hand deals 1 more damage.
Haldor
Forgemaster: Whenever you upgrade a card at Camp, attach a random gem.
Ancestral Plating: Whenever Haldor is attacked, deal damage equal to his Armor to the attacker.
Thunderstruck: Whenever Haldor taunts, gain 3 Electrified and trigger its damage without consuming it.
Kaelin
Predator’s Mercy: Add 3 Barbed Arrows for Kaelin to your deck. Remove ALL Shoots from your deck.
Tricks of the Shade: Whenever Kaelin enters Stealth, add a random 0-cost Utility to your hand.
Pack Hunt: Kaelin can now Hunt at camp instead of Rest. Okulus and Ekira summons gain 1 additional Might whenever Kaelin hunts.
Zorya
Starbrand: Whenever Zorya deals Radiance damage, apply 2 Burning to each enemy hit.
Diurnal Cadence: Increase Radiance max stacks by the current Day number.
Moonseer: Mystery encounter cards now reveal if they are Events. Whenever you enter an Event, gain 25 Gold.
Art & Audio
Whispering Wildwoods: We have officially set the tone we've been aiming for in the Northanda Chronicles. This includes repainted backgrounds and completely redesigned environments.
Character Art: Reworked art for Kaelin and Haldor.
Events: All new Event screen layout, design, and lighting.
Audio: Reworked SFX across the board.
Cards
Piezo Electric: Cost reduced from 2 to 1.
Electroplating: Armor gained when Electrified increased from 1 to 2.
Electroplating+: Armor gained when Electrified increased from 2 to 3.
Hunter's Mark: Renamed to Hunter's Oath.
Novelty Knockout: Damage decreased from 16 to 14.
Novelty Knockout+: Damage decreased from 16 to 14.
Obsession: Max HP loss increased from 1 to 2.
Snatch: Damage decreased from 7 to 6.
Snatch+: Damage decreased from 7 to 6.
Kaboomerang: Now gives 10 Scrap.
Kaboomerang+: Now gives 10 Scrap.
Added: Happy Accident: Reveal 2, choose 1 to draw.
Added: Happy Accident+: Reveal 3, choose 1 to draw.
Insight: Fixed a bug that allowed you to reveal too many cards.
Artifacts
Artifact Loot: Now presents 2 choices of Artifacts (down from 3) to adjust balance alongside the addition of Blessings.
Bad Batch: Changed type from Attack to Utility.
Bad Batch: Fixed localization triggering from "Start of your turn" rather than "Start of Battle."
Added: Golden Warhorn: The first hero to play an Attack each battle gains 1 Strength.
Statuses & Summons
Incandescence: Now increases Radiance max stacks for ALL heroes, not just Zorya.
Bleeding (Reworked): Whenever the owner takes damage from attacks, they lose 1 HP per stack and reduce Bleeding by 2.
Loyal (Reworked): When a Loyal summon leaves battle, return it to your discard pile. While beside its owner, it gains 2 Might.
Events
Harebrained Schemes: Reworked. You can now see the random artifact in advance of your choice. Added seeded randomness to the artifact selection.
Added: Make a Wish.
UI
Tooltips: Huge improvements to tooltips and effect descriptions for better clarity.
Rare Cards: Reworked visual effects.
Resolution: Fixed seed input panel overlap in 16:10 resolutions.
Bug Fixes
Fixed a bug where multi-instance damage wouldn’t trigger Thorns for each instance or reduce statuses (like Living Armor) correctly.
Fixed a bug where summoning too quickly on the same slot would force the summon into the first slot.