Duels Mode is live, challenge your friends' builds!
Hello Spirits,
Today’s update brings one of the most requested features to Turnbound: Duels Mode is officially live!
Duels let you challenge a specific build by entering a simple code.
You can now:
Share your own builds with a unique code
Test yourself against a friend’s strategy
Compete directly instead of battling spirits asynchronously
Try curated creator builds added for this update!
It’s fast, chaotic, strategic and the perfect way to prove once and for all whose tile brain actually reigns supreme.
A festive holiday skin
To wrap up the year, we’re adding a cozy holiday skin filled with warm lights, sparkles and winter charm.
A little seasonal cheer… inside our spooky little board game world.
Onto the patch notes:
Extra:
Controller support with shortcuts on the button which support it
Display poison damage in tooltips and floating texts in battle
Balance changes:
Mad Hatter's Hat damage increased to 2-3-5
Haunted Harpoon Ammo increased from 1 to 2
Bloodlust Mixture Uses on Level 2 and 3 increased from1 to 2
Kinetic Energy Suit Health increased from 6 to 7
Resonance Rifle Ammo increased from 1 to 2 on all levels
Phantom Mask Confusion increased from 2 to 3
Vulture 9000 bonuses decreased from 3-6-12 to 3-5-8
Finesse Bracers bonuses decreased from 2-4-8 to 2-3-5
Mirror Mirror Thorns bonus increased from 2-4-8 to 3-5-8
Explosive Pinata now deals less damage to your own Tiles
Wukong Dragon Ultimate damage increased from 10 to 15 and 5 to 7
Queens Cards bonuses decreased from 2-3-5- to 1-2-3
Wukong Out of Thin Hair first use price increased from 0 to 2
Bugs:
Pocket Watch description is now correct
Early Access is coming next -January 22
Today’s update sets the stage for the next milestone: Early access - and will be our last major update until then.
Turnbound enters Early Access on 22 January 2026. Early Access will include:
New character and new core mechanics
20+ new tiles, new trinkets & abilities
Leaderboards and Steam achievements
A deeper progression system
A new challenge system & new cosmetics
And more throughout 2026
More details coming soon… but for now, we hope you enjoy Duels Mode and the rest of today’s update!
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Stay spooky,
The 1TK Team