The Biggest Balance Patch Yet!

Balance Patch & Arena Update Progress

Hello everyone!

Today I'm releasing the biggest balance patch the game has received so far.

This update contains dozens of balance changes, bug fixes, visual improvements, and quality-of-life features that were developed alongside the upcoming Arena (PvP) Update.

My initial plan was to release the Arena Update this month, but May ended up being packed with wonderful real-life events and I wasn't able to finish everything to the quality standard I wanted.

As a result, the Arena Update has been postponed to June 25th.

In the meantime, this patch includes all the balancing work and system improvements created during Arena development.

Highlights

Card balance

• Added 16 new cards (1 new small card for each pack).

• Nearly every Pack received buffs, adjustments, or reworks to improve build diversity and prepare the game for competitive PvP balance.

  (Full detailed card-by-card changelog available below.)

Character Balance

• Starting HP, Coins, and Income have been rebalanced for all classes.

• These values are now visible directly in the Start Menu.

• Archer starting attributes increased.

• Joker starting attributes reduced.

Joker Changes

• Joker starter packs now always contain 3 cards.

• Base Pack cards are automatically added as fillers when necessary.

• Starter cards can no longer contain positional keywords such as:

  • Adjacent

  • Next

  • Previous

  • Above

  • Below

Crafting Improvements

• Blacksmith and Skill Master crafting now scales with card size and cooldown.

• Larger and slower cards receive greater crafting bonuses.

Visual Improvements

• All monster artwork has been upgraded to HD.

• Added new animations for:

  • Bleed

  • Poison

  • Thorn

• Reworked combat VFX and particle effects to improve clarity and readability.

Quality of Life

• Added multiple Boss previews for higher difficulties.

• Cards that cannot be used in crafting events are now displayed with a black-and-white filter.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed several crashes related to conditional effects and attribute gains.

• Fixed crashes when upgrading cards that already contain every attribute or stat.

• Fixed a bug where Skill Master would sometimes refuse valid cards.

• Fixed a soft lock caused by missing events during a day.

• Fixed keyword tooltips always appearing in the bottom-right corner.

• Reworked card rendering for improved responsiveness and performance.

Known Issues

While this patch fixes a large number of bugs, a few known issues still remain:

• The game may be slow to start on some systems and can occasionally crash during the initial loading sequence.

• Rare freezes can occur when starting a new run or when exiting the game.

• Crashes can still be particularly frustrating because the game does not yet feature a save/load system for ongoing runs.

All of these issues are actively being worked on. However, my current priority is completing the Arena Update, so these improvements will most likely arrive after its release.

Thank you for your patience and for continuing to report bugs and provide feedback!

A Word from the Dev

Work on the Arena Update is progressing well.

The core systems are already functioning, but I still need additional time for polishing, balancing, and testing before I feel comfortable releasing it.

My current target is:

Arena Update Beta - June 25th, 2026

Thank you all for your feedback, bug reports, and support.

Have fun, good luck, and I'll see you in the Arena!

-- Raffi

Detailed Balance Patch:

Base Pack

• Absolute ZERO

  • BUFF: No longer has a usage limit.

• Avalanche

  • BUFF: Now freezes 1 card for 1.0 / 2.0 / 3.0 / 4.0 seconds on use.

• Hunting Net

  • BUFF: Slow duration increased to 5 seconds.

  • BUFF: Number of targets now scales with tier.

  • NEW EFFECT: When you gain WILL or DEXTERITY, charge the next card by 1 second.

• Full Recovery

  • BUFF: Haste duration increased by 0.5 seconds at all tiers.

• Crazy Clock

  • BUFF: Charge duration increased from 0.5s to 1.0s.

• Small Protection

  • NERF: Cooldown increased from 5s to 6s.

  • NERF: Attribute gain reduced (5 / 5 / 5 / 5) → (1 / 2 / 3 / 4).

• Barbarian's Armbands

  • NERF: Cooldown increased from 4s to 6s.

  • NEW EFFECT: Reduce cooldown by 30% with 27 WILL.

• Overthinking Hat

  • NERF: Cooldown increased from 6s to 7s.

• Basic Hit

  • NERF: Cooldown increased from 4s to 5s.

• Piercing Hit

  • NERF: Now starts at Silver tier.

• Steak

  • NERF: Conditional effect now requires 30 Charisma instead of 25.

• Scrolls

  • CHANGE: All stat scrolls now target all your cards instead of only the first card.

Peasant

Barbarian

• Oversized Armor

  • BUFF: Trigger condition changed from "when you gain Strength" to "when you use a card that grants any attribute."

Farm

• Super Tomatoes

  • NERF: Cooldown increased (6 / 5 / 4 / 3) → (8 / 7 / 6 / 5).

• Sheep

  • NERF: Cooldown increased (6 / 6 / 6 / 6) → (7.0 / 6.5 / 6.0 / 5.5).

  • NERF: Sell scaling reduced to +3 / 4 / 5 / 6.

  • BUFF: Base damage increased by 10.

• Farmer's Trap

  • BUFF: Cooldown reduced from 8s to 5s.

  • BUFF: Added the Trap tag.

Thief

• Camo Gear

  • BUFF: Now triggers whenever the enemy uses a card instead of when taking damage.

• Furniture Throw

  • BUFF: Slow damage scaling increased (+10 / 15 / 20 / 25) instead of (+5 / 7 / 9 / 11).

• Low Blow

  • BUFF: Base damage increased by 5.

• Dagger

  • NERF: Cooldown increased from 5s to 6s.

• Kick

  • CHANGE: New effect: gain Dexterity when applying Slow.

  • REMOVED: No longer gains Thorn on use.

Paladin

Holy

• Holy Mace

  • NERF: Damage scaling now requires 2 Will per bonus damage instead of 1.

• Divine Power

  • BUFF: Charges for 2 / 3 / 4 seconds when gaining Will instead of 2 seconds.

• Divine Key

  • BUFF: Added the Equipment tag.

Sacrifice

• Corrupted Touch

  • BUFF: Cooldown reduced from 8s to 6s.

  • CHANGE: Now triggers when gaining Charisma instead of Intelligence.

• Thorned Whip

  • BUFF: Bonus damage now scales with Intelligence.

  • BUFF: Damage taken reduced to 25.

  • BUFF: Cooldown reduced from 7s to 6s.

• Thorny Dog → Rex

  • CHANGE: Now deals damage instead of applying Thorn.

  • CHANGE: Damage now scales with Charisma.

• Crest of Swiftness

  • BUFF: Now grants both Charisma and Intelligence on use.

• Bloodthirsty Pendant

  • BUFF: Intelligence gained when taking damage increased by 5.

Armored

• Lucky Parade

  • NERF: Haste duration reduced (1 / 2 / 3 / 4) → (1 / 1 / 1 / 1).

• Shield Charge

  • BUFF: Damage scaling improved from 1 per 8 / 4 Shield to 1 per 5 / 2 Shield.

  • BUFF: Haste now affects any adjacent card, not only Shield cards.

• Armor Improvement

  • BUFF: Shield scaling increased (5 / 10 / 20 / 40) → (10 / 20 / 40 / 60).

• Armor Invocation

  • BUFF: Now grants Dexterity and Strength.

Elementalist

Cryomancer

• Best Moon Boots Ever

  • NERF: Cooldown increased from 6s to 7s.

• Frozen Spear

  • BUFF: Base damage increased by 50 / 100 / 150.

  • BUFF: Cooldown reduced from 9s to 8s.

• Ice Spirit

  • CHANGE: Now applies Freeze (1 card for 1.0 second).

  • CHANGE: Intelligence gain now scales from Charisma instead of the opposite.

Pyromancer

• Butter Flame

  • NERF: Multicast scaling reduced to +1 per 16 / 14 / 12 / 10 instead of 14 / 11 / 8 / 6.

Archer

Innate

• Far Shot

  • BUFF: Cooldown reduced from 7.0s to 6.0s.

  • BUFF: Applies Bleed without conditions.

  • BUFF: Cooldown reduction increased from 15% to 33%.

  • CHANGE: Trap damage scaling removed.

  • NEW EFFECT: On use, charge a Trap by 2.0 seconds.

Deadeye

• Lightning Tome

  • BUFF: Removed the "lose Dexterity" effect.

  • BUFF: Cooldown reduced (5 / 5 / 5 / 5) → (5 / 4.5 / 4 / 3.5).

  • BUFF: Added the Equipment tag.

• Nourishing Flash

  • BUFF: Healing now scales with Luck.

  • BUFF: Shock now scales with Intelligence.

• Crack Hit

  • BUFF: Now starts at Bronze tier.

Ranger

• The Hunter Stance

  • BUFF: Multicast scaling improved to +1 per 66 / 45 Dexterity instead of 100 / 50.

• Explosive Shot

  • BUFF: Base damage increased by 10.

• Water?

  • REMOVED: Removed from the game.

  • NEW CARD: Replaced by Sharpening Arrows.

Trapper

• Vine Lash

  • FIX: Fixed base damage.

  • BUFF: Dexterity scaling improved (+1 per 18 / 14 / 10) instead of (+1 per 22 / 20 / 18).

• Trapper's Crossbow

  • BUFF: Added +1 base Multicast.

• Rogue's Plate

  • BUFF: Scaling requirements reduced.

Packs

Alchemist

• Venom Concoction

  • BUFF: Poison bonus now scales with Charisma.

• Chain Reaction

  • BUFF: Now affects all cards instead of only Small cards.

  • BUFF: Critical Strike bonus now benefits from all adjacent cards instead of only the next card.

• Frozen Reactor

  • BUFF: Now also freezes 1 enemy card for 2.0 seconds.

Tavern

• Suspiciously Large Beer

  • BUFF: Haste duration increased from 20s to 30s.

• Pub Crawl

  • NERF: Attribute gain reduced (25 / 35 / 45 / 55) → (10 / 20 / 30 / 40).

• Empty Mug

  • BUFF: Cooldown changed (6 / 5 / 4 / 3) → 4.

  • BUFF: Haste duration increased (2s) → (2 / 3 / 4 / 5s).

Jeweler

• Engravement

  • CHANGE: Intelligence scaling instead of Dexterity scaling.

  • BUFF: No longer slows your own cards.

  • NEW EFFECT: Every 7.0 seconds, a random Intelligence card gains +3 / 4 / 5 Intelligence.

• Crystal Golem

  • BUFF: Gain +20 / 30 Shield when selling a Stone instead of +4 / 8.

• Raw Rubies

  • NERF: Cooldown increased from 4s to 6s.

• Raw Emeralds

  • BUFF: Sell damage scaling improved (+1 per 6 / 5 / 4 / 3) instead of (+1 per 12 / 10 / 8 / 6).

Burning Winter

• Plasma Protection

  • NEW EFFECT: Freeze 1 card for 1.0 second with 33 Intelligence.

  • BUFF: Trigger now activates when applying Burn to an enemy instead of to yourself.

• Shiny Shoes

  • BUFF: Cooldown reduced from 5s to 4s.

• Captured Fire

  • BUFF: Now increases the Burn value of all your Burn cards.

  • BUFF: Now freezes random enemy cards instead of your own.

• Flame Guard

  • BUFF: Cooldown reduced from 7s to 6s.

• Flame Breath

  • BUFF: Burn value increased from 5 to 10.

• Treasure Map

  • BUFF: Cooldown reduced from 8s to 6s.

Blood Mage

• Blood Channeling

  • BUFF: Now applies Bleed to the enemy instead of yourself.

  • BUFF: Cooldown reduced from 7s to 6s.

• Witchcraft

  • BUFF: Now applies Regeneration on use.