Mega Crit launched the patch notes for v0.100.0, the primary main put up early-access launch replace for Slay the Spire 2, because it enters testing on the sport’s beta department. One among its most notable additions is a Phobia Mode toggle, which lets gamers regulate the artwork of issues in Slay the Spire 2 that individuals are extra more likely to have points with.
Throughout the roguelike’s settings menu, gamers can activate Phobia Mode. Doing so will flip off the animation for the an infection affliction card overlay and swap in alternate artwork for hive backgrounds, The Insatiable, Phrog Parasite, Wrigglers, Terror Eel, and the Entomancer. The elementary mechanics and gameplay of encounters with any of these creatures will keep the identical.
These are largely bug and worm-related components in Slay the Spire 2 that will stop folks from persevering with to play the sport on account of their fears. As video games like Grounded have beforehand proven, visible toggles to handle or cowl up frequent phobia triggers in video video games go a great distance to assist sure gamers expertise nice video games.
Outdoors of Phobia Mode, this replace additional nerfs a few of Silent’s playing cards amongst a wealth of stability updates, decreases the worth of in-shop relics, and introduces new portrait artwork for lots of various playing cards. A few of these adjustments have precipitated backlash from the group. (*2*), a nerf to the Silent’s Ready ability and a buff to the Doormaker boss battle are angering gamers.
Fortunately, this patch is simply being examined in Slay the Spire 2’s publicly accessible beta department proper now, so there’s time for Mega Crit to tweak issues earlier than these adjustments roll out to everybody. If you wish to check out this replace early, you will need to do the next:
- Open Slay the Spire 2’s Properties menu in your Steam library
- Navigate to the Recreation Variations & Beta tab
- Select the “public-beta” choice within the Chosen Recreation Model submenu
- Let Slay the Spire 2 briefly replace and boot up the sport to see the adjustments
You possibly can try the total record of patch notes on Mega Crit’s latest Steam post or beneath:
CONTENT:
Common:
- Added a Deprecated Card placeholder: Standing – “Draw 1 card. Take away this out of your Deck. Exhaust.”
- When you’ve got an in-progress run and a card in your deck is faraway from the sport on account of a latest replace, will probably be changed with “Deprecated Card”
Ironclad:
- Reworked Dominate card: Talent – Price 1 – Unusual – “Apply 1(2) Weak. Achieve 1 Energy for every Weak on the enemy. Exhaust.”
- Reworked Anticipate a Battle card: Talent – Price 2(1) – Unusual – “Achieve [E] for every Assault in your Hand. You can not achieve further [E] this flip.”
- Reworked Spite card: Price 0 – Assault – Unusual – “Deal 5 injury. Should you misplaced HP this flip, hits 2(3) occasions.”
- Reworked Stoke card: Talent – Price 1 – Uncommon – “Exhaust your Hand. Add 1 random (Upgraded) card into your Hand for every card Exhausted.”
Silent:
- Reworked Ready card into Put together: Talent – Price 1 – Widespread – “Discard 2 playing cards. Subsequent flip, achieve 2(3) Power.”
Regent:
- Reworked Glow card: Talent – Price 1 – Widespread – “Achieve 1(2) Stars. Draw 1 card. Subsequent flip, draw 1 card.”
Colorless Playing cards:
- Reworked Hidden Gem card: Talent – Price 1 – “A random card in your Draw Pile with out Replay positive aspects Replay 2(3).”
Enemies:
- Reworked Doormaker. Beware.
- Reworked Skulking Colony to have a deadlier moveset
Ancients:
- Added new Neow blessing: Hefty Pill -“Select 1 of three Uncommon playing cards so as to add to your Deck. Add 1 Harm to your Deck.”
- Added new Neow blessing: Neow’s Talisman – “Improve 1 of your Strikes and 1 of your Defends.”
BALANCE:
Common:
- All relics within the store now value 25 Gold much less
- Relics that generate Gold (corresponding to Bowler Hat and Amethyst Aubergine) now not seem on the Service provider
- Gloom Ascension now additionally impacts ? rooms
- Energy values can now not stack above 999,999,999
- You possibly can now not purchase epochs in Day by day or Customized runs
- Sure character stats now not replace in Day by day or Customized runs
Ironclad:
- Buffed Break card:
- Power value decreased from 2 -> 1
- Injury elevated from 20(25) -> 20(30)
- Buffed Cinder card: Injury elevated from 17(22) -> 18(24)
- Buffed Battle Me! card: self-Energy achieve from 2(3) -> 3(4)
- Nerfed Forgotten Ritual card: now Exhausts
- Buffed Hemokinesis card: Injury elevated from 14(19) -> 15(20)
- Buffed Tremble card: Weak elevated from 2(3) -> 3(4)
Silent:
- Nerfed Anticipate card: Dexterity decreased from 3(5) -> 2(3)
- Nerfed Corrosive Wave card: Poison decreased from 3(4) -> 2(3)
- Nerfed Flick-Flack card: Injury decreased from 7(9) -> 6(8)
- Buffed Grand Finale card: Injury elevated from 50(60) -> 60(75)
- Nerfed Pinpoint: Injury decreased from 17(22) -> 15(19)
- Buffed Skewer card: Injury elevated from 7(10) -> 8(11)
- Nerfed Untouchable card: Block achieve decreased from 9(12) -> 7(9)
Regent:
- Nerfed Alignment card: Star value elevated from 2 -> 3
- Modified BEGONE! card:
- Now a Talent that now not offers injury
- Now creates Minion Strike as a substitute of Minion Dive Bomb
- Buffed Bundle of Pleasure card: Power value lowered from 2 -> 1
- Modified CHARGE!! card: now creates Minion Dive Bomb playing cards as a substitute of Minion Strike playing cards
- Buffed Collision Course card: Injury elevated from 9(12) -> 11(15)
- Buffed Collect Gentle card: Block elevated from 7(10) -> 8(11)
- Buffed Heirloom Hammer card: Injury elevated from 17(22) -> 20(25)
- Buffed I Am Invincible card: Block elevated from 9(12) -> 10(13)
- Buffed Kingly Kick card: Injury elevated from 24(30) -> 27(35)
- Buffed Kingly Punch card:
- Base injury elevated from 8(8) -> 8(10)
- Scaling injury elevated from 3(5) -> 4(6)
- Buffed Minion Dive Bomb card: Power value decreased from 1 -> 0
- Nerfed Minion Strike card: Injury decreased from 7(10) -> 6(9)
- Buffed Parry card: Block elevated from 6(9) -> 8(11)
- Buffed Patter card: Block elevated from 8(10) -> 9(11)
- Buffed Photo voltaic Strike card: injury elevated from 8(9) -> 9(10)
- Buffed Spoils of Battle card: Forge elevated from 10(15) -> 12(17)
- Nerfed Void Type card:
- Is now Ethereal
- Improve modified from +1 card -> dropping Ethereal
- Buffed Wrought in Battle card: Forge elevated from 5(7) -> 7(9)
Necrobinder:
- Nerfed Banshee’s Cry card:
- Price elevated from 6 -> 9(7)
- Improve now not will increase injury
- Nerfed Borrowed Time card:
- Self-Doom elevated from 3(3) -> 6(3)
- Power achieve now not will increase on Improve
- Nerfed Seize Spirit card:
- HP loss decreased from 3(4) -> 2(3)
- Souls generated decreased from 3(4) -> 2(3)
- Buffed Danse Macabre card: Block elevated from 3(4) -> 4(6)
- Buffed Debilitate card: Injury elevated from 7(9) -> 10(12)
- Modified Defy card: improve now not will increase Weak, however will increase Block by +3 as a substitute of +1
- Nerfed Dirge card: now Exhausts
- Modified Grave Warden card: improve modified from 8(10) Block -> 8(11) Block and now not upgrades the Soul
- Buffed Sculpting Strike card: Injury elevated from 8(11) -> 9(12)
- Nerfed Seance card:
- Price elevated from 0 -> 1(0)
- Improve now not makes a Soul+
Defect:
- Nerfed Hotfix card:
- Now has Exhaust
- Improve now removes Exhaust as a substitute of accelerating Focus
- Buffed Rocket Punch card: value discount impact now lasts till it’s performed, as a substitute of simply till the top of the flip
Colorless Playing cards:
- Buffed Seeker Strike card: Injury elevated from 6(9) -> 9(12)
- Modified Discovery card: “It prices 0 [E] this flip.” -> “It is free to play this flip.”
- Because of this, if the cardboard it generates has a Star value, this value is now additionally diminished to 0 this flip
- Buffed Everlasting Armor card: Plating elevated from 7(9) -> 9(12)
- Modified Hidden Gem card: can now not be generated in fight by results like Talent Potion
- Modified Manufacturing card: improve modified from dropping Exhaust -> +1 further Power
Potions & Relics:
- Buffed Amethyst Aubergine relic: Gold achieve elevated from 10 -> 15
- Buffed Guide of 5 Rings relic: therapeutic elevated from 15 -> 20
- Buffed Bowler Hat relic: Gold achieve elevated from 20% -> 25%
- Buffed Permafrost relic: Block achieve elevated from 6 -> 7
- Buffed Planisphere relic: HP achieve elevated from 4 -> 5
- Buffed Stone Cracker relic: now works in ALL combats however solely upgrades 2 playing cards
Enemies:
- Nerfed Bygone Effigy: Injury decreased from 15(17) -> 13(15) (nonetheless assaults with 10 Energy)
- Buffed Byrdonis: Swoop assault injury elevated from 16(18) -> 17(19)
- Modified Calcified Cultist + Toadpole encounter: now Calcified Cultist + Seapunk
- Buffed Rocket Claw:
- Cost Up transfer Energy achieve now scales with Ascension from 2(2) -> 2(3)
- HP elevated from 189(199) -> 199(209)
- Rage energy Energy buffed from 5 -> 6
- Buffed Crusher Claw:
- Adapt transfer Energy achieve now scales with Ascension from 2(2) -> 2(3)
- HP elevated from 199(209) -> 209(219)
- Rage energy Energy buffed from 5 -> 6
- Nerfed Decimillipede: HP decreased from 42(48)-48(56) to 40(46) – 46(52)
- Nerfed Fabricator: HP worth of all bots decreased by 5
- Modified the Tunneler regular encounter: the Bowlbug is now changed by a Chomper that offers Dazed standing playing cards on flip 1
- Nerfed Dwelling Fog encounter: Fuel Bomb HP decreased from 10(12) -> 7(8)
- Buffed The Misplaced and The Forgotten encounter:
- Stat stealing now scales with Ascension; elevated from 2 -> 3 of their respective stat at A9
- The Forgotten now offers a further level of harm for each Dexterity it has
- Modified Nibbit: now correctly scales with Ascension
- Hiss transfer now scales from 2 -> 3 Energy on A9
- Slice transfer injury now scales from 6 -> 7 on A9
- Slice transfer Block now scales from 5 -> 6 on A8
- Nerfed Phantasmal Gardeners: HP decreased from 28(29)-32(33) -> 26(27)-31(32)
- Buffed Seapunk: Sea Kick transfer injury elevated from 11(12) -> 11(13)
- Nerfed Terror Eel:
- Crash injury now scales from 17(19) -> 16(18)
- Thrash Vigor now scales from 7 -> 6
- Modified Check Topic: Part 2 now not has the Pounce transfer, as a substitute will repeat Multi Claw transfer each flip
Ancients:
- Buffed Neow’s Fury card: the variety of playing cards returned to your hand now upgrades from 2 -> 3
- Nerfed Neow’s Leafy Poultice relic: blessing’s max HP loss elevated from 10 -> 12
- Nerfed Neow’s Precarious Shears relic: blessing’s self-damage elevated from 13 -> 16
- Modified Tanx’s Tri-Boomerang relic: Intuition enchantment now not reduces value, as a substitute doubles injury on enchanted Assaults
- Modified Vakuu’s Preserved Fog relic:
- Playing cards eliminated decreased from 5 -> 3
- Folly curse is now Ethereal
Occasions:
- Modified Dense Vegetation occasion: Trudge On choice is now “Lose 8 HP. Achieve 61-99 Gold.”
- Modified Infinite Conveyor occasion:
- Can now not spawn until all gamers have a minimum of 120 Gold (up from 105)
- “Seize off the Belt” choice value elevated from 35 -> 40 Gold
- Modified Grave of the Forgotten occasion: can now not spawn until each participant has a card with Exhaust of their deck
- Modified Morphic Grove occasion:
- Can now not spawn until all gamers have a minimum of 2 transformable playing cards of their decks
- Group choice now prices ALL of the participant’s gold
- In multiplayer, is now a collaborative occasion
- Modified Spirit Grafter occasion: Rejection choice is now “Lose 10 HP. Improve a card.”
- Modified The Spherical Tea Occasion occasion: can now not spawn until all gamers have a minimum of 12 HP
Multiplayer:
- Nerfed Beacon of Hope card: can now not be stacked
- Nerfed Imagine in You card: Power decreased from 3(4)-> 2(3)
- Nerfed Huddle Up card: now Exhausts
ART:
- An infection affliction card overlay is now not animated when Phobia Mode is turned on
- Added alternate Phobia Mode visuals for:
- Hive backgrounds
- The Insatiable
- Phrog Parasite
- Wrigglers
- Terror Eel
- Entomancer
- Added portrait for the next playing cards:
- Gang Up
- Seeker Strike
- Spinner
- Volley
- Knockdown
- Elevate
- Up to date asset for Kifuda relic
- Added asset for No Power Achieve energy
- Added animation for Ovicopter buff
- Added placeholder sketches for the next relics:
- Neow’s Talisman
- Hefty Pill
USER INTERFACE & EXPERIENCE:
- Added Phobia Mode tickbox within the Settings
- Now you can skip relics acquired at treasure chests
- Added disclaimers for Day by day and Customized runs that you just can not unlock Epochs and Achievements with them anymore
- Added icon in prime bar if participant is unable to acquire epochs, achievements in a run
- Hovering over the character icon now explains should you cant get achievements or epochs
- Added a strategy to disable map drawings in multiplayer
- The invite button now makes use of a hotkey on controller as a substitute of guide navigation
WRITING:
- Huddle Up card now says “ALL gamers” as a substitute of “ALL allies”
- Improved wording readability for Bombardment and Howl from Past playing cards
- The descriptions for Fairy in a Bottle potion and Lizard Tail relic now specify that they set off particularly once you attain 0 HP, slightly than once you die in any method
- The Insatiable boss’s Sandpit energy is now worded extra clearly on the flip that it’s going to eat you
LOCALIZATION:
- Up to date translations for numerous languages
- Up to date Korean textual content spacing to be a little bit bit nearer
- The “Battle” message in multiplayer treasure room is now translatable
BUG FIXES:
Common:
- Fastened uncommon Deadly Error when syncing Steam cloud saves
- Fastened uncommon bug the place save might be reset
- Fastened exploit the place gamers might controller navigate to card grid when the improve/take away/enchant/rework preview display screen is open
- Fastened a crash that would happen when triggering the skinny slice visible impact
- Fastened crashes associated to display screen transitions, brand animation, and creature deaths
- Fastened a difficulty when viewing the textual content of a card or energy which has numerical values (injury, block, and many others.) which have grown very massive
- Fastened a difficulty the place, should you saved and stop after profitable a fight that rewards a predetermined relic, the relic reward can be randomized when persevering with the run later
- Fastened a difficulty the place, when a participant would view their deck with “View Upgrades” enabled, altering the kind order would trigger the display screen to interrupt
- Fastened softlock when card choice display screen would present 0 choices
- Fastened a difficulty with Name of the Void card’s hovertips when enjoying in Castilian Spanish
Regent
- The Regent’s character choose display screen now correctly shows all constellations among the many stars within the background
Defect:
- Fastened softlock when making an attempt to remodel Rip and Tear card
Ancients:
- Fastened card prompts auto-selecting with out participant enter after a run with Vakuu’s Whispering Earring relic
- Fastened softlock when Vakuu’s Whispering Earring relic would auto-play Hand Trick card with 2+ eligible Expertise
Occasions:
- Fastened lacking Everlasting hovertip when displaying card preview for Greed curse in Sunken Treasury occasion
Multiplayer:
- Fastened a crash that would happen when quickly retrying multiplayer joins
- Fastened a multiplayer sync situation that occurred when gamers used completely different OS languages
- Fastened a softlock that would happen when a participant would die to Breakthrough card’s self-HP loss in multiplayer
- Fastened softlock on the finish of the Architect occasion in multiplayer
- A correct error is now displayed when making an attempt to just accept a stale invite
- Fastened state divergence associated to Imbued enchantment and Letter Opener relic
- Fastened state divergence associated to Defect orb passives triggering throughout a participant alternative
- Fastened a multiplayer softlock attributable to auto-playing a sequence of a number of playing cards (by way of Cascade card or one other comparable impact) and dying earlier than the final card within the sequence has been performed