The new balance patch is out of beta testing and ready to go live! Beta-related news has been moved to our Discord.
This time we’ve rebalanced every single aspect of the game, with the most attention given to foes and relics.

Changes

• Beta saves are now stored in a separate subfolder

• The Healing I battle modifier on Yaron’s and Elena the Wise’s nodes has been replaced with Full Healing.

• Added SFX for the Difficulty and Profile selection screens

• Added a new achievement!

Rebalanced heroes

• Increased Vasilisa’s base health from 40 to 50

• The Arrowhead relic (Vasilisa) now grants Armor equal to the number of Nursemaids summoned on the first turn.

• Increased Varvara’s base health from 35 to 45

• The Cap of Invisibility (Varvara) relic no longer affects the hero’s current health when cards are moved to or from your deck

• Opportunism (Varvara) is now grayed out if its cost is equal to the hero’s current AP or the hero already has this effect

Rebalanced relics available from the merchant

• A relic’s cost depends on its rarity (Uncommon relics cost 150 Gold, Rare ones cost 250 Gold, and Epic ones cost 300 Gold)

• The Rugged Helmet can now be bought from the merchant

• The Pig’s Hoof now grants 5 Gold instead of 3

• The Old Coin is now Uncommon instead of Rare and grants 50% more Gold instead of 25%

• The Wooden Jewelry Box is now Uncommon instead of Rare

• The Bosorka’s Ivy now removes 1 Health from foes, regardless of their Armor

• The Black Hand is now Uncommon instead of Epic. It makes you forget a card of your choosing at the start of the first turn and grants 2 AP (instead of making you forget a random card in your hand and granting you 2 AP at the start of every third turn)

• The Golden Charm is now Uncommon instead of Rare and heals 20% Health instead of 50%

• The Clapper is now Rare instead of Epic

• The Healer’s Pouch is now Uncommon instead of Epic

• The Ring of Oblivion is now Uncommon instead of Epic and only affects playable Attacks and Skills

• The Karkolist Oak Leaf is now Uncommon instead of Rare

• The Birchbark Scroll is now Uncommon instead of Epic

• The Soothsayer’s Orb is now Uncommon instead of Epic

• The Raven Claw is now Epic instead of Rare

• The Midnight Sun is now Rare instead of Epic

Rebalanced encounters

• The number of attackers at any given time is now limited to three (four for boss fights).

• The number of tanks (Kopitara, Ukodlak, Armored Striga) in a lineup is now limited to one (two for boss fights).

• Fixed an issue where the total width of foes in a battle could exceed the available limit.

• Minor foe lineup adjustments.

• Minor adjustments to more challenging encounters.

• Rebalanced foes

• Upon entering the Dying state, the Kikimora now returns cards to your hand instead of your Draw Deck

• The Yaga Warrior no longer deals extra damage when using Battering Ram (as opposed to dealing 2 more damage than a ranged attack as before)

• The Ukodlak’s Slash now only inflicts Bleeding when dealing health damage, as opposed to always inflicting it

• The Armored Striga now gains Armor for her Plate Armor when she appears, and she now has four Plate Armor stacks instead of five

• The Virovnik now has different intentions depending on whether or not he has Armor. His overall logic remains the same

• Swapped the ranged attack VFX between the Three-Souled Bosorka and Yaga Defiler

Bug fixes:

• Vasilisa’s Illusion no longer triggers the achievement “A Sacrifice I’m Willing to Make”

• The Vodyanoy no longer remains idle on the first turn on step 18 or higher of the Journey

• The Kikimora now returns any stolen cards after taking lethal damage from Thorns

• The Magic Bracers and Juicy Apple relics are no longer triggered by the healing available before a boss fight

• The Healer’s Belt relic now increases consumable capacity immediately when obtained

• Adept (Varvara): updated card description

• Eternal Peace (Varvara): removed incorrect tooltip

• Dual Strike, Double Down!, Wild Flax relic: fixed an issue caused by certain combinations of effects

• Fixed incorrect cost being displayed for status effects and unplayable Curses

• The selected hero’s description is always displayed on the character selection screen before a new run

• The displayed version number should now update properly when launching the new version for the first time after the update

• Adjusted the position of the card tooltip on the card selection screen when you receive a card for winning a battle

• Fixed an issue that caused the current round number to remain on screen when retrying a battle

• You can now leave the profile screen using the Esc key