STS2 Patch Notes — 2024-08-09

We're back to our regularly scheduled programming this week--another Slay the Spire 2 build is here! In terms of content for this patch we have two new Act 1 bosses and some new Regent cards along with lots of balance and UI/UX updates. And in even bigger news, we're switching to Steam builds from here on out!

IMPORTANT: this means you will have to mark the game as private on Steam so that StS2 and StS2-related activity is hidden on your profile like so: - Activate the game key in Steam - Right-click on Slay the Spire 2 in your library - Click Manage -> Mark as Private We've attached a video demonstrating the process, too. Just DM/ping Casey or Anthony for a key and they'll get you one! CONTENT:

Regent:

• Added Lunar Blast card
• Added Orbital Shield card

Enemies:

• Added Vantom, a new Act 1 boss
• Added The Kin, a new Act 1 boss

BALANCE:

Regent:

• Changed Conqueror card: rarity increased from Uncommon -> Rare
• Reworked Dying Star card:

- Cost lowered from 5 stars -> 3

- Enemy Strength loss from 3 permanent -> 9(11) this turn

- Damage decreased from 20(25) ->9(11)

• Changed Mold the Stars:

- No longer loses stars

- Rarity decreased from Rare -> Uncommon

Colorless Cards:

• Nerfed Omnislice: damage decreased from 12(18) -> 10(15)
• Nerfed Ultimate Strike: damage decreased from 18(27) -> 12(18)

Ancients:

• Nerfed Zlatir's "Freedom" choice: 3 cards -> 1 card

Enemies:

• Changed Bygone Effigy

- No longer loses Slow

- Damage now ramps by 5 with every attack

• Reworked Byrdonis

- Territorial power Strength gain decreased from 2 -> 1

- Peck now hits an additional time

- Screech no longer gives Frail and instead gives Weak and Vulnerable

- Moveset reworked, no longer random

• Buffed Fogmog: damage increased from 7/13 -> 9/15
• Reworked Phrog Parasite fight
• Simplified Slumbering Beetle encounter:

- No longer gives status cards (so one less status fight in act 2)

- HP lowered from 86-92 -> 83-88

- Now gains strength when it rolls out

- Moveset is no longer randomized

Events:

• Changed Welcome to Wongo's: now can only be encountered in Act 2

ART:

• Added bloody impact, dagger spray, and dagger throw VFX
• Updated Slippery Bridge, Stone of All Time, The Round Tea Party, and The Legends Were True event art
• More card trail stuff, notably a lot more rendering and node order logic

USER INTERFACE & EXPERIENCE:

• Added screenshake to the character select screen
• Added card pick/win rate to compendium
• Added offset to card screens scrolling to account for top bar
• Added scrollbars to Potion Lab and Relic Compendium
• Added scrollbars to card grids
• All event options should now be title-cased
• You can now right-click preview upgrade for Dolly's Mirror card selection screen
• Card pile count and icon now increments in sync with cards and scale bump
• Card reward icon changes to gold if you have Ruby Earrings
• Card trails can now be rendered in the combat VFX layer or the layer right under the deck pile & Power card trails now fade out instead of abruptly vanishing
• Cards which are played now render below deck and discard pile UI elements when flying towards them
• Compendium cards now show the correct energy icon based on the card color
• Different characters now have different map drawing colors
• Discard and exhaust piles are now ordered by when cards entered
• Draw Pile is now always sorted by Rarity
• Egg relics now have a unique VFX to signal when they are applicable
• Ethereal cards' interaction with Dark Embrace made more obvious through timing tweaks
• Event options flash red when you would die from them
• Hovertips now follow cards as they scroll up and down
• Initial upload of assets for submenu locking
• Locked menu items are now desaturated
• Made transition screen resolution independent
• Map nodes are less likely to clump together as their randomized positions no longer go as far
• You can now mass upgrade preview cards from Smith selection
• Queued cards float above the hand rather than on top of it
• Regent character select BG constellations now only show up when you hover over them
• Releasing the LMB while your mouse cursor is no longer hovering a button no longer clicks the button
• Run History now reflects cards upgraded multiple times
• Shrink hand selection cards so it no longer goes off screen if you have a lot of them
• Submenu items which are locked have a big ol’ debug lock image on them now
• Healing is now tracked in room history
• Tweaked trail particle emission tweens and timings so cards flow into decks more smoothly
• Wax relics are now noted in the Run History screen and show as wax in relic reward screen
• WIP: detaching trails from card nodes for flexibility

WORDING:

• "Negative" removed from strategic intent hovertip
• ALL properly capitalized on Soverign Blade
• Fixed incorrect newline on Anger card
• Improved wording of Minion Swarm and Minion Guards
• Moonshine renamed to Moon Brew to appease Australian authorities
• Options -> Settings in main menu
• Updated Ruby Earrings to specify combat card rewards

BUG FIXES:

Ironclad:

• Combust damage will now correctly trigger Rupture
• Fasten no longer increases Block gain from Feel No Pain power
• Flame Barrier is now allowed to gain Nimble from Self Help Book event

Silent:

• No longer can apply Nimble to Prepared card
• Well Laid Plans power pluralizes the selection prompt

Regent:

• "Set random card to free" effects should now target cards that only cost stars
• Forge animation no longer gets stuck if you end combat while it’s playing
• Radiate card description shows extra text in shop
• Voidburn no longer procs on 0 star cost cards

Colorless Cards:

• Peck card preview doesn't spawn off-screen
• Toric Toughness can now gain Nimble properly

Potions & Relics:

• Royal Stamp relic now mentions that it only applies to Attacks and Skills

Ancients:

• Fixed Golden Path relic and spoils map quest softlock
• Gloopy Eye relic now properly works if you don't proc it right away
• Ruby Earring relic’s Rare cards no longer can dupe Rare cards naturally rolled in card rewards
• Tezcatara’s Ember enchantment no longer softlocks Pandora’s Box relic

Enemies:

• Axebot turn order is now from left to right no matter what order they respawn in
• Globe Head lightning orbs will now proc after poison

Misc:

• Fixed issue with run history screen when abandoning at an event room
• Can no longer preview the upgrade of already upgraded cards in deck upgrade preview
• Card hovertips no longer spawn off-screen
• Cards going from play to discard (or other piles) should no longer change text.
• Exhausted cards are no longer broken due to issue with trails
• Godot now handles placing the window on the screen on first time running the game
• You no longer softlock if you select potion reward when you have no room
• No longer have status cards added to combat piles if combat is finished
• Rigid enchantment description now reflects Dexterity increase
• Room odds are now properly saved before rolling event rooms which fixes event rooms changing when saving and loading
• Settings screen now opens into video options first
• Stampede and other effects that play from hand no longer choose Bound cards
• Targeting reticle no longer gets stuck when combat ends
• Title screen music is now affected by overall volume correctly
• Top bar buttons correctly switch animation states when screens are exited
• Top bar no longer overlaps card grid in some selection screens

KNOWN ISSUES:

• The card compendium "Show Upgrades" button currently doesn't work for most cards