STS2 Patch Notes — 2024-12-05

CONTENT

Necrobinder:

• Added new Forever Young card
• Reworked Demesne card:

- Uncommon - Power - Cost 3(2)

- “At the start of your turn, gain [E] and draw 1 additional card.”

• Reworked Oblivion card:

- Rare - Skill - Cost 1

- “Whenever you apply Doom this turn, double (triple) it.”

• Reworked Surrender Humanity card:

- Legendary - Skill - Cost 0

- “When this card is added to your Deck, lose 6 Max HP. Gain 2 Intangible.”

• Deprecated Soulfire card

Regent:

• Added new Red Giant card
• Deprecated cards:

- Mold the Stars

- Fool!

• Reworked Parry card:

- Uncommon - Skill - Cost 1

- “The next time you play Sovereign Blade, gain Block equal to the damage dealt. Exhaust. (Loses Exhaust)”

Potions & Relics:

• Added new potions:

- Beetle Juice

- Brain in a Jar

- Cunning Potion

- Mutagen

- Pot of Glue

• Reworked Book of Five Rings relic:

- Rare - “Every 5 cards you add to your Deck, heal 10 HP.”

• Reworked Pein Hammer relic:

- Uncommon - “The first hand you draw each combat is upgraded.”

Ancients:

• Deprecated relics:

- Hungering Brooch

- Pael’s Blob

- Pointed Hat

Enemies:

• Reworked Insect Repulsor
• Reworked Knowledge Demon

Events:

• Added new Battleworn Dummy event

BALANCE

Ironclad:

• Buffed Dominate card: cost decreased from 2 -> 1
• Nerfed Veteran card: Strength gain decreased fromv 4(6) -> 3(5)
• Buffed Winged Jump card: Block increased from 10(13) -> 11(15)

Silent:

• Buffed Accelerant card: cost decreased from 2 -> 1
• Reworked Assassinate card: “Innate. Deal 10(13) damage. Apply 1(2) Vulnerable. Exhaust.”
• Changed Catalyst card: upgrade changed from triple poison -> reduce energy cost by 1

Necrobinder:

• Nerfed Blight Strike card: damage decreased from 7(11) -> 7(9)
• Nerfed Bone Shards card: damage decreased from 30(40) -> 20(25)
• Buffed Capture Spirit card: now adds Upgraded Souls to your Draw Pile instead of regular ones
• Changed Carve Ghost card: now adds Souls to your Hand instead of your Discard Pile, and its damage has been reduced from 9(11) to 8(9)
• Nerfed Drain Power card: damage decreased from 9(12) -> 9(11)
• Reworked Eidolon: prevents all HP loss until next turn -> grants 1 Intangible
• Buffed Eradicate card: now has Retain
• Changed Grave Warden card:

- Damage changed from 6(9) -> 7(8)

- Souls added to hand changed from 1 -> 1(2)

• Changed Guillotine card: damage increased from 6(9) -> 9(13)
• Nerfed Melancholy card: Block decreased from 9(11) -> 7(10)
• Changed Misery card:

- Cost decreased from 1 -> 0

- Damage decreased from 10(14) -> 6(9)

- Upgrading Misery now also gives it Retain

• Changed Pull Aggro card:

- Summon decreased from 10 -> 5

- Block increased from 5(10) -> 10(15)

• Changed Pull From Below card:

- No longer Exhausts

- Rarity decreased from Uncommon -> Common

• Changed Sacrifice card: no longer has Exhaust
• Changed Spirit of Ash card: cost decreased from 3 -> 2
• Changed Undeath card: now adds the copy to your Discard Pile instead of your Draw Pile
• Changed You Are Mine! card: damage increased from 10(13) -> 11(16)

Regent:

• Now starts with 99 gold like other characters
• Nerfed Beat Into Shape card:

- Now only increases Forge due to attack damage

- Forge decreased from 4(6) -> 3(4)

• Buffed Celestial Might card: damage increased from 20(25) -> 21(26)
• Changed Collected Legion card: now has Exhaust
• Changed Conqueror card: rarity decreased from Rare -> Uncommon
• Reworked Constellation:

- Rare - Skill - Cost 1

- “Retain. Gain 1 Star for each card in your hand. Exhaust.”

• Nerfed Gather Light card: Block decreased from 9(12) -> 8(9)
• Nerfed Orbit card: Block decreased from 3(4) -> 1(2)
• Buffed Pilebunker card: damage increased from 30(35) -> 30(40)
• Changed Seeking Edge card: rarity increased from Uncommon -> Rare
• Changed Wrought in War card: rarity increased from Uncommon -> Rare

Potions & Relics:

• Changed Blessing of the Forge potion: rarity increased from Common -> Uncommon
• Changed Block Potion: rarity decreased from Uncommon -> Common
• Changed Distilled Chaos potion: rarity increased from Uncommon -> Rare
• Changed Dybbuk Cube relic: rarity increased from Uncommon -> Rare
• Changed Electrified Shard relic: now a Shop-exclusive relic
• Changed Fear Potion: rarity decreased from Uncommon -> Common
• Changed Heart of Iron potion: rarity decreased from Rare -> Uncommon
• Changed Radiant Tincture potion:

- Duration increased from 3 -> 4 turns

- Rarity increased from Common -> Uncommon

• Shop-exclusive relics now cost 50 more gold
• Nerfed Intimidating Helmet relic: Block decreased from 7 -> 5
• Nerfed Lucky Fysh relic: gold decreased from 30 -> 15
• Buffed Oversized Nail relic: Sharp increased from 1 -> 2
• Changed Strange Hoof relic: Nimble increased from 1 -> 2

Ancients:

• Changed Zlatir choices:

- Folly card is now unplayable

- Zlatir's Cape relic now grants +3 card draw rather than drawing entire hand

- Zlatir's Freedom choice is now: “Add 1 of 33 cards to your deck.”

- Zlatir's Immortality choice is now: “Lose 15% max HP. Gain 2 intangible at the start of combat.”

• Reworked Neow’s bundles: now offers 2 of 5 preset bundles
• Nerfed Tanx's Might: Strength granted decreased from 3 -> 2

Enemies:

• Changed Axebot:

- Hammer uppercut damage decreased from 13(16) -> 12(14)

- One-Two damage increased from 6(7)x2 -> 8(9)x2

- Only stocked Axebots do Boot Up as their first move now

• Nerfed Fabricator:

- All bots' health decreased by 5 HP

- Guardbot now gives Block only to its allies, not itself

• Changed Ceremonial Beast:

- Number of Dazed cards given by Plow increased from 3 -> 4

- Butt no longer gives Frail

• Changed Entomancer:

- Now starts with 1 Personal Hive

- Pheremone Spit move now adds 1 Personal Hive, up to a max of 3

- Pheremone Spit move now adds 1 strength until Personal Hive is at 3; afterwards, it adds 2 Strength

• Changed Fogmog:

- Swipe move now also grants itself 1 Strength

- Fogmog can now randomly decide to Swipe twice in a row before Headbutting

• Changed Hunter Killer:

- Now applies 1 Tender instead of 4 Weak

- Tender: “Whenever you play a card, lose 1 Strength and 1 Dexterity that turn.”

• Changed The Insatiable: Thrash move damage changed from 6(7)x3 -> 8(9)x2
• Changed Ovicopter encounter:

- Bite damage decreased from 19(21) -> 17(19)

- Nibble damage decreased from 7(8) -> 6(7)

- Munch damage decreased from 10(12) -> 8(9)

- Chomp damage decreased from 14(16) -> 11(12)

- Tough Egg HP lowered from 23(24)-29 -> 14(15)-19(20)

- Hatchling HP lowered from 26(28)-34(36) -> 21(22)-26(27)

- Workbug Egg Hatchling merged with Ovicopter hatchling

- Hatchling now starts with a random move

• ChangedRock Bowlbug: Momentum move Strength gain decreased from 4 -> and deals 14(15) damage
• Changed Ruby Raiders encounter:

- Now only one Brute can spawn

- Brute gains 2 Strength instead of giving Dazed status cards

• Nerfed Shrinker Beetle: Stomp move damage decreased from 16(18) -> 14(17)
• Buffed Slumbering Beetle: starting Slumber decreased from 3 -> 2
• Changed Soul Nexus:

- HP increased from 199(209) -> 234(246)

- Soul Burn move now used only 3 times max in a fight

• Changed Spiny Toad:

- Explosion move damage decreased from 5(6)x5 -> 4(5)x5

- Lash move now applies -1 Dexterity instead of Weak

• Changed Swarm of Slimes encounter: now always has one M twig slime, one M leaf slime, two of the same small slime, and one other small slime
• Changed Test Subject: now adds cards to Draw Pile instead of hand
• Changed Turret Operator encounter:

- Turret Operator now fires twice, then gains 1 Strength

- Living Shield HP decreased from 70(90) -> 55(65)

- Living Shield damage decreased from 15(17) -> 6

- Living Shield now gains 6 Block every turn

• Changed Vantom:

- Wound cards given increased from 2 -> 3

- Inky Lance damage decreased from 7(8)x2 -> 6(7)x2

- Prepare move’s Strength gain decreased from 3 -> 2

• Nerfed Burrowing Bug: Bite move damage decreased from 13(22) -> 13(15)

Events:

• Reworked Brainbug event:

- “Share Knowledge” choice now costs 11 HP

- “Filter the Stream” choice changed to “Choose 1 of 10 cards”

• Buffed Buried Seed event relic: duration increased from 6 -> 8 combats
• Reworked Dense Vegetation event:

- Deprecated “Make a Bracelet” choice

- “Nap” choice’s Wrigglers increased from 3 -> 4

• Changed Field of the Forgotten event: “Consume” choice now costs 13 HP
• Changed Hungry for Mushrooms event: “Big Guy” choice max HP gain decreased from 50% -> 25%
• Changed Living Cocoon event: “Step Inside” choice changed to heal 20 HP and give Metamorphosis
• Changed Perilous Prospects event: “Decipher” choice now starts at 3 max HP loss
• Changed Room Full of Cheese event: “Search” choice now costs 14 HP
• Changed Stone of All Time event: “Drink” and “Lift” choices max HP gain decreased from 10 -> 8
• Changed Symbiote event: “Kill with Fire” choice now damages you for 6 HP with no other effect
• Reworked Tea Master event: now has static choices and costs gold
• Changed Telepathic Spiders event: “Know Yourself” choice cost increased from 150 -> 250
• Reworked the Legends Were True event
• Changed Wellspring event: deprecated “Bottle” choice
• Changed Welcome to Wongo’s event: “Mystery Box” choice’s relics decreased from 3 -> 2 relics

Misc:

• Changed Ascension 1: Burly enemies deal 25% more damage -> have 25% more HP

ART

Necrobinder:

• Osty's body now remains in combat after dying, and plays a revive animation when re-summoned

Enemies:

• Fixed some blending issues with Vine Shambler
• Fixed Hunter Killer animation transitions
• Tweaked Byrdonis’ buff asset
• Cleaned up Ovicopter’s animation
• Cleaned up Tough Egg’s animation
• Updated Fuzzy Wurm Crawler art
• Updated to Soul Nexus art

Misc:

• Added new buttons for Character Select screen
• Adjusted Silent and Necrobinder’s Character Select art
• Debuff animation now returns to idle loop smoothly
• Updated some card beta art

USER INTERFACE & EXPERIENCE

Necrobinder:

• Make Use card now displays the Summon hovertip
• Nine Lives card now includes the Summon amount in its Summon hovertip

Potions & Relics:

• Art of War relic now never looks disabled
• Stone Calendar relic now resets to normal state after combat

Ancients:

• Added tracking relic for Tanx's Forgotten Technique option
• Added tracking relic for Tezcatara's Ember option

Misc:

• Card rewards now appear before relic rewards.
• Hue and scale of duplicate creatures in the same encounter are now slightly randomized
• Low HP vignette no longer stacks on top of itself during multihits.
• When hovering over a card in the compendium, it now renders above all other cards
• You can now open the compendium via a button in the topbar

WORDING

Necrobinder:

• Countdown card's power description now properly says that it applies Doom at the start of your turn instead of the end
• Sacrifice card now specifies that it only works if Osty is alive
• The wording of the Summon keyword hovertip has been tweaked

Regent:

• An accidental double-space in Spectrum Shift card's description has been fixed

Events:

• The word "A" removed from "A Buried Seed" event title
• Colorful Philosophers event now names characters instead of colors.

Misc:

• Descriptions on some powers have been cleaned up.
• Fixed an extra newline that would appear before an Enchantment's text on some enchanted cards
• Scrutiny debuff now has gold Exhaust and Exhaust hovertip

BUG FIXES

Ironclad:

• Taunt card can no longer target dead Decemillipede segment
• Taunt card’s Vulnerable is now affected by Dybbuk Cube relic

Necrobinder:

• Can no longer see hovertips for enemies that die to Doom
• Damage amounts on Osty attack cards no longer reflect Necrobinder's Strength when Osty is dead
• Fixed an issue where playing Bury+ followed by Bury was not dealing the correct amount of damage on the next turn
• You Are Mine! card can no longer be generated from potions

Potions & Relics:

• Egg relics now flash over all affected merchant cards, not just the last one
• Fixed an issue where Potion rewards only had a 15% chance of being uncommon instead of the intended 25%
• Toothpick relic now applies after all other damage modifiers (except Pen Nib)
• Vambrace relic no longer flashes while out of combat

Ancients:

• Tyranny, Call of the Void, and other start-of-turn card generation effects are no longer blocked by Zlatir's Cape

Enemies:

• Fix misaligned Block indicator when hitting the Test Subject many times in sequence
• Insect Repulsor now correctly performs its flip move when Powdered Demise makes it cross the damage threshold

Events:

• Bedlam Beacon event description now correctly notes when it triggers
• Fixed Future of Potions event causing a softlock when you win/lose a run
• Future of Potions event now has a run history tooltip

Misc:

• Cancelling card play while targeting a creature resets the card preview values
• Card choice in run history is accurate when you have Grasping Tentacle
• Clicking on an event option before it is fully animated in no longer focuses it
• Consecutive rest sites will no longer appear on the map
• Damage numbers now display total damage dealt including overkill damage
• Getlogs command no longer softlocks combats
• Hovered hand no longer resets position if a prequeued card starts playing
• Imbued enchantment now applies after card draw, and only applies to skills
• Merchant removal coin doesn't flicker if you hover its left side.
• Panning with a trackpad on MacOS now goes in the correct direction based on your system settings
• Quitting after receiving rewards from an Ancient now saves the rewards
• Rest site heal SFX now set to correct volume
• Saving/loading twice at rewards no longer restarts combat
• The deck view is no longer bugged when it contains an enchanted card afflicted with Bound
• You can no longer select other rest site options during the rest VFX