STS2 Patch Notes — 2025-01-09

CONTENT

Ironclad:

• Deprecated the following cards:

- Blood For Blood

- Dual Wield

- Entrench

Silent:

• Deprecated the following cards:

- Endless Agony

- Eviscerate

Necrobinder:

• Deprecated the following cards:

- Exhume

- Sever Soul

Regent:

• Reworked the following cards:

- Astral Pulse

- Celestial Might

- Cloak of Stars

- Crescent Spear

- Illuminate

- Crush Under

- Falling Star

- Glow

- Gravity Well

- Guiding Star

- Refine Blade

- Cosmic Indifference

- Spoils of Battle

• Deprecated the following cards:

- Orbital Shield

- Minion Guards

- Manifest Victory

Ancients:

• Reworked Perpetual Coin relic: “Gain 999 gold. No longer encounter the Merchant in ? rooms.”
• Reworked Tanx's Might blessing: “Whenever you play an attack, gain 1 Strength this turn.”

Enemies:

• Reworked the following enemies/combats:

- Byrdonis

- Kin

- Test Subject

Events:

• Reworked the following events:

- Wellspring

- Tea Master

Ascensions:

• Ascensions now unlock individually for each character rather than globally
• Changed Ascension 1 to Mighty Bosses: Bosses gain unique buffs

BALANCE

Ironclad:

• Nerfed Breakthrough card: damage decreased from 10(13) -> 9(13)
• Nerfed Bully card: upgrade’s additional damage per Vulnerable decreased from 4 -> 3
• Buffed Cinder card: damage increased from 15(20) -> 18(24)

Silent:

• Nerfed Alchemize card: can no longer procure Fruit Juice, Regen Potion, or Fairy in a Bottle potions

Necrobinder:

• Changed Demesne card: rarity increased from Uncommon -> Rare
• Nerfed Misery card: cost increased from 0 -> 1
• Changed Parse card: rarity increased from Common -> Uncommon

Regent:

• Nerfed Beat Into Shape card: damage decreased from 9(12) -> 6(7)
• Buffed Black Hole card: damage increased from 2(3) -> 3(4)
• Changed Constellation card: upgrade changed from Retain -> cost 0
• Changed Convergence card:

- No longer gains Block

- Cost decreased from 2 -> 1

• Changed Cosmic Indifference:

- Block gain decreased from 20(24) -> 13(17)

- No longer Exhausts

• Changed Decisions, Decisions card: no longer discards your hand
• Buffed Genesis card: cost decreased from 2 -> 1
• Changed Glitterstream card: now has Gravity Well card's old effect
• Changed Hidden Cache card:

- No longer gives energy next turn

- Star gain next turn increased from 2 -> 3

• Changed Manifest Authority card: now generates any colorless card, not just skills
• Buffed Neutron Aegis card:

- Block gain increased from 20(25) -> 15(19)

- Plating increased from 10(13) -> 15(19)

• Nerfed Particle Wall card: Star cost increased from 1 -> 2
• Buffed Radiate card: cost decreased from 1 -> 0
• Buffed Singularity:

- Cost decreased from 2 -> 1

- Forge increased from 6(9) -> 7(10)

• Changed Stardust card: rarity increased from Common -> Uncommon
• Changed Tyranny card:

- Cost decreased from 2 -> 1

- Upgrade changed from upgrading decrees to lowering cost by 1

Colorless Cards:

• Changed Mind Blast card: is now in the colorless card pool, so it can be obtained from shops and other colorless card sources

Potions & Relics:

- Changed Royal Stamp relic: is now a shop relic

Enemies:

• Changed Ceremonial Beast:

- Plow move now applies Frail instead of Dazed

- Stomp attack damage decreased from 13(16) -> 11(12)

• Nerfed Cubex Construct: damage boost from deadly enemies decreased from +2 -> +1
• Changed Decemillipede:

- Renamed to Decimillipede

- Changed values and moveset

- Now always revives with 25 HP

• Buffed Inklets: HP increased from 6(7)-11(13) -> 11(12)->17(18)
• Changed Knowledge Demon:

- Now back to only tracking draws during the turn and not the 5 cards at the start of each turn

- Reworked moveset

- Reworked Info Hazard

• Changed Mass of Mites combat: now all start out with different moves
• Nerfed Ovicopter: attack damage decreased
• Changed Queen:

- Reworked Bound effect

- Burn Bright for Me move Strength decreased from 5 -> 3

- Staff Strike move damage decreased from 20(23) -> 11(13)

- Reworked moveset

• Nerfed Torch Head Amalgam:

- Tackle move damage decreased from 18(21) -> 15(16)

- Soul Beam damage nerfed from 33(37) -> 30(34)

• Nerfed Slimes: HP and damage values decreased
• Nerfed Snapping Jaxxfruit: Strength gain decreased from 2 -> 1
• Temporarily deprecating Insect Repulsor while it is being reworked
• Temporarily deprecating Sealed Sword while it is being reworked

Ancients:

• Improved Tezcatara’s Golden Path route: Shop now appears earlier
• Changed Electrified Shard: is now a Darv relic

Events:

• Changed Bedlam Beacon event: “Claim the orb” choice’s HP cost increased from 11 -> 13
• Changed Brainbug event: “Share knowledge” choice’s HP cost decreased from 11 -> 8
• Changed Cursed Choice event: no longer always curses the player
• Changed Mad Science card:

- Now starts un-upgraded

- Upgrading it gives it Innate

• Changed Symbiote event: reworked “Kill with fire” option

Ascensions:

• Implemented placeholder boss buffs for Ascension 1

ART

• Added Kin Follower art and VFX
• Added Kin Leader animations
• Added boomerang VFX
• Cleaned up card portrait art for: Armaments, Bloodletting, Dismantle, Forgotten Ritual, Mangle, Shockwave, Tremble
• Added card portrait art for some Regent cards: Sovereign Blade, Summon forth, The Smith, Refine Blade

AUDIO

• Added second elite track for elites with 2 phases
• Added transition for Merchant room audio

USER INTERFACE & EXPERIENCE

• Empower card now shows targeting reticle over Osty
• Fan of Knives card now shows the Shiv hovertip
• Knowledge Demon now tracks how many cards you need to play visually in his power

WORDING

• Black Hole card now clarifies that it deals damage for each Star spent
• Book of Five Rings now uses colors correctly for its numerical values
• Cards that say "cost 0" in their description now include an energy icon to distinguish from star cost.
• Cleaned up wording on Friendship card
• Goopy enchantment now has the correct name in its hovertip
• Heirloom Hammer card now specifies that the colorless card is chosen from your hand
• Parry card now properly specifies that it gains block equal to unblocked damage dealt instead of all damage dealt
• Pluralized Mayhem power description
• Tinker Time event's "Speed" choice no longer claims to add Innate to powers
• Tweaked the wording of the Starry and Star Dust relics to make their interaction with Glitterstream clearer
• Alchemize card now uses the word "Procure" instead of "Obtain"

BUG FIXES

Silent:

• A Thousand Cuts power now correctly decrements Slippery
• Tools of the Trade card now cancels any card plays that occur before it

Necrobinder:

• Necro Mastery card now affects the summon value for Nine Lives card if played beforehand
• Sap Will+ now correctly draws 2 cards instead of 1

Regent:

• Heirloom Hammer card now properly treats event cards as colorless
• Parry card now gains block for all creatures hit by AOE Sovereign Blade
• Status cards are no longer counted towards Pillar of Creation's block gain

Potions & Relics:

• Fixed an issue that prevented using Foul Potion on the Merchant
• Ice Cube relic is now set to normal when outside of combat
• Sozu relic no longer removes your potions after you reload your save
• The sound effect for obtaining a potion now plays properly
• Toothpick relic no longer affects self damage

Ancients:

• The Golden Path from Tezcatara’s blessing is now centered on the map

Enemies:

• Cubex Construct no longer does an extra hit during its multi-attack
• Fixed softlock when Doom kills a solo Axebot that still has Stock
• Initially spawned insect pillars now are considered minions
• Poison no longer interrupts Burrowing Bug’s dig animation

Events:

• Mad Science card no longer breaks when downgraded
• Removed energy hovertip from the “Fragrant Mushrooms” option in the Hungry for Mushrooms event

Misc:

• Fixed extra space in Protector power description
• Hopefully fixed a softlock related to Guilty curse card
• Made Tender a debuff
• Trapped ghost hovertips no longer overlap with card tip
• You can hover over enemies in peek mode again
• The Imbalanced power is now properly categorized as a debuff