STS2 Patch Notes — 2025-01-30

CONTENT

Misc:

• Multiplayer is here!!

Ironclad:

• Reworked Fight Me card
• Deprecated Veteran card

Necrobinder:

• Added new cards:

- Veilpiercer

- Lethality

Regent:

• Reworked Guiding Star card

Potions & Relics:

• Added new relics:

- Bent Nail

- Broken Mirror

- Lattice of Eyes

- Pendulum

- Shoehorn

- Traveler's Flask

- Used Notepad

- Red Mask

- Rolling Sphere

• Reworked Silver Crucible relic
• Deprecated Boss relic rewards
• Deprecated Mutagen potion

Ancients:

• Added new Orobas blessing: Refraction
• Added new Orobas relic: Kaleidoscopic
• Added new Orobas blessing: Transcendence
• Added special transformed starter cards for Orobas’ Transcendence blessing:

- Ironclad: Bash -> Break

- Silent: Neutralize -> Suppress

- Necrobinder: Bodyguard -> Sentinel

- Regent: Falling Star -> Meteor Shower

Ascensions:

• Deprecated Tight Belt ascension, replaced with new Warden ascension

BALANCE

Ironclad:

• Nerfed Colossus card: block decreased from 6(10) -> 5(8)
• Nerfed Conflagration card: damage decreased from 8(11) + 3(4) -> 8(9) + 2(3)
• Nerfed Crimson Mantle card: Block from 9(13) -> 8(11)
• Changed Demon Form card: rarity decreased from Legendary -> Rare

Necrobinder:

• Buffed Borrowed Time card: self Doom decreased from 9 -> 6
• Changed Capture Spirit card:

- HP loss increased from 3(4) -> 4(6)

- Souls created decreased from 3(4) -> 2(3)

• Nerfed Devour Life card: no longer gains Dexterity
• Reworked Etherburst: is now based on Ethereal cards played instead of Souls
• Nerfed Necro Mastery card: Necromancy decreased from 3(4) -> 2(3)
• Changed Pull Aggro card:

- Summon increased from 5 -> 6(7)

- Block decreased from 10(15) -> 6(8)

• Changed Time's Up card: rarity increased from Uncommon -> Rare

Regent:

• Buffed Beat into Shape card:

- Damage increased from 6(7) -> 7(8)

- Forge increased from 3(4) -> 4(5) Forge

• Nerfed Black Hole card: damage decreased from 9(12) -> 7(9)
• Nerfed Cloak of Stars card:

- Star cost decreased from 3 -> 1

- Block decreased from 13(17) -> 9

• Nerfed Cosmic Indifference card: Block decreased 6(9) -> 5(8)
• Nerfed Gather Light card:

- Upgrade no longer increases the Star gain

- Block decreased from 8(9) to 6(9)

• Nerfed Glitterstream card: upgraded Block decreased from 7(11) -> 7(9)
• Changed Orbit card: now gains Block multiple times instead of combining it all into a single instance of Block gain
• Nerfed Pale Blue Dot card: card draw decreased from 2(2) -> 1(2)
• Changed Perfect Reflection card:

- Energy cost increased from 0 -> 1

- Block gain increased from 6(10) -> 8(11)

• Nerfed Solar Strike card: upgraded damage decreased from 9(12) -> 9(11)
• Nerfed Stardust card: damage decreased from 5(8) -> 4(5)
• Nerfed Voidborn card: Block decreased from 3(4) -> 2(3)
• Reworked Kingly Kick card:

- Cost increased from 3 -> 4

- Cost reduction applies for this combat instead of just for this turn

Potions & Relics:

• Changed Vambrace relic: now only doubles Block gained by cards, but it doubles all Block from cards like Death's Door that gain Block multiple times

Enemies:

• Changed Battleworn Dummy: now takes its last turn before the turn limit is up, allowing it to be killed on the last turn by Poison or Doom
• Nerfed Decimilipede:

- HP slightly decreased on low ascension

- Now gains less Strength

• Changed Kin encounter:

- Kin Follower HP lowered by 2

- Kin Priest A1 power "Fanatic" changed from 4 Block -> Heal 3

- Kin Priest now rotates between Weak and Frail on his debuff turn (meaning the player is not always so weak)

• Changed Knowledge Demon:

- Damage values tweaked

- Now only gains 1 Strength from Mind Rot

• Buffed Lost and Forgotten: HP values increased
• Nerfed Vine Shambler: damage values slightly decreased
• Changed Ruby Raider encounter:

- Ruby Brute now attacks on first turn

- No longer possible for duplicate raiders to appear

• Buffed Scrolls of Biting:

- HP and damage values increased

- Strength gain from 1 -> 2

• Buffed Soul Nexus: damage values increased

Ancients:

• Nerfed Vlad’s Crimson Pendant relic: Intangible decreased from 2 -> 1
• Changed Tanx's Whistle relic:

- No longer deals self damage

- Damage decreased from 100 -> 50

• Reworked Lasting Candy relic:

- Is now Pael relic

- “Every other card reward gains an additional Power card”

• Changed Hungering Belly relic

- Is now a Tanx relic

- HP healed decreased from 4 -> 3

Misc:

• Increased costs of colorless cards in merchant room by 15%

ART

• Added Necrobinder’s flame to her icons
• Beta art added for various cards and relics
• Brain in a Jar power icon now has beta art
• A9 version of Ascender's Bane card now has beta art
• Added portrait art for BEGONE!, Heavenly Drill, Heirloom Hammer, Parry Regent cards
• Made orbs on Chomper and Mecha Knight brighter/shinier
• Cleaned up Thieving Hopper animations
• Added orb for Orb Plant’s for ranged attack and updated animations
• Added Cubex Construct VFX and updated animations
• Adjusted Mecha Knight fire textures
• Added Laser Beam VFX

AUDIO

• Added SFX for Flail Knight and Spectral Knight

WORDING

• Discovery option at Orobas now mentions character names instead of colors
• Fixed missing blue text error in the Round Tea Party event
• Improved Globe Head's Galvanic power wording
• Improved Mind Rot wording

USER INTERFACE & EXPERIENCE

• Added a small delay before card rewards can be selected
• Brainbug event’s “Share Knowlege” choice now flashes if it will kill you
• Healing now occurs when you enter an Ancient room
• Skipped Ancient choices are now included in run history
• Relics in relic history now use their base values instead of modified ones throughout the run
• Added settings option to display card count in hand
• HP loss is now shown on event rooms in the run history
• Room history is now shown when hovering over old points in the map
• Curses are now sorted to the top in deck removal screen

BUG FIXES

Necrobinder:

• Fixed an issue with Unending Service card enchanted with Momentum while Osty is dead not previewing Momentum's extra damage
• Seance card no longer shows draw pile in order

Regent:

• Orbit card now properly mixes your discard pile into your draw pile instead of putting the shuffled discard pile on the bottom of your draw pile

Potions & Relics:

• Foul Potion can no longer be obtained from events

Enemies:

• 3 Biting Scrolls encounter is now in the weak pool
• Knowledge Demon’s Curse of Knowledge power description now correctly reads “every third card” instead of “every other card”
• Fixed Cubex Construct’s health bar changing size when it emerges
• Fixed visual glitches when Vantom dies to Doom
• Fixed wording on Predatory Mawler run history entry
• Powdered Demise potion no longer interrupts Bygone Effigy’s attack animation
• The Forgotten now gains the Dexterity that it steals from the player

Events:

• Spoils Map card now correctly shows new art
• Brainbug event’s “Filter” choice can no longer give basic cards

Ascensions:

• Fixed issue with ascension panel incorrectly showing on characters you haven’t beaten A0 with
• Updated A9 title to Ancient's Scorn

Misc:

• Card removal hover tip still can show up if you click on the used removal button
• Fixed issue with save/reloads duplicating encounters in the run history
• Fixed shop music fadeout so that it only happens upon opening the map
• Map prompt no longer blocks clicking on the node
• Merchant card removal hovertip now accounts for price increase from A3
• Relic bar now shows up when submitting feedback from settings menu