STS2 Patch Notes — 2025-08-27

A new patch is here--a whole day early!! We're off to PAX West this week, so this is a slightly smaller one. There's no new content to speak of, but a lot of placeholder assets, writing updates, and UX/UI changes are here.

BALANCE

Necrobinder:

• Buffed Eidolon card: no longer Exhausts, now has Retain
• Buffed Snap card: upgrade damage increased from +1 -> +3

Enemies:

• Buffed Exoskeletons: Hard to Kill power's HP loss per-turn cap decreased from 15 -> 9
• Changed Scroll of Biting: moveset is less randomized
• Nerfed Vine Shambler: Chomp damage decreased from 17(18) -> 16(17)

Events:

• Changed Brain Leech event: now uses card reward Rarity odds when you pick the Share Knowledge option

ART

• Added placeholder assets for the following relics:
• Forever Ice
• Soup Recipe
• Burning Sticks
• Mystic Lighter
• Amethyst Aubergine
• Big Hat
• Bookmark
• Bread
• Helical Dart
• Jewelry Box
• Orange Dough
• Added animations for Wasp Prism
• Removed invisible images that caused a VFX glitch on Soul Fysh death

USER INTERFACE & EXPERIENCE

General:

• Added a smooth transition for targeting arrow when switching targets via the controller
• Epoch reveals now look correct no matter the zoom level
• Added new icon for Technify enchantment (as it was renamed from Toothed)
• Updated Relic Collection UI and added some info text to its headers
• Added new UX for unidentified relics (no more question mark)
• Spectral card now glows gold if you have Weak or Frail
• Stone Humidifier relic now has extra text in the Rest Site rest option
• Undiscovered cards in the card library now have "?" for their energy cost
• Updated combat basics FTUE and removed margin container
• Updated power FTUE to match up with Buff and power card terminology (changed from StS1)

Multiplayer:

• Discovery order now applies in multiplayer, using the superset of all players' discoveries

WRITING

• Renamed the following relics:
• Soul Buddy -> Lost Soul
• Renamed the following events:
• Field of the Forgotten -> Grave of the Forgotten
• Forsaken Citadel -> Jungle Maze Adventure
• Living Cocoon -> Spirit Grafter
• Renamed Toothed enchantment -> Technify (to match theming as it applies Artifact)
• Updated the wording of attacks that do dynamic damage (such as Bully and Crescent Spear) to be more consistent
• Updated wording for the following cards:
• Call of the Void
• Dredge
• Dying Star
• Howl From Beyond
• Jackpot
• Splash
• Streamline
• Up My Sleeve
• Updated wording for the following relics:
• Ruby Earrings
• Bellows
• Big Hat
• Blessed Antlers
• Calling Bell
• Chain Links
• Chaos Paradox
• Dream Catcher
• Electrified Shard
• Fyshing Float
• Gnarled Hammer
• Mystic Lighter
• My Mantle
• Orange Dough
• Pantograph
• Petrified Toad
• Punch Dagger
• Rainbow Ring
• The Abacus
• Translucent Frond
• Tuning Fork
• Twisted Funnel
• Updated wording for the following potions:
• The Formula
• Fairy in a Bottle
• Updated wording for the following powers:
• Beacon of Hope
• Calamity
• Call of the Void
• Consuming Shadow
• Flutter
• Free Power
• Free Skill
• Graceful
• Infinite Blades
• Juggling
• Mayhem
• No Block
• Polish
• Refactor
• Spectrum Shift
• Stratagem
• Tracking
• Unmoveable
• Veilpiercer
• Well Laid Plans
• Paper Cuts
• Updated wording for the following events:
• Spirit Grafter
• Infested Automaton
• Grave of the Forgotten
• Hungry for Mushrooms
• Updated wording for Royally Approved enchantment
• Rewrote some more death texts
• Fixed a missing comma in Necrobinder's character select screen description
• Changed Rest Site header wording

BUG FIXES

General:

• Bound affliction no longer prevents cards from being auto-played
• Players can no longer click on rewards that are outside of the reward UI mask
• Effects that set a card's energy cost to a new absolute value (ex. Mummified Hand relic, Enlightenment card) now interact properly with effects that offset a card's existing cost (ex. Transfigure card)
• Fixed being able to keep the potion popup open when you open the pause menu via controller shortcuts
• Fixed card alternative hotkey button for non-combat "Choose a Card" screens
• Fixed controller input for "Give Up" confirmation screen
• Fixed issue with potion hovertip when you use a targeted potion via controller

Ironclad:

• Stampede card's autoplay effect now properly prevents Ripple Basin relic from triggering

Silent:

• Dash card now properly gains block before attacking, protecting the player if the enemy has Thorns power
• Fixed Murder base damage not being affected by the Corruption enchantment
• Murder card now only deals 7 damage turn 1

Defect:

• Cracked Core relic now properly triggers before Imbued enchantment

Necrobinder:

• Fixed Symbiosis card upgrade
• Reaper Form card no longer does stupid amounts of damage to invincible enemies

Regent:

• Fixed Sovereign Blade animation not working
• Sword Sage card no longer causes an infinite damage loop when it's triggered while you have Fencing Manual relic

Potions & Relics:

• Kifuda relic now lets you pick less than 3 cards to enchant
• Light Bulb relic no longer triggers when receiving card rewards outside of combat
• Unceasing Top relic is no longer triggered by card plays from effects that occur before the player draws their hand (ex. Mayhem card)

Ancients:

• Neow's Bundle choice now only appears if there are enough bundles with all of their cards unlocked

Mutiplayer:

• You can no longer access the multiplayer Daily/Custom unless you have unlocked the corresponding Epochs
• Merchant Robes relic no longer triggers for everyone in multiplayer
• Fur Coat relic no longer causes state divergences
• New version of Hard to Kill power no longer scales with player count
• Ping button now always animates out at end of combat
• Rewards icon no longer shows next to remote players after they're done taking rewards
• Reaction emotes no longer can block input