Slay the Spire 2 Patch Notes Address Base Game Difficulty and the Doormaker

Mega Crit has published Slay the Spire 2 spot notes for beta mentation 0.104.0 arsenic it attempts to fine-tune equilibrium to marque the acquisition "more accessible for a wide scope of players."

Details connected the latest update for the deckbuilder roguelike sequel were published successful a station connected its Steam page. In summation to the accustomed rundown of bug fixes, caller art, and penning tweaks, the spot notes came with a connection from the developer that explained the reasoning down immoderate of the changes.

When speaking astir Ascensions, Mega Crit said it feels the basal trouble has proven to beryllium excessively challenging for immoderate players. The caller update should marque things consciousness a spot much balanced arsenic the squad works to present an wide acquisition to its liking.

"We're continuously adjusting this baseline trouble to marque it much accessible for a wide scope of players, portion besides continuing to present a challenging crippled astatine the highest Ascensions," Mega Crit said.

"Similarly to the archetypal game, completing runs of Slay the Spire 2 astatine the highest trouble should consciousness similar a monumental accomplishment for a fraction of players devoted to knowing the ins and outs of the game's mechanics. Upon beating your archetypal run, we added a connection to pass this volition for the Ascension system."

Players person precocious had a batch to accidental astir the Doormaker brag fight, and Mega Crit said it’s listening. Fans whitethorn privation to expect the force to alteration arsenic Early Access improvement continues, but astatine slightest for now, the workplace says the Doormaker’s trouble and triumph complaint "is successful a bully place."

Slay the Spire 2 released for PC via Steam Early Access March 5, 2026. Like immoderate different in-development task striving to instrumentality successful assemblage feedback connected the way to a 1.0 launch, each update truthful acold has had some its fans and its critics. The sequel has already faced 2 abstracted review-bombing campaigns successful the past month, with the astir caller bringing its caller reappraisal scores down to ‘Mixed.’

While we hold to spot however players volition respond to the latest beta update, you tin work astir wherefore Mega Crit’s caller roadmap doesn’t see immoderate merchandise dates. You tin besides cheque retired IGN’s 9/10 Early Access review. Finally, you tin cheque retired the afloat spot notes below.

Hey Slayers, we're backmost to updating the beta subdivision this week! Here's an overview of our goals with this patch.

Slay the Spire 2 Beta Patch Notes - v0.104.0

On Ascensions:

When it comes to wide balance, the basal trouble is rather hard close now. We're continuously adjusting this baseline trouble to marque it much accessible for a wide scope of players, portion besides continuing to present a challenging crippled astatine the highest Ascensions.

Similarly to the archetypal game, completing runs of Slay the Spire 2 astatine the highest trouble should consciousness similar a monumental accomplishment for a fraction of players devoted to knowing the ins and outs of the game's mechanics. Upon beating your archetypal run, we added a connection to pass this volition for the Ascension system.

On Doormaker:

We are presently monitoring the Doormaker and looking astatine a operation in-game feedback, societal media posts, and metrics. We privation to springiness players clip to set a bit, different we'll beryllium balancing astir kneejerk reactions. Currently, from looking astatine millions of runs, Doormaker's wide difficulty/winrate is successful a bully spot (slightly weaker than the different Act 3 bosses some successful termination complaint and harm dealt). However, we bash privation to guarantee that its mechanics aren't excessively abrasive against definite playstyles.

Miscellaneous:

In different news, we've besides got a fewer paper reworks, caller Badges, and a equilibrium walk (notably, a Neow's Fury buff is here). One oft-requested diagnostic we've added is an mistake connection erstwhile in-game feedback is not received (for instance, if a subordinate is offline), truthful that should marque it clearer erstwhile your feedback was really capable to beryllium decently submitted. We've besides got a ton of fixes for assorted crashes and bugs arsenic good arsenic chill caller creation for immoderate cards (and a definite Ancient)!

CONTENT:

General:

• Added 3 much Badges
  • Damage Leader - Dealt the astir harm to enemies successful multiplayer.
  • Debuffer - Applied the astir Debuffs successful multiplayer.
  • C-c-c-Combo - Played 20 cards successful a azygous turn.

Ironclad:

• Reworked Conflagration card:
  • Old: Conflagration - Attack - Cost 1 - Rare - Deal 8(9) harm to ALL enemies. Deals 2(3) further harm for each different Attack you've played this turn.
  • New: Conflagration - Attack - Cost 1 - Rare - Deal 2 harm to ALL enemies 4(5) times.
• Reworked Drum of Battle card:
  • Old: Drum of Battle - Power - Cost 0 - Uncommon - Draw 2(3) cards. At the commencement of your turn, Exhaust the apical paper of your Draw Pile.
  • New: Drum of Battle - Skill - Cost 1 - Uncommon - Draw 2 cards. When this paper is Exhausted, summation 2(3) Energy.

Anthony's note: Drum of Battle was antecedently the lowest picked Uncommon Ironclad card, and mostly unpopular. This rework attempts to enactment it into a much absorbing spot and adds immoderate synergy to Exhaust decks. Conflagration had debased prime rates and middling triumph rates for a Rare, portion besides feeling much similar an effect that belonged connected the Silent (caring astir fig of paper plays). It has been reworked into a elemental AOE paper that tin enactment arsenic a Strength payout. The numbers volition apt request tuning to get into a desired spot, but this should consciousness similar a much due portion of the Ironclad's kit.

Regent:

• Reworked Parry card:
  • Old: Parry - Uncommon - Power - Cost 1 - Whenever you play Sovereign Blade, summation 10(14) Block.
  • New: Parry - Uncommon - Power - Cost 1 - Sovereign Blade present gains 10(14) Block.
  • This means Parry's Block is displayed connected the Sovereign Blade paper and is present besides affected by powers similar Dexterity and Frail.

Anthony's note: Parry's numbers are looking close now, but we deliberation it volition beryllium much amusive showing the effect connected the Blade itself. Relics and powers present being capable to interact with the Block should unfastened up caller amusive interactions. As a effect of this change, its numbers whitethorn request further tweaking successful the future, but we volition commencement with it arsenic is.

Enemies:

• Reworked Axebots combat to person conscionable a single, much challenging Axebot

BALANCE:

General:

• Terminal tally modifier tin nary longer bring a subordinate beneath 1 HP

Silent:

• Changed Nightmare card: if you play it and prime a paper with an Affliction connected it, that Affliction is present removed from the copies added to your manus the pursuing turn
• Buffed Untouchable card: upgraded Block summation accrued From +2 -> +3

Regent:

• Changed Tyranny card: present triggers earlier Bombardment car
  • This means that if, for example, Tyranny exhausts Bombardment, Bombardment volition beryllium played instantly after
• Nerfed Reflect card: Block decreased from 17(21) -> 16(20)

Ancients:

• Buffed Neow's Booming Conch relic: successful summation to drafting other cards, present gains 1 Energy astatine the commencement of Elite combats
• Buffed Neow's Fury card: alternatively of selecting randomly present allows you to take which 2 cards volition beryllium enactment into your Hand from your Discard Pile (you whitethorn besides present take less than 2 cards if you want)
• Buffed Tezcatara's Nutritious Soup relic: successful summation to making your Strikes outgo 0 and giving them Eternal, present makes each your Strikes woody 3 further damage

Enemies:

• Nerfed Ruby Raider Assassin: harm decreased from 11(12) -> 10(11)
• Changed Scrolls of Biting: person somewhat little HP astatine debased Ascension but somewhat higher HP astatine precocious Ascension, changed from 31(32) - 38(39) -> 30(33)-37(39)
• Changed Owl Magistrate: present has somewhat little HP astatine debased Ascension, but somewhat higher HP astatine precocious Ascension, changed from 234(243) -> 231(247)
• Changed Slimed Berserker: present has somewhat little HP astatine debased Ascension, but somewhat higher HP astatine precocious Ascension, changed from 266(276) -> 261(281)
• Nerfed Vantom astatine little Ascensions:
  • Dismember determination harm decreased from 27(30) -> 26(30)
  • Slippery powerfulness goes from 9 -> 8(9)
• Nerfed Waterfall Giant: present heals little astatine little Ascension, HP healed changed from 15 -> 10(15)

Anthony's note: We are dilatory starting the process of making little Ascensions a small easier, and precocious Ascensions somewhat harder. We privation to bash this gradually alternatively of each astatine once.

Events:

• Changed Slippery Bridge event: volition nary longer connection to region the aforesaid paper aggregate times unless it has already offered to region each different cards successful your platform astatine slightest once

Multiplayer:

• Nerfed multiplayer scaling for force Artifact, Slippery, and Skittish powers
• Stratagem paper is nary longer banned from the colorless paper excavation during multiplayer runs (this banning was primitively owed to a bug with Stratagem successful multiplayer, which has present been fixed)
• Buffed Tag Team card: Replay effect present triggers connected "deal harm to ALL enemies" attacks too

ART:

• Added representation creation for the pursuing cards:
  • Feral
  • Not Yet
  • Spite
  • Fight Through
  • Hailstorm
  • Synchronize
  • Iteration
  • Voltaic
  • Apparition
  • Abrasive
• Revised Neow's Fury artwork (is present centered)
• Added Vakuu inheritance creation and VFX
• Added Skulking Colony animations
• Updated creation for the pursuing enemies:
  • Tunneler
  • Entomancer
  • Mawler
• Updated animation for the pursuing enemies:
  • Vantom
  • Ceremonial Beast
  • Entomancer
• Repositioned Sludge Spinner decease landing spot

USER INTERFACE & EXPERIENCE:

• Added Ascension first-time tutorial popup for azygous subordinate and multiplayer
• An mistake is present displayed erstwhile Steam crashes
• Feedback instrumentality present displays an mistake if we didn't person the feedback
• Adjusted hitbox, speech, and intent presumption of Underdocks Cultists
• Fixed intents being positioned excessively precocious oregon excessively debased successful multi-enemy combats
• Bestiary fastener present looks much locked (similar to however different buttons look locked)
• The player's manus present animates retired of the mode portion it is the Enemy turn
• Updated Ancient paper substance backgrounds to acceptable much substance and to beryllium precise somewhat darker and embossed
• Set up controller navigation for Badges successful the crippled implicit screen
• Added basal controller navigation to Badges successful the tally past screen
• Added controller navigation for the subordinate info icons successful the tally history
• Improved controller navigation successful the Fake Merchant shop
• Pause paper fastener controller navigation present wraps

WRITING:

• Brilliant Scarf relic statement present specifies that it lone counts cards played "from your hand" truthful it's wide that it doesn't number auto-played cards
• Reaper Form paper wording has been changed to marque it wide that the Doom is applied by Reaper Form's powerfulness alternatively than by the played card:
  • Old: "Whenever Attacks woody damage, they besides use that overmuch Doom."
  • New: "Whenever Attacks woody damage, use that overmuch Doom."
• Added translations for assorted languages
• Fixed assorted translation errors

BUG FIXES:

General:

• Score separator lines are nary longer shown portion fetching people oregon if it fails
• Effects that marque the adjacent paper escaped to play (Unrelenting card, Void Form card, etc.) present decently instrumentality precedence implicit effects that summation the outgo of each cards (Entangled affliction, Spiked Gauntlets relic, Borrowed Time card, etc.)
• Fixed combat softlock that could hap aft returning to main paper and resuming a run
• Fixed clang erstwhile applying powers to dying creatures
• Fixed clang erstwhile closing the crippled during startup earlier saves are initialized
• Fixed clang erstwhile upgrading a paper astatine remainder site
• Fixed mistake caused by offscreen Epoch indicator connected Timeline screen
• Fixed mistake erstwhile un-focusing Potion slot during Potion removal
• Fixed Linux clang during combat erstwhile UI elements are removed mid-frame
• Fixed clang erstwhile entering rooms
• Fixed an contented with the Game Over surface aft discovering aggregate enemies portion playing successful Polish
• Fixed being capable to people dormant enemies with controller
• Fixed clang erstwhile opening paper heap surface portion targeting an force with controller
• Fixed uncommon combat errors that could hap erstwhile re-entering combat
• Fixed uncommon softlock related to penning debug files
• Fixed softlock connected tally histories from older versions of the game
• Made prevention operations fault-tolerant to forestall softlocks
• Score is close erstwhile astatine ascension 10
• Fixed incorrect level number erstwhile submitting Daily score

Ironclad:

• Howl From Beyond paper present plays from the Exhaust heap aft you've drawn your manus alternatively of before
• Fixed Anger paper played by Havoc besides Exhausting connected play
• Fixed being capable to prime an upgraded paper with Armaments paper if it is added to your manus by Largesse+ card
• Not Yet paper tin nary longer beryllium generated via a Skill Potion

Silent:

• Fixed being capable to skip the Survivor paper discard enactment via the peek button

Regent:

• Bombardment paper present plays from the Exhaust heap aft you've drawn your manus alternatively of before
• I Am Invincible paper present decently triggers earlier you've discarded your manus alternatively of after
• Regalite relic nary longer gains Block from enemies applying statuses
• Summon Forth paper present decently puts existing Sovereign Blades into your Hand earlier Forging alternatively of after

Necrobinder:

• Fixed clang erstwhile Osty dies during country transition
• Fixed Reave paper ever bottom-decking the Soul paper it creates

Defect:

• Fixed Beckon inactive damaging the subordinate if the combat is ended by Lightning orbs

Potions & Relics:

• Fixed The Boot relic amplifying Bad Luck curse's harm from 1 to 5 erstwhile the subordinate has Intangible
• Self-Forming Clay relic is nary longer triggered by Terminal modifier's max HP loss

Ancients:

• Players tin nary longer rotation Tezcatara's Nutritious Soup blessing if determination are nary Strikes successful their deck
• Fixed Vakuu's Whispering Earring not correctly playing Stardust card
• Leafy Poutice relic nary longer transforms the upgraded Strikes/Defends from Neow's Talisman relic if you get some from Neow's Bones relic
• Unceasing Top relic present triggers decently erstwhile Vakuu's Whispering Earring relic plays the past paper successful your hand

Enemies:

• Fixed being incapable to discard potions successful the Punch Off event
• Fixed Parafright illusion keeping its antagonistic Strength from Dark Shackles erstwhile you termination it for the turn

Events:

• Fixed being incapable to springiness the Foul Potion to the Fake Merchant
• Fixed cards from different classes appearing successful the Infested Automaton event
• Fixed softlock if you someway dice successful the Battleworn Dummy lawsuit fight
• All Spoils Map cards are present removed if you implicit the quest and you someway person multiple
• You present get 600 golden for each transcript of the Spoils Map quest paper you have

Multiplayer:

• Fixed a uncommon contented successful multiplayer erstwhile playing Armaments paper during the Knight Gang encounter
• Fixed Pael's Legion and Vambrace relics not proccing from the proprietor applying Block to different players
• Dense Vegetation tin nary longer look if immoderate subordinate has little than 8 HP
• Fixed softlock related to utilizing Driftwood relic connected your archetypal run
• Fixed uncommon softlock loading into a treasure country erstwhile a teammate is utilizing a controller
• Fixed authorities divergence related to utilizing a potion conscionable earlier combat began
• Improved mistake reporting for a circumstantial uncommon transportation error
• You tin nary longer bargain items astatine the store portion transitioning rooms
• Pillar of Creation, Supermassive, and Arsenal cards present proc for the subordinate that played Largesse paper alternatively than the subordinate who gets the generated card
• The close mistake connection is present shown for Steam multiplayer transportation timeout (error 5008)
• "Show Multiplayer Drawings" tickbox is present correctly localized
• You tin nary longer commencement a loaded multiplayer crippled with lone 1 person

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