Patch Notes v0.103

Overview

Released on April 10, 2026. The headline changes are the revamped leaderboard scoring system and the addition of 3 new Neow Relics. Ironclad gains the new card "Not Yet Dead" while Grapple is retired. On the enemy side, Doormaker and Byrdnys receive major nerfs. Work continues on easing Act 1 difficulty.

Leaderboard Revamp

• Now shows only friends' scores (global scores will be added later)
• Magic numbers have been removed. Score ranking is now ordered by "Victory," "Badge Count," and "Clear Speed"
• Main branch and beta branch leaderboards are now separate
• The daily leaderboard now displays floor reached, Badge count, and time instead of a score
• Your own name on the leaderboard is highlighted in blue

Ancients

Added 3 new Neow Relics:

• Neow's Bones: On pickup, gain 2 random Neow Relics. Adds 1 random Curse to your deck
• Potion Belt: On pickup, gain 1 additional potion slot and 2 random potions
• Flying Boots: Ignore map paths and choose your next room (3 charges remaining)

The Focus is on adding more variety to Neow's offerings, and the Relic pool will continue to expand.

Ironclad

• New card "Not Yet Dead" added: Rare - Skill - Cost 2 - Heal 10(13) HP. Exude
• Grapple retired (it overlapped with Juggernaut)
• Titan rarity changed from Rare to Uncommon

Moving Titan to Uncommon reduces dependence on Rare defensive options. Not Yet Dead provides Ironclad with the long-awaited healing tool.

Silent

• Acrobatics rarity changed from Common to Uncommon
• Riposte rework: "Uncommon - Attack - Cost 1 - Deal 6(8) damage to ALL enemies. If the last card you played was a Skill, apply 1(2) Weak to ALL enemies" -> "Common - Attack - Cost 1 - Deal 7(9) damage. If you have 5 or more other cards in hand, attack 1 additional time"
• Memento Mori buff: base damage increased from 8(10) to 9(11)
• Speedster buff: damage increased from 1(2) to 2, upgrade effect changed from "+1 damage" to "gain Innate"

Acrobatics has been a persistent problem as a Common, completely dominating both win rate and pick rate. Even as an Uncommon its pick rate is expected to remain high, but this opens up room to avoid over-nerfing Shiv cards. This is still experimental, and may be reverted if it proves harmful to the game.

Regent

• Regalite Relic change: now grants Block for any card creation, not just Colorless cards

Enemy Changes

• Removed the Hellmouth tunneling encounter
• Living Fog nerf: no longer increases bomb generation count over time
• Squirming Mass nerf: HP reduced from 74(79) to 70(75)
• Byrdnys nerf: HP reduced from 91(99)-94(99) to 81(90)-84(90)
• Doormaker nerf: overall damage numbers reduced, no longer applies debuffs, Strength gains reduced

Work has begun on easing the stand-out difficulty of Act 1. The long-term plan is to shift difficulty from Act 1 to Act 3. Thanks to the Squirming Mass HP tuning, it can now be killed one turn earlier at Ascension 8.

Art Updates

Portrait art added for the following cards:

• Adaptive Strike
• Shadow Shield
• Chimney
• Misfortune
• Infectious Blast

New art added to the Nonupepe Ancient background. New art also added for the Neow Relics (Heavy Tablet, Neow's Talisman). Updated Osti's art on the character select screen.

UI and UX Improvements

• Added a scrollbar to the run history screen
• Badges now appear on the run history screen
• Cleaned up the multiplayer daily run loading screen
• Added wrap navigation to the Relic inventory bar on controller
• Clarified text for the Spiral Vortex event
• In multiplayer games, gold score is now calculated as the average across all players

Text Fixes

• Fixed the Ancient Fang Relic description
• "Status" is now highlighted in gold in the Flak Cannon card description
• The Pincer Attack card description now explicitly states that only the Attack damage is doubled
• Recurrence, Rocket Punch, and Turn Misfortune card descriptions changed from "Status card" to "Status"
• Fixed the Pael's Tooth Relic description
• Updated translations for all languages (including Japanese)

Bug Fixes

General

• Fixed the black screen on launch caused by Steam crashes
• Fixed a softlock related to the secret debug menu
• Fixed an issue where Strength was not included in preview damage for multi-target attacks
• Fixed an issue where the leaderboard was not properly centered on non-standard aspect ratios
• Raised the player and enemy Block cap to 999,999,999

Silent

• Fixed an issue where knives generated by Blade of Ink were listed in the run history's combat rewards
• Fixed an issue where Knife Trap displayed the wrong card count on the Exude pile UI

Regent

• Fixed an issue where "to ALL enemies" did not display in the Sovereign Blade forge animation of Homing Blade
• Fixed an issue where cards enchanted with Inscribe's Reflect wore off before the start of the turn

Necrobinder

• Fixed an issue where the upgrade preview for Borrowed Time+ did not show green text
• Fixed an issue where the player could die from their own Doom even after killing the enemy first with Runaway

Enemies

• Fixed an issue where the background music finale did not play when defeating the Demon of Knowledge
• Fixed an issue where background music did not end when the Queen was defeated before the Amalgam
• Fixed an issue where the Crossbow Raider's firing animation did not display
• Fixed an issue so that Poison now triggers before the Hungry Beast attempts to eat the player

Events

• Fixed an issue in the Eternal Stone event where opening a popup during the fade-out allowed a Fruit potion to be drunk

Multiplayer

• Fixed an issue where potions could be played while dead
• Fixed an issue where the Belt Clasp Relic reduced Dexterity when another player obtained a potion via an alchemy card
• Fixed an issue where the Historical Tutorial Relic played a Trust card before the Energy reset
• Fixed an issue where the Chimney power triggered on another player's statuses
• Fixed post-exit behavior when leaving the timeline via a Steam invite
• Fixed an upgrade-related issue for Monologue cards enchanted with Royal Seal
• Fixed a softlock related to the Golden Compass Relic