Version v0.109.0Beta Released on July 17, 2026
Beta v0.109.0: New Neow Relics, Diamond Diadem Rework & Silent Redesigns
The July 17 beta patch is a major balance and content update. Two new Neow relics headline the patch: Dowsing Rod adds the Dowsing quest card that transforms into Abundance, and Neow’s Sacrifice grants the exclusive Ambergris potion at the cost of a Guilty curse. Diamond Diadem is reworked into an opening-Block relic, Bloodletting moves up to Uncommon, Silent’s Well-Laid Plans, Mirage and Expertise are all redesigned, several multiplayer cards are nerfed, Aeonglass and Torchhead Amalgam trade front-loaded damage, and the game gains early Traditional Chinese support alongside a long list of bug fixes.
Highlights
- •Two new Neow relics: Dowsing Rod (adds the Dowsing quest card, which transforms into Abundance) and Neow’s Sacrifice (grants the exclusive Ambergris potion plus a Guilty curse).
- •Diamond Diadem reworked: now starts combat with 20 Block that is not removed at the start of your next turn.
- •Silent gets three redesigns: Well-Laid Plans (Rare, stop discarding your hand), Mirage (0-cost next-turn Energy) and Expertise (draw 2(3) with Retain).
- •Bloodletting moves Common -> Uncommon; Ironclad rarity shifts for Taunt, Cruelty and Dominate.
- •Multiplayer cards nerfed: Midnight, The Ball and Blade Symphony; new Regent co-op card Tutor.
- •Aeonglass front-loaded damage reduced (Ebb 26(32) -> 22(26)); Torchhead Amalgam opens with a new Strong Tackle move.
- •Early Traditional Chinese (zht) support added with English fallback and new fonts.
- •Large multiplayer bug-fix pass (The Ball, Imitation Learning, Hibernate, divergence) and 12-character seeds.
Details
New Neow relics and quest content
- –Dowsing Rod: “Upon pickup, add 1 Dowsing to your Deck.” Dowsing is a 0-cost Quest that transforms into Abundance after entering 5 more ? rooms; Abundance is a 1-cost Ancient Skill that adds 1 of 3 (Upgraded) Powers to your hand, is free to play this turn and Exhausts.
- –Neow’s Sacrifice: “Upon pickup, procure 1 Ambergris and add 1 Guilty to your Deck.” Ambergris heals 50% of your max HP and grants an extra turn.
- –Diamond Diadem reworked: from halving enemy damage when you play 2 or fewer cards in a turn to “Start combat with 20 Block. Block is not removed at the start of your next turn.”
- –Orobos’ Sand Castle moved from Pool 1 to Pool 2; Darv blessing pools adjusted for more variety, with Energy relics appearing more often.
- –Tanx’s Meat Cleaver nerfed (HP gain 9 -> 5); Tezcatara’s Toybox buffed (relics 4 -> 5); Vakuu’s Fiddle buffed (card draw 2 -> 3); Vakuu’s Sere Talon and Distinguished Cape swapped downsides.
- –History Course relic nerfed: it now only repeats Attacks and no longer affects Skills.
Card balance and reworks
- –Ironclad: Demon Form Strength 2(3) -> 3(4); Expect a Fight no longer blocks extra Energy gain; Primal Force’s Giant Rock 16(20) -> 20(24); Taunt Block 7(8) -> 6(7) and drops to Common; Bloodletting moves up to Uncommon; Cruelty drops to Uncommon; Dominate moves up to Rare.
- –Silent reworks: Mirage becomes a 0-cost Skill granting 1(2) Energy next turn; Well-Laid Plans becomes a Rare 1(0) Power that stops you discarding your hand (now also available in multiplayer); Expertise now draws 2(3) cards that gain Retain this turn.
- –Silent also gets an Outbreak buff (damage 3(4) -> 4(5)) and Accelerant drops from Rare to Uncommon.
- –Regent: Pillar of Creation reworked to trigger only on the first card you create each turn for 5(7) Block; Collision Course damage 11(15) -> 10(14).
- –Necrobinder: Eidolon reworked to play ALL Ethereal cards in your Exhaust Pile; Defect: Hyperbeam 28(36) -> 30(38), Sunder 24(32) -> 26(34), and Trash to Treasure’s upgrade now lowers its cost by 1 instead of granting Innate.
Multiplayer and enemies
- –New Regent multiplayer card Tutor (Rare Skill, 1(0)): another player chooses a card in their Draw Pile to add into their Hand.
- –Multiplayer nerfs: Midnight 99(120) -> 60(72); The Ball scaling +15(25) -> +10(15); Blade Symphony costs 2(1) and its upgrade no longer increases Shiv count.
- –You can now play nearly any potion on another player, and map ink circles are the same for all players.
- –Aeonglass nerfed: Ebb move damage decreased from 26(32) -> 22(26) to lower its front-loaded damage.Aeonglass
- –Torchhead Amalgam buffed: it now starts with a new Strong Tackle move on turn 1, raising front-loaded damage from 18(22) -> 26(32).
Art, interface and localization
- –Seeds are now 12 characters long with a larger internal seed; the faint white outline on the game cursor was removed.
- –New Epoch art for Annihilation, To Kill and Futility; assets for Dowsing Rod, Neow’s Sacrifice and Ambergris; beta portraits for Dowsing and Abundance; portraits for The Ball and Plot; new “Failed to join” text VFX.
- –Aeonglass’s double and heavy attack animations were swapped, with improved double-attack VFX.
- –Traditional Chinese (zht) added as a selectable language with English fallback, plus Source Han Serif TC and Noto Sans Mono CJK TC fonts.
- –Translations updated for various languages, errors fixed for French, Italian, Russian and Thai, and stale translations removed for the reworked Well-Laid Plans, Fuel, Outbreak, Sere Talon and Cacophony.
Bug fixes
- –General: VSync option shows the correct state after restart; the “Power wears off” notification no longer blocks mouse input; placeholder Orb numbers no longer flash at combat start; scrolling menus snap correctly at low FPS.
- –Fixed Tanx’s Whistle preview snapping to the top-left corner; fixed spawn delays for Osty and Kaiser Krab, Fabricator animations, and Fat Gremlin sometimes spawning without its money bag.
- –Expose now properly triggers Hand Drill; Soulbound now shuffles souls into the Draw Pile instead of putting them on the bottom.
- –Multiplayer: fixes for One for All X-cost previews, Unmovable/Demonic Shield double Block, Imitation Learning cloning timing, Underworld applying Doom to players, The Ball interactions with History Course and combat-end divergence, Hibernate on dead players and its stack display, Huddle Up blocking card play, and card effects breaking when a player dies mid-resolution.
- –Also fixed divergence when a player is slow to enter combat, player icons rendering above map ink circles, and deprecated Epochs blocking multiplayer joins.
What this means for players
- –Neow choices get more interesting: Dowsing Rod is a slow-burn quest toward a free Upgraded Power, while Neow’s Sacrifice is a high-risk, high-reward Ambergris play.
- –Diamond Diadem is now a reliable defensive opener instead of a niche low-card-count build-around.
- –Silent decks should be re-evaluated: Mirage as free next-turn Energy, Well-Laid Plans as hand retention, and Bloodletting’s rarity shift change early drafts for several characters.
- –Early Traditional Chinese support is rough but playable; more languages will follow once Mega Crit opens translator recruitment.