Hey everyone, First, I would just like to thank everyone for the positive feedback, bug reporting, and generally playing a ton of Slay the Spire. Our back end systems have been exploding from all of the love. Thank you! The beta branch will be available when the improved save system is ready for testing. We hope this happens soon. We try to devote an even amount of time to content, systems, and bug fixes (for our own sanity) so even if the new save system isn't ready, there are still goodies!

Content

• New battle in the Exordium: So many slimes!
• New strong encounter in the Beyond: 2 shapes and a sphere.

UI and Effects

• Dexterity potion description updated for clarity/consistency.
• Initial tip for Powers now show up when you encounter them as a Card Reward rather than in your hand.
• Mercury Hourglass description updated for clarity.
• Strength potion description updated for clarity/consistency.
• Updating The Library event's option to clarify that you choose 1 of 20 cards rather than the usual 3.

Balance

• Dead Adventurer event can now only appear on floor 7 and above.
• Double Orb Walkers migrate to the elite pool.
• Dual Wield can no longer duplicate skills, stopping the easy infinites.
• Elites no longer appear in ? rooms. Regular combats occur instead.
• Grand Finale now costs 1 (was 2).
• Strength and Dexterity now cap at 999 and -999.
• Taskmaster gets yet another nerf.
• Time Eater now gains less Strength from Time Warp but base damage for attacks increased.

Bug Fixes

• Card Popup: When zooming in on non-upgradeable cards, the View Upgrade option no longer appears.
• Eviscerate now correctly works with the Confusion debuff.
• Fix rare crash caused by Healing VFX and odd framerates.
• Fixed a rare crash where Doubling the Poison of an enemy could crash if the target was gone.
• Fixed a rare crash with Finisher card.
• Fixed a rare crash with the DiscardPilePanel.
• Fixed bug where enemies that don't fully die (Darklings) do their full multi-hits even if they die from thorns.
• Fixing some instances where transformed cards during combat affected your master deck.
• FlameBarrier, Flight, Malleable, and Torii now have more checks to ensure that their effects trigger correctly.
• Joust event now has correct wording for some incorrect options.
• Phantasmal Killer now correctly stacks.
• Plated Armor no longer decrements from non-attack damage (like thorns).
• Potential crash fix for card draw edge case.
• Windows Scale settings no longer affects fullscreen mode.