STS2 Patch Notes — 2024-11-14

CONTENT

Ironclad:

• Deprecated card:
• Searing Blow
• Reworked Primal Force card:
• Skill - Rare - Cost 0
• “Transform all Attacks in your Hand into (Upgraded) Giant Rocks.”

Necrobinder:

• Added new cards:
• Fear
• Reconstruction
• Demesne
• Reworked Bodyguard card:
• Attack - Common - Cost 1
• “Summon 5(7). Osty deals 5(7) damage.”
• Reworked Communion card:
• Skill - Rare - Cost 1
• “Gain 3(4) Block for each Ethereal card in your Exhaust Pile.”
• Reworked Deathbringer card:
• Skill - Common - Cost 1
• “Ethereal. Apply 2(3) Vulnerable.”
• Reworked Milk potion: “Heal Osty for 25 HP.”
• Reworked Melancholy card:
• Skill - Uncommon - Cost 0
• “Ethereal. When this Exhausts, gain 9(11) Block.”
• Reworked Rattle card:
• Attack - Common - Cost 1
• “Osty deals 5 damage twice (3 times).”
• Reworked Transfuse card:
• Skill - Uncommon - Cost 1
• “Osty heals 10(15) HP. Exhaust.”
• Deprecated Slap card

Regent:

• Deprecated Delegate card
• Reworked Heirloom Hammer card: “Create a(2) copy(copies) of a Colorless card in your hand” instead of making your next colorless card free

Potions & Relics:

• Added new potion:
• Trapped Ghost
• Added new relics:
• Belt Buckle
• Dybbuk Cube
• Electrified Shard
• Heart Piece
• Ice Cube
• Kifuda
• Golden Ring
• Nye Essence
• Oversized Nail
• Pein Hammer
• Strange Hoof
• Toothpick
• Deprecated relics:
• Inaccurate Ephemeris
• Collectors Deckbox
• Matroyshka

Ancients:

• Deprecated Pael card:
• Smother
• Deprecated Pael relics:
• Cloudy Claw
• Pael's Flesh

BALANCE

Ironclad:

• Changed Offering card: rarity decreased from Legendary -> Rare
• Changed One-Two Punch card: no longer Exhausts
• Changed Perfected Strike card: now counts Strikes in your Exhaust pile

Silent:

• Nerfed Adaptation card: Dexterity gain decreased from 2(3) -> 1(2)
• Buffed Flechettes card: damage increased from 4(6) -> 5(7)
• Changed Mirage card:
• Cost increased from 0 -> 1
• Upgrade changed from losing Exhaust to lowering cost to 0

Necrobinder:

• Changed Sentry Mode card: Osty's attacks no longer benefit from Strength or Vigor
• Buffed Blight Strike card: damage increased from 6(9) -> 7(11)
• Changed Carve Ghost card: now adds Soul(s) to your discard pile instead of your hand
• Nerfed Camaraderie card: Block gain decreased from 10(13) to 5(9)
• Changed Countdown card:
• Energy cost decreased from 2 -> 1
• Doom is now applied at the start of your turn instead of the end
• Changed Dredge card: can no longer be generated by effects like Skill Potion
• Buffed Negative Pulse card: Doom applied increased from 4(6) -> 6(9)
• Nerfed Twist card: no longer causes enemy to lose HP

Regent:

• Changed Decisions, Decisions card: upgrade changed from minus one Star cost -> plus one card play
• Changed Glow card: no longer increases card draw on upgrade
• Changed Particle Wall card: cost changed from 1 energy -> 1 Star

Colorless Cards:

• Changed Dramatic Entrance card: damage decreased from 15(20) -> 11(15)
• Changed Omnisclice card: damage decreased from 10(14) -> 8(12)

Potions & Relics:

• Increased cost of relics in shops by 10%
• Changed Hungering Portrait relic: now shows up in shop instead of from Darv
• Changed Intimidating Helmet relic:
• Proc cost decreased from 3 -> 2
• Block gain decreased from 8 -> 7
• Changed Powdered Demise potion: damage decreased from 11 -> 9

Ancients:

• Neow now offers 3 options like the other Ancients
• Changed Windfall/Neow's Note: now gives 150 gold
• Changed Neow’s Apothecary choice: no longer gives 3 potions for boss defeats
• Changed Tezacatara’s Golden Compass relic: ensures that ? are always events (this is implicit)
• Changed Tezcatara’s Golden Path choice: number of elites on map decreased from 3 -> 2
• Changed Tezcatara’s Wax Choker relic: now only gives 4 relics
• Changed Tanx's Whistle potion: now deals 22 self-damage on use

Enemies:

• Removed weak single Chomper encounter from Hive
• Burly enemies can no longer spawn in the first 3 rows of a map
• Burly enemies deal 25% more damage instead of having +1 Strength
• Changed Byrdonis:
• Weak applied increased from 2 -> 3, no longer gives you Vulnerable
• Peck damage at higher ascension increased from 1x5 -> 2x4
• Nerfed Frog Knight:
• Strike Down Evil move damage decreased from 25(28) -> 10(12)x2
• Charge move damage decreased from 20(22)x2 -> 35(40)
• Changed Phrog Parasite:
• Infection card damage increased from 1 -> 3
• Infection cards given decreased from 4 -> 3
• Changed Soul Nexus:
• Soul Burn’s Strength gain for Soul Nexus increased from 1 -> 2
• Amount of cards Soul Burn is applied to decreased from 5 -> 4 cards at a time
• Multiattack damage changed from 1x5(6) -> 1(2)x5
• Changed Turret Operator: now has a single move + damage dealt increased from 6(7)x5 -> 3(4)x5
• Changed Orb Plant: now has a single move - deal 7(8) damage, gain 2 Strength

Events:

• Changed Aroma of Chaos event: “Maintain Control” option’s effect is now “Upgrade a card”
• Changed Bedlam Beacon event:
• Bedlam Beacon relic no longer affects ? rooms
• “Search the Nearby Area” option's effect is now "Gain 70 gold"
• Changed Brainbug event: “Share Knowledge” option now gives 1 colorless card reward
• Changed Cursed Choice event: “Plain” option curse card changed from Doubt -> Guilty
• Changed Dense Vegetation event:
• “Nap” option now spawns Wrigglers in a non-stunned state
• “Trail Blaze” option’s damage increased from 9 -> 11
• Changed Doll Room event: can now only occur in Act 2
• Changed Forsaken Citadel event: "I don't need help" option HP loss decreased from 20 -> 18
• Changed Perilous Prospects event: can now select “Decipher” option endlessly
• Changed Round Tea Party event:
• Royal Poison damage increased from 2 -> 4
• “Pick a Fight” option now grants a random relic
• Changed Stone of All Time event: now only appears if you have two attacks and one potion
• Changed Tea Master event: can now only spawn in Acts 1 or 2
• Changed The Legends Were True event: can now only spawn in Act 1

Misc:

• Improved map generation to make maps more interesting
• Sprouted enchantment now only applies the first time the card is played each combat
• The game is now saved after you make an Ancient choice
• Treasure rooms now spawn similarly to StS1

ART

• Osty now pokes the enemy instead of slamming them for some cards
• Added VFX for the following events:
• Self Help Book
• Hungry for Mushrooms
• Doll Room
• Cursed Choice
• Colorful Philosophers
• Symbiote
• The Future of Potions
• Added art and placeholder art for many relics
• Made small visual edits to Burning Blood relic
• Rethemed the following relics:
• Scented Candle -> Stone Humidifier
• Galactic -> Star Dust
• Updated Rest Site animations and backgrounds

USER INTERFACE & EXPERIENCE

• Added smooth transitions for Rest Site buttons appearing and disappearing
• Adjusted scroll bound gradients for card grids to be less intense and visual parity in compendium vs deck view screens
• Allowed hovering over map points with hovertips, even if you can't travel there
• Continue Run info panel is now positioned correctly on all aspect ratios
• Game should open fullscreen on the monitor you closed it on now
• Made minor card UI adjustments
• Resolution dropdown removed
• Tungsten Rod relic now flashes after preventing HP loss
• When leaving fullscreen, the window is now resized to be smaller so it doesn’t act up

WORDING

• Placeholder text is more obviously placeholder for relic flavor text

BUG FIXES

Silent:

• Fixed Fan of Knives VFX positioning
• Fixed Nightmare VFX

Necrobinder:

• Doom VFX no longer visually breaks in Act 2
• Necrobinder no longer plays death animation twice if she is killed at the same time as Osty
• Necrobinder now plays SFX and VFX when Block is hit, even if Osty is out
• Nine Lives card now shows green text when previewing upgrade + shows Summon hovertip properly
• Osty and Necrobinder are now both properly pulled towards The Insatiable
• Soulfire card now appropriately displays damage gained from Sharp in deck view

Potions & Relics:

• Oracle Bone relic now interacts correctly with Pen Nib relic

Ancients:

• Pael’s Gloopy Eye relic triggers before all other end-of-turn effects

Enemies:

• Decemillipede shows now correct intent for Constrict move
• Doom no longer spawns in Axe Bots in a weird position
• Fixed softlock that occurred when killing Queen

Events:

• Dense Vegetation should always display how much HP it heals
• Event choices should no longer carry option data between runs
• Future of Potions event can no longer offer you Common powers

Misc:

• Fixed Continue Run info panel increasing the Continue button hitbox size
• Fixed fullscreen hotkey not working if settings menu was closed
• Fixed map having redundant paths
• Fixed Rest Site description not being centered in all aspect ratios
• Fixed various bugs with mouse button selection
• Fixed error in map shop placement