Slay the Spire 2 Patch Notes

## What changed - **Aeonglass** — fixed first move intent displaying as a buff instead of a debuff - **Aeonglass** — fixed music not playing correctly - **Ceremonial Beast** — fixed background music transition timing with its stun - **Silken Tress relic** — fixed only affecting card rewards for the host instead of all players - **Treasure room rewards** — fixed state divergence occurring when any rewards were taken - **Crystal Sphere event** — fixed state divergence after triggering the event ## Bug Fixes - **Aeonglass intent display** — now correctly shows debuff on first move - **Audio synchronization** — Aeonglass and Ceremonial Beast music now plays and transitions at correct times - **Multiplayer progression** — Silken Tress relic now properly affects all players' card rewards - **Network synchronization** — fixed desynchronization between players after treasure room and Crystal Sphere event ## Overall This patch corrects visual feedback, audio timing, multiplayer reward consistency, and critical synchronization issues that were causing divergence between players' game states.

## What changed - **Fossil Stalker** — in multiplayer, now gains a set amount of Strength if it hits any player, instead of gaining Strength for each player hit - **The Bestiary** — now available in the Compendium - **Sword Sage** — reworked from "Sovereign Blade now hits an additional time" to "Sovereign Blade gains Replay 1," creating synergy with **Parry** ## Balance changes **Nerfs:** - **Blade of Ink** — Inky enchantment damage decreased from +2 to +1 - **Bulwark** — Block decreased from 13(16) to 12(15) - **Patter** — Block gain decreased from 9(11) to 8(10) **Buffs:** - **Crescent Spear** — base damage increased from 6 to 8 - **Royalties** — Gold gain increased from 30(35) to 30(40) - **Infused Core** — now also grants "Lighting Orbs deal 1 additional damage" - **Hyperbeam** — damage increased from 26(34) to 28(36) - **Shatter** — now Evokes all Orbs twice instead of once - **Tesla Coil+** — damage decreased from 6 to 4, but Lightning Triggers increased from once to twice - **Uproar** — damage increased from 5(7) to 6(8) - **Gold Axe** — in multiplayer, now deals damage equal to cards played by ALL players, not just its owner - **Soul Fysh** — Scream move damage increased from 11(

## What changed ### Card Reworks - **Conflagration** — Changed from scaling damage based on Attacks played to dealing 2 damage to ALL enemies 4(5) times - **Drum of Battle** — Reclassified as a Skill (was Power), cost increased to 1, now draws 2 cards and gains 2(3) Energy when Exhausted instead of exhausting the top Draw Pile card - **Parry** — Now grants Block directly to **Sovereign Blade** instead of triggering when played, making the Block affected by **Dexterity** and **Frail** powers ### Card Buffs - **Untouchable** — Upgraded Block gain increased from +2 to +3 - **Neow's Fury** — Now allows you to choose which 2 cards are added to your hand from your Discard Pile instead of selecting randomly - **Tag Team** — Replay effect now triggers on "deal damage to ALL enemies" Attacks - **Nightmare** — Afflictions are now removed from copies added to your hand the following turn ### Card Nerfs - **Reflect** — Block decreased from 17(21) to 16(20) ### Relics - **Neow's Booming Conch** — Now gains 1 Energy at the start of Elite combats in addition to drawing extra cards - **Tezcatara's Nutritious Soup** — Now makes all Strikes deal 3 additional damage and cost 0 with Eternal in addition to previous effects - **Regalite** — No longer gains Block from enemies applying statuses ### Enemy Changes - **Axebots** — Combat now features a single, more challenging Axebot

## What changed - **Shop relics** — now cost 25 gold less across all rarities - **Gold-generating relics** — removed from shop offerings entirely - **Map generation** — improved consistency and layout variety - **Deprecated cards in saved runs** — automatically replaced with a placeholder Status card that draws 1 card, removes itself from deck, and exhausts - **Ascension 6** — reworked from Gloom (fewer rest sites) to Inflation (increased Merchant card removal costs) ## Balance Changes - **Shop economy** — significantly reduced relic costs incentivize early relic purchases while preventing infinite gold scaling - **Ascension 6 difficulty** — shifted from rest site scarcity to punishing deck thinning strategies at the Merchant ## Overall Slay the Spire 2's economy and progression systems have been adjusted to encourage different shop interactions and deck-building choices, with improved map consistency and better handling of card deprecation.

## What changed ## Bug Fixes - **Card upgrading at rest sites** — fixed occasional crashes when upgrading cards - **Room transitions** — fixed rare crashes to desktop by deferring asset cleanup until after rendering completes, preventing crashes when entering events, shops, or campsites - **Room entry** — fixed crashes that sometimes occurred when entering any room - **Game Over screen** — fixed crash when discovering multiple enemies while playing in Polish - **Combat re-entry** — fixed rare errors when returning to an active combat encounter - **Run histories** — fixed softlock when loading older save versions - **Not Yet card** — removed from combat generation by effects like **Skill Potion** - **Ascension 10 scoring** — fixed score calculation at the highest difficulty - **Colorful Philosophers event** — can no longer be encountered with only **Ironclad** unlocked - **Neow's Bones relic** — fixed curse mismatches and state divergence when triggering multiple reward screens - **Daily multiplayer runs** — fixed inability to load into multiplayer Daily runs ## Overall Slay the Spire 2 patched multiple critical crashes during room transitions and combat, fixed progression issues with relics and events, and corrected scoring and card generation systems.