0.113.0|Nov 12, 2026
View on Steam↗Slay the Spire 2 v0.113.0: The Fool and New Modes
3/5 Moderate
BETAThe Fool joins the beta alongside Blitz and Dread modes, new events, card balance changes and fixes.
Key Changes
- 1The Fool joins the beta as a playable character.
- 2Blitz adds a condensed deckbuilding mode with 5 shared Ascension levels, unlocked after an Ascension run.
- 3Dread unlocks after reaching Ascension 10 on all characters and adds stronger bosses and accumulating Curses.
- 4Rest sites can appear one floor earlier in every act.
- 5Five events have been added across Underdocks, Act 2 and Act 3, with associated cards and relics.
- 6Expect a Fight now grants 15(20) Block and reduces the Energy cost of Attacks in your Hand until played.
- 7Opening a run or Run History entry on an older version no longer deletes it on other devices.
All Changes
🎭Characters(1)
- newThe Fool: The Fool, a musician who wields a bow, joins the beta as a playable character.
🎲Game Modes(2)
- newBlitz: Blitz adds a condensed deckbuilding mode without a map or meaningful Gold, with 5 shared Ascension levels; it unlocks after completing an Ascension run of any difficulty.
- newDread: Dread unlocks after reaching Ascension 10 on all characters, including The Fool, and enables all Ascension modifiers, stronger bosses that buff their Act's enemies, and accumulating Curses.
🔥Rest Sites(1)
- changeRest sites can appear one floor earlier in every act.
🏺Ancients(2)
- buffDowsing Rod: Dowsing Rod's Dowsing card now transforms after 4 ? rooms instead of 5, and the transforming room can no longer be a combat.
- nerfBrilliant Scarf: Brilliant Scarf's trigger changed from the 5th card to the 6th card.
❓Events(9)
- newByrdpip: Added Byrdpip evolution.
- newWaterfall of Obvious Secrets: Added the Waterfall of Obvious Secrets event to Underdocks, with the Dingy Dagger event card.
- newWuppy in Trouble: Added the Wuppy in Trouble event to Underdocks, with the Wuppy event relic.
- newMuseum of Torture: Added the Act 2 event Museum of Torture, with the Obsidian Vice, Thumbscrew and Tormentous Collar event relics.
- newShrine of the Warlord: Added the Act 3 event Shrine of the Warlord, with the Mighty Weapon and Mighty Shield cards and Mighty Wings relic.
- newThermae Nonupeipe: Added the Act 3 event Thermae Nonupeipe, with the Bath Towel and Bath Robes event relics.
- changeDoors of Light and Dark: Doors of Light and Dark's Light Door now upgrades 1 card of your choice instead of 2 random cards.
- changeZen Weaver: Zen Weaver's Breathing Techniques option costs 25 Gold instead of 50, adds 1 Enlightenment instead of 2, and Enlightenment no longer has Exhaust.
- nerfWaterlogged Scriptorium: Waterlogged Scriptorium's Prickly Sponge Gold cost increased from 99 to 120.
👾Enemies(3)
- changeAxebot: Axebot's HP changed from 70-78 to 70, and from 76-86 to 80 at A8.
- changeInfested Prism: Infested Prism no longer uses Radiate and now follows a Jab, Jab, Whirlwind, Pulsate pattern; Pulsate applies 1 Vulnerable instead of gaining 20 Block, or 22 at A8.
- buffTunneler: Tunneler's Attack from Below was renamed From Below, and its damage increased from 23 to 24, or from 26 to 28 at A9.
🃏Colorless Cards(2)
- newMy Shinies: Added the Colorless card My Shinies.
- nerfSalvo: Salvo's damage decreased from 12(16) to 10(14).
⚔️Ironclad(2)
- changeExpect a Fight: Expect a Fight now grants 15(20) Block and makes Attacks in your Hand cost 1 less Energy until played, replacing its 15(16) Block and Strength-based additional Block.
- nerfForgotten Ritual: Forgotten Ritual reverted to gaining 3(4) Energy only if you Exhausted a card this turn.
🗡️Silent(4)
- buffExpertise: Expertise still draws 2(3) cards but now retains your Hand this turn instead of giving Retain only to the drawn cards.
- changeMemento Mori: Memento Mori now costs 3 and has Sly, dealing 19(23) damage to the enemy with the lowest HP instead of costing 1 and dealing 9(11) damage plus 4(5) per card discarded this turn.
- buffSpeedster: Speedster's damage increased from 2 to 3.
- nerfPhantom Blades: Phantom Blades' additional Shiv damage decreased from 9(12) to 8(11).
👑Regent(1)
- nerfCHARGE!!: CHARGE!!'s Minion Dive Bomb damage decreased from 13(16) to 11(13).
🤖Defect(1)
- buffPower Cell: Power Cell now picks zero-cost cards without Innate before Innate ones.
💎Relics(1)
- buffRinging Triangle: Ringing Triangle now gives Retain Hand at the start of combat, allowing it to stack with other Retain Hand effects.
✍️Writing(4)
- changeTracking: Tracking's wording now specifies that Weak enemies take 50% more damage from your Attacks.
- changeKaiser Crab: Kaiser Crab's Rocket moves were renamed from Targeting Reticle to Calculating, Precision Beam to Precise Smash, and Laser to Rocket Claw.
- fixThe Round Tea Party: Fixed typos in The Round Tea Party event.
- changeAmbergris: The buff from Ambergris is now called Extra Turn.
🖥️User Experience & Interface(6)
- changeOpening a run saved by a newer game version now asks you to update instead of reporting a corrupt save.
- changeStandard run character selection now starts on the last character played, including Random, remembered separately for singleplayer and multiplayer.
- changeMerchant controller navigation now wraps around rows and moves to the nearest item between sections.
- changeCard inspection now shows high-resolution portraits.
- changeRelics revealed from treasure chests now show high-resolution art.
- changeFiend Fire: Fiend Fire now shows how many times it will hit during combat.
🎨Art(3)
- newAdded portrait art for Blaze, Outrage, Sidestep, Abundance and Dowsing.
- newAdded Epoch art for Ancients, Bigger Prey, Buy Something!, Confrontation, My Face, Resolving Bugs, Snuffed, The Daily, The Spire and Underdocks.
- changeInfested Prism: Enhanced Infested Prism's death animation.
🔊Audio(5)
- newUnderdocks: Added a second background music track to Underdocks.
- newWelcome to Wongo's: Added music and voice lines for Welcome to Wongo's.
- newTezcatara: Added voice sound effects and ambience for Tezcatara.
- newThe Architect: Added a sound effect for The Architect's lightning attack.
- changeAdded or updated sound effects for Aeonglass, Corpse Slug, Haunted Ship, Living Shield, Mawler, Nibbit and Snapping Jaxfruit.
🐛Bug Fixes(22)
- fixFixed an error when using Save and Quit while the game-over run summary was still animating.
- fixOpening a run or Run History entry on an older game version no longer deletes it on other devices.
- fixMade a rare crash to desktop during creature animations less likely.
- fixSeeded runs are more consistent: events and the merchant no longer change future card reward rolls, and affected cards, relics, Entropic Brew and Thieving Hopper use the correct random streams.
- fixPlayers launching the game in the same second no longer receive the same run seed.
- fixFixed feedback submission, ultrawide screenshots, the Keyboard Only response box, shop tooltips, localization and top-bar hotkeys.
- fixFixed duplicate shop cards with character card modifiers, duplicate Byrdonis Egg Hatch options, Dowsing's animation and duplicate hand visuals.
- fixDowngraded cards now keep keywords added by other effects.
- fixFixed the ascension tutorial blocking character unlocks, Neow's Fury card inspection, Daily score posting across resets and future Daily leaderboard pages.
- fixFixed card interactions involving Stomp and Juggling, Nightmare and Bullet Time, One for All, Helix Drill, Imitation Learning, Foregone Conclusion, Omnislice and Catastrophe.
- fixFixed Echoing Slash's attack animation, Plot's upgraded draw preview and Pale Blue Dot's counter display.
- fixBrightest Flame: Losing HP from Brightest Flame no longer uses up Buffer.
- fixFixed relic and potion interactions involving Ambergris and Pael's Eye, Pael's Legion, Music Box and History Course, and Jeweled Mask.
- fixFixed Regal Pillow and Miniature Cannon display issues and Letter Opener and Kusarigama flashing outside combat.
- fixFixed Ceremonial Beast regaining Strength after being stunned during Plow and Gas Bomb triggering Gremlin Horn twice after being killed.
- fixThieving Hopper: Thieving Hopper can no longer steal Quest cards, and cards recovered from it now interact correctly with Hoarder and Bing Bong copies.
- fixTutor: Fixed multiplayer Tutor softlocks and restored the other player's choice when Whispering Earring plays Tutor.
- fixPotions can no longer be used or discarded between rooms, and fixes address multiplayer timing differences and a related enemy-turn softlock.
- fixFixed multiplayer softlocks when a player kills themselves with Brand, and timeouts when a friend joins a Daily Run immediately.
- fixFixed multiplayer interactions involving Osty, Beetle Juice, Sic 'Em, Book Repair Knife, ally energy icons and Night Terrors' Mend description.
- fixFixed missing rest sites before the final row of some multiplayer Act 3 maps, lingering Doll Room whispers, version errors and ascension unlock text.
- fixFixed controller navigation and focus issues in the Bestiary, hand, Phrog Parasite animation and shop, plus a card-selection softlock and hidden leaderboard checkbox input.
⚙️Performance(2)
- fixWaterfall Giant: Reduced the hitch when entering the Waterfall Giant fight.
- fixCompressed textures for Ancient backgrounds, high-resolution relics, Timeline art, character selection and some enemy effects to load faster and use less memory.
Summary
New beta content
The Fool is playable in this beta build. Blitz is a condensed mode unlocked by completing an Ascension run, while Dread requires Ascension 10 on every character, including The Fool. New events bring additional cards and relics, and rest sites can appear one floor earlier in every act.
Balance and improvements
Expect a Fight and Memento Mori are reworked, while cards, relics and enemies receive further adjustments. Character selection, Merchant controller navigation and card inspection also improve, with new art and audio across the game.
Fixes and performance
Fixes address cross-device run deletion, multiplayer softlocks, seeded-run consistency and numerous card and relic interactions. Texture compression improves loading and memory use.