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• Patch Notes·30 Sept 2026Official

  Hotfix v0.6.5.2

  Hotfix v0.6.5.2New hotfix is now live!Fixes & ImprovementsBomb Wagon now correctly says “give bonus charges” at 0 stars, as intended.Fixed a crash related to Steam connection issues.\ Fixed an issue where items could no longer be dragged using the touchscreen.\ The lobby now syncs the Casual / Ranked selection every 0.3 seconds to help ensure both players stay fully in sync.\ The server maintenance warning is now also shown in the lobby, rather than only in the main menu.\ Duos can now only be played at 2x speed to help keep both players synchronized.\ Ping buttons are now aligned correctly when a player has the Deep Freeze encounter.New: Duos Timer OptionI have added a new “Initiate Timer” option in Duos.When either player activates it during the shop phase, a 3-minute timer begins for both players. Once the timer expires, the shop phase automatically continues.This is primarily intended to prevent situations where one player can hold "hostage" by going AFK.After a fight has ended, the same button instead starts a 20-second timer, giving both players time to finish reviewing the combat log.Thanks for playing ❤️//Bocary
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• Patch Notes·29 Sept 2026Official

  Hotfix v0.6.5.1

  Hotfix v0.6.5.1A small hotfix is now live with a handful of bug fixes, usability improvements, and one balance revert.Changes & FixesElvish Orb: Reverted the recent Charge change. There were too many fun interactions that disappeared because of it, so I'm bringing the old behavior back.Shardfang / Elvish Orb: Lucky rolls that provide Multicast or Bleed will no longer incorrectly display those keywords.Fixed an issue where the Type tooltip was not translated into other languages.Fixed a visual issue with the Seer Day 8 option that reduces your teammate's cooldowns. It displayed -0.2s, while the actual effect was -0.3s.I like the new keyword system, but it was a little too excessive. The first part of abilities, such as Start of Combat, is no longer displayed as a keyword. (Makes it a lot more readable)Bomb Wagon (0-Star): Reworded the ability from "replenish Charge" to "give bonus Charge".\ Fixed a bug where an item could disappear if you clicked it at the exact moment the Shop Phase ended.\ Fixed an issue where you could accidentally send an item back by clicking on it while it was on top of the portal right as your teammate sent it to you.Inventory & Infobox ImprovementsWhen clicking an item or potion inside a huge stack, the game will now select the item whose origin is closest to your mouse instead of choosing an arbitrary one.The new keyword system could cause significant lag when hovering hundreds of stacked items at once, because every item attempted to display its own infobox.Now, only one infobox can now be shown at a time, preventing this issue.The item whose infobox is currently displayed will also always be the item that gets picked up when you click.Thanks for all the bug reports and feedback!
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• Patch Notes·28 Sept 2026Official

  Patch v0.6.5

  Patch v0.6.5 🪵This update brings a round of balance changes, quality-of-life improvements, clearer tooltips and several bug fixes.Sidenote: development on the 1.0 release is going smoothly!Balance🟢 Poison DaggerCost: 35g → 30g🔴 Frog IdolCost: 40g → 45gType-Specific buff for Fairy type: +3 Heal → +2 Heal🔴 Sanguine BladeDamage: 25 → 20🟢 Bomb WagonCooldown: 9s → 8s🟢 CannonCooldown: 3.4s → 3.3sCost: 55g → 50g🟢 Blazing BullShield: 10 → 20🟢 CutlassDamage: 25 → 40🟢 Elvish OrbCharges: 0 → 2Removed: “This can't get Multicast.”Quality of LifeAdded keyword highlighting to all items and potions in the game, making important effects easier to read at a glance.If you have picked Packing Lesson, you can now rotate items using TAB as well. This should be especially useful for laptop users.Added new SFX and VFX when using a Crownforge Brew to make it feel more powerful and special.The small delay before you can click the Rare Find pop-up has now been added to the other perk pop-ups as well. (helps prevent accidental clicks)OtherUpdated the Lifesteal tooltip from:“Heal equal to...”to “Restore HP equal to...”Lifesteal does not trigger abilities that specifically interact with Heal, as Heal is its own mechanic. The tooltip has been updated to make this distinction clearer.\ The fight now starts automatically after 0.5s to make players watch the fight in sync.\ Added a warning every tuesday night when Steam performs server maintenance (duos might experience disconnects for ~30 mins)\ You can now ping Endless Mode / Ranked in the end-game screen.FixesFixed an issue where Frozen Jaw could cause enemy HP to display decimals.Fixed an issue where Gambit / Risky Business would not properly unlock for some players.These should now work as intended: only purchasing Rare/Epic items, while chest-rewards, potions, special items, and shards do not count.\ Fixed an issue where Random Packs would not sync correctly in Duos lobbies.\ Fixed an issue where lobby emotes could appear above the wrong playe...
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• Patch Notes·24 Sept 2026Official

  Patch v0.6.4

  Patch v0.6.4Balance, Fixes & Duos ImprovementsPatch v0.6.4 is here!This update includes several balance changes, some improvements to Duos networking and quality-of-life, a new Turkish translation, and a bunch of bug fixes.Balance ChangesBuffs🟢 Fiery War AxeBurn: 10 → 12Damage: 10 → 20🟢 Paladin's HammerDamage: 8 → 12🟢 Warrior ShieldShield: 100 → 120🟢 BulwarkCost: 35g → 30gCooldown: 3.6s → 3.5s🟢 Brass ShieldCooldown: 2.5s → 2.4s🟢 Chronomancer — "Request Artifact" (d6)Previously: Gain a Time PendantNow: Gain a Time Pendant with -0.2s cooldown🟢 Midas' Regards (Perk)Starting Gold: +5 → +8Nerfs🔴 Blood PactCooldown: 3.6s → 3.8sDuosDuos received a few improvements this patch, particularly around networking and lobby functionality.Added the ability to Add Friend from Duos lobbies.Added an ACK connection call after Duos fights. (Networking people will understand.)This may completely eliminate the infamous "Waiting..." bug on the Duos fight screen.The game will also now retry the player-ready call every second instead of sending it once and simply hoping it succeeds.I'm not a networking engineer, but we're getting there.Removed the Shards option from the Seer.It has been replaced with a new option that gives your teammate one of the following (depending on day):Fury PotionLiquid KnowledgeStarlight PotionAdded an Endless Mode ping in the lobby.Other ImprovementsI've spent some time improving my backend analysis tools, which should give me better insight into game balance going forward.Added a Turkish translation - fan-made!Turkish and Danish translations now display a "Fan-made" label.Changed the sprite for the Merge perk to make it more red.Added a 0.7 second delay before the Rare Find popup can be clicked, helping prevent accidental clicks.FixesFixed an issue where the Frozen Jaw nerf to x2.5 crit only applied to melee weapons. Ranged weapons were still using the old x3 multiplier.Fixed a bug where Crook was always named Fluffeh's Crook.Sorry, Fluff.Fixed an issue where Pyra...
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• Patch Notes·21 Sept 2026Official

  Patch v0.6.3

  Patch v0.6.3 🪵Backpack Battles just added the Oaken Tower crossover: Time Pendant to their game!Welcome to all new Oaklings!I'm Bocary, the Solo dev of Oaken Tower. And I simply want to make Oaken Tower as great as possible! Join the Discord and chat if you have balance suggestions etc. It would mean so much if you would consider leaving a Steam Review ❤️BalanceThe Fairytale nerf helped a ton, but it is still slightly too oppressive early game due to how easy it is to trigger with Butterflies. For that reason, Butterflies is seeing an adjustment which effectively works as a nerf to Fairytale.🔄 Butterflies: 7 dmg --> 12 dmg | 1.4s CD --> 1.8s CD.The Vampire set generally has a healthy power-level (albeit a high use-rate), but Red Rose proved slightly too strong in high star-tiers.🔴 Red Rose: 20/40/80/100 % max hp --> 20/30/40/80% max hpThe Goblin pack was the least used pack, so some of the underperforming Goblin items are seeing a buff:🟢 Bomb Wagon: 2 Charges --> 3 Charges.🟢 Heavy Bomb: 250 dmg --> 300 dmg.🟢 Honing Steel: 3.4s CD --> 3s CD.🟢 Cannon: 3.5s CD --> 3.4s CD | 60g --> 55g. | 25/33/50% bomb stat gain --> 30/50/70% bomb stat gain.Additional buffs for underperforming items:🟢 Glacier: 35 dmg --> 45 dmg | 40g --> 35g.🟢 Kingslayer: 3.7s CD --> 3.6s CD.🟢 Emerald Sword: 20 dmg --> 40 dmg.🟢 Nightfall: 4.3s CD --> 4.1s CD.🟢 Hunter's Tome: 25g --> 20g.OtherYou can now select "Random Perk" even though you didn't unlock all perks. You only gain bonus rating if you actually unlocked all.3-Star Crook now has alternative name: Fluffeh's Crook.FixesFixed a bug where using Time Tonic would only count towards the "Growth" achievement when right-clicking the potion.Unlocking Rare Find or Gambit (win while only buying rare/epic items) no longer cares if you buy potions or special items.//Bocary
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