Steam News15 September 20259mo ago

Patch 8.4

Balance Updates: - Sand Mite maxes out at 25 damage per turn - Pyramid (strike) will damage friendly entities other then itself - Pyramid and Monolith turn into sand and fall (dealing 0 damage) when they die - Wyrm can

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changedBalance Updates: - Sand Mite maxes out at 25 damage per turn - Pyramid (strike) will damage friendly entities other then itself - Pyramid and Monolith turn into sand and fall (dealing 0 damage) when they die - Wyrm can walk and jump while standing on sand - Duplication Armageddon will only fire Whisper Balls (Whisper Arrows thrown like a ball with greatly reduced explosion size) and have 25 health

addedAdditions: - New game mode Dynamic Spellbooks: Allows Empty spell slots to be replaced mid-game (once per turn)

fixedBug Fixes: - Fixed a missing outfit error - Emoji popups closing when unintended - Can't use overhead emoji's while watching a replay and they work after taking over the replay - If a player is kicked from a clan, it'll state so instead of just saying the left - Soul Jar's description modified slightly to be clear on when you will not respawn - Resync desync involving structures not belonging to the proper parent in certain circumstances - A non-default aramageddon will not cause rated queues to be PMO, along with watchtower, og spells, and FTT - Uncontrollable minions cannot mount or be mounted - Hemogoblin cannot save a minion that falls to 0 health - Dragon Hatchling works with resurrection - Going though portal and mounting a minion at the starting portal will not cause you to stay put - Going through portal on the same frame as Sands of Time expires will not potentially cause to to go through the portal twice (making you stay put) - Hovering over the spectate button in a players context menu will properly show the games settings

Balance Updates:

Sand Mite maxes out at 25 damage per turn
Pyramid

(strike) will damage friendly entities other then itself - Pyramid and Monolith turn into sand and fall (dealing 0 damage) when they die - Wyrm can walk and jump while standing on sand - Duplication Armageddon will only fire Whisper Balls (Whisper Arrows thrown like a ball with greatly reduced explosion size) and have 25 health

Additions: - New game mode Dynamic Spellbooks: Allows Empty spell slots to be replaced mid-game (once per turn)

Bug Fixes:

Fixed a missing outfit error
Emoji popups closing when unintended

Can't use overhead emoji's while watching a replay and they work after taking over the replay - If a player is kicked from a clan, it'll state so instead of just saying the left - Soul Jar's description modified slightly to be clear on when you will not respawn - Resync desync involving structures not belonging to the proper parent in certain circumstances - A non-default aramageddon will not cause rated queues to be PMO, along with watchtower, og spells, and FTT - Uncontrollable minions cannot mount or be mounted - Hemogoblin cannot save a minion that falls to 0 health - Dragon Hatchling works with resurrection - Going though portal and mounting a minion at the starting portal will not cause you to stay put - Going through portal on the same frame as Sands of Time expires will not potentially cause to to go through the portal twice (making you stay put) - Hovering over the spectate button in a players context menu will properly show the games settings

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Steam News / 15 September 2025

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