Steam News19 May 20261mo ago

Weekly Recap - Spires, Spires, and more Spires

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1 fix1 addition3 changes1 removal

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changedWe’ve also started rolling out an extra night of Arkheron as a prototype event on our North American servers: every Thursday, join us for Community Nights from 7 pm PT to 9 pm PT. If you’re not in North America, hang tight– we plan to expand Community Nights to other regions in the future! We also kicked off what we’re lovingly calling “Tower Hour” – a virtual get-together before queues open to talk all things Arkheron.

addedIn case you missed it: we switched from our Experimental Client to the Arkheron Playtest Client to prepare for inviting more new players. Check out this post for more information on how to make the switch.

removedPatch Notes HighlightsHealing Mists have been removed from the game, but may return in the future in a different form. Feedback indicated that, as a consumable healing source, Healing Mists felt too overpowered.

changedPatch Notes HighlightsHealing Potions have had their cast time reduced to 1s (down from 1.5s)

fixedPatch Notes HighlightsFixed a crash that affected players logging in for the first time.

changedCommunity Night - May 14For last week’s Tower Hour, we started by highlighting some of our community members’ top-notch memes and lore deep dives. Next, we brought Zaven “FarPanther” in to talk about all the ways our team has been improving hit registration based on our players’ helpful and detailed feedback. Finally, we brought two of our longtime playtesters, Bolbi and Nethy, onto the Discord stage to discuss Build Theory in Spires: which items are must-haves, how to assemble your deadliest loadout, and more!

Arkheron changes

removedHealing Mists have been removed from the game, but may return in the future in a different form. Feedback indicated that, as a consumable healing source, Healing Mists felt too overpowered.

changedHealing Potions have had their cast time reduced to 1s (down from 1.5s)

fixedFixed a crash that affected players logging in for the first time.

Last week, we brought back Spires: a 3v3, arena-style game mode designed to bring you and your team straight to the action, and give you the opportunity to test tons of item combinations and find that perfect fit. We also rolled out some simple changes with big impacts. Check out the Patch Notes Highlights section below!

We’ve also started rolling out an extra night of Arkheron as a prototype event on our North American servers: every Thursday, join us for Community Nights from 7 pm PT to 9 pm PT. If you’re not in North America, hang tight– we plan to expand Community Nights to other regions in the future! We also kicked off what we’re lovingly calling “Tower Hour” – a virtual get-together before queues open to talk all things Arkheron.

In case you missed it: we switched from our Experimental Client to the Arkheron Playtest Client to prepare for inviting more new players. Check out this post for more information on how to make the switch.

Patch Notes Highlights

Last week we deployed a small but mighty patch in the form of 0.20e! Some highlights were:

Karriv and Rynshi return to the Tower; Leodin and Irenna are out.
Healing Mists have been removed from the game, but may return in the future in a different form. Feedback indicated that, as a consumable healing source, Healing Mists felt too overpowered.
Healing Potions have had their cast time reduced to 1s (down from 1.5s)
Fixed a crash that affected players logging in for the first time.

Want to read more? Here’s the full patch notes page.

Community Night - May 14

For last week’s Tower Hour, we started by highlighting some of our community members’ top-notch memes and lore deep dives. Next, we brought Zaven “FarPanther” in to talk about all the ways our team has been improving hit registration based on our players’ helpful and detailed feedback. Finally, we brought two of our longtime playtesters, Bolbi and Nethy, onto the Discord stage to discuss Build Theory in Spires: which items are must-haves, how to assemble your deadliest loadout, and more!

We had tons of fun chatting with our community during Tower Hour. Here’s what went down:

We ran through some helpful Hollow pointers that came out of this feedback thread.

Anil3000 has been busy deciphering the Tower’s secrets. Peep the #lore channel to join the theorycrafting!

There are so many ways to celebrate Karriv… our memelords and memeladies have been showing Arkheron’s Forgemaster some serious love. Case in point:

(Courtesy of x3Michels)

Friday Night Fights - May 15

On Friday, we kept the Spires parties going with evening queues across Asia, Europe, and North America! Community members Keyaledis, Arcala, and Laminated staged a friendly takeover of Arkheron’s streams with Bonfire’s Nicole “Pugtayto” during NA Friday Night Fights, and hosted After-Hours Customs too!

Couldn’t make it, or want to relive the fun? Check out the VOD!

More Community Highlights

ItanoCircus must not sleep, because last week he made a video summary of the 0.20e patch notes, put out an intermediate guide to Tsu’bo, and a power ranking video for Arkheron 3v3s. Check them out!

Our fishy friend Nethy shared some highlights from Friday Night Fights. Want to see Arkheron at its highest levels? Look no further.

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Steam News / 19 May 2026

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