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New Version 0.9.80 - December 29th

Features Enter the Pearly Gates! When a Virtuous soul dies, you now ascend to Heaven—where, in addition to resurrection, you can purchase Legendary items and even trade for Divine consumables!

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What changed

5 fixes14 additions21 changes4 removals
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  • Gameplay
  • Fixes
  • Balance
  • Events
changedFeaturesEnter the Pearly Gates! When a Virtuous soul dies, you now ascend to Heaven—where, in addition to resurrection, you can purchase Legendary items and even trade for Divine consumables!
addedFeaturesAdded a new Flip effect to certain items, reversing the orientation of the current encounter card—perfect for battles you’d rather not face head-on.
addedImprovementsRodd’s Built Strong ability now grants +1 durability to all gear you receive.
changedImprovementsUpdated Vice’s bonus action (used outside of combat) to place greater emphasis on Luck .
addedImprovementsAdded an explicit Revival effect to Faint encounters.
fixedFixesFixed an issue where Faint encounter background music would continue playing after dying while Virtuous.
Knight of Cups : coin payout increased (810Knight of Cups : coin payout increased ( increased, buffThree of Swords : coin payout reduced (86Three of Swords : coin payout reduced ( decreased, nerfHealth cost reduced for the “remove random” option (21Health cost reduced for the “remove random” option ( decreased, nerf

Encounter: The Lost Cards changes

changedEnter the Pearly Gates! When a Virtuous soul dies, you now ascend to Heaven—where, in addition to resurrection, you can purchase Legendary items and even trade for Divine consumables!
addedAdded a new Flip effect to certain items, reversing the orientation of the current encounter card—perfect for battles you’d rather not face head-on.
addedRodd’s Built Strong ability now grants +1 durability to all gear you receive.
changedUpdated Vice’s bonus action (used outside of combat) to place greater emphasis on Luck .
addedAdded an explicit Revival effect to Faint encounters.

Features

  • Enter the Pearly Gates! When a Virtuous soul dies, you now ascend to Heaven—where, in addition to resurrection, you can purchase Legendary items and even trade for Divine consumables!

  • Added a new Flip effect to certain items, reversing the orientation of the current encounter card—perfect for battles you’d rather not face head-on.

Improvements

  • Rodd’s Built Strong ability now grants +1 durability to all gear you receive.

  • Updated Vice’s bonus action (used outside of combat) to place greater emphasis on Luck.

  • Added an explicit Revival effect to Faint encounters.

  • Actions that consume a Wayfinder now default to the one being used, instead of displaying both options.

  • Runes now scale in power based on the rarity of their host item.

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where Faint encounter background music would continue playing after dying while Virtuous.

  • Fixed “or” conditions not displaying correctly when their requirements were met.

  • Fixed an issue where the Stash was inaccessible at the first and last Inns.

  • Fixed an issue where Health could display incorrectly during NPC retaliation.

  • Fixed a bug where the Mystical condition was not triggering correctly when cards were queued.

  • Improved client response handling when the game service fails to respond in-game.

Item Changes

Item nameCostsConditionsEffects
Mirror ShieldUnlock, 2 StaminaDeterminedFlip
Azrael's CloakUnlock, 1 EatDetermined3 Health, Flip

Rune Changes

RuneTypeRarityEffects
Rune #14SHIELD2Not-Sinful | 1 Armor

Encounter Changes

  • Knight of Cupscoin payout increased (8 → 10).
  • King of Cups: sinful outcomes were rebalanced (higher Health loss), and the Judgment option now also removes a random item when sinful.

  • Four of Cups: options streamlined and outcomes rebalanced (stronger Stamina heal; the Sin + Heal outcome now replaces the previous last-action variants).

  • Six of Cupsadded a new food option that grants Virtue when Primed.
  • Seven of Cupsrewards refocused toward accessories and consumables, with updated costs.
  • Seven of Cups: NPC reward targeting is now accessory-focused instead of random.

  • Nine of Cups: the first two options now require a small coin cost.

  • Checkpointupdated special choices—“sage” rewards replaced with “wayfinder,” and an extra empty option removed.
  • Lily's Domain: the first two choices now revive instead of restoring 8 Health (same conditions and costs).

  • The Gatesadded a new Heaven-gates variant encounter.
  • Game OverXP-day rewards adjusted and options simplified (Wayfinder replaces Sage; a redundant option removed).
  • Shamsiel's Innstats and rewards rebalanced; durability and Health coin costs and outputs reduced.
  • Yomiel's Innstats and rewards rebalanced; added a sale discount; durability and Health coin costs and outputs reduced.
  • Arakiel's Innstats and rewards rebalanced; added a sale discount; durability pricing adjusted; Health pricing and output updated.
  • Cassael's Innstats and rewards rebalanced; options reworked (durability purchase replaces craft debuff option; sale discount increased).
  • Beburos's Innoptions and tags rebalanced—sale discount increased; “mystic” purchase converted into a craft debuff; Health purchase is now cheaper but weaker.
  • Limbo?added a new high-cost gamble option while keeping Shuffle as a separate choice.
  • The Fooladded an NPC tag and split the encounter into a sale option plus a separate Shuffle option.
  • The MagicianWayfinder now grants rewards (and XP-day); redundant XP-day option removed.
  • Deathincreased the not-virtuous Health penalty and added a major-cost option that trades Sin for Virtue.
  • Four of Pentaclesshifted away from “wealth” rewards toward “reserved” targeting; sale discounts reduced; third option changed to an unlock-based coin payout.
  • Four of Pentacles (Reversed)shifted toward “reserved” targeting; sale discounts updated; final option now trades Eat for coin.
  • Six of Pentacles: the final option now always grants Sin + Stamina (instead of conditional Stamina only).

  • Seven of Pentaclesboth options reworked—unlock choice now removes gear and pays more coin; purchase choice yields a different misc reward.
  • Seven of Pentacles (Reversed)added a second option that reduces Sin when not-wealthy.
  • Three of Swordscoin payout reduced (8 → 6).
  • Five of Swordsstamina-gain condition requirement updated (d5 → d6).
  • Seven of SwordsHealth cost reduced for the “remove random” option (2 → 1).
  • Eight of Swords: craft costs rebalanced; Magic vs Luck outcomes retuned.

  • Two of Wandsadded a new craft option that grants Magic.
  • Seven of Wandsslightly increased reward currency values.
  • Seven of Wands (Reversed)slightly increased reward currency values and added a new Flower reward option.
  • Eight of WandsVirtue condition trigger updated (not-wealthy → enchanted).
  • The End?updated special choices—“sage” replaced with “wayfinder” rewards; Major Arcana now granted via remaining options; extra option removed.

Source

Steam News / 29 December 2025

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