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Steam News22 July 202511mo ago

"Pennon and Battle" Version 0.8.18 Update Announcement

Dear Lords: Pennon and Battle will undergo maintenance at 5:00 PM (Pacific Time) on July 23rd. During this maintenance, there will be an expected downtime of 4 hour.

In this update9

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What changed

2 fixes6 additions13 changes2 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Maps
  • Workshop
  • Events
  • Performance
  • Fixes
changedHeroesThe initial spell of [Venomous Karen] is changed to [Poisonous Spell]
addedHeroesThe skill [Earth Mastery] removes the ability [Terrain Manipulation] and adds a new ability
addedHeroesThe skill [Light Mastery] removes the ability [Inspire] and adds a new ability
changedSpellsAdjust the effects of the following spells:
changedSpellsWater Spells: [Chaos Vortex]
changedSpellsEarth Spells: [Quicksand Trap], [Earth Spirit Field]

Pennon and Battle changes

changedThe initial spell of [Venomous Karen] is changed to [Poisonous Spell]
addedThe skill [Earth Mastery] removes the ability [Terrain Manipulation] and adds a new ability
addedThe skill [Light Mastery] removes the ability [Inspire] and adds a new ability
changedAdjust the effects of the following spells:
changedWater Spells: [Chaos Vortex]

Dear Lords:

Pennon and Battle will undergo maintenance at 5:00 PM (Pacific Time) on July 23rd. During this maintenance, there will be an expected downtime of 4 hour. It is recommended that all players log out of the game in advance and log back in after the maintenance is complete.

Heroes

  1. Adjust the following hero talents:

Barbarian Tribe: [Randy Steelbone], [Hefin Crusher], [Logh Firecaller], [Korl Darkhorn]

Eternight Council: [Valkyrie]

Ancient Swarm: [Void Argus], [Silverwing Zabul], [Venomous Karen]

  1. The initial spell of [Venomous Karen] is changed to [Poisonous Spell]

  2. Adjust the initial skills of [Randy Steelbone], [Korl Darkhorn], and [Venomous Karen]

  3. Adjust the initial Troop of [Void Argus]

  4. The skill [Earth Mastery] removes the ability [Terrain Manipulation] and adds a new ability

  5. The skill [Light Mastery] removes the ability [Inspire] and adds a new ability

Spells

  1. Adjust the effects of the following spells:

Water Spells: [Chaos Vortex]

Earth Spells: [Quicksand Trap], [Earth Spirit Field]

Light Spells: [Song of Peace], [Divine Vengeance]

Dark Spells: [Mana Conversion], [Sympathetic Detonation]

  1. Remove the Fire Spell [Heartburn Assault] and add the Fire Spell [Burning Aura]

  2. Remove the Dark Spell [Necromancy] and add the Dark Spell [Death Puppet]

Equipment

  1. Adjust the effects of the following equipment: [Aether Codex], [Thorn Armor], [Trembling Amulet], [Corrosive Fang], [Abyssal Hammer], [Elden Mechanical Parts], [Ambassador's Badge], [Harbinger Rune]

  2. Adjust the equipment level of [Trembling Amulet] and [Corrosive Fang] to level 4

  3. Adjust the equipment level of [Elden Mechanical Parts] to level 3

  4. Adjust the equipment level of [Ambassador's Badge] to level 2

Normal Campaign

  1. Increased the number of Soulstone chests in campaign rewards

  2. Increased the drop rate of rare event cards

  3. Increased the number of hero Soulstones produced by Soulstone chests

  4. All heroes used in the campaign will now gain experience points, and will gain more experience points

Hero Talents

  1. Reduced the number of Soulstones required to unlock the talent tree

  2. For players who have already unlocked the talent tree with Soulstones, we will refund the difference in Soulstones spent via mail according to the new consumption rules

Challenge Campaign

  1. A new limited-time challenge will start at 18:00 on July 23 (Pacific Time)

  2. Added some new challenge contracts

Hero Trial

  1. Opened trial Quests for 10 heroes including [Sandar], [Rune Stormhammer], [Menegin], etc.

  2. Due to the removal of the spell [Heartburn Assault], the completion conditions for the [Abyssal Zephyr] trial Quest have been adjusted; completed trial Quests are not affected

Other Optimizations

  1. Added a [No Charge in Quick Battle] option in system settings; when checked, heroes will no longer perform move attacks in quick battles

Bug Fixes

  1. Fixed some player-reported issues and other known problems

Finally, thank you all for the feedback and suggestions on the game, which are very valuable to us! We will listen carefully to everyone's opinions and continue to work hard to improve and optimize the game content. Thank you!

Source

Steam News / 22 July 2025

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