Update 3.0 Patch Notes

Puzzle Quest 3's 3.0 Update has arrived! But before we dive in, we wanted to share a quick word and...

Celebrate our 2nd Anniversary!

We can’t believe it’s already been 2 years since Puzzle Quest 3 officially went live worldwide! It’s been an amazing journey so far and we’re so excited to kick things off with our huge new 3.0 update which introduces the Gear System Rework, New World Map, and the next season of adventure in Etheria.

But that's not all - we are celebrating our birthday with a whole month of special events! Starting March 26th until April 30th, all adventurers can enjoy:

Free Anniversary Gift: Original PQ1 Portraits!

Sport your favorite Follower from the original game in the chat for free! Log in this month to redeem free in-game portraits based on the Followers of Legend from the original Puzzle Quest - available to redeem until April 30th.

Weekly Open Archives and Double Ancient Coins!

Take part in weekly unlocked Seasonal content to earn double Ancient Coins, starting with the original Season 1.1 on March 26th! Each week will unlock a new Archive worth double the coins. We'll also have matching Adventures each week for new heroes to join the fun!

Special Offers and Milestone Events!

In addition to the ongoing Anniversary reward and Archive events, we’ll have daily login and milestone events, alongside special anniversary offers this month, starting with our Anniversary Event on March 28th!

See our calendar below for all upcoming events as we celebrate this month!

Without further ado, let’s jump into the official 3.0 patch notes!

Matches with Green When matched, randomly either gain a random Buff, or inflict a random Debuff on the enemy for 3 turns.

Gem of Dreams will spawn normally when fighting all Fae type enemies

Variant Gear Pieces are Gear pieces with a twist!

• A Variant Ability takes the place of a Gear piece’s original ability

• Variants effects count each other equipped variant of the same kind with no limit

• The Variant Gear piece will still also count towards its original gear set!

Gain 1-6% Power for each Positive Status Effect on you per Fae-Touched gear equipped

Variant Gear can be found in Season 3.0 Caches

At start of battle, convert 3 Green Gems to Gem of Dreams with a 70-100% chance to create an additional 3 Gems of Dreams

“A remnant of the first dragons who came to Etheria”

Field of Dreams (140 Green Mana) Explode 3 Gems, then convert 2-8 Green Gems to Gems of Dreams

Conversion increases with Spell Rarity

Den of Nightmares (125 Purple Mana) Deal X Dark damage, +15-27% extra for each negative status effect on the enemy

Dark Damage increases with Spellbook Level, Extra Damage increases with Spell Rarity

Efredi

Mighty Might: 8-160 Speed: 5-100 Cunning: 2-40

Versus Spell: Burning Wishes (60 Mana) Deal X Fire damage. If the enemy is already Burning, explode a random Red Gem

Mothling

Speedy

Might: 3-65 Speed: 10-200 Cunning: 2-35 Versus Spell: Invoke Dream (60 Mana) Deal X Dark damage and spawn 2 Gems of Dreams.

“The Dreamhold has an intoxicating effect upon those who venture in… Better just lean into it.”

We have heard your feedback, and have made the following adjustments to Versus Tourneys!

• You can