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Steam News12 August 202510mo ago

Update 4.2

New Season - The Wondrous Emporium The Season begins at daily reset (00:00 GMT) on Tuesday 19th August Start - Tuesday 19th August (00:00 UTC) (Release of Season 4.

In this update9

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Full Puzzle Quest 3 update

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What changed

0 fixes4 additions20 changes1 removal
  • Events
  • Balance
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
changedNew Season - The Wondrous EmporiumThe Season begins at daily reset (00:00 GMT) on Tuesday 19th August
changedNew Season - The Wondrous EmporiumStart - Tuesday 19th August (00:00 UTC) (Release of Season 4.2, Variant Gear, Spells, Minions and Legendary)
changedNew Season - The Wondrous EmporiumChapter II - Tuesday 2nd September (00:00 UTC)
changedNew Season - The Wondrous EmporiumChapter III - Tuesday 16th September (00:00 UTC)
changedNew Season - The Wondrous EmporiumHard - Tuesday 30th September (00:00 UTC)
changedNew Season - The Wondrous EmporiumElite - Tuesday 7th October (00:00 UTC)
Deal X Poison Damage , plus your Gold Bonus divided by [72Deal X Poison Damage , plus your Gold Bonus divided by [ decreased, nerf

Puzzle Quest 3 changes

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changedThe Season begins at daily reset (00:00 GMT) on Tuesday 19th August
changedStart - Tuesday 19th August (00:00 UTC) (Release of Season 4.2, Variant Gear, Spells, Minions and Legendary)
changedChapter II - Tuesday 2nd September (00:00 UTC)
changedChapter III - Tuesday 16th September (00:00 UTC)
changedHard - Tuesday 30th September (00:00 UTC)

New Season - The Wondrous Emporium

The Season begins at daily reset (00:00 GMT) on Tuesday 19th August

  • Start - Tuesday 19th August (00:00 UTC) (Release of Season 4.2, Variant Gear, Spells, Minions and Legendary)

  • Chapter II - Tuesday 2nd September (00:00 UTC)

  • Chapter III - Tuesday 16th September (00:00 UTC)

  • Hard - Tuesday 30th September (00:00 UTC)

  • Elite - Tuesday 7th October (00:00 UTC)

  • End - Monday 13th Oct (11:59 UTC)

New Variant: Sparkling

Season 4.2 Sparkling Variant Set: Runic Sparkling: At the start of the turn, there is a 2-12% chance to inflict Blind on the enemy for 4 turns.

Available only in the 4.2 Season Cache (or Archive), this item will drop at Legendary rarity.

Emrick’s Grip (Pantheon Set)

  • Increase Power by X for each Skull on the board

“These gloves are said to possess a sliver of the strength of the mighty Goddess Emrick.”

Values in bold are affected by the Spellbook Level or Rarity of the Spell.

Money Buys Happiness (120 Green Mana)

Deal X Poison Damage, plus your Gold Bonus divided by [7→2].

Spellbook Level: Poison Damage, Rarity: Gold Bonus Division

Strength To Power (110 Red Mana)

Destroy X Skull Gems, and gain Y Power

Spellbook Level: Power, Rarity: Skull Destruction

Brain In A Jar

  • Cunning

  • Might: 2-45 Speed: 5-95 Cunning: 8-160

  • Versus Spell: Command Legion (75 Blue Mana)

    • Deal X Physical Damage and remove all skulls from the board. Deal +10% extra damage as Ice Damage for each skull removed.

Mimicoin

  • Speedy

  • Might: 4-70 Speed: 10-195 Cunning: 2-35*

  • Versus Spell: Lure Prey (70 Yellow Mana)

    • Deal X Light Damage. If the target has no Resistance left, deal double as Melee Damage

Sometimes the hero’s journey includes working retail.

Emporium Berserkers Only available in the Platinum Season Pass

Platinum

  • Emporimimic

Gold

  • Mimicoin

  • Brain In A Jar

No Pass Needed

  • Money Buys Happiness

  • Strength To Power

  • Gemka

  • Gnoll Pup

  • Sandolisk

  • Mini Sand Golem

  • The Wondrous Emporium

    • Complete Season 4.2 Chapter 3

  • A New Frame of Mine

    • Collect 15 Portrait Frames

  • A Variant Good Look For You

    • Collect 10 Variant Gear Pieces

  • Improved readability of the chest name against all backgrounds when choosing to salvage or open them

  • Updated item search filter to allow a minimum and maximum values for Honed Level and Rarity when using mouse or touch input

  • Updated continue panel in adventures to show the cost of toll gates

  • Updated text on the continue panel so indicate if you can or can’t unlock a difficulty gate

  • Updated art on the continue panel in adventures so the selected option is clearer, and to make it clearer overall

  • When collecting all mail, you can now make choices for any and all mail items that have options for their rewards

  • Added support to show an upsell menu from all confirmation menus if you don’t have enough resources. This applies for Crowns, Gems and Festival Currencies.

  • Added a new setting Disable Camera Motion, If enabled the camera in battle will be entirely static, if disabled it will follow the motions of the characters

  • Reduce Camera Motion setting has been renamed to Disable Camera Shake, any saved setting should

Source

Steam News / 12 August 2025

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