- April 2, 2025 Patch Notes - 2 April 2025
Cards & Gameplay Changes:. The next Trial of Champions leaderboard event will begin soon and will run for 30 days, starting on April 16th. Climb the ranks and prove your strength: the top players will earn exclusive rewards, including the Legendary Penumbran Assassin and another chance at earning the special alternate 2D art version of the Epic Shockblade Smuggler. More details to come! When the next Trial of Champions starts there will be a new gacha tab called Gravebinder Recruit. In this store offer you will be able to earn a brand new legendary card. This gacha tab has a 7.5% chance at pulling a legendary card but if you pull a legendary card there will be a 33.3% chance that it is Gravebinder. Following the end of the next Trial of Champions, the Gravebinder will soon be added to the regular loot pool. The Veil Devourer and Combat Medic will be added to the regular loot pool later…
- March 12, 2025 Patch Notes - 12 March 2025
Cards & Gameplay Changes The first Trial of Champions launches and the start of Season 2 A new Trial of Champions leaderboard is live for 30 days starting at 3 PM PDT and ending on April 10th at 3 PM PDT. Players who rank in the top 7 will earn exclusive rewards, including the Legendary Combat Medic and an alternate 2D card art version of Epic Shockblade Smuggler. To level the playing field, all players will be reset to 0 valor in Season 2 as the Trial of Champions will be ranked on Valor. While we would prefer to do a partial valor reset to preserve some of your progress in previous seasons and to protect new players from veterans, a full reset was simpler and we didn’t want to delay the event any more. Matchmaking is now done by Valor instead of by Deck power. A new Legendary card, Veil Devourer, is available with increased drop rates for a limited time in the Veiled Recruit store tab…
- Feb 27, 2025 Patch Notes - 27 February 2025
Cards & Gameplay Changes Reworked how relic acquisition works Removed the rotating relic shop Added 80 guide quests to earn each dual faction relic All Units now behave as though they have the “Thief” keyword. This keyword has been removed from all cards. To promote a more dynamic and engaging mini game around victory points. Removed Signature keyword from all cards. This was not signalled well to players and led to confusion in deck building Many cards have had their leveling curves adjusted such that no cards should have spread values at max level Units standing on a spawning Victory or Mana Crystals will no longer be stunned. An unnecessary and poorly signalled nuance that tripped players up Experiments to reduce average match time All Commanders have had their base HP reduced by around 10%, All Commanders have had their leveling curve adjusted to adjust for lower starting life Playe…
- Feb 11, 2025 Patch Notes - 12 February 2025
Battle Pass Quests Revised We've overhauled the quest system to streamline progression, improve reward scaling, and make objectives clearer. Key Changes Fewer total quests for a more focused experience. Rewards now scale appropriately with effort. Clearer objectives to make earning rewards easier to understand.Quest UpdatesDaily Quests:Encourage more gameplay, now offering significantly more card rewards.Weekly Quests:Follow a structured format:1 upgrade quest 1 acquire quest 1 quest for playing with a specific faction 1 quest for using a particular strategySeasonal Quests:Always provide 7 quests:Win X games with each faction to earn a random Legendary card of that faction. Acquire many cards Upgrade cards to high rank.Economy Changes Shard Changes:Elemental Shards and Radiant Shards are being retired and will no longer be active currencies. However, you can still convert them into Shar…
- Jan 28, 2025 Patch Notes - 29 January 2025
Cards & Gameplay Changes: End turn button changed to Click & Hold if you have units which can still move or attack. You can now choose whether to allow AI opponents to match you if no match is found (this has been the default behavior). This setting can be found in the Options menu, accessible from the gear icon seen in the top right corner of the main screen specifically in the gameplay tab. You may now choose to Spectate matches from the Friend’s List The number of Royal Marks awarded for playing and winning games including First Win of the Day, and weekly wins have been increased Receive 5 royal marks when you win bot game. Receive 25 royal marks when you win a ranked game. Every spell card now features brand new, unique artwork bringing more magic and style to every card. Difference in deck power allowed for matchmaking increased significantly. Expect significantly more PvP matches.…
- Jan 15, 2025 Hotfix - 15 January 2025
Bug Fixes: Fixed issue with the leaderboard displaying inaccurate information and other Valor related bugs. Quality Of Life Improvements: Substantially increased Guide Quest quest rewards
- Dec 19, 2024 Patch Notes - 19 December 2024
Leaderboard: The Leaderboard is now working, and it’s your chance to see how you stack up against other skilled Rangers in the Realm. Compete for glory, climb the ranks, and prove your mastery! But that’s not all—when the season concludes, your placement will determine the incredible rewards you’ll receive. The higher you climb, the greater the spoils! Sharpen your strategies and prepare for battle. The path to victory awaits! Gameplay Changes: Change durability on Weapons to be lost even when damage is only dealt to Armor. Updated description of Armorsmith. Updated the wording on many cards. Card-Specific Changes Bloodbound Pages Can now trigger once per turn instead of once per round Chronoslap Effect can now chain between targets Hollow Fae Increased Stats Quantum Turnkey Stats reduced Now reduces the cost of a 1 random spell instead of all spells in hand Rankbreaker Stats reduced St…
- Patch Notes 12/5/24 - 5 December 2024
Economy Overhaul: We’ve heard you and are making significant improvements to card acquisition. We hope this set of changes lets players develop their collections more quickly, level up more cards, and have greater agency which cards they use in a deck, how they grow their collection, and which cards they upgrade. Pulling a standard card cost reduced from 125 chroma to 40 chroma. Increased drop rate of legendary/epic cards Combination of ~3x more cards and increased drop rate of rarer cards means for a similar level of spend/engagement, you’ll see: ~12x increase in epic cards ~18x increase in legendary cards Upgrading cards is cheaper at all levels. The reduction in cost is greatest at lower levels. IE: 1->2 is much cheaper than before, and had a greater reduction in cost than 6->7. As a thank you for sticking with Shardbound: Double Rewards for Purchasers: If you’ve made purchases in th…
- Patch Notes 11/19/24 - 25 November 2024
Card-Specific Changes Flux: Updated description to reflect that it can target ally, enemy unit, or Commanders Personal Portal Device: Updated description Phase Attuned Gauntlets: Increased cost from 2 to 3. Quantum Turnkey: On hit effect now works when attacking crystals Bug Fixes and Changes: Fixed a number of stability issues when rolling for Recruits in the Shop Fixed an issue with Quests sometimes not accurately tracking progress Fixed an issue with News rewards not graying out when claimed Fixed an issue where Banner of conquest was giving increased attack to enemies Fixed an issue causing Manaweave Robe’s Armor increase to be permanent Fixed an issue with Spark of Genius sometimes not giving increased attack Fixed missing HUD to HUD bonus mana VFX HUD/UIUX Changes: Continued updates and fixes to the new out-of-battle UI
- Shardbound Patch #57 - 7 March 2020
Patch Note Preamble Hey all! It's been super exciting to see so many of you engage with us and play since the last large patch. I know there have been a lot of questions regarding whether the game is fully back or when we're going to add more art to the game. I'm sorry to say that there isn't a path to either of those things at this time. We will however, commit to doing the best we can to iterate and improve the game as we have it now. If you have any questions or feedback feel free to reach out to us on our discord at: https://discord.gg/fmYKbdK Now onto the changes in this patch! Minor bug fixes Fix up associated cards for Zieger 1 to properly show Vaast Fix up Uncontrollable keyword text error on Frenzied Direhide and Frenzied Rageclaw New Content! Noble Season 1 card back in honor of our first Noble for season 1, Atrioc! Enjoy your Tendah nobles! Leader card backs and new games won…
- Shardbound Patch #56.2 - 25 February 2020
Bug Fixes and Text Adjustments Hey all, we're continuing to fix some of the small issues coming out of our large prior patch. As always we're here to help fix things and would love any/all feedback you have! Come join us in our discord if you're not there already! https://discord.gg/fmYKbdK Issues Addressed Fix Wynn's ability text to properly state that it requires Line of Sight Fix Keeper of the Blades to properly reference Winged Blade Fix General Almast to properly trigger loyalty on minions without requiring another move Fix Brave Scryer's text to read "Precognition" instead of "Precognitions" Fix Radiant Scion to only give itself a shield on the end of the player who owns it's turn Fix Super Time Skip Anomalies to properly have their Unweaving timer count down visually Fix Super Time Skip Anomaly tooltip text
- Shardbound Patch #56.1 - 20 February 2020
Bug fixes and improvements! Hey all, we're fixing a few issues that you all have found in the new patch. Thank you to everyone who's reported any issues encountered. We're happy to report that this list fixes everything we know of at this time! Join us in discord as that's the best way to report any other issues to us and give feedback! https://discord.gg/fmYKbdK Issues Fixed Petra's Gizmos are correctly 2/1 base stats again. Reworded Wynn's Hero Power to be more straightforward Fixed Force Blast to have supremacy tag and reference that it has to be your hero Fixed Flux to properly apply movement debuff instead of root Fixed Fissure Strike causing an error if a unit that would die from the damage would have gotten stunned Fixed Extinguish the Unworthy checking high ground units and destroying low ground units Fixed Vein Waker throwing an error when it would break a boulder Fixed Dancer…
- Shardbound Patch #56 - It's 2020 edition - 17 February 2020
System Changes There has been a lot of time since the last time we patched. We’ve been working hard with a group of playtesters on the card changes to try to create something that people will find fun. We also attempted to bring some more features to the game including seasonal leaderboards and earnable cardbacks. As a secondary note: due to the nature of the card changes, any card which was removed in this patch has been fully refunded and it’s full crafting currency has been returned to you. Seasonal Leaderboards We’ve gone and set up a new Noble Season for people to go and have something to chase with all of the new changes. With this, we’ve reset ranked down to start off season 1. You can still view your Season 0 stats through your profile, as well as see the Season 0 noble leaderboard in all it’s glory on the leaderboard screens. Based on your previous rank your new rank is as foll…
- Patch Notes #55.5 - 4 July 2019
System Changes Random duel order now actually randomly chooses a player instead of always Player 1 Daily Rewards exist again! Rematches in queueing are enabled for the time being (previously you were prevented from matching with the same person twice in a row) Temporarily disable the Twitch nodes for Give Streamer Deck and Streamer Gives Deck so that the nodes only have challenge queues. You can now play Blame The Deck (randomly generated multicolor decks) through duels! You can now click on the duel toast to bring up the duel menu faster Rebalanced the Blame the Deck algorithm Card Adjustments - Nerfs A large number of neutrals to adjust here. Neutrals have been ubiquitous in top lists due to their flexibility and often best in slot nature over some of the class cards. We hit a lot of the known offenders, but one notable card missing here is Soul Shifter. Soul Shifter is strong, but is…
- Dev Update - 4 July 2019
Hello Rangers! We're excited to share that Shardbound is now benefiting from development from one of our dedicated community members and will be getting updated! The first new patch releases today - patch notes will be posted just after this message! Spiritwalk still does not have a path to get Shardbound to a full release. We are humbled by the community here who continues to play and support the game in spite of this, and hope you enjoy these updates. We invite you to join the discussion and share your feedback on our discord channel: https://discord.gg/shardbound
- Important: Roadblock Update - 24 January 2018
Greetings, Rangers - It has been a long and difficult road since our last post, and we appreciate your continued patience and support. We’re reaching out today to give an update, and it’s likely not the one you were hoping for. We’ve been unable to find the support we need to bring Shardbound to a full commercial launch. As such, we’re now at a point where we need to officially cease active development of the game and find new opportunities to support ourselves and our families. What does this mean for the live service of Shardbound? In the immediate term, the game will continue to be available and the servers will stay online. However, for the longer term, we’re hoping to hear from you. We want to figure out our next steps together. While we won’t be able to devote our days to Shardbound anymore, we want to support this amazing community in whatever ways we can. As always, please join…
- Important: Roadblock Update - 24 January 2018
Greetings, Rangers - It has been a long and difficult road since our last post, and we appreciate your continued patience and support. We’re reaching out today to give an update, and it’s likely not the one you were hoping for. We’ve been unable to find the support we need to bring Shardbound to a full commercial launch. As such, we’re now at a point where we need to officially cease active development of the game and find new opportunities to support ourselves and our families. What does this mean for the live service of Shardbound? In the immediate term, the game will continue to be available and the servers will stay online. However, for the longer term, we’re hoping to hear from you. We want to figure out our next steps together. While we won’t be able to devote our days to Shardbound anymore, we want to support this amazing community in whatever ways we can. As always, please join…
- Patch Notes #54 - 10 October 2017
Map Changes Camera positioning for Lost Highlands has been adjusted to avoid ability buttons being hidden behind the player’s hand. Fixed some lighting that was applying inappropriately in Broken Mesa. The net result is that the lighting should feel less blown out. UI The Duel Menu has been reskinned with the updated UI style. The Bot Game Menu has been reskinned with the updated UI style. Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where 3rd party auth tokens were given a 7 day expiration instead of the intended 30. Fixed an issue where players could quit the tutorial early by pressing the escape key at certain parts of the UI.
- Patch Notes #54 - 10 October 2017
Map Changes Camera positioning for Lost Highlands has been adjusted to avoid ability buttons being hidden behind the player’s hand. Fixed some lighting that was applying inappropriately in Broken Mesa. The net result is that the lighting should feel less blown out. UI The Duel Menu has been reskinned with the updated UI style. The Bot Game Menu has been reskinned with the updated UI style. Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where 3rd party auth tokens were given a 7 day expiration instead of the intended 30. Fixed an issue where players could quit the tutorial early by pressing the escape key at certain parts of the UI.
- Dev Update: Roadblock - 20 September 2017
Hey there, Rangers. We’ve got a rather tough Dev Update to share with all of you today. The development of Shardbound has encountered a roadblock, and we’re trying to look for ways to solve it. A bit of background: when we started making Shardbound in Lauren’s garage, we set out to make a AAA-Quality competitive experience. We knew it would be a challenging road, and outside funding would be absolutely necessary to complete the game. We raised the seed funding we needed to get started, which carried us to the pre-alpha version that we could test with you, our awesome community. When we needed to get a little bit further to soft-launch on Steam, we ran a successful Kickstarter with your incredible support. The last leg of our journey to launch requires us to secure a financing round to polish gameplay, finish the art, and give Shardbound a full commercial launch. And now, we’ve hit that…
