Slay the Spire 2 The Fool playable character beta patch, Digi Mart USA News: Mega Crit has released Slay the Spire 2 beta patch v0.113.0, which adds The Fool as the game’s sixth playable character. The patch reached Steam’s beta branch on November 12 and is the first character added since early access began on March 5.
The patch notes describe The Fool only as “a silly musician who wields a bow” and leave the rest for players to discover. The character starts with 77 HP and one unique card, Foolish Shot, which costs 1 energy and shoots an arrow for 15 damage.
Its starter relic, The Song Bow, grants 6 aims at the start of each combat.
A fired arrow leaves the enemy impaled, and cards that depend on the arrow stay locked until the player hits that enemy three times or kills it. The card pool also includes Wah, Ki, and Cho Melody cards, Sadness and Joy cards, and the rare power Mythic Form, which adds a random Tarot card to the hand each turn.
Mega Crit expects many content and balance changes before The Fool reaches the main branch.
The patch also names two experimental modes the studio had kept under wraps. Blitz is a condensed, deck-building-focused mode that removes the map, makes Gold irrelevant, and changes what the Merchant offers.
It has five Ascension levels shared across all characters and unlocks after completing an Ascension run on any difficulty.
Dread requires Ascension 10 on every character, including The Fool. It enables every Ascension modifier, strengthens bosses so they buff all enemies in their Act, and adds Curses as the climb continues.
Five events join the pool: Waterfall of Obvious Secrets and Wuppy in Trouble in the Underdocks, Museum of Torture in Act 2, and Shrine of the Warlord and Thermae Nonupeipe in Act 3. Rest sites can now appear one floor earlier in every Act, and the patch adds a Byrdpip evolution and a Colorless card called My Shinies.
Balance changes affect several cards. Ironclad’s Expect a Fight now grants 15 block (20 upgraded) and makes attacks in hand cost 1 less energy until played.
Silent’s Expertise retains the whole hand for the turn, and Memento Mori becomes a 3-cost Sly attack dealing 19 damage (23 upgraded) to the lowest-HP enemy. Salvo, Phantom Blades, and Charge!!
have been nerfed.
The patch is limited to the public-beta branch. Mega Crit says the main branch will soon be updated to v0.111.0 first.
