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Slay the Spire 2 Rolls Month of Beta Changes Into First Major Update

The studio leans on a beta-first process that ships big balance changes without fixed timelines.

Overview

  • Major Update 1, which hit the main Steam branch on Friday, rolls about a month of beta patches into version 0.103 with a broad rebalance.
  • Classes like Ironclad, Silent, Regent, and Necrobinder get reworked cards, Doormaker is redesigned in Act 3, and infinite-turn combos are harder to build.
  • Progression and economy shift as Ascension 6 becomes Inflation, shop relics drop by 25 gold, and gold-generating relics stop appearing for sale.
  • Players see five new Neow relics, end-of-run Badges, a phobia mode for visual sensitivities, fresh art and VFX, and friends-only leaderboards with simpler scoring.
  • Following Saturday’s Neowsletter, the team posted a date-free roadmap listing Steam Workshop support, a Bestiary, experimental modes, and a new character, and it directs players to the beta branch and the in-game F2 feedback tool.