Banners of Ruin — patch notes and updates
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| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| Banners of Ruin at the Turn Based Carnival! | 2023-11-14 | Hello everyone, Exciting news! We're part of the Turn-Based Carnival happening from November 14 to 21, where you can enjoy a whole week of turn-based strategy games. Don't miss out on the chance to grab Banners of Ruin at a whopping 75% off! Plus, there are exclusive deals on several other Goblinz games throughout the week. Join us for the Turn-Based Carnival! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1075740/Banners_of_Ruin/ |
| 1.4.64 - Patch | 2023-09-27 | - Improved Iris' Street generation, fixing issue with Morgrym spawn rate, and improving Spirit scenario distribution. - Iris now starts with CruelDagger, which is a small variation on Dagger. - Fix for some Isis status effects displaying a blank icon. - Fix for Stasis not removing all Will on use. - Fix for Flashback not correctly spawning Wraiths. Improved visuals to make this card's effect more obvious before it immediately banishes. - Fix for Quarterstaff and other cards that could move targets to empty positions causing a soft lock on the Beta branch - Fix for Cleaver and Throwing Axe sprites being assigned to the wrong Asset Bundle. - Fi |
| [1.4.55] Patch | 2023-09-04 | - Fix for Throwing Axe appearing as a blank sprite in combat. - Fix for Patient and other passives causing a soft-lock in Fenra combat. |
| [1.4.54] Hotfix | 2023-09-03 | - Fix for Corruption being unplayable. - Fix for Fish increasing remaining uses. |
| [1.4.53] - Patch | 2023-09-02 | - Modified Iris' starter deck to swap one more Strike for a ShadowStab, and all Guards for SpectralBarrier. - Fix for Hero's Destiny not always respecting Iris' death. - Fix for GetTargetsOnRank not clearing existing collection before gathering targets. - Fix for Protection modifier causing a soft lock on some occasions, depending on RNG, with certain enemies. |
| Iris, The Haunted One - DLC Out Now! | 2023-09-01 | Infiltrate the city of Dawn's Point with an exciting new character - Iris, The Haunted One! Iris possesses the ability to summon spirits from beyond her mortal plane. These spirits can block attacks from opponents, or possess her and your fellow party members to augment their abilities. Alongside her unique Talent and Passive pool, this adds a wildly new flavour of gameplay to Banners of Ruin! This DLC includes several new scenarios, where you'll be acquiring new spirits, facing new opponents, and wrestling with many decisions over the course of your campaign. There are six spirits for Iris to acquire throughout the game, accessible from her |
| Iris, The Haunted One - DLC Coming Soon! | 2023-07-26 | Infiltrate the city of Dawn's Point with an exciting new character - Iris, The Haunted One! Iris possesses the ability to summon spirits from beyond her mortal plane. These spirits can block attacks from opponents, or possess her and your fellow party members to augment their abilities. Alongside her unique Talent and Passive pool, this adds a wildly new flavour of gameplay to Banners of Ruin! This DLC includes several new scenarios, where you'll be acquiring new spirits, facing new opponents, and wrestling with many decisions over the course of your campaign. There are six spirits for Iris to acquire throughout the game, accessible from her |
| [1.3.43] Patch | 2022-12-14 | Fix for Foresight not working for the optional third recruit when playing with Moonstone. Fix for Soloist displaying unparsed value. Fix for Soloist card counting Fix for CallAndResponse not correctly recalling cards. Changed to allow reshuffling Talents that banish themselves. |
| [1.3.41] Patch | 2022-12-13 | Fix for missing Companionship tooltip Fix for Capricious not dividing damage correctly Fix for missing CallAndResponse icon Fix for level up notifications for DLC characters not displaying their hero name. Capricious no longer counts Wraiths as an Aura Fix for Illusionists Skill replacement choice Fix for incorrect Salvation fix! |
| [1.3.40] - Patch | 2022-12-07 | Fix for LoneWolf not being excluded from Moonstone's passive pool. Fix for Harmony talent disallowing target selection. Fix for missing StrongMorale icon. Fix for large Salvation card. |
| The Bard, Moonstone - DLC Out Now! | 2022-12-06 | Banners of Ruin - Moonstone is out! What's included in the DLC? A new unique Hero Character! 13 Talents & 8 Passives for Moonstone! 6 New Cards! (Skills + Weapons) 6 New Enemies, with challenging new mechanics! 7 New Scenarios! Enjoy limited-time discounts on the base game, DLCs and bundles: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2191860/Banners_of_Ruin__Moonstone https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/27347/Banners_of_Ruin__Deluxe/ https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/27348/Banners_of_Ruin__Collection/ Have fun! 🐰 |
| The Bard, Moonstone - DLC Coming Soon! | 2022-11-25 | Infiltrate the city of Dawn's Point with an exciting new character - The Bard, Moonstone! This unique hero has a set of tailored abilities; from Talents only she can access, to specialised equipment. Battle through the streets, encountering many new scenarios and enemies, including a new named mini boss! Moonstone must be chosen as your starter character, but unique to her playstyle, you will have the option to immediately start your campaign with up to two more party members. In combination with her Lute, Moonstone's unique hero ability allows her to apply temporary passives to all of her allies! New passives are made available every time Mo |
| [1.2.42] Patch | 2022-08-05 | - Pickaxe now gains you 5 Defence if the target had any Defence to begin with. - The "Weapons" scenario that could appear outside the City Walls now doesn't spawn for The Powdermaster, since it's redundant at that time. - Fix for the Sticks and Stones challenge granting a variation of the base starter deck, rather than the Powdermaster's. - Fix for icon typo in Blast Forger's description in German. - Fix for many small typos in French. - Removed Sparring Sword and Crude Hatchet from being visible in the compendium (they are tutorial-only weapons). - Fix for Powdermaster unlocks starting at Tier 1 (you may now be effectively 1 Tier behind wher |
| The Powdermaster DLC is available now! | 2022-07-29 | Infiltrate the city of Dawn's Point with an exciting new character - The Powdermaster! This unique hero has a set of tailored abilities; from Talents only he can access, to specialised equipment and upgrades! Upgrade his armour and weapons as you battle through the streets, encountering new scenarios and enemies! Some of these will only appear when playing with the Powdermaster, whereas others are added as global content, for any future playthroughs. The Powdermaster has a unique hero ability; mixing powder cards. When you have powder cards in your hand (Red, Pink, Yellow or Black), you can discard them to gain stacks of 'Boom' - a new status |
| The Powdermaster - DLC Coming Soon! | 2022-06-07 | Infiltrate the city of Dawn's Point with an exciting new character - The Powdermaster! This unique hero has a set of tailored abilities; from Talents only he can access, to specialised equipment and upgrades. Upgrade his armour and weapons as you battle through the streets, encountering new scenarios and enemies. Some of these will only appear when playing with the Powdermaster, whereas others are added as global content, for any future playthroughs. This character has a unique hero ability; mixing powder cards. When you have powder cards in your hand (Red, Pink, Yellow or Black), you can discard them to gain stacks of 'Boom' - a new status e |
| [1.1.19] - Patch | 2021-12-09 | - Endris no longer spawns a Hidden Strike for a random party member if his attack was evaded, or blocked by a barricade. Now the entire intent is evaded, and no card is spawned. - Quarterstaff now deals 8 damage. - Oaths and Modifiers that affect damage-output are now run before character statuses and passives. This also fixes the Juggernaut passive being run after the Heathens Oath, blocking damage from ruin cards that should have exceeded its damage threshold. - Charge now applies to Shrapnel's first hit, including it as part of the multi-attack. - Fix for being unable to select lower option buttons with a controller in Scenarios under cert |
| Steam Awards Nomination | 2021-11-26 | Hey everyone, The Steam Awards are back, and it would mean the world to us if you could nominate Banners of Ruin! If you liked the game and its various free updates, and if the challenge was up to your expectations, please consider nominating it in the Best Game You Suck At category! Of course, you can also nominate Banners of Ruin in another category if you feel like it. :) Thank you very much for your support! ❤ |
| [1.1.16] - Patch & Portuguese Brazilian Update | 2021-11-18 | - Updated translation for Portuguese Brazilian, featuring all the new content in the Hunters Update. - Fixed some inconsistencies with how Weapon Damage was used on some Weapon Cards, which meant, in part, a Wolf using their Racial Ability to play other characters' weapons could deal their own Weapon Damage instead. - Fix for an exploit in the Arena scenario, where restarting the game during the second fight would consider it won after reloading. - Fix for Besiege not working correctly for single movements (not swapping), where if the position was free, it would move the player character to the default combat position (enemy side). - Fix for |
| [1.1.15] - Hotfix | 2021-11-17 | - Fix for The League scenario offering Shields as Primary Weapon Cards, leading to a skinning issue that soft-locked combat during the opponent's turn. - Fix for missing mipmaps on new Weapon Card icons. |
| Hunters Patch [1.1.14] | 2021-11-15 | - Red Powder was meant to now be excluded from being offered after combat, however Pink Powder was erroneously changed instead. This is now fixed. - Fix for new weapons not responding to Upgrade Tokens (as well as RoundShield and HeavyShield). - Fix for Stand or Perish scenario displaying white artwork after entering the scenario. - Fix for Sparring Partner scenario showing -400fl for the top option, but only requiring and charging 350fl - Fix for Fenra failing to find targets on the first turn - Fix for Shieldmaiden ruin-cards option |
| Banners of Ruin - Hunters | 2021-11-14 | The good news: We've been busy working on loads of new content! The bad news: You're being hunted. This update introduces several new features, including epic new Challenges and dozens of new scenarios and cards - read below for more! The Hunters! Introducing, The Hunters Castor, Scourge and Fenra. These bounty hunters are looking to pick up a high price for you Blackfoot infiltrators! After you beat the Warden, one of these three new mini-boss enemies will now spawn in the second street. They each offer a unique weapon card matching their skillsets, but can output some high damage if given the chance. 8 new scenarios! These will start poppin |
| [1.0.18] First Patch - Informant updates! | 2021-08-05 | - Patch Firstly, thanks to everyone for playing! The response has been quite overwhelming, and brought a welcome burst of enthusiasm to the playerbase. We've been listening to all your feedback since our launch into full release, and this patch aims to address much of that. Informant Escape Scenario One thing that became clear was that our intent for the design of the new Informant Escape scenario was not being well communicated, causing some frustration among players. This, along with many fixes, is the focus of this update. The Escape scenario was meant to test your card draw, however it became clear that the fight was insufficiently diffic |
| Banners of Ruin - Full Release! | 2021-07-29 | We're in the end game now! On the 30th of July last year, we launched into Early Access - we're super excited to launch into our full release just a day shy of one year later! Banners of Ruin has changed a lot since its initial launch, and we'd like to thank all of our players - and most especially our Beta Testers + Supporters - for their feedback and encouragement. It wouldn't be the same game without you! Here's the highlights of everything that's been added since the Early Access release: A whole new progression system for unlocking new characters and cards. Each race now has its own unique ability that fundamentally changes gameplay. An |
| Big announcements for Goblinz 5th Anniversary! | 2021-03-18 | Hello everyone, Today is a special day for Goblinz, as the studio is already celebrating its 5th anniversary! For the past 5 years, we have been developing and publishing games we believe in. It's been quite an adventure, but this is just the beginning! For the occasion, we have surprises for you including new games announcement and big sales on all our games! New published games: Diluvian Winds & Defend the Rook We are so excited to announce the addition of Diluvian Winds and Defend the Rook in the Goblinz catalogue! Diluvian Winds is a sail punk city builder developed by Alambik Studio. In a context of exile due to the rising waters, surviv |
| [0.37.9] Archetypes Update Hotfix | 2021-03-18 | - Updated PassingTheTorch's description to reflect that it will only work if you have any stacks of charge. - Fix for scenarios that re-roll talents (e.g. Sage, Vagrant) causing a soft lock. - Fix for erroneous interaction between Gambler and Overwatch, where the owner of Overwatch would take damage after Gambler was used to draw cards. - Fix for tutorial prompt implying that their next target after using Strike would be killed, when they would be left with 1 Vitality. - Fix for the tutorial allowing the player to end their turn when asking them to switch characters. - Fix for Mouse Race ability not working correctly with cards like Reckless |
| Archetypes Milestone Update | 2021-03-17 | Hello everyone! We've been extremely busy working on an update that addresses loads of your feedback, makes some landmark improvements we've been planning for a long time, and adds tons of new features! The Archetypes Milestone Update! Race Abilities This one's been in the making for a long time, and addresses a point of feedback we've been eager to develop since our initial launch; making each race distinct. Each race now has a special ability completely unique to its class, ranging from spawning cards, to placing traps, to building barricades. These cost a point of Will to use, and you can check them all out from: The New Unlock Screen! The |
| Snowtopia Early Access is out now! ❄️ | 2021-01-26 | Hi everyone, Goblinz Studio is releasing a new game with developer TeaForTwo. https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33025551/48edf8156d3991ac6ab5ecc7957b1243fb295c33.png Snowtopia is a ski resort tycoon in which you build your ideal ski resort. Keep skiers smiling with fresh pistes and fine facilities. Ski, build and chill in the wintry world of Snowtopia where everyone is welcome! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvNzqfBlyAY&feature=youtu.be&ab_channel=GoblinzStudio For two years now, the Snowtopia community has been accompanying us on Discord as well as on different social networks. Thank you for all your |
| Christmas wishes from Goblinz Team! | 2020-12-24 | https://cdn.cloudflare.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/33025551/65cca94b2fc12f4487c857778d59387cc9986360.jpg We wish you very Happy Holidays, wherever you are. And we hope that 2021 will be better than 2020! The Christmas Season has begun with a lot of sales 🎄🎁 Christmas Update and 25% off 🎅 With exclusive 2 new monsters! https://store.steampowered.com/app/978520/Legend_of_Keepers_Career_of_a_Dungeon_Master/ A lot of games in sale from Goblinz https://store.steampowered.com/app/1119700/As_Far_As_The_Eye/?snr=1_1056_4_franchise_1057&curator_clanid=33025551 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1075740/Banners_of_Ruin/?snr=1_ |
| Scenario Milestone Update | 2020-12-18 | Hello everyone! We've been working hard over the last few weeks on lots of new content! We've continued to listen to your feedback, and this update adds some much-requested features! The Scenarios Milestone Update! 15 new scenarios! We've had a lot of fun writing many, many new scenarios! These offer lots of new features, but the main highlight is you can now hire characters outside of the tavern. Several of the new scenarios, such as Convict, will let you enlist new characters! The Hire screen has also had a major facelift, check it out! 3 new enemies! Introducing the Patterford Goldknot, the Ender Guardian and the Smuggling Gang (which has |
| 🔴 Banners of Ruin Live Stream - Tabletop Fest | 2020-10-23 | Hey everyone! Steam Digital Tabletop Fest is here and for the occasion, we'll be live streaming Banners of Ruin on October 23rd! Features: Build your deck by looting, buying and unlocking a myriad of cards. Beavers and Bears? Or Wolves and Weasels? Build a party of up to 6 throughout your run to battle your foes. 6 Races to explore with unique racial card pools and passives to choose from. Ding! Level up your characters to unlock talent cards and powerful passives that can drastically impact your strategy. Loot! Collect weapons and armour to bolster your ranks with interesting effects and abilities. Which way? Navigate the streets in a dynami |