东方光耀夜 ~ Lost Branch of Legend — patch notes and updates
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Dated developer announcements recorded from Steam. Open the source for the complete update.
| Update | Date | Excerpt / source |
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| The Mod Launcher is now available on macOS | 2026-10-13 | It's currently available only on the Beta branch. If no issues are reported, we will push the update to the stable branch in two or three days. |
| v1.8.1 Event Update | 2026-09-13 | 9/13 v1.8.1.11052 Events New universal event added："Prismriver Sisters: Disturbing Nighttime Performances"A New events for Acts 2 & 3 added："Nareko Michigami: The World's Unsolved Mysteries", "Nue Houjuu: Virtual UFO". The event "Nazrin: Lost Treasure" is now exclusive to Act 2. (Previously appeared in Acts 2 & 3) The event "Narumi: Whimsical Worship" is now exclusive to Act 3. (Previously appeared in Acts 2 & 3) New cards & Collaboration With Touhou Witch's Night Market Devour History's single-use trait is now a keyword: Vanish Added a cycle of Vanish cards："Modern Duper", "Yukari's Spiriting Away", "Queen of Midnight", "Butterfly Dream Pill |
| v1.8.0 Mod Launcher & Gamepad Support | 2025-10-03 | 10/3 v1.8.0.10792 Overview To access this beta update, right click the game on the Library and go to Properties->Betas->select "beta" under Beta Participation. This update focuses mainly non-gameplay content such as the Mod Launcher, full gamepad support, and a Unity engine update. Story Mode is mostly complete, and we're currently waiting the implementation of certain character portraits before updating it. We will continue to refine gameplay-related content in subsequent minor updates and optimize features based on community feedback. Mod Launcher & Gamepad Support There have always been many enthusiastic players creating mods for LBoL, the |
| v1.7.2 UI Update | 2025-05-01 | 4/30 v1.7.2.10590 This update is for the Beta Branch only. To access the beta, right click the game on the Library and go to Properties->Betas->Beta version. Gameplay Changes The Removal Price Cap introduced in v1.3.11 has been removed. With the addition of Prepare in v.1.6.1, removals have become more frequent, no longer less so than other deckbuilders. As Dream Catcher's current effect is satisfactory for now, we'll introduce new exhibit with its previous effect of fixing the Removal price if needed. Unleashed Potential and Philosophy of the Despised no longer apply the Exile keyword on their affected cards. Unconscious Amnesia now correctl |
| v1.7.1 字体更新 | 2025-04-09 | v1.7.1 Font Update 4/10 v1.7.1.10410 This update is for the Beta Branch only. To access the beta, right click the game on the Library and go to Properties->Betas->Beta version. Font & Localization Updates We're adjusting font substitutions when changing languages. This may break text strings on select languages, so we're putting this on the Beta Branch alongside a minor update. Other Updates In most scenarios, cards that ask the player to select multiple cards will display the order of resolution for the chosen cards. Mainly useful for cards like Philosophy of the Despised. Cards sent to the discard pile from Scry effects aren't sortable and |
| Koishi Officially Sets Outs for the Incident! | 2025-03-24 | Koishi Officialy Sets Outs for the Incident! The fifth playable character, Koishi Komeiji, is now available in the main branch! Koishi can switch between three different Mental States to her advantage, as well as unleash heart-shaped danmaku of love on her enemies with Follow-Up Attacks! Koishi is unlockable by reaching Unlock Level 8. The final act has been reworked to feature a unique background, cutscene and music. The sixth playable character, Alice, is currently being worked in the background. The other characters were also tweaked, Reimu and Sakuya more so. The game version has been updated from v1.5.1 to v1.7.0 Read the previous change |
| v1.7.0 Final Act Update | 2025-03-23 | 3/24 v1.7.0.10300 Version v1.7.0 has been updated to the Beta branch. We'll wait feedback for a couple of days, fixing any possible issues and releasing it to the main branch as soon as we can. Right-click the game on the Steam Library page → Properties → Beta → Select Beta Branch to get an early taste of this update. A new Stable branch has been added for v1.6.1. General Added theme songs for Act 4, game loss, game victory and Alice's boss battle. The 6th playable character, Alice, is currently being worked on in the background. Implemented animations for the Moon Rabbit Duo. Combat info optimizations： Status effects are highlighted when the |
| v1.6.1 Gameplay Update | 2025-01-22 | 1/22 v1.6.1.10113 General Added a new option after bosses: "Prepare". Allows a non-Basic, non-Misfortune card to be removed. This can be used to remove cards that for example, work well enough in Acts 1 & 2 but falter against the Act 3 Bosses. 5 new achievements have been added. Cards in the Collection can now be sorted by Illustator and Seen/Unseen status, and filters can be adjusted by Ascending or Descending order. When sorting cards based on Seen status, added a tooltip stating that seeing a card in-game is enough for it to count as seen, regardless if it's selected or purchased. This is only a reminder, not a change to an existing mechha |
| v1.6.0 Koishi Sets Out For The Incident! | 2024-11-15 | v1.6.0 Koishi Sets Out For The Incident! 11/15 v1.6.0.9971 The 5th Playable Character: Koishi Komeiji Koishi Komeiji has gone out to resolve the incident! She can switch between three different Mental States, each with a distinct advantage, as well as attack her enemies with Follow-Up Attacks. She's available on Unlock Level 8. Right click the game on the Library and go to Properties->Betas->Beta version to try Koishi out early. As she's currently on the the Beta Branch, her attacks and design are subject to change. In the meantime, we will continue to optimize her perfomance. The game has been updated to ver. 1.6.0.9971 . Changes in the last |
| v1.5.1 Gameplay Update | 2024-07-17 | 7/17 v1.5.1 Gameplay Update General Added theme songs for the Act 2 Elites. Implemented animations for Fox Youkai and Poisonous Dolls. Exhibits New Shining Exhibit added: Rainbow Lotus Roukanken is now a Rare Shop Exhibit, no longer provides mana at the first turn of combat. Philosopher's Stone Reworked: now keeps Philospher's Mana between turns. The previous effect was moved to the Donation Box. Spare Throwing Knives Reworked: Now adds a non-Upgraded Throwing Knife to the draw pile at the start of combat and after a shuffle. Cards New Keyword added: Overflow. Provides mana the first time this card is drawn each turn. Final Spark now has Over |
| v.1.5.0 Main Branch Update | 2024-06-20 | With the new updates to card art, v.1.5.0 has been moved to the main branch. For more details on the update itself, click here to view the full patch notes. A minor gameplay update patch, v.1.5.1, will be released in the next few days. Afterwards, we will release the fifth playable character, Koishi Komeiji. We hope she will be released in the main branch before the Early Access Anniversary on August 18th. |
| v1.5.0 Hybrid Costs, Cirno Rework, New Cards | 2024-05-20 | 5/21 v1.5.0 Hybrid Costs, Cirno Rework, New Cards General Added theme songs for the Act 1 Elites. Themes for the later act Elites will be added in future updates. Implemented animations for Crow Tengus. Fully completed animations for Hata no Kokoro, masks will now rotated around her. Upgraded to Spine ver.4.2 and updated character animations. New Card Art: Evil-Sealing Circle, Binding Border, Hakurei's Evilest Orbs, Three Gods of Sumiyoshi, Time Magic, Apotheosis, Necromancy, Eviction Order. Updated Card Art: Gift of Nature, Mana Freeze, Frog. Hybrid Mana Costs Lost Branch of Legend has always had a problem with the context of two-colored car |
| v1.4.2 Regular Update | 2024-03-29 | General Added cut-ins for Hata no Kokoro, Junko, and Sanae Kochiya. Implemented animations for Clownpiece, Keystones and Bats. Added a 3D rotation effect to hovering cards. Fixed issues with certain graphical effects producing black squares. Cards New Card Art: "Disintegrating Winds","Lunatic Dream","Orrery's Sun","Short Break","Hourai's Sea of Trees","Dubious Tea Party","Lunacy","Letty, Winter Embodied","Three Gods of Sumiyoshi". Finished Card Art: "Clock Corpse","Meiling, Neglectful Gatekeeper","Star, Showering Starlight" ,"Lunar Rabbit Incense". New Alternate Card Art: "The Falling Moon-Rabbit","The Reclusive Sage","True Full Moon","The Im |
| 1/8 v1.4.1 Colorless Update | 2024-01-08 | General Implemented animations for Doremy Sweet. Implemented graphical effects for Remilia's Scarlet Fate. New Content Added a new Colorless Shining Exhibit : "Old Lunar Sake" Added new Colorless Neutral cards :"Sea of Tranquility","Disintegrating Winds". More Colorless cards are to be added in future updates. Added a new Off-Color Reimu Card:"Receive Guidance". Added a new Off-Color Sakuya Card:"Meiling, Neglectful Gatekeeper". Added new Neutral Cards ："Early Bird"(White/Green),"Last Stand Formation"(Blue/Black),"Fantastical Storm"(Red/Green). Fixes & Adjustments True Full Moon & Event Horizon's instant loss effects are now Debuffs instead o |
| 12/2 v1.4.0 Enemy Major Update: Intro | 2023-12-02 | General Turbo Mode animation speed increased from x1.6 to x2, and there's now an on screen indicator for Turbo Mode being on. Added support for Portuguese language New cards added: "Wall of Bhaavaagra"、"Patchouli, Elemental Alchemist". Finished card art for "Eternal and Instantaneous". Card Visuals and Quality of Life Cards being moved or added to the hand will now appear 3D. Optimized the resolution of cards in combat to make them appear more natural. All card piles can now be viewed in actual order (excluding the draw pile normally). Also added the option to be able to see the numerical order of cards in a given pile, and the top and bottom |
| v1.3.18 Extra Turn Update | 2023-11-07 | 11/7 v1.3.18 Extra Turn Update General New event added："Kosuzu Motoori: Rental Bookstore Suzunaan"。 Added 4 new exhibits related to the event. New card art: "Bewitched Silver Knife" Great Tengu's Decree damage increased by 1 Frantic Falling Leaves Graze increased:1→2，Temporary Firepower decreased:2/3→1/2。 Gensokyo, Past and Present is now Uncommon. Adjusted in-game texts. Adjusted achievement unlock requirements Extra Turn Card Rework New Three-Colored Neutral Card："Century's Doppelgangers" This card "inserts" an immediate extra turn when played. Yutopia designed this card well, but it caused problems with extra turn cards with other effects. |
| v1.3.17 Spell Card Update | 2023-10-27 | 10/27 v1.3.17 Spell Card Update General New Card Art: "Navigation Star" , "Dazzling Dash" Improved the mechanism for cards that change cost under certain condition, this allows for Fleeting Fantasy's effect to affect Attack cards with this kind of effect. Shikigami Protection cost reduced: 1WU→1WU/WU, choose 3/5→4/5 random uncommon cards. Difficulty Adjustments Removed Request: Old Battery Returned Request "Bitter Medicine" to two separate Requests: "Bitter Medicine" and "Last Stand" Adjusted the order of Requests. Character Spell Card Adjustment Sakuya's Spell card, Illusion World "The World" no longer ends the Player's turn immediately and |
| v1.3.16 Minor Update | 2023-10-18 | 10/18 v1.3.16 Minor Update Added a new event:"Toyosatomimi no Miko: Make Spell Cards Great Again". The Spell Card button and its effects have been redesigned to go along the event. Fixed issues with some achievements' unlock conditions. Dark Dancer cost reduced: 2BG→BG。 Updated card art. Updated the text on some cards. |
| v1.3.15 Achievement Updat | 2023-09-25 | 9/25 v1.3.15 Achievement Update Achievements are now avilable! Achievements are tied to save files, of which you can have 3 at a time. Meaning it's possible to start a new save file and unlock the achievements all over again from that file. Unlocking an achievement in-game will also unlock it in your Steam profile. About achievements on existing save files： Upon starting the game or selecting a file, achievements tied to beating the game with a certain character will be automatically unlocked if the conditions were fulfilled. Other achievements will have to be unlocked manually, as it's impossible to check the specifics of those retroactively |
| v1.3.14 Shining Exhibits Update | 2023-08-29 | 8/29 v1.3.14 Shining Exhibits Update New Card Art: "My Knife's Recursions" New Card Art: "Sharp Knife Express" Added support for Traditional Chinese. New option for Act 1 boss selection: Can have the boss selected randomly, gaining 30 Power as a result. Hakurei Purification Rod now provides 1 Barrier at the start of combat. Fairy's Green Branch now adds a Midsummer Flowers to the hand whenever a Teammate is summoned by being played. Midsummer Flowers now has Ethereal by default, damage growth reduced: 4/6→3/4。 Beauties of Nature's upgrade now reduces its cost to 1G instead of producing a Midsummer Flowers, removed mention of said cards gainin |
| v1.3.13 Minor Update | 2023-08-20 | 8/20 v1.3.13 Minor Update Implemented animations for Youmu Konpaku. Tree-Ocean of Hourai damage decreased: 9/10→8/9. Lunatic Dream damage increased: 5/7→6/9. Broken Timeline no longer affects mana given on the next turn via card effects, e.g. from Summer Ice. Letty, Winter Embodied, while under the effects of Mental Energy Injection, can apply Cold multiple times even with only 1 Unity remaining. Some cards now have details explained on the box on the upper right, right above the keywords. This is to prevent card text from becoming too lengthy, and to explain details that couldn't be included otherwise. Examples： Shikigami Protection cannot p |
| Early Access 1st Anniversary | 2023-08-17 | Early Access 1st Anniversary Announcement It's been one year since Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend first launched in early access. We are thankful for your love towards the game and feedback from the EA experience! Until now, I've been using Steam announcements for announcing updates and changes to the game. For the Anniversarry, I'd like to explain future plans for LBoL from a a more holistic perspective. Playable Characters Koishi Komeiji and Alice Margatroid are confirmed to be in production! Koishi can switch between three different Mental States, with cards having different effects depending on her current state. Mental State preferences w |
| v1.3.12 Minor Update | 2023-08-05 | 8/6 v1.3.12 Minor Update New Card Art: "Deflation World" Yin-Yang Confluence now provides 4 Barrier for each card Exiled by its effect to its resulting Yin-Yang Orb on upgrade instead of increasing the damage per Exile from 4 to 8. Craft Potion now gains "Debut: Draw one more card" on upgrade. Flammable Laser's Overdrive and upgrade effect now deals 12 damage twice and applies 1 Vulnerable (previously dealt 18 damage once) Product of Failure now adds 2 Shadows to the hand on upgrade. Sin of the Black Horse's life loss reduced to 1 on the base version. Added new black/green neutral cards： "Dubious Tea Party", "Bucket Apparition" Luminescent Ni |
| Regular Update: New Request and Card Rebalance | 2023-08-01 | Card Rebalance Made the cards in the starter decks more personalized (e.g. Youkai Buster now applies 1 Weak) Buffed some less used cards Exhibit Availability Some exhibits would be useless for the current library (e.g. Lunatic Gun without cards that discard from the hand). As of this patch, they should only appear if there's a card in the library that can activate their effects. Some exhibits are not as useful when acquired later in the run, making them wasted drops. As of this patch, such exhibits will stop appearing past a certain point (e.g Treasure Ship Model will stop appearing after Act 3, Level 5) New Requests This Request revamp is ai |
| v1.3.11 Small Update | 2023-07-30 | 7/31 v1.3.11 Minor Update Huge Spoon will no longer appear starting from Act 3, Level 10. Dream Catcher reworked: now removes a card, gives 10 life and 30 Power The shop's Card Removal Service has been revamped into a Card Upgrade/Removal Service. Only one of either Upgrade or Removal may be used in a given shop. Upgrading cards at shops has a fixed cost of 50 Gold. Removing cards at shops has an initial cost of 50 Gold and each use increases the cost in subsequent shops by 25, up to a maximum of 100. 8/1 The implentation of shop price ranges had a problem in which items would cost more than expected. This has been fixed. The original price r |
| v1.3.10 New Puzzles | 2023-07-27 | 7/28 v1.3.10 New Requests Update Requests This Request revamp is aimed primarly towards experienced players who don't find the base game challenging enough. If you're just getting started with Lost Branch of Legend, there's no need to concern yourself with these. Apart from "Eviction Order", the original 7 Requests were merged, leaving 4 older Requests. New Requests： 5:、Old Battery. The maximum Spell Card capacity is reduced by 1. 6:、Training At A Price. Upgrading non-Basic cards at Gaps costs 25 gold. 7: Night Fatigue.、At the start of combat, add a "Long Night" card to the hand. These "Long Night" cards increase the cost of cards in the hand |
| v1.3.9 Gameplay Update | 2023-07-27 | 7/27 v1.3.9 Gameplay Update Will be pushed to the main branch once localization is finished. Cards This update aims to make the starter decks more personalized, as well as buff some less used cards. This will result in the game becoming easier, so enemies will be added and revamped in later updates, increasing the gap between the three difficulties. Mostly to make the Hard and Lunatic diffulties harder, while keeping the Hard difficulty around the same level. New Card Art: "Great Duplex Barrier" "Exorcising Border"(WIP) Youkai Buster damage per hit reduced:8→7 now applies 1 Weak Duplex Barrier upgrade now costs W instead of always doing damag |
| Localization Update: Now supports Japanese, French, Spanish and Korean | 2023-07-18 | Thanks to the support of many community fans, we've now support more languages in recent updates, and after months of community testing, it's now ready for public community. How to switch language If you've started your game in Chinese, you can change the language by following the steps below (Click to join) Credits Japanese Draco Gideon Night namikaze mixyoro kimiki 淡島 Michiko Domoto 穰静叶 KutaValley French Christophe VINCENT Spanish asutnima Kosuka Ignacio Mardones Korean ibisa 신재원 JW. G. Paijes scarf |
| v1.3.8 Game Update | 2023-07-12 | July 12 v1.3.8 Game Update Reimu B Spell, Divine Arts "Omnidirectional Oni Binding Circle" now adds a Yin-Yang Orb on use. Yin-Yang Orbs are accurate. Orb of Duality Damage increased: 11→12 Secret Border has been reworked into an new card, its old function was moved to a new card called Excorcising Border. Balanced Orbs now reduces the cost of Yin-Yang Orbs by 1 if you have Barrier. Upgrade now adds 3 orbs instead of removing Exile. Yin-Yang Rune and Birth of Yin-Yang add a Yin-Yang Orb on use. Instant Dimensional Rift and Birth of Yin-Yang swapped costs. Misumaru, Skilled Crafter is now a Reimu card, base unity increased: 3→4 Orb of Water an |
| Cirno has officially joined the investigation of the incident | 2023-07-06 | Cirno has officially joined the investigation of the incident After a period of Beta testing, Cirno is ready to play in the main branch. Over 70 new cards have been added to the game. Cirno uses icy projectiles and fairy friends to battle her enemies. She will be unlocked when the Player reaches Investigation Level 6. Update Summary New card type: Teammate. See v1.3.3 for details. Updated game record data See v1.3.4 for details. New enemy group: Moon Rabbits They'll show up at the end of the third act. New Reimu boss fight music: 灵封之阵 New Marisa boss fight music: 魔导之阵 Sakuya animation update 2 new Jadebox Other changelogs for reference Game u |