v0.36May 21, 2025

Update 0.36

New features

This update is Hero focused and adds new mechanics for each hero including:
Hero Paths
These are additional reward roads for each Hero, which contain new Hero Skins, Wild Cards, and other rewards. We have split the normal hero unlocks like stats and item unlocks, and the Hero Chests, so the chests go into the free section of the hero path. You must own a hero to access the hero path.
Elite Hero levels
When a hero maxes out their normal levels, they unlock Elite Levels. These have no max level.
Random hero selection
A new ‘?’ icon has been added to the hero selection. This will select from all the heroes you have available and give you a +25% experience bonus for that run.
The party doesn’t end there, and we also include new features beyond that:
11 new player banners
These are unlocked when each hero reaches level 20.
Wild Cards
These are joker cards which you can convert to any card in the same rarity.
Hero Bundles
We’ve changed the hero bundles, so you can put together your own bundle of adding Hero Path and level 10 boost at a discount if you so choose.
Hero experience
We’ve now raised the base hero experience gained by 5 XP per won game, and added XP bonuses to the Free Hero Path and premium hero path.
Rat King is dead! Long live the new Rat Royalty!
Rat infestation! Rataclysm! Ratapocalypse! They’re everywhere!
Rat King has been removed from the game, and approximately 18 new has entered the game. For those of you who had Rat King leveled up, all his cards are converted to Mythic Wild Cards and the coin cost is refunded to you.
A few new cheeses have also affinaged - you see, it’s a gouda update.

Quality of Life

Dorf items have been added to various spawn and event tables
Increased the Mining Relic multipliers 1,5,10 → 1,10, 25
Relics moved to Item Collection
Improved Fight Log
Google Play Games PC users can now use portrait mode from Advanced Settings Popup
Items that have counters on them during combat for , , or will now emit a flying number, when the item counter changes
Bonus Chests are now always Gold chests

Visuals

All items and heroes have gotten a visual makeover. In our ongoing quest to improve the visual expression of the game, we have improved the art for each item and hero. We hope you love the new looks.
Most, if not all, of our UI icons have also been overhauled and are now more consistent, stylized and cleaner.

Fixes

Pet Collar now only grants and per
Baby Core Creeper no longer destroys remaining Lava Rocks while attempting to create a Molten Core Creeper if one or more are removed by other items or recipes.
Fixed that Fire Lord’s Brand did not include the max value as a possibility, e.g. 1-3 would only ever roll 1 or 2. Same for other items that used variations of between one value and another roll.
Fixed excessive merge labels for some incomplete item combinations
Updated tooltips for many items from ‘Resist X ’ → ‘Gain X ’
Parts Satchel now only spawns parts per inside
Sales now work properly in all regions

This update ships with balance changes — see the full 0.36 balance breakdown.

Balance changes

Relics

Arctic Core

Changed pattern

On → hit:

Inflict 1

Every 30 → 20 inflicted by this:

(Added) Gain 20

Level bonus:
On → hit:

10% chance (per level) to inflict 2 → 1

Fire Lord’s Brand (rework)

Changed pattern (5 → 6 )

On hit:

50% chance to inflict 1-2

Level bonus:
Every 2 seconds:

10% chance (per level) to inflict 2-3

Five Leaf Cave Clover

Updated rock conversion outcomes to the same as Forge Hammers. Notably this will no longer convert to Lumps of Coal.

Gladiator’s Emblem

Changed pattern (4 → 5 )

When hit ():

25% chance per to gain 5 → 4
% chance remains the same, and instead the heal increases

Level bonus:
Every 2.8 → 2.5 seconds:

10% chance (per level) to gain 10 → to gain 2 per

Hag’s Hatred (rework)

Changed pattern (6 → 5 )

Start of combat:

Gain +7% faster activations per Skull

Every 4.5 seconds:

Inflict 2
Gain 1 per
Use 6 to steal 1 per on opponent

Level bonus:
Every 4.5 seconds:

10% chance (per level) to gain 2 and inflict 1

Mega Strike Jewel

Start of combat:

gains +20 → 25%

(Removed Critical hit ability)
Level Bonus
Every 3.9 seconds:

(Removed existing)
(Added) % chance for all gains +100% for 3 seconds

Merman’s Delight

Every 4.2 → 6.2 seconds:

gain +10% faster activations

(Added) On shop entered:

40% chance to Go Fishing (Shallow)

Pebbles the Golem Lord

On hit:

Trigger an extra attack for a random → Golem

Pet Trainer’s Whistle (rework)

Start of combat:

Gain 1 per

On hit:

10% chance a random gains an extra attack

Level Bonus:
On critical hit:

10% chance (per level) for a random to gain +1

Plaguebringer’s Pendant

When item gains → 2 or more :

Inflict 1 → 3

(Added) Per 25 gained by items:

Trigger on opponent
Next trigger requires +25

Level bonus:
After 4 seconds → Every 4 seconds:

10% chance (per level) to inflict 2 per item per second for 5 seconds → inflict 1 per item

Sniper’s Monocle

Changed pattern

Start of combat:

→ gains +50% → +10%

On → hit:

25 → 50% chance to inflict 1 → 0 and 2 → 1

(Added) On critical hit:

50% chance to inflict 1

Level bonus:
Every 2 seconds → On critical hit:

10% chance (per level) to gain 1 → to inflict 1

Temporal Stone

Changed pattern (4 → 5 )
Start of combat:

Both players gain 10 → Both players gain 1 every second for 15 seconds

Per on opponent:

→ gains +1% faster attacks

Level bonus:
Every 1 second → Per 3 gained by opponent:

Removed: 10% chance (per level) for both players to gain 2
Added: 10% chance (per level) to gain 8

Velocity Ring

Changed pattern

Every 3 seconds:

→ gains +1% faster attacks

(Removed) On critical hit effect
(Added) On hit:

50% chance for attacking to gain +1% faster attacks

Level bonus:
On hit → Every 3 seconds:

10% chance (per level) for → to gain +1% faster attacks

Fishing

Fishing Harpoon

Cost: 11g → 9g

On hit:

(Remove) 10% chance to inflict 2

Strugglin’ Marlin

On shop entered:

50 → 100% chance for this to escape!
15% less chance to escape per or

Shared

Throwables

Rock, Boulder, Lava Rock, Lava Boulder

Cooldown: 4 → 6 seconds

Berserker Helmet

Level bonus
Health below 20%:

% chance to gain 28 → 48

Boomslang

On hit:

Inflict 1 → 2

When hit ():

40 → 20% chance to trigger a free attack

Cheese

Start of combat → Every 4.2 seconds:

Rats gain +1

Corruptor’s Wisdom (rework)

Cost: 18 → 21

Start of combat:

Inflict 3 and 2 per Cursed Clover

On hit:

Inflict 1 per Cursed Clover
Use 6 to transfer 6 to opponent

On crit:

Deal 1 per on opponent

Death Essence

When item activates:

25 → 20% chance to inflict 1

Every 3.6 → 3.0 seconds:

Use 4 → 2 to inflict 3 → 2

Endurance Potion:

Increase by 1 for 4 → 3 seconds

Flaming Sword

On critical hit → On hit:

Activate

Frost Barrier

Cost: 18 → 15

Frost Emblem

Cost: 10 → 5

Every 3.6 → 3.0 seconds:

Inflict 2 → 1

Level Bonus:
Start of combat:

% chance to inflict 3 → 2

Green Snapper

On hit:

Gain 1 → 2 and 3

Golden Egg

Level bonus
On shop entered:

% chance to gain 1-2 → 1

Golden Clover

Level bonus
On shop entered:

% chance to gain 1-4 → 1-3

Golden Skull

Every 3.5 seconds:

Gain 3 → 1

Holy Essence

When item activates:

25 → 20% chance to cleanse 1

Every 3.6 → 3.0 seconds:

Use 4 → 2 to 2

Infinity Essence

When item activates:

25 → 20% chance to gain 4 and inflict 2

Lava Rock

Cost: 5 → 4
Inflict 1 → 2

Life Essence

When item activates:

25 → 20% chance to gain 1

Every 3.6 → 3.0 seconds:

Use 4 → 2 to gain 1

Magic Essence

When item activates:

25 → 20% chance to gain 1

Every 3.6 → 3.0 seconds:

Use 4 → 2 to gain 3 → 2

Marshmallow

Level bonus
Start of combat → Every 4.1 seconds:

% chance to gain 24 → 12 Max Health

Pet Collar

(Remove) For 9 seconds:

gains +1 per second
Gain 1 per per 3 seconds

(Add) Every 4.2 seconds:

gains +2 and 5% faster attacks

Plague Rat

Rarity: Legendary → Epic
Cost: 12 → 6

Poison Dagger

Cost: 11 → 6

Poison Potion

Rarity: Epic → Rare
Cost: 6 → 3

Potion of Botulinum

Cost: 12 → 9

When opponent heals:

Decrease opponent by 1 for 5 → 3 seconds

Red Widow

Accuracy: 40 → 65%

On hit:

Gain 2 → 1

Level bonus (10/15)
On hit:

10 → 10/20% chance to inflict 2/4 → 2

Skull Cap

Cost: 7 → 5g

Speed Essence

When item activates:

25 → 20% chance to gain 1

Every 3.6 → 3.0 seconds:

Use 4 → 2 to inflict 3 → 2

Spicy Sausage

Level bonus
Start of combat → Every 5 seconds:

% chance to inflict 5 → 2

Succulent Cheese

Cost: 10 → 8

Start of combat → Every 4.1 seconds:

Rats gain +2

Tainted Soulstone

Cost: 17 → 10

Tenacity Potion

Increase by 1 for 5 → 4 seconds

Wrath Potion

Increase by 1 for 7 → 6 seconds

Buzz

Fluttercatcher

Added type:

Celeste

Thunderfork

Stamina cost: 1.4 → 1.2

Electrostatic Scroll

Cost: 6 → 4

Voltaic Shiv

Stamina cost: 1.4 → 1.3

Chain Lightning Codex

Mana cost: 6 → 5

Thunderbolt

Every 4.5 → 4.1 seconds:

Stun an enemy item for 1 second → per item with
items gain 2 → 5
Deal 1-20 → per item with

Level bonus
(Remove) After 12 seconds
(Add) On shop enter:

% chance to get 1 Spark

Rolling Thunder Tablet

Mana cost: 9 → 8

Electric Crown

When hit ():

25% chance to inflict 0.25 → 1.0 per on this

Thunder Rat

Overload (25 → 35 ):

(Remove) Stun 1 enemy item per Rat for 1.5 seconds
(Add) Trigger 1 free attack per Rat

Chana

Frozen Stick

Cost: 4 → 3

Searing Wand

Cost: 5 → 4
On hit:

50% chance to inflict 1 → 0
Use 4 → 3 to inflict 2 → 2-3

Frost Tome

On → hit:

25% chance to inflict 3

Every 4 seconds:

Use 6 → 2 to inflict 5 → 2

Hungry Wand

On hit:

Inflict 1 → 0
Steal 3 → 2 from opponent
Use 5 to inflict 3 → 4

Cinderstaff

On hit:

Steal 3 → 2 from opponent

Conflagration Staff

On hit:

Steal 3 → 2 from opponent

On item activation:

30% chance to use 0 → 1 to inflict 2 → 3

Mana Stew

(Add) Now gains normal haste of 10% per

(Remove) Start of combat:
Every 27 seconds → 5.5 seconds:

Gain 8 → 1 → per
Gain 62 → 8 → per

Dorf

All throwables:

Lumps of Coal
Iron Ore
Crystal Shard
Crystal Cluster
Gold Ore
Adamantite Ore

Cooldown 4 → 6 seconds

All gems:

Amethyst
Emerald
Ruby
Sapphire
Diamond

Remove their baseline Start of combat-effects (only keeping their cooldown effects)
Cost: 6 → 4 (8 → 6 for Diamond)

Reinforced Mining Bag

inside this bag:

Can be thrown +2 → +1 more time

Wax Candle

Every 4 seconds:

Inflict 1 → 50% chance to inflict 1

Relative Safety Goggles

Start of combat:

Gain 3 → 2 and 2 → 1

Every 4.8 seconds:

Gain 1 and 1
Cleanse 3 → 2

Darkvision Faceguard

Start of combat:

Gain 50 , 4 → 3 , 3 → 2

Every 3.6 → 3.8 seconds:

Gain 2 and 2 → 1
Cleanse 5 → 3

Diamond

Every 3.3 seconds:

Inflict 1 → 2

Gold Attuned Shovel

Recipe changed: Shovel + Gold Ore → Shovel + Gold Ore + Lumps of Coal
6-12 → 6-10

On hit:

Gain 1 → 50% chance to gain 1

Level bonus:
(Removed) Per on you:

Gain +1% / +2%

(Added) On hit:

25% / 50% chance to gain 1 or inflict 1

Rusty Forge Hammer

Cooldown: 2.6 → 2.4

Iron Forge Hammer

Cooldown: 2.6 → 2.5

Steel Forge Hammer

On shop entered:

Break a → Break 1 (to reduce confusion)

Adamantite Forge Hammer

Cooldown: 2.6 → 2.7

On hit:

Use 3 to gain 12 → 8

On critical hit:

Inflict 3 → 2

On shop entered:

Break a → Break 1 (to reduce confusion)

Gemstone Forge Hammer

Cooldown: 2.6 → 2.8

On hit:

Inflict 2 → 0
Resist 2 → 0
Use 3 → 5 to:
- Gain 15 → 10
- Gain 2
- Inflict 2

On critical hit:

gains +3 → 2
Inflict 5 → 3

On shop entered:

Break a → Break 1 (to reduce confusion)

Gem-Studded Forgeplate

Every 7.2 seconds:

Gain 1
Use 5 → 3 to gain 1

Iron Chisel

Added type:

On shop entered:

20% chance to Go Mining → added (Surface)

Level bonus:
On hit:

2% chance (per level) to inflict 2 → to remove 1

Mining Pick

2.4 → 2.6
cost: 1.2 → 1.3
10 → 5%

On shop entered:

40% chance to Go Mining → added (Surface)

Steel Pickaxe

8-12 → 7-11
2.5 → 2.7
cost: 1.3 → 1.4
20 → 10%

On hit:

Remove 8 → 6

On shop entered:

60 → 40% chance to Go Mining → added (Underground)

Adamantite Axepick

12-16 → 10-14
2.6 → 2.8
cost: 1.4 → 1.5
30 → 15%

On hit:

Remove 12 → 8

On shop entered:

75 → 60% chance to Go Mining (was Core) → Go Mining (Underground)

Gemforged Warpick

16-20 → 14-18
2.7 → 2.9
cost: 1.4 → 1.6
40 → 20%

On hit:

Remove 16 → 10

On shop entered:

Go Mining → 60% chance to Go Mining → added (Core)

Quartz Sprite

On critical hit:

Use 1 to:
- Remove 2 → 1
- Cleanse 2 → 1

Per on opponent:

Gain 2 → 1% faster attacks

Per on you:

Gain 2 → 1%

Molten Core Creeper

On hit:

Inflict 7 → 6
Inflict 2 → 1 per Lava Rock

Blast Furnace Bellows

Every 4.8 → 5.6 seconds:

Inflict 8 → 6

Caged Songbird

On hit:

Gain 2 → 1

Health below 50%:

Gain 10 → 6

Level bonus:
On hit:

10% chance (per level) to gain 2 → 1

Forgemaster’s Tongs

On Forge Hammer hit:

Removed: Gain 10 per Armor:
20 → 10% chance to trigger a free attack

Added: On Forge Hammer critical hit:

Added: Gain 10 per Armor:

Dark Iron Anvil

On critical hit:

Gain 15 → 10

Baby Core Creeper

When hit ():

20 → 40% chance to:
- Inflict 2 → 1
- (Removed) Trigger an extra attack for a Molten Core Creeper
- (Added) Give Molten Core Creepers +2% faster attacks

On shop entered: