v2.0November 13, 2025

Update 2.0

Season 2: Merry Heistmas

Duration: 52 days + 8 days off-season
Launch Date: November 15th
Theme: The Hob Gang is pulling off the ultimate holiday heist! The holidays are the perfect time for a heist, and the Hob Gang knows it. This perfectly normal human (who is definitely of sufficient height and allowed on this ride, thank you very much!) is bringing chaos and cunning to Backpack Brawl. Get ready for a festive season packed with new mechanics, rewards, and ways to climb the ranks.

New features

New Hero: The Hob Gang

Hob, Rob, and Nob disguise themselves as various characters and perform exciting heists on other heroes.
Hob Gang is initially available exclusively in the Gold Pass, and will be available through the Subscriber Weekly Rotation in week 2, and Free Rotation in week 3. In week 4 they become available for general purchase for gems and normal in app purchases.

Advent Calendar

December 1st-24th has a daily log in bonus to claim to celebrate the holidays
The current day is free to open, but if you miss a day, you can open it by watching an ad
The advent calendar can be opened from the 28th of November through December, and contains the next gen of our BellTech™

Season Boons return

Permanently upgradable passive abilities for the season
10 brand new boons this season
A total of 20 Boons to discover and upgrade
This season we’re spreading the boon upgrade points out a bit better, so find them in the various season mechanics.

Rank adjustments

Ranks are now split between 2 leagues
- Progression league * Bronze → Diamond
- Competitive league * Heroic → Mythic
Everyone in Competitive leagues will now be reset to Heroic at the start of a season

Smarter Ranking

We’ve revamped the underlying ranking system to be more fair and rewarding. The new system takes into account the skill level of your opponents when calculating rank point gains and losses.
Improved opponent matching when offline short term (we do recommend you stay online where possible)

Victory Bonus (Win Streak)

Repeated 15 Win runs will now add a multiplier to your rank gains and help you propel up in ranks.
Win streaks are per hero, so you can have multiple win streaks going, and losing one doesn’t mean losing them all.

Seasonal Leaderboard

Compete against top players, see how high you can get!
Shows your current highest ranked hero
Your highest hero rank counts on the leaderboard
Not a high-score list - you can fall back down, if you lose ranking.

Store changes

You can now buy Hero Chests
Annual membership option with a discount compared to monthly and weekly
Smart Roll: Emerald, Ruby, and Diamond chests now smart rolls items you have not maxed out
Limited Offers added to the store. These are in-app purchases that are good deals, but not available at all times.

Hero Stores added

Found inside the hero details
New Special Skins available for purchase for Tink, Dorf, and Hob Gang. These can also be bought directly from the skin preview.

Mystery Presents in ranked play

For season 2, we will have integrated a new shop mechanic that will run throughout the season. Find wrapped mystery gifts in the shop that you can buy, and when you buy them they unwrap and become the hidden item underneath.

Flash Sales

Card Pack purchases for Gems now has a confirmation popup

New offers

We are making it possible to buy a level superboost after buying a hero with Gems or a Flash. This will instantly give that hero XP to go from level 1 to 10. If you have earned XP already via rotation play, then it adds on top.

Gameplay Changes

Hero can no longer be cleansed by random cleanse

Relic reroll

Now costs 6 Gold for a reroll
Removed the Ad option for this

Unique reroll added

Costs 10 Gold
Unlocks when you have 4 Unique items available

New Celeste mechanic - Discharge

An alternative to Overcharge, this mechanic drains the an item has built up and triggers its effect. This can happen multiple times.
Items that have the Discharge mechanic: Elementium Ore, Fulmination Hammer, Thunder Rat, Thunderstrike Ring

Item unlocks

Some items have been shifted around in unlock order, but primarily the Fishing Hook is now available from the Pantry (area 5) instead of the much later Subterranean River (area 11). This enables fishing for other heroes than only Morrow from an earlier time in a player’s journey.

Shared Fishing and Mining

When they Go Fishing all heroes now have a small chance of catching some of the stuff Morrow has been catching. The same applies to Mining, meaning everyone has a small chance of finding gems and ore. Morrow and Dorf are both still a lot better at either catching weird stuff or finding precious gemstones.

Quality of Life

Hero Artwork

Chana and her skins have been redrawn.
Tink’s extra skins have been redrawn.
Dorf and Tink have received special holiday skins available for purchase

Fixes

Hand Crossbow - removed + at
Frostwing - ability was looking for Bee instead
Events - Pepper items have been added where appropriate

This update ships with balance changes — see the full 2.0 balance breakdown.

Balance changes

Gameplay Changes

Hero can no longer be cleansed by cleanse

Relics

Blood Moon Berry

Type: (was: )
Now benefits from 10% faster per

Rat King’s Crown

When shop entered: (new)

50% chance to catch 1 Brown Rat

While equipped: (removed)

Shared

Unlocks

These unlocks are being updated to new areas:

Fisherman’s Hook → Unlocks in Area 5: The Pantry (was: Area 11)
Ginseng Root → Always unlocked (was: Area 9)
Coconut → Always unlocked (was: Area 5)

These unlocks are being added to items that previously didn’t require unlocking:

Creepy Doll → Unlocks in Area 6: Chapel
Emerald Scarab → Unlocks in Area 9: Green Fields
Rune of R’lyeh → Unlocks in Area 11: Subterranean River

Players who have previously unlocked or discovered these items will not be affected.

Stunbreaker Shield

Cost reduced to 7 (was 12)

Mystery Stew

: 4.9 seconds (was: 5.2)

Weathered Skull

Price: 6 (was: 7)

Bloodthorn

Level Bonus
When time of day changes:

% chance to gain 2 and steal 12 (was: gain 2 and gain 12)

Hooked Dagger

Price: 7 (was: 5)
Recipe: Dagger + Fisherman’s Hook (was: Dagger + Rock + Rock)

Lava Dagger

Price: 7 (was: 11)
Recipe: Dagger + Lava Rock (was: Dagger + Lava Rock + Lava Rock)

On hit:

Inflict 2 (was: 3)

Double-ender

: 10-14 (was: 6-9)

Start of :

Gain +15% faster attacks per (was: +25%)

Unholy Sword

Level bonus
Level 5/10/15: 30/60/90% chance to gain +2 and inflict 2 (was: gain 1 and inflict 1 )

Amethyst Blade

On hit:

Gain +2 and 1 (was: +2 and 2 )
Use 3 (was: use 5 )

Level Bonus
On hit:

% chance to gain +2 and 1 (was: +2 and 2 )

Staff of Wisdom

On hit:

Gain 4 (new)
Use 6 to gain 8

On critical hit: (remove)

Corruptor’s Wisdom

On hit:

Use 4 to transfer 4 to opponent (was: 6 for 6 )

Level Bonus
On hit

% chance to transfer 4 additional

Level Bonus changed to only scale % chance of a single ability (like most non-weapons)

Infernal Tide

On hit:

Use 5 to gain 3 and inflict 3 (was: use 9 to gain 6 or inflict 6 )

Level bonus
On hit:

% chance to gain 1 and inflict 1 (was: chance to gain 2 )

Level Bonus changed to only scale % chance of a single ability (like most non-weapons)

Vampire’s Scepter

Level Bonus changed to only scale % chance of a single ability (like most non-weapons)

Doomsday Oarfish

On hit:
During : * Steal 40 (was: Remove 50 )

Regular Old Lobster

Absorb activation:

Gain 4 and 4 (was: 3 and 3)

Traveler’s Hat

s: 2 (new)
: 4.5 seconds

Every 4.5 seconds: (was: Start of )

Gain 1
Gain 1 per item (was: gain 2 always)

Level Bonus
Every 4.5 seconds: (was: Time of day change)

% chance to gain 1 or 1 per item (was: 2 )

Willow Wand

On hit:

Gain 1 (was: 2 )
Use 1 to gain 1

Level Bonus
On hit:

% chance to gain 1 (was: 1 )

Mystic Rat

On hit:

Use 2 to:
- Gain 1
- This and gain +1

Level Bonus
On hit:

% chance to gain 1 (was: 1 )

Sorcerat

On hit:

Gain 2
Gain 1 per

Level Bonus
On hit:

% chance to gain 2 (was: 1)

Plague Rat

s: 4 (was: 6)

On hit:

Inflict 2 per (was: 1)

Deathhowl

On hit:

Steal 4 (new)
Use 4 to inflict 1 per
Inflict 1 per on opponent
If you have less than 4 : (removed)

Level Bonus
On hit:

% chance to inflict 2 (was: 1)

Count Ratula

On hit:

If this has inflicted 100+ : (remove)

On critical hit:

Activate (new)

Fang the Rattleslang

On hit:

Inflict 2 per (was: 1 per )

Level Bonus
On hit:

% chance to inflict 2 (was: 1)

Ratymandias

On hit:

If you have 35 or more : (new)
- This and gain +20%

Have 100 :

This and gain +10% per second (remove)

Level Bonus
On hit:

% chance this and gain 10% (was: gain 1 and 1 )

Axe of Abraxas

s: 3 (was: 5)
New star pattern

On hit:

Inflict 2 per (was: 1 per )

Level Bonus
On hit:

% chance to inflict 2 (was: 1)

Cursed Clover

50% chance to make a shop item reroll as Common rarity (was: as one rarity lower)

Buzz

Brambleheart (redesign)

s: 3

Start of :

Gain 1 per

Level Bonus
When time of day changes:

% chance to gain 1 per

Briarthorn

When hit ():

20% chance to inflict 2 (was: 1 )

When time of day changes: (removed)
Level Bonus

% chance to inflict 2 (was: 1 )

Thorned Crown

Start of : (new)

Gain 4

When hit ():

30% chance to inflict 3 (was: 20% for 2 )

When time of day changes:

Gain 4 (was: 5)

Level Bonus

% chance to inflict 3 (was: 2 )

Spiked Whip

On hit:

Gain 1 per bramble (was: per Briarthorn, Brambleheart, and Bloodthorn)
Inflict 1 per

Bramble type has been added to the following items:

Bloodthorn
Bramblebat
Brambleheart
Briarthorn
Thorned Crown
Razorvine
Spiked Whip
Stingtrap
Wild Rose

Arcanefly

On hit:

40% chance to inflict 1 (was: 20% for 2)

Pyrefly

Price: 8 (was: 6)

On hit:

Inflict 1 (was: 40% chance for 2 and remove 5 )

Drakefly

Price: 16 (was: 10)
s: 3

On hit: (was: 60% chance)

Inflict 2
Gain 3 per (new)
Remove 10 and 1 (removed)

Level Bonus

% chance to gain 6 (was: inflict 1 )

Scorpionfly

Price: 32 (was: 14)
s: 4

On hit: (was: 80%)

Inflict 4
Remove 1 per (was: flat 2)
Remove 15 (removed)

Goliathfly

Price: 64 (was: 24)
s: 8

On hit:

Inflict 3 per (was: flat 6)
Gain 6 per (new)
Remove 25 and 4 (removed)

On crit:

Activate (was: 50% chance on hit)

Level Bonus
On hit:

% chance to inflict 4 (was: 2)

Celeste

Elementium Ore (Redesign)

Price: 6 (was: 8)
: 6s (new)
: 3-6 (new)
: 75% (new)
Type: (was: )

On hit:

Inflict for 1 second

Discharge (16 ):

Gain 35
This can be thrown 1 more time

Level Bonus
On hit:

% chance to 1 enemy item for 3 seconds

Fulmination Hammer (Redesign)

At :

Gain 5% per

On hit:

Remove 25 and 5
Gain 1 per

On critical hit:

Gain 10

Discharge (40 ):

Inflict for 1 second

Level Bonus
On critical hit:

% chance to +4 max

Thunder Rat (Redesign)

On hit:

1 enemy item for 1 second

Discharge (15 ):

This gains +3 max
Trigger an extra attack

Discharge requires 2 less per
On shop entered:

Attract a Brown Rat

Level Bonus
On hit:

% chance this and gain +1 max

Thunderstrike Ring (Redesign)

On hit:

Gain 1

On critical hit:

Gain 3

Discharge (28 ):

gain +4% and +10%
2 trigger a free attack

Level Bonus
On Discharge:

% chance gain +2 max

Chana

Level unlocks

Wicked Stick and Hungry Wand now unlock at base (was: level 2)
Blazing Rod and Cinderstaff now unlock at level 2 (was: level 4)

Mana Crystal

: 2 seconds (was: 4 seconds)

Every 2 seconds:

50% chance to gain 1 (was: 100%)
Gain 1 per Starbloom (was: 2)

Level Bonus

% chance to gain 1 (was: 2)

Phoenix Scroll

Every 5 seconds:

Inflict 1 per (was: 1-2)

After 25 seconds:

Deal 1 per inflicted (was: 6 per on opponent)
Remove all from opponent (removed)

Frost Scroll

Every 5 seconds:

Inflict 1 per (was: 1-2)

Frozen Stick

: 2.4 seconds (was: 2.7 seconds)

On hit:

Use 1 to inflict 2 (was: gain 1 and inflict 1)

Icicle Shard

Price: 5 (was: 6)

Level Bonus
When time of day changes:

gain +10%

On critical hit: (removed)

Starlight Potion

Now counts as a Starbloom

Dorf

Relative Safety Goggles

Level Bonus

% chance to gain 1 and 2 (was: 1 and 1)

Forgemaster’s Tongs (streamline)

On Forge Hammer hit:

Inflict 2 (was: per )
Use 1 to gain 20

On Forge Hammer critical hit: (removed)

Adamantite Forge Hammer

On hit:

Use 3 to gain 8 (removed)

Level Bonus

% chance to gain 12 (was: 6)

Gemstone Forge Hammer

On hit:

Use 5 to gain 10 and 2 (removed)

Level Bonus

% chance to gain 16 and 1 (was: 6 and 0)

Gem-Studded Forgeplate

Every 7 seconds:

Gain 3 (was: 5 and 2 )
Use 6 to reduce taken by 10% for 5 seconds

Enoch

Harvest Pumpkin

Every 5.2 seconds:

Gain 2 (was: 3)

Level Bonus

% chance to gain 4 or inflict 1 (was: 6 or 1)

Simple Sickle

Level Bonus

% chance to steal 2 (was: 3)

Grim Scythe

On hit:

Steal 3 (was: 4)

Level Bonus

% chance to steal 3 (was: 4)

Duskreaver

On hit:

Inflict 1 (was: 2)
Steal 4 (was: 6)

Level Bonus

% chance to steal 4 (was: 6)

Soulharvester

On hit:

Inflict 2 (was: 3)

Reaper’s Judgment

On hit:

Inflict 3 and 2 (was: 3 and 3)

Harkon

Berserker Potion

Level Bonus

% chance to gain 5 per second for 3 seconds (was: 1 )

Forest Spirit

Every 4.2 seconds:

gains +1 (was: )

Ancestral Spirit

Every 3.9 seconds:

gains +2 (was: )

Shaman’s Talisman

Start of :

gains +20% effect from

On hit: (remove)

Stoneheart Brew (redesign)

Per 250 dealt by :

Gain 1 use

Health below 20%:

Gain 4 per on you
Gain 14 per (was: different amounts for different )

On shop entered:

Get a Rock or a Lava Rock

Morrow

Makeshift Oar

On critical hit: (remove)

Cast Iron Anchor

: 5% (was: 10%)

On critical hit: (remove)

Admiralty Anchor

: 10% (was: 15%)
: 3.4 seconds (was: 3.3)

On hit:

Inflict 3 and 3 (was: 3 and 4)

Everdrift Anchor

: 3.5 seconds (was: 3.3)

Three Eyed Crab

On hit:

Use 1 to inflict 2 on both players (was: 0 and 1)

Slithering Lobster

On hit:

Use 3 to:
- Inflict 3 (was: 2 for free)
- inflict 3 on both players (was: 2 for free)

Blasted Gull

s: 2 (was: 1)

On hit:

Gain 2 per (remove)
1 opponent for 2 seconds

On shop entered: (remove)

Feathered First Mate

s: 2 (was: 0)

On hit:

Gain 1 (remove)
Stun 2 opponent for 2 seconds

On critical hit:

Gain 1 per (was: 1 or 1 )

Cast Net

On shop entered:

20% chance per empty slot to Go Fishing (Shallow) (was: 25%)
Chance to Go Fishing is one chance per empty slot (was: one chance, with odds per empty slot)

Briny Fish Basket

On inside activating: (remove)
On shop entered: (new)

If there is a inside:
- Get 1 Guppy

Nymphedora

Level unlocks

Eagle Eye Amulet now unlocks at base (was: level 2)
Corny Corn unlocks at level 2 (was: base)

Snake Oil

s: 0 (was: 1)
: (removed)

When time of day changes:

Gain 5

Level Bonus
When time of day changes:

Gain 5

Simple Quiver

Every 4.2 seconds:

gains +6% faster attacks (was: 8%)

Level Bonus
Every 4.2 seconds:

% chance gains +6% faster attacks (was: 4%)

Arrow Sheath

Every 4 seconds:

gains +5% faster attacks (was: 10%)

Level Bonus
Every 4 seconds:

% chance gains +10% faster attacks (was: 5%)

Quiver of Speed

: 3.9 seconds (was: 3.7)

Every 3.9 seconds:

gains +20% and +6% faster attacks (was: 20% and 12%)

Level Bonus
Every 3.9 seconds:

% chance gains +12% faster attacks (was: 6%)

Deathshot

: 1.65 (was: 1.45)

Level Bonus
On critical hit:

% chance to get +2 (was: 1 and 1 )

Dreadleaf

Level Bonus

% chance to inflict 2 (was: reduce the by 0.2 seconds)

Shadow Cloak (redesign)

s: 4

Start of :

Inflict 1 per

Every 4.6 seconds:

The next attack against you will miss

Level Bonus
When an attack misses you:

gain +10%

Pepper

Golden Omelette

: 4.4 seconds (was: 4.2)

On shop entered:

Gain 2 (was: 1)

: 5.0 seconds (was: 5.2)

Perpetual Stew

Recipe: Mystery Stew + Butter + Spice (was: Cauldron + Carrot + Butter + Spice)
Price: 21 (was: 20)
Items absorbed to Mystery Stew will transfer over to Perpetual Stew when crafted