Update 6.0.0
Balance changesSeason 6 - Guts and Glory
Duration: 53 days
Launch Date: July 30th
Theme: The crowd roars and the arena awaits! Season 6 takes Backpack Brawl underground, into the fighting pits where legends are made. Earn your stripes, kit out your champion, and forge the perfect run.
Note: To count for the leaderboards, your hero will have to play and complete at least one run from this season.
New features
New Hero : Skara
- Skara is a kobold pit fighter who lives for the roar of the crowd! Bleed for the show, climb the gladiator ranks, and fight beside her dragon kin.
- Skara is initially available exclusively in the Gold Pass, and will be available in the Subscribers weekly rotation in week 3, and free rotation in week 4. After week 4 she becomes available for general purchase for gems and normal purchases.
Skara Mechanics:
Blood Sport
- Skara isn’t afraid to bleed for the crowd. Her signature Bloody Backpack has a chance on weapon and pet hits to inflict on both players, converting the carnage into .
The Gladiator’s Arsenal
- Upgrade a humble Pugio into a Gladius, a Bloodsport Spatha, and ultimately the Crowdpleaser’s Crusher.
Dragon Heritage
- Craft Dragon Bone into brutal maces, armor up with Dragon Scale, and raise Dragon Whelplings in a variety of colors to fight at your side.
- Build-defining Unique items round out the kit: Bookie’s Coin Purse, Champion’s Laurels, Retiarius Net, and Sponsor’s Banner.
General mechanics
Hero Store Tab
- Heroes now have a dedicated tab in the store - browse, compare, and unlock heroes in one place.
Special Shops
- A new type of shop that breaks the normal rules - Special Shops can sell hero-specific and even crafted items.
- You can encounter two Special Shops over a run, each offering a choice of three specialists out of 16 - like the Toolmaker, the Fishmonger, and the Arcanist.
Inventory Skins
- A new cosmetic category that customizes the look of your inventory itself. The first Inventory Skin debuts as a Gold Pass reward.
Legendary Hero Skins
- A new top tier of hero skins with more going on than ever - including custom voice-over lines. Skara’s legendary skin headlines the Season 6 Gold Pass.
Loyalty Badges
- Special badges for time played and for membership. Your badge tracks the highest milestone you’ve ever hit - loyalty never regresses.
Gameplay mechanics
- Accuracy can now never go below 5%.
- Baseline on items and from levels has been reduced by half
- and now scale with diminishing returns; they still cancel each other one-for-one, and direct + effects are unchanged
- Relics now sell for 10
- Shop sale discount when buying reduced from 50% to 33% off (discounted prices round up); sales appear just as often, and selling items back is unchanged
- Adjusted the gold value of 250+ crafted items to match the sum value of the items in their recipe
New items added
10 new Shared items added (all heroes)
New items for
- Enoch (1)
- Nymphedora (1)
- Pepper (1)
- Hob Gang (4, a heist)
Boons
- Ten brand-new seasonal Boons for Season 6, all steeped in pit-fight flavor - including Performance Bonus and Let the Crowd Decide
Wild Garden
Zahir
- Sunshine Boost charges 5 → 10% faster
Skara
- Skara joins the Wild Garden as an assignable hero
Quality of Life
- Owned hero skins can also be equipped as the avatar
- Improved the flow of opening multiple enchanted chests
- Share links for recruitment codes
- Relic mining: Max no longer triggers the breadcrumb
- Health bars now show a tick line every 100 health, with a bigger line every 500
- Significant performance optimizations to memory and CPU use
- Dragging an item now highlights the slot where an absorber can receive it
- Hammers, Clubs, Maces and Bonkers are now one searchable weapon family
- Conceding a ranked round now counts as a loss in your player statistics
- Tapping the reward breadcrumb in the Season Pass or Hero Road now scrolls straight to the claimable reward
- Claim All in the Season Pass now includes enchanted chests and handles big claims without stuttering
- Oversized items now scale to fit their slot in the shop
- The back button now works in more popups
Season Pass
- Skip multiple steps at a time in the Season Pass for gems
- Capstones, see upcoming special rewards
- New Gold Pass cosmetic rewards
- New Gold Pass perk: Gold Name Style while the gold pass is active
Fixes
- Hungering Ward effect no longer triggers when critically hit
- Dendromancy Rod no longer gains + based on
- Apophian Saif and God-King Khopesh are now searchable as standard absorbers
- Partial Invisibility Cloak is no longer fully invisible
- Tactical Blowgun now correctly fires its ammo
- Wooden Spoon now interacts correctly with Food
- Hand Crossbow no longer ends up weaker when its temporary bonus is applied to its bolts
- Fixed the achievement target for discovering the Rats
- Item Collection filters are no longer cleared after discovering a new Relic
This update ships with balance changes — see the full 6.0.0 balance breakdown.
Balance changes
Mechanics
- - Baseline moved from 100% → 50%. Hero and Item Levels have also been adjusted.
- & - +/- 3% → +/- 2% . Diminishing returns for additional stacks.
- - Can no longer go below 5%
- - All shields can block now, regardless of rarity.
- - Adjusted the gold value of 250+ crafted items to match the sum value of the items in the recipe
Relics
- All relic sale prices have increased from 3 to 10
Boons
Sticky Fingers
When buying items:
- % chance to steal 1 → 2 (Max 3 times per shop)
Shared
- 10 new items added
Leather Belt
- Now also available in the shop
Leather Boots
- Size: 2x2 → 3 cells (L)
Wizard Robe
- Size: 2x3 → 2x2
- Rarity: Rare → Epic
- : 0 → 2
Start of :
- Gain 4 , 8 and 30 → 35
Every 4.1 seconds:
- Gain 3 → 2
- Gain 3 → Gain 2 and 1 per item
Start of :
- Gain 0.5 , 0.5 , and 0 → 0.3 per level
Platemail
- Renamed from Scalemail
- Now has a shared recipe as well
- Still available in the shop
Odd Cod
Absorb
- Gain 0.5 and (3 → inflict 1 )
Unfortunate Tuna
Absorb
- Gain 3 and (6 → inflict 1 )
Ratomelon
On hit:
- Cleanse 1 per →
- Gain 1 per →
Level Bonus
On hit:
- % chance to cleanse 1 and gain 0 → 1
Lucky Ratomelon
On hit:
- Gain 1 , 1 , and 1 per →
Level Bonus
On hit:
- % chance to gain 1 → 3
Hag’s Cauldron
- : 4.0 → 4.6
Blood Siphon Potion
Health below 50% or 5 on opponent:
- Steal 30 → 40 and 5 from opponent
Level Bonus
When consumed:
- % chance to steal 8 → 10 per second for 5 seconds
Throwing Hatchet
Level Bonus
On hit:
- % chance to inflict 1 → 3
Wooden Buckler
When hit ( → Add ):
- 30% chance to block 3
Spiked Shield
When hit ( → Add ):
- 30% chance to block 5
Stunbreaker
When hit ( → Add ):
- 50% chance to block 8
Heater Shield
- New recipe
- Rarity: Rare → Epic
Start of :
- Gain 25 → 35 Armor.
When hit ():
- 40% → 50% chance to block 8 → 12
Level Bonus
When blocking :
- % chance to block another 8 → 14
Reinforced Shield
- Recipe: Heater Shield + (Iron Bar → Steel Bar)
- Rarity: Epic → Legendary
Start of :
- Gain 35 → 60
When hit ():
- 50% chance to block 12 → 16
Level Bonus
When blocking :
- % chance to block another 12 → 20
Gothic Shield
Start of :
- Gain 60 → 100
When hit ():
- 50% chance to block 20 → 35
Level Bonus
When blocking :
- % chance to block another 20 → 45
Frost Barrier
- Recipe: Reinforced Shield + 2x → 1x Frost Emblem
Start of :
- Gain 50 → 70
When hit ():
- 50% chance to block 16 → 24
Every 3 seconds:
- Cleanse 4 → 8
Level Bonus
When blocking :
- % chance to block another 16 → 30
Vampire’s Scepter
On attack:
- Use 8 to steal 8 → 32
On hit:
- Increase steal by 16 → 8
Discordant Harp
- : 3.9 → 3.3s
Celestial Teapot
- : 1 → 4
Start of :
- gains +0% → +20%
Every 3.2 seconds:
- This and items gain 2 → 0
Discharge (10 → 0):
- Cleanse 15 → 0
Level Bonus
Every 3.2 seconds:
- % chance to use 1 to gain 2 → 3
Cleansing Crown
Every 3.9 seconds:
- Cleanse 5 → 6
Level Bonus
Every 3.9 seconds:
- % chance to gain 3 → 6 and heal for 15
Succulent Cheese
Every 4.4 seconds:
- Cleanse 2 → 3
Level Bonus
Every 4.4 seconds:
- % chance to heal for (5 per → flat 15) and cleanse 2 → 3
Blue Chilly Cheese
Every 4.6 seconds:
- Cleanse 2 → 4
Level Bonus
Every 4.6 seconds:
- % chance to inflict 2 and cleanse 2 → 4
Holy Libram
Every 5 seconds:
- Use 8 to:
- Cleanse 3 → 12
Level Bonus
Every 5 seconds → When this uses :
- % chance to heal for 24 → 48 and cleanse 3 → 12
Staff of Wisdom
- Size: 1x4
- Recipe: Rod of Memories + Magic Essence
- : 4.0 → 3.3
- : 6-10 → 32-43
- : 1.5 → 2.0
On attack:
- Use 6 → 4 to:
- Gain 8 → 3
- Cleanse 0 → 3
On hit:
- Gain 4 → 0 and 0 → 3
- Cleanse 0 → 3
Level Bonus
On hit:
- % chance to gain 3 → 3
Nebula Jelly
- Depth: Abyssal → Deep
Per on opponent:
- Reduce taken by 1% → 0%
Night Angler
Every 3.3 seconds:
- Inflict 1 → 3
Level Bonus
On hit:
- % chance to inflict 1 → 3
Buzz
Goliathfly
- : 22-34 → 42-67
Buzzing Bouquet
Every 3.3 seconds → During :
- Bees, Flies, and Butterflies gain +5 → +15% faster attacks
Wildflower Symphony
Every 3.3 seconds → During :
- Bees, Flies, and Butterflies gain +5% → +25% faster attacks
Every 3.3 seconds:
- 50% → 100% chance to cleanse 6 → 5
- 50% → 100% chance to inflict 4 → 3
- Gain 20 , 6 , 4 → 5 , 3 , 2
Level Bonus
Every 3.3 seconds:
- % chance to gain 0 → 25 and 8 → 10
Honey Bee
Level Bonus
On hit:
- % chance to an enemy item for 0.5 → 0.75 seconds
Worker Bee
Level Bonus
On hit:
- % chance to an enemy item for 0.5 → 0.75 seconds
Champion Bee
On hit:
- 20% → 25% chance to an enemy item for 1.5 seconds
Level Bonus
On hit:
- % chance to an enemy item for 0.5 → 0.75 seconds
Queen Bee
On hit:
- 25% → 35% chance to an enemy item for 1.5 seconds
Level Bonus
On hit:
- % chance to an enemy item for 0.5 → 0.75 seconds
Bumble Rat
On hit:
- 0 → 25% chance to an enemy item for 0 → 1.5 seconds
Level Bonus
On hit:
- % chance to an enemy item for 0.5 → 0.75 seconds
Spiked Whip
- Level Bonuses: moved back from general item levels to weapon levels
- : 12-19 → 38-62
- : 1.6 → 3.2
On hit:
- Gain 2 per Bramble → Gain 4
- Steal 6 per Bramble
- Inflict 1 per → Inflict 4 per Bramble
On critical hit:
- Deal 0 → 5 per
Level Bonus
On hit:
- % chance to gain 3 → inflict 5
Bag of Maggots
On shop entered:
- Per empty bag slot:
- 50% → 100% chance to gain 1 Arcanefly
Celeste
Elementium Bulwark
- Recipe: Elementium Ore + (Reinforced Shield → Heater Shield)
Stormbound Tranquility
Every 4.2 → 3.0 seconds:
- Gain 1 and 3
- items gain 4
When time of day changes:
- Gain 1 → 0 and 3 → 0
- items gain 4 → 0
Thunderstorm Spear
On hit:
- Gain 4 → 6 and +7 max
- Gain 1 → 0 per
- items gain 0 → 3
Zap Rat
Discharge (12):
- gain +2 max → Gain 2
Electrobat
- Recipe: Bat + (Electrostatic Scroll → Zap Rat)
Discharge (17):
- Steal 20 → 15
- Gain 0 → 2
Chana
Frost Tome
On hit:
- 25% chance to inflict 2 → 0
Every 4.0 → 4.6 seconds:
- Use 2 → 3 to inflict 2 → inflict 1 per item
Level Bonus
When this item activates:
- % chance to inflict 2 → inflict 1 per item
Iceburn Scepter
- : 2.9 → 2.7
- : 0.9 → 0.65
Fire Vortex
- : 2.6 → 3.0
Kelvin’s Tome
- : 4.6 → 4.0
Wand of Backdraft
- : 3.7 → 3.2
- : 1.4 → 0.8
Wildfire Essence
Per on opponent:
- items are 1% → 0% faster
Per 10 → 6 inflicted by items:
- Gain 3
- This requires 0 → 1 more
Dorf
Danger Candle
Level Bonus
Every 12 seconds → After 12 seconds:
- % chance to explode a second time
Boom Barrel
Level Bonus
Every 12 seconds → After 12 seconds:
- % chance to explode a second time
Gem-Studded Forgeplate
- Recipe: Platemail + (Adamantite Bar → Adamantite Ore) + Ruby + Sapphire
Darkvision Faceguard
Every 3.8 seconds:
- Cleanse 3 → 5
Quartz Sprite
Level Bonus
On hit:
- % chance to cleanse 1 → 2
Heart of the Mountain
Every 5.5 → 5.0 seconds:
- Gain 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 → 2
On Quartz Sprite hit → hit:
- Inflict 1
Molten Core Creeper
- : 12-16 → 46-64
- Price: 11 → 16
On hit:
- Cleanse 0 → 2 per Lava Rock
When hit ():
- 20% → 40% chance to inflict 2 → 1
Level Bonus
On hit:
- % chance to inflict 2 → 3
Blast Furnace Bellows
Per on opponent:
- Gain +1% → 0% faster activations
Level Bonus
Every 3.8 seconds:
- % chance to inflict 2 → 0 per Lumps of Coal or Lava Rock
- % chance to gain +0% → +10% faster activations
Grandma’s Dusty Blast Box
On Bomb inflicting → On Bomb explodes:
- Inflict 7 and 3
Enoch
Cemetery Sweeper added
- Recipe: Broom + Graveyard Soil
Scarecrow
- Recipe: Jack-o-Lantern + Cemetery Sweeper
Flying Broomstick
- New Recipe
- : 1.1 → 1.7
- : 7-15 → 16-18
On hit:
- Gain 2
- Inflict 1 and 1
On critical hit:
- Use 5 to:
- Gain +4 and +10% faster attacks
- Gain 5
Per on you:
- Gain +2%
Crowbane
- Recipe: Scarecrow + (Cat-o-Lantern → Black Cat)
- New Alternate Recipe
Every 3.8 seconds:
- Gain 6 and steal 25 → 20 and 4 → 3 during
- Inflict 4 → 3 , 4 → 3 , 4 → 3 during
Reaper’s Judgment
- Recipe: Soulharvester + (Black Cat → Werewolf Paw)
- : 0% → 15%
- : 36-44 → 46-54
On hit:
- Trap 1
- Steal 20 and 2 → 0
- Inflict 3 → 4
On critical hit:
- Trap 2 → 3
Fern
Oakheart Sapling
Every 9 seconds:
- Cleanse 3 → 2 per
On 3 → 4 shops entered:
- Turn into Young Oakheart
Young Oakheart
On 4 → 5 shops entered:
- Turn into Mature Oakheart
Mature Oakheart
Every 9 seconds:
- Cleanse 3 → 4 per
When time of day changes → On shop entered:
- This heals 3% → 10% more permanently
- (Currently: +0% more )
Arboreal Defender
While this blooms:
- Increase block by 6 → 8
Level Bonus
When blocking :
- % chance to block another 15 → 18
Regrowth Barrier
While this blooms:
- Increase block by 8 → 12
When hit ():
- 40% chance to block 14 → 16
Level Bonus
When blocking :
- % chance to block another 18 → 22
Hob Gang
Sticky Stuff
Absorb
- Inflict 1 → 1-2 and steal 1 → 0
Improvised Smokebomb
After 12 seconds:
- Inflict 1 per second for 10 → 12 seconds
- Inflict 2 per second for 5 → 4 seconds
Level Bonus
Every 12 seconds → After 12 seconds:
- % chance to explode a second time
Premeditated Stinkbomb
After 12 seconds:
- Inflict 2 → 2 and 1 per second for 10 → 12 seconds
- Inflict 2 → 3 per second for 5 → 4 seconds
Level Bonus
Every 12 seconds → After 12 seconds:
- % chance to explode a second time
Trangoblizer Dart
On hit:
- Remove 1 or 1 per second for 6 seconds
- This is now “smart” and won’t try to remove a at 0
Gobliterator Dart
On hit:
- Remove 1 or 1 per second for 6 seconds
- This is now “smart” and won’t try to remove a at 0
Partial Invisibility Cloak
When time of day changes → When hit 5 times:
- 100% → 50% chance to steal 1 per item from another hero
Subtle Distractor Shield
- : 0 → 4.5s
Start of :
- Increase block by 2 per item from another hero
- This now applies to the level bonus as well
When hit ():
- 50% chance to:
- Inflict 1 → 0 or 1 → 0
Every 4.5 seconds:
- 30% chance to inflict for 0 → 0.5 seconds
Hypnodisc Deflector
- : 0 → 4.5s
Start of :
- Increase block by 3 per item from another hero
- This now applies to the level bonus as well
When hit ():
- 50% chance to:
- Inflict 2 → 0 , 2 → 0 , or 2
Every 4.5 seconds:
- 50% chance to inflict for 0 → 0.6 seconds
EZ-Share Gas Mask
Level Bonus
Every 3.8 seconds:
- % chance to inflict 1 → 2 per item
Bright Vision Goggles (redesigned)
- : 0 → 4
During :
- have +30% and +30%
During :
- have -5% and -10%
Every 5 or inflicted on you:
- Cleanse 1 or
Level Bonus
On critical hit:
- % chance to remove 3
Morrow
Whispering Conch
Every 3.5 seconds:
- Gain 8 → 12
Level Bonus
Every 3.5 seconds:
- Gain 12 → 16 and 1
The Voidcaller
- : 32-64 → 64-128
Arcane Starcharter
- : 7 → 6
Briny Fish Basket
On shop entered:
- Simplified to 50/50 chance of Guppy vs Length of Rope
Nymphedora
- 1 new item added
Hunting Knife
- Price: 4 → 3
On hit:
- Gain 1 → 0
On critical hit → On hit:
- Inflict 1
Elven Blade
- New recipe
Start of :
- Gain 10% → 0% per Dragonleaf
On hit:
- Gain 1 → Gain 1 per Dragonleaf
- Inflict 1 → 2
Stalker’s Shiv
Start of :
- Gain +11% → 0% per Dragonleaf
On hit:
- Cleanse 1-2 → 2
- Gain 2 → Gain 1 per Dragonleaf
- Inflict 2 → 3
Dragonfang
Start of :
- Gain +12% and +20% per Dragonleaf → Gain +30% and +50%
On hit:
- Gain 2 → Gain 1 per Dragonleaf
- Inflict 1 per Dragonleaf → Inflict 4
Pepper
- 1 new item added
Line Cook’s Apron
- Size: 2x3 → 2x2
Wooden Spoon
On activation → Every 3.6 seconds:
- Use 1 to gain 1 → per
Level Bonus
Every 4.3 → 3.6 seconds:
- % chance to heal for 5
Koneko Steel Knife
- New recipe
- : 0% → 10%
On hit:
- Skip 1.2 → 1.5 seconds on
Head Chef’s Skewer
- : 20-28 → 31-42
- : 2.0 → 2.1
Croissant
Absorb
- Gain 4 and 1 → 2
Croissant Crossbow
Per 30 gained → Per 100 you have:
- This gains +2 → +3
Charcuterie Shield
When hit ():
- 50% chance to block 16 → 24
Level Bonus
When blocking :
- % chance to block another 16 → 30
Ronan
Knight’s Aegis
When hit ( → Add ):
- 50% chance to block 6
Level Bonus
When blocking :
- % chance to block another 6 → 9
Defender’s Shield
When hit ( → Add ):
- 50% chance to block 12 and gain 6
Thornwall
When hit ( → Add ):
- 30% chance to block 14 , gain 1
Unbreakable Wall
When hit ():
- 50% chance to block 24 → 30 and gain 10
Level Bonus
When blocking :
- % chance to block another 24 → 50
Twinmaw
On hit:
- Inflict 3 → 4
Rhongomiant
- : 16-40 → 24-48
Start of :
- Gain +4 → +6 and +10% per Cactus
Excalibur
On hit:
- Steal 4 → 5
- Inflict 4 → 5
On 40 → 50 stolen:
- Gain 30 and 30
Level Bonus
On hit:
- % chance to steal 2 → 3
Sage
All Bolts now have 100% .
Hand Crossbow
- : 4-7 → 5-8
When this shoots a Bolt or Dart:
- That shot gets +4 → +3
Ironwood Boltcaster
- : 9-13 → 7-11
When this shoots a Bolt or Dart:
- That shot gets +6 → +4
- Use 2 → 1 to double that bonus
Titanwood Repeater
When this shoots a Bolt or Dart:
- That shot gets +9 → +6
- Use 3 → 2 to double that bonus
Level Bonus
On hit:
- % chance to inflict 1 → 2
Arcane Bolt Blaster
When this shoots a Bolt or Dart:
- That shot gets +12 → +8 and +15% → +10%
- Use 5 → 4 to double that bonus
Iron Bolt
- Quantity: 2 → 3
Razor Bolt
- Quantity: 2 → 3
Toxic Bolt
- Quantity: 2 → 3
Flame Bolt
- Quantity: 2 → 3
Midori Bolt
- Quantity: 2 → 3
Soul Piercer
- Quantity: 2 → 3
Serpent Deathbolt
- Quantity: 3 → 4
Midori Smokebomb
Level Bonus
Every 12 seconds → After 12 seconds:
- % chance to explode a second time
Tink
Regenerating Shield
- Price: 11 → 5
- Recipe: Wooden Buckler + (Gear + Bolts) → (2x Scrap Metal)
Start of :
- Gain 1 → 0
- Gain 0 → 14
Every 2.8 seconds:
- Gain 9
Robo Rat 2.0
- Recipe: Rat + (Clockwork → Bolts + Spring + Scrap Metal)
Boomer
- Recipe: Clockwork + (Superior Bolts → Spring + Scrap Metal)
After 12 seconds:
- Deal 30 → 31
- Inflict 12 → 13
Level Bonus
Every 12 seconds → After 12 seconds:
- % chance to explode a second time
Ice Age Boomer
After 12 seconds:
- Deal 64 → 61
- Inflict 46 → 37 and 19
Level Bonus
Every 12 seconds → After 12 seconds:
- % chance to explode a second time
Mana Recycler
- Recipe: Arcane Core + (Clockwork + Superior Spring → Cleansomatic)
- : 14-18 → 22-30
On hit:
- Cleanse 0 → 4
- Gain 6
Every 3.1 seconds → Every 8 used:
- Use 3 → 0 to cleanse 2 → 1 of each
- Use 3 → 0 to gain 0 → 1 , 2 , 2 → 0 , 2
- Increase the required by 1
Level Bonus
On hit:
- % chance to cleanse 0 → 2 and gain 2
Welding Torch
Level Bonus
On hit:
- % chance to inflict 1 → 2 and 1
Forest Mower
On critical hit:
- Gain 40% faster attacks for 0 → 2 seconds
Per on opponent:
- Gain +1% → 0% faster attacks
Zahir
Silver Sand
Every 4.2 seconds:
- Inflict 3 → 2 for 3 → 4 seconds
Golden Gravel
Every 4.1 seconds:
- Inflict 3 → 2 for 3 → 4 seconds
Diamond Dust
Every 3.2 seconds:
- Inflict 4 → 3 for 3 → 4 seconds
Apophian Saif
- : 2.7 → 3.1
- : 1.75 → 2.0
- : 23-30 → 36-46
Twilight Scarab
On this and critical hit:
- This and gain +6% → +4% faster attacks
Magic Carpet
On hit:
- 50% chance to gain 5 for 4 → 3 seconds
Mysterious Lamp
Start of :
- Gain 10 → 50 and 5
On shop entered → On 1 shops entered (1 left):
- Wish for 1 item of same type as
- This requires 1 more shops entered
Level Bonus
Start of :
- % chance to gain 10 → 100 and 5 → 10













































































































































































