Backpack Battles will be featured at China’s WePlay Expo from November 16-17. Come find us at Booth B09!

P.S. We’re currently offering a 20% discount, the lowest in our history! If you haven’t purchased the game yet, now’s the perfect time.

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Last week we brought the *COOL* update to the main branch, so now it's time for the first adjustments.

Of course, the meta is not settled at all yet, so we will be careful with our adjustments for now, expect more changes next week!

By the way, if you enjoy Backpack Battles, please consider leaving a review on Steam - it's a great way to support us! ❤

Neutral

• Just Stats: Health bonus 15% -> 12%
  
• More Stats: Health bonus 15% -> 12%
  
• Girl Power: Cooldown 3.5s -> 4.0s
  
• Buy the Holy Light: Sales chance 15% -> 20%
  
• Mana Mastery: Cooldown 6s -> 5.5s
  
• Power of the Moon: Fatigue time reduction 4s -> 5s
  
• Hardwood: Block 10 -> 12
  
• Stoned: Block percentage 45% -> 50%
  
• Shielded: Armor speed 50% -> 60%
  
• It’s Slime Time!: Cooldown 3s -> 2.5s
  
• Shepherd’s Crook: Cold/Blind resist chance 25% -> 35%
  
• Stone Shoes: Damage reduction 30% -> 35%, duration 5s -> 6s
  
• Stone Armor: Block 90 -> 110
  
• Amulet of Darkness: Damage threshold for debuff 10 -> 14, damage dealt 5 -> 7
  
• Frozen Buckler: Damage block 7 -> 10
  
• Frostbite: Chance to inflict Cold 60% -> 45%
  
• Snow Stick: Cooldown 1.7s -> 1.8s
  
• Holy Spear: Added 2 * slots
  
• Spiked Shield: Spikes limit 4 -> 5
  
• Shield of Valor / Moon Shield: Damage reduction 12 -> 14
  
• Amethyst (Inventory): Cooldown reduced
  
• Cubert: Convert chance 30% -> 35%
  
• Artifact Stone: Death: Cooldown 2.3s -> 2.1s

Ranger

• Vineweave Basket: Healing per Nature item 3 -> 4
  
• Acorn Ace: Stamina usage reduction 8% -> 10%

We have more great news! Not only do we have a big patch coming to the main branch (more on this in a second), we can finally reveal our collab with one of our favorite deckbuilders: Wildfrost.

Fitting perfectly into the theme of this update, we add the Snowcake as an Unique item and a craftable Snow Stick.

There is also a Ranger skin based on Yuki, and just as in Wildfrost, her snowball grows over time! And of course, the other classes get a skin as well, check out Doom Cap Reaper, Shaman Beserker and Dark Pyromancer!

We also have a bundle available, where you can purchase both games with an additional 10% discount!
https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/bundle/46297


But wait, there is more. We are adding 10 more skills, so the game now features 30 skills in total.

Only one of the new skills is class-specific - Heart of the Cards requires you to have a Deck of Cards. This is for testing the "Requires" keyword.

The new skills Just Stats and More Stats will be available in the same slot every run, and offer an alternative to rolling away the skills in case none of them fit your current build.
Of course, picking a fitting skill should still be the better option.

The Wonky Snowman is a new shop item that breaks up into two Snowballs. Snowball is the new crafting ingredient for Ice items instead of the Spell Scroll: Frostbolt, which makes them accessible earlier and for all classes. This will of course come with adjustments to the Cryomancer subclass.

We reworked the Ripsaw Blade with a completely new mechanic: It removes temporary damage from opponent weapons. It also got its first crafting successor, the Katana!

The other new items are the Amulet of Darkness, a new variant of the Unidentified Amulet, and two recipes: You can now craft Stone Shoes and the Shepherd's Crook.


We gave item types an overhaul: Elemental types like Ice, Holy, etc. are now represented as icons.

We also added icons for different types of damage, you can find them on weapons and other damage-dealing items. The current damage types are Melee, Ranged, and Effect damage - with Effect damage collecting more indirect damage sources. We added several items to buff or counter Effect damage in this update.

We also revised all item texts and made some changes to improve tooltip readability! Please give yourself a moment to get used to the new tooltips.

You can now also filter for these types in the item library.


The big quality-of-life feature for this patch is the Build History.

It keeps the full progression of your builds throughout your runs. And as a little bonus, you can start additional fights to find out how the build would have performed against different opponents.

This also means that you can send your round 18 backpack out to fight as often as you want, which was a commonly requested feature!

And there's more! You can now press Alt while hovering over an item to show all the recipes it can build into! This was requested a bunch of times, and we found a way to display the recipes nicely. As always, we do our best to make features as useful as possible - the tooltips also show which items you already own and which ones can be bought from the current shop.


With this update, the game now supports Latin American Spanish, French, Russian, and Brazilian Portuguese! You can change the language in the options if Steam doesn't apply it automatically.
We hope this makes the game accessible to more players around the world!


In case you missed it, we just added Pop and Cthulhu from Magicraft as Unique items last week! They just had their 1.0 release - and don't forget you can get it with a discount if you already own Backpack Battles:
https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/bundle/46693



By the way, our publisher is also holding an annual publisher sale.✨ Go take a look and grab some amazing games: https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/sale/indiearkpublishersale2024/

• NEW ITEM: Wonky Snowman / Snowball
  
• NEW SKILL: Heavy Drinking
  
• NEW SKILL: Buy the Holy Light
  
• NEW SKILL: Girl Power
  
• NEW SKILL: Blood Manipulation
  
• NEW SKILL: Bagtacular
  
• NEW SKILL: Uniquely Unique
  
• NEW SKILL: Thornburst
  
• NEW SKILL: Just Stats
  
• NEW SKILL: More Stats
  
• NEW SKILL (Reaper): Heart of the Cards
  
• NEW RECIPE: Katana
  
• NEW RECIPE: Stone Shoes
  
• NEW RECIPE: Shepherd’s Crook
  
• NEW RECIPE: Snow Stick
  
• NEW ITEM: Amulet of Darkness
  
• NEW UNIQUE: Snow Cake
  
• NEW FEATURE: Build History
  
• NEW FEATURE: You can now press alt when hovering an item to see what it builds into!

Neutral

• All Weapon pets now deal “effect” damage, while still keeping their original damage type.
  
• Stone Armor: Removed on-hit effect, now removes Spikes and Empower every 4s
  
• Ripsaw Blade: Now removes gained damage from items and gains damage. No longer removes buffs.
  
• Piggy Piñata: * items now gain 5% crit chance, slightly reduced explosion gold value
  
• Manathirst: Mana gained 1 -> 2. Mana needed to steal life 20 -> 30.
  
• It’s Slime Time!: Cooldown 3.5s -> 3.0s
  
• Investment Opportunity: Max health gained 1.5 -> 2
  
• Shielded: Block Bonus 20% -> 25%
  
• Amulet of Alchemy: Added more * slots
  
• Burning Coal (Armor): Cold resist 4 -> 5
  
• Steel Goobert: Block 13 -> 16
  
• Potion Belt Cleanse: 7 -> 8
  
• Protective Purse: Block 13 -> 15
  
• Emerald (Weapon): Increased Poison amount of high rarities
  
• Amethyst (Inventory): Drastically reduced cooldown
  
• Oil Lamp: Cooldown 3.2s -> 3.4s
  
• Frozen Buckler: Damage prevention 6 -> 7
  
• Cubert: Empower chance 25% -> 30%
  
• Heart Container: Maximum health gain: 90 -> 100
  
• Heart of Darkness: Maximum health gain: 90 -> 100
  
• Magic Torch: Stamina cost 1 -> 0.7
  
• Artifact Stone: Death: Damage +5

Pyromancer

• Ice Dragon: Now also reduces effect damage
  
• Dark Lantern: Invulnerability 1.8s -> 1.5s
  
• Frozen Flame: 12 Block -> 8, Crit chance 2% -> 1.5% (to compensate for Ice items being easier to obtain now)

Berserker

• Cheese Goobert: Maximum Health: 15 -> 18

Ranger

• Critwood Staff: Mana cost 4 -> 3

Reaper

• The Lovers: Damage 11 -> 10. Now also gains 10% heal increase
  
• Ace of Spades: Spikes 2 -> 3
  
• Reverse! : Reflected debuffs 3 -> 4
  
• White-Eyes Blue Dragon: Now also reduces incoming effect damage
  
• Holo Fire Lizard: Now adds effect damage bonus
  
• Jimbo: Four-of-a-kind bonus now activates 2 cards
  
• Doom Cap: Cooldown 3.2s -> 3.0s
  
• Ruby Chonk: Damage -3

Today is the release day of a game we really like!

We are pleased to let you know that Magicraft just finished their Early access, and not only that: They did a really fun collab with us.

This means you will be able to play Reaper in Magicraft!

Also, we added two Uniques for this occasion: Pop and Cthulhu. Some real cuties from Magicraft.

And of course, we are launching a bundle as well! Even if you already own one of the games, you can get the other one at a discount:

https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/bundle/46693

The focus of this upcoming update is to fill in gaps in the existing items, with 10 more skills and several new recipes alongside some item reworks!


We are adding 10 more skills, so the game now features 30 skills in total.

Only one of the new skills is class-specific - Heart of the Cards requires you to play Reaper and have a Deck of Cards. This is for testing the "Requires" keyword.

The new skills Just Stats and More Stats will be available in the same slot every run, and offer an alternative to rolling away the skills in case none of them fit your current build.
Of course, picking a fitting skill should still be the better option.



The Wonky Snowman is a new shop item that breaks up into two Snowballs. Snowball is the new crafting ingredient for Ice items instead of the Spell Scroll: Frostbolt, which makes them accessible earlier and for all classes. This will of course come with adjustments to the Cryomancer subclass.

We reworked the Ripsaw Blade with a completely new mechanic: It removes temporary damage from opponent weapons. It also got its first crafting successor, the Katana!

The other new items are the Amulet of Darkness, a new variant of the Unidentified Amulet, and two recipes: You can now craft Stone Shoes and the Shepherd's Crook.


We gave item types an overhaul: Elemental types like Ice, Holy, etc. are now represented as icons.

We also added icons for different types of damage, you can find them on weapons and other damage-dealing items. The current damage types are Melee, Ranged, and Effect damage - with Effect damage collecting more indirect damage sources. We added several items to buff or counter Effect damage in this update.

We also revised all item texts and made some changes to improve tooltip readability! Please give yourself a moment to get used to the new tooltips.

You can now also filter for these types in the item library.


The big quality-of-life feature for this patch is the Build History.

It keeps the full progression of your builds throughout your runs. And as a little bonus, you can start additional fights to find out how the build would have performed against different opponents.

This also means that you can send your round 18 backpack out to fight as often as you want, which was a commonly requested feature! Please use the beta branch to test the History thoroughly :)


We have instructions on how to join the branch on our Discord server[discord.gg].
Please keep in mind that the goal of the beta branch is to find bugs and issues!
The update is planned to go live on November 7th, coming with balancing changes and some more surprises! 😊

• NEW ITEM: Wonky Snowman / Snowball
  
• NEW SKILL: Heavy Drinking
  
• NEW SKILL: Buy the Holy Light
  
• NEW SKILL: Girl Power
  
• NEW SKILL: Blood Manipulation
  
• NEW SKILL: Bagtacular
  
• NEW SKILL: Uniquely Unique
  
• NEW SKILL: Thornburst
  
• NEW SKILL: Just Stats
  
• NEW SKILL: More Stats
  
• NEW SKILL (Reaper): Heart of the Cards
  
• NEW RECIPE: Katana
  
• NEW RECIPE: Stone Shoes
  
• NEW RECIPE: Shepherd’s Crook
  
• NEW FEATURE: Build History

Changed Effects

• Stone Armor: Removed on-hit effect, now removes Spikes and Empower every 4s
  
• Ripsaw Blade: Now removes gained damage from items and gains damage. No longer removes buffs
  
• Piggy Piñata: * items now gain 5% crit chance, slightly reduced explosion gold value
  
• Ice Dragon: Now also reduces effect damage
  
• The Lovers: Now also gains 10% heal increase
  
• White-Eyes Blue Dragon: Now also reduced incoming effect damage
  
• Holo Fire Lizard: Now adds effect damage bonus
  
• Jimbo: Four-of-a-kind bonus now activates 2 cards
  
• All Weapon pets now deal “effect” damage, while still keeping their original damage type.

We are preparing the next big update that will focus on rounding out the Skill selection and more recipes! And of course, there will be some other goodies as well. It’s planned to come to the beta branch on 25th of October.

For now, we have another balance update. After that, we plan to let the meta settle for a bit until the new content comes to the main branch.

Neutral

• Wooden Buckler / Spiked Shield: Damage prevented 6 -> 7
  
• Djinn Lamp: Cooldown 1.7s -> 1.6s
  
• Poison Dagger: Cooldown 2.9s -> 2.7s
  
• Spectral Dagger: Damage +1
  
• Stone Golem: Damage +3
  
• Prismatic Sword: Debuffs 3 -> 4
  
• King Goobert: Heal 30 -> 35
  
• Crossblades: Damage +2
  
• Shielded: Armor trigger speed 40% -> 50%
  
• Power of the Moon: Heal 40% -> 50%
  
• Hardwood: Block 8 -> 10
  
• Artifact Stone: Death: Cooldown 2.5s -> 2.3s
  
• Leaf Badge: Cooldown 2.3s -> 2.2s
  
• Blood Harvester: Damage +2
  
• Cubert: Regeneration chance 30% -> 35%

Ranger

• Rat Chef: Cooldown 6s -> 7s
  
• Yggdrasil Leaf: Heal 13 -> 17

Reaper

• Mushroom Farm: Speed Bonus 40% -> 50%
  
• Doom Cap: Cooldown 3.4s -> 3.2s

We are doing some more adjustments reacting to the new items and their impact.
Also, we started a poll on our Discord[discord.gg] about the type of content you would like to see most for future updates - this will help us prioritize what we work on next!

Neutral

• Piggy Piñata: Increased break value
  
• It’s Slime Time!: Cooldown 4s -> 3.5s
  
• Goobling: Heal 5 -> 4
  
• Shielded: Armor speed bonus 35% -> 40%
  
• Hardwood: Block 7 -> 8
  
• Smithing for Dummies: Stamina reduction 18% -> 15%
  
• Stoned: Block bonus 40% -> 45%
  
• Mana Mastery: Bonus buffs 13 -> 17
  
• Power of the Moon: Fatigue start speedup 3s -> 4s
  
• Blood Amulet: Cost 9g -> 8g
  
• Holy Armor: Block 60 -> 65
  
• Vampiric Armor: Block 60 -> 65
  
• Moon Armor: Block 45 -> 50
  
• Corrupted Armor: Block 75 -> 85
  
• Stone Armor: Block 35% -> 40%
  
• Gloves of Power: Block 6 -> 7
  
• Djinn Lamp: Cooldown 1.8s -> 1.7s
  
• Fanfare: Cooldown 3.2s -> 3.0s
  
• Strong Pestilence Flask: Delay 7s -> 6s
  
• Stone Golem: Activated Cooldown 2.8s -> 2.6s
  
• Platinum Customer Card: Buff Protection 15% -> 20%
  
• Poison Dagger: Cooldown 3s -> 2.9s
  
• Vampiric Potion: Vampirism 2 -> 3
  
• Cubert: Chance to gain Regeneration 25% -> 30%

Pyromancer

• Everburning: Stamina reduction 30% -> 40%

Ranger

• Rat Chef: Cooldown 5s -> 6s
  
• Squirrel Archer: Cooldown 3s -> 3.2s
  
• Yggdrasil Leaf: Heal 10 -> 13
  
• Carrot Goobert: Activations 5 -> 6, Empower duration 5s -> 6s

Reaper

• Fly Agaric: Cooldown 4.5s -> 4.3s
  
• Doom Cap: Cooldown 3.5s -> 3.4s
  
• Strong Vampiric Potion: Vampirism 4 -> 5

• Added lights behind all skills
  
• Tooltips now show which class the items belong to

We're thrilled to announce that Backpack Battles will be participating in the Multi-player & Fun Week event, starting on September 30th! The game will be available at a 10% discount for 7 days.

If you haven’t picked up Backpack Battles yet, this is the perfect opportunity. We also have several bundle deals with other games, where you can enjoy an additional 10% discount on top of the bundle price!

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We're collaborating with PvP auto battler Claws & Chaos! They just announced their release date - October 22nd - and added an Endless mode called Rapture Mode that you can playtest now.

https://steamproxy.com/steamstore/app/2377230/Claws__Chaos/

This update adds two characters from Claws & Chaos as recipes: The Rat Chef and the Squirrel Archer! You can craft these cute critters when you have picked up the Big Bowl of Treats on Ranger, granting you access to the Friends of the Forest!

We are also making some balancing adjustments after adding the Skills last week. It was awesome to hear you like them a lot! We'll be doing a poll soon on our Discord about the next item sets.

• ADDED Ranger Recipes: Rat Chef and Squirrel Archer (It’s a collab with Claws & Chaos, go check them out!)

Neutral

• Piggy Piñata: Increased break value
  
• Superspacious: Bag sales chance 40% -> 30%
  
• Investment Opportunity: Maximum health gain 2 -> 1.5
  
• Smithing for Dummies: Stamina reduction 20% -> 18
  
• Spectral Dagger: Cooldown 2.3s -> 2.1s
  
• Holy Spear: Stamina cost 0.6 -> 0.4
  
• Crossblades: Damage +2
  
• Blood Harvester: Stamina cost 0.2 -> 0
  
• Stable Recombobulator: Cooldown 3s -> 2.5s
  
• Artifact Stone: Death: Crit bonus 5% -> 7%

Berserker

• Dragon Set: Cooldown 1s -> 1.2s

Ranger

• Big Bowl of Treats: Cooldown 3.5 -> 3.7
  
• Rat: Cooldown 3.5s -> 3.3s
  
• Yggdrasil Leaf: Heal 7 -> 10
  
• Acorn Ace: Stamina reduction 10% -> 8%, stamina reduction for Critwood Staffs 50% -> 75%

Reaper

• Fly Agaric: Cooldown 4.7s -> 4.5s
  
• Mushroom Farm: Speed bonus 35% -> 40%
  
• Dark Ritual: Delay 15s -> 17s

• Fixed Box of Prosperity visual effect sometimes not showing up when using Ctrl + Z / Ctrl + Y
  
• Fixed Artifact Stone: Death not updating crit rate correctly