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February 23rd
Idle Champions: Guide and Collection Quests 
Posted in Idle Champions.

Table of Contents

Collections

An expansion to Collections has been a long time coming, and is something we've wanted to focus on for several years now. Whereas the original Collections dialog only tracked your Champion's equipment progress, the updated and expanded experience allows you to track your progress across nearly every aspect of Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms. It's also home to our new Guide and Collection Quest system, which you can read about later in this blog.

Note: Screenshots in this blog reflect a work in progress version of the Guide and Collections Quests systems. The finalized versions may differ in layout or appearance.

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms Collections

At launch, the updated Collections dialog will track the progress of your Campaigns, Blessings, Patrons, Champions, Skins, Feats, Equipment, Enemies, Familiars, Achievements, Time Gates, and Modron Cores. However, that's just the tip of the iceberg! For example, on the Champions page you can see % of Champions Unlocked, % of Champions with full Epic Equipment, Evergreen Champions Unlocked, Event Champions Unlocked, and % of Champions unlocked by year.

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms Collections Champions

A few additional highlights of the updated system include:
  • Search and sort options for individual pages. (Search for adventures with specific enemy types when you have quests or challenges to defeat those enemy types as just one example!)
  • Finally re-read the adventure dialog from adventures you've already completed!
  • Preview Champion skins at a high resolution!
  • Use a 'Premium Progress' toggle that includes or excludes progress that can only be made with premium purchases in the game (set to 'Off' by default).
  • And there is even more to discover!

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms Collections Enemies

Guide and Collection Quests

Starting Idle Champions can be daunting for newer players. With over one hundred Champions, eight campaigns, twelve annual events, and a plethora of systems to unlock, it isn't always easy to know where to start.

That's where Guide and Collection Quests come in.

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms Collections Guide Quests

Guide and Collection Quests can be found in the main Collections menu. There are over 300 Guide and Collection Quests, starting with the tutorial adventure and carrying through to every feature unlock and completion in the game. Guide Quests have gold or silver borders and lead to feature unlocks or unique rewards, while Collection Quests have normal borders and mark the individual milestones as you complete your collection.

Progress across both Guide and Collection Quests is retroactive. When you first open the Collections dialog and go into the Guide Quests menu, you will have the option to claim your completed rewards either individually or by clicking the 'Claim All' button to claim them all at once.

As we add additional Adventures, Variants, Champions, Campaigns, and other updates to Idle Champions, the Guide and Collection Quests will continue to be updated as well.

Rewards

As you complete Guide and Collection Quests you will unlock Silver Chests, Gold Chests, Electrum Chests, Patron Gold Chests, Champion Gold Chests, Corrupted Gems, and Scales of Tiamat.

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms Collections Guide Quests Rewards

What's Next?

Barring any last-minute issues, Guide and Collection Quests will go live on Wednesday, February 28, 2024. We're eager and excited to receive your feedback and make further improvements to this system based on how you're using it!

January 16th
Idle Champions Announcements 
Posted in Idle Champions.

Good afternoon,

Today we have two announcements related to Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms, which can be found at the links below.


January 16th
Idle Champions: 2024 Price Changes 
Posted in Idle Champions.

Welcome Champions,

On February 7, 2024 we will be updating prices for various items in Idle Champions. These price adjustments are made based on economic factors including global inflation, currency fluctuations, and associated cost increases. While this means that some items in Idle Champions will increase in price, not every item will see a price increase - and in fact, a few items will see price decreases. Details about these price changes are below.

What is not changing in price:

  • Previously released (non-evergreen) DLC (Familiar Packs, Skin & Feat Packs, Theme Packs, and Founder's Pack VI). These items will
  • remain at their current pricing through their retirement sales.
  • Wild Offers
  • Season Pass, Season Pass Plus, and Season Boost

What is increasing in price:

  • Chest Packs
  • Evergreen DLC (Starter Packs, Renown Packs, Trials Packs, Modron Founder's Pack, Patron Starter Packs, Patron Skin Packs, Soundtracks)
  • Champion Packs (Basic, and Geared Champion)
  • Corrupted Gem Packs
  • All DLC releasing on or after February 7th, 2024

What is decreasing in price or updating contents:

  • The Exceptionally Geared Champion Pack will decrease in cost by $5.
    • We will retroactively credit players who previously purchased those packs with 7 additional Gold Champion Chests and a Shiny Card for those Champions.
  • The Geared Champion Pack will have additional Chests added (Increasing from 7 Gold Chests and 1 Shiny Card to 16 Gold Chests and 2 Shiny Cards).
    • We will retroactively credit players who previously purchased those packs with those additional Chests & Shiny Cards.
  • The Force Grey Bundle Pack is decreasing in price from $44.99 to $43.99.
  • Celeste's Starter ($19.99) & Nayeli's Starter ($29.99) will be replaced with $11.99 versions matching the other Starter Packs.
  • The $2.99 Starter Pack (Steam Only) will be retired.

New prices for updated items:

Old Price (USD)
Change
New Price (USD)
$4.99
+$1.00
$5.99
$9.99
+$2.00
$11.99
$14.99
+$2.00
$16.99
$19.99
+$3.00
$22.99
$24.99
+$3.00
$27.99
$44.99
-$1.00
$43.99
$49.99
+$5.00
$54.99
$54.99
+$5.00
$59.99
$59.99
-$5.00
$54.99

Average Price Increase: 14%


March 20th, 2020
COTLI: New Tier 7 Talents and More! 

Welcome, Crusaders!

We thought that now might be a great time to introduce some additional Talents. Then we thought, "why not introduce Tier 7 Talents?"

Without further ado, here is what you can expect from the New Tier 7 Talents update...

New Tier 7 Talents

These talents require clearing area 2700 to unlock.

3x Passive Tree Talents

  • Legendary Friendship - Increases the DPS of Crusaders for each piece of Legendary gear belonging to Crusaders in the same bench slot, stacking multiplicatively. Max levels: 25
  • Golden Friendship - Increases the DPS of Crusaders for each piece of Golden gear belonging to other Crusaders in the same bench slot, stacking multiplicatively. Max levels: 25
  • Friendly Helpers - Increase the Global DPS for each Taskmaster owned, stacking multiplicatively. Max levels: 50

2 Utility Tree Talents

  • Sprint for the Finish - Increases your maximum level of Sprint. (Must have purchased all levels of the Marathon Sprint Talent to start buying) Max levels: 30.
  • Magical Training - Increases the maximum level of Crusaders by 25 for each level purchased. No maximum level.

Additional Updates

New Tier 1 Talents:

  • Golden Benefits - Increases Global DPS for each Golden item owned. No maximum level.
  • Apprentice Crafter - Increases Global DPS for each Common and Uncommon recipe owned. No maximum level.
  • Level All the Way - Increases Global DPS for each talent level purchased (including levels of this Talent.) Max levels: 50
  • Mission Accomplished - Increases Global DPS for each mission you've completed. No maximum level.

New Tier 4 Talents:

  • Extra Healthy - Increases the health of all Crusaders. Max levels: 50
  • Journeyman Crafter - Increases Global DPS for each Rare recipe owned. No maximum level.

New Tier 5 Talent:

  • Bossing Around - Skip a wave of monsters on a boss area. Max levels: 2

New Tier 6 Talents:

  • Weekend Warrior - Increase the effect of the weekend buffs. Max levels: 25
  • Material Goods - Increase the crafting materials gained from Missions. Max levels: 40
  • Maxed Power! - Increases Global DPS for each Talent that is at max level, stacking multiplicatively. Max levels: 50
  • Master Crafter - Increases Global DPS for each Epic recipe owned. No maximum level

New Objectives

  • Mutiny on the Ghostbeard's Greed campaign - Reach area 1500 with new leadership and increased difficulty. Awards maximum number increase of e200
  • Deadly Tales on the Grimm's Idle Tales campaign - Reach area 1400 with a pesky witch. Awards Crusaders run faster when changing areas.
December 11th, 2019
COTLI: Holiday Grab Bag Update, Dec 2019 

Come one, come all and gather round to hear some highlights of what this latest update for Crusaders brings!

Saved Formation Changes

You asked, we've answered! We've made some improvements to the Saved Formations system.

  • More Saved Formations - Now you can have up to 5 saved formations on every campaign!


  • Challenge Saved Formations - Now each Challenge has its own set of saved formations, so you won't have to worry about affecting your normal formation for each campaign!


  • Saved Formations on Tricky Objectives - Now you can save formations on objectives with alterations to the normal formations, to help you clear the objective. These saved formations will be cleared on changing objectives.


  • Guidebook Page - We've added a Saved Formations entry to the in-game Guidebook, so you can access information about how they work at any time.


Talent Changes

We've made the following changes to the Talents mentioned below, plus topped everyone back up to 3 respecs!

  • Sprint - We've extended the timer on boss areas to 10 seconds, and clarified how the Talent works on the Talent dialog.


  • 10K Training - We've reduced the cost of the Talent to be more manageable.


  • Montage Training - We've also reduced the cost of this Talent to be more manageable as well.


  • Phase Skip - In this new version of the Talent, each level increases the chance that you will skip an area entirely and it works on any objective.


  • Idolatry - We've increased the bonus each level of the talent gives you.


Improvements to Nargulg Granitehand

With this update, we took the time to revisit Nargulg's design, so he's a more competitive clicker.
  • Trickses - The old version increased Nargulg's personal click damage by 400%.

    The new version increases your click damage by 10% of your DPS.


  • Fellowses - The old version increased Nargulg's personal click damage for each Orc and Dwarf crusader in formation, multiplicatively.

    The new version increases the DPS of all Crusaders for each Orc or Dwarf in formation.


  • Yes, I Cheatses - Still increases Nargulg's personal click damage for every 25 levels.


  • Boo Magicses - The old version increased Nargulg's personal click damage by 50% for every Animal Crusader in formation, and decreased it for every Magical Crusader in formation.

    The new version increases the effect of Trickses by 10% for each non-magical Crusader in formation.


  • Smashdown! - Previously named All the Yardses, the old version increased Nargulg's personal click damage for every 50 areas unlocked.

    The new Smashdown upgrade increases your Critical Chance by 100% on monsters with less than 20% health.


  • Speedy Feetses - The old version increased Nargulg's personal click damage by 50% for every 50% of bonus spawn speed you had.

    The new version increases your global click damage by 50% for every 50% of bonus spawn speed you have.


  • Club Smasheses - The old version increased your global click damage by 10% of your DPS for each Orc Crusader in formation.

    The new version causes Critical Clicks to also deal 25% of their damage to nearby monsters.


We also changed Nargulg's gear, to match his new kit.
  • The Kilts - Previously it had the legendary effect of increasing the DPS of Crusaders adjacent to Nargulg.

    It now increases the DPS of Crusaders who are adjacent to at least one Orc or Dwarf.


  • The Clubs - They previously increased the personal click damage of Nargulg and had a legendary effect of increasing Naruglg's old All the Yardses upgrade.

    They now increase the effect of Nargulg's Club Smashes upgrade and have a legendary effect of increasing your global click damage.


  • The Shields - They previously increased your global DPS and had a legendary effect of increasing your global DPS per Dwarf or Orc in the formation.

    They now buff Nargulg's Smashdown upgrade and have a legendary effect of increasing your critical click damage multiplier.


Other Highlights of Today's Update

We've also done a handful of other cool things today! This is a just a brief list. For full details, check out the in-game change log!
  • New Skins! - We've added 3 new skins to the skin store! One each for Mindy, Eiralon and Baenarall!


  • New Taskmasters! We've added 2 new taskmasters to the in-game stores!


  • Crafting Screen Improvements! Crusaders who have gear that can be upgraded now display an arrow on the crafting screen. You can also filter the list of Crusaders by those with Upgrades available or those just in your formation!


  • Active Ability Improvement! Magnify and Storm Rider can now be cast during area transitions, by you or your taskmasters!


We hope you enjoy this little grab bag of holiday fun!
March 31st, 2017
BW2: Change Log March 31 2017 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

Friday, March 31st, 2017

- Girl Guides Charity Promotion raised over $1000! Thanks to all the generous players who participated.

- New Jet Pack Mount promotion (March 20th to March 22nd)
- Puppy Day Pet Sale (March 24th to March 27th), where most of the game’s puppy pets went on sale!
- Fixed 'nothings' bonus not showing up as a bonus to remove from mounts when speaking to Clint.
- Fixed store items having ‘AUTO’ for the description, for reals.
- Fixed the jet pack mount particles piling up offscreen.
- April 1st is no joke here. We’ll be revealing a special update on that day!
- Fixed achievement tier badges in the achievement dialog having stale tooltips.
- Fixed field critters with an idle animation spawning in their walk animation.
- Continued to make progress on the next big content update. Continue hanging in there!
March 17th, 2017
BW2: Change Log March 17 2017 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

March 17th, 2017

- Girl Guides Charity Promotion (Mon March 13th to Wed March 15th.)
- Fixed various reported typos and quest descriptions. Keep the reports coming!
- Fixed store descriptions for custom items and ranch items only reading “AUTO.”
- Made progress on the next big content update. It’s on it’s way, just hang in there!

- Issued out the free Amicus Compensation Pack (Thurs March 16th to Mon March 20th 12pm PDT), containing 20 Amicus Island Tokens, 2 Sandwiches, and a VIP Voucher. This was to compensate for various problems with Amicus Quests and some other things, due to server issues in the previous week.
March 10th, 2017
BW2: Change Log March 10 2017 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

St. Patrick’s Event (March 10th, 2017)

- Proofreading Day temporary questline (March 8th to March 10th)
- Magical Transcriber Pet Pack promo (March 8th to March 10th)
- Fixed various reported typos and quest descriptions. Which included, ironically, typos in the Proofreading Day texts. Keep the reports coming!
- Improved load times
- Optimized friend help dialogs
- Updated St. Patrick's Day Event:
  • Added 2 new questlines
  • Added new customization and ranch items
  • Added new ribbons and 100% reward
  • Added 3 new pets
- Added Pot o’ Gold Mount promo (free with BB purchase over $10; 30% more BBs over $5) from March 10 to March 13
- Made progress on the next big content update. It’s on it’s way, just hang in there!
March 3rd, 2017
BW2: Change Log March 3 2017 
Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

Sleepy Pets Temporary Questline (March 3rd, 2017)

- A year+ of stuff not recorded. ;)
- Fixed various reported typos and quest descriptions. Keep the reports coming! (shout out to Hellvin!)
- New pet animation tech (since the Groundhog Day promo went out on Feb 1st)
- Rotated pets sold on Amicus Island for Island Tokens from the Ghost and Robot to Poot and the Gelatinous Cube
- Temporary questline available via Drowsy Druid NPC in Commons with unique reward
- Added Sleepy Kitty and Drowsy Hound Pet Packs promo (standard $20 pet pack bundles each with a unique pet utilizing new animation system)
- Made progress on the next big content update. It’s on it’s way, just hang in there!