August 26th

Idle Champions - Mastery Variants: August 2026

Tags: idle, champions, new content, update, variants, grand tour, tomb of annihilation, dragon heist, descent into avernus, rime of the frostmaiden, witchlight, xaryxis, fortune's wheel, mastery.

As we prepare for our 9th Anniversary next week, we're back with the latest wave of Mastery Variants for August 2026! Today's batch of Mastery Variants is connected to the second adventures in each of the first 8 campaigns (all campaigns except for Vecna & Tales).

As a reminder from last month's Introducing Mastery Variants Blog, in order to see the Mastery Variants, you need to:

Have all 10 campaigns unlocked.
Have completed all three variants of the base adventure

Read on to learn more about this month's exciting Mastery Variants, our latest Legendary Feat, and the countdown to our 9th Anniversary on September 2nd!

August 2026 Mastery Variants

A Grand Tour of the Sword Coast: The Cursed Farmer

Variant: Mastery - This Formation is Cursed

Investigate the cursed farm you passed earlier with every curse imaginable.

A chicken takes up a slot in the formation. Champions adjacent to the Chicken must have at least one ability score that is 18 or higher.
A mad cow takes up a slot in the formation. Champions adjacent to the Cow must have a base attack speed higher than 5 seconds.
All slots in the formation are cursed, except for one. Champions placed in cursed slots cannot attack with their base attacks or use their ultimate abilities.
Complete Area 1,450

Tomb of Annihilation: Seeking Allies

Variant: Mastery - Thay It Ain't So

Attempt to get on the good side of some red-robed academic wizards.

Three Red Wizards join the formation. An Abjurer at the front, an Illusionist in the top left corner, and a Transmuter in the bottom left corner.
Champions placed between the Abjurer and another Red Wizard must be either dwarves or Small Champions (Small Champions are fairy, gnome, goblin, halfling, kender, kobold, and plasmoid Champions.)
Champions placed between the Illusionist and another Red Wizard must have a magic base attack.
Champions placed between the Transmuter and another Red Wizard must have a total ability score of 78 or lower.
These restrictions persist even if any or all of the Red Wizards are defeated.
Complete Area 1,550

Waterdeep: Dragon Heist: Building Trust

Variant: Mastery - Wizened Waterdeep Walkabout

Is it wise to escort a mysterious noble through a dangerous night out in Waterdeep?

No two Champions in the formation can share the same WIS score. If they do, the damage of all Champions is set to 0.
Only Champions with an INT score of 12 or higher may be used.
A fancy red panda in a top hat riding a unicycle (don't ask) takes up a slot in the formation. You must have at least one core or evergreen Champion adjacent to the red panda, or else the damage of all Champions is set to 0.
Complete Area 1,650

Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus: The Dead Three

Variant: Mastery - Absolute Entourage

Patrol the streets of Baldur's Gate with some heroes from Baldur's Gate.

You may only use Champions from the Heroes of Baldur's Gate or Absolute Adversary affiliations.
Minsc starts in the formation.
Once a Champion is added to the formation they may not be removed or swapped out.
After a Champion has been in the formation for 500 areas, they are removed and can not be used for the rest of the adventure. Minsc is immune to this effect.
Complete Area 1,750

Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden: The Everlasting Rime

Variant: Mastery - Hallucinations of Mithral Hall

Continue to Ten-Towns with the Companions of the Hall while trying not to get distracted.

Wulfgar must be unlocked to start this variant.
Wulfgar starts in the formation and can not be removed or swapped out.
Only Champions from the Companions of the Hall affiliation can deal damage.
Chadwick joined the formation. He's still experimenting with some spell scrolls, so Champions adjacent to Chadwick deal 0 damage to normal enemies and bosses.
Three random Illusory Enemies from other campaigns appear with the first wave of each area. They do not drop gold nor count toward quest progress, but in addition to the normal quest, you must also defeat these enemies in order to advance. Only Champions adjacent to Chadwick can deal damage to Illusory Enemies.
Complete Area 1,850

The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: The Witchlight Carnival

Variant: Mastery - Very Familiar

Uncover the mysteries of the Witchlight Carnival with Nat & several familiars.

Nat and Gale the Miniature Giant Seahorse take up slots in the formation
They must be distracted by more familiar friends or else the damage of your formation will suffer.
If you have fewer than 17 familiars assigned to your formation, the damage of all Champions is reduced by 99.9% for each unassigned familiar.
If you have fewer than 11 familiars assigned to your formation, the damage of all Champions is set to 0.
Only Champions with a CHA score of 13 or higher may be used.
No two adjacent Champions in the formation may have a DEX score that is within one. If they do, the damage of all Champions is set to 0.
Complete Area 1,950

Light of Xaryxis: The Evacuation of Waterdeep

Variant: Mastery - Squiddly Versus The Space Clowns

Get to the Dock Ward before the city is overrun and your Champions are burnt to a crisp.

Squiddly riding a rocket joins the formation.
Squiddly has figured out his fuse issues from the previous Mastery Variant and his rocket will not explode if you take too long to complete an area. Instead, the blast from the rocket damages Champions in the columns behind him for 25% of their max health every 5 seconds.
Only Champions with a WIS score of 12 or lower can be placed in the columns behind Squiddly, because... why would you stand there?
If Squiddly is defeated, his rocket explodes, instantly killing all the Champions in the columns behind him.
One Red Wizard Transmuter spawns with each wave. When it's defeated, it polymorphs into a Space Clown. The Space Clown has 5 hits-based health, moves 200% faster, and ignores all taunt abilities. This is why kids are afraid of clowns.
Complete Area 2,050

Turn of Fortune's Wheel: The End is the Beginning

Variant: Mastery - The Four Pillars

WWWW JJJJ HHHH HHHH?

Four slots in the formation have glowing, sparking, or pulsing pillars in them.
Each Champion in a slot with a glowing pillar must count as more than one species. If they don't, the damage of all Champions is set to 0.
Each Champion in a slot with a sparking pillar must count as more than one alignment. If they don't, the damage of all Champions is set to 0.
Each Champion in a slot with a pulsing pillar must count as more than one class. If they don't, the damage of all Champions is set to 0.
All Champions with a positional formation ability must be adjacent to at least one Champion without a positional formation ability. If they're not, the damage of all Champions is set to 0.
Complete Area 2,150

New Legendary Feat

With 8 new Mastery Variants available today, players can earn another Legendary Feat from the Mastery Shop, choosing from Drizzt, Pwent, and Wulfgar. Three more play-reward Legendary Feats will be added to the Mastery Shop in October. In the meantime, a new Legendary Feat for Shadowheart is available today via DLC!

Shadowheart

Astral-Touched Tadpole - Level 1: Shadowheart adds up the total Wisdom scores of all the Champions adjacent to her and increases the effect of Twilight Trickery by 100% for every 5 Wisdom she counts, stacking multiplicatively. If she has at least 20 stacks, your formation gains one additional Ceremorphosis stack.

Per Level Adjustment:

x2 damage buff per Feat level
-1 stacks required to activate additional Ceremorphosis
Caps at level 10

Please Note: Shadowheart's Legendary Feat will be exclusive to its DLC Pack for the first 6 months. Afterward, it will also be available through play as well.

Countdown to the 9th Anniversary!

Highharvestide returns NEXT WEEK alongside our in-game Anniversary Celebration, a new back to school collection of Skins, Founder's Pack IX release, and the arrival of our next Hero of the Lance: Caramon Majere!

Come back on Friday for Caramon's Champion Spotlight blog, and stay tuned to our Discord community to learn more about our week-long anniversary next week!

We Want YOUR Feedback

What do you think about today's update? Are you excited to challenge your skills and unlock your next Legendary Feat or Chromatic Skin? Join our community on one of our official platforms and let us know what you think!

The Official Idle Champions Discord.
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August 7th

BW2: Dog Days of Summer 2026 Edition

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Tags: bw2, event, update, 2026, dog days, summer.

Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer

The residents of the Commons want to close out summer with a blast! That big old event field sits there empty most of the time anyways. Help them build an awesome temporary pool to chill out beside. Once you've completed all three building quests, the residents will come in and there will be 3 turn-in stations where you can bring Towels, Sunscreen and Life Rings to get event tokens for buying this year's custom items!

Nate's New Puppies!

Plus, foster an adorable puppy for Nate. It seems he's accidentally ordered too many dogs (again!!) and needs your help to look after them temporarily. Choose one of the 3 to help him out! Once you equip your dog, Nate has some daily quests for you to do to keep the ball of energy that is your puppy occupied. Love the look of the dog? Permanently adopt it with a simple purchase! You can choose between the Cairn Newfoundland, Terrier, and Eurasier!

Puppy and Person Training

A professional dog trainer will help train your puppy AND you! As dog owners need to know how to care for their puppy.

Puppy Mill Protest

Miss Marbles is rooting out awful puppy mills this event, and could use your assistance! If you've helped her in the past, you'll help her feed many stray dogs wandering Bushwhackia.

Race Track

Check out the Companion Racing Track once it becomes available, and you'll be able to bet on pet races! You can only win the prizes once per day though.

The Next Race Track Champion

Later on in the event, you'll need to help an NPC train their unlikely companion to participate in the race!

New This Year

This year's update includes:

- new costume items in the store!
- new ranch items in the store!
- new tier 4 and 5 VIP rewards!
- new pet packs!
- new mount packs!
- new ribbons and 100% reward!
- new fishing quest!

Holiday Banners

If you can complete the event, you'll earn this awesome 100% reward: The Dog Days Banner! Collect them all!

Achievements

-- POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT
There are up to TWENTY SIX possible achievements that can be picked up during this Dog Days event, depending on your game history.

Returning Achievements

Pool Digger - Build the Pool for the Dog Days event.
Safety First! - Help at each pool-side station during the event.
Safety to the Max! - Help at each pool station 50 times - must first complete "Safety First!"
Doggy Daycare - Complete all the doggy dailies.
Man's Best Friend- Level your doggy pet up to level 10.
Training Day - Complete all the puppy training quests.
Dog Days Race Track - Successfully win 5 bets on the Companion Race Track.
Pro Racer Assesser - Buy all the racer assessment upgrades for the Companion Race Track.
Track Trainer - Help Shayla Sharker train a companion for the Companion Race Track.
Cats Teaching Dogs - Help School Cat complete her thesis
Call the Dogtor - Train your puppy with Nate while dressed like a dog
The Right Cat-itude - Show School Cat you can look like a cat

New Achievements

Splashy Spoils - Purchase all the custom items for 2026*

Retired Achievements

We have the following achievements from previous years, which may be earned by spending some Bush Bucks, if a player was not present/didn't earn it during the initial year:
Dog Days Sale - Buy all the custom items and pool items from 2013
Dog Days Outlet - Buy all the custom items for 2014
Summer Supplies - Purchase all the custom items for 2015
Summer Souvenirs - Purchase all the custom items for 2016
Pool Party Procurer - Purchase all the custom items for 2017
Good Dog Goods - Purchase all the custom items for 2018
Dog Toy Takehomes - Purchase all the custom items for 2019
Doggie Dabbler - Purchase all the custom items for 2020
Pool Procurer - Purchase all the custom items for 2021
Sunshine Keepsakes - Purchase all the custom items for 2022
Sunny Stockpile - Purchase all the custom items for 2023
Floating Fancy - Purchase all the custom items for 2024
Warm Weather Wealth - Purchase all the custom items for 2025

* The Mini Golf piece is NOT included in the achievement, and therefore it is not a required purchase.

Mount Packs

All new mounts are available this weekend, from August 7th to 10th!

The Beach Ball mount comes free with your first purchase of 100 Bush Bucks or more!

The Pink Poodle and Water Jetpack are in packs containing 100 Bush Bucks, 10 Pristine Feed Vouchers, and a VIP Voucher! These two mounts leave a sparkling trail when you ride them!

Get Ready!

Post your celebration plans on the forums!

The event will run until Friday August 21st at Noon PDT.

Check out the Release Notes here!

August 5th

Idle Champions: Ahghairon's Day 2026!

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Tags: idle, champions, event, new content, update, flint, ahghairon's day.

Ahghairon's Day commemorates the birthday of Ahghairon, the first Open Lord of Waterdeep and founder of the Lords of Waterdeep. In his name, Lords toast Ahghairon and the Watchful Order, while guildmasters toast the Lords in Ahghairon's name, and common folk leave violets at the base of Ahghairon's Tower, the Plinth, and atop the altars of the House of Wonder.

As part of the festivities, the party is tasked with seeking out a Lord of Waterdeep who stepped down long ago. It seems like an easy request – but if it were easy, it wouldn't have come directly from the Open Lord of Waterdeep herself...

Ahghairon's Day returns with one New Champion and three fresh rebalances! Flint Fireforge, the cantankerous companion who is afraid of lakes and 'allergic' to horses, and the latest Heroes of the Lance Champion to come to the game, is available to unlock today with the launch of the event.

Instead of a single reworked Champion this month, THREE of this event's Champions have had targeted rebalances, pumping up their numbers to make them more effective in your formations. You'll find updates to Jim, Omin, and Prudence available for flex slots now!

For more information about this year's Ahghairon's Day, read on!

Featured Champions

Flint

Learn more about Flint in his Champion Spotlight.

Flex Champions

Flex Slots allow players to unlock additional Champions and earn chests during events, choosing from a pool of retired Champions associated with the event. This collection of retired Champions includes the Champions from previous years of the event as well as some Champions whose events have been retired.

This event's Flex Slot pool includes the following Champions, three of which have been rebalanced:

Voronika

seat 1

Lae'zel

seat 2

Omin
REBALANCED!

seat 3

Ishi

seat 4

Prudence
REBALANCED!

seat 5

Valentine

seat 5

Shandie

seat 6

Jim
REBALANCED!

seat 7

Beadle

seat 8

Ellywick

seat 10

Baldric

seat 12

Jim Darkmagic Rebalance

We've buffed Jim's main Fan Club ability by a small amount, which, considering it's a pre-stack ability, should grant a few more areas of progress if Jim's your main DPS.
Magical Mystery Tour has been buffed and adjusted to make it easier to maintain stacks. The base effect is much higher, and only 20% of stacks are lost when changing areas instead of all of them.
Fashion Week was intentionally quite underpowered because it required (mostly paid) skins to max out. Considering how many more skins are available for gems in the modern game, we're switching it from additive to multiplicative and replacing Jim's Ultimate Damage equipment buff with a buff that targets it.
We also added a new feat for Fashion Week.
These combined changes, plus an updated set of upgrades, should provide an exciting boost to Jim!

Omin Dran Rebalance

Omin has been given his long-awaited pre-stack!
The base effect of Champion of Tymora has been buffed.
Adventuring Capital now scales up slowly as more stacks are gained.
Omin's specialization choices are now buffed pre-stack.
In order to make the above work, we have tweaked the effect of Long Term Investments so it gains stacks slower, but since they're buffed pre-stack, the overall effect is much higher!
The effect on Omin's gear that buffed Ultimate Damage now buffs all his Specialization choices.

Prudence Rebalance

Prudence has received a number of powerful buffs to her old but still solid kit.
Glee's base damage bonus and base stacks have been increased, and it now stacks multiplicatively and is buffed pre-stack by feats and equipment.
Delight now buffs the base damage of Glee, and its base effect has been increased.
The number of Glee stacks granted by Resolve has been lowered due to Glee now stacking multiplicatively.
Frustration hasn't received any changes, but due to some tweaks to her base attack, it now has a chance to add or remove multiple stacks per attack, shortening the frequency of its yo-yo effect.
The She Hungers spec has had its chance increased.
Added a new set of Specializations that increase the post-stack effect of Glee based on the number of Champions in the formation.
Changed her Ultimate Damage gear to instead buff Spec B. This should be more than offset by increases to Prudence's BUD potential.
Added new feats that buff Spec B.
Added new feats that increase the number of Eldritch Blast beams she fires with her base attack.

Hobbycraft Skins!

Flint Fireforge has arrived, and he's bringing more than just his legendary axe! Inspired by the master craftsman's passion for woodworking, this month's skins celebrate the hobbies that make each Champion unique. Ever wondered what your favorite Champions get up to when they're not saving the Sword Coast? Discover their creative side with a collection of all-new hobbycraft skins arriving throughout the month in Idle Champions!

Event Augments

We have four returning Augments this month, including the Supercharged Damage Boon, which grants 2 MILLION % additional damage per level (stacking multiplicatively). Use these Augments to help supercharge your Ahghairon's Day Variants & Mastery Challenges!

Golden Offers: One of your weekly offers will be Golden during this event. Golden offers provide an additional 10% discount! The Golden tag persists when an offer is rerolled.
Auto-Blacksmith: Event Champions whose recruitment adventure or variants you complete gain common rarity equipment in all slots, if they don't already have better.
Every tier two or higher event variant completed automatically applies 100 Tiny Blacksmithing Contracts to the variant's Champion's equipment for free!
Challenge Week: A Mastery Challenge will start on the third week of the event, providing opportunities to prove your formation building skills and earn unique rewards.
Supercharged Damage Boon: The Global Damage Boon is supercharged, granting 2,000,000% additional damage per level, instead of 200% (stacking multiplicatively).

You can check out which Augments are active at any time by mousing over the Event Banner.

Feedback on Ahghairon's Day

Our final Year 9 Event is here, and with it, the latest Hero of the Lance: Flint! What do you think about him and the rebalances to Jim, Omin, and Prudence? Are you excited for the first Year 10 event next month?! Let us know!

The best way for us to hear your feedback would be for you to join our community on an officially-supported platform:

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July 31st

Idle Champion Spotlight: Flint Fireforge

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Tags: idle champions, idle, champions, new content, update, champion spotlight, flint, heroes of the lance, ahghairon's day.

Flint Fireforge is many things - a fearless warrior, a renowned craftsman, and a loyal friend to the bitter end. He is the gruff and grumbling fatherly figure among his group of companions, fiercely protective of them despite seeming to be constantly frustrated by their choices (some moreso than others). He is swift to act when danger appears, leading the charge with fury and reckless abandon against the evil forces of Takhisis.
Flint is a Support and Tanking Champion who buffs Champions in his column and the column behind him based on how many Champions are adjacent to him. He also decreases the damage Champions take and increases the damage they do if an adventure has lots of Underground areas. Once unlocked, you can find this dwarf fighter in Seat 9 (Makos).

To learn everything you need to know about this cantankerous member of the Heroes of the Lance, read on!

Flint

name

seat

2.5%

crit chance

100%

crit damage

Male

gender

148

age

Neutral Good

alignment

overwhelm

Dwarf

species

Fighter

class

Support / Tanking

roles

Heroes of the Lance

affiliation

str

dex

con

int

wis

cha

tot

Patron Eligibility: Mirt, Vajra, Zariel, Elminster (until August 5th, 2029)

Abilities

Basic Attack

Battleaxe (melee) - Flint attacks the nearest enemy with his trusty battleaxe.

Passive Abilities

That Doorknob Kender - Despite how annoyed and frustrated Flint can be when it comes to Tasslehoff, the two are inseparable. If Tasslehoff qualifies for an adventure restriction based on his tags, age, ability scores, etc., Flint may be used as well.

Formation Abilities

Forged Bonds - Flint gains a Forged Bonds stack for each Champion adjacent to him. Flint buffs all Champions in his column and the column behind him by 100% for each Forged Bonds stack, stacking multiplicatively.
Stubborn Determination - Flint reduces the damage taken by all Champions by 10% for each Forged Bonds stack he currently has, stacking additively and capping at 90%.
Stonecunning - The effect of Forged Bonds is increased by 10% for each completed area in the current adventure that was Underground.
Take The Initiative - Until he takes damage in an area, Flint gains an Initiative stack whenever he attacks an enemy. Once he has taken damage, Flint gains Follow-Through stacks when he attacks instead. The damage of Forged Bonds is increased by 100% for each Follow-Through stack he has, stacking multiplicatively. The number of Follow-Through stacks can not exceed the number of Initiative stacks he has gained, and Initiative caps at 100 stacks. Both stacks reset when changing areas or when Flint is moved in the formation or removed from it.

Specializations A

Fatherly Advice - Increase the effect of Flint's Forged Bonds by 100% for each Champion in the formation who is 40 years old or younger, stacking multiplicatively.
Forged in War - Increase the effect of Flint's Forged Bonds by 150% for each Heroes of the Lance Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
Blood of Reorx - Increase the effect of Flint's Forged Bonds by 200% for each dwarf in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.

Specializations B

Craft Maker - Flint gains the Gold role and the party's Gold Find is increased proportionally based upon the max health of enemies in the current area. For each order of magnitude of max health the enemies have, the party's Gold Find is increased by 10%, stacking multiplicatively.
Foe Breaker - Flint gains the Breaker role. Attacks from Champions who are affected by Flint's Forged Bonds ability (including himself) remove an extra segment from enemies with segmented, armored, or critical health.
Life Taker - Flint gains the DPS role and increases his own damage by 1000% for each Forged Bonds stack he has, stacking multiplicatively. His base attack also gains a small cleave.

Ultimate Ability

Hammer of Reorx (melee) - Flint deals one ultimate hit to a small group of nearby enemies, knocking them far away and stunning them.

Equipment

Global DPS Buff

slot 1

Health Increase

slot 2

Forged Bonds Buff

slot 3

Take The Initiative Buff

slot 4

Buffs Specializations A

slot 5

Ultimate Cooldown

slot 6

Feats

Uncommon

Selflessness
Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%
Tough
Increases the health of Flint by 15%
Defensive Duelist
Flint takes 5 more Enemies attacking to get overwhelmed
Poor Initiative
Increases the effect of Flint's Take The Initiative ability by 20%

Rare

Inspiring Leader
Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%
Resilient
Increases the health of Flint by 30%
Calm Under Pressure
Flint takes 10 more Enemies attacking to get overwhelmed
Proven Bond
Increases the effect of Flint's Forged Bonds ability by 40%
Stubborn Bond
Flint's Forged Bonds ability gains one extra stack.
Practiced Initiative
Increases the effect of Flint's Take The Initiative ability by 40%
Seasoned Veteran
Increases the effect of Flint's first set of Specializations by 40%

Epic

Sentinel
Flint takes 20 more Enemies attacking to get overwhelmed
Unlockable as an Event Reward
Saved Place
Flint's Forged Bonds ability gains three extra stacks if Tasslehoff is in the formation.
Unlockable as an Event Reward
Wizened Elder
Increases the effect of Flint's first set of Specializations by 80%
Available in the Master Craftsman Flint Theme Pack

We Want YOUR Feedback

The Heroes of the Lance affiliation continues to expand. What do you think about the latest companion to join?

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July 29th

July 29th Variants & Ravenloft Emergence Event!

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Posted in Idle Champions.

Tags: idle, champions, new content, update, variants, grand tour, xaryxis.

Strahd zombies from Barovia have invaded the Sword Coast!

Today's Variants Update introduces 7 Ravenloft-themed Adventure Variants to the Grand Tour of the Sword Coast, and the Light of Xaryxis campaigns. The capstone Variant for the Light of Xaryxis campaign is also included in today's batch!

Today's update also heralds a new emergence! Until Aug 5th at 12 PM PT, Strahd zombies will appear in Free Play Adventures, continuing their chaotic march across the Sword Coast!

Learn more below...

A Grand Tour of the Sword Coast

The Prison of Velkynvelve

Variant: Prisoners of Strahd

You awake in the underdark and try to figure out how to escape from Strahd.

You may only use Champions with an Intelligence of 16 or higher.
1-2 Strahd Zombies spawn with each wave. When they are killed, their limbs keep on fighting.
In each boss area Strahd on Horseback appears. You must defeat this additional boss to advance. When defeated, he runs off the screen.
Areas with no weather are instead dark and foggy.
Complete Area 425

Lost in the Underdark

Variant: In Your Element

Find your way to Sloobludop while drow and their elemental bodyguards hunt you!

You may only use Champions that are NOT a Standard Species. Standard species are Aasimar, Dragonborn, Dwarf, Elf, Gnome, Goliath, Halfling, Human, Orc, Tiefling, Half-Orc, and Half-Elf.
1-2 Lesser Earth Elementals spawn with each wave. They don't drop gold nor count towards quest progress.
Elemental enemies protect other enemies. Non-elemental enemies can't be attacked while an elemental is present in the area.
Complete Area 425

Leemooggoogoon Rises

Variant: Hoard and Horde

Help the Kuo-toa while you try to barter for a boat with Champions that know something about gold.

You may only use Champions with the Gold Find role.
Undead enemies have their speed and damage increased by 300%.
1-2 Strahd Zombies spawn with each wave. When they are killed, their limbs keep on fighting.
Areas with no weather are instead dark and foggy.
Complete Area 425

Neutral No More

Variant: No More Neutral

Head to Mantol-Derith, to learn more about the relentless undead incursion into the Underdark.

You may not use Champions that are Neutral in any way.
1-2 Relentless Undead spawn with each wave. When they are killed, Relentless Undead don't disappear. Instead, after 3 seconds, they get back up and start attacking again.
Areas with no weather are instead dark and foggy.
Complete Area 475

Light of Xaryxis

The Last Light of Xaryxis

Variant: 5 Minutes to Doomsday

Must go faster!

Every 50 areas starting at area 1, a 5 minute countdown starts. If the countdown hits 0 before getting through the 50 areas, every Champion in the formation is removed and can't be used for the rest of the adventure.
Anytime there are less than 3 minutes left in the countdown you can't remove Champions from the formation. This restriction is removed when the countdown timer reaches 0 until the countdown starts again.
Complete Area 1250

Realmspace Restored

Variant: Undead to the Core

Return to Toril and stop Undead Mind Flayers from taking over Waterdeep!

You may only use Champions with a Wisdom of 12 or lower.
1-2 Undead Mind Flayers with 4 armored health spawn with each wave.
Aberration and Undead enemies have their speed and damage increased by 300%.
Areas with no weather are instead dark and foggy.
Complete Area 1250

Realmspace Restored

Variant: Smart and Suave

Return to Toril and stop Mind Flayers from eating your charismatic brains!

Champions can't be removed from the formation once they have been added.
Every 50 areas, the Champion with the lowest total Intelligence and Charisma is removed from the formation and can not be used again in the adventure. If there is a tie, the tie is broken randomly.
Fire breath potions can't be used during the adventure, and click damage has no effect after area 100.
Complete Area 1300
Rewards:
- 5 Modron Component Chests
- Two Feats for Commodore Krux: CHA +2 & INT +2
- 1,250 Corrupted Gems

Ravenloft Emergence

The Ravenloft Emergence brings Golden Epics for Drizzt, Ezmerelda, and Van Richten, Feats for Laurana, Raistlin, Lucius, Kyre, and Van Richten, and the new Zombie Hunter Drizzt Skin!

New Items Added to the Thayan Enclave!

Golden Epics - 20,000 Corrupted Gems Each
- Van Richten Slot 3 - Blessed Bandolier (Triumph Buff)
- Ezmerelda Slot 3 - Dagger of Lathander (Training Montage Buff)
- Drizzt Slot 5 - Figurine of Guenhwyvar (Buff Ultimate Damage)
Feats - 10,000 Corrupted Gems Each
- Raistlin - Devastating Arcana (Debilitating Magic Buff)
- Laurana - Prodigal Leader (Global Champion Damage Buff)
- Van Richten - Inevitable Triumph (Triumph Buff)
- Lucius - Abrasive Magic (Increases the health segments broken by Armor Eating Acid by 1)
- Kyre - Blinding Force (Stun duration for 20 seconds for Stunning Strike)
Skins - 10,000 Corrupted Gems Each
- Zombie Hunter Drizzt
Chests
- Unlimited Ravenloft Emergence Emergence Chests - 2,500 Corrupted Gems each
  - Contains gear for Ezmerelda, Drizzt, Kyre, Laurana, Lucius, Raistlin, and Van Richten

Variant Feedback

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July 22nd

Idle Champions - Introducing Mastery Variants!

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Tags: idle, champions, new content, update, variants, grand tour, tomb of annihilation, dragon heist, descent into avernus, rime of the frostmaiden, witchlight, xaryxis, fortune's wheel.

Adventures in Idle Champions have always offered up to three Variants to test your mettle... until now!

Today, we're introducing Mastery Variants, a new fourth Variant tier available now for the first adventure of nearly every campaign.

These variants are not for the faint of heart (or low ilevels). Expect daunting restrictions, objectives beginning at area 1,425, and even tougher Patron versions. Completing them is the ultimate test of formation mastery and your path to fantastic new play rewards!

With Mastery Comes Rewards:
Mastery Variants introduce Medallions, new currencies earned by completing these difficult Variants. Mastery Medallions can be used to unlock Legendary Feats in the new Mastery Shop, and Patron Mastery Medallions unlock Chromatic Skins in the Patron Shops.

Choose carefully! You won't be able to earn every reward released today from the first batch of Mastery Variants. New Mastery Variants will arrive every month at the end of each event, bringing additional Medallions to earn. Every three months, we'll expand the Mastery and Patron Shops with new Legendary Feats and Chromatic Skins, giving you even more rewards to collect through play!
Legendary Feats: Spend Mastery Medallions to unlock powerful Legendary Feats in the new Mastery Shop tab!
Each Champion can equip one Legendary Feat in its own dedicated feat slot, and Legendary Feats can be upgraded with Scales of Tiamat to increase their power.

Four Legendary Feats are available today: Drizzt, Wulfgar, and Pwent have Legendary Feats unlockable through gameplay using Mastery Medallions. Lae'zel's Legendary Feat is included in a new DLC Pack, along with 6 DPS Pigments.

Chromatic Skins: Complete Patron Mastery Variants to earn Patron Mastery Medallions, then spend them on Chromatic Skins in Patron Shops.
Today, Jarlaxle & Hew Maan each receive a new Chromatic Skin, with five dragon-inspired color variants based on the Chromatic Dragons.

Are you ready to take on the challenge? Read on to learn more!

Mastery Variants

Today's inaugural batch of Mastery Variants is connected to the first adventures in each of the first 8 campaigns (all campaigns except for Vecna & Tales). In order to see the Mastery Variants, you need to:

1. Have all 10 Campaigns unlocked.
2. Have completed all three variants of the base adventure

A Grand Tour of the Sword Coast: Beast Intentions

Variant: Mastery - Basic Buzzing

Horrible beasts are carrying off villagers and must be stopped primarily by non-event Champions.

You may only use three Champions who are neither Core nor Evergreen Champions. If you have more than three Champions who are neither Core nor Evergreen in your formation, the damage of all Champions is set to 0.
Champions of the same species cannot be placed next to each other. If they are, the damage of all Champions is set to 0.
In each area, a fly spawns alongside the first wave of enemies. An additional fly spawns for every 25 areas completed, up to a maximum of 50 flies. Flies do not drop gold nor count toward quest progress.
Other enemies cannot be damaged until all of the flies in an area have been dealt with.
Fire breath potions can't be used during the adventure, and click damage has no effect after area 100.
Complete Area 1,425

Tomb of Annihilation- The Ring of Regeneration

Variant: Mastery - No Good Deed

Explore a strange temple while trying to save a dying noble and your damage dealers.

Every time an area's quest is completed, your BUD-setting Champion is instantly killed.
Your BUD-setting Champion cannot be removed nor swapped out of the formation.
Each time a Champion is killed, their DPS is reduced by 50% permanently for the rest of the adventure, stacking multiplicatively.
The two Treasure Hunters from the third variant join the formation again. They refuse to travel with anyone smarter than them, so only Champions with an INT score of 12 or lower are allowed to be placed adjacent to them.
Fire breath potions can't be used during the adventure, and click damage has no effect after area 100.
Complete Area 1,525

Waterdeep: Dragon Heist - A Mysterious Summons

Variant: Mastery - Force Grey Takes Sides

Once again, patrol the streets of Waterdeep with Force Grey.

All the Force Grey Champions start in the formation. They can be moved, but not removed.
You can't add any other Champions with the DPS role.
Two of Vajra's Stone Golems accompany you on this adventure.
All Champions join the faction war. All Champions in even bench seats support the Zhentarim, and all Champions in odd bench seats support the Xanathar.
Champions supporting the Xanathar deal no damage to Xanathar enemies.
Champions supporting the Zhentarim deal no damage to Zhentarim enemies.
Champions supporting one faction deal 0 damage if they are adjacent to 2 or more Champions supporting the opposite faction.
Fire breath potions can't be used during the adventure, and click damage has no effect after area 100.
Complete Area 1,625

Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus - A Tale of Two Cities

Variant: Mastery - A Tale of Ten Parts

Head south to confront the evil growing there with a slowly growing complement of Champions.

You may only use Champions who are Warlocks, Clerics, or Paladins, or have the Hunter role.
The number of Champions in the formation may not exceed the highest area unlocked divided by 175, rounded up.
Champions from the same original event year cannot be placed adjacent to each other in the formation. If they are, the damage of all Champions is set to 0. All Core and Evergreen Champions count as being from the same "event" year.
1-2 imps spawn with each wave. They do not count for quest progress and drop no gold.
Complete Area 1,725

Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden - The Giant's Bane Tavern

Variant: Mastery - The Real Power of Three

Enter Icewind Dale and get lost in the storm with a particular set of Champions.

You must have Volothamp "Volo" Geddarm unlocked in order to start this variant.
Volothamp "Volo" Geddarm starts in the formation. He cannot be removed.
Only Volo, Champions with the Hunter role, Champions from the Absolute Adversaries, or Champions with a Magic base attack can be used.
Starting at area 50, you must use a Champion from bench seats 3, 6, and 12. If you do not, the damage of all Champions is set to 0.
Champions from seats 3, 6, and 12 must be placed adjacent to Volo. If they are not, the damage of all Champions is set to 0.
Three Well-Dressed Bandits appear before the first wave of each boss area. They must be defeated before any other enemies can take damage. One of the bandits has hits-based health, one has armor-based health, and one has crit-based health.
Complete Area 1,825

The Wild Beyond the Witchlight - Tall Tales

Variant: Mastery - Follow The Leader

Learn about the history of the Champions & their urchin friends around the campfire.

Only Elves, Half-Elves, and Gnomes (of any class) and Druids, Barbarians, and Rangers (of any species) can be used.
You cannot have two Champions of the same Species or two Champions of the same Class adjacent to each other. If you do, the damage of all Champions is set to 0.
A lesser fire elemental joins the formation. Champions adjacent to it take damage equal to 5% of their max health each second.
Only the Champion in the indicated formation slot can deal damage.
Fire breath potions can't be used during the adventure, and click damage has no effect after area 100.
Complete Area 1,925

Light of Xaryxis - Seeds of Destruction

Variant: Mastery - Rocket Elves

Help Laeral Silverhand understand a new threat to Waterdeep while keeping Squiddly's new rocket from exploding.

You may only use Elf or Half-Elf Champions in the front two columns.
You may only use Champions with the Speed role in the back column.
Squiddly riding a rocket joins the formation.
If you take more than 20 seconds to complete an area, Squiddly's rocket explodes, and you immediately fail the area (Squiddly is fine; he has a backup rocket in the previous area).
Fire breath potions can't be used during the adventure, and click damage has no effect after area 100.
Complete Area 2,025

Turn of Fortune's Wheel - The Beginning is the End

Variant: Mastery - Tomb of Champions IV: Out of Time

Return to the Tomb of Annihilation (a couple of times) to stop Acererak from assembling a villainous super team!

Every 10 minutes of real time, all Champions are removed from the formation and can't be used for the rest of the adventure. The timer only restarts when a Champion is added to the formation.
Once a Champion has been added to the formation, they may not be removed or swapped out.
Once there are 2 Speed Champions in your formation, you may not add any more.
Fire breath potions can't be used during the adventure, and click damage has no effect after area 100.
Complete Area 2,125

Medallions

Mastery Variants introduce two new currencies: Mastery Medallions and Patron Mastery Medallions. Earn them by completing Mastery Variants and Patron Mastery Variants, then spend them on powerful new rewards!

Mastery Medallions

Each completed Mastery Variant rewards 1 Mastery Medallion.
Spend 7 Mastery Medallions in the new Mastery Shop to unlock a Legendary Feat. Complete at least seven Mastery Variants to earn your first Legendary Feat, then return each month as new Mastery Variants are added to expand your collection!

Patron Mastery Medallions

Each completed Patron Mastery Variant rewards Patron Mastery Medallions equal to its target area. For example, completing a Patron Mastery Variant with an objective of area 1,550 rewards 1,550 Patron Mastery Medallions.
Spend 10,000 Patron Mastery Medallions in Patron Shops to unlock a new Chromatic Skin for your Champions in the Patron Shop.

New Legendary Feats

Today marks the debut of Legendary Feats, a powerful new Champion progression system!

Legendary Feats have a main effect that stacks up (based on how you've built your formation) and a secondary effect that requires a certain number of stacks of the main effect to activate. They are equipped into a new Legendary Feat slot that is visible in the feats section once you obtain the Legendary Feat.

Leveling Up: Legendary Feats begin at Level 1 and can be upgraded to Level 10 using Scales of Tiamat, increasing their power with each level.

Level 2 5,000 Scales
Level 3 10,000 Scales (15,000 Total)
Level 4 15,000 Scales (30,000 Total)
Level 5 20,000 Scales (50,000 Total)
Level 6 30,000 Scales (80,000 Total)
Level 7 40,000 Scales (120,000 Total)
Level 8 50,000 Scales (170,000 Total)
Level 9 75,000 Scales (245,000 Total)
Level 10 100,000 Scales (345,000 Total)

Drizzt

Apex Predator - Level 1: Whenever Drizzt scores a Critical Hit he gains an Instinct stack that expires after 15 seconds. His damage is increased by 1000% for each Instinct stack he has, stacking multiplicatively. If he scores another Critical Hit before his stacks expire, the timers for all his stacks restart. This ability caps at 4 stacks. If there are at least 20 Mithral Hall stacks in the formation, Drizzt's base Critical Hit chance is increased by an additional 20%.

Per Level Adjustment:

x2 damage buff per Feat level
-1 Mithral Hall stack required per Feat level
+2 cap to Instinct stacks per Feat level
Caps at level 10

Wulfgar

Son of Beornegar - Level 1: Wulfgar gains the Hunter role and Monstrosities are his favored foe. Wulfgar increases the damage of all Champions by 100% for each Monstrosity defeated since the last boss was killed, stacking multiplicatively and capping at 25 stacks. If there are at least 20 Mithral Hall stacks in the formation, a Yeti has a 50% chance to spawn with each wave.

Per Level Adjustment:

x2 damage buff per Feat level
-1 stacks required to spawn a Yeti per Feat Level(caps at 1)
+5% chance to spawn Yeti per Feat Level (additive)
Caps at level 10

Pwent

Loyal to the End - Level 1: Increase the effect of Can You SMELL That? by 250% for each Dwarf Champion or Companion of the Hall Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively. Champions that are both provide two stacks. If Pwent has at least 10 stacks of this ability, he gains the Companions of the Hall affiliation.

Per Level Adjustment:

x2 damage buff per Feat level
-1 stacks required to add affiliation per Feat level (caps at 1)
Caps at level 10

Lae'zel

Astral-Touched Tadpole - Level 1: Lae'zel adds up the total Strength scores of all the Champions adjacent to her and increases the effect of Lethal Coordination by 100% for every 5 Strength she counts, stacking multiplicatively. If she has at least 20 stacks, your formation gains one additional Ceremorphosis stack.

Per Level Adjustment:

x2 damage buff per Feat level
-1 stacks required to activate additional Ceremorphosis
Caps at level 10

Please Note: Lae'zel's Legendary Feat will be exclusive to its DLC Pack for the first 6 months. Afterward, it will also be available through play as well.

New Chromatic Skins

Today's update also introduces Chromatic Skins, a new cosmetic reward earned through Patron Mastery Variants.

Each Chromatic Skin includes five dragon-inspired color variants, with one version themed after each of the Chromatic Dragons. Every color is tied to a different Patron, giving you the freedom to choose the skin variations you want!

Jarlaxle and Hew Maan are the first Champions to receive Chromatic Skins, with more arriving in future updates!

Patron Color Alignment:

Mirt: Green
Vajra: Black
Strahd: Red
Zariel: Blue
Elminster: White

Feedback

What do you think about today's update? Are you excited to challenge your skills and start collecting the new play rewards? Join our community on one of our official platforms and let us know what you think!

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July 10th

BW2: Summer Carnival Event 2026 Edition

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Tags: bw2, event, update, 2026, summer, carnival.

Summer Carnival Event 2026

The Carnival has returned to town! Get ready to play some games, help some Bushwhackian residents and win carnival tokens which you can exchange for cool prizes at the Carnival Event Vendor!

The Carnival Games

A staple of any summer carnival or fair, are those devilish carnival games. There are four different games which will unlock over the course of the event and they include "Balloon Popper," "Whack-A-Mole," "Baseball Throw," and "Duck Shoot." Don't worry, there's no skill involved with these games, you play them automatically when you interact with them.

- It costs 4 carnival tickets to play each game, and you can whack those tickets out of the bushes, or purchase them from Timmy in the Event area for Bush Bucks (30 Salvaged Tickets for 30 Bush Bucks)

- You receive Carnival Tokens based on how well you do. Now, we're not saying they're rigged in the Carnival's favour or anything, but you'll definitely want to ask your friends to help you rig these games to help you!

To get started, the Balloon Popper game is unlocked! As well, it seems William needs your help to satisfy his sweet-tooth!

A Teleporter to Somewhere...

The Pandaclaw was wandering around here somewhere....build the teleporter and complete all the quests and get your very own!

The Dunk Tank

The dunk tank returns! Can you dunk all 8 helpless Bushwhackian residents? NPCs you haven't dunked yet will have a yellow exclamation mark above their heads, to let you know you still need to send them plunging into the icy waters of the tank! It'll help them all cool off. Plus, the tank is always in need of cleaning, so try to keep up with Katherine's daily Dunk Tank Cleaning quests!

Clowning Around

Peat Bog, Pete the Carney's brother has some tasks for you to help him put on a show!

Testing Your Power

And how are your Power collection skills? Are you strong enough to win all the bonus prizes? There are 7 strength settings to beat, unlocking as the event goes on as Strong-Whacker Sabine continuously tries to increase the difficulty of her Strong-Whacker Strength Machine Game.

A Fortune Told

Baba Pythia's seen the future, and it's of you helping her set up a fortune telling booth at the event!

Big Top Blow Out!

A menagerie of circus critters have escaped the big top, and the shady guy wants to know what they were hiding in there! Help him get the details in this challenging new quest.

VIP Rewards!

Active VIP members can claim unique rewards based on their event progress! If you don't have an active membership, you have the entire event to consider becoming one! You can earn and claim these rewards until the end of the event.

New this year

This year's update includes:

- new tier 4 and 5 VIP rewards!
- new costume items in the store!
- new ranch items in the store!
- new pet packs!
- new mount packs!
- new holiday 100% reward!
- new bushy woods creature to capture!
- changed the Strong Whacker strength game to only subtract the required amount of power instead of your entire full Power bar amount

Holiday Plushie

If you can complete the event, you'll earn this awesome 100% reward: The Carnival Banner! Collect them all!

A New Hunt!

This year, you'll have to choice of hunting down a new creature instead of the Pandaclaw! Select which creature you're hunting down after they're revealed in the Bushy Woods field puzzle.

If you're still working on Pandaclaw transmogrifies, you can still choose to hunt down the Pandaclaw, then once you complete the teleporter quest line and capture it, Taban the Teleporter Engineer will offer to transmogrify your Pandaclaw companions, changing their appearance, with science!

And more!

And there's some minor fixes and improvements which you can check out on the Release Notes, which are linked at the bottom of the page!

Achievements

-- POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT
There are up to TWENTY SIX possible achievements that can be picked up during this Summer Carnival event, depending on your game history.

Returning Achievements

Step Right Up - Win a Prize Token gaming at the Carnival!
We have a Winner - Win 8 Prize Tokens at once at the Carnival.
Carnival Ace - Win 8 Prize Tokens at all 4 Carnival Games.
Gotta Try 'Em All! - Play all four games offered at the Carnival!
Big Time Bonus Buyer - Purchase 10 Bonus Prize Packs from the Carnival!
Sweet Tooth - Help William satisfy his Sweet Tooth. Or not.
Nostalgic Whacker - Repair the teleporter and fulfill your dutyâ€¦
Dunk-a-Thon! - Dunk all eight unique Carnival Event dunk-ees!
Scuba Dunk - Dunk yourself while wearing a hefty diving helmet. (Helmet is found from fishing in the Windy Crest fishing hole.)
Daredevil Darer - Make Peat Bog risk his life for entertainment 5 extra times. Dunking Devs! - Dunk the four developer Carnival Event dunk-ees!

New Achievements

Midway Medley - Purchase all the 2026 Carnival Event items.*

Retired Achievements

We have 14 achievements from previous years, which may be earnable by spending some Bush Bucks, if a player was not present during the initial year:

Carnival Customization - Buy all 6 player items from the 2012 Carnival
Party at My Place - Buy all 6 house items from the 2012 Carnival!
Carnival Collector - Purchase all of the 2013 Carnival event items.
Carnival Connoisseur - Buy all the 2014 Carnival event items.
Carni-Value! - Purchase all the 2015 Carnival Event items.
Carnival Compulsion - Purchase all the 2016 Carnival Event items.
Cashed Carnival - Purchase all the 2017 Carnival Event items.
Prized Prizes - Purchase all the 2018 Carnival Event items.
Prize Proprietor - Purchase all the 2019 Carnival Event items.
Material Menagerie - Purchase all the 2020 Carnival Event items.
Hippodrome Haggler - Purchase all the 2021 Carnival Event items.
Amateur Amphitheater - Purchase all the 2022 Carnival Event items.
Carny Chique - Purchase all the 2023 Carnival Event items.
Funhouse Frippery - Purchase all the 2024 Carnival Event items.
Circus Collection - Purchase all the 2025 Carnival Event items.
* The Mini Golf Piece is NOT included in the Midway Medley achievement, and therefore it is not required to purchase it.

Mount Packs

All new chariot mounts are available the first weekend of the event!

The Circus Camel mount comes free with your first purchase of 100 Bush Bucks or more!

The Rainbow Balloon Animal and Stunt Plane are in packs containing 100 Bush Bucks, 10 Pristine Feed Vouchers, and a VIP Voucher! These two mounts leave a sparkling trail when you ride them!

Pet Packs

Three new pets can be picked up the second weekend of the event in Pet Packs bursting with goodies! Want them all? Grab them all for less in the bundle! From left-to-right they are the Popcorn Cat, Rabbit in a Hat, and Plush Elephant!

Get Ready!

Post your carnival schemes on the forums!

The event will run until Friday July 24th at Noon PDT!

Check out the Release Notes here!

Frequently Asked Questions

When will the last quest unlock?
All quests will be unlocked by the 10th day of the event.

Where can I buy Last Year's items?
There are two vendors. The one in the tent has this year's items. The other is the one with the party hat and will have all previous year items for Bush Bucks.

What contributes to my 100% progress?
You need 200 plays of any combo of the games to get 100%. Just whack up tickets to play the games, and turn in quests to get tickets as well.

Why do I want to ask friends for help?
It helps you rig the game and improve your chances of getting 8 tokens.

Do I have to do the achievements?
No. Completing the goals for the achievements is totally optional. You get either a large energy pack or a title for your character from them, no event progress.

Where can I see all the achievements available and how to get them?
Either on the holiday dialog, the achievements dialog, or on the blog.

Where can I see progress on the Dunking Achievement?
Click on the inventory icon and then click on the Achievements list (gold star). Look for the ones listed above in that list.

July 8th

BW2: New Region! Explore the Wetlands!

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Posted in Bush Whacker 2.

Tags: bw2, new content, wetlands, level cap, new areas, region.

The Journey Continues

Have you completed the Flooded Mines and are yearning for power beyond level 520? We have just the update for you!

Head to the Welling Adit and enjoy a new whack of content! Three new zones await your well-honed bush whacking skills in a region never-before seen!

The Wetlands

Hop, skip, and jump through a magical mire filled to the brim with curiosities and a wealth of content to explore!

In this update, you can expect:

5 new magical zones to complete!
40 more levels to attain! (new max is 560)
More secrets to uncover!
More trinkets to purchase, craft, and combine!

Prerequisites

If you've completed up to the Welling Adit in the Flooded Mines, you can now go back to the continue your journey!

Document your adventures on the forums, and share tips with your fellow players!

Check out all the changes released since our last update in today's release notes blog.

July 1st

Idle Champions: Founders' Day 2026!

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Posted in Idle Champions.

Tags: idle, champions, event, new content, update, van richten, founders' day.

Founders' Day has arrived! Recruit the legendary monster hunter Rudolph van Richten, and rediscover Flex Champions Nahara, Strongheart, and Walnut with their fresh rebalances, available today! Complete your gothic looks with eerie new dread-domain skins and familiars released throughout the month!

Celebrations are underway to commemorate the founding of the Free City of Waterdeep. Founders Day attracts huge crowds to the Field of Triumph, where audiences watch illusory shows about Waterdeep's history and martial exhibitions by notable Champions and the renown city guard.

Festivities have also brought an ancient power from Avernus, first layer of the Nine Hells. A fallen angel has arrived to collect souls for the Blood War...

Event Updates

This update includes an exciting change to our event structure, with an expansion of featured updates for Champions. Instead of a single reworked Champion this month, THREE of this event's Champions have had targeted rebalances, pumping up their numbers to make them more effective in your formations. You'll find updates to Nahara, Strongheart, and Walnut available for flex slots now!

Featured Champions

Van Richten

Learn more about Van Richten in his Champion Spotlight.

Flex Champions

Flex Slots allow players to unlock additional Champions and earn chests during events, choosing from a pool of retired Champions associated with the event. This collection of retired Champions includes the Champions from previous years of the event as well as some Champions whose events have been retired. This event's Flex Slot pool includes the following Champions, three of which have been rebalanced:

Deekin

seat 1

Nahara
REBALANCED!

seat 3

Xander

seat 5

Sgt. Knox

seat 6

Freely

seat 7

Umberto

seat 7

Vin Ursa

seat 7

Tess

seat 8

Walnut
REBALANCED!

seat 8

Aeon

seat 10

Strongheart
REBALANCED!

seat 11

Nahara Rebalance

To Amuse or Avenge is an interesting speed and damage combo ability. We're happy with the speed effect, but have adjusted the damage from additive to multiplicative so that it's much more effective at boosting Nahara's damage at low stacks. We've also made it so that feats and equipment buffing this ability will affect the pre-stack value, providing more oomph if she's well-equipped.
Strong Society is Nahara's affiliation synergy and was her featured pre-stack ability. Unfortunately, it was only buffed by a single specialization choice. To fix this, we've swapped her Ultimate Cooldown equipment over to buff this ability, which should provide for a much larger damage boost if you're running a full Black Dice Society formation with decent equipment levels.
In addition to the above changes, we have redone Nahara's upgrades to align with his kit updates.

Strongheart Rebalance

Justice Needs Champions is Strongheart's base buff, and has been bumped up a touch given as he's in a higher bench seat.
Our main change to Strongheart is to adjust all three of his specialization choices to be buffed pre-stack by feats and equipment, rather than post-stack. This will be especially powerful for people who run his A Righteous Event specialization at high stacks.
In addition to the above changes, we have redone Strongheart's upgrades to align with his kit updates.

Walnut Rebalance

Documancer was a bit of a NOMBO for Walnut. Since you start each area with zero stacks and must kill enemies to get stacks, it is very ineffective when you reach your wall. We've opted to adjust how the stacks reset, removing only half of them when changing areas instead of resetting them. Additionally, feats and equipment that buff this ability will now apply to the pre-stack value, rather than post-stack.
Job's Done intention was to give you a damage bonus at the start of each area so you can get that very important first Documancer stack. With the changes to Documancer, it's more of a passive buff that encourages you to hurry along. We've increased its magnitude and duration to keep it at least somewhat relevant.
Wolfnut's temporary hit point shield was some of the only health Walnut received to tank with, so we've increased its magnitude. We've also given Walnut a health-boosting piece of equipment (replacing her Ultimate Damage equipment) and bumped up her base health a bit.
We haven't made any changes to Contractual Obligations, since it's just a basic health share ability. The changes to Walnut's max health and equipment should, however, improve this ability's effectiveness.
Pen-Paws was a good ability in theory, but just didn't have modern numbers. We've changed the stacking from additive to multiplicative, which gives it several orders of magnitude more impact when fully stacked, as it will definitely be when you're at or near your wall.
The Co-Signer specialization's base effect has been doubled to provide more impact in formations with multiple "C"-Team Champions.
The Temporary Alliance specialization has been changed from additive to multiplicative to give Walnut more synergy in unaffiliated formations.
In addition to the above changes, we have redone Walnut's upgrades to align with his kit updates.

Event Augments

Golden Offers: One of your weekly offers will be Golden during this event. Golden offers provide an additional 10% discount! The Golden tag persists when an offer is rerolled.
Auto-Blacksmith: Event Champions whose recruitment adventure or variants you complete gain common rarity equipment in all slots, if they don't already have better.
Every tier two or higher event variant completed automatically applies 100 Tiny Blacksmithing Contracts to the variant's Champion's equipment for free!
Challenge Week: A Mastery Challenge will start on the third week of the event, providing opportunities to prove your formation building skills and earn unique rewards.
Supercharged Damage Boon: The Global Damage Boon is supercharged, granting 2,000,000% additional damage per level, instead of 200% (stacking multiplicatively).

You can check out which Augments are active at any time by mousing over the Event Banner.

Feedback on Founders' Day

Van Richten is the latest Champion to join the ranks. What do you think about him and the rebalances to Nahara, Strongheart, and Nahara? Let us know!

The best way for us to hear your feedback would be for you to join our community on an officially-supported platform:

The Official Idle Champions Discord.
The Official Idle Champions Subreddit.
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June 26th

Idle Champion Spotlight: Van Richten

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Posted in Idle Champions.

Tags: idle champions, idle, champions, new content, update, champion spotlight, van richten, founders' day.

Once a mere doctor from the dread domain of Darkon, Rudolph van Richten was forced down a haunted and tragic path of revenge after losing his wife and son to the cruelty of monsters. Now, as a legendary vampire hunter, he stands undaunted against the evils that dwell within the mists. Van Richten has trained a myriad of successors to his legacy throughout the years, including fellow Champion, Ez.
Rudolph van Richten is a Support, Hunter, and Debuff Champion who has dedicated his life to fighting evil, especially the undead. Van Richten supports Champions in the column in front of him, and this support increases as more undead are defeated. Undead foes are often encountered, as his greatest enemy Strahd summons them to get in his way. Once unlocked, you can find this human cleric in Seat 10 (Tyril).

To learn everything you need to know about this cursed vampire hunter featured in the latest D&D TRPG book: Ravenloft, the Horrors Within, read on!

Van Richten

name

seat

2.5%

crit chance

100%

crit damage

Male (He/Him)

gender

age

Lawful Good

alignment

overwhelm

Human

species

Cleric

class

Support / Hunter / Debuff

roles

None

affiliation

str

dex

con

int

wis

cha

tot

Patron Eligibility: Mirt, Vajra, Strahd, Elminster (until July 1st, 2029)

Abilities

Basic Attack

Silver Sword Cane (melee) - Van Richten leaps out and slashes the nearest enemy with his Silver Sword Cane, dealing one hit. Deals an additional 5 seconds of BUD-based damage to Van Richten's Favored Foes.

Passive Abilities

Hunting Strahd - As a sworn enemy of Strahd, Van Richten can be used in any Strahd Patron adventure or variant, even if he would not normally be available to be used due to variant or patron restrictions.

Formation Abilities

Slayer Training - Van Richten increases the damage of Champions in the column in front of him by 100%.
Beyond the Grave - When a non-Undead non-Boss enemy is killed, there is a 25% chance that Strahd will resurrect it as an Undead version of the same enemy. The enemy reappears where it died after 1 second and can drop an additional quest item or count as a second kill for quest progress when killed. Does not trigger in Boss areas.
Triumph - Undead enemies are Van Richten's favored foe. When one of his favored foes is killed, Van Richten gains a Triumph stack. Slayer Training is increased by 20% for each Triumph stack he has, stacking multiplicatively. Triumph stacks cap at 100 and reset when a boss area is completed.
Watched by Erasmus - If no enemies have been defeated for 3 seconds, Van Richten's ghost son Erasmus appears. Whenever Van Richten attacks, Erasmus quickly moves to the target he will attack and curses all enemies in a small area, causing all attacks against them to deal 100% more damage. This is increased by 20% for each Triumph stack Van Richten has, stacking multiplicatively. Erasmus disappears when changing areas.

Specializations A

Occult Allies - Van Richten increases the effect of Slayer Training by 100% for each Cleric, Wizard, Sorcerer, or Warlock in the formation, stacking multiplicatively.
Scholar of Dread - Van Richten increases the effect of Slayer Training by 100% for each Champion in the formation with an Intelligence score of 14 or higher, stacking multiplicatively.
Endless Hunt - Van Richten increases the effect of Slayer Training by 100% for each Hunter Champion and each Debuff Champion in the formation, stacking multiplicatively. Champions with both roles count twice.

Specializations B

Occult Aid: Cure Wounds - Van Richten gains the Healing role. Every second, Van Richten heals the most damaged Champion in the formation for 20% of his own max health.
Occult Aid: Dispel Evil - In non-boss areas, when Van Richten attacks one of his favored foes and does not defeat it, he Dismisses it to its home plane and he gains 2 Triumph stacks. Enemies dismissed in this way do not drop gold nor count toward quest progress.
Occult Aid: Sanctuary - Van Richten casts Sanctuary on all Champions in the front column of the formation that do not have the Tanking role. Monsters prefer to attack Champions that aren't under the effect of Sanctuary first when possible.

Ultimate Ability

Repel Evil (magic) - Van Richten repels all foes a short distance, dealing 1 ultimate hit and slowing them. Damage is greater against his favored foes.

Equipment

Global DPS Buff

slot 1

Slayer Training Buff

slot 2

Triumph Buff

slot 3

Watched by Erasmus Buff

slot 4

Buffs Specializations A

slot 5

Ultimate Cooldown

slot 6

Feats

Uncommon

Selflessness
Increases the damage of all Champions by 10%
Neophyte Slayer
Increases the effect of Van Richten's Slayer Training ability by 20%
Momentary Triumph
Increases the effect of Van Richten's Triumph ability by 20%
Watchful Spirit
Increases the effect of Van Richten's Watched by Erasmus ability by 20%

Rare

Inspiring Leader
Increases the damage of all Champions by 25%
Journeyman Slayer
Increases the effect of Van Richten's Slayer Training ability by 40%
Resounding Triumph
Increases the effect of Van Richten's Triumph ability by 40%
Vigilant Spirit
Increases the effect of Van Richten's Watched by Erasmus ability by 40%
Vampire Hunter
Increases the effect of Van Richten's first set of specializations by 40%
Athlete
Increases the Strength score of Van Richten by 1
Unlockable as an Event Reward

Epic

Vampire Slayer
Increases the effect of Van Richten's first set of Specializations by 80%
Available for 50,000 Gems or in the Rictavio Van Richten Theme Pack
Hell's Song
Add Fiend as a favored foe for Van Richten.
Unlockable as an Event Reward

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