This weekend we celebrate three neutral heroes (one lawful, one true, one chaotic) with special limited-time buffs for each of them. No moral choices here!



The following Champions will get a buff this weekend starting from today until Noon PST on Monday, January 15th.

• Asharra – Increases the effect of Asharra's Bond: Humans, Bond: Elves and Dwarves, and Bond: Tiefling, Firbolg, and Dragonborn abilities by 200%


• Jamilah – Increases the damage of Jamilah by 400%


• Regis – Increases the effect of Regis's Ruby Encouragement ability by 200%

Check out these limited-time Neutral Gold Chests that contain equipment for just the champions above!

(Note: gear only appears for unlocked Champions. If you do not have Regis unlocked, his gear will not appear in the chests)

Some new challenging objectives are available in the Mischief at Mugwarts campaign, and this buff might be just what you need to defeat them!



The following Crusaders will get a buff this weekend starting from today until Noon PST on Monday, February 26th.

• The Washed Up Hermit - Base DPS +400%
• Natalie Dragon - All Gold Found +200%
• Mr. Boggins, the Substitute - The New Students ability +200%
• Agent 79 - All Crusader DPS +200%
• Frankie the Demon Crooner - Croon ability +200%

Check out these limited-time Mischief Chests that contain equipment for just the five Crusaders above!

(Only for previously-unlocked Crusaders)

Hi Whackers!

Get your spinning finger ready! There are now more items in the Prize Token Store for the Casino on Amicus Island! These additions include some recoloured pets and a Casino Puzzle Piece to help you finish that puzzle!

Also, for the next few days the Casino Baronness will award you extra Prize Tokens if you complete her slot machine quests! Head to the Commons to get started. Be quick though, as these quests are only available until Noon PST on Monday, February 26th!

This week we're adding tier 4 objectives to Mischief at Mugwarts, and celebrating with a weekend promo themed around the magical campaign. Have you got what it takes to complete these challenging new objectives? Even if you don't, the buff is sure to help you this weekend with whatever objective you're on! Good luck!

Mischief at Mugwarts Tier 4 Objectives

Invisibility Cloak

• The teachers disable adjacent crusaders' DPS.
• Reach area 900

Broom Game

• The broom game components move around in the formation every 100 areas.
• Reach area 950

No Muggles Allowed

• When the evil wizard is killed, he splits into 2 more evil wizards! Scary!
• Reach area 950

Accio Monsters

• All monsters now shoot magical ranged blasts at the formation.
• Reach area 950

Teacher's Pet

• Polymorphed Crusaders disable the DPS and formation abilities of adjacent Crusaders.
• Reach area 1000

The Final Battle

• Giant snake monsters spawn randomly and take a very long time to kill.
• Reach area 1000

Fantastic Beasts

• The magical beasts are now more dastardly.
• Reach area 1000

Drink this potion and you'll find some of your Crusaders buffed to the max!



The following Crusaders will get a buff this weekend starting from today until Noon PST on Monday, February 19th.

• Warwick the Warlock - Curse of Weakness ability +200%
• Jim the Lumberjack - Sharpen Party ability +200%
• Sasha the Fierce Warrior - Bulwark ability +200%
• Katie the Cupid - Lovin', Huggin', Kissin', and Snugglin' ability +200%
• Griz the Robo-Coach - Non-Binary Pep Talk ability +200%

Check out these limited-time Enamored Chests that contain equipment for just the five Crusaders above!

(Only for previously-unlocked Crusaders)

In the Forgotten Realms, Grand Revel is a day of dancing, music, and the eating of sweet treats of all sorts, from chocolate to red "firemint" candies. But even during such an unparalleled day of joy there are quests to be done and adventures to be had. One such adventure revolves around a missing caravan on Chult – and the Templar of the Order of the Gauntlet who desperately wants it found...

Grand Revel is our seventh limited-time event for Idle Champions, which starts today and lasts until Tuesday, February 27th, 2018, and introduces Birdsong, the Tabaxi Bard!

New Champion: Birdsong

Birdsong, a cunning young Tabaxi bard, learned to defend herself while enslaved by the Yuan-ti. Proficient in playing the lute, Birdsong discovered her potential as a bard when witnessing the effect her songs had on other slaves. After her escape, she became one of the greatest minstrels of Chult. She promised herself to, one day, get revenge on the Yuan-ti who destroyed her village.

When you want to add Birdsong to your party, you can swap her with Makos or Drizzt.

Grand Revel Variants

• Three's a Crowd — Any Champion that is adjacent to more than 1 other Champion has their damage reduced to 0.


• Pair Up — Your ratio of women to men in your formation cannot be off by more than one (at all times you must have an equal number of men and women, or 1 more man than woman or vise-versa).


• Love Potion — Every 25 areas, two Champions drink a love potion and fall deeply in love. For those 25 areas, if those Champions are adjacent to each other in the formation they do bonus damage themselves (x4), and buff global damage as well (x3). The chosen Champion combos are fixed rather than random.

Features:

• Added the Grand Revel event, our seventh limited-time campaign event! The event will run until Tuesday, February 27th at noon PST.
• Added a new Champion: Birdsong, the Tabaxi Bard.
• Added a new event Divine Favor: Sune's Favor.

See the in-game FAQ for more information!

Today we're excited to release a major update for chests and potions. You'll need to read the change log or the developer blog for the most details, but the gist of the update is that chests are way better now! They drop more things you needs, fewer things you don't, and there are more bonuses for purchasing packs!

We hope you enjoy this update, which is the first of a series of major systems updates planned for early 2018.

Features:

• Massive chest and potion changes. See below for details. Read the developer blog for additional detail.
• To celebrate the new chests, we're running a chest sale from now until Tuesday, February 13th at noon PST. Get up to 25% more chests on pack purchases of 7 or more chests.
• Added a "Next Chest" button after opening a chest, which lets you open another chest without having to click the chest selector on the left again.

Balance Changes:

• Chests will now always attempt to drop an upgrade if one is available (without adjusting the rarity of the items in the chest).
• Purchased chest packs of 7 chests or more will now include guaranteed shiny items. See the store page for more details.
• A one-time lot of "Potions of Polish" have been added to the inventories of players who have made purchases in the past, based on total amount spent. These potions can be used to upgrade a random loot item to be "shiny".
• Potions of Heroism (+health) have been removed from the chest drop table, however existing potions will remain in your inventory.
• Existing "Potions of Fire Breath" have been renamed "Expired Potion of Fire Breath".
• New "Potions of Fire Breath" have been added that do damage based on your party dps rather than a fixed percentage of the monster health.
• New "Potions of Specialization" have been added to the chest drop tables that can be used to reset any specialization choices you have made on the run.
• Potion durations have been updated based on rarity. The new durations are as follows: Common: 5 minutes. Uncommon: 15 minutes. Rare: 60 minutes. Epic: Until you complete your current adventure. (Expired fire breath potions are excluded from this change).
• New Blacksmithing Contracts have been added to chests. These new contracts increase the loot level (not rarity) of a random piece of loot owned by a selected Champion; can only be used on Champions with all 6 gear slots filled.
• Cooldown reduction (both normal and ultimate cooldowns) has been capped at 75%.
• Gear item levels are now more powerful (250 level to double instead of 1000).

Changes:

• Chest packs are now opened separately from normally earned chests. When opening chests from packs, a new dialog will display any guaranteed shinies that you will earn from the pack. Note that only packs purchased after the update will be shown in this way. Previously purchased packs' chests simply appear in your normal stash.

Fixes:

• Fixed an issue with the area 10 boss in Rescue in the Jungle.
• Fixed an issue with the area 45 boss in Rescue in the Jungle.
• Fixed an issue where Azaka's portrait didn't show up correctly in a couple of cinematics.
• Fixed a grammatical issue with Stoki's tips.
• Fixed several other typos.

Coming Soon:

• Loot level caps on cooldown reduction gear so that you won't get any more duplicates of that gear or have them be targets for Blacksmithing Contracts if your cooldown reduction is already capped (sooner rather than later).
• A rework of offline gold to bring it more in line with gold earned while the game is open (also soon).
• New ways to approach clicking in the game (somewhat soon).
• Updated to health, healing, and tanking specs to make tanking a more viable alternative (after everything else).

True love never dies, unlike these buffs, which only last this weekend.



The following Crusaders will get a buff this weekend starting from today until Noon PST on Monday, February 12th.

• Sally the Succubus - Seduction ability +200%
• The Princess - Ignite, Char, Conflagrate, and Incinerate, abilities +200%
• Rocky the Rock Star - All DPS +200%
• King Reginald IV - Royal Grail ability +200%
• Nate Dragon - All Gold Found +200%

Check out these limited-time Endless Chests that contain equipment for just the five Crusaders above!

(Only for previously-unlocked Crusaders)

Happy Valentine’s Day Bushwhackers!

The residents of the Commons are putting on a Valentine’s Day dance, so you know what that means! Helping with the set-up through one-time and daily quests, plus turn-ins!

It’s not Valentine’s without presents! Help stock the stands with Chocolates, Teddy Bears and Roses by turning in Candy Hearts as the stations unlock.

The event organizer seems a bit frazzled. Why don’t you help her out by doing her set-up quests each day? And don’t forget to keep those party supplies topped off!

Nate is looking for a date. Help him choose a girl that can put up with his antics, and help the one he doesn't pick get over her grief with some Ice Cream daily quests until it's time to help Nate’s rejected girl through the 5 stages of grief. All five quests will unlock right after each other and then she will have a new daily quest for you.

Once the Valentine's dance has started, you get to look for the partner of your choice to share a moment on the dance floor.

Jim and Sasha's relationship quests are around. If you haven't married them yet, you'll see either their Dating or Proposal quest line. If they are married, you get to help the pair pack for their honeymoon, or celebrate their anniversary.

You can also learn how to play guitar to serenade your loved one! And who is that mysterious note from this year?

New for 2018

Nate wants a Teddy Bear. Will things go well?

If you can complete the event, you'll earn this awesome 100% reward statue!



Starting next Friday, the 3 new Valentine's themed pets for this year will be available to purchase over the weekend! Can they woo your heart?

Event Achievements -- POSSIBLE SPOILER ALERT

There are a total of FIFTEEN possible achievements to earn in the Valentine’s Day 2018 event.

Achievements Returning for 2018
Party Planning Committee - You helped at least once at each Valentines Station.
Party Planning Leader - You helped 50 times at each Valentines station.
Pet Detective - You found each of the lost pets at least once.
Nate's Date - You helped Nate pick a Date.
The Five Stages of Grief - You helped Nate's rejection get through her pain.
Two Left Feet - You danced at the Valentines Dance.
Setup Wizard - You helped the party organizers with all their tasks.
Guitar Training - Follow through with Virtuoso Guitarist Jimmie's lessons.
A Secret Admirer - Find a note from a true secret admirer.

Added/Changed for 2018
Romantic Acquisitions - Purchase all of the 2018 Valentine's Event Item!*

We also have 5 achievements from previous years which may be earnable by spending Bush Bucks if you missed getting them the first time around.

Customization Lover - You bought all the Valentines things from 2013!
Customize Your Love - You bought all the Valentines things from 2014!
Heart-wearer - You bought all the Valentines things from 2015!
Hearts Hearts Hearts! - You bought all the Valentines things from 2016!
Passionate Purchases - You bought all the Valentines things from 2017!

*The Valentine’s mini-golf piece is not included in the Romantic Acquisitions achievement.

This event runs until Friday February 23rd @ Noon PST (8pm GMT).

Post your love for the event here!

Merci the Mad Wizard has spent years looking for love, but this year will be different: Frankie the Demon Crooner is here to help! While Frankie serenades your Crusaders, you'll have plenty of time to take on the demon hordes and find Merci true love...

The Merci's Mix-Up 2018 event runs until Tuesday, February 20th at Noon PST. For more information, check out the How to Play /FAQ in-game!

New Tier 3 Crusader: Frankie the Demon Crooner

Frankie the Demon Crooner is a debonair singer like no other: when he sings nearby Crusaders are empowered, gaining a boost to their DPS, and the more quickly monsters are defeated the greater the buffs Frankie bestows – up to a limit.

Crusaders Return

If you haven't collected them already, you can unlock our Tier One Crusaders Rocky the Rockstar and Sally the Succubus by completing the respective Tier One objectives. Then, you can collect the Tier Two Crusaders, Warwick the Warlock and Katie the Cupid, by completing the first two Tier Two objectives!

Five New Tier 3 Objectives!

• Recruit Frankie the Demon Crooner | Frankie takes up a slot in the formation. His demonic singing disables the DPS of all Crusaders within 2 slots of him. He moves around the formation every 50 areas. Reach area 500.


• Swoon | Only Frankie and female Crusaders may be used. Reach area 600.


• Three's a Crowd | All Crusaders reduce the DPS of adjacent Crusaders by 50%, stacking additively (aka more than 1 adjacent Crusader = 0 DPS). Reach area 650.


• Lovesickness | Every area a random Crusader is affected (if possible) by Lovesickness, which disables their DPS and Formation Abilities. It lasts for 30 seconds and spreads to an adjacent Crusader of the opposite gender every 15 seconds (2 spreads per infection). Crusaders cannot be affected by Lovesickness for 2 minutes after it expires (either from spreading or from entering a new area). Lasts through area transitions. Reach area 700.


• Matchmaker | Every 15 seconds one female and one male Crusader are randomly chosen from those in the formation. Those are the only Crusaders who do DPS for the next 15 seconds. (protip: can force one pick if you only have one male or one female in your formation). Reach area 750.

Help! Where’s the Loot?

Equipment for event Crusaders can be found in Valentines Silver and Jeweled Chests, which you can earn from objectives and the free play or buy in the shop. Each non-recruitment objective will drop a chest for its given tier of Crusaders, and free play will drop all-tier chests. Gear for the Tier 2 and 3 Crusaders will only appear in all-tier chests once you've unlocked the respective Crusader. You can select the tier of chest you buy in the shop.

You'll have until Tuesday, February 20th at Noon PST to complete the Valentines event!