September 7th is our Fifth Anniversary, and what better way to celebrate 5 amazing years of Idle Champions than with a new campaign, giveaways, livestreams, and updates to the game! It's time for our Fifth Anniversary Celebration!

Fifth Anniversary Celebration

It's been another fantastic year for Idle Champions! We saw our 100th Champion, began our journey through the Wild Beyond the Witchlight, supercharged our modron cores, added new evergreen Champions, thrilled at the stories of the Court of the Raven Queen and the Black Pits, watched A Familiar Quest, and much more. So we're excited to celebrate our anniversary with more content, more updates, and more fun!

Daily Rewards

Every day during the Fifth Anniversary Celebration you can log in and open a new Birthday chest, but each chest is only available for 24 hours! Each chest contains 5 awesome items, hand-picked by the team here at Codename Entertainment to help you in your adventures. If you get goodies in those chests for content you have not yet unlocked, then your account will retain those items and save them for you to enjoy when you have unlocked those systems in the game.

Once you have claimed at least four daily Birthday chests, you unlock Viconia as well as an exclusive Vecna Cultist Viconia skin, an epic Viconia feat, and 3 gold Viconia chests!

Vecna Lives!

This week we launch an update to the Grand Tour of the Sword Coast with a new fork in the road. Do you continue along the traveled path to Longsaddle and the Mists of Ravenloft? Or will you brave a trip to Candlekeep and face off against The Whispered One himself...VECNA!

• Vecna Lives! - Explore the emergency in Candlekeep and discover a new threat to Faer?n.
• Variant 1: Overwhelmed with Knowledge - Explore the emergency in Candlekeep with Champions that are amazed by the library.
• Only Champions with an INT of 15 or higher may be used.
• The Overwhelm for all Champions is set to 1.
• Complete area 325.
• Vecna Loots! - Stop the assault on Candlekeep before Vecna can achieve his goal!
• Variant 1: Well Equipped - Stop the assault on Candlekeep with your best equipped Champions!
• Only Champions with Rare or better equipment in every equipment slot may be used.
• A wizard student joins the formation. They just get in the way.
• Complete area 325.

Idle Champions Presents: Vecna Lives!

A motely crew of Champions have been rallied, at VERY short notice, to defend one of the biggest cities on the Sword Coast from The Whispered One! Erin M. Evans is the Dungeon Master for this intense one shot with players Vee Mus'e as Voronika, Noura Ibrahim as Nahara, Masood Haque as Gazrick, and Lauren Urban as Orkira.



Watch live on Wednesday, September 7th at 12pm Pacific on our Twitch Channel! And join us all day for our Fifth Anniversary Day of Streaming to collect the Vecna Cultist Korth Skin, and unlock Korth along with 3 Gold Korth Chests!

Bardic Inspiration Vol 3 In-Game Soundtrack Update!

The bard and the scribe from Bardic Inspiration have been hard at work turning ten of the most recently crafted tunes into fully produced songs! All will be added to the Jukebox for you to rock out to while crafting your formations. The track list includes:

• 1. Ballad of the Black Rose (Lord Soth, Episode 63)
• 2. Beware the Purple Worm (Purple Worms, Episode 41)
• 3. Cry for Justice (Bahamut, Episode 47)
• 4. Displaced Displacer (Displacer Beasts, Episode 46)
• 5. Hate Makes You Cold (Zorbu, Episode 12)
• 6. Judged by Kelemvor (Kelemvor, Episode 43)
• 7. Kobolds are Number One (Kobolds, Episode 52)
• 8. Lord of Secrets, The Whispered One (Vecna, Episode 66)
• 9. My Sweet Raven Queen (Orcus & The Raven Queen, Episode 53)
• 10. The Lorekeeper's Legacy (Alyndra Sarrbarand, Episode 27)

Founder's Pack V, New Gem Shop Skins, and an Anniversary Sale!

A new year brings a new Founder's Pack, filled with awesome goodies to help you complete your adventures! Full details can be found in the in-game shop, but take a look at what's in store:

• Founder's Pack V - It's time for Bruenor to go to space! This exclusive Spelljammer Bruenor skin shows that he's ready for whatever wildspace is going to throw at the formation. Also included in this pack is an exclusive Space Mollymawk familiar, a Golden Epic Potion, an Epic Potion of the Gem Hunter, and a bevy of gold chests, gems, blacksmithing contracts, bounty contracts, and potions!

We've also added the following skins to the gem shop, which become visible and available once you've unlocked the corresponding Champion:

• Gladiator Tatyana
• Special Guest Star Catti-brie

Finally, we have an anniversary sale going on in-game across most of our platforms starting today. Collect some starter packs at our biggest discount yet, or pick up a few packs you've been waiting to grab!

Feedback Wanted!

Tell us all about your experience playing Idle Champions over the last five years on the Idle Champions Subreddit, on the Steam forums, or on the Official Idle Champions Discord!

Crusaders of the Lost Idols is about to have its first DLC Retirement Sale! After the sale, all of the Golden Epics and Taskmasters will be retired to the Flash Sale system, so if you have your eye on these fantastic taskmasters and packs, pick them up before that happens!

The sale will run from Thursday, October 7th, 2021 until Thursday, October 21st, 2021.

All the listed DLC will be retired from the store on Friday, October 22nd, 2021.

Packs on Sale

• Epic Starter Pack - This starter pack contains Jim the Lumberjack's Golden Epic Super Scary Bear hat of Roaring, his Rare Shiny Axe, his Rare Cobra Hide Mittens and 5 normal Jeweled chests.



• Elite Starter Pack - This starter pack contains: Sasha the Fierce Warrior's Golden Epic Evil Infinity Gauntlet of Fair Use, her Rare Polished Ash Wood Shield, and her Rare Charmed Chainmail Cloche; as well as The Washed Up Hermit's Golden Epic Bling Bling Wing Ring, his Rare Fancy Felt Fedora and his Rare Hero's Backpack. This pack also includes 10 normal Jeweled chests.



• Legendary Starter Pack - This starter pack contains: Detective Kaine's Golden Epic Superior Disguise of Investigation, his Rare Titanium and Quart Glass of Clarity and his Rare Supple Leather Mantle; the Princess' Golden Epic Flaming Cape of Burning Backs, her Rare Blood Stone Golden Necklace and her Rare Blazing Fury Gauntlets; and Khouri, the Witch Doctor's Golden Epic Jumbo Eyeball Skull Staff of Seeing, his Rare Eagle Feather Hat and his Rare Skull Bone Necklace. This pack also includes 15 normal Jeweled chests.



• Otto Von Klick Taskmaster Pack - which also includes 1 Legendary Catalyst, 2 Quantum Leap cards and 2 Epic Onslaught buff cards.



• Molly the Mouser Taskmaster Pack - which also includes 2 Legendary Catalysts, 2000 Common Materials and 2 Epic Onslaught buff cards.



• Aqua the Dragon Taskmaster Pack - which also includes 5 normal Jeweled chests, 1 Legendary Catalyst and a 3 Day 50% bonus idols buff, which starts immediately on purchase.

Retirement: October 22nd, 2021

All the listed DLC will be retired from the store on Friday, October 22nd, 2021, to make room for some new DLC packs, coming soon!

You can find more details in the in-game Store when the sales are live!

A new Campaign, exciting new Blessings, a lot of Trials, many streamed celebrations, Daily Rewards, and even more! It's time for our Fourth Anniversary Celebration!

If you're interested in learning more about what's coming with this week's update, you've come to the right place...

Fourth Anniversary Celebration

It's been a fantastic year for Idle Champions, and we're excited to celebrate with our Community this game we all love! In our fourth year, we've rolled out quite a few features and systems, including our first co-operative multiplayer campaign: Trials of Mount Tiamat. We also released two Evergreen Champions, started a new campaign, launched on Epic Games Store, and ran a 6-week interactive livestream experience. All that certainly deserves a celebration, right?

Daily Rewards

Every day during the Fourth Anniversary Celebration you can log in and open a new Birthday chest, but each chest is only available for 24 hours! Each chest contains 5 awesome items, hand-picked by the team here at Codename Entertainment to help you in your adventures. If you get goodies in those chests for content you have not yet unlocked, then your account will retain those items and save them for you to enjoy when you have unlocked those systems in the game!

Once you have claimed at least four daily Birthday chests, you unlock an exclusive Witchlight Delina skin, an epic Delina feat, and 5 gold chests!

The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, Part 1

This week's content update brings the debut of a new campaign, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight! Check out the full The Wild Beyond the Witchlight blog post coming later today for details about the new adventures and variants filled with the wonder and danger of the Feywild!

Blessings Update

With a new campaign comes new Blessings, and we've also added more tiers of Blessings to other campaigns! You can find out all the details of each of the new local and global Blessings in the game, but here's an overview of the new tiers that are available:

• Grand Tour of the Sword Coast - Tier 5
• Tomb of Annihilation - Tier 5
• Waterdeep: Dragon Heist - Tier 4 & 5
• Descent into Avernus - Tier 4 & 5
• Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden - Tier 2 & 3
• The Wild Beyond the Witchlight - Tier 1

Days Of Streaming

Our Twitch Channel has two days of anniversary celebration streams to enjoy! From 9am-4pm Pacific on Wednesday September 22nd and Thursday September 23rd you can watch special Q&A streams, interview shows, an exciting musical performance, tons of giveaways and contests, and so much more!

New Gem Shop Skins

We've added the following skins to the gem shop, which are visible and available once you've unlocked the corresponding Champion:

• Celestial Celeste
• Pirate Chef Krull
• Red Panda Briv
• Red Panda Freely

New DLC Packs

New DLC Packs are now available, featuring bundles of epic skins, awesome equipment, and adorable familiars to help you on your adventures in the new year! Full details can be found in the in-game shop, but take a look at what's in store:



Founder's Pack IV - Calliope is all ready to perform at the Witchlight Carnival in her fantastic new outfit! Along with this exclusive new Witchlight Calliope skin, this pack includes an exclusive Campestri Familiar and a bevy of gold chests, gems, and potions!

New Sketching Hour Familiars - The Sketching Hour is a livestream featuring the creation of brand new creatures from three random rolls, and thanks to the votes of our community, two of these fantastic creations have become Familiars in the game! Check out Hoot the Overgrown Owlbear Fox Familiar and Clover the Flower Dragon Parrot Familiar, both packs including a stock of potions!

Witchlight Warden Skin & Feat Pack - With iridescent dragonfly wings and an ornate rapier, Witchlight Warden is more beautiful and fearsome then ever! Along with this exclusive new Witchlight Warden skin, this pack includes the Champion Warden, an Epic Feat for Warden, 7 Gold Warden chests, and 1 guaranteed Shiny Equipment Card!

Witchlight Orkira & The Phoenix Theme Pack - Wings and cotton candy for everyone! Along with this exclusive new Witchlight Orkira skin, this pack includes the Champion Orkira, her fierce Phoenix Familiar, an Epic Feat for Orkira, 1 Epic Potion of the Gold Hunter, and 16 Gold Orkira Chests with 2 Guaranteed Shiny Equipment Cards!

Feedback Wanted!

These changes are scheduled to go live later today. We very much look forward to your feedback, so please let us know what you think in a Community Q&A or feedback post on the Idle Champions Subreddit, a post on the Steam forums, or on the Official Idle Champions Discord!

Our DLC Retirement Sale is about to begin! After the sale, all of this DLC will be retired to Wild Offers, so if you have your eye on these fantastic familiars and skins, pick them up before that happens!

Most platforms will have the sale run August 4-25. Playstation will have all of the listed DLC sale from July 22nd-Aug 18th.

All listed DLC will retire from the shop on August 27th, 2021.

Week 1: August 4th-10th

Familiars:

Xanathar's Goldfish, which also includes 2 Epic Potions of Speed, 2 Epic Potions of Giant's Strength, & 2 Epic Potions of Clairvoyance.

Artic Fox Familiar, which also includes 6 Epic Potions of Speed, 6 Epic Potions of Giant's Strength, 6 Epic Potions of Clairvoyance, 6 Epic Potions of Fire Breath, & 1 Potion of Polish!

Week 2: August 11th-17th

Familiars:

Wartsworth the Toad, which also includes 6 Epic Potions of Speed, 6 Epic Potions of Giant's Strength, 6 Epic Potions of Clairvoyance, 6 Epic Potions of Fire Breath, and 1 Potion of Polish!

Skin & Feat Packs:

Icewind Dale Skin & Feat Pack Bundle is on sale at a discount of 50%. Inspired by the art of Max Dunbar, each of the Companions of the Hall has bundled up for their next blizzard-filled trip to Ten-Towns! This Bundle will unlock Catti-brie, Regis & Wulfgar if you don't already have them, and includes Bruenor's Icewind Dale Skin & his King of Mithral Hall Feat, Catti-brie's Icewind Dale Skin & her Trained in the North Feat, Regis' Icewind Dale Skin & his Ruby Reflection Feat, Wulfgar's Icewind Dale Skin & his Dwarven Raised Feat.



The Bundle also includes 7 Gold Supply Chests, 7 Catti-brie Gold Chests, 7 Regis Gold Chests, 7 Wulfgar Gold Chests, and an assortment of Epic potions, and a Potion of Polish. Each Champion's Skin & Feat Combination may also be purchased separately, also at a discount of 50%.

Week 3: August 18th-25th

Familiars:

Mindful Sloth Familiar, which also includes 4 Epic Potions of Speed, 4 Epic Potions of Giant's Strength, 4 Epic Potions of Clairvoyance, and 1 Potion of Polish!

Yeti Tyke Familiar, which also includes 8 Large Blacksmithing Contracts, 8 Epic Potions of Speed, 8 Epic Potions of Giant's Strength, 8 Epic Potions of Clairvoyance, 8 Epic Potions of Fire Breath, & 2 Potions of Polish!

Retirement: August 27th

All of the above DLC is going to be retired on August 27th. We'll also be retiring the Founder's Pack III, making way for a new Founder's Pack - coming in September!
You can find more information and details in the in-game store when the sales are live!

Our DLC Retirement Sale begins next week on all platforms! After the sale all of this DLC will be retired to Wild Offers, so get 50% off of these fantastic familiars and skins before that happens!

Playstation will have all of the listed DLC with the exception of the Iron Pup on Sale from May 12- May 26.

Week 1: May 12-May 19

Familiars:

Iron Pup Familiar, which also includes 8 Epic Potions of Speed, 8 Epic Potions of Giant's Strength, 8 Epic Potions of Clairvoyance, 8 Epic Potions of Fire Breath, 8 Large Blacksmithing Contracts, & 2 Potions of Polish!

Baby Spurt Familiar, which also includes 4 Epic Potions of Speed, 4 Epic Potions of Giant's Strength, 4 Epic Potions of Clairvoyance, & 1 Potion of Polish!

Skin & Feat Packs: All individual Blood War Skin packs, as well as the full Blood War Heroes of Baldur's Gate Complete Skin Pack which includes all five individual packs!

Blood War Minsc Skin & Feat Pack which includes the Blood War Minsc Skin, Minsc's Mighty Helm Feat, 7 Gold Supply Chests, & 1 Potion of Polish

Blood War Delina Skin & Feat Pack, which includes the Blood War Delina Skin, Delina's Scattered Magic Feat, 7 Gold Supply Chests & 1 Potion of Polish

Blood War Nerys Skin & Feat Pack, which unlocks the Champion Nerys if you don't already have her, and also includes the Blood War Nerys Skin, Nerys' Demonic Ichor Feat, 7 Nerys Gold Event Chests & 1 Guaranteed Shiny Equipment Card

Blood War Shandie Skin & Feat Pack, which unlocks the Champion Shandie if you don't already have her, and also includes the Blood War Shandie Skin, Shandie's Abyssal Trinkets Feat, 7 Shandie Gold Event Chests & 1 Guaranteed Shiny Equipment Card

Blood War Krydle Skin & Feat Pack, which unlocks the Champion Krydle if you don't already have him, and also includes the Blood War Krydle Skin, Krydle's Shadow Stalker Feat, 7 Krydle Gold Event Chests & 1 Guaranteed Shiny Equipment Card

Week 2: May 19-May 26

Familiars:

Fluffy the Fuzzy Beholder Familiar, which also includes 6 Epic Potions of Speed, 6 Epic Potions of Giant's Strength, 6 Epic Potions of Clairvoyance, 6 Epic Potions of Fire Breath, and 1 Potion of Polish!

Baby Snowy Owlbear Familiar, which also includes 4 Epic Potions of Speed, 4 Epic Potions of Giant's Strength, 4 Epic Potions of Clairvoyance, & 1 Potion of Polish!

Skin & Feat Packs:

Shade Artemis, which includes an unlock the Champion Artemis Entreri, Artemis Shade Skin, Artemis Part Shade Feat, 7 Gold Artemis Chests & 1 Potions of Polish!

Valkyrie Aila, which includes an unlock for the Champion Aila, Valkyrie Aila Skin, Aila's Storm Warden Feat, 7 Aila Gold Event Chests & 1 Guaranteed Shiny Equipment Card!

You can find more information and details in the in-game store when the sales are live!

We are delighted to announce that Crusaders of the Lost Idols has been included in the Yogscast Jingle Jam 2016 Humble Bundle.

For the whole month of December, the Yogscast team have organized to give away 31 Steam games and DLC add-ons as part of their annual Jingle Jam event with all the proceeds going directly to charity!

This year’s charities are:

Mental Health Foundation

Cancer Research UK

ILGA

Whale and Dolphin Conservation

Special Effect

GamesAid

The first 75,000 people to donate $30 or more will get all 31 games, including our very own Legendary DLC pack for Crusaders of the Lost Idols.

To celebrate we've also created a special boss monster, Honeydew the Dwarf. For those of you unfamiliar with Honeydew, he is based on Yogscast celebrity and long-standing YouTuber Simon Lane.

Honeydew the Dwarf.

Simon Lane.

Honeydew can be found in the Amusement Park of Doom campaign. You'll find Honeydew starting at area 40, and he'll appear every 100 areas from then on.

Please help support a great cause and, of course, enjoy the hilarious shenanigans from the Yogscast team this holiday period.

You can watch the festivities live on Twitch here, and you should check out all their YouTube channels by going here.