Spring is here as well as this year's Spring Gathering! This year's celebration brings a day of streaming, daily rewards, and an update to the Grand Tour B campaign.

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

Table of Contents

• Spring Extravaganza
• Daily Rewards
• Days of Streaming
• Gem Shop Update
• Grand Tour of the Sword Coast Part 8b
• New DLC Packs
• Feedback Wanted!

Spring Gathering

Players who claim a daily chest on at least four days will be able to earn exclusive rewards!

Daily Rewards

Each daily chest grants you five awesome items, hand-picked by the team here at Codename Entertainment to help you in your adventures.

These rewards are unlocked once you have claimed at least four days worth of rewards during the Spring Extravaganza.

• Exclusive Prismeer Turiel Skin
• A Rare Feat for Turiel - increases Global DPS by 50%
• 3 Gold Turiel Chests

Day of Streaming

We have an exciting day of streaming scheduled to kick off our annual Spring Gathering! Tune in to our Twitch Channel for Mars' Guiding Hand, Seasoning with Shawn, the Sketching Hour, and a special one shot D&D game featuring some adorable dragonnels!

Gem Shop Update

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

• Solstice Jahiera
• Spelljammer Lazaapz

Grand Tour of the Sword Coast Part 8b

We've had the Hand of Vecna stolen from us by one of Kas’s lieutenants, the death knight Aristomache. We’ve made our way through the dread domain of Tovag, avoiding undead monsters and armies of Kas’s loyalists, to reach the castle. Joining a tour group of new recruits, we find our way to the throne room to convince Kas to join us to defeat Vecna–but Aristomache has beaten us!

Variants

We've got two new variants for you with this update - the first of which is Kas the Bloody Handed: Fight your way across Tovag to recover the Sword of Kas with its owner! After that you'll take on Kas the Destroyer - Reclaim the Hand of Vecna with the help of Kas!

For more information about our latest adventure, check out The Grand Tour, Part 8b blog post!

New DLC Packs

Four new DLC Packs are now available!

• The Green Dragonnel Familiar Pack includes the Green Dragonnel Familiar, 2 Epic Postions of Speed, 2 Epic Potions of Giant Strength, 2 Epic Potions of Clairvoyance.
• The Red Dragonnel Familiar Pack includes the Red Dragonnel Familiar, 4 Epic Potions of Speed, 4 Epic Potions of Giant Strength, 4 Epic Potions of Clairvoyance, 1 Potion of Polish.
• The White Dragonnel Familiar Pack includes the White Dragonnel Familiar, 6 Epic Potions of Speed, 6 Epic Potions of Giants Strength, 6 Epic Potions of Clairvoyance, 6 Epic Potions of Fire Breath, 1 Epic Potion of the Gold Hunter, 2000 Modron Component Pieces, 1 Potion of Polish.
• The Valenar Pup Familiar

Feedback Wanted!

These changes are scheduled to go live at approximately 12:00PM PDT on Wednesday, March 8th. 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!

Enjoy :)

Spring has arrived, and with it an opportunity to make updates to some amazing Champions!

Our team saw an opportunity to make balance adjustments to some Champions that did not require major reworks, so over the next few weeks we'll be making these changes. Details about those updates can be found below, or check your game's Changelog!

The Most Recent Update (edited June 1st, 2022):

Week 6 Updates:

• D'hani - D'hani gains some buffs across the board to make them stronger.
• Increased Paint Them Red from 100% to 200%.
• Increased Friendly Rivalry from 100% to 200%.
• Increased Blotch of Blue boss damage bonus from 400% to 800%.

• Brig - Brig is the final member of the Sirens of the Realm and gains a buff associated with the new affiliation.
• Increased Hype stack bonus from 10% to 25% per stack.
• Added a new ability Siren's Chant that increases the effect of Hype by 200% for each Champion in the formation with the Sirens of the Realms affiliation, stacking multiplicatively.

• Vi - Vi receives a small buff. She has some additional issues which will be addressed when there is more tech time.
• Increased a Good Example from 100% to 400%.

• Yorven - Removed the erroneous healing role.

• Evelyn - Rounded all health upgrades to the nearest 10

• Added new upgrades to every Champion to increase the soft cap from approximately e78 to e86.

Previous Updates:

Week 1 Updates:

• Asharra - Asharra has extremely high usage and needs some slight adjustments to her big DPS ability.
• Renamed Bond: Half-Blood to Bond: Half 'n Half
• Halflings will now count for either the Short Folk or the Half 'n Half specialization.
• Adjusted Paragon of Kir Sabal to require 4 Champions in order for Asharra to benefit from the bond, up from 3.
• Adjusted the description of Kir Sabal to remove the word 'other'.

• Delina - No core Champion balance pass is complete without a futile effort to make Delina relevant.
• Increased Surge of Power from 10% to 50% per stack.

• Makos - Makos' Dark Luck specialization is tragically underutilized and needed some love.
• Increased the gold amount of Dark Luck from 100% to 200%.
• Increased the base effect of Eldritch Alchemy from 25% to 100%.
• Added a 400% self damage boost to the Dark Luck spec.

• Jamilah - Jamilah faces an uphill battle to be competitive in her seat. Perhaps these adjustments will get her going in the right direction.
• Increased Retaliation's bonus from 25% to 100% per attacking enemy.
• Increased base effect of Frontline Fighter from 100% to 200%.
• Increased her base Overwhelm number by 10.
• Increase the effect of Indomitable Might from 200% to 400%
• Added additional DPS upgrades to Jamilah.

• Azaka - Azaka has a great niche, but needs some help with her DPS and support abilities before you hit your wall.
• Curse of Lycanthropy damage bonus increased from 100% to 400%
• Taste for Blood damage bonus increased from 10% to 25% per stack.
• Renamed Adept Traveller to Adept Traveler (from British English to American English).
• Adept Traveler base damage buff increased from 100% to 800%.

• Reya - Reya was challenging to use, so we've expanded her potential synergies with Celestial Champion.
• Increased the base effect of Searing Radiance from 100% to 200% and made the fiends bonus damage quadruple instead of double.
• Made Celestial Champion apply to all Lawful and/or Good Champions instead of only specifically Lawful Good. It now counts twice if they are both Lawful Good.

Week 2 Updates:

• Stoki - We have increased Stoki's abilities to give her a bit more DPS oomph and a bit more gold find utility for early-game players.
• Increased base Ki Strike bonus from 100% to 400%.
• Increased Golden Palm gold bonus from 20% per Mark of Ki to 50%.
• Increased Ki Overflow extra damage debuff increased from 100% to 400%.

• Dhadius - Dhadius has a powerful kit that remains underutilized. We've buffed up his abilities to encourage more experimentation.
• Increased Skill Empowerment damage boost from 200% to 400%.
• Increased additional damage in Practice makes Perfect from 50% per orb to 100% per orb.
• Increased Empowered Empowerment rider for each Practice makes Perfect stack from 50% to 100%.

• Nrakk - Nrakk has some powerful synergies, but his own damage abilities needed some love. There are several non-data drive changes we would like to make in the future as well.
• Increased Ki Master percentage from 50% per Ki Point to 300% per Ki Point.
• Increased Stunning Strike damage bonus from 100% to 400%.
• Increased Deft Strike damage bonus from 100% to 400%.
• Some additional self-DPS upgrades.

• Binwin - Binwin is a strong candidate for a more expansive reconstruction down the road.
• Increased Extra Damage bonus from 50% to 100%.
• Increased Tallest in FaerÈ—n from 100% to 200%.

• Ishi - Ishi gets some small buffs to their gold find and damage abilities.
• Increased Monsters Are People Too! From 100% to 200%.
• Increased Let's Find Some Treasure from 20% to 50% per adjacent non-human.
• Increased Treasure Hunter to last for 15 seconds instead of 5.

Week 3 Updates:

• Vlahnya - We have added a new affiliation to Vlahnya, Orisha, and Brig. These three Champions will synergize around this affiliation as they receive updates.
• Added a Sirens of the Realms affiliation that includes Vlahnya, Orisha and Brig Hellclaw.
• Added a new ability Siren's Call that increases the effect of Enthralling Performance by 200% for each Champion in the formation with the Sirens of the Realms affiliation, stacking multiplicatively.

• Rosie - Rosie needs a lot of help, so we've supercharged all her numbers. Look out, world! (We will probably revisit Rosie later with some non-data-only changes as well)
• Increased the base effect of Sassy from 100% to 400%
• Increased the base effect of Deflect Missiles from 100% to 1000%
• Increased the damage portion of Busy Beestinger from 100% to 400%
• Increased Shadow Arts damage from 50% to 100%
• Increased Matriarch from 25% to 100%

• Korth - Korth isn't the least used Champion in world, but they nevertheless get a light buff to their core ability.
• Increased Calculated damage bonus from 25% to 100% per stack.

• Walnut - Walnut receives some non-trivial buffs to her specializations to help her work better with her C-Team friends./li>
  • Increased Sign and Date's damage bonus from 50% to 200%
  • Increased Co-Signers' buff from 100% to 500% per stack
  • Increased Temporary Alliance from 25% to 100%.

• Jim - Jim receives some small buffs to his support and dps abilities, though we're using a light touch as he's not half bad already in certain situations./li>
  • Increased Fan Club from 50% to 200% per stack.
  • Increased Magic Magic Magic Magic from 50% to 100% per stack.

Week 4 Updates:

• Pwent - We have increased and rebalanced several of Pwent's abilities to give him more bang and less spikes (though his armor is still quite spikey).
• Increased Bloodstained Armor's effect on Battlerager to a 100% bonus (Battlerager previously had a 66% chance of occurring).
• Increased the stack cap of Count 'Em Off to 50 stacks.
• Increased Count 'Em Off stack reduction time from 12 to 20 seconds.
• Increased Count 'Em Off damage from 20% to 25% per stack.
• Increased the effect of Gutbuster Recruits from 75% to 150%.

• Sentry - Sentry gets lots of use, but we've increased the effectiveness of some of her underperforming specializations.
• Increased the stun duration in Nature's Wrath from 3 to 4 seconds.
• Increased the effect of Sentry's Homeland from 100% to 400%.

• Melf - Similar to Sentry, Melf sees a lot of play, but primarily with very specific specialization choices. We've buffed up the others.
• Increased Melf's Righteous Determination from 100% to 400%.
• Increased Absolute Righteousness from 100% to 400%.
• Increased Bonus Adaption from 100% to 200%.

• Krydle - We've increased Krydle's multipliers.
• Increased From the Shadows effect on Heroes of Baldur's Gate from doubled to quadrupled
• Increased Charismatic Leader: Lead With Flair from 100% to 200% per Champion.
• Increased Charismatic Leader: Wild Cards from 200% to 400% per Champion.
• Increased Thieves Cant from 100% to 400% per Rogue in the formation.

• Jaheira - Jaheira is a powerful Champion if used properly. We've increased some of her numbers to encourage more exploration.
• Increased the Fierce Protector buff to Class Warfare from 100% to 200%.
• Increased the Battle Rage buff to Fierce Protector from 200% to 400%.
• Increased Lingering Anger from 10% per stack to 25% per stack.
• Increased the base effect of Unity from 100% to 200%.

• Lazaapz - Lazaapz's base tankiness gets a little boost to help her compete against all the other beefy options out there.
• Increased her base health and health upgrades by ~30%.
• Increased her base overwhelm from 20 to 25.

Week 5 Updates:

• Sgt Knox - Sergeant Knox was a tank without tanking abilities or feats. We have fixed this.
• Added a new formation ability Master Defender: Sergeant Knox increases the damage of all Champions by 100% for each enemy attacking Sergeant Knox.
• Added an Uncommon & Rare Overwhem feat.
• Increased his health by approximately 15% (including health upgrades).

• Ezmerelda - Ezmerelda needs more love than some simple data changes, but these will have to do for now to make her more useful in the niche situations where she is somewhat useful.
• Increased Training Montage: Pause from 10% to 25% per stack.
• Increased The Devil's Playthings from 100% to 200% base.
• Increased Threat Tracking from 0.01% to 0.025% per stack.

• Penelope - Penelope's healing has been bumped up a bit. Further tweaks would require client changes, so they'll need to wait.
• Increased Healing Charm from 30 HP/second to 50 HP/second.

• Orisha - Orisha's DPS and support abilities have been bumped up. She synergizes with Vlahnya and Brig, so the three of them together should show some improvement.
• Added the Sirens of the Realm affiliation in the year 2 week.
• Bardic Connection now applies to Orisha and Vlahnya in addition to its previous targets.
• Increased Flaming Wings stack bonus from 10% to 25% per stack.
• Increased Fierce Connection from 100% to 200% per slot.

• Alyndra - Alyndra's synergies with the other Heroes of the Planes have been increased.
• Increased Portent's base effect from 100% to 200%.
• Increased all the Heroes of the Planes effects from 100% to 200%.

• Prudence - We've tweaked Prudence's She Hungers specialization choice to make it slightly more appealing if you need some ultimate oomph.
• Increased She Hungers chance resetting her ultimate cooldown from 5% to 10%.
• She Hungers now also increases her ultimate attack damage by 200%.

• Corazon - We have increased the effect of G.O.A.T. Pirate so that Corazon can stack more quickly to an effective support.
• Increased G.O.A.T. Pirate from 0.01% to 0.1% per stack.

As we continue to make these Spring Champion Balance Updates, we'll list them all here, as well as in the changelog!

Spring is here and this year our Spring Extravaganza is back! This year's celebration brings a day of streaming, daily rewards, an update to the Wild Beyond the Witchlight campaign, and a new Evergreen Champion unlock.

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

Table of Contents

• Spring Extravaganza
• Daily Rewards
• Days of Streaming
• Gem Shop Update
• Wild Beyond the Witchlight, Part 4
• New Evergreen Champion: Blooshi I
• New DLC
• Feedback Wanted!

Spring Extravaganza

Players who claim a daily chest on at least four days will be able to earn exclusive rewards!

Daily Rewards

Each daily chest grants you five awesome items, hand-picked by the team here at Codename Entertainment to help you in your adventures.

These rewards are unlocked once you have claimed at least four days worth of rewards during the Spring Extravaganza.

• Exclusive Prismeer Nayeli Skin
• A Rare Feat for Nayeli - Prodigal Leader increases Global DPS by 50%
• 5 Gold Chests

Days of Streaming

We have an exciting day of streaming scheduled to kick off our annual Spring Extravaganza! Tune in to our Twitch Channel for more information!

Gem Shop Update

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

• Ascendant Minsc Skin
• Ascendant Avren Skin
• Ascendant Havilar Skin
• Ascendant Freely Skin
• Ascendant Baeloth Skin
• Ascendant Shaka Skin
• Icewind Dale Asharra
• Icewind Dale Zorbu
• Solstice Shandie

Wild Beyond the Witchlight, Part 4

Wild Beyond the Witchlight, Part 4 brings our latest Evergreen Champion, Blooshi I. Blooshi I can be unlocked by completing Bully for You! the second variant for The Fairy Rings of Thither adventure.

New Evergreen Champion: Blooshi I

Blooshi is a Support and Tank Champion who hails from the Soggy Court in Prismeer. She enjoys taunting her enemies, and when she becomes overwhelmed relies on the power of her undead patron to return as a spirit and a formidable tank. Once unlocked you can add her to your formation by swapping her out with Celeste (Slot 2).

For more information about our latest Evergreen Champion, check out the Idle Champion Spotlight: Blooshi I blog post!

New DLC Packs

Four new DLC Packs are now available!

The Polymorphed Yorven Skin & Feat Pack includes an unlock for Yorven, the new Polymorphed Yorven Skin, Yorven's Furry Fury Feat, and 7 Gold Yorven Chests with 1 Guaranteed Shiny Equipment Card.

The Polymorphed Minsc Skin & Feat Pack includes the new Polymorphed Minsc Skin, Minsc's Prodigal Leader Feat, and 7 Supply Chests with 1 Potion of Polish.

The Prismeer Sentry Skin & Feat Pack includes an unlock for Sentry, the new Prismeer Sentry Skin, Sentry's Prodigal Leader Feat, and 7 Gold Sentry Chests with 1 Guaranteed Shiny Equipment Card.

The Prismeer Shandie Theme Pack includes an unlock for Shandie, the new Prismeer Shandie Skin, Shandie's Prodigal Leader Feat, and 7 Gold Shandie Chests with 1 Guaranteed Shiny Equipment Card.

Feedback Wanted!

These changes are scheduled to go live at approximately 12:00PM PDT on Wednesday, March 23rd. 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!

Enjoy :)

Spring is here and this year our Spring Extravaganza is back! This year's celebration brings a day of streaming, daily rewards, the conclusion of our Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus campaign, a new Evergreen Champion unlock, a new Patron, and the third modron core and ability to field a third party, oh my!

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

Table of Contents

• Spring Extravaganza
• Daily Rewards
• Bardic Inspiration
• New Modron Core
• New Patron: Zariel
• New Patron Items
• New Evergreen Champion: Reya Mantlemorn
• New DLC
• Descent into Avernus, Part 10
• Feedback Wanted!

Spring Extravaganza

Players who claim rewards on at least four days will be able to earn exclusive rewards!

Daily Rewards

Each daily chest grants you four awesome items, hand-picked by the team here at Codename Entertainment to help you in your adventures.

These rewards are unlocked once you have claimed at least four days worth of rewards during the Spring Extravaganza.

• Exclusive "Celestial Celeste" Skin
• 5 Modron Chests
• 5 Gold Chests

Bardic Inspiration

Today's update includes a New Soundtrack! Bardic Inspiration Vol.1 features eight original songs composed by Jason Charles Miller and Dylan Wilks during the first twenty episodes of Bardic Inspiration, which were recorded at Central Command Studios in Los Angeles over the winter.

All 16 tracks (the eight original tracks and their instrumental versions) are coming to Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms! Players have been asking us to expand the soundtrack for Idle Champions for years; starting today, players will be able to select their favorite Bardic Inspiration tracks from Bardic Inspiration Vol.1 to play during their adventures with the new in-game music player. Once the update launches, look for the button with the musical note in the main UI.

Bardic Inspiration is also available as a DLC on Steam! Collect your own Studio-quality MP3 & FLAC files through the Bardic Inspiration Vol. 1 Steam store page!



For more information about Bardic Inspiration Vol 1 including the tracklist, check out our Bardic Inspiration Vol 1 blog post

Third Modron Core: Speed

Our third modron core, the Speed Core, and the ability to field a third party are now available!

The Speed Core will be unlocked upon completing Split the Party 2 at no gem cost. Due to technical limitations, the Speed Core will appear in the modron shop for some platforms, this will be patched out shortly!

Everyone will be able to unlock the Speed Core with the Split the Party 2 special adventure!

New Patron: Zariel

Another Patron has arrived! Zariel joins Mirt the Moneylender, The Blackstaff, Vajra Safahr, and Count Strahd von Zarovich as the fourth Patron in Idle Champions. Those seeking to serve the Zariel will need to unlock at least 50 Champions (including Core and Evergreen Champions) and complete the Elturel's Last Stand adventure in the Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus campaign. Once these criteria are met, players can spend 5000 Gems and 20 Silver Chests to unlock Zariel as a Patron!

Zariel demands Strength and Charisma from her followers. With Zariel as your Patron, only Champions with an STR score of 10+ AND a CHA score of 13+ can be used.

New Patron Items

With a new Patron comes a new Patron Shop where players can collect items using Zariel Patron currency!

The Baby Couatl Familiar, Couatls are benevolent serpentine beings of great intellect and insight, and this young one is happy to help you as your newest patron currency familiar.

The Celestial Bruenor Skin explores the possibility of what if Bruenor took up the Sword of Zariel instead of Reya? Leader of Clan Battlehammer and King of Mithral Hall, Bruenor understands commitment and service to his people. The Sword of Zariel recognizes his noble qualities.

The Hellrider Reya Skin Reya arrived in Elturel to train as a Hellrider at the age of twelve, years later, Reya raised the Sword of Zariel above her head and saved her city. This skin shows off her Hellrider uniform.

New Evergreen: Reya Mantlemorn

Today's update brings our latest Evergreen Champion, Reya Mantlemorn who can be unlocked by completing Reya Reborn the second variant for the Idyllglen adventure.

Reya powers up Champions adjacent to her with her Searing Radiance. You can power up that ability by increasing Champions who are Lawful and/or Good in the formation. When you want to add Reya to your formation, you can swap her with Asharra (Slot 6).

For more information about our latest Evergreen Champion, check out the Idle Champion Spotlight: Reya Mantlemorn blog post!

New DLC Packs

Three new DLC Packs are now available!

The Celestial Tyril Skin Pack unlocks the Celestial Tyril Skin, 7 Gold Chests, and 20,000 Symbols of Zariel. This pack is available in the Zariel Patron Shop.

The Bubbles the Hollyphant Familiar Pack will unlock the Bubbles the Hollyphant Familiar and two each of epic potions of Speed, Clairvoyance, and Giant's Strength.

The Cinnamon, the Red Panda Familiar Pack will unlock the Cinnamon, the Red Panda Familiar, six each of epic potions of Speed, Clairvoyance, and Giant's Strength, Fire Breath, and a Potion of Polish.

Descent into Avernus, Part 10

Now it's time to enact our plan to save Elturel! Some things go right, some things go wrong. One thing goes REALLY wrong and will have drastic repercussions for the future of FaerÈ—n and Idle Champions. Check out the full Descent into Avernus, Part 10 blog post for details about the new adventures and variants.

Feedback Wanted!

These changes are scheduled to go live at approximately 12:00PM PDT on Wednesday, March 31st. 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!

Enjoy :)

Announcing: Bardic Inspiration Vol.1

It's been incredibly difficult to contain our excitement these last few weeks!

It might not seem like it, but Bardic Inspiration has been around since last summer, with our first episode about Bruenor Battlehammer back in June 2020. If you had told us nine months ago that we would eventually record some of these songs in a studio and release them to the public, we wouldn't have believed you!

Allow us to finally and officially announce that Bardic Inspiration Vol.1 arrives with the Spring Extravaganza on Wednesday, March 31st as DLC on Steam!



Bardic Inspiration Vol.1 features eight original songs composed by Jason Charles Miller and Dylan Wilks during the first twenty episodes of Bardic Inspiration, which were recorded at Central Command Studios in Los Angeles over the winter.

Starting with "The Greatest Dwarven King," the anthem for Bruenor Battlehammer written during the very first episode, Bardic Inspiration Vol.1 includes a diverse selection of musical genres, including classic rock, goth/alternative, punk, country, heavy metal, swing, folk, and even a pop song for Tiamat, Queen of Evil Dragonkind. In addition to these eight studio-quality songs, there are also eight corresponding Instrumental versions for those who prefer their music without vocals. The full tracklist and production credits are below.

And that's not all: all 16 tracks are coming to Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms! Players have been asking us to expand the soundtrack for Idle Champions for years; starting on March 31, players will be able to select their favorite Bardic Inspiration tracks from Bardic Inspiration Vol.1 to play during their adventures with the new in-game music player.

Anyone interested in hearing studio-quality recordings of the songs will be able to purchase the Bardic Inspiration Vol.1 DLC through the Idle Champions Steam Store page as of March 31 and download MP3s and FLAC files of each track. Everyone else will be able to listen to the soundtrack for free in-game. Of course, we encourage you to purchase the DLC; if we can sell enough of them, this kind of project might be able to happen again ;)

Disk 1	Disk 2
The Greatest Dwarven King	The Greatest Dwarven King (Instrumental)
Drop of Time	Drop of Time (Instrumental)
Brimstone Angels Go Go Go	Brimstone Angels Go Go Go (Instrumental)
Deekin's Tale of Doom	Deekin's Tale of Doom (Instrumental)
Savage Fire	Savage Fire (Instrumental)
The Viper's Fangs	The Viper's Fangs(Instrumental)
The Moneylender, Mirt	The Moneylender, Mirt (Instrumental)
You Could Be My Dragon Queen	You Could Be My Dragon Queen (Instrumental)

Bardic Inspiration Vol 1 Credits

• The Greatest Dwarven King
  Jason Charles Miller – Vocals, guitar, bass, percussion, programming
  Gary Joseph Potter Jr. – Lead guitar
  Mixed by Stewart Cararas
  
  
• Drop of Time
  Jason Charles Miller – Vocals, guitar, bass, percussion, programming, keyboards
  Mixed by Stewart Cararas
  
  
• Brimstone Angels Go Go Go
  Kenley Shea – Vocals Jason Charles Miller – Guitar, bass, percussion, programming
  Erin M. Evans – Additional Composition
  Mixed by Stewart Cararas
  
  
• Deekin’s Tale of Doom
  Jason Charles Miller – Vocals, guitar, bass, percussion, programming
  Adam Hall – Dobro
  Mixed by Stewart Cararas
  
  
• Savage Fire
  Jason Charles Miller – Vocals, guitar, bass, percussion, programming
  Gary Joseph Potter Jr. – Lead guitar
  Mixed by Stewart Cararas
  
  
• The Viper’s Fangs
  Jason Charles Miller – Vocals, guitar, bass, percussion, programming
  Gary Joseph Potter Jr. – Lead guitar
  Vivid Vivka – Additional Composition
  Mixed by Stewart Cararas
  
  
• The Moneylender, Mirt
  Jason Charles Miller – Vocals, guitar
  Aubrey Richmond– Fiddle
  Mixed by Stewart Cararas
  
  
• You Could Be My Dragon Queen
  Kenley Shea – Vocals
  Jason Charles Miller – Guitar, bass, percussion, keyboards
  Mixed by Stewart Cararas

This album exists thanks in large part to the audience of Bardic Inspiration, who accompanied Jason and Dylan on this songwriting journey. Thank you all so much. We hope to do this again! You can catch Bardic Inspiration live on Tuesday from 1-3 PM Pacific on our Twitch Channel.

Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?
“With your help we expect to go to full launch in three to six months from Early Access launch.”

~Idle Champions, September 2017

Looking back, we were pretty ambitious in thinking that we would be able to fully develop all the features we were planning for Idle Champions within six months of launching on Steam. Since then we have expanded upon our vision, developing features that are the foundation for a long term live service game. It has been a long journey to get to this point, and we are eternally thankful to the community and the team here at CNE for helping us to get to this point. Thank you!

The time has come to leave Early Access, and to officially launch Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms v1.0!

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

Table of Contents

• Spring Extravaganza
• Daily Rewards
• General Updates
• Formation Saves Update
• Ultimate Balance Changes
• Champion Balance Update
• New Patron: Strahd von Zarovich
• New Patron Familiars
• New Patron Skins
• New DLC Packs
• Feedback Wanted!

Spring Extravaganza

With the launch of Idle Champions v1.0 we wanted to have a bit of a celebration. We decided upon doing something similar to our Second Anniversary Celebration, with daily rewards you can claim once each 24-hours. Players who claim rewards on at least four days will be able to earn exclusive rewards!

Daily Rewards

Each daily chest grants you four awesome items, hand-picked by the team here at Codename Entertainment to help you in your adventures.

These rewards are unlocked once you have claimed at least four days worth of rewards during the Spring Extravaganza.

• Exclusive "Champion Minsc" Skin
• A Rare "+1 CON" Feat for Celeste
• 5 Gold Chests

General Updates

Today's update includes a number of changes to Idle Champions, some of which we expect to create significant changes to the meta, including: a Formation Saves update, changes to Ultimate ability balance, a Champion Balance update, and a Level Soft Cap Increase.

Formation Saves Update

For a while now, we received requests to expand the ability to save formations from our current three save slots to reflect the changes in formations needed over the course of a run, and also allow for more flexibility to try new formation combinations.

Today we have increased the number of formations you can save from 3 to 50(!), and included an updated UI to allow players to better track individual saved formations for each of their campaigns.

For more information, including our Formation Saves FAQ, check out our Formation Saves Update Dev Blog.

Ultimate Balance Changes

Ultimate attacks will no longer have their damage increased by debuffs on enemies.

Affected abilities include, but may not be limited to: Minsc's "Go for the Eyes!" (ultimate debuff portion), Gromma's "Spiked Shell", Strix's "Poor Hygiene", Catti-brie's "Mark for Death", Donaar's "Command: Flee", Warden's "Hex", Aila's "Storm Soul/Storm Aura", Spurt's "Wa-speration: Skunky", Krull's "Plague: Pain", Minsc's "Favored Enemies", and Regis' "Ruby Weakness".

For information on the rationale behind these changes, check out our Champion Balance Update (March 2020) Dev Blog or the in-game Change Log.

Champion Balance Update

Today's update sees updates to the remaining Champions not included in last year's update to Year One Champion Balance update. Champions included in this review are Deekin Scalesinger, Ishi Snaggletooth, Dhadius the Scarlet, Krond, Hitch, Birdsong, Barrowin Undurr, Strix Beestinger, and Azaka Stormfang. Two of these Champions, Gromma and Azaka, received little-to-no changes; we are keeping our eyes on how the anticipated meta shift with this update affects these two, and we may make changes to them in the future.

For Detailed information on these changes, check out our Champion Balance Update (March 2020) Dev Blog or the in-game Change Log.

New Patron: Strahd von Zarovich

Another Patron has arrived! Count Strahd von Zarovich joins Mirt the Moneylender and The Blackstaff, Vajra Safahr, as the third Patron in Idle Champions. Those seeking to serve the Lord of Castle Ravenloft will need to unlock at least 40 Champions (including Core and Evergreen Champions) and complete the Towering Expectations adventure in the Grand Tour of the Sword Coast campaign. Once these criteria are met, players can spend 10 Rare Bounty Contracts and 20 Silver Chests to unlock Strahd von Zarovich as a Patron!

Strahd suffers no fools to run his errands. With Strahd as your Patron, only Champions with an INT score of 13+ can be used.

New Patron Familiars

New Familiars have appeared in the Patron Shops! Complete weekly challenges and Patron variants for Mirt the Moneylender, Vajra Safahr, or Strahd von Zarovich to earn your Flameskull, Spider, or Toy Werewolf Familiars.

New Patron Skins

Champions who find themselves in service of Strahd von Zarovich will have access to unique rewards, including the Vistani Regis Skin and the Vampire Catti-brie Skin through the Patron Shop.

New DLC Packs

Two new DLC Packs are now available!

The Shade Artemis Skin & Feat Pack unlocks the Artemis Shade Skin, the ‘Part Shade’ Epic Feat, 7 Gold Artemis Chests, and a Potion of Polish. It will also unlock the Artemis Entreri Champion if you don't already have them.

The Iron Pup Familiar Pack will unlock the Iron Pup Familiar, an assortment of epic potions and contracts, and two Potions of Polish.

Feedback Wanted!

These changes are scheduled to go live at approximately 9:00AM PDT on Wednesday, March 25th. 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!

Enjoy :)