Hey all!

Patch 1.18.002 adds one of our most requested features - Achievements & Rewards!

We've seen the feedback about the initial phase of unlocks could feel slow / grindy to some, and we recognize that with over 5 years of content development, there is a lot to 'catch up' on.

This is why we added a new way to unlock Fateshards* faster in the beginning of your Dawncaster journey via Achievements. With over 100 achievements to discover and each granting between 10 and 250 Fateshards, there are new ways to quicken the unlocks of new cards, talents, portraits and more!

*Note: Fateshards are a completely free, non-purchasable indicator of our meta progression system.

For achievements you've already unlocked, Fateshards will be awarded retro-actively :)

Achievements are shared between platforms, and even update your native achievements once earned on another platform. However, their rewards are granted just once per unlock (not per platform). In order to sync your achievements, make sure you are logged into our Unity Cloud account with the same credentials on all devices.

UI / UX

• Bounties and achievements can now be viewed in their own panel, available from the home menu

• Fixed various issues with the controller input that would skip level up screens

Balance Changes

• Chromatic Breath can no longer be found in card rewards

• Arboreous Forms talent now requires 1 Dexterity and 1 Intellect

• Arboreous Forms talent now conjures a Beastform at the start of the turn rather than imbue a Master of Forms

Bugfixes

• Artifacts created by Explorer's Trick should no longer remain in your deck after combat

• Tuned the Arboreous Forms talent and added the DEX / INT requirement

• Underling now correctly Subjugates a Humanoid enemy when the player has the required gold

• Chromatic Breath (Drake Familiar's ability) no longer adds chain to the enemy

• Fixed various tooltips and card phrasings

• Various improvements to localization

• Fixes to the screenreader support (in particular the ability to start a run in the Sunforge)

That's all for this week's patch! More is coming for Dawncaster so stay tuned! Also, we're about to kick off our next Card Design competition over on the Discord, so if you fancy yourself a card crafter head on over to our #card-brewery channel. The announcement will be up early next week!

Hey all!

Patch 1.18.001 adds all 5 winning card designs of the Bandits of Blightwood competition to the game! For all the winning designs, join our Discord or discover them for yourself in game right now.

In addition, 2 more 'Signature Cards' have been added to celebrate community members who've made their mark on the game. Either via participating in community events, offering constructive feedback or being a general positive presence in our Discord :)

We're about to start a brand new competition at the start of next month (March), so if you fancy yourself a card crafter, you're invited to join and see if your card makes it into the top 5!

For all card designs of this competition, visit the Dawnforge over at https://dawnforge.app/contest/1763575008921?rarity=&banner=&category=&type=&prefix=&sorting=likesDesc&page=1

• We've reworked various UI elements for better legibility

• You can now set the card pop out zoom size to make the text more readible on large screens and Steamdecks. (Settings > Gameplay > Popout zoom level)

• Addressed a few issues with the Sunforge game-mode

• Addressed various issues with Achievements not firing correctly

We're continuing on our work to incorporate Achievements into the meta progression system and we'll likely be able to add this in next week's update.

That's all for this update! If you like what we do here, consider leaving us a review :D