Patch 16.0: The Invasion Begins

Ranking/Rating Changes

• We are making several adjustments to the current ranking system with the following goals:

  • Make it harder to achieve Legendary Rating

  • Decrease the time to climb to your expected Rating range once you reach Legendary

  • Reduce the punishment for not hitting 10 wins at high rating values

• Legendary players now start at 800 Rating

• Rating losses have been significantly reduced, more so at the lower wins end

• Reduced the ranking point changes for Gold and Diamond tier, requiring a higher average wins to achieve the next tier

[p align="start"]Economy Changes

• Starting Income 5 (from 7)

• We are trying to shift some stuff around in the economy, so we are lowering the base Income but improving a variety of economy nodes

[p align="start"]Tournament Mode Testing

• Tournament Mode has arrived for Public Testing

• As this is a testing environment, please be aware that there may be bugs, interruptions and unannounced downtime/maintenance of this branch

• In order to play Tournament Mode, you must manually switch to the Public Test Realm branch on Steam

  • You can do this by right-clicking on the Bazaar in your Steam Library, selecting Properties and finding Game Versions and Betas

  • Enter the following Steam Access Code under Private Versions to unlock the Branch: 17IR8wb70MJOxCCh

  • Once the version is unlocked, you can select PTR in the list

  • This will initiate a download

  • Note that you will need to use this same menu to return back to the normal version of the game

• After the game updates, you will need to create a new account

  • This account will only be usable on this branch and does not interact with your normal Bazaar account

• If the game doesn't load properly, try using Verify Game Files as switching branches like this can often cause issues

• Tournament Mode can be freely shared/streamed by all

Season 16 Updates

[p align="start"]Leaderboard Rewards for Season 15

• Arsonist Champion (Rank 10 and up)

• Arsonist Paragon (Rank 100 and up)

• Arsonist Elite (Rank 1000 and up)

[p align="start"]Prize Pass updates

• The Dunes (Carpet)

• Gnash Stash (Stash)

[p align="start"]Chests additions

• Daughter Day Jules (Jules Skin)

• Alchemical Rigor Mak (Mak Skin)

• Item Skins for Dooley and Jules

Encounters

Annexed Army (Monster)

• Day 10

• Diamond-tier

Aurora Dome (Encounter)

• Diamond-tier

• Days 8+

• Improve your items without a CD

Capital Punisher

• Day 7

• Gold-tier

Farmer's Market (Encounter)

• Diamond-tier

• Jules Only

• Days 8+

• Improve your Food items

Launch Tower (Encounter)

• Diamond-tier

• Stelle Only

• Days 8+

• Improve your Flying items

Private Pitchfork

• Gold-tier

• Days 6+

• Sells neutral items

Robotics Factory (Encounter)

• Diamond-tier

• Stelle and Dooley

• Days 8+

• Improve your Tech items

Salvage Yard (Encounter)

• Diamond-tier

• Days 4+

• Transform your Stash items into Loot items based on their tags

Stickybeans

• Gold-tier

• Days 6+

• Sells items from other Heroes

Tomb of the Ancients (Encounter)

• Diamond-tier

• Mak Only

• Days 8+

• Improve your Relics

Wishing Fountain (Encounter)

• Gold-tier

• All Days

• Make a wish for random items

Encounter Changes

[p align="start"]Free Item Encounters (Right Side Options)

• These now have rarity and give items of that rarity

• These will generally offer, on average, higher rarity than you can get in shops or other nodes on the same day

Apothecary (Encounter)

• Double node now costs 5 gold (from 10)

Borrow

• Days 1-2 only

Byg

• He is champion, why is he Silver-tier?

• Now Legendary-tier

Cache of Riches

• Gold 5/7/10 (from 3/4/5)

Farai

• Gold-tier again

• This returns Farai back to normal after the Event

• Corrected an issue where the options Farai spawns if you have a package appears in a random order

Futura

• Upgrade items 1 Tier (instead of to Gold)

Invest in Yourself

• Income 1/2/3 (Days 1/2, Days 3/4, Days 5/6)

Library

• Day 3+

Look for Spare Change

• Now spawns 4 Spare Change

Mod Squad (Monster)

• Gained an interesting new item

• Beautiful Friendship is now Silver-tier

Mountain Pass

• Reduced some of the Gold rewards from this Encounter

Strange Mushroom

• Trade it for something now gives a Medium item

The Tester

• Dooley and Stelle

• Day 1+

• Hero items only

Truffle Farming

• Now spawns 2 Truffles

Wink

• Now gives 10 Prestige

Common

• Corrected a number of tag and hidden tag inconsistencies with Skills

[p align="start"]Creeping Chill, Frostfire, Initial Chill, Paralytic Poison and Stunning Strike (Skills)

• Standardized these to 2/3/4 second(s)

[p align="start"]Finesse Shield

• Added to Jules, Stelle and Karnok (from Dooley only)

• The first 4/8 times you Haste, charge a Shield item 1 second

[p align="start"]The following items now start at Silver-tier:

• Gorgon Spore, Icicle, Lag-bolt, Magma Core, Spark Plug

Candy Mail

• At the end of a fight with this, adjacent items permanently gain [20/40/60/80] Shield and permanently Destroy this

Dragon Wing

• CD 6 (from 7)

Epicurean Chocolate

• At the end of a fight with this, adjacent items permanently gain [20/40/60/80] Damage and permanently Destroy this

Junkyard Club

• When you sell this, get 2 Loot items (from +Damage)

Junkyard Repairbot

• When you sell this, get 2 Loot items (from +Heal)

Raffle Ticket

• When you Level Up, set this item's value to a number between 0 and [5/10/20/40]

Reroll Token

• Shiny now spawns another Reroll token

Super Syrup

• At the end of a fight with this, adjacent items permanently gain [10/20/30/40]% Crit Chance and permanently Destroy this

Temporary Shelter

• CD 6

• Shield [60/120/240/480]

• When you sell this, get 2 Scrap

• No longer scales Shield

Dooley

[p align="start"]Ancient Technology (Skill)

• Your leftmost Relic has +1 Multicast

[p align="start"]Data Transfer (Skill)

• When you use a tech item, your items gain +[2/4/6] (from adjacent items gain [3/6/9])

[p align="start"]Liquid Cooled (Skill)

• [2/4] triggers (from [5/10])

• No longer has a size restriction

[p align="start"]Primal Energy (Skill)

• Damage buff to [5/10/20/40]

[p align="start"]Well-oiled Machine (Skill)

• When you use a Core, reduce an item's CD by 8% (from 5%)

3D Printer

• starts at Diamond-tier

Angry Balloon Bot

• CD 5 (from [7/6])

• Damage [25/50] (from 10)

Armored Core

• Shield [40/80/160]

Beta Ray

• CD 6 (from 7)

Char Cole

• Burn [2/4/6/8] (from [3/4/5/6])

Critical Core/The Core/Primal Core/Weaponized Core

• Damage [40/80/160]

Crude Tools

• CD [5/4/3] (from [7/6/5])

• Now also charges Relics

• CD reduction removed

Cryosphere

• CD [11/10] (from 10)

• Freeze 2 seconds (from [2/3])

Flint Stones

• Burn [3/6/9/12] (from [4/6/8/10])

Ignition Core

• Burn to [4/8/12] (from 4)

Miss Isles

• Damage scaling [5/10/20] (from [5/10/15])

Nanobot

• Damage per Friend [10/20/40] (from [15/20/25])

Race Carl

• CD 8 (from [9/8/7])

• Damage to [100/200/400] (from 100)

Trojan

• CD to 4 (from 6)

• Poison to [8/16] (from [3/6])

Wallace

• CD 3 (from 6)

• Shield scaling [5/10/20/40] (from [10/20/30/40])

• Now scales Shield before applying Shield

Welding Helmet

• Burn [3/6/9/12] (from [3/5/7/9])

YLW-M4NT1S

• CD 5 (from [7/6/5])

Jules

[p align="start"]Start of Run

• You can now start with either a Stove or a Cooler

[p align="start"]Chef Brolin (Level Up)

• Now appears on Level 3 instead of Add Cooler

• Add Stove/Cooler options now gives a matching item of the same type

Cheese Wheel

• CD [7/6/5] (from [8/7/6])

• Shield to 20 (from 5)

Cooler

• Shield 30 (from 15/30/45)

• When you Freeze, this becomes Chilled and gains [15/30/60] Shield (from Chilled for 2 seconds and [15/30/45])

Cornucopia

• CD 3 (from 4)

• Heated effect now charges Chilled and Chilled effect now charges Heated items

Durian

• Starts at Bronze-tier

• Shield [10/20/40/80] (from [20/40/80])

• Heated: Slow [2/3/4/5] items (from [3/4/5])

Dragon Steak

• Burn Equal to this item's Crit Chance (from Burn 10)

• Base Crit Chance: [25/50]%

• Heated: Your other items have +[25/50]% Crit Chance"

Farmer's Market

• No longer gives Max HP on sell

Imu

• Burn [3/6/9] (from [4/6/8])

LauLau

• Chilled: This item's CD is reduced by 2 seconds (from Crit Chance)

Meat Grinder

• Starts at Bronze-tier

• Damage [20/40/80/160]

Refrigerator

• Starts at Bronze-tier

• Shield [10/20/40/80] (from [30/60/90])

• Regen [2/4/6/8] (from [3/6/9])

• When you use a Chilled item or Freeze (from When you Freeze)

Rolling Pin

• Damage Scaling [25/50/100/200] (from [25/50/75/100])

Santoku

• Starts at Silver-tier

• CD 4 (from 5)

• Damage [10/20/40]

Salt

• Starts at Gold-tier

• CD 3 (from 5/4/3)

• Adjacent items gain 10/20% Crit

• When you Crit, Burn 3/6

Sorbet

• When you crit with another item (from When you Crit)

Tea Siphon

• Burn [8/16/24] (from 8/12/16)

Jumbo Wok

• Burn [6/12] (from [6/9])

Ulu-Knife

• Chilled: Haste this 1 second(s)

Karnok

[p align="start"]Peak Rage (Skill)

• While you are Enraged, your items have +[10/20/30/40]% Crit Chance (from [20/30/40/50])

Battle Axe

• Damage 100 (from [60/120/180/240])

• When you Enrage, this gains [60/120/240/480] Damage (from [60/120/180/240])

Beast Call

• CD 4 (from [6/5/4/3])

• Haste an adjacent Friend [1/2/3/4] second(s)

Fairy Circle

• When you Slow or Freeze one of your items, Charge it [1/1.5] second(s)

Messenger Sparrow

• CD [6/5/4] (from [5/4/3])

Resistance Bands

• Gain +1% Max Health (from 10/20/40)

Steel Bramble

• When your enemy uses an item, gain [2/4] Rage (from [1/2/3])

Wolverine

• CD 8 (from [9/8/7])

• Deal 20 Damage (from [10])

• Damage scaling [10/20/40] (from [10/20/30])

Mak

[p align="start"]Frozen Secrets (Skill)

• The first 4/8 times you use a Relic each fight, Charge a Freeze item 1 second

Calcinator

• CD 6 (from 7)

• Burn 8 (from 6)

• No longer costs Gold to generate Chunk of Lead

Chunk of Gold

• Sell Price [2/4/6/8] (from [3/5/7/9])

Orly

• When you Crit, this and another item starts Flying (from When you Crit, an item starts flying)

Quill and Ink

• If this is not adjacent to a Weapon, it has +1 Multicast (from If you have no other Weapons, this has +1 Multicast)

Rainbow Staff

• Burn and Poison [6/12/18] (from [6/9/12])

Retort

• Poison 8 (from 6)

• No longer costs Gold to generate Chunk of Lead

Spider Fern

• Poison [4/8/12] (from [4/6/8])

Test Subject Alpha

• CD 5 (from [6/5])

• Damage 100 (from 50)

• Poison [30/60] (from [30/50])

Thrown Net

• Gains the Trap type

Vat of Acid

• Burn and Poison [5/10] (from [6/12])

Pygmalien

[p align="start"]Industrialist (Skill)

• The CD of your Properties and Vehicles are reduced by [5/10]% (from Properties only)

[p align="start"]Prime Real Estate (Skill)

• When you use a Property or Vehicle, adjacent items gain [5/10/15]% Crit Chance (from Properties only)

[p align="start"]Reinforced Steel (Skill)

• When you use a Property or Vehicle, your items gain [5/10/15] Damage and Shield (from Properties only)

Abacus

• CD 4 (from [5/4/3])

• Value in combat [10/15/20] (from [5/10/15])

Jabalian Drum

• Starts at Silver-tier

• Haste [1/2/3] second(s)

• Damage Buff [3/6/12]

Ledger

• This is mostly a QOL change to make this item require less shuffling around

• Now gives value to both leftmost and rightmost items

Skyscraper

• Multicast 2 Base (from If you have 5 or less items, +1 Multicast)

Stained Glass Window

• CDR no longer has item count restrictions

VIP Pass

• Haste your highest value item [1/2/3] second(s) (from Property only)

• When you use an adjacent item, it gains [2/4/6] value (from [4/6/8], Properties only)

Stelle

[p align="start"]Master Mechanic (Skill)

• Renamed from Repair Mechanic

• Stelle-only (from all Heroes)

• Silver-tier

• Now repairs 1/2/3 items

Balloon Engine

• Burn [3/6/9/12] (from [3/5/7/9])

Bird Cage

• Shield [75/150/300] (from [100/150/200])

Boom Boom Bot

• Tech type

• Damage 80 (from [40/80/120/160])

• Scaling [20/40/80/160] (from [20/40/60/80])

Eject Button

• Shield [10/20/40] (from [10/20/30])

Flame Jet Drone

• Gains Tech type

Grabinator

• CD [7/6] (from [8/7])

Hang Glider

• Damage [40/80/160] (from [50/100/200])

In-Flight Meal

• Scaling [50/100/200] (from [50/75/100])

Kite

• CD 4 (from 5)

Molten Ball Blaster

• Burn [10/20/30/40] (from [10/15/20/25])

Ornithopter

• No longer gives Flying items Damage

Oxygen Mask

• When you use another item (from Tool or Vehicle)

Oxygen Tank

• Heal [75/150/300] for each Vehicle (from [75/100/125])

Pilot's Wings

• The current design has limited use and too many restrictions

• When you use a Flying item, Haste it for [1/2/3] seconds

Recycler Bot

• Gains Tech type

Solar Drone

• Shield [5/10/20/40] (from [5/10/15/20])

Steam Washer

• Burn [7/14/21/28] (from [8/12/16/20])

Vortex Cannon

• CD 4 at Gold/Diamond (from [5/4])

Windbreaker

• Shield [25/50/100] (from [25/50/75])

Vanessa

[p align="start"]Ice Bullets (Skill)

• The first [4/8] times you use an Ammo each fight, Charge a Freeze item 1 second (from Freeze an item for 1 second, first [1/2] times)

Calico

• Damage [20/40/80/160] (from [15/30/60/120])

Catfish

• Poison scaling [3/6/9/12] (from [2/4/6/8])

Cauterizing Blade

• Burn 6 (from 2)

• Scaling [10/20/40] and [3/6/9] (from [10/20/30] and [2/4/6])

Chum

• Scales Aquatic and Food Crit Chance (from Aquatic only)

Dart Launcher

• Ammo 3

• Remove Damage and Weapon tags

• Remove adjacency requirements from Slow and Poison

Flagship

• [35/70/140] (from [40/80/160])

Grappling Hook

• CD 6 (from 7)

• 2 targets all tiers (from [1/2/3/4] targets)

• Haste [1/2/3/4] second(s) (from Slow [1/2/3/4] second(s))

Ice Pick

• Damage [15/30/60] (from [15/30/45])

Jitte

• Scaling [10/20/40] (from [10/20/30])

Mantis Shrimp

• Damage Scaling [10/20/40/80] (from [10/15/20/25])

• Burn Scaling [2/4/6/8] (from [2/3/4/5])

Mr. Richardson

• Shield Scaling [5/10/20] (from [5/10/15])

Old Saltclaw

• Damage Scaling [5/10/20] (from [5/10/15])

Nesting Doll

• Gains 1 Ammo at day start at all rarities (from [1/2/3] Ammo at day start)

• Shield equal to [5/10/15] times this item's Ammo (from this item's Ammo)

Powder Horn

• CD 3 (from 4)

Ramrod

• CD 4 (from 3)

Seaweed

• Heal scaling [5/10/20/40] (from [5/10/15/20])

Stealth Glider

• You take 25% less damage (from 10% less damage for each non-Glider Flying item)

• Your Flying items have their CDs reduced by 1 second (new)

Torpedo

• Damage scaling [40/80/160] (from [40/80/120])