Slay the Spire 2 v0.110.0 Patch Notes - Beta Branch Update (Keyboard-Only Controls, Silent Poison Reworks, Balance Reverts)

Mega Crit continues to listen: the latest beta patch for Slay the Spire 2 reverted many of the previous update's contentious balance changes. The 0.110.0 edition also introduced a keyboard-only control scheme and greatly reworked the Silent’s Poison toolkit. On the fidelity side, characters now have unique VFX for their forms.

Check out our previous patch-note rundowns below to trace the development changes in full:

Slay the Spire 2 v0.110.0 Beta Branch Patch Notes – Key Insights

Content Changes

Keyboard-only mode – Mega Crit has added full keyboard-only support, renaming from "Full Keyboard" to "Keyboard-Only" in the settings. It comes with a "Listening For Input" popup, a clearer indication of whether Steam Input is active, and gray hyphens rendered for missing bindings.

Multiple v.0109.0 reversions – The changes to Mirage and Pillar Of Creation have both been rolled back, with additional small adjustments made: Mirage no longer Exhausts, while Pillar Of Creation's Block drops from 3(4) to 2(3). Vakuu's Fiddle has also had its card draw reverted from 3 to 2, one patch after the buff that made it a standout – as Absey32 explained in our previous patch post article, it may have been underperforming globally, but the buff made it “straight busted.” The Well-Laid Plans nerf rounds out this particular list.

Silent's Poison package rework – Haze, Outbreak and [[Mirage were all jigged around - more details below.

Balance Changes

Relic Changes

Neow's Abundance buff now always creates Upgraded powers; upgrade changed to lower Energy cost by 1
Toasty Mittens rework (Tezcatara): "At the start of your turn, Exhaust the top card of your Draw Pile and gain 1 Strength" to "At the start of your turn, Exhaust 1 card from your Hand and gain 1 Strength"
Seal of Gold buff (Tezcatara): Gold loss decreased from 5 to 3
Beautiful Bracelet change (Nonupeipe): cards enchanted increased from 3 to 4; Swift amount decreased from 3 to 2
Fur Coat buff (Nonupeipe): marked combats increased from 7 to 8
Signet Ring nerf (Nonupeipe): Gold decreased from 999 to 888
Relax Block buff (Pael): 15(17) to 16(18)
Whistle cost buff (Tanx): 3 to 2
Maul damage scaling buff (Tanx): 1(2) to 2(3)
Fiddle revert (Vakuu): card draw decreased from 3 back to 2
Regalite rework (Regent): "Whenever you create a card, gain 2 Block" to "The first time you create a card each turn, gain 6 Block"

Card Changes

Ironclad

Mangle damage buff: 15(20) to 20(26)
Pact's End damage buff: 17(23) to 18(24)

Silent

Haze rework: Uncommon Skill, Cost 2 (was 3) – "Apply 4(6) Poison and 1(2) Weak to ALL enemies." Loses Sly.
Outbreak rework: now a Rare Skill, Cost 3 (was Uncommon Power, Cost 1) – "Apply 9(12) Poison to ALL enemies. Poison triggers immediately."
Scare reworked and renamed to Sidestep: Uncommon Skill, Cost 0 – "Next turn, gain 1(2) Energy." (was "Apply 1 Weak to ALL enemies. Exhaust.")
Mirage revert: gains Block based on enemy Poison again; no longer Exhausts
Well-Laid Plans cost nerf: 1(0) to 2(1)
Echoing Slash rarity change: Rare to Uncommon

Regent

Terraforming Vigor buff: 6(8) to 7(10)
Pillar of Creation revert: effect no longer limited to once per turn; Block decreased from 3(4) to 2(3)
Crush Under damage buff: 7(8) to 8(9)

Necrobinder

Eidolon change: can no longer be generated mid-combat
Sacrifice Block buff: increased from double to triple Osty's Max HP
The Scythe damage scaling buff: 4(5) to 5(7)

Defect

$refract patch note update$

Biased Cognition Focus buff: 4(5) to 5(6)
Refract damage buff: 9(12) to 10(13)
Rocket Punch nerf: creating a Status now reduces this card's cost by 1 Energy until played (was reduced to 0 Energy)
Synchronize buff: upgrade now increases temp Focus from 2 to 3; no longer Exhausts

You can read the full list of changes on Steam. You can also look back at the previous beta patch notes to see how these changes were incrementally made over the development process.

The largest impact is the new Toasty Mittens. I like new ways to exhaust down that don't let you just sit around with a small loop of defensive cards. Great on the reshuffle against Aeonglass too. The weaker Ancient relics at large are getting their power smoothed out lately, so expect more consistency. Care is being put into Silent's Poison package. I like the new Outbreak dynamic design as AoE, a finishing move, and a scaler. It's awkward to get into play, so I'll have to see how often I have the energy or HP to spare. Don't sleep on the QoL changes! The new map screenshot feature is a personal dream come true for discussing runs with the community. I'm glad to see a new keyboard-only mode too.

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