Greetings, Heroes of Holdfast!
Here is a detailed overview of the changes in our latest update-
The Chosen of the Forgotten God Event
The Chosen have emerged, bound by blood and ancient rites. Face a limited time event focused on ritual sacrifice, grim devotion, and forbidden rewards.
- Offer Blood to an ancient god to complete the ritual and claim powerful rewards.
- Each ritual demands a different Blood offering, challenging you to hunt, strategize, and endure.
- The Chosen of of the Forgotten God event runs until the 30th of April 2026, 00:00 UTC.
New Faction: The Chosen
Three new Faction Heroes emerge from the abyssal depths.
- Chosen Dreadknight
- Chosen Mercenary
- Chosen Brigand
Inspect this new faction through the Event Hub, capable of silencing their opponents and reflecting damage.
Ritual of Battle and Blood
- Hunt down Wealdborne, Bandits and Dirge to collect their blood to complete rituals and be rewarded.
- Ritual requirements change after every use.
- A dedicated Mercy path guarantees progress toward a Chosen Hero and exclusive rewards.
- Obtain New Trinkets exclusive to the Dreadknight, Mercenary and Brigand.
New Event Dungeon
- Descend into the Sacred Offering event dungeon, and play as the new Chosen Faction.
- Encounter a New Enemy, The Hellfaun.
- Treasure Chests can be found in rooms with Hellfaun.
- New Torch Totem, Interact with this Totem to reset Torch light in a room.
New Event Boss Variant – The Spore Queen
A new Witch of the Deep variant, Spore Queen Virella, has been added to the event dungeon.
Spore Queen Abilities
Basic Attack
- Target 3 opponents and performs a ranged attack, with 30% chance to inflict poison.
Summon Ocular Symbiote
- Summons an orb on a random tile. The orb heals its summoner, each turn. It will be destroyed once the Spore Queen is dead.
Summon Talon Symbiote
- Summons a claw on a random tile. The claw performs a ranged attack with a 30% chance to inflict Poison. It will be destroyed once the Spore Queen is dead.
Scream
- Applies Sickened to all targets for 2 turns, reducing their Poison Resistance.
Cage
- Stuns a random target for 3 turns. While caged, the target also loses 7% of their maximum health.
- A caged ally can be rescued by moving next to them and performing a Kick.
Chosen Event Shop and Rewards
- Chosen Contracts and Event Currencies are available through the Event Shop.
- Legendary Chosen Brigand Shards convert to standard Legendary Brigand Shards when the event ends.
Dungeon Balance Changes
- Resolved an issue where dungeon tiers had no limit. Max tiers across all dungeon chambers have been added.
- Forlorn Hollow max tier 9.
- Descent of Dread max tier 19.
- Elder Abyss max tier 29.
- Uncharted Crypt max tier 9.
Dev Note:
This change helps ensure that the difficulty does not increase past what the recommended hero level is capable of
achieving.
Caravan & Shard Summoning Changes
- Replaced Rate-Up Recruit Caravan with Exclusive Recruit Caravan.
- Drop rates for recruitment and summoning have been adjusted and now have different tiers based on class.
Hero Tome Changes
- Tomes are no longer class specific.
- Added Assault, Tank and Support Tomes.
- Each class will give one of three types of Tomes based on their role.
- All owned Hero Tomes will be automatically converted to their respective Tome type based on the classes role.
- Tomes have been removed from Dungeons.
Dev Note: It should be a lot easier to obtain tomes and ascend your desired heroes without gaining a stockpile of tomes for a hero you aren't interested in investing in.
Shop Improvements
- Rebalanced and reorganized items featured in daily shops.
- Added Daily Exchange Shop, exchange Militia Tomes for valuable hero summoning resources.
- Added UI to purchase multiple items at once.
Visual Improvements
- Mercenary 3d model has been optimized and polished.
- Shambler animations improved for smoother combat.
Additional Changes
- Hero Extended Ability Animations are now fully voiced.
- Increased Brigand ability values for all subclass mastery levels.
- Updated stat icons within subclasses.
- Fixed an issue where the "Battle" tutorial prompt was showing up after the prologue.
- Fixed an issue where the Backstab bonus from Paragon was not triggering Backstab for non-melee units.
- Fixed multiple translation issues.
- Removed promo code support for iOS due to App Store policy.
- General bug fixes & balance changes.


