Relic Arena news & patch notes

Check out our blog post about 1.6

Featured Highlights

• Free Welcome Back Chest!

• Ranks soft-reset

• Major balance changes

General

• Welcome Back Chest available for free upon opening the game (check your quests at the top right). You will receive a guaranteed Epic reward (no duplicates).

• Play 5 Games quest: Gain 10,000 coins and 100 Leader tokens

• Ranks have been soft-reset. First 20 games played will provide accelerated MMR in order to catch back up

• Rewards added to Leaderboard Page. Upon reaching the end of Season 1, players reaching General and higher ranks will receive an exclusive Golden Surfer Abe Leader skin. Top 3 on Leaderboard will receive extremely rare click effects.

• Players ranking higher than Supreme Overlord 3 will now have their rank number shown on badge

• All rank badges are now considered safety nets, meaning you cannot derank below them (the new rank number can be deranked back to Overlord 3 because it is not a new badge)

• Hovering over the left-side player list will now cause a cog to appear. If clicked, you will be able to see the player’s name, rank, and battlepass level. Within this window you can now mute player emotes, voice lines, click effects, and announcer packs.

• Click effects can now be heard by all players

• Shop upgrade costs from 15/17/17/17 to 15/15/15/15

• Unbanned relics from 70 to 75

• Banned relics from 25 to 20

• Leader selection time increased from 25 to 35s

• Round timers for rounds 1-5 have been shortened (Brand new players will have longer rounds)

• Relic ban UI is now larger on Leader selection screen

• You can now unlock Leaders while a Free Trial is still active

Leaders

View all Leaders:

https://relicarena.com/leaders

• All Leaders with a cooldown reduction upgrade will now work retroactively

• Beethoven level 3 Trumpet chance from 10% to 12.5%

• Charles Darwin level 1 banned relic pool from 9 to 12

• Charles Darwin level 3 pool increase from 9 to 6

• Charles Darwin visual bug fixed to not include the level 0 relic when calculating mana cost

• Gandhi level 1 respawn time from 5 to 4

• Gandhi level 1 selected unit will revive with 50% health

• Gandhi level 3 reworked to: Unit revives with 100% health

  • Old version: Refreshes two relics on respawn

• Gandhi level 4 reworked to: Refreshes a second relic

  • Old version: -2 initial respawn time

• Genghis Khan level 3 movespeed increase now only affects the selected unit

• Harambe level 3 reworked to provide +1 dessert reroll

  • Old version: 20% Epic and +4% Legendary chance

• Harambe level 4 reworked to provides a free Epic dessert

  • Old version: +1 dessert reroll

• Harambe level 5 reworked to: Provides a free Legendary dessert

  • Old version: Bananas are free

• Harambe Legendary Banana Split Mana from 600 to 800

• Harambe Legendary Banana Split Relic Power from 25 to 30

• Harambe Legendary Banana Split Cooldown Reduction from 10% to 15%

• Harambe Legendary Banana Pudding Attack Speed from 80 to 100

• Harambe Legendary Banana Pudding Toughness from 15% to 20%

• Harambe Legendary Banana Foster attack damage from 80 to 100

• Harambe Legendary Banana Bread health from 600 to 800

• Harambe Legendary Banana Bread health regen from 80 to 100

• Harambe Legendary Banana Bread Barrier from 10% to 15%

• Harambe Legendary Banana Cream Pie Relic lifesteal from 18% to 25%

• Harambe Legendary Banana Cream Pie Mana regen from 80 to 100

• Harambe Legendary Banana Cream Pie Cast Point Reduction from 20% to 30%

• Isaac Newton level 4 Anvil no longer pierces Unstoppable

• Joan of Arc level 1 lifesteal from 30% to 20%

• Joan of Arc level 2 lifesteal from 15% to 10%

• Joan of Arc level 5 damage dealt from 50+4% to 30+4%

• Mary Shelley level 3 combined stats from 25% to 30%

• Mary Shelley level 4 combined magic and physical armor from 70% to 100%

• Mary Shelley level 5 additionally removes transformation time

• Mary Shelley level 5 fixed to allow single target casting on the target

• Montezuma II level 5 God relic chance from 5% to 6%

• Montezuma II Feathered Aegis God Relic level 1 barrier from 50% to 70%

• Montezuma II Feathered Aegis God Relic level 3 diminishing per second from 4% to 3%

• Montezuma II Spear of the Sun God Relic level 1 damage from 1000 to 1500

• Nikola Tesla level 3 interval reduction from 2 to 1

• Nikola Tesla level 4 damage gain per strike from 90 to 75

• Nikola Tesla level 5 Tesla Tower damage from 400 to 300+10% max HP

• Wong Fei-Hung level 2 cooldown reduction from 4% to 5%

• Wong Fei-Hung level 5 attack and cast range bonus from 500 to 600.

Relics

View all Relics:

https://relicarena.com/relics

Most standard relics have had their scaling lowered by 1 level

• Aztec Death Whistle magic armor reduction from 6->13.5 to 5->12.5

• Aztec Death Whistle Super 2 break duration from 2 to 1.75

• Aztec Death Whistle Super 3 percentage damage from 8 to 6%

• Aztec Death Whistle Juicy magic armor reduction and increase from 20 to 15

• Aztec Sun Stone damage delay from 30->50% to 25->45%

• Barbed Wire damage return from 20->50 to 26->56

• Barbed Wire Super 2 reworked to: "Allied heroes within 500 radius gain this relic with all Super upgrades"

  • Old Version: Gain 15 attack damage after returning 200 damage to heroes

• Basketball now refreshes when an enemy dies within 500 (permanent armor is still dependent on kill timer)

• Basketball permanent armor scaling from 0.7->1.7 to 0.5

• Basketball damage from 325->525 to 300->500

• Basketball Super 2 reworked to: Upon dunking on an enemy, gain an aura that provides 20% toughness to allies in 600 radius. Lasts 10s and stacks

  • Old version: +0.75 armor gain per kill

• Basketball Super 3 damage increase per cast from 100 to 80

• Bazooka damage from 600->700 to 600->800

• Bazooka scaling damage from 20->40 to 25->50

• Bazooka Super 2 percentage chance on attack from 10% to 8%

• Bear Trap damage from 200-> 350 to 170->320

• Bear Trap root duration from 3->4 to 2.5->3.5

• Bear Trap Super 2 Mana burn from 60% to 45%

• Bear Trap Juicy changed to: Trap movement speed increased and on first cast creates 3 bear traps around the caster

  • Old version: First trap is massive and affects all units globally

• Blade of Ramses attack speed steal from 40->80 to 60->100

• Boomerang damage from 120->170 to 110->160

• Boomerang damage per stack from 13->18 to 12->17

• Boomerang Super 2 slow from 10 to 8

• Borgia Poison damage per second 25->50 to 20->45

• Borgia Poison duration from 8 to 6

• Borgia Poison physical armor reduction from 3.5->6 to 3->5.5

• Bowling Ball cast time from 0.7 to 0.6

• Bowling Ball damage from 170->245 to 155->230

• Bowling Ball stun duration from 1.75->2.75 to 1.55->2.55

• Boxing Gloves Super 1 pull range from 400 to 500

• Boxing Robes Super 3 damage return from 30 to 40

• Catapult movespeed reduction from 30 to 20

• Catapult Super 1 splash radius from 100 to 150

• Catapult Super 2 damage steal duration from 6 to 15

• Catapult Toughness reduction from 70->35% to 60->30%

• Celtic Axe HP in damage from 36->51% to 33->48%

• Celtic Club magic damage from 100->300 to 60->260

• Celtic Club smash radius from 550->650 to 530->630

• Claw Machine Super 3 radius from 500 to 650

• Conga Drums attack speed from 60->90 to 54->84

• Conga Drums movement speed from 15->25 to 13->23

• Cursed Visage Assassin attack damage from 40->80 to 32->72

• Cursed Visage damage per second from 50->100 to 40->90

• Cursed Visage duration from 10 to 8

• Cursed Visage Ranger attack speed from 50->100 to 40->90

• Cursed Visage Tank barrier from 20->30% to 18->28%

• Cursed Visage Witch relic power from 10->20% to 8->18%

• Devil's Bible relic lifesteal from 25->50% to 20->45%

• Devil’s Bible Super 2 health regeneration from 50 to 65

• Dinosaur Fossil chickens amount from 3->8 to 4->9

• Dinosaur Fossil is now an Ultimate relic

• Divine Diadem critical chance from 23->33% to 21->31%

• Divine Diadem critical lifesteal from 40->55% to 37->52%

• Endeavor Cannon damage from 100->225 to 75->200

• Galileo's Hourglass damage from 140->240 to 120->220

• Galileo's Telescope range increase from 200->450 to 150->400

• Grass Cutting Sword Fire damage per second from 65->105 to 57->97

• Grass Cutting Sword Fire heal reduction from 25->50% to 20->45%

• Grass Cutting Sword Lightning damage from 250->325% to 235->310%

• Hammurabi's Code magic armor per tick from 2.5->5 to 2->4.5

• Hammurabi's Code max HP regen per tick from 0.9->2.4% to 0.6->2.1%

• Hammurabi’s Code Super 3 radius from 600 to 700

• Hammurabi's Crown max HP damage from 15->30% to 12->27%

• Hammurabi's Crown self damage from 15->30% to 12->27%

• Hammurabi’s Crown Super 2 now also breaks in the radius

• Hand of Ramses damage from 80->155 to 65->140

• Hand of Ramses scaling per kill from 2.5->5 to 2->4.5

• Holy Grail duration from 5->7.5 to 4.5->7

• Holy Grail health and mana regeneration from 70->120 to 60->110

• Hope Diamond duration from 3.2->4.2 to 3->4

• Hope Diamond Super 2 damage from 250 to 200

• Hot Sauce damage per second from 25->45 to 21->41

• Hot Sauce Super 3 attack and cast range from 100 to 150

• Inca Chest Plate health from 200->450 to 150->400

• Inca Chest Plate magic armor from 5->10 to 4->9

• Inca Chest Plate Super 3 changed from physical armor reduction on hit to magical armor reduction on hit

• Ivan's Bell damage from 150->250 to 130->230

• Ivan's Bell duration from 1.8->2.8 to 1.6->2.6

• Ivan’s Bell Super 2 reworked to: Enemy gains 30 move speed during fear. After fear they lose 20% relic power for 8s

  • Old version: Feared enemies have -30% attack damage for 8s

• Jaguar Claw damage per stack from 15->30 to 20->35

• Jaguar Claw duration from 8 to 10

• Jaguar Claw Super 2 heal from 200 to 250

• Jaguar Claw Super 3 Toughness from 3% to 4%

• Kevlar Vest duration from 1.5->3 to 1.2->2.7

• Kevlar Vest Super 3 now applies as bonus armor to the caster as well

• King Tut’s Bindings damage per second from 80->105 to 90->115

• King Tut’s Bindings Super 1 now lasts the full duration, even if the target dies

• King Tut’s Bindings Super 2 now lasts the full duration, even if the target dies

• King Tut's Mask bonus damage from 20->40% to 16->36%

• King Tut’s Mask Super 3 magic armor reduction from 12 to 10

• King Tut’s Spear Super 1 cast time reduction from 1 to 1.25

• Kris Blade mana steal from 45->60 to 42->57

• Kris Blade max mana as damage from 3.5->6% to 3->5.5%

• Lance of Longinus damage from 200->450 to 150->400

• Lance of Longinus Super 1 now refreshes the cooldown completely anytime a relic is activated by the caster

• Lance of Longinus Super 3 reworked to provide a 25% barrier to allies in the radius of the damage for 4s. Effect does not stack.

  • Old version: Reduce physical damage of enemies caught in area by 30% for 4s.

• Lawn Mower damage from 150->275 to 125->250

• Lunar Laser max mana damage from 30->45% to 27->42%

• Lunar Laser Super 1 reworked to: Eclipse heals caster and those within 400 radius of the Eclipse for 400

  • Old version: Eclipse knocks back enemies from caster

• Lunar Reactor cooldown reduction from 2->3.5 to 1.7->3.2

• Lunar Reactor Super 1 radius increase from 100 to 85

• Lunar Reactor Super 2 physical armor from 10 to 9

• Lunar Reactor Super 3 max mana and mana restore from 200 to 350

• Mace and Chain damage per second from 85->110 to 80->105

• Mace and Chain duration from 2.5->5 to 2->4.5

• Mammoth Fossil Super 3 reworked to: Passively creates a pulse around the caster every 5s

  • Old version: Each pulse increases your attack damage by 15 for 10s

• Mask of Agamemnon attack speed from 90->165 to 75->150

• Mask of Agamemnon physical armor from 9->14 to 8->13

• Matroyshka Doll Super 1 additionally will lower the enemy’s toughness by 50% for 5s. Knockback reduced from 400 -> 300 (but is increased by the lower toughness)

• Mirror of Archimedes damage reflected from 100% to 80->100%

• Mirror of Archimedes stun duration from 1->2 to 0.8->1.8

• Monkey's Paw damage from 75->160 to 68->143

• Monkey’s Paw Super 3 relic lifesteal from 25% to 35%

• Mortar damage from 150->400 to 100->350

• Mortar physical armor reduction from 3->8 to 2->7

• Mortar Super 1 radius from 150 to 300

• Mortar Super 2 additionally provides 50% faster projectile speed

• Napoleon's Boots attack damage as damage from 18->28% to 14->24%

• Napoleon's Boots base damage from 16->36 to 12->32

• Napoleon’s Boots Juicy radius increase from 200 to 125

• Oil Lamp Super 1 immolation damage per second from 70 to 90

• Oil Lamp Super 2 stun duration from 1 to 1.5

• Orca Fossil Super 2 additionally increases cast range by 400

• P.E.D. attack speed from 80->180 to 60->160

• Persian Carpet damage from 100->200 to 80->180

• Persian Carpet relic power from 14->34% to 10->30%

• Persian Carpet Super 3 cast time reduction from 40% to 35%

• Persian Cat damage from 350->500 to 400->550

• Philosopher's Stone mana and HP gained from 40->90 to 30->80

• Philosopher's Stone Super 2 now additionally increases heal by 30

• Pirate Flag critical strike from 210->285 to 195->270%

• Pirate Flag Super 1 reworked to: +250 cast and attack range while you have the buff

  • Old version: Empowered attack reduces the target's attack damage by 40% for 4s

• Pirate Flag Super 2 break duration from 3 to 2

• Plague Doctor Cane max health as damage from 15->25% to 13->23%

• Plague Doctor Mask HP taken from 75->100 to 70->95

• Porcelain Throne base damage from 75->150 to 60->135

• Porcelain Throne clog duration from 2->3 to 1.8->2.8

• Pythagorean Codex max mana restore from 10->20% to 8->18%

• Pythagorean Codex relic power from 3->8% to 2->7%

• Pythagorean Sphere base damage from 100->200 to 80->180

• Pythagorean Sphere current mana to damage from 5->10% to 4->9%

• Pythagorean Sphere Super 1 damage from 80 to 100

• Pythagorean Sphere Super 2 magic armor steal from 4 to 3

• Pythagorean Sphere Juicy increased projectiles from 2 to 1

• Radio Jammer duration from 3->5.5 to 2.5->5

• Radio Jammer heal power reduction from 20->40% to 16->36%

• Riot Shield health regeneration from 10->35 to 20->50

• Riot Shield physical armor from 6->16 to 8->18

• Scepter of Agamemnon attack damage from 40->65 to 35->60

• Scepter of Agamemnon lifesteal from 30->55% to 25->50%

• Scythian Bow attack speed per stack from 15->30 to 20->40

• Scythian Dagger curse bonus damage from 100->150 to 115->165

• Seatbelt max health from 350->725 to 275->650

• Seatbelt Super 1 now starts on cooldown

• Seatbelt Juicy cooldown from 5 to 8

• Shroud of Turin heal from 200->400 to 160->360

• Shroud of Turin Super 1 heal power from 30% to 40%

• Shroud of Turin Super 3 relic power from 20% to 15%

• Statue of David Super 2 reworked to: Allies near the blocks are healed for 75% of damage done

  • Old version: Allies within 500 radius of the statue are thrown as blocks. When thrown, they deal 2x damage and stun enemies for 1s

• Statue of Liberty damage per second from 90->140 to 120->170

• Statue of Liberty Super 3 max HP gain and reduction from 20% to 25%

• Statue of Prometheus Super 3 death rattle bounces from 6 to 5

• Sutton Hoo Helmet duration from 3.5->4.75 to 3.25->4.5

• Sutton Hoo Helmet HP regeneration from 60->110 to 50->100

• Terracotta Army illusion damage dealt from 25->50% to 20->45%

• Terracotta Army Juicy passive illusion interval from 2 to 4s

• Tesla Coil damage from 50->100 to 40->90

• Tesla Radio max health damage from 2->4% to 2.5->4.5%

• Tibetan Prayer Wheel barrier from 40% to 35%

• Tibetan Prayer Wheel duration from 3->6 to 2.4->5.4

• Tibetan Prayer Wheel heal from 75->100 to 85->110

• Titanic Super 1 damage from 200 to 250

• Tommy Gun damage from 50->75 to 45->70

• Tommy Gun Super 3 heal from damage from 100% to 130%

• Top Hat base damage from 120->170 to 110->160

• Top Hat physical damage from 75->100% to 70->95%

• Top Hat Juicy reworked to: Global bounce range

  • Old version: +2 bounces

• Trampoline damage from 150->400 to 100->350

• Trojan Shield armor per stack from 1->2 to 0.8->1.8

• Trojan Shield damage per second from 20->45 to 15->40

• Viking Runestone block and reflect from 11->16% to 10->15%

• Viking Runestone Super 3 damage per second from 100 to 90

• Viking Vanguard duration from 3->5 to 2.6->4.6

• Viking Vanguard physical armor from 20->30 to 15->25

• Yin & Yang Pendant damage and heal from 150->300 to 120->270

• Zulu Headdress attack speed per stack from 35->60 to 30->55

• Zulu Headdress lifesteal per stack from 4->9 to 3->8

• Zulu Headdress Juicy duration from 4 to 3

• Zulu Necklace damage per stack from 60->120 to 48->108

• Zulu Necklace Juicy free casts from 3 to 2

We're pushing a small update, with some MMR quality of life improvements, a few balance changes, and a FOURTH OF JULY BUNDLE!

Matchmaking Improvements

• Supreme Overlord is no longer derankable

• You can no longer lose MMR for getting top 4 (has a minimum of +1 MMR, no matter the MMR difference in the lobby)

• MMR loss will be less punishing when high rated players play in a very low rated lobby

Balance Changes

• If you are leader level 5 and shop level 5, you can save up to 2 gold for the next round (instead of it just disappearing).

• Mana Burn is now reduced by Magic Armor.

• Upgrading to leader level 5 on Darwin and Harambe will now immediately change the cost of the Darwin Relic/Harambe Banana to 0 if it is already in your shop.

• Fixed Gandhi interaction with Tommy gun not resetting their aim

• Fixed some interactions with Catapult and Pirate Flag sometimes activating multiple times

4th of July Bundle

Germany

• Added German translations to the game, for the Germans.

• Fixed an issue where in certain bot games UI would disappear

General

• Friends list fixed to display names properly

• Basilica Cistern arena performance massively improved

Leaders

• Beethoven level 1 now guarantees at least 1 relic will be transformed into an instrument

• Charles Darwin level 5 relic copies from 14 to 18

• Charles Darwin visual effects added for his selected relic

• Charles Darwin issue fixed where leveling the leader to 4 would not give the free levels if you were already maxed out and at level 5

• Mary Shelley level 1 changed from +50 immolation aura to Transformation zaps closest enemy, dealing 200 + 20% HP

• Mary Shelley level 4 changed from Transformation zaps closest enemy, dealing 200 + 20% HP, and removes transformation time to stats now include 70% physical and magic armor from both units

• Montezuma II level 1 now has a 2 round cooldown

• Montezuma II level 3 now additionally reduces cooldown by 1

Relics

• Fixed general issue where certain area of effect relics were not doing damage in bot games (was fixed for live already)

• Basketball armor gain from 0.75(+0.25) to 0.7(+0.2)

• Hope Diamond Super 2 damage from 300 to 250

• King Tuts Bindings Juicy snakes fixed to actually steal attack speed

• Lawn Mower damage from 150(+20) to 150(+25)

• Lawn Mower Juicy issue fixed where the autonomous lawn mowers were quite consistently triggering before they were in range of an enemy

• Trampoline bounce distance from 400(+50) to 650

• Trampoline stun duration from 1.5 to 1.0(+0.1)

Check out our blog post for more details on this patch.

• 3 new Leaders

• 9 new Relics

• Anime Bundle

• Chinese translations

• Daily Challenge Leaderboards

• Trial New Leaders

Progression and Monetization

• Leader Trials added, allowing players to try newly released Leaders for 3 games without needing to unlock

• Enjoy the following promo code for some free goodies (Promo code: welcomeback). Go to the Armory to claim.

• Anime Bundle (includes Legendary Cleopatra Anime skin, Anime Announcer Pack (comes with 2 versions), Anime click effects, and Anime emotes. Will also unlock Cleopatra if not already owned.

• Basketball Stadium arena added to store

• Rubber Ducky click effects added to store

• Spray Paint finisher added to store

• Lord of the Wins win streak added to store

User Interface

• New Daily Challenge Page added, including a Leaderboard section

• Chinese localization added

• Steam Deck compatibility is now officially listed as Playable

• Relic Deck now lists the banned relics on a separate tab

• Leader tokens are no longer red when maxed out

• Eliminated player click effects can now be seen by other players

• When spectating a player’s board while in a game, it will now show their shop. If you try to purchase something from your shop it will provide an error.

• Settings now includes a volume slider for ambient arena sounds

• Clicking your Leader portrait will now show the correct hotkey to use the Leader voice lines

• Fixed Leader track unread notification not working

• Fixed cast time reduction not displaying properly in tooltips during combat

View all Leaders:

https://relicarena.com/leaders

• Added Charles Darwin

• Added Mary Shelley

• Added Montezuma II

• Cleopatra Level 1 Cobra magic and physical armor increased by 1

• Cleopatra Level 1 Cobra attack range from 600 to 700

• Genghis Khan Level 1 distance to crit from 100 to 120

• Genghis Khan Level 3 movespeed from 50 to 30

• Gandhi Level 1 respawn delay from 4 to 5

• Gandhi Level 4 respawn delay reduction from 1 to 2

• Joan of Arc level 3 heal reduction per stack from 10% to 8%

• Karl Marx Level 5 Juicy chance from 8% to 7%

• Vlad the Impaler power no longer immobilizes enemy

• Wong Fei-Hung Level 5 reworked to give 500 attack and cast range

• Xerxes Level 3 volley chance from 20% to 15%

View all Relics:

https://relicarena.com/relics

The total pool of unbanned relics per game is unchanged. Banned relics have increased from 16 to 25 to accommodate the new relics.

• Added Aztec Death Whistle (Standard)

• Added Basketball (Ultimate)

• Added Hot Sauce (Standard)

• Added Ivan’s Bell (Standard)

• Added King Tut’s Bindings (Ultimate)

• Added Lawn Mower (Standard)

• Added Matryoshka Doll (Ultimate)

• Added Radio Jammer (Standard)

• Added Trampoline (Standard)

• Death Rattles no longer deal full damage on illusions

• Radius increase no longer affects cast range/attack range bonuses

• Fixed an issue where certain debuff related auras would stop working earlier than intended

• Bear Trap Super 2 replaced with: Burns 60% of enemy's mana and provides it to caster as max mana

• Borgia Poison cooldown from 12 to 14

• Catapult Super 1 splash radius from +75 to +100

• Celtic Axe Juicy cast range from 3000 to 3500

• Celtic Club Super 1 now additionally grants +400 cast range

• Cursed Visage Assassin attack damage from 30(+5) to 40(+8)

• Cursed Visage fixed to not care about what skin the opposing player is using

• Cursed Visage Tank Barrier from 15%(+3) to 20%(+2)

• Dinosaur Fossil chicken damage from 40(+10) to 50(+10)

• Dinosaur Fossil number of chickens from 4(+1) to 3(+1)

• Galileo's Hourglass damage from 120(+20) to 140(+20)

• Galileo's Hourglass illusion damage from 30%(+3) to 25%(+4)

• Galileo's Hourglass illusion debuff duration percentage from 40% to 20%(+4) 

• Galileo's Hourglass Juicy now properly steals the damage that it reduces (instead of just granting you a 30% damage buff)

• Hammurabi's Crown Super 1 HP regen per cast from 2.5% to 3%

• Kevlar Vest Bunkered units are no longer targetable by relics

• King Tut's Mask Super 2 Frogs only explode on heroes now

• King Tut's Spear Juicy cooldown reduction per hero hit from -12 to -14

• Lance of Longinus Juicy radius per activation from +100 +150

• Mirror of Archimedes cooldown from 10 to 12

• Mirror of Archimedes stun duration from 1.2(+0.2) to 1(+0.2)

• Monkey's Paw Super 2 toughness from 50 to 40

• Mortar Juicy Big Bertha can no longer die

• Mortar Juicy Big Bertha fixed to not die anymore

• Mortar minus physical armor from 4(+1) to 3(+1)

• Orca Fossil Super 1 fixed to actually work

• Pirate Flag Super 2 break duration from 4 to 3

• Pythagorean Sphere Super 1 now additionally increases the relic’s damage by 80

• Scythian Dagger Juicy fixed to actually silence/break for 2s instead of constantly

• Sutton Hoo Helmet cooldown from 10 to 11

• Sutton Hoo Helmet Juicy fixed to now extend the duration instead of stacking effects

• Terracotta Army illusion damage from 30%(+4) to 25%(+5)

• Terracotta Army passive effectiveness from 40%(+5) to 30%(+6)

• Tesla Coil damage from 40(+10) to 50(+10)

• Tesla Radio fixed to now deal damage based on the enemy’s max health and not the caster’s

• Tesla Radio Juicy Flood also fixed to be based on enemy's max health

• Tibetan Prayer Wheel duration from 3.5(+0.5) to 3(+0.6)

• Titanic Super 2 no longer includes summons

• Titanic Super 3 no longer picks up summons

• Top Hat cast range from 900 to 1000

• Top Hat Super 1 cooldown reduction per bounce from 0.5 to 0.8s

• Viking Vanguard from damage reflect from 45%(+5) to 40%(+5)

Reminder to check out our blog post for a nice write-up of this update and what the future holds!

Global

Optimization

• Improved regional matchmaking in sparsely populated regions.

• Improved spectating when for players who are using a relay server.

• Replays can now be downloaded for players who are using a relay server.

• Improved daily challenge RNG so it is always the same (retrying won't change the outcome).

• Improved CPU/GPU usage to reduce battery consumption and fan activity on lower power devices such as laptops and Steam Deck. This is the first batch of performance improvements, more are coming in later patches.

UI

• Tooltips: Changed "physical lifesteal" to "attack lifesteal" in all tooltips.

• Relic tooltips now always appear on the right side of the screen, so they don't block the board.

• Fixed Relic Super indicators not showing up in UI.

• Added Leader Background selector to the Armory.

• Fixed challenges UI being blocked by damage stats.

• Added match summary to end game screen.

• Added "Leave Match" button to end game screen.

• Reworked Leader Voicelines to be on a wheel (like emotes), accessible using middle mouse button.

• Added "Drag Here to Sell" text in Beginner Challenges.

• Moved Double Down position so it doesn't get covered by other UI elements.

• Added "Client Updated" notification if the game was updated and you are still on an old patch.

Music

• Added new battle music variants.

Relics

Barbed Wire

• Barbed Wire Deathrattle Super 3 removed, and changed to: applies Barbed Wire damage on attack as well.

Borgia Poison

• Borgia Poison damage per second from 35→60 to 25→50.

Celtic Axe

• Celtic Axe Super 3 wording changed to say that it works on caster as well.

Celtic Club

• Celtic Club Juicy changed to: Pierces Unstoppable, and every subsequent smash increases radius and damage of Celtic Club by 10%.

• Celtic Club Super 1 armor AOE bonus changed from smash radius to within 700 radius of caster.

• Celtic Club Super 1 armor bonus is no longer per unit hit. This was a bug.

Devil's Bible

• Devil's Bible Super 3 changed to: lose 3% current health per second, but gain 20% cooldown reduction.

Dog Tags

• Dog Tags Super 2 no longer stacks damage when you have the Unkillable modifier.

Flamethrower

• Flamethrower damage from 300%→450% to 275%→425%.

Galileo's Telescope

• Galileo's Telescope Super 2 changed to: grants 2% relic power per 100 max mana.

Jaguar Claw

• Jaguar Claw damage from 14→29 to 15→30.

• Jaguar Claw Super 1 changed to: Getting attacked also applies a stack of Jaguar Claw.

Kevlar Vest

• Kevlar Vest duration from 2.2→3.2s to 1.5→3.0s.

• Kevlar Vest damage from 120→220 to 100→200.

• Kevlar Vest Super 1 from +250 damage to +200 damage.

• Kevlar Vest Super 2 from +120 attack damage to +100 attack damage.

• Kevlar Vest no longer cleanses upon cast. This was not intended.

King Tut's Spear

• King Tut's Spear no longer targets illusions or summons. Targets heroes only.

Lance of Longinus

• Lance of Longinus cooldown from 8s to 7s.

• Lance of Longinus damage from 250→400 to 200→450.

Mirror of Archimedes

• Mirror of Archimedes Super 2 no longer grants Relic Power.

Monkey's Paw

• Monkey's Paw damage from 60→135 to 75→160.

Napoleon's Boots

• Napoleon's Boots damage from 15%→25% to 18%→28%.

Philosopher Stone

• Philosopher Stone mana gained from 35→60 to 40→90.

• Philosopher Stone Super 2 from +40 mana gained to +50 mana gained.

Pirate Flag

• Pirate Flag Break now applies before the damage is dealt, so Kevlar won't pop.

Scythian Bow

• Scythian Bow attack speed from 13→28 to 15→30.

Scythian Dagger

• Scythian Dagger damage from 80→130 to 100→150.

• Scythian Dagger lifesteal from 40%→60% to 60%→80%.

• Scythian Dagger Super 1 max HP as damage from 10% to 8%.

Seatbelt

• Seatbelt Super 3 now additionally grants +10 attack damage per 10% missing HP.

Titanic

• Titanic Super 3 now only sends the closest ally within 400 radius instead of all allies.

• Titanic Super 3 no longer allows allies to cast relics or attack while in ship. Stun them in ship.

• Titanic cast time from 0.3s to 0.4s.

Viking Runestone

• Viking Runestone now has an internal cooldown of 1s. Still deals the same amount of reflected damage, just once per second.

• Viking Runestone was incorrectly dealing more damage than intended if you took over the damage threshold. The damage would not reset, leading to massive damage numbers.

• Viking Runestone damage reflect buffed to account for this bugfix: from 6.5% + 1.5% to 11% + 1%.

• Viking Runestone Super 1 damage reflect from 3% to 4%.

Leaders

Gandhi

• Gandhi level 5 nuke damage from 50% + 250 to 50% + 150.

• Gandhi level 5 nuke drop time from 5s to 6s.

Newton

• Newton's damage threshold is not affected by illusions or summons. Falling items will still hit illusions and summons, but they will not proc the ability to be used more.

Wong Fei-Hung

• Wong Fei-Hung level 5 changed to: when caster drops below 50% health, they become Untargetable and gain 100% cast point reduction for 3s.

In honor of Harambe's birthday, for the next 48 hours he is FREE to play, guaranteed to be available to pick, and will provide extra coins and battlepass XP!

• Wong Fei Hung now has visual effects for relics affected by his power

• Added hotkey to toggle Player List and Damage breakdown tabs (default key: T)

• Damage breakdown will always show yourself on the left

• Damage breakdown will default to your own perspective by default

• Increased banned relic module in order to remove unnecessary scroll bar

• Improved tooltips further

• Improved shop upgrade visual effects

• Improved several relic visual effects

• Relics on cooldown now have better contrast

• When out of mana, relics will now have a red hue

• Added setting to enable ping/packet loss stats

• Fixed Trojan Shield to do damage over time again

• Fixed spectating not loading

• Fixed issues with Replays not working

• Fixed lighting issues on Basilica arena

• Fixed text on Battlepass info hover to show the proper XP given (was only a visual issue)

• Fixed visual issue with shop/leader discounting sometimes being wrong

• Fixed Loading screen font

• Fixed text overflowing on leader random selection for some languages

• Fixed an issue where shop and leader discount animations were swapped
• Fixed an issue causing some players to crash on game startup
• Fixed an issue where some replays would not become available after a match finishes

• Battlepass XP & Leader Token buffs

• Random Leader button with benefits

• Region based matchmaking

• Shopping and Battle music

• Twitch Extension support

• Balance changes

• Also check out our Roadmap

• Battlepass XP has been increased for lower placements:

  Old:

• 6th: 20

• 7th: 10

• 8th: 5

  New:

• 6th: 40

• 7th: 35

• 8th: 35

• Leader Tokens earned have increased by 1 for all placements

• Added Seasonal Chest to the Store

• Increased daily win quest coin reward from 400 to 500

• Increased all other daily quest coin rewards from 200 to 250

• Added a random button for the Leader selection screen. When used you will random from any owned Leaders (including those that are grayed out). As a reward, you will be granted +1 extra gold on the first round

• Added region based matchmaking in order to improve latency for many players

• Improved connectivity for players from Russia (if you still have issues, enable the “Relic Arena Relay network” checkbox in options) 

• Added Shopping phase and Battle music

• Relic Arena Tooltips extension is now fully operational on Twitch. Includes hover over Leaders and equipped relics as well as a Library showing every relic and Leader in the game

• Reworked the Tutorial slightly to have less cringey jokes and be faster for players that select they have previously played an auto-battler

• Reduced queue times for newer players

• The views have been flipped when looking at another player’s board (ie: If you view another player’s board and they have a Ranger in the top left, it will also be in the top left of your board when you play).

• Battle Order rules added to Rulebook glossary

• PLUS year has been removed from the store in preparation for Season 2 changes where PLUS will be included with the Battlepass. When this change is made, players who purchased the Year bundle will be compensated.

• Regional pricing will also be enabled for Season 2

• Simple tooltips now include text that labels them as a Standard/Ultimate as well as an Active/Passive relic

• Simple tooltips now show cast time, cast range, and radius numbers

• Hold ALT or Right mouse indicator moved to bottom of tooltips

• Advanced tooltips now include a hover indicator for the resource section

• Hero equipped relic levels improved to prevent blurry vision

• Hovering over a unit’s attack related stats will now show their attack range visually

• A basic visual indicator has been added for when the shop and leader upgrades lower in cost. Occurs every round with -1 indicator, and -2 if extra gold is left in the round.

• Intro volume reduced

• Unclaimed Leader track rewards will now trigger the unread orange marker like with other cosmetics

• Disconnect button has been moved to the bottom right UI space along with a “More Play Options” button.

• Banned relics will now remain on screen after picking a Leader

• Match Summary now allows you to hit ESC to close it

View all Leaders:

https://relicarena.com/leaders

• Abraham Lincoln level 1 Red Firework chance from 35% to 30%

• Beethoven level 2 Violin cost from 4 to 3

• Beethoven level 4 Piano cost from 10 to 9

• Cleopatra Cobra health gain per round from 40 to 35

• Cleopatra level 2 Cobra poison no longer applies unique stacks (both Cobras still have their own stack of poison, but they can only tick a fixed amount per second)

• Cleopatra level 2 Cobra poison no longer reduces healing by 20%

• Cleopatra level 2 Cobra poison now stacks when it is re-applied, dealing 20 additional damage per second

• Cleopatra level 2 Cobra poison stacks now fall off individually

• Cleopatra level 5 sound volume reduced

• Harambe level 1 now provides 3 dessert choices

• Harambe level 2 replaced with: Get a free Common dessert

• Harambe Banana Cream Pie (Rare) relic lifesteal from 8% to 9%

• Harambe Banana Cream Pie (Legendary) relic lifesteal from 16% to 18%

• Harambe Banana Cream Pie (Legendary) cast time reduction from 15% to 20%

• Harambe Banana Foster (Common) attack damage from 35 to 40

• Harambe Banana Foster (Legendary) attack damage from 95 to 80

• Harambe Banana Pudding (Common) attack speed from 30 to 40

• Harambe Banana Pudding (Rare) attack speed from 45 to 55

• Harambe Banana Pudding (Legendary) attack speed from 75 to 80

• Karl Marx level 5 sound volume reduced

• Wong Fei-Hung level 4 cooldown reduction from +5% to 6%

View all Relics:

https://relicarena.com/relics

• All relic tooltips with a damage over time element have a “ticks per second” text added

• Radius increase now increases the relics total radius, rather than increasing the base relic radius and upgrade relic radiuses separately (some relics were double dipping on this, including Mace and Chain)

• Bear Trap Juicy model size fixed to not be large for subsequent casts

• Blade of Ramses Super 3 damage per slash from 100 to 120

• Borgia Poison damage per second from 40(+5) to 35(+5)

• Bowling Ball cooldown from 14 to 13

• Boxing Gloves now also passively grants caster 25(+5) attack damage

• Boxing Robes attack speed from 70(+10) to 80(+10)

• Boxing Robes health regen from 30(+5) to 40(+5)

• Catapult movespeed reduction from -40 to -30

• Catapult attack range from 1200 to 1250

• Claw Machine range from 800(+80) to 900(+70)

• Claw Machine cooldown from 8 to 7

• Claw Machine duration from 12 to 15

• Cursed Visage can now target unstoppable units (effects do not pierce. Caster will gain stats but enemy will not be affected)

• Devil's Bible mana cost to health cost buffed from 100% to 80%

• Devil's Bible Super 1 self damage taken to HP from 50% to 60%

• Flamethrower crit damage from 250%(+40) to 300%(+30)

• Flamethrower Super 2 fixed to hit the main target as well

• Hammurabi's Crown Super 1 HP regen per cast from 2% to 2.5%

• Head of Hypnos range from 650 to 750

• Head of Hypnos Super 3 fixed to actually work

• Hope Diamond heal from 3.5%(+0.5) to 4%(+0.5)

• Hope Diamond Super 1 fixed to stop double healing the main target

• Hot Air Balloon additionally provides a passive 15(+2) mana regeneration

• Jaguar Claw damage from 12(+3) to 14(+3)

• Mace and Chain Super 3 radius from 300 to 150

• Napoleon's Boots now additionally deals 16(+4) flat damage per stomp

• Napoleon's Boots percentage damage from 30%(+6) to 15%(+2)

• Oil Lamp no longer stuns by default

• Oil Lamp Genie magic armor from 20 to 25

• Oil Lamp Genie HP gain per level from 200 to 220

• Oil Lamp Super 2 changed to: Adds a 1s Piercing Stun

• Orca Fossil cast time from 0.8 to 0.6

• PED attack speed from 70(+20) to 80(+20)

• PED Juicy stats stolen from 1% to 1.25%

• PED Super 1 knockback chance from 25% to 30%

• PED Super 2 armor pierce chance from 25% to 30%

• Plague Doctor Mask bounces from 6 to 5

• Porcelain Throne Super 2 no longer stuns in an area

• Porcelain Throne Super 2 unclog projectile speed increased by 25%

• Scythian Dagger damage from 70(+10) to 80(+10)

• Statue of David damage from 145(+25) to 170(+20)

• Statue of Prometheus bounces from 6(+1) to 7(+1)

• Tesla Radio percentage damage from 2%(+0.2) to 2%(+0.4)

• Tibetan Prayer Wheel Super 3 changed to: Pulses now also damage enemies in radius

• Titanic damage delay from 15%(+4)  to 15%(+3)

• Viking Runestone damage percentage reflect from 9%(+1) to 6.5%(+1.5)

• Viking Runestone Super 1 damage percentage reflect from 4% to 3%

• Fixed a bug with rerolling Leaders. Each reroll will now guarantee a different set of Leaders for the following reroll only. Before, this effect was stacking so the second reroll could produce either a guaranteed Leader or less options than intended.

• Fixed issue where cooldown reduction values were not displaying correctly

• Fixed several general tooltip and keyword/tag issues

• Fixed several crashes on older Windows machines

• Fixed an issue where spectating a game would prevent you from getting into the game you queued

• Fixed equipped relics resetting upon failing a beginner challenge

Thank you!

Hello everyone, SUNSfan and Jenkins here!

First off, thank you SO much to everyone who has played the game this week. It’s been an unforgettable experience for us, and we are incredibly grateful to all the people who have played our baby and left us a review.

We were speechless (and crazy excited) when Forbes.com described Relic Arena as “the best auto battler \ ever played”. 

Having said that, as an indie company that is completely self-funded, we know we are not perfect and are trying our best to learn as much as possible and improve the way we do things in the future.

This week, we have been relatively stable around 1,000 daily peak concurrent players. The community has been SUPER active, supportive, and helpful to each other on our Reddit and Discord. It’s been a surreal experience to see you all explore the thing that we pumped our blood, sweat, and tears into over the last 3 years.

Among the discussion, there has been a lot of really excellent feedback, so we wanted to talk a bit about the stuff we’re doing in the future.

Update 1.1

The following are some things you can expect to see in our first sizable patch since release. Expect this to drop later this week!

• Buffing Leader Token rewards and Battlepass XP rewards, especially when you don’t place high in lobbies

• Changes to make the store / monetization better and more fair. This was way overcalibrated at the start (that’s on me — Jenkins)

• Reduced cringe levels in the tutorial (this was turning people away – there will be more history jokes and less bullying of the player). Also, we reduced the duration of the tutorial for people who have played auto-battlers

• Optimizing servers for regions that have issues with packet loss / connecting to our servers

• Lots of balance changes (sorry Tesla Coil + Snake abusers)

• We currently have Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian language support. We are working on getting more languages translated with a focus on Chinese & German.

• And much more!

Open Community Tournament

On May 30-31, we will be running a Community Tournament where we will crown the very first official Relic Arena competitive champion (and give them some juicy loot)! Sign up now as the slots will be limited! We hope to see some crazy never-before-seen strategies come out.

Update 1.5

In mid June we are releasing patch 1.5, which will include a couple of new leaders and several new relics to spice up the meta. This will be a standard mid-season patch that we will try and emulate down the road.

We also have some other surprises planned, but we won’t spoil those here. You’ll just have to wait and see!

Beyond

Our first season is 4 months with the hope to make them 3 in the future. Keep in mind that once the season is over, any Leaders that are a part of the current Battlepass will join the regular pool of Leaders to unlock for everyone. Consider this first season our beta test. We will learn from the things we’ve done poorly (and well!) and make sure each following season is more epic than the last!

All-in-all, we are super happy with how things went with our launch and are excited to continue pouring our energy and love into the game. Thank you for giving us this opportunity!

Love,

SUNSfan & Jenkins

PS: There will be a special event on May 27th. Can you guess what it is?

1.0d

• Fixed Match history from showing incorrect round numbers

• Harambe changes:

Level 1: Banana chance from 12.5 to 10%

Level 3: Legendary chance from 5 to 4%

Level 3: Epic chance from 20 to 15%

Banana Pudding:

Common: Attack speed from 25 to 30

Epic: Attack speed/physical armor from 50/5 to 45/2

Legendary: Attack speed/physical armor/toughness from 120/10/15 to 75/5/15

Banana Foster:

Common: Damage from 30 to 35

Epic: Damage/Magic Armor from 60/5 to 55/2

Legendary: Damage/Magic Armor/Lifesteal from 120/10/40 to 95/5/40

Banana Split:

Common: Mana from 200 to 300

Epic: No change

Legendary: Mana/Relic Power/Cooldown Reduction from 800/30/10 to 600/25/10

Banana Bread:

Common: Health from 200 to 300

Epic: No change

Legendary: Health from 800 to 600

Banana Cream Pie:

Common: Changed from 10% relic lifesteal to 30 mana regen

Epic: Changed from 20% relic lifesteal and 40 mana regen to 45 mana regen and 8% relic lifesteal

Legendary: Relic Lifesteal/Mana Regen/Cast time reduction from 40/80/15% to 16/80/15%

1.0c

• Twitch drops now enabled for anyone streaming Relic Arena

• Added some hidden goodies for the streamer tournament tomorrow

• Added extra info in Leader tracks to make clear that Battlepass Leaders like Harambe will be put into the general Leader pool after the Battlepass has ended

• Escape key will now minimize the following if open: Relic Deck, Super Selection, and Relic details screen.

• Visual effects improved for end-game screen

• Fixed getting soft-locked when spectating a game as it ends

• Fixed Isaac Newton’s Nerd skin to have animations

• Fixed several tooltips

1.0b

• Queue times improved for higher MMR players

• Battlepass Marie Curie unlock moved to level 30 (this means Marie Curie is now free)

• Battlepass Library Leader background unlock moved to level 40

• Added a 3 second cooldown to emotes with sound effects

• Battlepass end date updated to be more clear (ends in September)

• Chest visual effects improved

• Leader level 5 upgrade visual effects improved

• Clock tick sound effect lowered in volume

• Claim Rewards sound effect lowered in volume

• Win Streak Blood in the Water visuals improved

• Match history is now updated more regularly

• Fixed a crash upon opening game on certain Windows machines

• Fixed issue where Beethoven players were not reminded to use his power

• Fixed shop level not showing properly in the match summary

• Fixed Battlepass not refreshing upon opening bundles

• Fixed hero selection UI being broken on very wide resolutions

• Fixed issue where friends list names would be broken if more than 20 friends existed

Relic Arena, the free-to-play autobattler has been officially released! Watch this quick How To Play video to help onboard you! Hope to see you in game!

After 2.5 years in development, Relic Arena will be fully launching on May 7th!

Here is our updated trailer (Warning: there are a lot of memes)

This means Closed Beta has finally come to an end.

Lifetime Stats

Total matches played: 8,975

Most picked Leader: Abraham Lincoln

Most purchased Relic: Trojan Shield

Top 3 ranked players: (VicFrank, Turtle of Disrespect, TheWizardWilhelm)

Most matches played: Abraham the Mage (585)

Thank you

Thank you to all that participated, it truly helped us shape the game into what it is today. We couldn't have done it without you! Hope to see you all and more upon release! <3

PS: Be sure to hang out in our Discord for the eventual release party event!

Greetings Leaders! Speaking of Leaders, let's talk about them and what different varieties exist in our game.

In terms of archetypes, it is very hard to classify all the Leaders in our game. As a result, lets group them by what their powers offer, which we can narrow down to 3 types.

Hero Powers

Some Leaders have a power that allows you to select a specific hero, which will provide a buff. A simple example of this would be Dong Zhou, who will provide the hero you select with plus health that will increase each round. If you select a different hero, the entire buff will move to them instead.

Another example, which you can see in the video below, is Vlad the Impaler. When the selected target gets low, they will jump into a random enemy unit, dealing attack damage periodically and healing before popping out again. If you upgrade Vlad to level 5, your hero will pop out as a Vampire, gaining max health, attack speed, and lifesteal for the rest of the round.

Economy Powers

Relic Arena doesn't have a traditional auto battler economy as most of your gold is lost every round. Having said that, Leaders can fill that void quite easily. Abraham Lincoln is the most basic example as each round he will provide a chance to upgrade one (or more) of your equipped relics.

Karl Marx on the other hand takes a different approach. He provides a chance for some relics in your shop to have 2 levels instead of 1. This power is quite interesting because it incentivizes you to pivot for things you weren't originally planning on purchasing. At level 5, he becomes quite a different monster, as instead of just providing 2 extra levels, he has a smaller chance to produce a full Juicy out of nowhere.

Other Powers

This is kind of a vague moniker, but if we truly wanted to classify all our Leaders there would probably be 10+ categories. This is kind of a catch-all in that it might be a Leader who is a hybrid of the other 2 groups, or something completely out of the box.

The most basic example of this is Nikola Tesla, who will passively zap enemy heroes with lightning damage periodically throughout the round.

Another example is Leonardo da Vinci's power. As you've read in our previous blog post, each relic has 3 Supers and 1 Juicy upgrade. You can only choose 2 of the 3 Supers normally. Da Vinci, however, allows you to select an equipped relic and simply choose a Super for free, which allows you to get all 3 at some point in the game. In fact, upon maxing out Da Vinci, any Relic you own that has all 3 Supers selected will automatically grant you the Juicy effect. This means that you could theoretically get all the upgrades for a relic while still maintaining it as a level 1 ability.

Thanks for reading!

If you made it this far, thanks so much! Our next post will reveal the game's official release date, so stay tuned!

Welcome back Leaders! This month lets talk about relics.

Relics

We currently have 90 relics in the game (75 in the active pool and 15 banned each game for variety). Each relic has 3 Supers and 1 unique Juicy. Here's a showcase of a few of them.

Kevlar Vest (Standard Relic – Passive)

Not only do you become invulnerable, but you enter a secure bunker! Keep in mind that attacking while in the bunker will actually use your attack damage and attack speed, making this very handy for backline assassin jumpers.

The first and third Supers will provide some utility in the form of crowd control or a buff for your team, while the second gives raw damage.

This is always a satisfying Juicy to go off. The jet can really shred units.

Bowling Ball (Standard Relic – Active)

It takes a bit to wind up, but stunning multiple units in one roll is quite common.

Supers 1 and 2 synergize pretty well, but sometimes you just need a massive buff for your DPS.

Definitely one of the most hilarious Juicies in the game.

Tesla Radio (Ultimate Relic – Passive)

This one works best on Tanks, but unfortunately they don't have much mana so you'll need to accompany it with some sort of mana gain.

Pretty straight forward choices between getting tankiness, damage, or crowd control.

Every 5 seconds a new weather related disaster will come into play. This includes Tornados, Earthquakes, Floods, and some good ol' fashioned Blizzards, all coming with their own unique effects.

Click FX

Click Effects are one of our cosmetic types. Clicking a board will provide feedback in both sound and visuals that your enemies can also see, so feel free to spam their board! Currently there are two rarities for Click FX (Rare and Epic). Let's see a few in action.

Musical Instruments Click FX (Rare)

Bear Claw Click FX (Epic)

Cat Click FX (Epic)

That's it for this month! Next time lets talk about Leaders!

Greetings travelers! Welcome to another update on Relic Arena. As of our last post, we said that Open Beta was slated for Q2 2026 and by our terrible estimations this is still accurate!

Replays & Spectating

It is a point of pride to say that we have a fully-functional replay and spectating system. Upon finishing a game, you can download the replay and watch it. As you can see from the video, jumping around is insanely fast and buttery smooth.

Spectating a live game is not much different, as once you load in, you can scroll back and forth as if you are watching a VOD (even if you weren’t in the game for most of it). Despite being online, it is still just as fast as the localized replay. You can view any player, at any point, all while seeing their clicks in real-time.

Arenas

We currently have 14 arenas in the game, with a 15th slated for launch. We thought it would be fun to highlight a few of them so you can familiarize yourself with the different environments. Arenas have 3 rarity types (Rare, Epic, and Legendary).

Philippine Rice Terraces (Rare)

An homage to the beautiful rice terraces of South East Asia. The map with its rice stalks and bungalows celebrate this sustainable agricultural technique of the region and its impact on the local economy and global exports.

Harambe’s Enclosure (Epic)

An iconic arena for a legendary figure in history. Fully equipped with a moat, giant stack of bananas, and a gravestone immortalizing Harambe himself.

Pirate Ship (Legendary)

This is one of 3 Legendary arenas we have planned for launch. With cannons at the ready and a constantly moving ocean, it feels like you are on a grand voyage.

Next Blog Post

Thanks for reading! Next month we will do an overview on Relics and how impactful the Juicies can be.

Happy new year from the Double Edge team! We’ve been hard at work and figured it was time for an update. Today’s newsletter will focus on our plans for onboarding, but first let’s go over the current road map.

Road Map

Closed Alpha: Completed

Closed Beta First Stage: Completed

Closed Beta Final Stage: Ongoing

Open Beta Global Launch: Q2 2026

As you can see we are getting much closer to the finish line! Most of the work remaining revolves around getting onboarding and monetization in a good place. Our final month or two will be reserved solely on making things as polished as possible.

Onboarding

Relic Arena at its root is a strategy game that can be a little daunting at first glance. We are extremely confident that we have a game that many people will love, but getting past that first hurdle of information overload has been our toughest issue to tackle. As a result, we’ve released the Silk Road beginner challenges, which are available to play immediately after finishing the tutorial.

The silk road was a vast ancient network of trade routes that spanned from Europe to East Asia. In this mission, you will be greeted by Cleopatra herself, who will give you a mission to deliver her silks to a secret admirer. There are 5 missions in this beginner challenge, each designed around learning how specific units work and how to overcome certain obstacles. By finishing her task, you will unlock Cleopatra as a Leader permanently.

Our tutorial does a good job of going over the basics of the game, but we only introduce a few relics (spells). Going from that into a real game was too big of a jump, as there are around 100 relics in the game at the moment. Each of these challenges will provide you with 10 unique relics that you can equip onto your hero in order to beat the enemy at hand. Doing it this way has made the game much more digestible and gives you an early look as to how effective combinations of spells can make a difference.

In addition to this, we have introduced standalone challenges that are released periodically. These are presented a little differently, as the puzzles are not realistic scenarios that you will be able to encounter. An example of one is you are fighting against a Giant gorilla that is extremely slow, but if they get close enough will just one-shot you. You are presented with a handful of relics you can choose from to complete the challenge, and whatever you win with will be removed from the pool if you choose to complete the next level. These challenges have 3 levels, each with varying rewards.

In the future we plan to tie this into a global leaderboard system where you can compete for the fastest time or the lowest amount of gold spent. The possibilities for this are quite vast and we know we are just scratching the surface.

Next Blog Post

Thanks for reading! In the next newsletter, we will talk about some very exciting new features: live spectating and a fully functional replay system!