Valor of Man news & patch notes

Patch Notes 1.1.1-194: - Fix achievements not unlocking correctly.

Greetings, Wardens, time to shake things up a bit.

New Features

Leveling up now gives 3 options to choose from instead of 2. One option is always from your chosen specialization, while the others may also offer abilities from different paths. So you can more easily stay focused or pivot when the opportunity shows up. Overall leveling pace has been slightly tuned alongside these changes, as well as hero health progression. We've also upgraded the level-up UI to support the change. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45182155/a68b2cb6d65b50eac4acb28f3ab13259e071fa17.jpg Thank you for playing. We'll keep the updates coming and keep listening. See you in Steam Discussions and Discord. - Florian & Traian

Full Patch Notes 1.1.1 Build 193:

New Features: - Level up now offers 3 ability options. - New level-up UI to accommodate today's change. Balance: - Leveling progression slightly adjusted to match the new pacing. - Increased Health gained per level-up for all heroes. - Reworked Possess, range is always 6, now deals 5 Pure Damage. Upgrade reduces cooldown from 3 to 2. - Buffed Assassin Dart to 4-7 damage, but increased Cooldown to 3. Upgrades to 5-8 damage and Cooldown 2. - Buffed Prepare Whirl upgrade to 6-9 damage per AP (from 4-7).

Patch Notes 1.1.0-192: - Optimized levels: Tormentor, Lich, Gromm+Zhul, Avatar, Legion Commander, Calamity, Onyx Gargoyle, Radiant Dragon, Minotaur. Dev Comment: There should be fewer crashes (hopefully none). - Improved attack details preview shown near enemy portrait. - Fixed missing localization when finishing a fight.

Patch Notes 1.1.0-191: - Fixed Regal Shade's level not loading.

Greetings, Wardens. A lot to cover today. Let's dig in.

New Features

Each fight now has 3 starting variations, mixing up hero and enemy starting positions, plus enemy types and counts. Reworked Reposition mechanic. Now uses the same value for both movement and target range. Reposition 3 means the enemy can move up to 3 tiles and will try to stay at range 3. Unified Damage Resistance into 1 stat: Absorption, which reduces physical damage by a percentage. Pierce now completely ignores Absorption. You can now see Strength, Absorption as well as Movement as stat bonuses in fight overlays, enemy Bestiary details, as well as the Heroes screen. Level-up rewards now only show new abilities, and unpicked options will not repeat within a run. Optimized the Buff System, improving performance and reducing memory usage.

Class Updates

We promised we'd update the Assassin and Seer. We went above and beyond and gave all classes a signature passive to lean into their identity from turn one. Captain and Berserker now start with Experienced, which grants passive Accuracy that scales with Courage. Confidence is a skill. Herald and Paladin now start with Focus, which grants passive Spell Resistance per Courage. The devoted are difficult to rattle. The Inquisitor now starts with Discipline, gaining SpellPower when Hit (yes, it works with "cost health" abilities). Getting stabbed only makes him more dangerous. The Persecutor subclass also gains Abduct, and Suppression now also deals magic damage. All Rogues now start with Spot Weakness, granting passive Critical Damage per Courage. The Assassin now starts with Vicious, each attack builds Critical Chance. The longer the fight goes, the more dangerous she gets. The Toxic subclass swaps its starting Delirium Vial for Poison Flask. Delirium Vial moves to the Common pool, so the chaos is still out there if you want it. The Seer now starts with two new passives: Seeker (less Strain per Courage) and Upheaval (SpellPower when attacking). The Seer saw this coming. Probably.

Balance

And we didn’t stop there: We’ve reworked 50+ abilities, items, and artifacts, and rebalanced 70+ more. We also did a full pass on Conditions. Several got stronger, and some were reworked: - Crisis of Faith now saps Critical Chance rather than Critical Damage. Doubt creeps in right before the killing blow. - Shock opens every fight with -5 Health instead of draining Strength; - Anxiety now costs you 1 AP at the start of combat instead of taxing Delayed Actions. - Hopeless now also drains Strength alongside the existing -1 Hits, because despair is thorough like that. - Hypersensitive flips from -Physical Damage to -Spell Resistance. Turns out sensitivity has a very specific meaning on the battlefield. We'll be keeping an eye on how the new classes are performing. As always, thank you for playing. We'll keep the updates coming, and keep listening. See you in Steam Discussions and Discord. - Florian & Traian

Full Patch Notes 1.1.0 Build 190:

New Features: - New fight setups: each fight now has 3 variations, switching up hero & enemy starting positions, as well as what enemies and how many there are. - Reworked Reposition mechanic: the enemy can now only move as much as the ability states. Reposition 3 means it can move up to 3 spaces. Dev Comment: Reposition works great to reset the game state mid-fight. However, it interacted in occult ways with Debuffs that penalize Movement. We're reworking how enemies behave to make them more consistently predictable. - Unified Physical DR and Percent DR into Absorption. Reduces physical damage by a percentage. You can now see this value calculated in the Heroes screen, as well as the enemy Bestiary screen. - Reworked Pierce, now completely ignores damage reduction from Absorption. - New Ability: Captain & Berserker now start with Experienced - passive +Accuracy per Courage. - New Ability: Herald & Paladin now start with Focus - passive Spell Resistance per Courage. - New Ability: Inquisitor - Persecutor now starts with Abduct. - New Ability: Inquisitor now starts with Discipline - gains SpellPower when Hit. - New Ability: All Rogues now start with Spot Weakness - passive Critical Damage per Courage. - New Ability: Assassin now starts with Vicious - gains Critical Chance when attacking. - New Ability: Seer now starts with Seeker - passive -Strain per Courage; and Upheaval - gains SpellPower when attacking. - Assassin - Toxic now starts with Poison Flask instead of Delirium Vial. Moved Delirium Vial to Common pool. - Buffed Octavia level-up Health gain. Dev Comment: We've redesigned a lot of Octavia's passives away from granting extra health. We're buffing her base health to compensate. Balance: - Conditions: Buffed Concussion now gives -25 accuracy (from -15). - Conditions: Buffed Painful Joints now gives -35 Might (from -25). - Conditions: Nerfed Deaf, now gives -15 SpellPower (from -20). - Conditions: Nerfed Parasite, now gives -15 SpellPower (from -20). - Conditions: Nerfed Perforated Chest - removed -Might. - Conditions: Reworked Crisis of Faith, now gives -Critical Chance instead of Critical Damage. - Conditions: Reworked Shock, now gives -5 Health at the start of each fight instead of -Strength for 1 turn. - Conditions: Reworked Anxiety, now gives -1 AP at the start of each fight instead of increasing cost of Delayed Actions. - Conditions: Buffed Kleptomaniac, now gives -10% gold. - Conditions: Buffed Hopeless, now also gives -1 Strength (as well as -1 Hits). - Conditions: Reworked Hypersensitive, now gives -Spell Resistance instead of -Physical Damage. - Reworked Barbeque artifact, now grants Ignatius +1 Courage. - Reworked Necklace of the Beast artifact, now grants Alistair +1 Courage. - Reworked Pocket Lance artifact, enemies have -5% Absorption. - Reworked Demonic Hammer artifact: Hits apply 1 Burn. - Reworked Suppression, now deals 5-10 damage and applies -1 Terror. - Reworked Tread Fate, now always has range 9, 25% Strain and cooldown upgrades from 3 to 2. - Reworked Persistent, now grants passive +5/10% Spell Resistance. - Reworked Divine Faith, now grants -5/10% Strain per Condition. - Reworked Credulity, now grants +2% Critical Chance, upgrade doubles that to +4%. - Reworked Exploit Weakness+. Base ability grants +1 Strength vs Poisoned, upgrade removes conditional. - Reworked Body as Temple, now gives +3% Absorption. Upgrade doubles to +6%. - Reworked Holy Warrior, now gives +1 Strength & Potency vs Undead. Upgrades to +3 Strength. - Reworked Well Trained, now grants 15% Resist Debuffs. Upgrade doubles to 30%. - Reworked Rhythmic Breathing, base ability grants +1 AP but -1 Courage. Upgrade removes penalty. - Reworked Bulwark, now grants Immunity to Displacement & +10% Spell Resistance. Upgrades to +25% Spell Resistance. - Reworked Dimensional Conduit, grants +25% Spellpower for 1 turn and no longer reduces Spell Resistance. Upgrade reduces Strain from 60% to 30%. - Reworked Arcane Might, now grants +2% Critical Chance. Upgrade doubles to +4%. - Reworked Quick Fingers, you can now use it to reduce cooldowns by 1. - Reworked Fossilize, now deals 10 Pure Damage and applies -3 Movement speed for 1 turn. Upgrade reduces cooldown to 3 (from 5). - Reworked First Draw, now grants Bless for the first ranged attack each fight. Upgrades to work for melee attacks as well. - Reworked QuickDraw, upgrade only has 1 charge but works on melee attacks. - Reworked Concentration, now grants +8/16% Spellpower when you Strain. - Reworked Thane, now has 100% chance to deal 3 extra pure damage with each Hit. - Reworked Thunderstone, now has 100% chance to deal 3 extra pure damage with each Hit. - Reworked Feign death, when hit 15% chance to gain one charge of Survive. Upgrade increases chance to 30%. Dev Comment: This new design provides you with agency since now you know if you can survive an otherwise fatal hit. There are lots of Survive synergies in the game so we're excited to hear your stories. - Reworked Sundering Fury, Hits now apply -2% Absorption. Upgrade doubles to -4%. - Reworked Warblade, now has 100% chance to apply -3% Absorption. - Reworked Gapfiller, now grants 5% Absorption. - Reworked Rags to 3% Absorption & Spell Resistance. No longer grants Health. - Reworked Tabarzin, now grants 25% Absorption for 1 Hit. - Reworked Plate Mail, now grants 6% Absorption. - Reworked Full Plate, now grants 6% Absorption. - Reworked Tunic of Glamour, now grants 8% Absorption vs any attack. - Reworked Hide Armor, now grants 6% Absorption vs melee. - Reworked Riveted Mail, now grants 12% Absorption vs ranged. - Reworked Plate of Doom, now grants 12% Absorption. - Reworked Defender's Girdle, now grants 3% Absorption. - Reworked Crusader Helm, now grants 5% Absorption. - Reworked Holy Shield, now grants 30% Absorption. - Reworked Scale of Thorne Ironfist, now grants 5% Absorption. - Reworked Ringmail, now grants 6% Absorption. - Reworked Infernal Scales, now grants 15% Absorption. Nerfed Toughness to 15. - Reworked Hoplite Shoulder Guards, now grants 2% Absorption. - Reworked Crusader Leggings, now grants 8% Absorption. - Reworked Crusader Pauldron, now grants 15% Absorption. - Reworked Juggernaut, now grants 6% Absorption. Upgrades to 10%. - Reworked Iron Stance, now grants 3% Absorption per Courage. Upgrade reduces cost to 0AP. - Reworked Eldritch, now grants 5% Absorption. Upgrade doubles to 10%. - Reworked Hardened, now grants 3% Absorption. Upgrade doubles to 6%. - Reworked Tough Skin, now grants +2 Health and +2% Absorption. Upgrades to +6% Absorption. - Rebalanced Meditative, now grants +10% Evasion and no extra Health. Upgrade doubles to +20% Evasion instead of more Health. - Rebalanced Ward, base ability nerfed to +2 Health and -10% Strain. Upgrade bumps to -25% Strain (from -15). - Rebalanced Unspeakable Knowledge, now grants +20% Absorption & Spell Resistance, but -1 Courage. Upgrade removes penalty. - Rebalanced Eagle Eye, base ability grants +2 Range and +5% Critical Chance. Upgrade quadruples critical chance to +20%. - Rebalanced Grit, now gives 25/50% debuff resist and +4 Health. - Rebalanced Clear Headed, upgrade increased by 50%. Now gives +6/20 Evasion & +2 Health. - Rebalanced Anointed, base ability gives +8% Spell power, upgrade doubles that (previousy 10/15). - Rebalanced Holy Water now deals fixed damage to undead. Also improved description to say Pure Damage. - Buffed Archon to +10% Spellpower base. Upgrade increases spell cast range to +2 (from +1). Dev Comment: Octavia now really wants to have a lot of Courage, and we're giving you another option to keep her sane through upgrades on her strong passives. - Buffed Time Stop, base ability now has cooldown 2 (from 1 charge per fight). Upgrade reduces cooldown to 1. Dev Comment: Time Stop feels great when you can enable Octavia to pump action points directly into your best spells. We want more of that. - Buffed Hexproof+ now doubles base resist debuff chance to 60% (from 50). - Buffed Turn Undead+ damage by 28% to 7-11 (from 5-9). - Buffed Minor Heal+ to 6-9 (from 5-8). - Buffed Scourge+ to 5-10 (from 4-9). - Buffed Lucky upgrade to double base value (4%). - Buffed Precise Technique upgrade to double base value (6%). - Buffed Perfect Technique upgrade to double base value (10%). - Buffed Restless Moon, now always has Start Cooldown 1. Upgrade increases bonus to +2 Strength per Courage (from +1). - Buffed Wise, upgrade doubles Courage to +2, but no longer grants extra Health. - Buffed Validation, base grants +1 Courage when you kill an enemy, and no longer reduces Health. Upgrade changes functionality to work on Critical Hits instead. - Buffed Distortion+, now gives +2 Movement (from +1) instead of extra Health. - Buffed Vampire Bite, now deals 6-8 (upgrades to 7-10) damage, heals for a fixed 5/7. - Buffed Whip+ max damage by 1. - Buffed Firebolt+ max damage by 1. - Buffed Drainlife+ max damage by 1. - Buffed Incinerate+ to 6 Burn (from 5). - Buffed Abyssal Flick+ damage to 8-15 (from 7-13). - Buffed Tap Tap to range 7, reduced cooldown by 1 (now 3/2). - Buffed Armor Expert. Now also gives +5/10% Absorption for base & upgrade. - Buffed Angelic Intervention now also cleanses the caster. - Buffed Harlequin & Persona, they now have 25 Might. - Buffed Queen Bee, doubled debuff to -20 Evasion on enemies (from -10). - Buffed Astral Tongue damage to 4-8 (previously 4-7). - Buffed ClearHeaded health to +3 and upgrade now gives +16 Evasion (previously 14). - Buffed Price of Power, now always costs -3 Health (previously -20%) - Buffed Abyssal Claw damage to 6-14 (from 5-13). - Nerfed Fireball+ damage to 6-15 (from 8-16). - Nerfed Judgement+, no longer reduces cooldown. - Nerfed Cosmic Influence to -5 Health. Upgrade removes penalty. - Nerfed Eclipse base damage to 1-7 (from 2-8). Upgrade increases damage to 2-8. - Nerfed Sacrificial Pact to -5 Health (from -3). - Nerfed Firm Hand, no longer grants +Health. - Nerfed Punisher, AOE attack now has cooldown 1. - Nerfed Shield of Faith to +3 Toughness per Courage (from 4). Upgrade doubles to +6. - Nerfed Astral Tongue, now deals 4-7 damage (previously 4-8). Bug Fixes: - Renamed Turn Undead to Searing Light. - Changed Legacy attack animations. - Improved Resist Debuff keywork description. - Improved Determined icon to convey the cost better. - Succubus Purge critical no longer Cleanses all heroes. - Dreadwretch Toxic Explosion critical no longer deals damage to heroes. - Spider Pierced Abdomen critical no longer deals damage to heroes. - New Spellbanner Vfx (from Sanctuary). - Updated Uplift, Valorous, Reckless, Surge, Strafe, Whirlwind, Feign Death & Vicious icons. - Fixed a bug where the achievement for all abilities unlocked would not trigger. - Fixed a bug where the first time beating Valor 10 the game would say to continue the story on the next Valor. - Fixed a bug where Medusa would rotate even when Serpent Crown disabled her Burst reaction. - Fixed Slayer's Heavy Shield missing intent icon. - Fixed Slayer's Tremor wearing off immediately.

Hello Wardens, This update focuses on making each level-up decision more meaningful, with clearer tradeoffs and stronger upgrade impact.

More Level-ups

You’ll now reach level 12 more consistently (instead of stalling around 10–11), which means more level-ups and more build decisions every run. Health scaling has been adjusted to keep end-game durability about the same, and level-ups now favor your chosen class slightly more. These changes are aimed at making it more rewarding to commit to a direction when the opportunity appears, while still keeping the need to adapt each run.

More Consistent Synergies, Better Ability Upgrades

Several abilities have been reworked to reinforce that direction. Favored Enemy now grants extra damage per Critical Card on the target, Slayer makes Elara stronger vs big enemies, Fervor trades a bit of Courage for immediate tempo, and Opportune is no longer tied to Poison, it simply rewards committing Alistair to crit builds. We also cleaned up a number of outliers. Some dominant options like Archlord have been toned down, while underused tools like Hypnotize, Fold Time, and Consume Soul have been made faster and more impactful. Ability upgrades are now more impactful. Some abilities had upgrades that worked, but didn’t feel worth getting. Many have been adjusted to offer clearer power spikes and more meaningful tradeoffs. This is the first step, and we’ll keep pushing upgrades further in future updates.

More Goodies

We've improved how text is displayed on Japanese, along with some translations fixes. We've also added a bunch of UI improvements and better clarity across descriptions to round things out. As always, thank you for playing. We'll keep the updates coming, and keep listening. See you in Steam Discussions and Discord. - Traian & Florian

Full Patch Notes 1.0.5 Build 185:

New Features: - Level-ups have an even higher chance to reward abilities from the chosen class. Quality of Life: - Improved font for Japanese texts. - Increased language selection scroll area so all languages are displayed properly. - Added possibility to deselect hero. - Hid Next Unlocks button if all unlocks seen. Balance: - Reworked level-up XP requirements to gain 2 more levels overall. - Reworked level-up health bonus for each class. Overall end-game health is the same as before. - Reworked Faith+, now gives +2 Courage instead of more Health. - Reworked Fervor, now gives +1 AP and -1 Courage. Upgrade removes -1 Courage. - Reworked Opportune, removed conditional vs Poisoned. Now grants +20%/40% Critical Damage (previously 25). - Rebalanced Stout, nerfed Health to 3 (from 6), buffed Toughness to 6/12 (from 5/10). - Rebalanced JackOfAllBlades, reduced Health to 3 (from 5), Critical Chance now upgrades to 6% (from 5%). - Rebalanced Stand For the Light+: reduced Start Cooldown to 1, but AP cost now remains 2. - Rebalanced DivinePrayer+, upgrade now increases healing to 35% of maximum health, but AP cost stays the same. - Rebalanced Firm Hand, health bonus is now +2 (from +3), but upgrade grants +2 Strength (from +1). - Rebalanced Dark Heart+, removed negative Spell Resistance, but health no longer increases. - Rebalanced Abyssal Cleanse+, upgrade now reduces cooldown, but always costs the target 1 Courage to get cleansed. - Rebalanced Prepare Negative Energy+, upgrade now reduces cooldown. Removed Start Cooldown from base ability. - Reworked Favored Enemy, now grants +1/2 Damage per Critical Card on the target. - Reworked Slayer, now gives +2/3 Damage vs Large & Huge enemies. - Reworked Robe of Halcor to give +10% Damage Resistance instead of a flat bonus. - Reworked KeenAim+, now gives range 2, no longer increases Health. - Reworked Quick, now gives +1/2 Movement, no longer increases Health. - Reworked Ruthless, now gives +1 Strength for melee attacks, upgraded to +1 Strength for all attacks. - Reworked Well Trained, now gives +2/3 Health and +5/8 Evasion (previously +2/5 Health and +5/5 Evasion). - Buffed Fold Time, removed start cooldown. - Buffed Consume Soul, now starts with Cooldown 3, . Upgrade now deals 22% damage (from 20%) and reduces Start Cooldown by 1. - Buffed Viper+ to +60% Critical Damage (from 50). - Buffed Strong Heart+ to +6 Health (from +5). - Buffed Mystic Dagger+ damage to 6-8 (from 5-7). - Buffed Hypnotize, cooldown reduced to 3/2 (from 4/3). Removed start cooldown. - Buffed Battle Tempo to 5 Movement, but starts with Cooldown 2. - Buffed Toxic+ to 2 poison, no longer increases Accuracy. - Buffed PoisonFlask+ to 3-8 damage, but upgrade no longer increases cast range. - Buffed Mystic Snake to 2-6 damage (from 1-5). - Buffed Scourge+, now has cooldown 2 (from 3). - Nerfed Charge+, now gives +2 Strength (from +3). - Nerfed Quiet Strike, now gives +25 accuracy and +4/+8 Critical Chance (previously 30/50 acc and 10/15 critical). - Nerfed Hardened+, removed +Health. - Nerfed Healthy to 4 Health (from 5). - Nerfed Archlord staff Spellpower bonus to +20 (from 25). - Nerfed Hide Armor toughness to +10 (from 20). - Nerfed Lacquered Talon Armor toughness to +25, but evasion to -10 (from +25 and -15). - Nerfed Riveted Mail Health to +2 and Toughness to +20 (from +3/+30). Bug Fixes - Japanese translation fixes. - Fixed a bug where Flame of Urun would cost 1 Courage on every attack. - Improved Persistent feedback, a buff now shows how much accuracy you have accumulated. - Improved Djinn's Void Blade description. - Improved Holy Water+ description.

Patch Notes 1.0.4 Build 183: - Translation fixes

Patch Notes 1.0.4 Build 182: - Rebalanced Merchant reward chances: Chapter 1 offers better rewards and Chapter 3 offers slightly worse rewards. - Fights offer better items. - Fix problems when items were not available for rewards. - Improved some Chinese translations and added missing Fractured Leg condition translation.

Patch Notes 1.0.4 Build 181: - Fix Lich Drain Soul Action having type Reaction.

Patch Notes 1.0.4 Build 180: - Removed 100 gold options from starting event choices. - Fix potential problem when leveling up too much. - Removed multi hits tip. - Fix mastering sold items (sneaky). - Fixed Perfect Tempo+ not working correctly. - Nerfed Hoplite Shoulder Guards, now gives +2 Health (from +5) and can only be worn by Alistair & Elara.

Greetings, Wardens! Quick reminder: Launch discount ends tomorrow, don't miss out ;) Let's dive into today's patch!

New features

You can now sell items. You can sell items at any time except when you're in a fight. Because hoarding is nice, but sometimes you need the cash. Multiple Hits will now keep swinging (or firing) even if the enemies move, as long as the target is still in range. We're expecting some new craziness with this one. Protect now covers Debuffs too, not just Status Effects. You can use it to shield yourself from Poison, Burn, Doom and other nasty debuffs.

Balance

We've removed minimum Hit & Block chances. For example, if you can get Evasion to 100% you will 100% dodge, please break the game. Stealth and Vanish abilities now last 1 turn. The shadows were getting too comfortable. We reminded them this is a tactics game. Valor difficulties have been tightened up. Valor 2 now draws worse Conditions more often. Valor 3 shaves off an extra point of Health, and Valor 6 pushes Strain up to +10%. The climb is now a climb.

What's Next

We're focusing on the class reworks we promised. We're also tweaking a number of ability upgrades to make them more dynamic. And Elites and Bosses are getting smarter. They've been patient. Their turn is coming. As always, thank you for playing. Keep the feedback coming, we're listening. See you in Steam Discussions and Discord. - Florian & Traian

Full Patch Notes 1.0.4 Build 178:

New Features: - Added ability to Sell Items. - Multiple Hits can now keep attacking if the target is still in range (melee and ranged attacks). - Protect now applies for Debuffs. - Removed minimum Hit & Block chances. - Removed Choose Ancient Artifact options from Starting Boon. - All Stealth (& Vanish) abilities now last 1 turn. Balance: - Difficulty: Valor 2 now has higher chance of worse Conditions. - Difficulty: Valor 3 now gives -4 Health (from -3). - Difficulty: Valor 6 now gives +10% Strain (from +5%). - Slime Evolve Action now only shows on high valor. - Replaced Slime + Bugs with Goblins for first run. - Redesigned Viperbelt, now gives +1 Strength and an extra +2 Strength from Stealth (previously +3 from Stealth). - Redesigned Stealth, now gives +1 Strength while active (previously evasion). - Buffed Golden Cross debuff resist to 8% (previously 5%). - Nerfed Starting gold to 50 (from 100). - Increased Slime Reaction fail chance to 50% (previously 30%). Bug Fixes: - Fixed demon bridge obstacles blocking line of sight. - Fixed Dreadwretch Terrified wearing off immediately. - Fixed Fang Throw not triggering reactions properly. - Removed Untargetable keyword. Replaced with "from Stealth".

Three years ago, Florian and I quit our jobs and put our savings into making the turn-based RPG we always wanted: deep and challenging like the games we grew up with, but ruthlessly condensed. The whole experience in under two hours. Baldur's Gate 2 meets a lunch break. When you’re funding yourself, romance only gets you so far. We had a coherent 3D style, but our 2D still looked like programmer art. We needed help. Almost two years ago, we found Anca Beldie, a super talented 2D artist who immediately got what we were going for. Together we built out the heroes, and honestly? We were proud of them. These were the designs we planned to ship with. You can still see them in our old Steam trailers. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45182155/f91b0c2a4bb52cb4f5b9b7f78308a405dd5ede1b.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45182155/b4fd3733341fe4e7386db16d52b1ba8ee9d8b7ef.jpg

A New Chapter with Numskull

In September last year, we signed a publishing deal with Numskull. They saw potential to push the character art into something more dynamic and visually striking, and offered the budget to do it. We've always loved the character illustrations from Diablo, so we knew exactly where we wanted to take it. We went back to Anca. She had already shaped these characters once, and they had grown on her just as much as they had on us. Over the next three months, she reworked the original designs to fit the new style. At the same time, our friend Adrian Baragan joined on the 3D side, remodeling the faces and hair of all 12 characters to better match the 2D art. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45182155/e44041222afabe58c811bd5e0f1867ea334d9558.jpg {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45182155/a60137e51576cb5a69f58d39def5c05e5f537bbc.jpg

A Character Sheet Come to Life

We wanted to capture a very specific feeling: sitting down at a D&D session with a beautifully illustrated character sheet in front of you. The portrait is vivid, detailed, almost larger than life, while the in-game representation leaves room for your imagination to fill in the gaps. Next time, we'll share more about how Valor of Man came to be. Thank you for reading! See you in the next blogpost. - Traian & Florian

Patch Notes 1.0.3 Build 176: - Graphic options: Brightness adjustment. - Nerfed Slime: removed Amorphous from un-upgraded version (less than valor 8). Bumped Health to compensate.

Greetings, Wardens, We literally heard you squinting at your screens. Whether you're playing on a TV from across the room, or hunched over a Steam Deck on your commute, we've bumped up font sizes across the board. Your eyes deserve it.

New features

The action bar got a trim, and its icons got a matching glow-up. Cleanse can now be cast even when there's nothing to cleanse, because sometimes you just want to feel clean. More importantly, this makes Cleanse synergies far more consistent to set up, so go ahead and plan those combos without worrying about wasted turns. Hero level-ups now have a higher chance to reward abilities from the chosen class. We've gotten feedback that players want more consistency in building their party, especially for legendary abilities. On the Chaos front, we've bumped points gained by 50% per run and adjusted Modifier unlock costs accordingly. By the time you've conquered Valor 10, you should have enough Chaos to craft a truly devious run. Push higher, reap harder! We've also fixed several missing translations.

Balance

Ghosts will now save their Horror Action for later. No more opening with a jump scare on turn one. Several artifacts have been reworked from the ground up. Djinn Shackles now punishes enemies for every Debuff you stack on them, Pact of Blood rewards you with Courage when things get dicey, and Hand Mirror hands out Stealth like it's going out of fashion. Rune of Power also got the same treatment. While +100% Spellpower turns are magical, waiting for 7 turns isn't. (Rune of Power now reduces enemy spell resistance whenever you hit them) These should enable some truly evil strategies (Archdemon Curse anyone?) and we can't wait to hear all about it. On the enemy side, the Vortex Serpent has been significantly tamed. Tempest Fury hits softer, Bubble offers far less Spell Resistance. Common enemies also have a little less health, though they hit slightly harder to compensate, so don't get cocky. We'll keep the updates coming, and keep listening. Thanks for being along for the ride. See you in Steam Discussions and Discord. - Florian & Traian

Full Patch Notes 1.0.3 Build 175:

New Features: - Increased font size for map, ability descriptions, tooltips, health, courage, terror, etc. - Smaller action bar, increased font for relevant icons. Dev Comment: Improved readability on Steamdeck and TV? Say no more. - Level-ups have a higher chance to reward abilities from the chosen class. - You can now cast Cleanse even if it doesn't cleanse anything. - Increased Chaos reward per run by 50% - Increased Chaos Modifiers unlock costs. Dev Comment: When a player beats Valor 10 they should be able to create a Chaos run that's at least as challenging. This change addresses that, while also pushing overall progression to higher Chaos. Quality of Life Improvements: - End Turn button now shows the turn number. - Combat log shows spell damage as blue. - Enemies that move forward and then AOE around then no longer hit the spaces behind them. Improved controller shortcut button icons. Balance: - Ghost can no longer perform Horror as their first Action. - Reworked Djinn Shackles. Now applies -3% Spell Resistance every time you apply a Debuff. - Reworked Pact of Blood, now gives +1 Courage when any hero's Health drops under 50%. - Reworked Hand Mirror: each turn, each hero has a 20% chance to gain Stealth. - Reworked Hoplite Bracers, can now be activated once per fight to gain +1 Hits. - Reworked Rune of Power. Now applies -2% Spell Resistance every time you Hit the enemy. - Reworked Robe of the Magi now gives +5 Evasion and +1 Courage. - Cruel Tactics is now a Legendary artifact. (previously Rare). - Tabard of the Faithful can now be used by any class. - Buffed Legionnaire & Arbalest damage to 2-5 base (previously 1-5). - Nerfed Vortex Serpent Tempest Fury, now deals 3-6 damage (from 5-10). - Nerfed Vortex Serpent Bubble to 25% Spell Resistance (from 50). Removed Toughness from the ability. - Nerfed Divine flux to 10/15% Spell Power per Condition (previously 15/20). - Nerfed Common enemy health by ~10%. Slightly buffed common enemy damage to compensate. - Nerfed Second Wind to heal 15/25% (previously 30/45%). - Nerfed Energy Drain to -1 Terror & -2 Strength (previously -2 Terror). Bug Fixes: - Fixed a soft lock caused by Thorn-like effects. - Fixed missing localizations in options, Cure conditions page & some cards. - Fixed Tactics Chinese description. - Fixed a bug where Hoplite Bracers wouldn't apply to Vorpal Blade's spell attack. - Fixed a bug where Overpower would only work on 1 enemy when used with an AOE. - Fixed a bug where Lich Skull gave an AP even if you didn't have any from the previous turn. - Fixed abilities saying +1 Physical Damage instead of +1 Strength. - Fixed a problem with how checkboxes displayed on languages other than English. - Fixed a bug where Goblin Shaman Dread didn't work properly. - Fixed Octavia's win animation loop. - Improved Radiant Dragon Charge animation. - Improved Prepare descriptions. - Improved Cooldown Reduction tooltip. - Renamed plant elite to Overgrowth. - Improved Overgrowth move soundFx. - Improved text visibility in action info near enemy portrait. - Improved Giant Wurm Sulfuric Discharge vfx. - Improved Condition immunity descriptions. - Improved Perfect Tempo description. - Removed render quality option.

Greetings, Wardens, Our community is evolving alongside the game, and while we’re hard at work on content updates and new features, we wanted to show our appreciation by tackling a wide range of issues. Today’s update is our way of saying thank you for all the thoughtful feedback you’ve shared. We’ll keep improving every aspect of the game together.

Main features

On the accessibility side, new players can now select their preferred language directly from the starting menu when creating their profile. Starting today, new classes unlock by winning a run. To unlock additional classes, you’ll need to increase the difficulty and take on the next Valor. Progression remains fast, as the goal is to encourage variety rather than grind. Elites and Bosses are now more dangerous at low Valors, while remaining largely unchanged at higher Valors. Additionally, the Regal Shade and Onyx Gargoyle have received a full rework. We’ll share more soon. See you in Steam Discussions and Discord. - Florian & Traian

Full Patch Notes 1.0.2 Build 172:

New Features: - Unlock new hero classes on win. - Select language on New Profile. - Redesigned Regal Shade. - Redesigned Onyx Gargoyle. Quality of Life Improvements: - Vain Paladin now shows as the first variant when preparing to start a new run. Balance: - Buffed all Elite & Boss damage. Reduced scaling on high Valor to compensate. Dev Comment: We want to make Elites and Bosses more dangerous from the get go. We're adjusting scaling so the overall power is the same on high Valor. - Nerfed Mummy Wrappings to 25% Damage Resistance (previously 50%). - Nerfed Mummy Pharaoh Action, no longer targets the lowest health hero. - Starting Boon: Buffed Gold for 4 Conditions starting Boon to 120 gold (previously 80). - Starting Boon: Removed free rare artifact at starting Boon. - Starting Boon: Removed free ancient artifact at starting Boon. - Reworked Aegis, now gives Mind Shield (previously gave Survive Trauma). - Reworked Arcane Shield, can now be cast on any hero, but only provides 1 stack of Toughness. - Reworked Arcane Shroud, can now be cast on any hero, but only provides 1 stack of Evasion. - Reworked Belt of the Dancer, now gives +5 evasion for 1 turn whenever you Move. - Reworked Crying flower, now gives 1 Mind Shield and costs 1AP. - Reworked Belt of Iron Will, now gives Protect 1 and costs 1AP. - Reworked Tabard of Vigor, now only gives +1 AP (previously 2), but can be used multiple times in the same fight. - Reworked Stoneskin, can now be used by more classes, but only grants 1 stack of Invulnerability (previously 2). - Buffed Bless, now has cooldown 4 (upgrades to 3). - Buffed Demoralize, can now dispel any enemy and has cooldown 3 but costs 1AP instead. - Buffed Altruistic Doll, now has cd 3 but costs 1AP. (previously once per fight). - Buffed Robe of Power, now gives +10% SpellPower for the whole fight instead of the next spell. - Buffed Godslayer debuff to +25 Strain (previously +50). - Buffed Night Crawler Stealth ability to cooldown 3 (previously once per fight). - Buffed Abyssal Rift Teleport ability to cooldown 3 (previously once per fight). - Buffed Aether Nexus, can now be used by any hero. - Buffed Hoplite Leggings, can now be used by more classes. - Buffed Ethereal Censer, can now be used by more classes. - Buffed Crusader Greaves, can now be used by more classes. - Buffed Crusader Leggings, can now be used by more classes. - Buffed Bandlet of the Warden, can now be used by more classes. - Buffed Scorpion Stinger, can now be used by more classes. - Buffed Paladin Symbol, can now be used by more classes. - Buffed Gold Necklace, can now be used by more classes. - Buffed Bulwark, unupgraded ability now gives +1 Damage Resistance. - Nerfed Viper Beaked Helm, now costs 1AP (previously 0). - Nerfed Stone Plate resist Status Effects to 25% (previously 50%). - Nerfed Blackthorn Hauberk damage buff, now can only be used once per fight. - Nerfed Freedom Pendant immunity buff, now can only be used once per fight. Bug Fixes: - Fixed a bug where Golden horseshoe didn't grant extra gold from fights. - Fixed a bug with Mastering conditions. - Fixed ability unlock count calculation at the end of the run. - Fixed a bug where Critical Damage buffs don't apply to Spells. - Fixed a bug where Cruel Tactics would proc on heroes when enemies used Chain Lightning. - Removed obstacles blocking the camera in levels: Cave and Ogre chieftain camp. - Gold cost is now shown distinctly from gold gain in events. - Improved Tormentor Purge critical description. - Improved Natural Connection icon. - Improved Worm Bile soundFx. - Improved Goblin Move soundFx. - Improved Goblin Archer debuff soundFx & vfx. - Improved Goblin Voodoo Bolt soundFx. - Improved Stealth soundFx. - Improved Disease description. - Improved Cinder description.

Greetings, Wardens, This update brings a wave of reworks and rebalances targeting enemy behavior, core abilities, and late-game scaling; with a focus on making combat feel cleaner and more intentional at every Valor level.

Main features

Enemy scaling in high Valor level and Chaos mode has been reworked. Currently, enemies were too resistant to magic, rewarding some strategies more than others. We've reduced their tankiness, but they are now deadlier instead. In addition, we've reworked the following enemies and streamlined the Trample mechanic: - Orc Warriors and Orc Archers no longer have the Blood Loss mechanic that stops their reaction. Instead their reactions now have a fail chance. Their stats have been changed to match the previous level of challenge. The Orc Warrior also loses the Berserk Action, sharpening its identity. - Dreadwretch Flame Eruption has been reworked. It now applies 1 Burn, replacing the previous mechanic for a cleaner, more readable threat. - Enemy Trample now always deals 4 damage. Particularly large enemies now have Trample+, dealing 6. Fixed a bug with the Paladin's Avenger class ability not Overpowering properly in some cases. Thank you to the community for helping us squash this bug. Turn Undead now scales with Spell Power and other buffs, making it a meaningful option for offensive Ignatius banger builds. Cast range also increased to 2. Improved enemy AI for Dive actions to better reflect the description. Now the enemies should more consistently target the farthest hero.

Next steps:

We're looking closely at class balance. At the moment the Assassin is too dependent on items and level-ups to enable her core strategy reliably, so she will be getting an update soon. We will keep refining as we gather more data. Once again, thank you for the continued support! Until next time. see you in Steam Discussions and Discord. - Florian & Traian

Full Patch Notes 1.0.1 Build 171:

New Features: - Enemies no longer have a minimum 5% chance to miss when attacking heroes. Quality of Life Improvements: - The run seed now sets correctly when starting the 2nd run by abandoning the first run. - Lysandra's Codex now shows the correct enemy count. Balance: - Improved Upgraded Enemy stat balance for high Valor level and Chaos Mode. - Removed 5% minimum Evasion & Toughness for heroes. - Reworked Dreadwretch Flame Eruption. Now Applies 1 Burn instead of the previous mechanic. - Reworked Orc Warrior and Orc Archer: Removed Blood Loss mechanic, now reaction has a fail chance. - Removed Berserk Action from Orc Warrior. - Buffed Treant: removed Grazed. - Nerfed Terror Fleshling Feed, now can only use it once. - Reworked Fang Throw. No longer has Overpower but costs 0 AP, has 2 cooldown and range 3. - Reworked Turn Undead. Base ability now scales with Spell Power and other buffs. Increased cast range to 2. - Rebalanced Trample. Now always does 4 damage. Especially large enemies have Trample+ that does 6 damage. - Rebalanced Perfect Technique. Base ability gives +3 Health and +5 Critical Chance, upgrades to +9. - Buffed Tribal Mask to 75% minimum Accuracy. (previously 50%) - Nerfed Natural Resistance from 20/30 to 10/15 Spell Resistance. - Nerfed Ward from 20/30 to 10/15 Strain, but gives +3 Health instead. - Buffed Tread Fate to cd 2 (previously 3) Bug Fixes: - Fixed a bug where the run seed didn't reset when starting a new run without finishing the first run. - Fixed a bug where the Lysandra Codex base enemy count would also count the upgraded version of the enemy from higher Valor. - Improved Unstable Bug Volatile icon. - Improved Trample icon. - Improved Ravage description. Added Has Overpower. - Improved Hacked critical descriptions. - Improved Runehammer vfx timing. - Improved Medusa move soundFX. - Improved CL bounce Vfx. - Improved Turn Undead soundFx. - Fixed a bug showing mastered abilities again when having an upgraded ability that was already mastered. - Fixed a bug where Avenger wouldn't properly activate. - Fixed a bug with Onyx Gargoyle Dive Reaction. - Fixed a bug where Onyx Gargoyle would cause -1 Courage when trampling heroes. - Fixed a bug with Flamebeard attack Vfx. - Fixed a bug where Calamity Memory Remains says Reposition 2 but it moves a lot farther. - Fixed a bug where unlocks wouldn't show correctly if chaos modifiers or masteries were gained. - Fixed a problem in Dive enemy AI where the movement distance was prioritised over how far the heroes were.

Greetings, Wardens, Thank you to everyone who dived in and tried the full game! We appreciate all the feedback and reviews. It means a lot and helps us make the game even better. Today's patch is about fixing some of the issues you've reported and improving overall stability.

Main Features

Added an automatic save backup every 10 minutes, so your progress is always safe. Increased the inventory size so you can hoard away! Fixed a couple of balance issues with some potential cheeses and an over-tuned enemy (looking at you, Mr. Specter 👀).

That's great, but what's next?

We're actively working on: 💰 A Sell feature for items you no longer need; highly requested and on its way. 📜 Tooltips for the Map legend. 🛡️ A bunch of other fixes and balance updates. Stay tuned, and thanks again for your continued support. See you in Steam Discussions and Discord. - Florian & Traian

Full Patch Notes 1.0.0 Build 164:

New Features: - Auto backup save file, 10 minutes interval. (up to 3 backups created) - Increased inventory size and auto increase if necessary. Quality of Life Improvements: - Show game version in map. - Improved visibility of hero icons on new item pickups. - *Improved Almanac loading times. - *Menus are now snappier and open and close faster. Balance - Redesigned Specter: Sorrow Reaction now only shows on the upgraded Specter on Valor 8+. - Buffed Zhul: Added a new Action - Chain Lightning. - Buffed Gromm: Added a new Action - Carnage. - *Reworked Steady Hand: now gives Critical Chance per courage instead of Might. - Reworked Granite: now gives Impervious instead of Immune to Displacement. - Rebalanced hero starting stats, some abilities and artifacts. - Ash Bellows is now a Rare artifact. (previously Common). - Sharpening Stone is now a Rare artifact. (previously Common). - Hand Mirror is now a Rare artifact. (previously Legendary). - Elixir is now a Common artifact (previously Rare). Bug Fixes: - Fixed a bug where Grace could be used infinitely. - Fixed Quick Step animation. - Fixed a bug with Voracity translation. - Fixed a bug with Turn Undead translation. - Fixed a bug with Death's Kiss description. - *Fixed a bug where Masteries unlocked even on losses. - *Fixed a bug where Almanac abilities were not properly ordered. - *Fixed a bug where losing a run would not properly save unlocks. Legend: - Lines marked with * are from build 163.

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New with 1.0

This has been a long journey, and now that Launch Day is here, we wanted to bring something worthy. We've added 70 Achievements for you to chase. And, for everyone who asked for a harder test: we made a whole new gamemode. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45182155/cce444bc13429875c5166b050e1c0a5b3d0e6c71.jpg

Chaos Mode

Chaos Mode lets you choose your own modifiers and shape your run in unique ways. And as you push deeper, new chaos unlocks, harder modifiers emerge, and the game escalates with you. Alongside it, the Mastery system tracks everything you've conquered, and pushes you to try new heroes, new builds, new ways to win. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45182155/bb4f52b2074dcb50583eb7f4d9f5c7407c90a7da.jpg There's always more to prove. Valor of Man has never been this complete. This is the version we always meant to deliver. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45182155/23f36b80bbf77c56f7dd177e1e71d4f96fecab34.jpg

You might be already asking: What's next?

This is 1.0, not the finish line. We're already planning what comes next, and we'll be sharing more soon. We've shaped the game together and we're just getting started. In the meantime, tell us about your runs, your builds, your victories. We want to hear all of it. See you in the Steam Community and/or in discord https://discord.gg/rFNZSMfM7N. Traian & Florian

Greetings, Wardens, Two days to 1.0.0. This is our final update before release, and starting today, the Demo concludes at the end of Chapter 1.

Full Patch Notes 0.9.5 Build 162:

Features & Quality of Life Improvements: - Improved Campaign Start screen with new UI for class variants. - Action bar no longer groups weapon abilities. - Weapon Special attacks now have new icons. - Added 4 new fight music tracks. - Reworked Shortcuts menu with new icons and localization. - Improved Campaign End screen to be more intuitive. - Better targeting with Delirium Vial ability. - Improved Holy Flame description to clarify it's a Debuff you apply on enemies. - Added Streamer mode option to only use licensed music tracks. - Updated Zhul Chain Lightning Reaction icon. - Improved Playstation gamepad detection. Balance - Unstable Bug death explosion no longer triggers delay actions. - Reworked Voracity: now applies per 20% missing Health. Upgrade increases damage. - Reworked Meteor: now fires AOE fire arrows, and deals spell damage. - Reworked Greataxe: Basic attack crit chance buffed to 10% (previously 6%). Overpower crit chance nerfed to 30% (previously 100%). - Buffed Moon Bow: now applies -Spell Resistance every shot. - Buffed Mystic Dagger: now costs 1AP (previously 2). - Nerfed Ravage: now costs 2AP but has range 5 (previously 4). - Nerfed Prepare Bash damage to 6-12 (previously 10-15). - Nerfed Throwing Daggers damage to 4-8 (previously 5-8). Double-hit attack now costs 1 AP and can only be used once per fight. - Buffed Goblin Shaman + Goblin fight. Added 1 more Goblin Archer. - Buffed all Goblin health by 3. Bug Fixes: - Fixed a bug where Fang would heal himself even if his attack missed. Dev Comment: Fang was a little over-vampiric. - Fixed a bug where Avatar of Thalor's Abyssal Slap slapped Alistair incorrectly by not rotating properly. - Fixed a bug where the AP icon showed on all items. - Fixed Perfume of Endless Activity description. - Fixed a typo for ability Suppression. - Fixed ability names too long in Item and Ability UI. - Fixed map icon too big and shortcut not working when playing with a Playstation gamepad. - Fixed a rare bug where enemy Chain Lightning would trigger heroes abilities. - Fixed a bug where Ground & Pound Shield attack animation didn't work. Thank you all for your support!! - Florian & Traian

Greetings, Wardens,

Full Patch Notes 0.9.0 Build 159:

Balance: - Updated Rogue classes starting kits. - Balanced some high-variance enemy attacks. - Buffed Combustion: removed Start Cooldown. - Nerfed Inferno+. Now only reduces cooldown. Buffed base ability to Burn 3 (previously 2). - Nerfed Blade Dance to +1/+2 (previously +2/+3) - Nerfed Banded Berserkers Mail: now grants passive +1 Strength. Quality of Life: - Charges per fight and Initial Cooldown automatic keywords for starting abilities. - Courage, AP and Strain icons in tutorial. - Strain tutorial is now blocking. - Don't show keywords Health on enemy cards and buffs. - Improved Specter ability descriptions. - Improved Ignore Pain description. - Improved Lich's Drain Soul description. Bug Fixes: - Fixed Hacked Criticals incorrect description. - Fixed Harlequin Quick Change description. - Fixed Persona Story Twist description. - Fixed Dreadwing artifact not showing Reaction card properly. - Fix campaign unlocks showing - numbers for abilities/items/artifacts. Thank you all for your support!! - Florian & Traian

Greetings, Wardens, Changes for version 0.9.0 build 156: - New Difficulty Vanquisher. - Made descriptions more clear when an ability is Pure or it deals Pure Damage. - Fix Turtle Shell localisation. Note: Full localisation for the new difficulty will be updated at a later time. Thank you all for your support!! - Florian & Traian

Greetings, Wardens, Changes for version 0.9.0 build 155: - Buffed Blade Dance to +2/+3 (previously +1/+2). - Buffed Strafe to range 2 but nerfed cooldown to 3. - Quick Step now has range 3 and can jump over obstacles and enemies. - Buffed Ranger Aim to +2/3 (previously +1/+2). - Uplift now has 50% Strain and upgrades to cooldown 3. - Distract now upgrades to Cooldown 3. - Updated Brace & Valorous icons. - Reworked Tornado Kick: now pulls instead of knocking back. - Updated Accuracy, Might, Evasion and Toughness keywords descriptions to be more clear. - Updated Smart buff description to be more clear. - Update Eclipse ability description to be more clear. - Updated tutorial to include corect information about middle and right mouse buttons. - Fixed an issue with Alistair 3D face. - Fixed a bug with Slime Evolve soundFX. - A few translations fixes (tutorial and more). Thank you all for your support!! - Florian & Traian

Greetings, Wardens, We received great feedback from many players during this Next Fest, thank you all! We hear you, so we've made a quick patch with a bunch of QoL, balance and fixes.

Full Patch Notes 0.9.0 build 152:

Quality of Life: - Move camera by holding middle mouse button. - Rotate camera by holding right mouse button. - Hover in/out timers for action bar and cards reduced to half. - Improved UI for Item details for better fit on all languages. - Almanac improvements, show seen/unseen, locked. Count now shows seen instead of unlocked. - Bigger item icons in almanac. - Improved display of abilities for Asia languages. Balance: - Reduced all armor negative debuffs. - Opened more armor to be usable by other classes. - All Spells can now cause Critical Hits. - Replaced Surprise with Overpower. - Zhul's Crimson Rift chain lightning is now a separate Reaction. - Vampire Bat rework: Removed Elusory buff, buffed Health to compensate. - Slayer rework: Now has a Heavy Shield reaction instead of starting with 3 stacks. Sound: - Reworked soundFX for abilities and spells. - Reworked Slime soundFX. Bugfixes: - Fixed a bug where Symbiote's Energy Blast Action card wouldn't show. - Fixed an issue with the Legion Commander's card descriptions. - Fixed a bug where Elara & Alistair's footstep soundFX wouldn't play properly. - Fixed a bug where projectile cast soundFX wouldn't play properly. - Added some missing translations in Almanac and ItemCardUI. Thank you all for your support!! See you in the Steam Community and/or in discord https://discord.gg/rFNZSMfM7N - Florian & Traian

Greetings, Wardens, Changes for version 0.9.0 build 151: - Updated the first 2 cutscenes. - Added some missing translations. - Buffed Outwit: Base ability now has Cooldown 3 (previously had 1 charge per fight) and 20 Strain (previously 40). - Buffed Hidebound - no longer debuffs Courage. - Fixed a bug where the 3rd option of the Ancient Shop was not an Ancient artifact. Thank you all for your support!! - Florian & Traian

Greetings, Wardens, Steam Next Fest kicks off today, and we’ve got something special for you. The extended demo is back. Now you can blaze through Chapter 2 and face the Orc Brothers, a boss duo built on trust, timing and relentless teamwork. Basically, our evil twins. For the first time ever, the game speaks 6 new languages: - English - Simplified Chinese - Japanese - French - German - Spanish - Brazilian Portuguese Full release is less than a month away. If you enjoy the demo, wishlist, share, and tell us what you think. Let’s make the adventure unforgettable together. See you in the Steam Community. - Traian & Florian {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45182155/e10709bee55d729ddc11d7e0f9d4ab966f4668f1.gif

Full Patch Notes 0.9.0:

New Features: - Extended Demo available through Chapter 2. - Added 6 new languages: Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese Heroes: - New 3D Models for all Hero classes. Features & Quality of Life Improvements: - Improved unit lighting in all levels. - Knockback now moves the unit even when it dies. - Delayed Actions can now be used even with 0 Action Points. - Increased font all around. Wider Ability UI. Visual FX: - New Vfx - Avenger. - New Vfx - Brace. - New Vfx - Determined. - New Vfx - Taunt. - New Vfx - Net. - New Vfx - Doom. - Reworked Ghost & Banshee Vfx. - Reworked Legion Commander sword Vfx. Balance: - Heroes now start with +3 Health. - Class items can now be used by other heroes. - Buffed Cadence: Can now be used multiple times each fight. - Buffed Monster Hunter - no longer has a % to work. - Buffed Viper: Removed Poisoned condition. - Reworked Needle: now gives Evasion instead of Toughness. - Reworked Thorundil's Embrace: now gives passive Crit Chance. - Reworked Succubus Reaction design: Sultry no longer applies Desire. Dark Charm now applies Desire but costs the Succubus -1 Terror. - Reworked Bone Ring: now grants 1 stack of Protect (previously Immune to Immobilize). - Reworked Avatar of Thalor: now appllies Immobilize instead of Stun. Bugfixes: - Fixed an issue where enemy death animations would fall through the floor. - Fixed an issue with the ability Grace appearing 3 times in the Almanac. Can't have enough grace. - Fixed Throundil's Embrace description. - Fixed Turtle Shell artifact description.

Greetings, Wardens, We’re thrilled to unveil refreshed 3D models for our heroes, bringing each character to life with greater detail and personality. Every hero now feels more distinct, more heroic, and more ready to face the dangers ahead. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/45182155/e10709bee55d729ddc11d7e0f9d4ab966f4668f1.gif We’re also excited to introduce initial support for gamepads and Steam Deck. Whether you’re at your desk or on the go, you can now command your heroes with complete control, making every battle smoother and more immersive than ever. Thank you so much for the warm reception and all the feedback you shared during the extended demo. We’re closing it for now, but the extended demo will be back at the next Steam Next Fest. See you in the Steam Community. - Florian & Traian

Full Patch Notes 0.8.2:

New Features: - Gamepad support. - Steam Deck support. - Refreshed Heroes 3D Models. Heroes: - New Captain class ability: Tactics - Gain +1 Strength for each enemy adjacent to you. - New Cleric default ability: Grace - Gain SpellPower whenever Ignatius casts a heal. - New Champion Class ability: Valorous - Gain passive Toughness per Courage. - New Octavia Class ability: Resolve - Gain passive SpellPower per Courage. - New Berserker class ability: Berserk - Gains +2 Strength when dropping under 50% health. Persists even if he is healed above 50% health. Dev Comment: The new Elara is proving a lot of fun so we've added a bunch of new abilities to make each hero's identity stand out. Features & Quality of Life Improvements: - New mouse cursors. - New menu that shows button mappings for XBOX and PS controllers. - Options are now saved per device. This means your PC options can be different from your Steam Deck / laptop options. - Removed 95% accuracy cap for heroes. - Antique Trader now offers 3 choices (up from 2). - New Keyword Chain to describe bouncing abilities like Chain Lightning and Eclipse. - Action bar won't autoselect buffs, only attacks. - Unlock screen notification for dials and show/hide next unlocks and new run/back. Gamepad specific: - New Options: Cursor speed and disable acceleration. - New Options: Camera speed and rotation speed. - New Options: Invert rotation / zoom. Visual FX: - New Vfx - Immobilize. - New Vfx - Fury. - Improved Bone Dragon Dark Stomp and Blast of Death Vfx. - Improved Staff Vfx. - Poison Vfx is now more visible. - Stealth Vfx is now more visible. - Miracle Vfx no longer assaults your eyes. - Reworked Inferno Vfx. Balance: - Buffed Equalizer damage to 7-11 (previously 5-9). - Nerfed Chain Lightning max damage to 10 per bounce. - Nerfed Strafe back down to range 1. Upgrade bumps it to range 2, but keeps the cooldown 2. - Buffed Staff of Valor +1 dmg. - Nerfed Thalor's starting damage. - Nerfed Eclipse accuracy & power bonuses. - Nerfed Halberd base dmg to 5-10 (from 7-11). - Nerfed Perfect Tempo, now only applies once per turn. - Nerfed Tempest Brace: increased Strain to +20%. - Nerfed Legacy starting weapon to 4-8 (was 5-9). - Buffed Blade Dance+ to +2 (previously +1). - Buffed Motivate: now starts on cooldown 1 (previously 2). - Buffed Vorpal Sword: can now use either physical or spell damage. - Buffed Maul to 7-9 (previously 5-9) and added Knockback 2. - Buffed Bastard sword to 6-8 (previously 5-8) - Opened many trinkets and weapons for use for other classes. - Rebalanced Cleric starting stats. - Rebalanced starting weapon damage. - Rapture now costs 2 ap. - Immunity to Knockback now stops enemies trying to teleport the hero. - Nerfed Serpent Health by 10. - Vortex Serpent now start with Tempest Fury as their first Action. - Buffed Ogres Accuracy and Power. - Bone Dragon can no longer Collapse. - Nerfed Djinn Reality Fracture: now only reduces hero Spellpower. - Vampire Bat now has 2 reactions, but they can't fail anymore. Bugfixes: - Fixed an issue where Poison Vfx would create a strange, looming highlight. Spooky. - Fixed a bug where Poison would trigger Legion Commander's Adaptive Armor. - Fixed a bug where Legion Commander's sword Vfx would also create a strange, looming highlight. Double spook. - Disabled Bestiary button if a tutorial is currently running. - Fixed a bug where switching weapons would use incorrect animations. - Fixed a bug where a user error was shown when clicking the currently selected hero with an attack. - Fix item ability descriptions not updating in heroes inventory. - Fixed an issue where Stealth would wear off too soon. - Fixed an issue where Stealth gained through Prepare:Unseen during the enemy turn would wear off too soon. - Fixed Moon Potion sound. - Fixed a rare bug where Reaction markers would not show after an enemy died. - Fixed Djinn's Reality Fracture wearing off prematurely.

Happy New Year, Wardens, Version 0.8.1 is live! Hope the holidays treated you well. Thanks for the mountain of feedback during the extended demo. We read it, debated it, broke a few things, fixed them again, and kept the parts that made Valor of Man better. This update brings new mechanics and some structural improvements that push Valor of Man closer to where it really shines. With the improved UI in place, we can now scale enemy variety properly. Valor of Man works best when you are dismantling smart opposition, not politely negotiating with damage sponges. Enemy defenses are down across the board, while enemy count and variety are up. Less padding, more pressure, more interesting fights. Elara gets a new core mechanic. Moving now grants her +1 Strength. Elara is meant to be a glass cannon rogue, especially as Blade Dancer. This change fully commits her to that identity. Positioning has always been central to Valor of Man as a way to challenge the action economy. Elara now weaponizes movement itself, turning smart positioning into raw damage. If you dance well, you hit harder. If you don’t, well… she is a glass cannon. We also pushed through a major performance improvement. Yes, during the holidays. Who has time to wait for Santa? Exiting the game should now be nearly instant, because even heroes deserve a dramatic exit. As always, thank you for your support, and we can’t wait to hear your feedback in the Steam Community. - Florian & Traian

Full Patch Notes 0.8.1:

New features - New Elara starting ability: Blade Dance - now gives +1 Strength whenever Elara moves. - Feign Death, Keen and Bolt can now be gained through leveling up. Features & Quality of Life Improvements: - Performance improvements when exiting game. - Various Vfx and UI improvements Balance: - Nerfed Mass Heal, now has Cooldown 3. - Nerfed Eruption AOE attack damage. - Nerfed Divine Prayer+. Upgrade now reduces AP cost instead of extra healing. - Nerfed Deadeye, now deals -1 damage. - Nerfed Mighty/+, now has 20/40% chance to Surprise enemies (down from 30/50). - Nerfed starting event gold reward options. - Nerfed Elara & Octavia level-up Health progression. - Nerfed Natural Resistance extra health. - Nerfed Ward extra health. - Reworked Radioactive Ingot. Now gives +10 Critical Chance, but +3 Poison. Dev Comment: These nerfs are aimed at making each hero's identity stand out more while bringing overtuned abilities in line. - Cobra's Reaction can now fail. - Reworked Ogre Chieftain. - Buffed Legion Commander Eternal Cull Action. - Minotaur's Mad Bull now scales each turn. - Symbiote no longer buffs Minotaur, but heals instead. - Slime's Amorphous trait can now be dispelled. - Harlequin's Crowd Boo Reaction now applies Petrify. - Calamity's Ash to Ash Action now turns to the closest hero before breathing deadly flames. Dev Comment: Elites and Bosses now execute their plan with more consistency. Tough! Bug Fixes: - Fixed a bug where enemy outlines would be active even after the enemy died. - Fixed a rare bug where Mystic Snake would not bounce if the target died. - Fixed a rare bug where Dispel didn't correctly identify if it can't remove any buffs. - Fixed a rare bug where the Flurry Of Blows Achievement would be unlocked even if the 3rd Hit didn't connect. - Fixed Specter Trample killing other enemies through -1 Courage. - Fixed an issue where Silk Widow reactions didn't show grid markers. - Fixed Tough Skin ability buff icon showing number when it shouldn't. - Fixed Spirit Link Scroll no sound. - Fixed an issue where Dreadwretch Trample caused -1 Courage. - Fixed an issue where some Debuffs didn't write correct feedback when Dispelled.